Nehemiah 13
1 On that day they read in the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. It was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should come into the assembly of God, forever.
当日，人念摩西的律法书给百姓听，遇见书上写着说，亚扪人和摩押人永不可入 神的会；
2 This was because they had not come to the people of Israel with bread and with water, but they had hired Balaam to curse Israel. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
因为他们没有拿食物和水来迎接以色列人，且雇了巴兰咒诅他们，但我们的 神使那咒诅变为祝福。
3 As soon as they heard the law, they separated out from Israel every foreign person.
以色列民听见这律法，就与一切闲杂人绝交。
4 Now before this Eliashib the priest was appointed over the storerooms of the house of our God. He was related to Tobiah.
先是蒙派管理我们 神殿中库房的祭司以利亚实与多比雅结亲，
5 Eliashib prepared for Tobiah a large storeroom, where previously they kept the grain offering, the incense, the articles, and the tithes of the grain, new wine, and the oil, which were designated for the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
便为他预备一间大屋子，就是从前收存素祭、乳香、器皿，和照命令供给利未人、歌唱的、守门的五谷、新酒，和油的十分之一，并归祭司举祭的屋子。
6 But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem. For in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. After some time I asked the king for permission to leave,
那时我不在耶路撒冷；因为巴比伦王亚达薛西三十二年，我回到王那里。过了多日，我向王告假。
7 and I returned to Jerusalem. I understood the evil that Eliashib had done by giving Tobiah a storeroom in the courts of the house of God.
我来到耶路撒冷，就知道以利亚实为多比雅在 神殿的院内预备屋子的那件恶事。
8 I was very angry and I threw all Tobiah's household articles out of the storeroom.
我甚恼怒，就把多比雅的一切家具从屋里都抛出去，
9 I ordered that they purify the storerooms, and I put back in them the articles of the house of God, the grain offerings, and the incense.
吩咐人洁净这屋子，遂将 神殿的器皿和素祭、乳香又搬进去。
10 I learned that the Levites' portions had not been given to them, and they had run away, each to his own field, the Levites and the singers who did the work.
我见利未人所当得的分无人供给他们，甚至供职的利未人与歌唱的俱各奔回自己的田地去了。
11 So I confronted the officials and said, “Why is the house of God neglected?” I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.
我就斥责官长说：“为何离弃 神的殿呢？”我便招聚利未人，使他们照旧供职。
12 Then all Judah brought in the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the storerooms.
犹大众人就把五谷、新酒，和油的十分之一送入库房。
13 I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and from the Levites, Pedaiah. Next to them was Hanan son of Zaccur son of Mattaniah, for they were counted as trustworthy. Their duties were to distribute the supplies to their associates.
我派祭司示利米雅、文士撒督，和利未人毗大雅作库官管理库房；副官是哈难。哈难是撒刻的儿子；撒刻是玛他尼的儿子。这些人都是忠信的，他们的职分是将所供给的分给他们的弟兄。
14 Call me to mind, my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out the good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and its services.
我的 神啊，求你因这事记念我，不要涂抹我为 神的殿与其中的礼节所行的善。
15 In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of heavy loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I protested that they were selling food on that day.
那些日子，我在犹大见有人在安息日榨酒，搬运禾捆驮在驴上，又把酒、葡萄、无花果，和各样的担子在安息日担入耶路撒冷，我就在他们卖食物的那日警戒他们。
16 Men from Tyre living in Jerusalem brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and they sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah and in the city!
又有泰尔人住在耶路撒冷；他们把鱼和各样货物运进来，在安息日卖给犹大人。
17 Then I confronted the leaders of Judah, “What is this evil thing you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
我就斥责犹大的贵胄说：“你们怎么行这恶事犯了安息日呢？
18 Did not your fathers do this? Did not our God bring all this evil on us and on this city? Now you are bringing more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”
从前你们列祖岂不是这样行，以致我们 神使一切灾祸临到我们和这城吗？现在你们还犯安息日，使忿怒越发临到以色列！”
19 As soon as it became dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors be shut and that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I stationed some of my servants at the gates so no load could be brought in on the Sabbath day.
在安息日的前一日，耶路撒冷城门有黑影的时候，我就吩咐人将门关锁，不过安息日不准开放。我又派我几个仆人管理城门，免得有人在安息日担什么担子进城。
20 The merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside Jerusalem once or twice.
于是商人和贩卖各样货物的，一两次住宿在耶路撒冷城外。
21 But I warned them, “Why do you camp outside the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you!” From that time on they did not come on the Sabbath.
我就警戒他们说：“你们为何在城外住宿呢？若再这样，我必下手拿办你们。”从此以后，他们在安息日不再来了。
22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves, and come and guard the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Call me to mind for this also, my God, and have mercy on me because of the covenant loyalty you have toward me.
我吩咐利未人洁净自己，来守城门，使安息日为圣。我的 神啊，求你因这事记念我，照你的大慈爱怜恤我。
23 In those days I also saw Jews that had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
那些日子，我也见犹大人娶了亚实突、亚扪、摩押的女子为妻。
24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod. None of them could speak the language of Judah, but only the language of one of the other peoples.
他们的儿女说话，一半是亚实突的话，不会说犹大的话，所说的是照着各族的方言。
25 I confronted them, and I cursed them, and I hit some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
我就斥责他们，咒诅他们，打了他们几个人，拔下他们的头发，叫他们指着 神起誓，必不将自己的女儿嫁给外邦人的儿子，也不为自己和儿子娶他们的女儿。
26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of these women? Among many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, his foreign wives caused him to sin.
我又说：“以色列王所罗门不是在这样的事上犯罪吗？在多国中并没有一王像他，且蒙他 神所爱， 神立他作以色列全国的王；然而连他也被外邦女子引诱犯罪。
27 Should we then listen to you and do all this great evil, and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?”
如此，我岂听你们行这大恶，娶外邦女子干犯我们的 神呢？”
28 One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I caused him to flee from my presence.
大祭司以利亚实的孙子、耶何耶大的一个儿子是和伦人参巴拉的女婿，我就从我这里把他赶出去。
29 Call them to mind, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
我的 神啊，求你记念他们的罪；因为他们玷污了祭司的职任，违背你与祭司利未人所立的约。
30 Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and established the duties of the priests and the Levites, each to his own task.
这样，我洁净他们，使他们离绝一切外邦人，派定祭司和利未人的班次，使他们各尽其职。
31 I provided for the wood offering at the appointed times and for the firstfruits. Call me to mind, my God, for good.
我又派百姓按定期献柴和初熟的土产。我的 神啊，求你记念我，施恩与我。
