Nehemiah 6
1 Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that there were no longer any sections left broken open, although I had not yet set up the doors in the gates,
當桑巴拉特、托彼雅、阿剌伯人革笙和我們其他的仇敵，一聽說我重修了城牆，已沒有破口的地方，──雖然到那時，我還沒有在門上按裝門扇，──
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, “Come, let us meet together somewhere in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to do harm to me.
桑巴拉特和革笙，便派人到我這裏說：「請來，我們在敖諾平原的一個村鎮中會晤。」其實他們是企圖謀害我。
3 I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”
我遂派使者去答覆他們說：「我作的工程浩大，不能前去。我怎能離開工作，到你們那裡去，而使工程停頓呢﹖」
4 They sent me the same message four times, and I answered them the same way each time.
他們如此連續四次，遣使者到我這裏，我也同樣答覆了他們。
5 Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.
隨後，桑巴拉特第五次，又同樣打發他的臣僕來，手中拿著一封未封的信，
6 In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel, for that is why you are rebuilding the wall. From what these reports say, you are about to become their king.
信上寫著說：「在各民族中傳說，而且革笙也證實此說：你和猶太人圖謀造反，為此你纔重修城牆；據說你還要為王。
7 You have also appointed prophets to make this proclamation about you in Jerusalem, saying, 'There is a king in Judah!' You can be sure the king will hear these reports. Therefore come, let us speak with one another.”
並且你派定了先知，在耶路撒冷為你宣傳說：猶大有了王! 現今這些話勢必傳到君王那裏，所以請你來，我們互相商議商議。」
8 Then I sent word to him saying, “No such things have occurred as you say, for within your heart you invented them.”
我遂派遣使者向他說：「決沒有像你所說的那些事，是你心中虛構的。」
9 For they all wanted to make us afraid, thinking, “They will drop their hands from doing the work, and it will not be done.” But now, God, please strengthen my hands.
其實，他們是企圖恐嚇我們，心想：「如此他們必放棄那工程，不在工作下去。」但我的力量更堅強了。
10 I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah son of Mehetabel, who was confined in his home. He said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. At night they are coming to kill you.”
有一天，我來到默塔貝耳的孫子，德拉雅的兒子舍瑪雅的家裏，他正閉門在家，對我說：「我們上天主的殿，到聖所裏去會晤，關好聖所的門戶，因為他們要來殺你，且今夜要來殺你。」
11 I replied, “Would a man like me run away? Would a man like me go into the temple just so he could save his own life? I will not go in!”
我答說：「像我這樣的人，能逃避到聖所中，保全生命嗎﹖我決不進去! 」
12 I realized that it was not God who sent him, but that he had prophesied against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
我覺察出來，不是天主打發他向我講這預言，而是托彼雅和桑巴拉特賄賂了他，
13 They hired him to make me afraid, so that I might do what he said and sin, so they could give me a bad name in order to humiliate me.
要他恐嚇我，使我那樣去作犯罪的事，如此給他們留下一種壞名譽，好藉以辱罵我。
14 Call to mind Tobiah and Sanballat, my God, and all that they did. Also call to mind the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who tried to make me be afraid.
我的天主! 請你按照托彼雅和桑巴拉特之所行，記憶他們! 也不要忘卻諾阿狄雅女先知和其餘的先知，因為他們企圖使我恐懼。
15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, after fifty-two days.
「厄路耳」月二十五日，城垣完成，共計為時五十二日。
16 When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us, they became afraid and they fell greatly in their own eyes. For they knew the work was done with the help of our God.
我們所有的仇敵一聽說這事，我們四周的人民一看見這事，都十分驚異，並承認這工程，是賴我們的天主而完成的。
17 At this time the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them.
在此期間，猶大有些有權勢的人，給托彼雅寄了許多函件，托彼雅也有覆函寄回。
18 For there were many in Judah who were bound by an oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah. His son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
因為猶大有許多人，與他宣示為盟，因他原是阿辣黑的兒子，舍加尼亞的女婿，他的兒子約哈南，又取了貝勒革雅的兒子默叔藍的女而為妻。
19 They also spoke to me about his good deeds and reported my words back to him. Letters were sent to me from Tobiah to frighten me.
他們常在我面前稱道他的善行，也將我的事向他報告，托彼雅遂來信恐嚇我。
