- And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
- Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
- Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
- But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
- Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
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- 我往那裡去、我作甚麼事、官長都不知道.我還沒有告訴猶大平民、祭司、貴冑、官長、和其餘作工的人。
- 以後、我對他們說、我們所遭的難、耶路撒冷怎樣荒涼、城門被火焚燒、你們都看見了.來罷、我們重建耶路撒冷的城牆、免得再受凌辱。
- 我告訴他們我 神施恩的手怎樣幫助我、並王對我所說的話.他們就說、我們起來建造罷。於是他們奮勇作這善工。
- 但和倫人參巴拉、並為奴的亞捫人多比雅、和亞拉伯人基善、聽見就嗤笑我們、藐視我們、說、你們作甚麼呢.要背叛王麼。
- 我回答他們說、天上的 神必使我們亨通.我們作他僕人的、要起來建造.你們卻在耶路撒冷無分、無權、無紀念。
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