尼希米記

第1章

1 哈迦利亞的兒子尼希米的言語如下:亞達薛西王二十年基斯流月,我在書珊[palace]中。

2 那時,有我一個弟兄哈拿尼,同著幾個人從猶大來。我問他們那些被擄歸回、剩下逃脫的猶太人和耶路撒冷的光景。

3 他們對我說:「那些被擄歸回剩下的人在猶大省遭大難,受凌辱;並且耶路撒冷的城牆拆毀,城門被火焚燒。」

4 我聽見這些[these]話,就坐下哭泣,悲哀幾日,在天上的神面前禁食祈禱[and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,]

5 並說:「我求你[And said, I beseech thee],耶和華─天上的神,大而可畏的神啊,你向愛你、守你誡命的人守約施慈愛。

6 如今[now]願你睜眼看,側耳聽,你僕人晝夜在你面前為你眾僕人以色列民的祈禱,承認我們以色列人向你所犯的罪;我與我父家都有罪了。

7 我們向你所行的甚是敗壞[corruptly],沒有遵守你藉著僕人摩西所吩咐的誡命、律例、典章。

8 求你記念所吩咐你僕人摩西的話,說:『你們若犯罪,我就把你們分散在列國[nations]中;

9 但你們若歸向我,謹守遵行我的誡命,你們被趕散的人雖在天涯,我也必從那裏將他們招聚回來,帶到我所選擇立為我名的居所。』

10 這都是你的僕人、你的百姓,就是你用大力和大能的手所救贖的。

11 主啊,現在[now]求你側耳聽你僕人的祈禱,和喜愛敬畏你名眾僕人的祈禱,願你[pray thee]使你僕人現今亨通,在王[sight]前蒙恩。」我是作王酒政的。

Nehemiah

Chapter 1

1 THE words of Nehemiah the son of Helakiah. And it came to pass in the month of Canun, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

2 That Hanan, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the remnant of the Jews who were left of the captivity and also concerning Jerusalem.

3 And these men whom I asked said to me, The men who had escaped the captivity, behold, they are there in the city, dwelling in misery and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.

4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for many days, and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

5 And I said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the mighty, the great and revered God, who keeps truth and grace for those who love him and keep his commandments;

6 Let thine eyes now be open, and thine ears attentive, to hear the prayer of thy servant which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and I confess the sins of the children of Israel which they have sinned against thee; moreover, both I and my father's house have sinned before thee.

7 And we have not kept all the commandments nor the statutes nor the ordinances which thou didst command thy servant Moses.

8 Remember now all the commandments which thou didst command thy servant Moses, saying, If you transgress against me, I will scatter you among the nations;

9 But if you turn to me and keep my laws and do them, then though your scattered ones were in the uttermost part of heaven, vet I will gather you from thence and bring you to the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast saved by thy great power and by thy strong hand.

11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant and to the prayer of those who are willing to worship thy name; and save thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was cup hearer to the king.

尼希米記

第1章

Nehemiah

Chapter 1

1 哈迦利亞的兒子尼希米的言語如下:亞達薛西王二十年基斯流月,我在書珊[palace]中。

1 THE words of Nehemiah the son of Helakiah. And it came to pass in the month of Canun, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

2 那時,有我一個弟兄哈拿尼,同著幾個人從猶大來。我問他們那些被擄歸回、剩下逃脫的猶太人和耶路撒冷的光景。

2 That Hanan, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the remnant of the Jews who were left of the captivity and also concerning Jerusalem.

3 他們對我說:「那些被擄歸回剩下的人在猶大省遭大難,受凌辱;並且耶路撒冷的城牆拆毀,城門被火焚燒。」

3 And these men whom I asked said to me, The men who had escaped the captivity, behold, they are there in the city, dwelling in misery and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.

4 我聽見這些[these]話,就坐下哭泣,悲哀幾日,在天上的神面前禁食祈禱[and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,]

4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for many days, and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

5 並說:「我求你[And said, I beseech thee],耶和華─天上的神,大而可畏的神啊,你向愛你、守你誡命的人守約施慈愛。

5 And I said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the mighty, the great and revered God, who keeps truth and grace for those who love him and keep his commandments;

6 如今[now]願你睜眼看,側耳聽,你僕人晝夜在你面前為你眾僕人以色列民的祈禱,承認我們以色列人向你所犯的罪;我與我父家都有罪了。

6 Let thine eyes now be open, and thine ears attentive, to hear the prayer of thy servant which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and I confess the sins of the children of Israel which they have sinned against thee; moreover, both I and my father's house have sinned before thee.

7 我們向你所行的甚是敗壞[corruptly],沒有遵守你藉著僕人摩西所吩咐的誡命、律例、典章。

7 And we have not kept all the commandments nor the statutes nor the ordinances which thou didst command thy servant Moses.

8 求你記念所吩咐你僕人摩西的話,說:『你們若犯罪,我就把你們分散在列國[nations]中;

8 Remember now all the commandments which thou didst command thy servant Moses, saying, If you transgress against me, I will scatter you among the nations;

9 但你們若歸向我,謹守遵行我的誡命,你們被趕散的人雖在天涯,我也必從那裏將他們招聚回來,帶到我所選擇立為我名的居所。』

9 But if you turn to me and keep my laws and do them, then though your scattered ones were in the uttermost part of heaven, vet I will gather you from thence and bring you to the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

10 這都是你的僕人、你的百姓,就是你用大力和大能的手所救贖的。

10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast saved by thy great power and by thy strong hand.

11 主啊,現在[now]求你側耳聽你僕人的祈禱,和喜愛敬畏你名眾僕人的祈禱,願你[pray thee]使你僕人現今亨通,在王[sight]前蒙恩。」我是作王酒政的。

11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant and to the prayer of those who are willing to worship thy name; and save thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was cup hearer to the king.