| 7:1 | [NASB] Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed, |
| 7:2 | [NASB] then I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many. |
| 7:3 | [NASB] Then I said to them, "Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing {guard,} let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house." |
| 第一次回來者的家譜 |
| 7:4 | [NASB] Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few and the houses were not built. |
| 7:5 | [NASB] Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first in which I found the following record: |
| 7:6 | [NASB] These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city, |
| 7:7 | [NASB] who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of men of the people of Israel: |
| 7:8 | [NASB] the sons of Parosh, 2,172; |
| 7:9 | [NASB] the sons of Shephatiah, 372; |
| 7:10 | [NASB] the sons of Arah, 652; |
| 7:11 | [NASB] the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818; |
| 7:12 | [NASB] the sons of Elam, 1,254; |
| 7:13 | [NASB] the sons of Zattu, 845; |
| 7:14 | [NASB] the sons of Zaccai, 760; |
| 7:15 | [NASB] the sons of Binnui, 648; |
| 7:16 | [NASB] the sons of Bebai, 628; |
| 7:17 | [NASB] the sons of Azgad, 2,322; |
| 7:18 | [NASB] the sons of Adonikam, 667; |
| 7:19 | [NASB] the sons of Bigvai, 2,067; |
| 7:20 | [NASB] the sons of Adin, 655; |
| 7:21 | [NASB] the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98; |
| 7:22 | [NASB] the sons of Hashum, 328; |
| 7:23 | [NASB] the sons of Bezai, 324; |
| 7:24 | [NASB] the sons of Hariph, 112; |
| 7:25 | [NASB] the sons of Gibeon, 95; |
| 7:26 | [NASB] the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188; |
| 7:27 | [NASB] the men of Anathoth, 128; |
| 7:28 | [NASB] the men of Beth-azmaveth, 42; |
| 7:29 | [NASB] the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743; |
| 7:30 | [NASB] the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; |
| 7:31 | [NASB] the men of Michmas, 122; |
| 7:32 | [NASB] the men of Bethel and Ai, 123; |
| 7:33 | [NASB] the men of the other Nebo, 52; |
| 7:34 | [NASB] the sons of the other Elam, 1,254; |
| 7:35 | [NASB] the sons of Harim, 320; |
| 7:36 | [NASB] the men of Jericho, 345; |
| 7:37 | [NASB] the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721; |
| 7:38 | [NASB] the sons of Senaah, 3,930. |
| 7:39 | [NASB] The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973; |
| 7:40 | [NASB] the sons of Immer, 1,052; |
| 7:41 | [NASB] the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; |
| 7:42 | [NASB] the sons of Harim, 1,017. |
| 7:43 | [NASB] The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodevah, 74. |
| 7:44 | [NASB] The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148. |
| 7:45 | [NASB] The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, 138. |
| 7:46 | [NASB] The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, |
| 7:47 | [NASB] the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon, |
| 7:48 | [NASB] the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai, |
| 7:49 | [NASB] the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, |
| 7:50 | [NASB] the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, |
| 7:51 | [NASB] the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, |
| 7:52 | [NASB] the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephushesim, |
| 7:53 | [NASB] the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, |
| 7:54 | [NASB] the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, |
| 7:55 | [NASB] the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah, |
| 7:56 | [NASB] the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha. |
| 7:57 | [NASB] The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida, |
| 7:58 | [NASB] the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, |
| 7:59 | [NASB] the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Amon. |
| 7:60 | [NASB] All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants {were} 392. |
| 7:61 | [NASB] These {were} they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses or their descendants, whether they were of Israel: |
| 7:62 | [NASB] the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642. |
| 7:63 | [NASB] Of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and was named after them. |
| 7:64 | [NASB] These searched {among} their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean {and excluded} from the priesthood. |
| 7:65 | [NASB] The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim. |
| 7:66 | [NASB] The whole assembly together {was} 42,360, |
| 7:67 | [NASB] besides their male and their female servants, of whom {there were} 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers. |
| 7:68 | [NASB] Their horses were 736; their mules, 245; |
| 7:69 | [NASB] {their} camels, 435; {their} donkeys, 6,720. |
| 7:70 | [NASB] Some from among the heads of fathers' {households} gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 priests' garments. |
| 7:71 | [NASB] Some of the heads of fathers' {households} gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas. |
| 7:72 | [NASB] That which the rest of the people gave was 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,000 silver minas and 67 priests' garments. |
| 7:73 | [NASB] Now the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants and all Israel, lived in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the sons of Israel {were} in their cities. |
| 以斯拉為百姓讀律法書 |
| 8:1 | [NASB] And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had given to Israel. |
| 8:2 | [NASB] Then Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women and all who {could} listen with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month. |
| 8:3 | [NASB] He read from it before the square which was in front of the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of men and women, those who could understand; and all the people were attentive to the book of the law. |
| 8:4 | [NASB] Ezra the scribe stood at a wooden podium which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah {and} Meshullam on his left hand. |
| 8:5 | [NASB] Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. |
| 8:6 | [NASB] Then Ezra blessed the LORD the great God. And all the people answered, "Amen, Amen!" while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshiped the LORD with {their} faces to the ground. |
| 8:7 | [NASB] Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, explained the law to the people while the people {remained} in their place. |
| 8:8 | [NASB] They read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading. |
| 8:9 | [NASB] Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest {and} scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep." For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law. |
| 8:10 | [NASB] Then he said to them, "Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." |
| 8:11 | [NASB] So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved." |
| 8:12 | [NASB] All the people went away to eat, to drink, to send portions and to celebrate a great festival, because they understood the words which had been made known to them. |
| 百姓守住棚節 |
| 8:13 | [NASB] Then on the second day the heads of fathers' {households} of all the people, the priests and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribe that they might gain insight into the words of the law. |
| 8:14 | [NASB] They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded through Moses that the sons of Israel should live in booths during the feast of the seventh month. |
| 8:15 | [NASB] So they proclaimed and circulated a proclamation in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches and branches of {other} leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written." |
| 8:16 | [NASB] So the people went out and brought {them} and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim. |
| 8:17 | [NASB] The entire assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in them. The sons of Israel had indeed not done so from the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day. And there was great rejoicing. |
| 8:18 | [NASB] He read from the book of the law of God daily, from the first day to the last day. And they celebrated the feast seven days, and on the eighth day {there was} a solemn assembly according to the ordinance. |
| 百姓認罪 |
| 9:1 | [NASB] Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them. |
| 9:2 | [NASB] The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. |
| 9:3 | [NASB] While they stood in their place, they read from the book of the law of the LORD their God for a fourth of the day; and for {another} fourth they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God. |
| 9:4 | [NASB] Now on the Levites' platform stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani {and} Chenani, and they cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God. |
| 認罪的禱告 |
| 9:5 | [NASB] Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah {and} Pethahiah, said, "Arise, bless the LORD your God forever and ever! O may Your glorious name be blessed And exalted above all blessing and praise! |
| 9:6 | [NASB] "You alone are the LORD. You have made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before You. |
| 9:7 | [NASB] "You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham. |
| 9:8 | [NASB] "You found his heart faithful before You, And made a covenant with him To give {him} the land of the Canaanite, Of the Hittite and the Amorite, Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite-- To give {it} to his descendants. And You have fulfilled Your promise, For You are righteous. |
| 9:9 | [NASB] "You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And heard their cry by the Red Sea. |
| 9:10 | [NASB] "Then You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, Against all his servants and all the people of his land; For You knew that they acted arrogantly toward them, And made a name for Yourself as {it is} this day. |
| 9:11 | [NASB] "You divided the sea before them, So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground; And their pursuers You hurled into the depths, Like a stone into raging waters. |
| 9:12 | [NASB] "And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go. |
| 9:13 | [NASB] "Then You came down on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments. |
| 9:14 | [NASB] "So You made known to them Your holy sabbath, And laid down for them commandments, statutes and law, Through Your servant Moses. |
| 9:15 | [NASB] "You provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger, You brought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst, And You told them to enter in order to possess The land which You swore to give them. |
| 9:16 | [NASB] "But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments. |
| 9:17 | [NASB] "They refused to listen, And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them; So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness; And You did not forsake them. |
| 9:18 | [NASB] "Even when they made for themselves A calf of molten metal And said, 'This is your God Who brought you up from Egypt,' And committed great blasphemies, |
| 9:19 | [NASB] You, in Your great compassion, Did not forsake them in the wilderness; The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day, To guide them on their way, Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go. |
| 9:20 | [NASB] "You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, Your manna You did not withhold from their mouth, And You gave them water for their thirst. |
| 9:21 | [NASB] "Indeed, forty years You provided for them in the wilderness {and} they were not in want; Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell. |
| 9:22 | [NASB] "You also gave them kingdoms and peoples, And allotted {them} to them as a boundary. They took possession of the land of Sihon the king of Heshbon And the land of Og the king of Bashan. |
| 9:23 | [NASB] "You made their sons numerous as the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess. |
| 9:24 | [NASB] "So their sons entered and possessed the land. And You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, And You gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, To do with them as they desired. |
| 9:25 | [NASB] "They captured fortified cities and a fertile land. They took possession of houses full of every good thing, Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, Fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled and grew fat, And reveled in Your great goodness. |
| 9:26 | [NASB] "But they became disobedient and rebelled against You, And cast Your law behind their backs And killed Your prophets who had admonished them So that they might return to You, And they committed great blasphemies. |
| 9:27 | [NASB] "Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them, But when they cried to You in the time of their distress, You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors. |
| 9:28 | [NASB] "But as soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You; Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them. When they cried again to You, You heard from heaven, And many times You rescued them according to Your compassion, |
| 9:29 | [NASB] And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your law. Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances, By which if a man observes them he shall live. And they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen. |
| 9:30 | [NASB] "However, You bore with them for many years, And admonished them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, Yet they would not give ear. Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. |
| 9:31 | [NASB] "Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them, For You are a gracious and compassionate God. |
| 9:32 | [NASB] "Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness, Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You, Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day. |
| 9:33 | [NASB] "However, You are just in all that has come upon us; For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly. |
| 9:34 | [NASB] "For our kings, our leaders, our priests and our fathers have not kept Your law Or paid attention to Your commandments and Your admonitions with which You have admonished them. |
| 9:35 | [NASB] "But they, in their own kingdom, With Your great goodness which You gave them, With the broad and rich land which You set before them, Did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds. |
| 9:36 | [NASB] "Behold, we are slaves today, And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty, Behold, we are slaves in it. |
| 9:37 | [NASB] "Its abundant produce is for the kings Whom You have set over us because of our sins; They also rule over our bodies And over our cattle as they please, So we are in great distress. |
| 立約簽名 |
| 9:38 | [NASB] "Now because of all this We are making an agreement in writing; And on the sealed document {are the names of} our leaders, our Levites {and} our priests." |
| 10:1 | [NASB] Now on the sealed document {were the names of:} Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, |
| 10:2 | [NASB] Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, |
| 10:3 | [NASB] Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, |
| 10:4 | [NASB] Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, |
| 10:5 | [NASB] Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, |
| 10:6 | [NASB] Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, |
| 10:7 | [NASB] Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, |
| 10:8 | [NASB] Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. These {were} the priests. |
| 10:9 | [NASB] And the Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; |
| 10:10 | [NASB] also their brothers Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, |
| 10:11 | [NASB] Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, |
| 10:12 | [NASB] Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, |
| 10:13 | [NASB] Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. |
| 10:14 | [NASB] The leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, |
| 10:15 | [NASB] Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, |
| 10:16 | [NASB] Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, |
| 10:17 | [NASB] Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, |
| 10:18 | [NASB] Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, |
| 10:19 | [NASB] Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, |
| 10:20 | [NASB] Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, |
| 10:21 | [NASB] Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, |
| 10:22 | [NASB] Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, |
| 10:23 | [NASB] Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, |
| 10:24 | [NASB] Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, |
| 10:25 | [NASB] Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, |
| 10:26 | [NASB] Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, |
| 10:27 | [NASB] Malluch, Harim, Baanah. |
| 立誓遵守律法 |
| 10:28 | [NASB] Now the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, all those who had knowledge and understanding, |
| 10:29 | [NASB] are joining with their kinsmen, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God's law, which was given through Moses, God's servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes; |
| 10:30 | [NASB] and that we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons. |
| 10:31 | [NASB] As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego {the crops} the seventh year and the exaction of every debt. |
| 10:32 | [NASB] We also placed ourselves under obligation to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: |
| 10:33 | [NASB] for the showbread, for the continual grain offering, for the continual burnt offering, the sabbaths, the new moon, for the appointed times, for the holy things and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God. |
| 10:34 | [NASB] Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood {among} the priests, the Levites and the people so that they might bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers' households, at fixed times annually, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law; |
| 10:35 | [NASB] and that they might bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually, |
| 10:36 | [NASB] and bring to the house of our God the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks as it is written in the law, for the priests who are ministering in the house of our God. |
| 10:37 | [NASB] We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine and the oil to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the rural towns. |
| 10:38 | [NASB] The priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes, and the Levites shall bring up the tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse. |
| 10:39 | [NASB] For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; there are the utensils of the sanctuary, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers and the singers. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God. |
| 住耶路撒冷的人 |
| 11:1 | [NASB] Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths {remained} in the {other} cities. |
| 11:2 | [NASB] And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem. |
| 11:3 | [NASB] Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah each lived on his own property in their cities--the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants. |
| 11:4 | [NASB] Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez; |
| 11:5 | [NASB] and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. |
| 11:6 | [NASB] All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 able men. |
| 11:7 | [NASB] Now these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah; |
| 11:8 | [NASB] and after him Gabbai {and} Sallai, 928. |
| 11:9 | [NASB] Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second in command of the city. |
| 11:10 | [NASB] From the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, |
| 11:11 | [NASB] Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God, |
| 11:12 | [NASB] and their kinsmen who performed the work of the temple, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, |
| 11:13 | [NASB] and his kinsmen, heads of fathers' {households,} 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, |
| 11:14 | [NASB] and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim. |
| 11:15 | [NASB] Now from the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; |
| 11:16 | [NASB] and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who were in charge of the outside work of the house of God; |
| 11:17 | [NASB] and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the leader in beginning the thanksgiving at prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. |
| 11:18 | [NASB] All the Levites in the holy city {were} 284. |
| 11:19 | [NASB] Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren who kept watch at the gates, {were} 172. |
| 11:20 | [NASB] The rest of Israel, of the priests {and} of the Levites, {were} in all the cities of Judah, each on his own inheritance. |
| 11:21 | [NASB] But the temple servants were living in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of the temple servants. |
| 11:22 | [NASB] Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers for the service of the house of God. |
| 11:23 | [NASB] For {there was} a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders day by day. |
| 11:24 | [NASB] Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king's representative in all matters concerning the people. |
| 住其他城鎮的人 |
| 11:25 | [NASB] Now as for the villages with their fields, some of the sons of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, |
| 11:26 | [NASB] and in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet, |
| 11:27 | [NASB] and in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its towns, |
| 11:28 | [NASB] and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns, |
| 11:29 | [NASB] and in En-rimmon, in Zorah and in Jarmuth, |
| 11:30 | [NASB] Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba as far as the valley of Hinnom. |
| 11:31 | [NASB] The sons of Benjamin also {lived} from Geba {onward,} at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns, |
| 11:32 | [NASB] at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, |
| 11:33 | [NASB] Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, |
| 11:34 | [NASB] Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, |
| 11:35 | [NASB] Lod and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. |
| 11:36 | [NASB] From the Levites, {some} divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin. |
| 祭司利未人名單 |
| 12:1 | [NASB] Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, |
| 12:2 | [NASB] Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, |
| 12:3 | [NASB] Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, |
| 12:4 | [NASB] Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, |
| 12:5 | [NASB] Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, |
| 12:6 | [NASB] Shemaiah and Joiarib, Jedaiah, |
| 12:7 | [NASB] Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua. |
| 12:8 | [NASB] The Levites {were} Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, {and} Mattaniah {who was} in charge of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers. |
| 12:9 | [NASB] Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in {their} service divisions. |
| 12:10 | [NASB] Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada, |
| 12:11 | [NASB] and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua. |
| 作族長的祭司利未人 |
| 12:12 | [NASB] Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of fathers' {households} were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; |
| 12:13 | [NASB] of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; |
| 12:14 | [NASB] of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; |
| 12:15 | [NASB] of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; |
| 12:16 | [NASB] of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; |
| 12:17 | [NASB] of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; |
| 12:18 | [NASB] of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; |
| 12:19 | [NASB] of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; |
| 12:20 | [NASB] of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; |
| 12:21 | [NASB] of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel. |
| 12:22 | [NASB] As for the Levites, the heads of fathers' {households} were registered in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan and Jaddua; so {were} the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian. |
| 12:23 | [NASB] The sons of Levi, the heads of fathers' {households,} were registered in the Book of the Chronicles up to the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. |
| 12:24 | [NASB] The heads of the Levites {were} Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise {and} give thanks, as prescribed by David the man of God, division corresponding to division. |
| 12:25 | [NASB] Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon {and} Akkub {were} gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates. |
| 12:26 | [NASB] These {served} in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest {and} scribe. |
| 行城墻落成的禮 |
| 12:27 | [NASB] Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs {to the accompaniment} of cymbals, harps and lyres. |
| 12:28 | [NASB] So the sons of the singers were assembled from the district around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites, |
| 12:29 | [NASB] from Beth-gilgal and from {their} fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem. |
| 12:30 | [NASB] The priests and the Levites purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates and the wall. |
| 12:31 | [NASB] Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall, and I appointed two great choirs, the first proceeding to the right on top of the wall toward the Refuse Gate. |
| 12:32 | [NASB] Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah followed them, |
| 12:33 | [NASB] with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, |
| 12:34 | [NASB] Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, |
| 12:35 | [NASB] and some of the sons of the priests with trumpets; {and} Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, |
| 12:36 | [NASB] and his kinsmen, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah {and} Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them. |
| 12:37 | [NASB] At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the city of David by the stairway of the wall above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east. |
| 12:38 | [NASB] The second choir proceeded to the left, while I followed them with half of the people on the wall, above the Tower of Furnaces, to the Broad Wall, |
| 12:39 | [NASB] and above the Gate of Ephraim, by the Old Gate, by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard. |
| 12:40 | [NASB] Then the two choirs took their stand in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me; |
| 12:41 | [NASB] and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah, with the trumpets; |
| 12:42 | [NASB] and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam and Ezer. And the singers sang, with Jezrahiah {their} leader, |
| 12:43 | [NASB] and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar. |
| 派人管理庫房 |
| 12:44 | [NASB] On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served. |
| 12:45 | [NASB] For they performed the worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command of David {and} of his son Solomon. |
| 12:46 | [NASB] For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, {there were} leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God. |
| 12:47 | [NASB] So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the consecrated {portion} for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated {portion} for the sons of Aaron. |
| 與外邦人隔離 |
| 13:1 | [NASB] On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, |
| 13:2 | [NASB] because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing. |
| 13:3 | [NASB] So when they heard the law, they excluded all foreigners from Israel. |
| 解決祭司雜婚 |
| 13:4 | [NASB] Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being related to Tobiah, |
| 13:5 | [NASB] had prepared a large room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine and oil prescribed for the Levites, the singers and the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests. |
| 13:6 | [NASB] But during all this {time} I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had gone to the king. After some time, however, I asked leave from the king, |
| 13:7 | [NASB] and I came to Jerusalem and learned about the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, by preparing a room for him in the courts of the house of God. |
| 13:8 | [NASB] It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah's household goods out of the room. |
| 13:9 | [NASB] Then I gave an order and they cleansed the rooms; and I returned there the utensils of the house of God with the grain offerings and the frankincense. |
| 解決利未人的生計 |
| 13:10 | [NASB] I also discovered that the portions of the Levites had not been given {them,} so that the Levites and the singers who performed the service had gone away, each to his own field. |
| 13:11 | [NASB] So I reprimanded the officials and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" Then I gathered them together and restored them to their posts. |
| 13:12 | [NASB] All Judah then brought the tithe of the grain, wine and oil into the storehouses. |
| 13:13 | [NASB] In charge of the storehouses I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and in addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered reliable, and it was their task to distribute to their kinsmen. |
| 13:14 | [NASB] Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my loyal deeds which I have performed for the house of my God and its services. |
| 處理犯安息日的問題 |
| 13:15 | [NASB] In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading {them} on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought {them} into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So I admonished {them} on the day they sold food. |
| 13:16 | [NASB] Also men of Tyre were living there {who} imported fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold {them} to the sons of Judah on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem. |
| 13:17 | [NASB] Then I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing you are doing, by profaning the sabbath day? |
| 13:18 | [NASB] "Did not your fathers do the same, so that our God brought on us and on this city all this trouble? Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath." |
| 13:19 | [NASB] It came about that just as it grew dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and that they should not open them until after the sabbath. Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates {so that} no load would enter on the sabbath day. |
| 13:20 | [NASB] Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem. |
| 13:21 | [NASB] Then I warned them and said to them, "Why do you spend the night in front of the wall? If you do so again, I will use force against you." From that time on they did not come on the sabbath. |
| 13:22 | [NASB] And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come as gatekeepers to sanctify the sabbath day. {For} this also remember me, O my God, and have compassion on me according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness. |
| 處理雜婚問題 |
| 13:23 | [NASB] In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon {and} Moab. |
| 13:24 | [NASB] As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able to speak the language of Judah, but the language of his own people. |
| 13:25 | [NASB] So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. |
| 13:26 | [NASB] "Did not Solomon king of Israel sin regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin. |
| 13:27 | [NASB] "Do we then hear about you that you have committed all this great evil by acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?" |
| 13:28 | [NASB] Even one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove him away from me. |
| 13:29 | [NASB] Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites. |
| 13:30 | [NASB] Thus I purified them from everything foreign and appointed duties for the priests and the Levites, each in his task, |
| 13:31 | [NASB] and {I arranged} for the supply of wood at appointed times and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. |
