My God, please remember the many things that I have done to help my people. Please bless me. Nehemiah 5:19 我的上帝啊，求你記念我為這百姓所行的一切事，施恩與我。 尼希米記 5:19
I said to the leaders, the officers and all the people, ‘It is hard work and the wall is very long. So we are not working near to each other. When you hear the sound of the trumpet, come to join us here. Our God will fight on our behalf.’ Nehemiah 4:19-20 我對貴冑、官長，和其餘的人說：「這工程浩大，我們在城牆上相離甚遠； 你們聽見角聲在哪裏，就聚集到我們那裏去。我們的上帝必為我們爭戰。」 尼希米記 […]
The leader of the priests, Eliashib, and the other priests built the Sheep Gate. They fixed the doors in it again. They built the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. They dedicated it all to God. The men from Jericho built the next part of the city […]
The king asked me, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ So I prayed to our God who rules from heaven. Nehemiah 2:4 王問我說：「你要求甚麼？」於是我默禱天上的上帝。 尼希米記 2:4
Remember what you told your servant, Moses. You told him, “If the Israelites turn away from me, I will make them live among foreign people in many different places. But if they return to me and they obey my commands, I will be kind to them. I will bring them back together again from all […]
Then Shecaniah spoke to Ezra. Shecaniah was Jehiel’s son, a descendant of Elam. Shecaniah said, ‘We have not been faithful to our God. We have married foreign women from the nations who live near us. But we believe that Israel may still hope for God’s mercy. We will make an agreement with our God. We […]
All these bad things have happened to us because we are guilty of many wicked things. But, our God, you still have not punished us as much as we deserve. You have let some of us remain alive. But now we still refuse to obey your commands! Some of us have married foreign people who […]
We began our journey from the Ahava river on the 12th day of the first month. We left there to go to Jerusalem. Our God kept us safe on the journey. No enemies attacked us and nobody robbed us on the way. Ezra 8:31 正月十二日，我們從亞哈瓦河邊起行，要往耶路撒冷去。我們上帝的手保佑我們，救我們脫離仇敵和路上埋伏之人的手。 以斯拉記 8:31
God was kind to us and he helped us. So they brought Sherebiah to us. He was a clever worker. He was a descendant of Israel’s son Levi. He belonged to the clan of Levi’s son, Mahli. Sherebiah came with his sons and brothers. Together they were 18 men. Hashabiah and Jeshaiah also came. They […]
This man Ezra arrived from Babylon. He was a teacher who knew the law of Moses very well. The Lord, Israel’s God, had given that law to Moses. Ezra served the Lord as his God. The Lord was kind and he helped Ezra, so that the king of Persia gave him everything that he asked […]
