The leaders of the Levites were: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and the people who helped them. The people who helped them stood across from them to sing and praise and thank God. The Levites sang first. And then the people who helped them replied. They did this as David, God’s man, had told […]
The leaders of the Jews lived in Jerusalem. The other people threw lots. In that way, they chose which families would live there. From every group of 10 families they chose one family. Then that family would live in Jerusalem, the holy city. The other families could stay in their own towns. The people said […]
We will bring the first dough, fruit, wine and oil and other special offerings to the house of God. The priests will store them in its rooms. We will bring our tithes to the Levites. They will take them from our towns to God’s house. They will store them there. A priest from the family […]
Our God, you are great and powerful and you keep your promises. You continue to love us. Remember how many troubles we have had. They are not small troubles. Our kings, priests, prophets and our ancestors have all had great troubles. We have had trouble since the time of the kings of Assyria. But in […]
All the Jews met together in the wide place by the Water Gate. The people asked Ezra to bring the Book of the Law of Moses. The laws that the Lord gave to Israel are in the Book of the Law. Nehemiah 8:1 到了七月，以色列人住在自己的城裏。那時，他們如同一人聚集在水門前的寬闊處，請文士以斯拉將耶和華藉摩西傳給以色列人的律法書帶來。 尼希米記 8:1
Jerusalem was a large city, but not many people lived in it. We had not yet built many houses. It was not easy to keep the city safe. Then God put an idea in my mind. I called the leaders, the officers and the other people to meet together. I wanted to check the lists […]
We finished the city’s wall on the 25th day of the month Elul. It had taken 52 days to build the wall again. When our enemies heard this news, they were afraid. The people of all the nations who lived near Jerusalem were very afraid. They knew that our God had helped us to finish […]
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 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
