2021年8月12日 星期四

尼希米記2:1-10

 


2:1 亞達薛西王二十年尼散月,在王面前擺酒,我拿起酒來奉給王。我素來在王面前沒有愁容。
2:2
王對我說:「你既沒有病,為甚麼面帶愁容呢?這不是別的,必是你心中愁煩。」於是我甚懼怕。
2:3
我對王說:「願王萬歲!我列祖墳墓所在的那城荒涼,城門被火焚燒,我豈能面無愁容嗎?」
2:4
王問我說:「你要求甚麼?」於是我默禱天上的上帝。
2:5
我對王說:「僕人若在王眼前蒙恩,王若喜歡,求王差遣我往猶大,到我列祖墳墓所在的那城去,我好重新建造。」
2:6
那時王后坐在王的旁邊。王問我說:「你去要多少日子?幾時回來?」我就定了日期。於是王喜歡差遣我去。
2:7
我又對王說:「王若喜歡,求王賜我詔書,通知大河西的省長准我經過,直到猶大;
2:8
又賜詔書,通知管理王園林的亞薩,使他給我木料,做屬殿營樓之門的橫樑和城牆,與我自己房屋使用的。」王就允准我,因我上帝施恩的手幫助我。
2:9
王派了軍長和馬兵護送我。我到了河西的省長那裡,將王的詔書交給他們。
2:10
和倫人參巴拉,並為奴的亞捫人多比雅,聽見有人來為以色列人求好處,就甚惱怒。

 

  In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before, so the king asked me, “Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart.”

I was very much afraid, but I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

The king said to me, “What is it you want?”

Then I prayed to the God of heaven, and I answered the king, “If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so that I can rebuild it.”

Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?” It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time.

I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may I have letters to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, so that they will provide me safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah? And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the royal park, so he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple and for the city wall and for the residence I will occupy?” And because the gracious hand of my God was on me, the king granted my requests. So I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.

10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites.

 

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    尼希米對耶路撒冷的關心讓他的面帶憂愁,以至於王察覺到他的愁容,王就對他說:「你既沒有病,為甚麼面帶愁容呢?這不是別的,必是你心中愁煩。」

 

    對尼希米來說,這樣的表現有虧職守,然而上帝使他在王面前蒙恩,王還聽他的心聲:「願王萬歲!我列祖墳墓所在的那城荒涼,城門被火焚燒,我豈能面無愁容嗎?」

 

    王竟然開恩說:「你要求甚麼?」

 

    於是他禱告上帝之後,勇敢向王求:「僕人若在王眼前蒙恩,王若喜歡,求王差遣我往猶大,到我列祖墳墓所在的那城去,我好重新建造。」

 

    王不只答應他還派他回耶路撒冷還下詔書幫助他修復耶路撒冷這真是上帝的恩典

 

 

 

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