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Nehemiah Capitolo 6
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Ne 6:1-19.
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Ne 6:1-19.
SANBALLAT PRACTISES AGAINST NEHEMIAH BY INSIDIOUS ATTEMPTS.
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2-4. 参巴拉和基善就打发人来见我——撒玛利亚的首领们既知不能用武力胜过尼希米，便决意以诡诈计谋占他上风。他们以此为念，便以友好方式了结彼此分歧为借口，邀请他赴会。约定的地点是「在平原的某一村庄」。「在村庄」希伯来文作「在基非琳」，即「基非拉」，是便雅悯境内一城之名
（Jos 9:17；18:26）。
然而尼希米因怀疑对方别有用心，审慎地婉拒了邀请。虽然此举重复了四次，[尼希米]始终如一的答复是：他所从事的重要工作离不开他的亲临。这只是原因之一，但并非唯一的原因。他拒绝的主要原因乃是：他若被他们擒拿或杀害，城防工程就必中止，再无进展。
Originale inglese
2-4. Then Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me--The Samaritan leaders, convinced that they could not overcome Nehemiah by open arms, resolved to gain advantage over him by deceit and stratagem. With this in view, under pretext of terminating their differences in an amicable manner, they invited him to a conference. The place of rendezvous was fixed "in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono." "In the villages" is, Hebrew, "in Cephirim," or "Chephirah," the name of a town in the territory of Benjamin
(Jos 9:17; 18:26).
Nehemiah, however, apprehensive of some intended mischief, prudently declined the invitation. Though it was repeated four times, [Nehemiah's] uniform answer was that his presence could not be dispensed with from the important work in which he was engaged. This was one, though not the only, reason. The principal ground of his refusal was that his seizure or death at their hands would certainly put a stop to the further progress of the fortifications.
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5-9. 参巴拉……第五次打发仆人来，手里拿着未封的信——在西亚，信卷起如地图后，被压扁至一英寸宽；不另密封，而在两端用浆糊粘住。在东亚，波斯人把信卷成长约六英寸的卷状，外用一小片纸以胶固定，再盖上油墨印记；这墨类似我们的印刷油墨，但不及那样浓稠。从前送给显要人物的书信，至今仍是装在袋或囊中送出；即使是送给同等的人，也封装起来——系以彩色丝带。但送给下属或当被轻慢之人，书信则敞开送出——即不装入袋中。尼希米习惯了波斯朝廷繁琐的礼节，必立刻察觉缺少通常的礼数，知道这是出于故意的轻慢。信的内容同样傲慢。大意是：他如此忙碌修筑的工事，意在为他图谋叛变造势；他已雇用先知煽动百姓附和他的计划，并拥立他为本地之王；为阻止这些迟早会传到朝廷的传言，所以急切地恳求他前来赴所愿的会议。尼希米因自己清白无辜的意识而坚定，又识破这浅薄诡计的目的，便回复说：并没有上述那类的传言，叛变之说和雇用煽动者的鼓动之辞，都是写信人自己捏造的；他如今一如从前，拒绝离开他的工作。
Originale inglese
5-9. Then sent Sanballat his servant . . . the fifth time with an open letter in his hand--In Western Asia, letters, after being rolled up like a map, are flattened to the breadth of an inch; and instead of being sealed, they are pasted at the ends. In Eastern Asia, the Persians make up their letters in the form of a roll about six inches long, and a bit of paper is fastened round it with gum, and sealed with an impression of ink, which resembles our printers' ink, but it is not so thick. Letters were, and are still, sent to persons of distinction in a bag or purse, and even to equals they are enclosed--the tie being made with a colored ribbon. But to inferiors, or persons who are to be treated contemptuously, the letters were sent open--that is, not enclosed in a bag. Nehemiah, accustomed to the punctillious ceremonial of the Persian court, would at once notice the want of the usual formality and know that it was from designed disrespect. The strain of the letter was equally insolent. It was to this effect: The fortifications with which he was so busy were intended to strengthen his position in the view of a meditated revolt: he had engaged prophets to incite the people to enter into his design and support his claim to be their native king; and, to stop the circulation of such reports, which would soon reach the court, he was earnestly besought to come to the wished-for conference. Nehemiah, strong in the consciousness of his own integrity, and penetrating the purpose of this shallow artifice, replied that there were no rumors of the kind described, that the idea of a revolt and the stimulating addresses of hired demagogues were stories of the writer's own invention, and that he declined now, as formerly, to leave his work.
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10-14. 后来我到了示玛雅的家，等等——此人是祭司之子，是尼希米亲密信任的朋友。这年轻人自称有先知的恩赐。他既受了参巴拉的暗中贿赂，便以假先知的身份告诉尼希米，说他的仇敌今夜要下手谋害他的性命。同时劝他为安全起见，避入圣所——那是一个因圣洁而坚固稳妥的密室。但这位高尚的省长决意无论如何坚守岗位，不肯因自己怯懦地离开圣殿与圣城不加守护，而使神和宗教的事业蒙羞。这阴谋，连同仇敌与犹太贵胄之间暗中勾结——这些贵胄因多比雅有犹太姻亲而对他心存好感
（Ne 6:18）——都被尼希米不屈的勇气与警醒，靠着神的赐福，得以挫败。这样，在艰难之时所建造的城墙
（Da 9:25） 终于在短短五十二日内顺利完工
（Ne 6:15）。 这样迅速的完工，即使假设旧墙尚有存留的部分，除非考虑到做工的人以宗教热忱的火热心情工作，如同从事神的事工一般，否则难以充分解释。
Originale inglese
10-14. Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah, &c.--This man was the son of a priest, who was an intimate and confidential friend of Nehemiah. The young man claimed to be endowed with the gift of prophecy. Having been secretly bribed by Sanballat, he, in his pretended capacity of prophet, told Nehemiah that his enemies were that night to make an attempt upon his life. He advised him, at the same time, to consult his safety by concealing himself in the sanctuary, a crypt which, from its sanctity, was strong and secure. But the noble-minded governor determined at all hazards to remain at his post, and not bring discredit on the cause of God and religion by his unworthy cowardice in leaving the temple and city unprotected. This plot, together with a secret collusion between the enemy and the nobles of Judah who were favorably disposed towards the bad Samaritan in consequence of his Jewish connections
(Ne 6:18),
the undaunted courage and vigilance of Nehemiah were enabled, with the blessing of God, to defeat, and the erection of the walls thus built in troublous times
(Da 9:25)
was happily completed
(Ne 6:15)
in the brief space of fifty-two days. So rapid execution, even supposing some parts of the old wall standing, cannot be sufficiently accounted for, except by the consideration that the builders labored with the ardor of religious zeal, as men employed in the work of God.
Ne 6:1-19.
参巴拉以诡诈之计谋害尼希米。