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Nehemiah 5:2
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英語原文
Are many - A slight emendation brings this verse into exact parallelism with the next, and gives the sense - "We have pledged our sons and our daughters, that we might get corn, and eat and live." Compare Nehemiah 5:5.
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Nehemiah 5:4
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王的貢銀——指應繳給波斯君王的賦稅（參 Ezra 4:13；Esther 10:1）。古時候，苛重的賦稅往往造成債務與困苦。
英語原文
The king's tribute - The tax payable to the Persian monarch (compare Ezra 4:13; Esther 10:1). In ancient times, heavy taxation was often productive of debt and distress.
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Nehemiah 5:5
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父親有權把女兒賣為奴婢，這在律法中有明文提及（Exodus 21:7）。賣兒子的權柄則由本節經文顯明。無論哪一種情形，這種買賣只在不超過六年、或直到下一個禧年之間有效（見邊註參考）。
英語原文
The power of a father to sell his daughter into slavery is expressly mentioned in the Law Exodus 21:7. The power to sell a son appears from this passage. In either case, the sale held good for only six years, or until the next year of jubilee (see the marginal references).
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Nehemiah 5:7
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你們取利——這短語是尼希米記所獨有的，最好由上下文來解釋：當時富有的猶太人的做法，與其說是放債取利，不如說是憑抵押和質押放款。
英語原文
Ye exact usury - The phrase is unique to Nehemiah, and is best explained by the context, which shows the practice of the rich Jews at the time to have been not so much to lend on usury as to lend on mortgage and pledge.
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Nehemiah 5:8
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尼希米把自己的榜樣與富有猶太人的行為相對照：他曾花錢贖回一些在異族中為奴的同胞，他們卻使別人在猶太人當中被賣為奴。
英語原文
Nehemiah contrasts his own example with that of the rich Jews. He had spent money in redeeming some countrymen in servitude among the pagan; they were causing others to be sold into slavery among the Jews.
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Nehemiah 5:10
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我……也可以索取——尼希米固然借貸給人，卻從不索取抵押。
英語原文
I ... might exact - Nehemiah had lent, but not upon pledge.
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Nehemiah 5:11
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銀錢的百分之一……——即利息。據推測，這百分之一是按月繳付的，換言之，利息是以百分之十二的利率收取的。律法完全禁止向以色列人取利（見 Exodus 22:25；Leviticus 25:36 等）。
英語原文
The hundredth part of the money ... - i. e. the interest. It is conjectured that the 100th part was payable monthly, or, in other words, that interest was taken at the rate of twelve per cent. The Law altogether disallowed the taking of interest from Israelites (see Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36, etc.).
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Nehemiah 5:13
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我抖摟衣襟——可比較邊註參考。「衣襟」指衣襟胸部摺起、可作口袋使用的部分。可比較 Isaiah 49:22 邊註。
英語原文
I shook my lap - Compare the marginal references. By "lap" is meant a fold in the bosom of the dress, capable of serving as a pocket. Compare Isaiah 49:22 margin.
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Nehemiah 5:14
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沒有喫省長的俸祿——即「不像其他波斯省長那樣，住在受我管治之百姓的供養上」。見 Ezra 4:14 註。
英語原文
Have not eaten the bread of the governor - i. e. "have not, like other Persian governors, lived at the expense of the people under my government." See Ezra 4:14 note.
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Nehemiah 5:15
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まだ翻訳がありません。
英語原文
Forty shekels of silver - A daily sum from the entire province. For such a table as that kept by Nehemiah Neh 5:18, this would be a very moderate payment.
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Nehemiah 5:16
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まだ翻訳がありません。
英語原文
I continued ... land - i. e. - "I took my share in the work of the wall, as general superintendent. I did not take advantage of the general poverty to buy poor men's plots of ground."
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Nehemiah 5:18
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まだ翻訳がありません。
英語原文
Compare the far grander provision for Solomon's table (see the marginal reference).
衆多——本節只需稍加修改，便可與下一節完全平行，意思便成了：「我們抵押了自己的兒女，為要得着糧食，喫了可以存活。」參 Nehemiah 5:5。