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Nehemiah 5:2
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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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王的贡税——指向波斯君主缴纳的税项（参较以斯拉记 4:13；以斯帖记 10:1）。在古代，苛重的赋税往往造成债务与困苦。
英文原文
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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父亲有权卖女儿为婢，这在律法中有明言（出埃及记 21:7）。卖儿子的权柄则由本节可以推知。无论哪种情形，这种买卖只在六年之内、或直到下一个禧年才有效（见旁注）。
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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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你们向弟兄取利——这一短语为尼希米记所独有，最好由上下文来解释；上下文表明，当时富足的犹太人的做法，与其说是放债取利，不如说是凭抵押和质押而借贷。
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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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尼希米以自己的榜样与富足犹太人的行为相对比。他曾花钱赎回一些在异教徒中为奴的同胞；他们却使另一些人在犹太人中间被卖为奴。
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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——尼希米曾借给别人，但并未索要抵押。
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I ... might exact - Nehemiah had lent, but not upon pledge.
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Nehemiah 5:11
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银钱百分之一……——即利息。有人推测这百分之一是按月支付的，换言之，取息的利率为百分之十二。律法完全禁止向以色列人取利（参见出埃及记 22:25；利未记 25:36等）。
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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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我抖搂衣襟——参较旁注。“衣襟”指衣袍胸前可作口袋之用的褶层。可比较以赛亚书 49:22旁注。
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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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没有吃省长的俸禄——即“不像别的波斯省长那样，靠我所治理之百姓的供给生活”。参见以斯拉记 4:14注释。
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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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银子四十舍客勒——是全省每日所缴的数目。对照尼希米所摆设的筵席（尼希米记 5:18），这是一笔相当适度的开支。
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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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我也……置买田地——即“我作为总监督，亲自分担城墙的工程；我并没有利用普遍的穷困，收购穷人的田地”。
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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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暂无译文。
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Compare the far grander provision for Solomon's table (see the marginal reference).
众多——稍加校改，本节便与下一节完全平行，其意为：“我们已经典当了儿子和女儿，为要得粮食充饥活命。”参较尼希米记 5:5。