- 哈迦利亚的儿子尼希米的言语如下。亚达薛西王二十年基斯流月,我在书珊城的宫中。
- 那时,有我一个弟兄哈拿尼,同着几个人从犹大来。我问他们那些被掳归回,剩下逃脱的犹大人和耶路撒冷的光景。
- 他们对我说,那些被掳归回剩下的人,在犹大省遭大难,受凌辱。并且耶路撒冷的城墙拆毁,城门被火焚烧。
- 我听见这话,就坐下哭泣,悲哀几日。在天上的神面前禁食祈祷,说,
- 耶和华天上的神,大而可畏的神阿,你向爱你,守你诫命的人守约施慈爱。
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- The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,
- Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
- They said to me, "Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire."
- When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.
- Then I said: "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and obey his commands,
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