Chapter 5

5:1 [hgb]  百 姓 和 他 们 的 妻 大 大 呼 号 ， 埋 怨 他 们 的 弟 兄 犹 大 人 。
    [kjv]  And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
    [bbe]  Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
5:2 [hgb]  有 的 说 ， 我 们 和 儿 女 人 口 众 多 ， 要 去 得 粮 食 度 命 。
    [kjv]  For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
    [bbe]  For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.
5:3 [hgb]  有 的 说 ， 我 们 典 了 田 地 ， 葡 萄 园 ， 房 屋 ， 要 得 粮 食 充 饥 。
    [kjv]  Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth¹.
    [bbe]  And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.
5:4 [hgb]  有 的 说 ， 我 们 已 经 指 着 田 地 ， 葡 萄 园 ， 借 了 钱 给 王 纳 税 。
    [kjv]  There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
    [bbe]  And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.
5:5 [hgb]  我 们 的 身 体 与 我 们 弟 兄 的 身 体 一 样 。 我 们 的 儿 女 与 他 们 的 儿 女 一 般 。 现 在 我 们 将 要 使 儿 女 作 人 的 仆 婢 ， 我 们 的 女 儿 已 有 为 婢 的 。 我 们 并 无 力 拯 救 ， 因 为 我 们 的 田 地 ， 葡 萄 园 已 经 归 了 别 人 。
    [kjv]  Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage² our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem³ them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
    [bbe]  But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
5:6 [hgb]  我 听 见 他 们 呼 号 说 这 些 话 ， 便 甚 发 怒 。
    [kjv]  And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
    [bbe]  And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.
5:7 [hgb]  我 心 里 筹 划 ， 就 斥 责 贵 胄 和 官 长 说 ， 你 们 各 人 向 弟 兄 取 利 。 于 是 我 招 聚 大 会 攻 击 他 们 。
    [kjv]  Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked⁴ the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury⁵, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
    [bbe]  And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
5:8 [hgb]  我 对 他 们 说 ， 我 们 尽 力 赎 回 我 们 弟 兄 ， 就 是 卖 与 外 邦 的 犹 大 人 。 你 们 还 要 卖 弟 兄 ， 使 我 们 赎 回 来 吗 ？ 他 们 就 静 默 不 语 ， 无 话 可 答 。
    [kjv]  And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed⁶ our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
    [bbe]  And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word.
5:9 [hgb]  我 又 说 ， 你 们 所 行 的 不 善 。 你 们 行 事 不 当 敬 畏 我 们 的 神 吗 ？ 不 然 ， 难 免 我 们 的 仇 敌 外 邦 人 毁 谤 我 们 。
    [kjv]  Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
    [bbe]  And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
5:10 [hgb]  我 和 我 的 弟 兄 与 仆 人 ， 也 将 银 钱 粮 食 借 给 百 姓 。 我 们 大 家 都 当 免 去 利 息 。
    [kjv]  I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
    [bbe]  Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.
5:11 [hgb]  如 今 我 劝 你 们 将 他 们 的 田 地 ， 葡 萄 园 ， 橄 榄 园 ， 房 屋 ， 并 向 他 们 所 取 的 银 钱 ， 粮 食 ， 新 酒 ， 和 油 ， 百 分 之 一 的 利 息 都 归 还 他 们 。
    [kjv]  Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
    [bbe]  Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.
5:12 [hgb]  众 人 说 ， 我 们 必 归 还 ， 不 再 向 他 们 索 要 ， 必 照 你 的 话 行 。 我 就 召 了 祭 司 来 ， 叫 众 人 起 誓 ， 必 照 着 所 应 许 的 而 行 。
    [kjv]  Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
    [bbe]  Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.
5:13 [hgb]  我 也 抖 着 胸 前 的 衣 襟 ， 说 ， 凡 不 成 就 这 应 许 的 ， 愿 神 照 样 抖 他 离 开 家 产 和 他 劳 碌 得 来 的 ， 直 到 抖 空 了 。 会 众 都 说 ， 阿 们 。 又 赞 美 耶 和 华 。 百 姓 就 照 着 所 应 许 的 去 行 。
    [kjv]  Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
    [bbe]  And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.
5:14 [hgb]  自 从 我 奉 派 作 犹 大 地 的 省 长 ， 就 是 从 亚 达 薛 西 王 二 十 年 ， 直 到 三 十 二 年 ， 共 十 二 年 之 久 ， 我 与 我 弟 兄 都 没 有 吃 省 长 的 俸 禄 。
    [kjv]  Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
    [bbe]  Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.
5:15 [hgb]  在 我 以 前 的 省 长 加 重 百 姓 的 担 子 ， 每 日 索 要 粮 食 和 酒 ， 并 银 子 四 十 舍 客 勒 ， 就 是 他 们 的 仆 人 也 辖 制 百 姓 。 但 我 因 敬 畏 神 不 这 样 行 。
    [kjv]  But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
    [bbe]  But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
5:16 [hgb]  并 且 我 恒 心 修 造 城 墙 ， 并 没 有 置 买 田 地 。 我 的 仆 人 也 都 聚 集 在 那 里 做 工 。
    [kjv]  Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither⁷ unto the work.
    [bbe]  And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping⁸ with the work.
5:17 [hgb]  除 了 从 四 围 外 邦 中 来 的 犹 大 人 以 外 ， 有 犹 大 平 民 和 官 长 一 百 五 十 人 在 我 席 上 吃 饭 。
    [kjv]  Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
    [bbe]  And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us.
5:18 [hgb]  每 日 预 备 一 只 公 牛 ， 六 只 肥 羊 ， 又 预 备 些 飞 禽 。 每 十 日 一 次 ， 多 预 备 各 样 的 酒 。 虽 然 如 此 ， 我 并 不 要 省 长 的 俸 禄 ， 因 为 百 姓 服 役 甚 重 。
    [kjv]  Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls⁹ were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
    [bbe]  Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke¹⁰.
5:19 [hgb]  我 的 神 阿 ， 求 你 记 念 我 为 这 百 姓 所 行 的 一 切 事 ， 施 恩 与 我 。
    [kjv]  Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
    [bbe]  Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.

1 dearth   

n.缺乏，粮食不足，饥谨

参考例句：

• There is a dearth of good children's plays.目前缺少优秀的儿童剧。
• Many people in that country died because of dearth of food.那个国家有许多人因为缺少粮食而死。

2 bondage   

n.奴役，束缚

参考例句：

• Masters sometimes allowed their slaves to buy their way out of bondage.奴隶主们有时允许奴隶为自己赎身。
• They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人。

3 redeem   

v.买回，赎回，挽回，恢复，履行（诺言等）

参考例句：

• He had no way to redeem his furniture out of pawn.他无法赎回典当的家具。
• The eyes redeem the face from ugliness.这双眼睛弥补了他其貌不扬之缺陷。

4 rebuked   

责难或指责( rebuke的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The company was publicly rebuked for having neglected safety procedures. 公司因忽略了安全规程而受到公开批评。
• The teacher rebuked the boy for throwing paper on the floor. 老师指责这个男孩将纸丢在地板上。

5 usury   

n.高利贷

参考例句：

• The interest of usury is unfairly high.高利贷的利息惊人得高。
• He used to practise usury frequently.他过去经常放高利贷。

6 redeemed   

adj. 可赎回的，可救赎的 动词redeem的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• She has redeemed her pawned jewellery. 她赎回了当掉的珠宝。
• He redeemed his watch from the pawnbroker's. 他从当铺赎回手表。

7 thither   

adv.向那里；adj.在那边的，对岸的

参考例句：

• He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.他逛来逛去找玩伴。
• He tramped hither and thither.他到处流浪。

8 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

9 fowls   

鸟( fowl的名词复数 )； 禽肉； 既不是这； 非驴非马

参考例句：

• A great number of water fowls dwell on the island. 许多水鸟在岛上栖息。
• We keep a few fowls and some goats. 我们养了几只鸡和一些山羊。

10 yoke   

n.轭；支配；v.给...上轭，连接，使成配偶

参考例句：

• An ass and an ox,fastened to the same yoke,were drawing a wagon.驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
• The defeated army passed under the yoke.败军在轭门下通过。