尼希米记 13:21

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

我警告他們，對他們說：“你們為甚麼要在城牆前面過夜呢？如果你們再這樣，我就要動手對付你們。”從那時起，他們在安息日就不敢再來了。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 就 警 戒 他 们 说 ： 你 们 为 何 在 城 外 住 宿 呢 ？ 若 再 这 样 ， 我 必 下 手 拿 办 你 们 。 从 此 以 後 ， 他 们 在 安 息 日 不 再 来 了 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ In those days I saw people in Judah working in the winepresses on the Sabbath day. They were bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys. And they were bringing loads of wine, grapes, and figs into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them about selling food on that day. ¹⁶ People from the city of Tyre who were living in Jerusalem brought in fish and other things and sold them there on the Sabbath day to the people of Judah. ¹⁷ I argued with the important men of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing you are doing? You are ruining the Sabbath day. ¹⁸ This is just what your ancestors did. So our God did terrible things to us and this city. Now you are making him even more angry at Israel by ruining the Sabbath day." ¹⁹ So I ordered that the doors be shut at sunset before the Sabbath and not be opened until the Sabbath was over. I put my servants at the gates so no load could come in on the Sabbath. ²⁰ Once or twice traders and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem. ²¹ So I warned them, "Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do it again, I will force you away." After that, they did not come back on the Sabbath. ²² Then I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the city gates to make sure the Sabbath remained holy. Remember me, my God, for this. Have mercy on me because of your great love.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I testified: Nehemiah 13:15

about the wall: Heb. before the wall

I will lay: Ezra 7:26, Romans 13:3, Romans 13:4, 1 Peter 2:14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 5:14 - thy stranger John 11:53 - from

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I testified against them,.... Against their continuance there, and threatened them, and called heaven and earth to witness what he would do to them, if they did not depart:

why lodge ye about the wall? of the city, waiting an opportunity to get in, and tempting the Jews to come out and buy their ware:

if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you; beat them, or slay them, at least imprison them:

from that time forth came they no more on the sabbath; finding there was no likelihood of getting into the city, and that they were liable to be taken up and punished.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The lodging of the merchants with their merchandise just outside Jerusalem during the Sabbath, marked their impatience for the moment when they might bring their wares in. This was thought by Nehemiah to be unseemly, and to have an irreligious tendency.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. I will lay hands on you — I will imprison every man of you. This had the desired effect; they came no more.