尼希米记 5:15

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

在我們以先的前任省長，重壓人民，每日都向他們索取糧食和酒，以及四百五十六克銀子。連他們的僕人也轄制人民，但我因為敬畏　神，就不這樣行。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
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 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ I was appointed governor in the land of Judah in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes' rule. I was governor of Judah for twelve years, until his thirty-second year. During that time neither my brothers nor I ate the food that was allowed for a governor. ¹⁵ But the governors before me had placed a heavy load on the people. They took about one pound of silver from each person, along with food and wine. The governors' helpers before me also controlled the people, but I did not do that, because I feared God. ¹⁶ I worked on the wall, as did all my men who were gathered there. We did not buy any fields. ¹⁷ Also, I fed one hundred fifty Jewish people and officers at my table, as well as those who came from the nations around us. ¹⁸ This is what was prepared every day: one ox, six good sheep, and birds. And every ten days there were all kinds of wine. But I never demanded the food that was due a governor, because the people were already working very hard. ¹⁹ Remember to be kind to me, my God, for all the good I have done for these people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

even their: 1 Samuel 2:15-17, 1 Samuel 8:15, Proverbs 29:12

so did: Matthew 5:47, 2 Corinthians 11:9, 2 Corinthians 12:13

because: Nehemiah 5:9, Job 31:23, Psalms 112:1, Psalms 147:11, Proverbs 16:6, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Isaiah 50:10, Luke 18:2-4

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:11 - Surely Genesis 22:12 - now Genesis 39:9 - sin Genesis 42:18 - I fear God Exodus 1:17 - feared God Exodus 20:20 - his fear Leviticus 19:14 - fear Leviticus 25:17 - fear Leviticus 25:36 - fear Deuteronomy 25:18 - feared Judges 8:29 - in his own house 1 Samuel 2:16 - I will take 1 Kings 18:3 - feared the Lord 2 Chronicles 19:7 - let the Nehemiah 4:16 - my servants Nehemiah 5:18 - required Nehemiah 7:2 - feared God Job 1:8 - one Psalms 19:9 - The fear Psalms 26:11 - I will Psalms 119:161 - my heart Proverbs 3:7 - fear Proverbs 14:16 - feareth Proverbs 28:16 - prince Lamentations 5:8 - Servants Ezekiel 18:8 - hath withdrawn Zephaniah 1:9 - which Malachi 3:5 - fear Acts 9:31 - and walking Ephesians 5:21 - in Colossians 3:22 - fearing 1 Thessalonians 2:9 - chargeable

Cross-References

1 Chronicles 1:2
Kenan was the father of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the father of Jared. Jared was the father of Enoch.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the former governors, that had been before me, were chargeable to the people,.... Between him and Zerubbabel, for Ezra was no governor; according to the Jewish chronology m, when Ezra came to Jerusalem, Zerubbabel returned to Babylon, and there died, and his son Methullam was in his stead, and after him succeeded Hananiah his son:

and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; which amounted to between four and five pounds, and this they had every day:

yea, even their servants bare rule over the people; required a salary, or at least perquisites of them, which the governors connived at:

but so did not I, because of the fear of God; neither took anything himself of the people, nor suffered his servants; because the fear of God was upon his heart, and before his eyes, and therefore could not allow himself to oppress the poor.

m Seder Olam Zuta, p. 108, 109.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forty shekels of silver - A daily sum from the entire province. For such a table as that kept by Nehemiah Nehemiah 5:18, this would be a very moderate payment.