旧约 - 尼希米记(Nehemiah)第6章

When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it--though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates--
Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: "Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono." But they were scheming to harm me;
so I sent messengers to them with this reply: "I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?"
Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.
Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent his aide to me with the same message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter
in which was written: "It is reported among the nations--and Geshem says it is true--that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and therefore you are building the wall. Moreover, according to these reports you are about to become their king
and have even appointed prophets to make this proclamation about you in Jerusalem: 'There is a king in Judah!' Now this report will get back to the king; so come, let us confer together."
I sent him this reply: "Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are just making it up out of your head."
They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, "Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed." But I prayed,"Now strengthen my hands."
One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home. He said, "Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the temple doors, because men are coming to kill you--by night they are coming to kill you."
But I said, "Should a man like me run away? Or should one like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go!"
I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me.
Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, because of what they have done; remember also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who have been trying to intimidate me.
So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.
When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.
Also, in those days the nobles of Judah were sending many letters to Tobiah, and replies from Tobiah kept coming to them.
For many in Judah were under oath to him, since he was son-in-law to Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berekiah.
Moreover, they kept reporting to me his good deeds and then telling him what I said. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
尼希米记第六章   第 6 章 

  尼 6 章 > 有人对你作人身攻击时,你如何回应?尼希米是怎么作的? 

  6 章 参巴拉和多比雅眼见城墙即将竣工,他们的努力将前功尽弃,便不惜孤注一掷,采取新策略,集中攻击尼希米的人格。他们用谣言( 6:6 )、欺骗( 6:10-13 )和假话( 6:17 )来攻击他。人身攻击和不公正的论断,容易令人灰心绝望。当你为神工作时,可能有人会中伤你的人格,这时你便要效法尼希米,相信神会完成大业,并会澄清一切不公正的指控。 

  尼 6:2> 参巴拉等人为何要在偏僻的村庄与尼希米会面? 

  6:2 阿挪平原位于耶路撒冷西北约 32 公里处。若参巴拉和基善成功诱使尼希米往该处,便可在途中伏击他。 

  尼 6:7> 谣言与不实的消息有时反倒传得很快,我有没有这方面的分辨能力? 

  6:7 当时有先知如玛拉基,宣讲弥赛亚将降临的信息(参玛 3:1-3 )。参巴拉灵机一动,藉此制造事端,说尼希米要自立为王,想令他失去民心,并招来杀身之祸。参巴拉又恐吓要将尼希米策动谋反的事上告给波斯王,企图使当地官员都反对他。参巴拉故意把一封给尼希米的信不封口,借此使谣言流传更广。不过,他的指控全属捏造,根本动摇不了尼希米的决心。 

  尼 6:9> 撒但攻击你,是想阻挠你为神作工,你怎么办? 

  6:9 仇敌攻击你或神的工作,就是想驱使你到神面前,求神救你逃离困境,但尼希米却求神“坚固我的手”。他表现出无比的勇毅和高尚的品格,坚守他的责任。你若祈求力量,神必应允。 

  尼 6:10> 撒但经常扮作天使,我怎样能识破? 

  6:10 示玛雅警告尼希米危险逼近,叫他躲进圣殿里。尼希米以智慧分辨出这其实是仇敌的另一诡计。有些人为了某些目的,冒称神的旨意,所以我们要小心查验那些自称得到神启示的人,看他们能否在神的话里站立得住。 

  尼 6:10-13> 常期望牧者、属灵的领神为自己祷告,倒没想过为他们祷告…… 

  6:10-13 尼希米未获得所有人的支持,示玛雅( 6:10 )、女先知挪亚底( 6:14 )和其他贵胄( 6:17 )都反对他。尼希米虽受攻击,却拒绝向恐惧低头,所以没有躲入圣殿。尼希米不是祭司,根据神的律法,他不能藏匿于圣殿之内(参民 18:22 )。他若逃命,必挫了百姓的志气。领袖常是人攻击的对象,所以我们要为在位者祷告(参提前 2:1-2 ),求神赐力量给他们去抵御任何攻击和诱惑。他们需要从神而来的勇气来胜过恐惧。 

  尼 6:15> 哪位先知曾预言过城墙会被重建? 

  6:15 但以理是首批从耶路撒冷被掳到巴比伦的俘虏之一(公元前 605 年),他预言城墙会被重建(参但 9:25 ),现在预言应验了。他像尼希米一样,以犹太人的身分,在征服者的国内身居要位。(参但 5:29-6:3 ) 

  尼 6:15> 重建城墙一事,对你有哪些鼓舞? 

  6:15 反对者都说重建城墙会因工程庞大,问题太多而无法完成。但神的子民团结一起,终能解决重大难题,完成伟大的工作。我们不要因为工程庞大、需时漫长就被吓倒,只要靠着神的帮助,必能完成工作。──《灵修版圣经注释》