For he has strengthened the bars of your gates and blessed your children within your walls.

因为他坚固了你的门闩，赐福给你中间的儿女。

因为他坚固了你的门闩，赐福给你中间的儿女。

因为他坚固了你的门闩，赐福给你中间的儿女。

因为祂使你的城门坚固，赐福给你的儿女。

因为他坚固了你城门的门闩，赐福在你中间的儿女。

因为他坚固你城门的门闩，祝福你当中的儿女。

因為他堅固了你的門閂，賜福給你中間的兒女。

因為他堅固了你的門閂，賜福給你中間的兒女。

因為他堅固了你的門閂，賜福給你中間的兒女。

因為祂使你的城門堅固，賜福給你的兒女。

因為他堅固了你城門的門閂，賜福在你中間的兒女。

因為他使你的門閂堅固，他給你中間的兒女祝福。

因為他堅固你城門的門閂，祝福你當中的兒女。

蓋彼固爾門楗、錫嘏爾中子女兮、

爾之門楗、既堅既固、爾之人民、鍚福鍚祉、主使然兮、

因主使爾門之扃堅固、賜福於爾中居民、

主既堅爾城。又復鞏爾門。

He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.

He makes the metal bars of your gates stronger. He blesses the people who live inside you.

For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.

For he strengthens the bars of your city gates and blesses your children within you.

For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons among you.

For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your children within you.

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your children within you.

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.That is the Lord’s blessing for those who fear him.May the Lord continually bless you from Zion. May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.May you live to enjoy your grandchildren. May Israel have peace!

May the Lord richly bless both you and your children.May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

For I will pour out water to quench your thirst and to irrigate your parched fields. And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children.They will thrive like watered grass, like willows on a riverbank.Some will proudly claim,‘ I belong to the Lord.’ Others will say,‘ I am a descendant of Jacob.’ Some will write the Lord’s name on their hands and will take the name of Israel as their own.”

There will be joy and songs of thanksgiving, and I will multiply my people, not diminish them; I will honor them, not despise them.Their children will prosper as they did long ago. I will establish them as a nation before me, and I will punish anyone who hurts them.

May our sons flourish in their youth like well nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.

Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, both now and forever.

Then Eliashib the high priest and the other priests started to rebuild at the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors, building the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and the Tower of Hananel.People from the town of Jericho worked next to them, and beyond them was Zaccur son of Imri.The Fish Gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid the beams, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.Meremoth son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz repaired the next section of wall. Beside him were Meshullam son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, and then Zadok son of Baana.Next were the people from Tekoa, though their leaders refused to work with the construction supervisors.The Old City Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid the beams, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.Next to them were Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth, people from Gibeon, and people from Mizpah, the headquarters of the governor of the province west of the Euphrates River.Next was Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith by trade, who also worked on the wall. Beyond him was Hananiah, a manufacturer of perfumes. They left out a section of Jerusalem as they built the Broad Wall.Rephaiah son of Hur, the leader of half the district of Jerusalem, was next to them on the wall.Next Jedaiah son of Harumaph repaired the wall across from his own house, and next to him was Hattush son of Hashabneiah.Then came Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath moab, who repaired another section of the wall and the Tower of the Ovens.Shallum son of Hallohesh and his daughters repaired the next section. He was the leader of the other half of the district of Jerusalem.The Valley Gate was repaired by the people from Zanoah, led by Hanun. They set up its doors and installed its bolts and bars. They also repaired the 1,500 feet of wall to the Dung Gate.The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Recab, the leader of the Beth hakkerem district. He rebuilt it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum son of Col hozeh, the leader of the Mizpah district. He rebuilt it, roofed it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Then he repaired the wall of the pool of Siloam near the king’s garden, and he rebuilt the wall as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.Next to him was Nehemiah son of Azbuk, the leader of half the district of Beth zur. He rebuilt the wall from a place across from the tombs of David’s family as far as the water reservoir and the House of the Warriors.

The priests and Levites first purified themselves; then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

“ How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side.They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.”

“ And now the Lord says: I am returning to Mount Zion, and I will live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City; the mountain of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will be called the Holy Mountain.“ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Once again old men and women will walk Jerusalem’s streets with their canes and will sit together in the city squares.And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls at play.

I said to them,“ Do not leave the gates open during the hottest part of the day. And even while the gatekeepers are on duty, have them shut and bar the doors. Appoint the residents of Jerusalem to act as guards, everyone on a regular watch. Some will serve at sentry posts and some in front of their own homes.”

Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained— though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.

After the wall was finished and I had set up the doors in the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

The Lord was determined to destroy the walls of beautiful Jerusalem. He made careful plans for their destruction, then did what he had planned. Therefore, the ramparts and walls have fallen down before him.Jerusalem’s gates have sunk into the ground. He has smashed their locks and bars. Her kings and princes have been exiled to distant lands; her law has ceased to exist. Her prophets receive no more visions from the Lord.

Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Let the people on Mount Zion rejoice. Let all the towns of Judah be glad because of your justice.Go, inspect the city of Jerusalem. Walk around and count the many towers.Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations.For that is what God is like. He is our God forever and ever, and he will guide us until we die.

Not a king in all the earth— no one in all the world— would have believed that an enemy could march through the gates of Jerusalem.

Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler— the Anointed One— comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times.