Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls 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.
Cada día se preparaba para mí un buey y seis ovejas escogidas, junto con aves. Cada diez días recibía abundante vino de toda clase. Pero a pesar de todo esto, no exigí la provisión de comida que correspondía a los gobernadores, porque el pueblo ya llevaba una carga pesada.
Nehemías renunció a los privilegios que le correspondían como gobernador para no ser una carga adicional para su pueblo que ya sufría.
📚 Contexto Histórico
Nehemiah was the Persian-appointed governor of Judah who led the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls around 445 BC. Persian governors typically received substantial food allowances funded by local taxes, which could be a significant burden on the people. Nehemiah was writing about his twelve-year term as governor and how he chose to forgo these privileges.
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