When the village gathered by the construction site, Mortenson met them, plumb line, level, and ledger in hand.

当村民们聚集在建筑工地附近时，摩顿森拿着铅垂线、水准仪和分类帐与他们会面。

Plumb lines were also used to measure the depth of the shaft and to determine the slope of the tunnel.

铅垂线也用于测量竖井的深度和确定隧道的坡度。

I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.

我必以公平为准绳，以公义为线砣。冰雹必冲去谎言的避所，大水必漫过藏身之处。"

" You're making everyone crazy." " Then he reached out and took my plumb line, and my level and my account book, and he walked back down to Korphe, " Mortenson says.

“你让所有人都疯了。” “然后他伸出手拿走了我的铅垂线、水平仪和账簿，然后他走回科尔飞，”摩顿森说。

I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

我必用量撒玛利亚的准绳和亚哈家的线砣拉在耶路撒冷上，必擦净耶路撒冷，如人擦盘，将盘倒扣。

To ensure that the shafts were vertical, Romans hung a plumb line from a rod placed across the top of each shaft and made sure that the weight at the end of it hung in the center of the shaft.

为确保竖井垂直，罗马人在横跨每个竖井顶部的杆上悬挂一条铅垂线， 并确保其末端的重物悬挂在竖井的中心。

" Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone [ Or the plumb line ] in the hand of Zerubbabel" ?

谁藐视这日的事为小呢？这七眼乃是耶和华的眼睛，遍察全地。见所罗巴伯手拿线砣，就欢喜。"