Commentario del capitolo
Judges Capitolo 18
2
Judges 18:2
日本語
Originale inglese
This identity of locality with the scene of Samson's birth and death indicates that both narratives are drawn from the same source, probably the annals of the tribe of Dan.
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Judges 18:3
日本語
彼らがそれまでこのレビ人を知っており、その声を聞き分けたと結論することはできないが、そうであるかもしれない。ヘブル語は同じように、彼らがレビ人の声を聞き、それに引きつけられて、ヨナタンがいた礼拝堂(Judges 18:18)に入って行ったという意味をも支持する。彼らはおそらく旅立ちようとしていたが、まだミカの家の中庭または境内にいたのであろう。ミカは明らかに、自分の神の家とレビ人のことを彼らに告げていなかった。彼らの質問は驚きを示している。
Originale inglese
It does not follow that they had known him before, and recognized his voice, though it may be so. But the Hebrew equally bears the sense that they heard the voice of the Levite; and, attracted by it, went into the chapel Judges 18:18 where Jonathan was. They were probably just starting on their journey, but were still within the court or precincts of Micah's house. Micah had evidently not told them of his house of God, and his Levite. Their questions indicate surprise.
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Judges 18:5
日本語
エポデとテラフィムを見て、神に伺いを立てるという考えが浮かんだ。
Originale inglese
The sight of the ephod and teraphim suggested the notion of inquiring of God.
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Judges 18:6
日本語
主の前に - すなわち、主はそれを好意的にご覧になる。(Ezra 8:21-22 と比較せよ。)
Originale inglese
Before the Lord ... - i. e. He looks favorably upon it. (Compare Ezra 8:21-22.)
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Judges 18:7
日本語
ライシュ - のちに「ダン」と呼ばれた(Judges 18:29)。正確な場所は特定されていないが、ヨルダンの水源近く、イスラエルの最北端にあり、パニウムすなわちカエサリヤ・ピリピから約四マイルのところであった。現在のテル・エル・カディという村の位置にあったと考えられている。
ツィドン人の流儀に従って - ツィドン人の気質は機械的・商業的であって軍事的でなかったため、その植民者たちは要塞などの戦備を軽んじがちであった。ソロモンの時代、ツィドン人は特に木材の伐採に熟練していた(1 Kings 5:6; 1 Chronicles 22:4)。レバノンに近いことから、ライシュの人々の職業もおそらくそれであったと考えられる。
安らかで安全に暮らしていた - これは非常に分かりにくい困難な箇所である。次のように訳すべきである。「安らかで安全に暮らし、地に住む者のうちのだれも損害を与える者がなく、富を——あるいは『支配』を——所有していた」。
Originale inglese
Laish - Afterward called "Dan" Judges 18:29. The exact site has not been identified, but it was the northern extremity of Israel, near the sources of the Jordan, and about four miles from Panium, or Caesarea-Philippi. It is thought to have stood where the village Tell-el-Kadi now stands.
After the manner of the Zidonians - The genius of the Zidonians being mechanical and commercial, not military, their colonists were apt to neglect fortifications and similar warlike precautions. In Solomon's time the Zidonians were especially skillful in hewing timber 1 Kings 5:6; 1 Chronicles 22:4, and it is highly probable, from their proximity to Lebanon, that such was the occupation of the men of Laish.
Quiet and secure ... - This is a very obscure and difficult passage. Translate thus: "Quiet and secure, and none of them doing any injury in the land, possessing wealth," or "dominion."
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Judges 18:12
日本語
キルヤテ・エアリム - 「森の町」。欄外参照にあるように「キルヤテ・バアル」とも呼ばれ、ロビンソンはヤッファからエルサレムへ向かう道にある現在の「キュリト・エル・エナブ」と、コンダーはソバと特定している。
Originale inglese
Kurjath-jearim - "City of forests," otherwise called "Kirjath-Baal" (marginal reference.), identified by Robinson with the modern "Kurit-el-Enab," on the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem and by Conder with Soba.
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Judges 18:14
日本語
これらの家々 - これは、Judges 18:2-3 で見たように、「神の家」とヨナタンの家とがミカの家から離れていたことと一致する。他にも家があった(Judges 18:22)。定住地全体はおそらくベテ・ミカと呼ばれ、一つの囲いの中に収まり、一つの門から入った(Judges 18:16)。
Originale inglese
In these houses - This agrees with what we saw at Judges 18:2-3 that the "house of God" and Jonathan's house were detached from Micah's. There were other houses besides Judges 18:22. The whole settlement was probably called Beth-Micah, contained in one court, and entered by one gate Judges 18:16.
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Judges 18:17
日本語
五人はミカの聖堂(ミカの家,Judges 18:18)に引き返し,エポデとテラフィムなどを取って,祭司が六百人の人々と話していた門のところへそれらを運んできた。
Originale inglese
The five went back to Micah's chapel (Micah's house, Judges 18:18) and took the ephod, teraphim, etc., and brought them to the gate where the priest was talking to the 600 men.
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Judges 18:21
日本語
幼い者たちなどを彼らの前に置いた - 彼らはミカの民からの追撃を予期し、それに応じて行軍の順序を定めたのである。
携行品 - むしろ「貴重品」の意である。これを「重い荷」と解する者たちもいる。
Originale inglese
And put the little ones, etc., before them - They expected a pursuit from Micah's people, and arranged their order of march accordingly.
The carriage - Rather, "the valuables." Some interpret it "the heavy baggage."
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Judges 18:22
日本語
共に集まった - 文字通りには「共に呼び集められた」。この人々はみなミカの働き手たちであり、強奪が行われたとき、おそらく主人とともに野にいた。女たちがなされたことを見て警報を発したので、ミカはできる限り速やかに人々を呼び集め、ダン人を追って彼らに追いついた。
Originale inglese
Were gathered together - literally, "were called together." The men, who were all Micah's workmen, were probably in the fields with their master at the time of the robbery. When the women saw what was done they gave the alarm, and Micah called the men together as quickly as possible, and pursued the Danites and overtook them.
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Judges 18:27
日本語
Ancora nessuna traduzione.
Originale inglese
The things which Micah had made - Rather, from Judges 18:24, "the gods which Micah had made." See Judges 18:31; Deuteronomy 27:15; Exodus 20:4.
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Judges 18:28
日本語
Ancora nessuna traduzione.
Originale inglese
Rehob (as Dan afterward) is mentioned as the northernmost point of the land of Canaan Numbers 13:21, and its position is defined with reference to the entering in of Hamath.
A city - Rather, "the" city. They rebuilt Laish, which they had burned down Judges 18:29.
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Judges 18:30
日本語
Ancora nessuna traduzione.
Originale inglese
In the Hebrew text the name here rendered Manasseh is written MN)- SH. Without the "N" (nun) suspended over the line, the word may be read: Moses, whose son was Gershom Exodus 2:22, whose son or descendant Jonathan clearly was. The Masoretes, probably grieved that a descendant of Moses should have been implicated in idolatrous worship, adopted this expedient for disguising the fact without absolutely falsifying the text. The Vulgate has "Moses", the Septuagint "Manasses".
These verses seem to tell us that Jonathan's descendants were priests to the tribe of Dan until the captivity 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6; and that the graven image was in their custody until David's time, by whose order, perhaps, it was destroyed, though the idolatrous worship continued, or was revived, at Dan.
この場所がサムソンの出生と死の場面と同一であることは、両方の物語が同じ資料、おそらくダン部族の年代記から引き出されていることを示している。