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Judges Capitolo 15
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Jud 15:1, 2.
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Jud 15:1, 2.
SAMSON IS DENIED HIS WIFE.
1. in the time of wheat harvest--that is, about the end of our April, or the beginning of our May. The shocks of grain were then gathered into heaps, and lying on the field or on the threshing-floors. It was the dry season, dry far beyond our experience, and the grain in a most combustible state.
Samson visited his wife with a kid--It is usual for a visitor in the East to carry some present; in this case, it might be not only as a token of civility, but of reconciliation.
he said--that is, to himself. It was his secret purpose.
into the chamber--the female apartments or harem.
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2. 她父說，我真以為你極其恨她——這藉口純屬虛詞，是掩飾他拒絕開門的拙劣藉口。他所提議娶她妹妹為妻，對參孫而言不過是侮辱，且是以色列人所不可接受的
（利18:18）。
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2. her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her--This allegation was a mere sham, a flimsy pretext to excuse his refusal of admittance. The proposal he made of a marriage with her younger sister was but an insult to Samson, and one which it was unlawful for an Israelite to accept
(Le 18:18).
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Jud 15:3-8.
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Jud 15:3-8.
他焚燒非利士人的穀物。
3. 參孫說……這下我傷害非利士人總算有理了——這卑劣的行徑激起了這位英雄公義的憤慨，他決心予以重重的報復。
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Jud 15:3-8.
HE BURNS THE PHILISTINES' CORN.
3. Samson said . . ., Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines--This nefarious conduct provoked the hero's just indignation, and he resolved to take signal vengeance.
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4、5. 去捉了三百隻狐狸——更準確說是「胡狼」；這是一種介於狼與狐之間的動物，不像我們這裏的狐狸獨居，而是成群結隊出沒，巴勒斯坦山地中極多。要收集如此大量的胡狼，需要相當的時間和幫手。
拿了火把——即火把或引火物，能緩慢燃燒、保留火種，被風吹時便猛烈燃燒。他把兩隻胡狼尾巴對尾巴繫在一起，中間牢牢綁上一個火把。日落時分，他點燃火把，將一對一對的胡狼陸續從山上放下去，進入「舍非拉」——即非利士平原，地處但與猶大邊境，是一片富饒廣大的麥田。火所引起的疼痛使這些動物四處亂竄，引發一場大火。但無人能幫助鄰舍：災情太普遍，恐慌太大。
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4, 5. went and caught three hundred foxes--rather, "jackals"; an animal between a wolf and a fox, which, unlike our fox, a solitary creature, prowls in large packs or herds and abounds in the mountains of Palestine. The collection of so great a number would require both time and assistance.
took firebrands--torches or matches which would burn slowly, retaining the fire, and blaze fiercely when blown by the wind. He put two jackals together, tail by tail, and fastened tightly a fire match between them. At nightfall he lighted the firebrand and sent each pair successively down from the hills, into the "Shefala," or plain of Philistia, lying on the borders of Dan and Judah, a rich and extensive corn district. The pain caused by the fire would make the animals toss about to a wide extent, kindling one great conflagration. But no one could render assistance to his neighbor: the devastation was so general, the panic would be so great.
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6. 誰做了這事——這場暴行的元兇，以及引發如此異常報復的原因，很快便為人所知。受害的人因莊稼被毀而怒火中燒，便帶著喧囂狂怒衝向參孫妻子的家，「用火把她和她父親燒死」。這是奇妙的報應：她原是為躲避這威脅才出賣丈夫；而這一毫無原則的行徑，最終反使她陷入了她不惜犧牲婚姻貞操所要逃避的那可怕結局
[士14:15]。
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6. Who hath done this--The author of this outrage, and the cause that provoked such an extraordinary retaliation, soon became known; and the sufferers, enraged by the destruction of their crops, rushing with tumultuous fury to the house of Samson's wife, "burnt her and her father with fire." This was a remarkable retribution. To avoid this menace, she had betrayed her husband; and by that unprincipled conduct, eventually exposed herself to the horrid doom which, at the sacrifice of conjugal fidelity, she had sought to escape
[Jud 14:15].
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7. 參孫說……你們既然這樣行，我也必向你們報仇——農夫們的這一舉動，正好為他私人的冤屈報了仇。但他既是由神所立、要拯救以色列的士師，他報應的工作尚未完成。
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7. Samson said . . ., Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you--By that act the husbandmen had been the instruments in avenging his private and personal wrongs. But as a judge, divinely appointed to deliver Israel, his work of retribution was not yet accomplished.
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8. 大大擊殺他們——直譯為「擊殺他們的腿和腰」，是一句諺語，意指毫不留情的殺戮。
他下去住在以坦盤的頂上——更準確說是下去住在以坦崖的裂縫——即以坦崖的洞穴。
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8. smote them hip and thigh--a proverbial expression for a merciless slaughter.
he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam--rather went down and dwelt in the cleft--that is, the cave or cavern of the cliff Etam.
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Jud 15:9-13.
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Jud 15:9-13.
他被猶大人捆綁，交在非利士人手中。
9-17. 非利士人上去——上到猶大高地。
在利希擺陣——即今日的以勒基，多石灰岩峭壁，峭壁兩側遍佈洞穴。非利士人這次出兵，是要捉拿參孫，以報他大肆屠殺其民之仇。為使本國同胞免受狂怒非利士人之害，參孫任憑他們捆綁，作為帶鎖鍊的囚徒交在他們手中。猶大人因即將除掉如此可怕的敵人而欣喜若狂，便前去迎接他。他卻運用超人的力量，找著一塊新的（即未乾的）驢腮骨，便拿在手中，再無別的兵器，在一處地方擊殺了一千人；他把那地叫作拉末利希——即「腮骨之高地」。
Originale inglese
Jud 15:9-13.
HE IS BOUND BY THE MEN OF JUDAH, AND DELIVERED TO THE PHILISTINES.
9-17. Then the Philistines went up--to the high land of Judah.
and spread themselves in Lehi--now El-Lekieh, abounding with limestone cliffs; the sides of which are perforated with caves. The object of the Philistines in this expedition was to apprehend Samson, in revenge for the great slaughter he had committed on their people. With a view of freeing his own countrymen from all danger from the infuriated Philistines, he allowed himself to be bound and surrendered a fettered prisoner into their power. Exulting with joy at the near prospect of riddance from so formidable an enemy, they went to meet him. But he exerted his superhuman strength, and finding a new (or moist) jawbone of an ass, he laid hold of it, and with no other weapon, slew a thousand men at a place which he called Ramath-lehi--that is, "the hill of the jawbone."
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16. 我用驢腮骨殺人成堆，我用驢腮骨殺了一千人——所用兵器的不相稱，清楚表明這是一項神蹟般的壯舉，「一種超自然力量的彰顯」，正如預言的恩賜是一種超自然知識的彰顯一樣 [查麥士]。
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16. With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men--The inadequacy of the weapon plainly shows this to have been a miraculous feat, "a case of supernatural strength," just as the gift of prophecy is a case of supernatural knowledge [CHALMERS].
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19. 腮骨……那裡的一個窪處——「在利希」——將這詞視為專有名詞，標示地點。
有水從其中流出來；他喝了，精神就復原了——他因長久而劇烈的搏鬥耗盡的力量，因這泉水的清涼飲品得以恢復；這泉被稱為
隱哈哥烈——即「呼求之井」，這名字記念了這位英勇戰士的敬虔。
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19. a hollow place . . . in the jaw--"in Lehi"--taking the word as a proper noun, marking the place.
there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again--His strength, exhausted by the violent and long-continued exertion, was recruited by the refreshing draft from the spring; and it was called
En-hakkore--the "supplication well," a name which records the piety of this heroic champion.
Jud 15:1、2.
參孫被拒見其妻。
1. 割麥子的時候——大約相當於我們四月底或五月初。那時割下的麥子已堆成捆，堆在田間或打穀場上。正值旱季，乾旱程度遠超我們的經驗，穀物極易燃燒。
參孫帶著一隻山羊羔去看他的妻——在東方，訪客通常要帶些禮物；這一次，或許不僅作為禮節，也是為求和好。
他說——即對自己說。這是他心中的隱意。
內室——女子的住所，即內眷之室。