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2Ch 29:1, 2.
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英語原文
2Ch 29:1, 2.
HEZEKIAH'S GOOD REIGN.
1. Hezekiah began to reign, &c.--(see on
2Ki 18:1).
His mother's name, which, in
2Ki 18:2,
appears in an abridged form, is here given in full.
3
2Ch 29:3-11.
简体中文
2Ch 29:3-11.
他恢复宗教
3. 他作王元年正月——并非他登基后的第一个月，而是尼散月，即圣年正月，是守逾越节所定的节期。
他开了耶和华殿的门——这些门原被他父亲所关闭
(2Ch 28:24)。
又重新修理——或作加以修饰（参
2Ki 18:16）。
英語原文
2Ch 29:3-11.
HE RESTORES RELIGION.
3. in the first year of his reign, in the first month--not the first month after his accession to the throne, but in Nisan, the first month of the sacred year, the season appointed for the celebration of the passover.
he opened the doors of the house of the Lord--which had been closed up by his father
(2Ch 28:24).
and repaired them--or embellished them (compare
2Ki 18:16).
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4, 5. 东街——即祭司院，位于圣殿东门前。他将祭司和利未人召集在那里，吩咐他们立即着手洁净圣殿。这道命令似乎并非指移除偶像，因为既然殿门已被关闭
[2Ch 29:3]，
偶像崇拜之物几乎不可能被放置其中；但圣殿既被废弃荒凉，殿和其各院已被各种污秽所玷污。
英語原文
4, 5. the east street--the court of the priests, which fronted the eastern gate of the temple. Assembling the priests and Levites there, he enjoined them to set about the immediate purification of the temple. It does not appear that the order referred to the removal of idols, for objects of idolatrous homage could scarcely have been put there, seeing the doors had been shut up
[2Ch 29:3];
but in its forsaken and desolate state the temple and its courts had been polluted by every kind of impurity.
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6, 7. 我们列祖犯了罪——特别指亚哈斯和与他同时代的那一代人，因为他们「转过脸背向耶和华的居所」，不论他们是否转向东方朝拜日头，他们都抛弃了对神的敬拜。他们「关了廊子的门」，使圣礼完全中止。
英語原文
6, 7. our fathers have trespassed--Ahaz and the generation contemporary with him were specially meant, for they "turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord," and whether or not they turned east to the rising sun, they abandoned the worship of God. They "shut up the doors of the porch," so that the sacred ritual was entirely discontinued.
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8, 9. 因此耶和华的怒气就向犹大和耶路撒冷发作——这位敬虔之王有见识，能将临到王国的一切国难归因于真正的祸根，即对神的背道。全国因接连的入侵之战而荒凉，财力枯竭。许多家庭哀悼家中仍在异邦为奴之亲人的苦境；他们从前的一切繁荣与荣耀都已逝去；这般痛苦屈辱的处境，除了追因于神因这国之罪而降的明显审判，还能归咎于什么呢？
英語原文
8, 9. Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem--This pious king had the discernment to ascribe all the national calamities that had befallen the kingdom to the true cause, namely, apostasy from God. The country had been laid waste by successive wars of invasion, and its resources drained. Many families mourned members of their household still suffering the miseries of foreign captivity; all their former prosperity and glory had fled; and to what was this painful and humiliating state of affairs to be traced, but to the manifest judgment of God upon the kingdom for its sins?
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10, 11. 现在我心中立意，与耶和华神立约——希西家既确知偶像崇拜的罪与其苦果，便有意改变他父亲的政策，恢复真神之敬拜的古老纯洁与荣耀。他在位之初便开始实行这决定，足证其虔诚之真诚。这也证明他坚信「公义使邦国高举」；因为他并未等到王位稳固之后才行动，而是在即位之初便定下全国改革的方针，并勇敢面对百姓的风气久已模塑于偶像崇拜之后、在这条路上所要遭遇的一切困难。他的心意首先向这次祭司和利未人的聚会披露——因为要付诸实行，必须借助这些职任人员之力。
英語原文
10, 11. Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God--Convinced of the sin and bitter fruits of idolatry, Hezekiah intended to reverse the policy of his father, and to restore, in all its ancient purity and glory, the worship of the true God. His commencement of this resolution at the beginning of his reign attests his sincere piety. It also proves the strength of his conviction that righteousness exalteth a nation; for, instead of waiting till his throne was consolidated, he devised measures of national reformation at the beginning of his reign and vigorously faced all the difficulties which, in such a course, he had to encounter, after the people's habits had so long been moulded to idolatry. His intentions were first disclosed to this meeting of the priests and Levites--for the agency of these officials was to be employed in carrying them into effect.
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2Ch 29:12-36.
简体中文
2Ch 29:12-36.
神的殿得洁净
12-19. 于是利未人都起来——十四位首领承担起招聚并预备弟兄们从事洁净耶和华殿这一重要工程的职责。他们先从外院——祭司院和百姓院——开始；洁净这些花了八天；然后着手洁净内部；但利未人既不许进入圣殿的墙内，祭司便将一切扫除之物搬到廊子，由利未人接收，抛入汲沦溪中。这又花了八天。这段时间结束后，他们前往王宫，宣告不仅整座圣殿内外都经过了彻底的洁净，已故之王所拿去在王宫作俗用的器皿也已全部归还，「并且分别为圣」。
英語原文
2Ch 29:12-36.
THE HOUSE OF GOD CLEANSED.
12-19. Then the Levites arose--Fourteen chiefs undertook the duty of collecting and preparing their brethren for the important work of cleansing the Lord's house. Beginning with the outer courts--that of the priests and that of the people--the cleansing of these occupied eight days, after which they set themselves to purify the interior; but as the Levites were not allowed to enter within the walls of the temple, the priest brought all the sweepings out to the porch, where they were received by the Levites and thrown into the brook Kedron. This took eight days more. At the end of this period they repaired to the palace and announced that not only had the whole of the sacred edifice, within and without, undergone a thorough purification, but all the vessels which the late king had taken away and applied to a common use in his palace, had been restored, "and sanctified."
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20-30. 希西家王清早起来，招聚城里的首领——他既已在圣殿中为赎罪之礼作了合宜的预备，便急于尽速开始这赎罪的事奉，因此未及召集以色列的一切代表。所需数目的祭牲既已备齐，圣殿的职事人员既已照律法的指示自洁，便指派祭司接连献上赎罪祭——为「王国」，即为王和他先祖的罪；为「圣所」，即为祭司们本身的罪并为圣殿被亵渎；「并为犹大」，即为百姓——他们因自愿同意，也牵涉在全国背道的罪中。所用为献祭之牲，各按七只献上，这数目表明完全。利未人奉命以乐器赞美神——这些乐器虽非会幕中原用之物，却因着先知迦得和拿单的进言，被大卫引入敬拜之事奉中，认为极能激发百姓的虔诚。在当场合特殊事奉——即献赎罪祭——结束之时，王和在场的所有民政官长都参与了敬拜。诗班唱了一首盛大的颂歌
(2Ch 29:30)，
其中包括大卫和亚萨的一些诗篇；又在王的邀请之下，献上了大量的感谢祭、赞美祭和甘心的燔祭。
英語原文
20-30. Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city--His anxiety to enter upon the expiatory service with all possible despatch, now that the temple had been properly prepared for it, prevented his summoning all the representatives of Israel. The requisite number of victims having been provided, and the officers of the temple having sanctified themselves according to the directions of the law, the priests were appointed to offer sacrifices of atonement successively, for "the kingdom," that is, for the sins of the king and his predecessors; for "the sanctuary," that is, for the sins of the priests themselves and for the desecration of the temple; "and for Judah," that is, for the people who, by their voluntary consent, were involved in the guilt of the national apostasy. Animals of the kinds used in sacrifice were offered by sevens, that number indicating completeness. The Levites were ordered to praise God with musical instruments, which, although not originally used in the tabernacle, had been enlisted in the service of divine worship by David on the advice of the prophets Gad and Nathan, as well calculated to animate the devotions of the people. At the close of the special services of the occasion, namely, the offering of atonement sacrifices, the king and all civic rulers who were present joined in the worship. A grand anthem was sung
(2Ch 29:30)
by the choir, consisting of some of the psalms of David and Asaph, and a great number of thank offerings, praise offerings, and freewill burnt offerings were presented at the invitation of the king.
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31. 希西家……说：你们既已归耶和华为圣，就当前来——这话是对祭司说的，因他们借着献赎罪祭而重新归耶和华为圣，合格恢复其圣职的功能
(Ex 28:41; 29:32)。
会众把……拿来——即在场的众民政官长。
英語原文
31. Hezekiah . . . said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near--This address was made to the priests as being now, by the sacrifice of the expiation offerings, anew consecrated to the service of God and qualified to resume the functions of their sacred office
(Ex 28:41; 29:32).
the congregation brought in--that is, the body of civic rulers present.
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34-36. 祭司太少……所以他们的弟兄利未人帮助他们——定为平安祭之牲畜的皮，可由执事人员剥下，因为在这种情形下，祭牲并非全置于坛上；但定为燔祭、全被火烧尽的牲畜，则只能由祭司剥皮，连利未人也不许摸，除非是在无可避免的必要情形之下
(2Ch 35:11)。
律法将这职责指派给祭司
(Le 1:6)，
便按习惯法的解释，被视为排斥一切与亚伦家族无关之人。
因为利未人诚心自洁，胜过祭司——即比起祭司更显踊跃。这服事因王难以抑制的关切而加速。也许是因许多祭司远在乡间、未及赶到；也许是因公务长期中断，他们中有些人对个人洁净的素常注意有所松懈，须作许多预备；也许是因有些人曾参与亚哈斯所引进的偶像崇拜之事奉，而迟迟不愿到圣殿——无论如何，似乎确是对其等次的一种批评，指责其迟延、并不全都随时预备尽职（参
2Ch 30:15）。
如此，新分别为圣的圣殿重新开放，敬虔的王和众百姓都大有喜乐。
英語原文
34-36. the priests were too few, . . . wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them--The skins of beasts intended as peace offerings might be taken off by the officers, because, in such cases, the carcass was not wholly laid upon the altar; but animals meant for burnt offerings which were wholly consumed by fire could be flayed by the priests alone, not even the Levites being allowed to touch them, except in cases of unavoidable necessity
(2Ch 35:11).
The duty being assigned by the law to the priests
(Le 1:6),
was construed by consuetudinary practice as an exclusion of all others not connected with the Aaronic family.
for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests--that is, displayed greater alacrity than the priests. This service was hastened by the irrepressible solicitude of the king. Whether it was that many of the priests, being absent in the country, had not arrived in time--whether from the long interruption of the public duties, some of them had relaxed in their wonted attentions to personal cleanliness, and had many preparations to make--or whether from some having participated in the idolatrous services introduced by Ahaz, they were backward in repairing to the temple--a reflection does seem to be cast upon their order as dilatory and not universally ready for duty (compare
2Ch 30:15).
Thus was the newly consecrated temple reopened to the no small joy of the pious king and all the people.
2Ch 29:1, 2.
希西家行善道
1. 希西家登基等——（参看
2Ki 18:1
的注释）。
他母亲的名字在
2Ki 18:2
中以简略的形式出现，此处则给出全名。