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2Ki 7:1-16.
英語原文
2Ki 7:1-16.
ELISHA PROPHESIES INCREDIBLE PLENTY IN SAMARIA.
1. Hear ye the word of the Lord--This prediction, though uttered first to the assembled elders, was intimated to the king's messengers, who reported it to Jehoram
(2Ki 7:18).
To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, &c.--This may be estimated at a peck of fine flour for 2s. 6d., and two pecks of barley at the same price.
in the gate of Samaria--Vegetables, cattle, all sorts of country produce, are still sold every morning at the gates of towns in the East.
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2. 有一个搀扶王手的人——东方君王在户外行走或站立时,总是扶着在场的最高廷臣的手臂。
耶和华若使天开窗户——这话讥诮不信,既讥讽了先知,也讥讽了他所事奉的神,理当受到公义而显著的刑罚(参
2Ki 7:20)。
英語原文
2. a lord on whose hand the king leaned--When an Eastern king walks or stands abroad in the open air, he always supports himself on the arm of the highest courtier present.
if the Lord would make windows in heaven--The scoffing infidelity of this remark, which was a sneer against not the prophet only, but the God he served, was justly and signally punished (see
2Ki 7:20).
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3. 有四个长大麻风的人——撒玛利亚围困忽然解除、饥饿的居民意外得到粮食供应一事,是藉着这些可怜人对亚兰人奇异逃遁的探访与发现来引出的。
在城门口那里的大麻风患者——或许住在那里的麻风病院中
(Le 13:4-6; Nu 5:3)。
英語原文
3. there were four leprous men--The account of the sudden raising of the siege and the unexpected supply given to the famishing inhabitants of Samaria, is introduced by a narrative of the visit and discovery, by these poor creatures, of the extraordinary flight of the Syrians.
leprous men at the entering in of the gate--living, perhaps, in some lazar house there
(Le 13:4-6; Nu 5:3).
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5. 他们在黄昏的时候起来——即傍晚的黄昏时分
(2Ki 7:12)。
亚兰营的尽边——即最靠近城的那一端。
英語原文
5. they rose up in the twilight--that is, the evening twilight
(2Ki 7:12).
the uttermost part of the camp of Syria--that is, the extremity nearest the city.
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6、7. 耶和华使亚兰人的军兵听见了车马的声音——这是听觉上的幻觉,围攻者以为有来自相反两个方向的两支军队的行军声,这是神为拯救祂的百姓所直接行的奇事。
英語原文
6, 7. the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots--This illusion of the sense of hearing, whereby the besiegers imagined the tramp of two armies from opposite quarters, was a great miracle which God wrought directly for the deliverance of His people.
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8-11. 这些长大麻风的人……吃了喝了——他们既已充饥,又把所能携带的贵重物品藏了起来,他们的良心因隐瞒这一发现而自责,便急忙进城将这事传开了。
英語原文
8-11. these lepers . . . did eat and drink--After they had appeased their hunger and secreted as many valuables as they could carry, their consciences smote them for concealing the discovery and they hastened to publish it in the city.
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10. 马、驴拴着,帐棚都照旧——东方安营的统一布局,是将帐棚置于中央,牲口则在四周拴好,作为外层的防御围墙;因此长大麻风的人描述牲口是他们所见的第一样东西。
英語原文
10. horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were--The uniform arrangement of encampments in the East is to place the tents in the center, while the cattle are picketed all around, as an outer wall of defense; and hence the lepers describe the cattle as the first objects they saw.
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12-15. 王……对臣仆说,我现在告诉你们亚兰人向我们如何行——类似的计策在古代和近代的东方战事中屡见不鲜,难怪约兰的疑心被挑起。但他所派遣的侦察兵不久便发现了无可置疑的迹象,表明敌军已被恐慌所袭,溃不成军地仓皇逃遁。
英語原文
12-15. the king . . . said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done--Similar stratagems have been so often resorted to in the ancient and modern wars of the East that there is no wonder Jehoram's suspicions were awakened. But the scouts, whom he despatched, soon found unmistakable signs of the panic that had struck the enemy and led to a most precipitate flight.
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2Ki 7:17-20.
2Ki 7:17-20.
不信的 大臣 被践踏 至死
17. 王派定那搀扶他的大臣等——消息如闪电般传遍全城,随之而来的自然是百姓蜂拥冲向亚兰营。王为在城门口维持秩序,下令其大臣把守;但饥饿群众的凶猛势头无法阻挡。那大臣被践踏至死,以利沙的预言在各方面都应验了。
英語原文
2Ki 7:17-20.
THE UNBELIEVING LORD TRODDEN TO DEATH.
17. the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned,--&c. The news spread like lightning through the city, and was followed, as was natural, by a popular rush to the Syrian camp. To keep order at the gate, the king ordered his minister to keep guard; but the impetuosity of the famishing people could not be resisted. The lord was trodden to death, and Elisha's prophecy in all respects accomplished.
2Ki 7:1-16.
以利沙预言 撒玛利亚 将有 难以置信的 丰裕
1. 你们要听耶和华的话——这一预言虽然最先是对聚集的长老们宣告的,却也向王的使者透露,使者又报告给约兰
(2Ki 7:18)。
明日约到这时候,一细亚细面要卖银一舍客勒等——这大约可估算为一配克的细面卖二先令六便士,两配克的大麦也卖同样价格。
在撒玛利亚城门口——蔬菜、牲畜,各样乡间出产,至今仍在东方城镇的城门口每日清晨出售。