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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. 有一個攙扶王手的人——東方君王在戶外行走或站立時,總是扶著在場的最高廷臣的手臂。
耶和華若使天開窗戶——這話譏誚不信,既譏諷了先知,也譏諷了他所事奉的神,理當受到公義而顯著的刑罰(參
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. 有四個長大痲瘋的——撒瑪利亞被困忽然解除、飢餓的居民意外獲得供應的記述，是以這些可憐人的探訪與發現亞蘭人奇異潰逃的敘事作為引子。
在城門口那裏的長大痲瘋者——可能住在城門附近的痲瘋收容所
(利 13:4-6； 民 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. 他們在黃昏時起來——即傍晚黃昏時分
(王下 7:12)。
亞蘭人營的邊界——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. 耶和華使亞蘭人的軍隊聽見車馬的聲音——這聽覺上的幻象——使圍城者以為有兩支軍隊從相反方向奔馳而來——是神為拯救祂百姓所直接行的一件大神蹟。
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. 這些痲瘋人……吃了喝了——他們飽餐一頓、又把所能帶走的財寶盡量藏起來之後，良心因隱瞞這發現而受責備，便急忙進城去報告。
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. 馬拴著、驢拴著、帳棚都照舊——東方紮營的固定安排是把帳幕放在中央，牲口則在周圍拴好，作為外圍防禦的牆；因此痲瘋者首先看見的，就是那些牲口。
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……對臣僕說：我現在告訴你們亞蘭人向我們如何行——類似的計謀在東方古今戰事中被頻繁採用，難怪約蘭起了疑心。但他所派遣的偵察兵很快便找到明確的證據，證明敵人確實因驚恐而倉皇逃遁。
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.
王下 7:17-20.
不信的軍長被踐踏而死
17. 王派定那攙扶他的軍長，云云——消息如閃電般傳遍全城，隨之而來的是百姓自然湧往亞蘭營的狂潮。為維持城門的秩序，王命大臣守門；但飢餓群眾的猛烈衝勢無法抵擋。那軍長被踐踏而死，以利沙的預言便在各方面完全應驗。
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.
以利沙預言 撒瑪利亞 將有 難以置信的 豐裕
1. 你們要聽耶和華的話——這一預言雖然最先是對聚集的長老們宣告的,卻也向王的使者透露,使者又報告給約蘭
(2Ki 7:18)。
明日約到這時候,一細亞細麵要賣銀一舍客勒等——這大約可估算為一配克的細麵賣二先令六便士,兩配克的大麥也賣同樣價格。
在撒瑪利亞城門口——蔬菜、牲畜,各樣鄉間出產,至今仍在東方城鎮的城門口每日清晨出售。