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Ec 11:1-10.
英語原文
Ec 11:1-10.
1.
Ec 11:2
shows that charity is here inculcated.
bread--bread corn. As in the Lord's prayer, all things needful for the body and soul. Solomon reverts to the sentiment
(Ec 9:10).
waters--image from the custom of sowing seed by casting it from boats into the overflowing waters of the Nile, or in any marshy ground. When the waters receded, the grain in the alluvial soil sprang up
(Isa 32:20).
"Waters" express multitudes, so
Ec 11:2; Re 17:15;
also the seemingly hopeless character of the recipients of the charity; but it shall prove at last to have been not thrown away
(Isa 49:4).
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*2. 分給*——你的餅。
*七*——完全的數目。
*八*——甚至多於七；意即「分給許多人」（正如「水」，
Ec 11:1)，
甚至分給極多有需要的人
(Job 5:19； Mic 5:5)。
*禍患*——那日子可能近了，那時你需要那些你曾以恩惠維繫之人的幫助
(Lu 16:9)。
貪婪之人用來反對行善的論據（即日子可能變壞），智慧人卻用來支持行善。
英語原文
2. portion--of thy bread.
seven--the perfect number.
eight--even to more than seven; that is, "to many" (so "waters,"
Ec 11:1),
nay, even to very many in need
(Job 5:19; Mic 5:5).
evil--The day may be near, when you will need the help of those whom you have bound to you by kindnesses
(Lu 16:9).
The very argument which covetous men use against liberality (namely, that bad times may come), the wise man uses for it.
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*3. 雲*——對應「禍患」
(Ec 11:2)，
意思是：當禍患之時成熟，禍患必臨到；預先爲此籌算，以致不敢撒下行善的種子，乃是虛空
(Ec 11:4)。
*樹*——一旦被暴風連根拔起，便按其倒伏的方向倒向南或北。照樣，人一旦被死亡追上，其品格便不可改變，或爲地獄，或爲天堂
(Re 22:11, 14, 15)。
*現在*便是他行善之時，趁禍患的日子尚未到來
(Ec 12:1)。
英語原文
3. clouds--answering to "evil"
(Ec 11:2),
meaning, When the times of evil are fully ripe, evil must come; and speculations about it beforehand, so as to prevent one sowing seed of liberality, are vain
(Ec 11:4).
tree--Once the storm uproots it, it lies either northward or southward, according as it fell. So man's character is unchangeable, whether for hell or heaven, once that death overtakes him
(Re 22:11, 14, 15).
Now is his time for liberality, before the evil days come
(Ec 12:1).
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4. 所以當憑着信心撒下行善的種子，不可因結果似乎不佳而猶豫籌算
(Ec 9:10)。
照樣，在
Ec 11:1
中，人被吩咐將「餅糧」撒在似乎無望的「水上」
(Ps 126:5, 6)。
農夫若不撒種收割，倒終日觀望風雲，必致一無所成。
英語原文
4. Therefore sow thy charity in faith, without hesitancy or speculation as to results, because they may not seem promising
(Ec 9:10).
So in
Ec 11:1,
man is told to "cast his bread corn" on the seemingly unpromising "waters"
(Ps 126:5, 6).
The farmer would get on badly, who, instead of sowing and reaping, spent his time in watching the wind and clouds.
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5. 風*——靈魂如何賦予身體生命！這樣過渡到身體*在「母腹中」的成形，比 MAURER 所譯的「風」更爲自然
(Ec 1:6； Joh 3:8)。
*骨頭……長成*——
(Job 10:8, 9； Ps 139:15, 16)。
*不知道神作爲*——
(Ec 3:11；8:17；9:12)。
英語原文
5. spirit--How the soul animates the body! Thus the transition to the formation of the body "in the womb" is more natural, than if with MAURER we translate it "wind"
(Ec 1:6; Joh 3:8).
bones . . . grow--
(Job 10:8, 9; Ps 139:15, 16).
knowest not the works of God--
(Ec 3:11; 8:17; 9:12).
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*6. 早晨……晚上*——早晚；年輕時與年老時；在陽光之下與陰雲之下。
*種子*——指敬虔之工
(Ho 10:12； 2Co 9:10； Ga 6:7)。
*發旺*——
(Isa 55:10, 11)。
*兩者都……一樣*——不合盼望的撒種與合盼望的撒種，都可能在別人身上結果子；在忠心的撒種者身上則必然如此。
英語原文
6. morning . . . evening--early and late; when young and when old; in sunshine and under clouds.
seed--of godly works
(Ho 10:12; 2Co 9:10; Ga 6:7).
prosper--
(Isa 55:10, 11).
both . . . alike--Both the unpromising and the promising sowing may bear good fruit in others; certainly they shall to the faithful sower.
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*7. 光*——指生命之光
(Ec 7:11； Ps 49:19)。
生命本是可享受的，對敬虔之人更是如此。
英語原文
7. light--of life
(Ec 7:11; Ps 49:19).
Life is enjoyable, especially to the godly.
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8. 但當人感恩地享受生命時，「讓他記念」生命不會永遠持續。「黑暗的日子」即那看不見的世界
(Job 10:21, 22； Ps 88:12)，
以及今世「禍患」的日子
(Ec 11:2)，
即將來到；所以當趁着生命與好日子尚在之時撒下好種，因爲日子並不算長，不足以盡一生的本分。
*凡事……*——即在禍患與幽暗的日子裏，凡所跟隨的事，就爲神作的工而言都是虛空
(Ec 9:10)。
英語原文
8. But while man thankfully enjoys life, "let him remember" it will not last for ever. The "many days of darkness," that is, the unseen world
(Job 10:21, 22; Ps 88:12),
also days of "evil" in this world
(Ec 11:2),
are coming; therefore sow the good seed while life and good days last, which are not too long for accomplishing life's duties.
All that cometh--that is, All that followeth in the evil and dark days is vain, as far as work for God is concerned
(Ec 9:10).
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9. 歡喜*——不是勸勉*，而是警告。正如
1Ki 22:15
是反諷；你若（屬肉體地，
Ec 2:2；7:2，
而非如
Ec 5:18
所教導的適度）歡喜，等等，那麼「當知道……神必審問你」
(Ec 3:17；12:14)。
*幼年……青年*——是不同的希伯來文字，前者指少年期或孩童時期（
Ec 11:10
之前），後者指成年的青年。這標示出自我放縱的漸進過程，年幼者尤其容易陷入其中；他們看見玫瑰，卻看不見刺，直到被刺所傷。宗教須付上舍己的代價，但缺乏宗教所要付的代價更大無比
(Lu 14:28)。
英語原文
9. Rejoice--not advice, but warning. So
1Ki 22:15,
is irony; if thou dost rejoice (carnally,
Ec 2:2; 7:2,
not moderately, as in
Ec 5:18),
&c., then "know that . . . God will bring thee into judgment"
(Ec 3:17; 12:14).
youth . . . youth--distinct Hebrew words, adolescence or boyhood (before
Ec 11:10),
and full-grown youth. It marks the gradual progress in self-indulgence, to which the young especially are prone; they see the roses, but do not discover the thorns, until pierced by them. Religion will cost self-denial, but the want of it infinitely more
(Lu 14:28).
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10. 愁煩*——即以「愁煩」爲終的私慾*，與「歡喜」、「心使你暢快」
(Ec 11:9)
相反，邊注作「發怒」，即「你心所行的」一切道；「除掉」等等，便與「行」等等
(Ec 11:9)
相對。
*肉體*——指將「心」中屬肉體的意念付諸行動的身體器官。
*幼年*——宜譯作「孩童時期」；與
Ec 11:9
中第一個「青年」是同一希伯來文字。這是自我節制的動機：你所倚靠的青年精力，到時候必顯爲虛空，除非已獻給神
(Ec 12:1)。
*青年*——字面作你日子的黎明。
英語原文
10. sorrow--that is, the lusts that end in "sorrow," opposed to "rejoice," and "heart cheer thee"
(Ec 11:9),
Margin, "anger," that is, all "ways of thine heart"; "remove," &c., is thus opposed to "walk in," &c.
(Ec 11:9).
flesh--the bodily organ by which the sensual thoughts of the "heart" are embodied in acts.
childhood--rather, "boyhood"; the same Hebrew word as the first, "youth" in
Ec 11:9.
A motive for self-restraint; the time is coming when the vigor of youth on which thou reliest, will seem vain, except in so far as it has been given to God
(Ec 12:1).
youth--literally, the dawn of thy days.
Ec 11:1-10。
1.
Ec 11:2
表明此處所教導的是行善（慈善）。
*糧食*——即五穀。正如主禱文所求，指身體與靈魂一切所需之物。所羅門在此回到
Ec 9:10
之意。
*水*——取象於撒種之俗：人乘船將種子撒入氾濫的尼羅河水或沼澤地中；水退之後，谷種在淤泥中便發苗生長
(Isa 32:20)。
「水」喻指多人，參
Ec 11:2； Re 17:15；
也指受助者似乎無望的境況；但至終必顯明這些並未白費
(Isa 49:4)。