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Jud 14:1-5.
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英語原文
Jud 14:1-5.
SAMSON DESIRES A WIFE OF THE PHILISTINES.
1, 2. Timnath--now Tibna, about three miles from Zorah, his birthplace.
saw a woman . . . of the Philistines; and told his father and his mother, and said, . . . get her for me to wife--In the East parents did, and do in many cases still, negotiate the marriage alliances for their sons. During their period of ascendency, the Philistine invaders had settled in the towns; and the intercourse between them and the Israelites was often of such a friendly and familiar character as to issue in matrimonial relations. Moreover, the Philistines were not in the number of the seven devoted nations of Canaan
[De 7:1-3]
--with whom the law forbade them to marry.
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3、4. 難道你弟兄的女兒中沒有合適的麼——即「你本支派的」——一個但支派的女子。
參孫說……給我娶那女子吧，因為我喜悅她——直譯為「她在我眼中看為正」；並非因她容貌美麗、身材姣好，而是「正」、即「合乎他的目的」。這正解釋了史者對其父母反對一事的評註：「他們卻不知道這事是出於耶和華，因為他找機會攻擊非利士人」——更準確說是「從非利士人」（即爭端源於對方）。耶和華將藉一連串報應的作為來摧毀非利士的勢力；而祂所要使用的方法，不再是像從前士師那樣以眾多軍隊的力量，而是藉以色列這位獨力作戰的勇士之神蹟般的勇力。在這種情況下，挑起戰端的緣由只能起於一場私人的爭執，而這樁婚事無疑是由聖靈暗中感動所建議的，是達成預期目的的上策。
英語原文
3, 4. Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren--that is, "of thine own tribe"--a Danite woman.
Samson said . . . Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well--literally, "she is right in mine eyes"; not by her beautiful countenance or handsome figure, but right or fit for his purpose. And this throws light on the historian's remark in reference to the resistance of his parents: they "knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines"--rather, "from the Philistines"--originating on their side. The Lord, by a course of retributive proceedings, was about to destroy the Philistine power, and the means which He meant to employ was not the forces of a numerous army, as in the case of the preceding judges, but the miraculous prowess of the single-handed champion of Israel. In these circumstances, the provocation to hostilities could only spring out of a private quarrel, and this marriage scheme was doubtless suggested by the secret influence of the Spirit as the best way of accomplishing the intended result.
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Jud 14:5-9.
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Jud 14:5-9.
他殺死一隻獅子。
5-9. 少年獅子——希伯來文指一頭正值青春壯年的獅子。猶大的荒野山隘是猛獸的巢穴；聖經中所提的「獅子」大多或全部都出在這片荒野之地。他徒手撕裂殺死那毛茸茸的巨獸，是靠著聖靈「偶爾」的感動所賦予的超人勇力而成就的；藉著在這些偶然私下的場合中運用這能力，他逐步受訓，學會在日後那更公開的事工上信靠這能力。
英語原文
Jud 14:5-9.
HE KILLS A LION.
5-9. a young lion--Hebrew, a lion in the pride of his youthful prime. The wild mountain passes of Judah were the lairs of savage beasts; and most or all the "lions" of Scripture occur in that wild country. His rending and killing the shaggy monster, without any weapon in his hand, were accomplished by that superhuman courage and strength which the occasional influences of the Spirit enabled him to put forth, and by the exertion of which, in such private incidental circumstances, he was gradually trained to confide in them for the more public work to which he was destined.
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7. 他下去與那女子說話——在東方，年輕男女之間的社交往來極為稀少有限，訂親之後一般也是如此。
英語原文
7. he went down, and talked with the woman--The social intercourse between the youth of different sexes is extremely rare and limited in the East, and generally so after they are betrothed.
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8. 過了些日子，他回去娶她——大概是過了一年，即訂婚與成婚之間通常的間隔。這段期間新婦與父母同住，籌備婚事；到了時候，新郎便回來接她回家。
他轉過身去看獅子的死屍，見有一群蜜蜂和蜜在死獅之內——在這樣炎熱的氣候下，無數昆蟲與猛禽的吞噬，再加上烈日的曝曬，幾個月之內便使獅屍呈現出吸引蜜蜂這樣愛潔淨的動物的狀態。
英語原文
8. after a time he returned to take her--probably after the lapse of a year, the usual interval between the ceremonies of betrothal and marriage. It was spent by the bride elect with her parents in preparation for the nuptials; and at the proper time the bridegroom returned to take her home.
he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion--In such a climate, the myriads of insects and the ravages of birds of prey, together with the influences of the solar rays, would, in a few months, put the carcass in a state inviting to such cleanly animals as bees.
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Jud 14:10, 11.
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Jud 14:10、11.
他的婚筵。
10、11. 他父親下去——這裏提到父親，因他是參孫親族的代表和首腦。
參孫在那裏設擺筵席——婚宴為期一週。男女大概在不同的房間受款待——新婦與女親在娘家；參孫則因是異鄉人，另借一處地方。有大批陪伴新郎的朋友，無疑由新娘家所派，名義上是賀婚，實際上是窺探他的動靜。
英語原文
Jud 14:10, 11.
HIS MARRIAGE FEAST.
10, 11. his father went down--The father is mentioned as the head and representative of Samson's relatives.
Samson made there a feast--The wedding festivity lasted a week. The men and women were probably entertained in separate apartments--the bride, with her female relatives, at her parents' house; Samson, in some place obtained for the occasion, as he was a stranger. A large number of paranymphs, or "friends of the bridegroom," furnished, no doubt, by the bride's family, attended his party, ostensibly to honor the nuptials, but really as spies on his proceedings.
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Jud 14:12-18.
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Jud 14:12-18.
他的謎語。
12-18. 我要出一個謎語——謎語是東方人在這一類喜慶宴席上最喜愛的遊戲，常以獎品贈給猜中的人。參孫的謎語關乎獅子死屍中的蜜。他所提出的獎品，是三十件細麻衣，並三十套換衣，大概是毛織的。眾人用了三天，徒然嘗試解開這謎。到了宴席的第七日快到時，他們暗中請動了新婦；她得了秘密，便告訴了她的同伴。
英語原文
Jud 14:12-18.
HIS RIDDLE.
12-18. I will now put forth a riddle--Riddles are a favorite Oriental amusement at festive entertainments of this nature, and rewards are offered to those who give the solution. Samson's riddle related to honey in the lion's carcass. The prize he offered was thirty sindinim, or shirts, and thirty changes of garments, probably woolen. Three days were passed in vain attempts to unravel the enigma. The festive week was fast drawing to a close when they secretly enlisted the services of the newly married wife, who having got the secret, revealed it to her friends.
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18. 你們若沒有用我的母牛犢耕地，就猜不出我的謎語——這是借用農事的比喻；在農業中，不僅用公牛，也用母牛和母牛犢來拖犁，至今依然如此。除去比喻之後，這話有人理解為含有犯罪的意味，但大概不過是指他們借助了他妻子的力量——這是不光彩的手段，在品格不夠高尚寬宏的人看來，這或許足以使他免除履行約定的義務。
英語原文
18. If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle--a metaphor borrowed from agricultural pursuits, in which not only oxen but cows and heifers were, and continue to be, employed in dragging the plough. Divested of metaphor, the meaning is taken by some in a criminal sense, but probably means no more than that they had resorted to the aid of his wife--an unworthy expedient, which might have been deemed by a man of less noble spirit and generosity as releasing him from the obligation to fulfil his bargain.
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Jud 14:19, 20.
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Jud 14:19, 20.
他殺了三十個非利士人。
19, 20. 下到亞實基倫，殺了他們三十個人——這城位於亭拿西偏南約二十四英里處；他選擇這個地方，是受聖靈的指引，大概是由於這城對以色列的深切敵意。
奪了他們的衣裳——剝去被殺之敵人衣裳的習俗，在希伯來人的戰爭中是前所未聞的。
英語原文
Jud 14:19, 20.
HE SLAYS THIRTY PHILISTINES.
19, 20. went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them--This town was about twenty-four miles west by southwest from Timnah; and his selection of this place, which was dictated by the Divine Spirit, was probably owing to its bitter hostility to Israel.
took their spoil--The custom of stripping a slain enemy was unknown in Hebrew warfare.
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20. 參孫的妻子歸了他的同伴，就是他從前所看重的那個朋友——即「新郎的朋友」，在婚宴期間作新郎和新娘之間傳話的媒介。因此那人接受她為妻，乃是一種卑劣的背叛，勢必引起參孫正當的憤恨。
英語原文
20. Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend--that is, "the friend of the bridegroom," who was the medium of communicating during the festivities between him and his bride. The acceptance of her hand, therefore, was an act of base treachery, that could not fail to provoke the just resentment of Samson.
Jud 14:1-5.
參孫想要一個非利士女子為妻。
1、2. 亭拿——即今日的提伯納，距他的出生地瑣拉約三英里。
看見一個……非利士人的女子，就告訴父母說，……給我娶她為妻——在東方，兒子的婚事一向由父母代為議定，許多地方至今仍是如此。在非利士人稱霸的時期，入侵者已在各城定居；他們與以色列人之間的往來，往往十分友好親密，甚至發展到通婚的關係。況且，非利士人並不屬於迦南七族中那當滅之民
[申7:1-3]
——律法所禁止通婚的。