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Job 42:1-6.
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英語原文
Job 42:1-6.
JOB'S PENITENT REPLY.
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2. 在第一個子句中，他承認神在大自然中是全能的，與他自己（神已經證明的）軟弱無力相對比（伯40:15；41:34）；在第二個子句中，他承認神在一切作為中至為公義（祂若要治理世界，就必定如此），與他自己（伯42:6）的卑微，以及他無能像公正的審判官那樣對付惡人（伯40:8-14）相對比。
意旨——即「計劃」，如伯17:11；但此詞通常用於惡謀（伯21:27；詩10:2）：刻意選用這個模稜兩可的詞，是為了表達：雖然在約伯有限的眼光看來，神的計劃似乎是不好的，但在那位全智者的眼中，這些計劃卻不受阻礙地繼續發展，至終必被看為與其無限的智慧一樣美好。惡不能從眾善之源而出（雅1:13, 17）；但將惡化為善，卻是神的特權。
英語原文
2. In the first clause he owns God to be omnipotent over nature, as contrasted with his own feebleness, which God had proved
(Job 40:15; 41:34);
in the second, that God is supremely just (which, in order to be governor of the world, He must needs be) in all His dealings, as contrasted with his own vileness
(Job 42:6),
and incompetence to deal with the wicked as a just judge
(Job 40:8-14).
thought--"purpose," as in
Job 17:11;
but it is usually applied to evil devices
(Job 21:27; Ps 10:2):
the ambiguous word is designedly chosen to express that, while to Job's finite view, God's plans seem bad, to the All-wise One they continue unhindered in their development, and will at last be seen to be as good as they are infinitely wise. No evil can emanate from the Parent of good
(Jas 1:13, 17);
but it is His prerogative to overrule evil to good.
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3. 我就是那人！約伯用神自己的話（伯38:2）表達他深深的、謙卑的悔改。神關乎我們罪惡的話語當銘刻在我們心中，成為我們認罪的根基。大多數人在認罪時是減輕而非承認。約伯省略了「用言語」（伯38:2），甚至比神的指控更進一步。不僅我的言語，連我全部的思想和行事為人都「是無知的」。
奇妙——我魘莽地否認你在治理人類事務上有任何既定的計劃，只因為你的計劃對我而言「太奇妙」而無法測透。
英語原文
3. I am the man! Job in God's own words
(Job 38:2)
expresses his deep and humble penitence. God's word concerning our guilt should be engraven on our hearts and form the groundwork of our confession. Most men in confessing sin palliate rather than confess. Job in omitting "by words"
(Job 38:2),
goes even further than God's accusation. Not merely my words, but my whole thoughts and ways were "without knowledge."
too wonderful--I rashly denied that Thou hast any fixed plan in governing human affairs, merely because Thy plan was "too wonderful" for my comprehension.
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4. 當我說「請聽」等等之時，約伯的要求（伯13:22）就定他「無知」的罪。只有神能如此對約伯說話，約伯不能如此對神說話：因此他再次引用神的話，作為收回自己愚妄之言的根基。
英語原文
4. When I said, "Hear," &c., Job's demand
(Job 13:22)
convicted him of being "without knowledge." God alone could speak thus to Job, not Job to God: therefore he quotes again God's words as the groundwork of retracting his own foolish words.
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5. 耳朵聽見——
（詩18:44邊註）。「聽見」和「看見」常相對比（伯29:11；詩18:8）。
看見——不是看見神的面（出33:20），而是在幽暗雲層的遮蔽下看見祂的同在（伯38:1）。約伯也暗示，除了這字面上的看見之外，他如今在屬靈上看見了他從前只是朦朦朧朧地風聞而來的——神的無限智慧。他「如今」證明了這一點；在神發言的開始，他已經在字面意義上看見了，但直到「如今」在結束之時，他才在屬靈上看見。
英語原文
5. hearing of the ear--
(Ps 18:44,
Margin). Hearing and seeing are often in antithesis
(Job 29:11; Ps 18:8).
seeth--not God's face
(Ex 33:20),
but His presence in the veil of a dark cloud
(Job 38:1).
Job implies also that, besides this literal seeing, he now saw spiritually what he had indistinctly taken on hearsay before God's infinite wisdom. He "now" proves this; he had seen in a literal sense before, at the beginning of God's speech, but he had not seen spiritually till "now" at its close.
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6. 自己——更當譯作「我厭惡」，並收回我所說頂撞你的那些鹵莽的話（伯42:3, 4）〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕。
英語原文
6. myself--rather "I abhor," and retract the rash speeches I made against thee
(Job 42:3, 4)
[UMBREIT].
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Job 42:7-17.
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伯42:7-17. 跋（散文體）
7. 對以利法——因為他是三友之首；他們的發言不過是他的回聲。
對——直譯為「有根據的」，確實而真實的。他們對約伯的態度是不友善的，為了在自己的不友善上自以為義，他們使用了虛假的論據（伯13:7）；（即災禍總是證明特殊的罪惡）；因此，雖然他們是「為神」如此虛假地說話，神卻「責備」他們，正如約伯所說祂會作的（伯13:10）。
正如……約伯所說的——約伯在與他們及他們的論據的關係上說得對，否認了他們的理論，以及他們所宣稱的事實——即他特別有罪、是個假冒為善的人；但在與神的關係上卻錯了，當他陷入相反的極端、幾乎否認一切罪惡之時。這個極端他如今已悔改了，因此神如今將他視為完全「說得對」。
英語原文
Job 42:7-17.
EPILOGUE, in prose.
7. to Eliphaz--because he was the foremost of the three friends; their speeches were but the echo of his.
right--literally, "well-grounded," sure and true. Their spirit towards Job was unkindly, and to justify themselves in their unkindliness they used false arguments
(Job 13:7);
(namely, that calamities always prove peculiar guilt); therefore, though it was "for God" they spake thus falsely, God "reproves" them, as Job said He would
(Job 13:10).
as . . . Job hath--Job had spoken rightly in relation to them and their argument, denying their theory, and the fact which they alleged, that he was peculiarly guilty and a hypocrite; but wrongly in relation to God, when he fell into the opposite extreme of almost denying all guilt. This extreme he has now repented of, and therefore God speaks of him as now altogether "right."
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8. 七——（見導論）。外邦先知所獻的數目（民23:1）。
約伯顯然生活在律法的祭司制度等設立之前。先祖們為自己的家族擔任祭司；有時也作代禱的中保（創20:17），如此預表了那位真正的中保（提前2:5），但獻祭伴隨其中，是代求所倚靠的根基。
他——更當譯作「僅他的面〔人〕」（見伯22:30註釋）。「人」必須先蒙悅納，神才能悅納他的奉獻與作為（創4:4）；這只能藉著耶穌基督成就。
愚妄——不敬虔（伯1:22，2:10）。
英語原文
8. seven--(See
Introduction).
The number offered by the Gentile prophet
(Nu 23:1).
Job plainly lived before the legal priesthood, &c. The patriarchs acted as priests for their families; and sometimes as praying mediators
(Ge 20:17),
thus foreshadowing the true Mediator
(1Ti 2:5),
but sacrifice accompanies and is the groundwork on which the mediation rests.
him--rather, "His person [face] only" (see on
Job 22:30).
The "person," must be first accepted, before God can accept his offering and work
(Ge 4:4);
that can be only through Jesus Christ.
folly--impiety
(Job 1:22; 2:10).
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9. 約伯饒恕人的靈預表了耶穌基督和基督徒對仇敵的愛（太5:44；路23:34；徒7:60；16:24、28、30、31）。
英語原文
9. The forgiving spirit of Job foreshadows the love of Jesus Christ and of Christians to enemies
(Mt 5:44; Lu 23:34; Ac 7:60; 16:24, 28, 30, 31).
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10. 使……被擄的歸回——諺語，意為恢復，或豐豐足足地補償他所失去的一切（結16:53；詩14:7；何6:11）。
因此，人——無論身體與靈魂——將來在復活之時對撒但（伯1:9-12）的辯屈（伯19:25-27），便在耶和華親自最終為約伯所作的暫時辯屈中，有了預嘗與預表。
加倍——正如受苦的屬地與屬靈的耶路撒冷一樣（賽40:2，60:7，61:7；亞9:12）。
正如約伯的情況一樣，耶穌基督的情況也是如此——榮耀的賞賜緊隨著為仇敵的「代求」（賽53:12）。
英語原文
10. turned . . . captivity--proverbial for restored, or amply indemnified him for all he had lost
(Eze 16:53; Ps 14:7; Ho 6:11).
Thus the future vindication of man, body and soul, against Satan
(Job 1:9-12),
at the resurrection
(Job 19:25-27),
has its earnest and adumbration in the temporal vindication of Job at last by Jehovah in person.
twice--so to the afflicted literal and spiritual Jerusalem
(Isa 40:2; 60:7; 61:7; Zec 9:12).
As in Job's case, so in that of Jesus Christ, the glorious recompense follows the "intercession" for enemies
(Isa 53:12).
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11. 約伯在苦難中曾抱怨他的「弟兄」與他「疏遠」（伯19:13）；如今他興旺恢復了，他們便回來了（箴14:20；19:6-7）；真正的朋友隨時都愛（箴17:17；18:24）。「燕子般的朋友在冬天離去，春天回來」〔亨利，HENRY〕。
吃飯——作為友誼的記號（詩41:9）。
銀子——在東方，探訪有地位的人時贈送禮物是慣例，尤其在災難之後（代下32:23）。
希伯來文 kesita。馬吉（MAGEE）譯為「一隻羊羔」（當時尚未使用貨幣之前的交換媒介），如創33:19和書24:32的邊註所示。但翁布賴特（UMBREIT）認為此詞來自阿拉伯文 kasat，意為「稱出來的」，不是鑄造的；所以創42:35、33:19與創23:15比較，使人推測它等於四舍客勒；希伯來文 kashat，「純淨」，指金屬。使用這個詞而非通常的「舍客勒」等，是古舊的標記。
耳環——無論是鼻環還是耳環（創35:4；賽3:21）。在東方，因沒有銀行，許多黃金都以飾物的形式存在。
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11. It was Job's complaint in his misery that his "brethren," were "estranged" from him
(Job 19:13);
these now return with the return of his prosperity
(Pr 14:20; 19:6, 7);
the true friend loveth at all times
(Pr 17:17; 18:24).
"Swallow friends leave in the winter and return with the spring" [HENRY].
eat bread--in token of friendship
(Ps 41:9).
piece of money--Presents are usual in visiting a man of rank in the East, especially after a calamity
(2Ch 32:23).
Hebrew, kesita. MAGEE translates "a lamb" (the medium of exchange then before money was used), as it is in Margin of
Ge 33:19; Jos 24:32.
But it is from the Arabic kasat, "weighed out" [UMBREIT], not coined; so
Ge 42:35; 33:19;
compare with
Ge 23:15,
makes it likely it was equal to four shekels; Hebrew kashat, "pure," namely, metal. The term, instead of the usual "shekel," &c., is a mark of antiquity.
earring--whether for the nose or ear
(Ge 35:4; Isa 3:21).
Much of the gold in the East, in the absence of banks, is in the shape of ornaments.
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12. 可能是逐漸增加，不是一次全給。
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12. Probably by degrees, not all at once.
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13. 與從前的數目相同（伯1:2）；也許是出於續弦的妻子；在伯19:17中，他的妻子是最後一次被提及。
英語原文
13. The same number as before,
Job 1:2;
perhaps by a second wife; in
Job 19:17
his wife is last mentioned.
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14. 這些名字象徵他復得的興旺
（創4:25；5:29）。
耶米瑪——「日光」，在他遭難的「黑夜」之後；但毛雷爾（MAURER）譯作「鴿子」。
基洗亞——「桂皮」，一種芳香的植物
（詩45:8），
取代了他令人難受的氣息與潰瘍。
基連哈樸——「化妝之角」，即婦女用以染眼瞼的顏料；與他那「在塵土中沾污的角」相對
（伯16:15）。
這些名字也暗示他女兒們的美貌。
英語原文
14. Names significant of his restored prosperity
(Ge 4:25; 5:29).
Jemima--"daylight," after his "night" of calamity; but MAURER, "a dove."
Kezia--"cassia," an aromatic herb
(Ps 45:8),
instead of his offensive breath and ulcers.
Keren-happuch--"horn of stibium," a paint with which females dyed their eyelids; in contrast to his "horn defiled in the dust"
(Job 16:15).
The names also imply the beauty of his daughters.
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15. 在弟兄中間得產業——在東方這是對女兒格外的恩待；按猶太律法，女兒只在沒有兒子時才得產業
（民27:8），
這是他財富豐盛與家人和睦的證據。
英語原文
15. inheritance among . . . brethren--An unusual favor in the East to daughters, who, in the Jewish law, only inherited, if there were no sons
(Nu 27:8),
a proof of wealth and unanimity.
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16. 七十士譯本記載約伯在遭難之後又活了一百七十年，共計二百四十歲。這樣他遭難時為七十歲，加上希伯來文正文中的一百四十歲，共為二百一十歲；略多於亞伯拉罕之父他拉的年紀（二百零五歲），也許他與他拉是同時代的人。人的壽數逐漸縮短，直到摩西時代降到七十歲
（詩90:10）。
兒孫——這是蒙神恩待的明證
（創50:23；詩128:6；箴17:6）。
英語原文
16. The Septuagint makes Job live a hundred seventy years after his calamity, and two hundred forty in all. This would make him seventy at the time of his calamity, which added to a hundred forty in Hebrew text makes up two hundred ten; a little more than the age (two hundred five) of Terah, father of Abraham, perhaps his contemporary. Man's length of life gradually shortened, till it reached threescore and ten in Moses' time
(Ps 90:10).
sons' sons--a proof of divine favor
(Ge 50:23; Ps 128:6; Pr 17:6).
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17. 日子滿足——對一生所能給予的一切幸福，完全飽足而知足；實現了以利法所描繪的敬虔人之分
（伯5:26；詩91:16；創25:8；35:29）。
七十士譯本加添：「據記載，他將與主所要復起的人一同復起。」比較
太27:52、53，
這附加句可能是偽造地從此而來。
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17. full of days--fully sated and contented with all the happiness that life could give him; realizing what Eliphaz had painted as the lot of the godly
(Job 5:26; Ps 91:16; Ge 25:8; 35:29).
The Septuagint adds, "It is written, that he will rise again with those whom the Lord will raise up." Compare
Mt 27:52, 53,
from which it perhaps was derived spuriously.
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