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Nu 14:1-45.
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英語原文
Nu 14:1-45.
THE PEOPLE MURMUR AT THE SPIES' REPORT.
1. all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried--Not literally all, for there were some exceptions.
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2-4. 巴不得我們早死在埃及——這樣對寬厚領袖的無禮，這樣對神的忘恩負義，正顯出以色列人墮落之深，也說明那一代被拒於應許之地之外的判令是絕對必要的
[Nu 14:29-35]。 他們的心願竟蒙允准——讓他們死在那曠野
[Heb 3:17; Jude 5]。 聖經提到他們竟提名推舉一位首領要領他們回埃及
(Ne 9:17)。 這種行徑的邪惡與瘋狂幾乎令人難以置信。然而他們的行徑，在我們當中也不乏相似之人：一遇微小的難處便退縮，寧可繼續作罪的奴隸，也不肯毅然排除通往那屬天迦南路上的障礙。
英語原文
2-4. Would God that we had died in Egypt--Such insolence to their generous leaders, and such base ingratitude to God, show the deep degradation of the Israelites, and the absolute necessity of the decree that debarred that generation from entering the promised land
[Nu 14:29-35].
They were punished by their wishes being granted to die in that wilderness
[Heb 3:17; Jude 5].
A leader to reconduct them to Egypt is spoken of
(Ne 9:17)
as actually nominated. The sinfulness and insane folly of their conduct are almost incredible. Their conduct, however, is paralleled by too many among us, who shrink from the smallest difficulties and rather remain slaves to sin than resolutely try to surmount the obstacles that lie in their way to the Canaan above.
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5. 摩西、亞倫就俯伏在地——作謙卑懇切的哀求者——或是面向百姓，勸他們放棄如此乖僻的計謀；更可能是面向神，因為面對那暴動而硬着頸項的群眾的蠻橫，素來唯一的避難所就是神——這也是軟化並感動他們內心的有效之法。
英語原文
5. Moses and Aaron fell on their faces--as humble and earnest suppliants--either to the people, entreating them to desist from so perverse a design; or rather, to God, as the usual and only refuge from the violence of that tumultuous and stiff-necked rabble--a hopeful means of softening and impressing their hearts.
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6. 嫩的兒子約書亞……和耶孚尼的兒子迦勒，就是那窺探那地的人中，撕裂了衣服——這兩位正直的探子，以最強烈的方式表達了他們對叛摩西、瀆神的言行之哀痛與震驚；同時竭力以誠實的陳述勸服百姓：只要他們不因悖逆和忘恩激怒神以致神離棄他們，得着這樣美地是何等容易。
英語原文
6. Joshua . . . and Caleb, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes--The two honest spies testified their grief and horror, in the strongest manner, at the mutiny against Moses and the blasphemy against God; while at the same time they endeavored, by a truthful statement, to persuade the people of the ease with which they might obtain possession of so desirable a country, provided they did not, by their rebellion and ingratitude, provoke God to abandon them.
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8. 流奶與蜜之地——這是形容富饒肥美之地的通用語。所題的兩樣，正是聖地的主要出產。
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8. a land flowing with milk and honey--a general expression, descriptive of a rich and fertile country. The two articles specified were among the principal products of the Holy Land.
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9. 他們的蔭庇已經離開他們——希伯來文作「他們的蔭影」。土耳其的蘇丹和波斯的沙阿被稱為「神的蔭影」、「世人的避難所」。所以「他們的蔭庇已經離開他們」一語，意指那些罪惡已滿之人已失去了神的恩寵
(Ge 15:16)， 而這恩寵已轉移給了以色列人。
英語原文
9. their defence is departed--Hebrew, "their shadow." The Sultan of Turkey and the Shah of Persia are called "the shadow of God," "the refuge of the world." So that the meaning of the clause, "their defence is departed from them," is, that the favor of God was now lost to those whose iniquities were full
(Ge 15:16),
and transferred to the Israelites.
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10. 耶和華的榮光顯現——在這重大危機中，祂適時地顯現，以拯救祂的使者脫離險境。
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10. the glory of the Lord appeared--It was seasonably manifested on this great emergency to rescue His ambassadors from their perilous situation.
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12. 耶和華說……我必用瘟疫擊殺他們——這不是最終的判旨，而是一項威脅；從結果看，這威脅因摩西的代求和以色列的悔改而得免。
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12. the Lord said, . . . I will smite them with the pestilence--not a final decree, but a threatening, suspended, as appeared from the issue, on the intercession of Moses and the repentance of Israel.
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17. 願我主的大能為大——即彰顯為大。
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17. let the power of my Lord be great--be magnified.
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21. 遍地要充滿耶和華的榮耀——這應許在其完全的意義上，仍有待藉著基督教將來在世界中的普遍得勝來應驗。但這話語在當時的情境中乃是限制性地使用的，指那將傳遍全地的傳聞——即神「在公義中行可畏之事」
[Ps 65:5]
的傳聞，神必行出所描述的判決，而這叛逆的世代如今已被判受此刑罰。
英語原文
21. all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord--This promise, in its full acceptation, remains to be verified by the eventual and universal prevalence of Christianity in the world. But the terms were used restrictively in respect to the occasion, to the report which would spread over all the land of the "terrible things in righteousness"
[Ps 65:5]
which God would do in the infliction of the doom described, to which that rebellious race was now consigned.
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22. 十次——意即非常頻繁。
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22. ten times--very frequently.
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24. 我的僕人迦勒——約書亞也在例外之列，但未被提及，因他已不在百姓的行列中，乃是常常隨侍摩西的人。
因為他另有一個心志，且滿心跟從我——在神聖靈的感動下，迦勒是一個膽大、慷慨、英勇無畏的人，超越世俗的憂慮與恐懼。
英語原文
24. my servant Caleb--Joshua was also excepted, but he is not named because he was no longer in the ranks of the people, being a constant attendant on Moses.
because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully--Under the influence of God's Spirit, Caleb was a man of bold, generous, heroic courage, above worldly anxieties and fears.
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25. （如今亞瑪力人與迦南人住在那谷中）——即在他們當時紮營所在的以東山腳的另一邊。那些遊牧部族當時已佔據那地，決心反對希伯來百姓的進一步推進。因此神下令，要他們尋求安全而及時的退入曠野，以躲避那些堅決仇敵的追趕；他們若帶著妻兒，必成為無助的獵物，因為他們已喪失了神的同在與保護。本節構成敘事的重要部分，應當從英文譯者所加的括號形式中解放出來。
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25. (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley)--that is, on the other side of the Idumean mountain, at whose base they were then encamped. Those nomad tribes had at that time occupied it with a determination to oppose the further progress of the Hebrew people. Hence God gave the command that they seek a safe and timely retreat into the desert, to escape the pursuit of those resolute enemies, to whom, with their wives and children, they would fall a helpless prey because they had forfeited the presence and protection of God. This verse forms an important part of the narrative and should be freed from the parenthetical form which our English translators have given it.
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30. 惟有迦勒……和約書亞——他們被特別提出，作為其餘探子中可敬的例外，也作為百姓未來的領袖。但似乎舊世代中有些人並未參與這叛逆的怨言，其中包括全體祭司等次
（Jos 14:1）。
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30. save Caleb . . . and Joshua--These are specially mentioned, as honorable exceptions to the rest of the scouts, and also as the future leaders of the people. But it appears that some of the old generation did not join in the mutinous murmuring, including in that number the whole order of the priests
(Jos 14:1).
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34. 你們必知道我違背了應許——意即由於你們破壞了你我之間所立之約的條款，在我這方面，這約便歸於無效；因為你們既不順服，我便要扣留我在那約中應許要在順服條件下賜給你們的福分。
英語原文
34. ye shall know my breach of promise--that is, in consequence of your violation of the covenant betwixt you and Me, by breaking the terms of it, it shall be null and void on My part, as I shall withhold the blessings I promised in that covenant to confer on you on condition of your obedience.
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36-38. 那些探那地回來、報那地的惡信的人，都遭瘟疫死在耶和華面前——十個探子當場被擊殺——或因瘟疫，或因別的審判。這場驚人的死亡，清楚地顯出是耶和華的手。
英語原文
36-38. those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord--Ten of the spies struck dead on the spot--either by the pestilence or some other judgment. This great and appalling mortality clearly betokened the hand of the Lord.
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40-45. 他們清早起來，上山頂去——儘管摩西傳達了消息，全營瀰漫著普遍的憂傷與悲哀之情，這印象卻極其短暫。他們從一個極端的莽撞與悖逆，跳到另一個極端；他們既受了神的警告不可從事那項行動，卻仍積極預備要上山，這便顯出他們叛逆之靈的頑固。
因為我們犯了罪——意即我們既認識自己的罪，如今便悔改了，並急於照迦勒與約書亞所勸的去行——或如某些人所譯，雖然我們犯了罪，我們仍信神會將應許之地賜給我們。他們那敬虔而審慎的領袖勸他們說，仇敵已攀上谷的另一邊，必在他們以先佔據山頂，這勸告卻被忽視。以色列人的行為何等乖謬——不久之前，他們還害怕雖有全能的王與他們同在，仍不能得那地為業；如今卻更愚蠢地以為，神縱然不與他們同在，他們仍能靠自己的力量趕出居民。後果正如所料。亞瑪力人與迦南人早已埋伏，預期他們的行動，便從高處衝下，成為懲罰他們有罪叛逆的工具。
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40-45. they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain--Notwithstanding the tidings that Moses communicated and which diffused a general feeling of melancholy and grief throughout the camp, the impression was of very brief continuance. They rushed from one extreme of rashness and perversity to another, and the obstinacy of their rebellious spirit was evinced by their active preparations to ascend the hill, notwithstanding the divine warning they had received not to undertake that enterprise.
for we have sinned--that is, realizing our sin, we now repent of it, and are eager to do as Caleb and Joshua exhorted us--or, as some render it, though we have sinned, we trust God will yet give us the land of promise. The entreaties of their prudent and pious leader, who represented to them that their enemies, scaling the other side of the valley, would post themselves on the top of the hill before them, were disregarded. How strangely perverse the conduct of the Israelites, who, shortly before, were afraid that, though their Almighty King was with them, they could not get possession of the land; and yet now they act still more foolishly in supposing that, though God were not with them, they could expel the inhabitants by their unaided efforts. The consequences were such as might have been anticipated. The Amalekites and Canaanites, who had been lying in ambuscade expecting their movement, rushed down upon them from the heights and became the instruments of punishing their guilty rebellion.
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45. 直到何珥瑪——這名字後來賜給那地，以記念以色列人在此次事件中被大量屠殺。
英語原文
45. even unto Hormah--The name was afterwards given to that place in memory of the immense slaughter of the Israelites on this occasion.
Nu 14:1-45.
百姓因探子的報告發怨言
1. 全會眾大聲喧嚷、哭號——並非按字面意義的「全」，因為其中仍有少數例外。