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Jer 45:1-5.
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Jer 45:1-5.
JEREMIAH COMFORTS BARUCH.
After the completion of the prophecies and histories appertaining to the Jewish people and kings, Jeremiah subjoins one referring to an individual, Baruch; even as there are subjoined to the epistles of Paul addressed to churches, epistles to individuals, some of which were prior in date to the former. Afterwards follow the prophecies referring to other nations, closing the book [GROTIUS]. The date of the events here told is eighteen years before the taking of the city; this chapter in point of time follows the thirty-sixth chapter. Baruch seems to have been regularly employed by Jeremiah to commit his prophecies to writing
(Jer 36:1, 4, 32).
1. these words--his prophecies from the thirteenth year of Josiah to the fourth of Jehoiakim.
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3. 你曾說等——耶利米不寬容他的門徒，卻揭露他的過失，即因在同胞眼中惹了嫌疑（比較
Jer 36:17），
而為自己的性命擔憂——彷彿他親迦勒底人
（Jer 43:3），
是耶利米的煽動者；又有忘恩之嫌，竟說自己的「憂愁」等，而他本該視自己能被神所用記錄耶利米的預言為極大的福分。
加上——從我第一次寫作的危險中獲救
（Jer 36:26），
如今又陷入類似的危險。他責怪神對他苛刻。
我疲乏——更確切地說，「我困倦」。
不得安寧——沒有安靜的安歇之所。
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3. Thou didst say, &c.--Jeremiah does not spare his disciple, but unveils his fault, namely, fear for his life by reason of the suspicions which he incurred in the eyes of his countrymen (compare
Jer 36:17),
as if he was in sympathy with the Chaldeans
(Jer 43:3),
and instigator of Jeremiah; also ingratitude in speaking of his "grief," &c., whereas he ought to deem himself highly blessed in being employed by God to record Jeremiah's prophecies.
added--rescued from the peril of my first writing
(Jer 36:26).
I am again involved in a similar peril. He upbraids God as dealing harshly with him.
I fainted--rather, "I am weary."
no rest--no quiet resting-place.
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4. 我所建立……栽種的我要拔出——
(賽 5:5)。
這整個國家（猶太人）是我以如此特別的看顧與恩惠所建立與栽種的，我必將其傾覆。
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4. that which I have built . . . planted I will pluck up--
(Isa 5:5).
This whole nation (the Jews) which I founded and planted with such extraordinary care and favor, I will overthrow.
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5. 你為自己圖謀大事——你過於挑剔、自私自利。當我自己所特別揀選的子民，一個「整個」國家
(Jer 45:4)，
以及聖殿都正被交予毀滅之際，你還指望能免受一切艱難嗎？巴錄在這世上所期望的過高，這使他的苦難更難忍受。若我們不如此熱切地貪求世間的笑容，世間的冷眼就不會使我們煩擾。在這萬事皆微小、無一確定之處，為自己圖謀大事，何等愚昧！
凡有血氣的——即整個猶太民族，甚至外邦萬民
(Jer 25:26)。
至於你的命……當作擄物——在如此普遍的危機之中，你的性命得蒙保全，便當以此為足。當萬物都被交予掠奪之時，若有人能帶著任何東西逃生，他所保全的那一點便是他的「擄物」；照樣，我將你的性命從眼前的死亡中拯救出來，你當以此生命之恩為滿足
(Jer 21:9)。
令人矚目的是，耶利米從前也曾發出同樣的抱怨之言，如今卻能以必要的勸誡服事正陷入同樣罪中的巴錄
(Jer 12:1-5; 15:10-18)。
這正是神容許祂的僕人受試探的計畫的一部分——他們所受的試探，使他們能適合在同伴受試探時予以服事。
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5. seekest thou great things for thyself--Thou art over-fastidious and self-seeking. When My own peculiar people, a "whole" nation
(Jer 45:4),
and the temple, are being given to ruin, dost thou expect to be exempt from all hardship? Baruch had raised his expectations too high in this world, and this made his distresses harder to be borne. The frowns of the world would not disquiet us if we did not so eagerly covet its smiles. What folly to seek great things for ourselves here, where everything is little, and nothing certain!
all flesh--the whole Jewish nation and even foreign peoples
(Jer 25:26).
but thy life . . . for a prey--Esteem it enough at such a general crisis that thy life shall be granted thee. Be content with this boon of life which I will rescue from imminent death, even as when all things are given up to plunder, if one escape with aught, he has a something saved as his "prey"
(Jer 21:9).
It is striking how Jeremiah, who once used such complaining language himself, is enabled now to minister the counsel requisite for Baruch when falling into the same sin
(Jer 12:1-5; 15:10-18).
This is part of God's design in suffering His servants to be tempted, that their temptations may adapt them for ministering to their fellow servants when tempted.
Jer 45:1-5.
耶利米安慰巴錄
在完成了關乎猶太百姓與列王的預言和歷史之後，耶利米附加了論及個人——巴錄——的一段；正如在保羅致眾教會的書信之後，附有致個人的書信，其中有些在年代上早於前者。隨後是關乎其他列國的預言，作為全書的結束〔GROTIUS〕。此處所述事件的日期，比城被攻取早十八年；按時間而言，本章在第三十六章之後。巴錄似乎受耶利米正式聘用，將他的預言寫下
（Jer 36:1, 4, 32）。
1. 這些話——即他從約西亞第十三年至約雅敬第四年的預言。