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Exodus Capítulo 11
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Ex 11:1-10.
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Original em inglês
Ex 11:1-10.
DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN THREATENED.
1. the Lord said--rather, "had said unto Moses." It may be inferred, therefore, that he had been apprised that the crisis had now arrived, that the next plague would so effectually humble and alarm the mind of Pharaoh, that he would "thrust them out thence altogether"; and thus the word of Moses
(Ex 10:29),
must be regarded as a prediction.
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2, 3. あなたは民の耳に語れ——モーセに私的になされた啓示を描写するこれらの節は、ここに挿入句として挿入されており、
出 12:35
で考察される。
Original em inglês
2, 3. Speak now in the ears of the people--These verses, describing the communication which had been made in private to Moses, are inserted here as a parenthesis, and will be considered
(Ex 12:35).
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4. 主はこう仰せられる、真夜中ごろ——ここには、王に対して最も厳粛な様式でなされた最後の災いの告知が記されている。王の硬い心には、これまでの苦痛な経験がいかなる和らぎも、少なくとも永続的な良い効果をもたらさなかった。
わたしはエジプトの真中に入る——人間の仕方に倣って用いられた言葉。
Original em inglês
4. Thus saith the Lord, About midnight--Here is recorded the announcement of the last plague made in the most solemn manner to the king, on whose hardened heart all his painful experience had hitherto produced no softening, at least no permanently good effect.
will I go out into the midst of Egypt--language used after the manner of men.
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5. エジプトの地のすべての長子は……死ぬ——時、突然さ、この来たる災難の恐るべき激しさ、ならびにその下に置かれる人間と獣の両方における犠牲者の特有の描写は、すべてその性格の悲惨さを増すのに寄与したであろう。
石臼の後ろにいる女奴隷——日常用の食事の穀物を碾くことは、どの家庭でも一般に女奴隷によって行われ、最も低い仕事とみなされる。このために二つの携帯用の石臼が用いられ、上の方の石は小さな木の取っ手で回転する。作業の間、女奴隷は石臼の後ろに座る。
Original em inglês
5. And all the first-born in the land . . . shall die--The time, the suddenness, the dreadful severity of this coming calamity, and the peculiar description of victims, among both men and beasts, on whom it was to fall, would all contribute to aggravate its character.
the maid-servant that is behind the mill--The grinding of the meal for daily use in every household is commonly done by female slaves and is considered the lowest employment. Two portable millstones are used for the purpose, of which the uppermost is turned by a small wooden handle, and during the operation the maid sits behind the mill.
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6. 全国にわたって大いなる叫び声があろう——東洋では死の場合、人々は大きな慟哭を上げる。王国のすべての家族に死が侵入した時に「大いなる叫び声」がどれほど上げられるか、想像に任せられる。
Original em inglês
6. shall be a great cry throughout all the land--In the case of a death, people in the East set up loud wailings, and imagination may conceive what "a great cry" would be raised when death would invade every family in the kingdom.
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7. イスラエルの子らには、犬も舌を動かさない——エジプトや東洋一般の町や村で、犬の迷惑から逃れられるものはない。犬は通りを徘徊し、夜通行人に対して最も物凄い音を立てる。この事情を知ることは、聖なる記録の中のこの事実に、どれほど力強い意義を与えることであろうか。来たるべき恐るべき夜に、空気が嘆き者の鋭い叫びで引き裂かれる時、神の御手によってそれほど大きく普遍的な恐慌が引き起こされ、イスラエルの子らに対して舌を動かす犬さえいないであろう。
Original em inglês
7. against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue--No town or village in Egypt or in the East generally is free from the nuisance of dogs, who prowl about the streets and make the most hideous noise at any passers-by at night. What an emphatic significance does the knowledge of this circumstance give to this fact in the sacred record, that on the awful night that was coming, when the air should be rent with the piercing shrieks of mourners, so great and universal would be the panic inspired by the hand of God, that not a dog would move his tongue against the children of Israel!
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8. あなたの家来たちは皆……私に身をかがめる——これは普遍的な恐怖の効果であろう。最も誇り高い者たちの心もへりくだり、神の代表者としての彼に敬意を払うであろう。
激しい怒りをもって……出て行った——王の二枚舌、繰り返される偽り、頑なな不悔改に対する聖なる義憤。そしてこの強い感情は、自分自身に対する悪い扱いに対してではなく、神に対する不名誉に対してモーセの胸の中にかき立てられた
(マタ 19:8; エペ 4:26)。
Original em inglês
8. all these thy servants shall . . . bow down themselves unto me--This would be the effect of the universal terror; the hearts of the proudest would be humbled and do reverential homage to God, in the person of His representative.
went out . . . in a great anger--Holy and righteous indignation at the duplicity, repeated falsehood, and hardened impenitence of the king; and this strong emotion was stirred in the bosom of Moses, not at the ill reception given to himself, but the dishonor done to God
(Mt 19:8; Eph 4:26).
出 11:1-10.
長子の死の予告
1. 主は仰せられた——むしろ「モーセに『語っていた』」。それゆえ、彼は危機が今や到来したことを知らされていたと推測できる。次の災いはパロの心をこれほど有効にへりくだらせ、恐れさせ、彼が「彼らをそこから全く追い出す」ほどになるであろうと。こうしてモーセの言葉
(出 10:29)
は預言とみなされなければならない。