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Judges Capítulo 13
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Jud 13:1.
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Jud 13:1.
ISRAEL SERVES THE PHILISTINES FORTY YEARS.
1. the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years--The Israelites were represented
(Jud 10:6, 7)
as having fallen universally into a state of gross and confirmed idolatry, and in chastisement of this great apostasy, the Lord raised up enemies that harassed them in various quarters, especially the Ammonites and Philistines. The invasions and defeat of the former were narrated in the two chapters immediately preceding this; and now the sacred historian proceeds to describe the inroads of the latter people. The period of Philistine ascendency comprised forty years, reckoning from the time of Elon till the death of Samson.
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Jud 13:2-10.
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Jud 13:2-10.
一位天使向瑪挪亞的妻子顯現。
2. 瑣拉——但支派的一座城
（書15:33）
位於猶大與但的共同邊界上，因此鄰近非利士邊界。
Original em inglês
Jud 13:2-10.
AN ANGEL APPEARS TO MANOAH'S WIFE.
2. Zorah--a Danite town
(Jos 15:33)
lying on the common boundary of Judah and Dan, so that it was near the Philistine border.
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3. 耶和華的使者——即立約的使者，是那位曾多次以類似方式顯現、已在前文述及的神聖人物。
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3. the angel of the Lord--The messenger of the covenant, the divine personage who made so many remarkable appearances of a similar kind already described.
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5. 你必懷孕生子——這預言中的孩子將要作拿細耳人。因此，為著她所應許之子，母親也須謹守拿細耳人律法所要求的嚴格禁戒（參見
民6:2的註釋）。
他必起首拯救以色列人脫離非利士人的手——對一個愛國者而言，這是令人鼓舞的預言；但其中的措辭表明，拯救的時候仍將遙遠。
Original em inglês
5. thou shalt conceive, and bear a son--This predicted child was to be a Nazarite. The mother was, therefore, for the sake of her promised offspring, required to practice the rigid abstinence of the Nazarite law (see on
Nu 6:2).
he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines--a prophecy encouraging to a patriotic man; the terms of it, however, indicated that the period of deliverance was still to be distant.
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6-8. 瑪挪亞就祈求耶和華——丈夫從妻子口中得知了那可喜的宣告，便以此為題懇切地向神禱告。這是一個值得注意的事例，顯明神在禱告與祂應許的成就之間所設立的關係。
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6-8. then Manoah entreated the Lord--On being informed by his wife of the welcome intimation, the husband made it the subject of earnest prayer to God. This is a remarkable instance, indicative of the connection which God has established between prayer and the fulfilment of His promises.
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Jud 13:11-14.
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Jud 13:11-14.
天使向瑪挪亞顯現。
11. 你就是那對婦人說話的人麼？——瑪挪亞如此迫切盼望天使再次來訪，並非出於任何疑惑或憂慮，而是活潑信心和他切望遵行所得指示的果子。那沒有看見就信的，是有福的。
Original em inglês
Jud 13:11-14.
THE ANGEL APPEARS TO MANOAH.
11. Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman?--Manoah's intense desire for the repetition of the angel's visit was prompted not by doubts or anxieties of any kind, but was the fruit of lively faith, and of his great anxiety to follow out the instructions given. Blessed was he who had not seen, yet had believed.
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Jud 13:15-23.
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Jud 13:15-23.
瑪挪亞的祭。
15. 瑪挪亞對使者說：求你容我們留住你，等我們為你預備一隻山羊羔——這位陌生客婉拒了原意的款待，並且暗示這肉若要作為供物，就必須獻給耶和華
[Jud 13:6]。
瑪挪亞正需要這個教導，因為他的本意是要將預備好的食物獻給他，不是當作耶和華，而是按他所想像的身分——甚至不是天使
(Jud 13:16)，
而是一位先知，或僅僅是人的使者。正是為此緣故——而非拒絕屬神的尊榮——他才以這種方式向瑪挪亞說話。這使者的話語與我們主所說的完全相似
(Mt 19:17)。
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Jud 13:15-23.
MANOAH'S SACRIFICE.
15. Manoah said unto the angel . . ., I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid--The stranger declined the intended hospitality and intimated that if the meat were to be an offering, it must be presented to the Lord
[Jud 13:6].
Manoah needed this instruction, for his purpose was to offer the prepared viands to him, not as the Lord, but as what he imagined him to be, not even an angel
(Jud 13:16),
but a prophet or merely human messenger. It was on this account, and not as rejecting divine honors, that he spoke in this manner to Manoah. The angel's language was exactly similar to that of our Lord
(Mt 19:17).
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17-20. 瑪挪亞對使者說：你名叫什麼？——瑪挪亞的請求引出了關於他這位超自然訪客神性最確鑿的證據——他的名字「奇妙」（在旁註中作「奇妙的」），以及表明祭物蒙悅納的那奇妙火焰。
Original em inglês
17-20. Manoah said unto the angel . . ., What is thy name?--Manoah's request elicited the most unequivocal proofs of the divinity of his supernatural visitor--in his name "secret" (in the Margin, "wonderful"), and in the miraculous flame that betokened the acceptance of the sacrifice.
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Jud 13:24, 25.
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Jud 13:24, 25.
參孫出生。
24. 婦人生了一個兒子，給他起名叫參孫——這應許之子出生，加上他將要成就重大國家使命的傳聞，必然從一開始就使他成為人們特別關注和悉心教導的對象。
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Jud 13:24, 25.
SAMSON BORN.
24. the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson--The birth of this child of promise, and the report of the important national services he was to render, must, from the first, have made him an object of peculiar interest and careful instruction.
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25. 耶和華的靈才開始感動他——大概不像感動那些肩負默示信息的先知那樣，而是在他年少的心中點燃一股高尚而熱誠的愛國精神。
瑪哈尼但——即「但的營」。它和瑣拉一樣，位於猶大和但之間的邊界上。
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25. the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times--not, probably, as it moved the prophets, who were charged with an inspired message, but kindling in his youthful bosom a spirit of high and devoted patriotism.
Eshtaol--the free city. It, as well as Zorah, stood on the border between Judah and Dan.
Jud 13:1.
以色列人服事非利士人四十年。
1. 耶和華將他們交在非利士人手裏四十年——聖經曾記載
（士10:6、7）
以色列人普遍陷入嚴重且根深蒂固的偶像崇拜之中；為懲罰這大背道，耶和華興起仇敵從各處侵擾他們，尤其是亞捫人和非利士人。前者的入侵與潰敗已在前兩章敘述；如今聖史者轉而描述後者的入侵。非利士人稱霸的時期共四十年，從以倫時期算起直到參孫離世。