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2 Chronicles 30:1
英文原文
Compare 2 Chronicles 29:24 note.
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2 Chronicles 30:2
在第二月——希西家和他的谋士认为,律法所许可的规定(见旁注参考经文)在当时的处境下可以扩展适用于全体百姓。由于已发现无法在第一个月的第十四日过去之前完成圣殿的洁净(2 Chronicles 29:17),于是决定将逾越节延至第二月的十四日;这样就留出了时间,使众祭司得以普遍自洁,并使节期的宣告得以传遍以色列全地。
英文原文
In the second month - Hezekiah and his counselors considered that the permission of the Law (see the marginal reference) might, under the circumstances, be extended to the whole people. It had been found impossible to complete the cleansing of the temple until the fourteenth day of the first month was past 2 Chronicles 29:17. It was, therefore, determined to defer it to the 14th of the second month, which allowed time for the priests generally to purify themselves, and for proclamation of the festival to be made throughout all Israel.
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2 Chronicles 30:3
那时——即第一个月,也就是 2 Chronicles 29 章所记事件发生的时候。
英文原文
At that time - i. e. in the first month, at the time of the events mentioned in 2 Chronicles 29.
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2 Chronicles 30:5
他们许久没有这样行……——有人更倾向于译作“他们没有照所写的足数遵守”——即“他们(北方王国的以色列人)有一段时期没有照律法的要求、以充足的人数守逾越节”。
英文原文
They had not done it ... - Some prefer, "they had not kept it in full numbers, as it was written" - i. e. "they (the Israelites of the northern kingdom) had not (for some while) kept the Passover in full numbers, as the Law required."
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2 Chronicles 30:6
驿卒就走遍各城——带信的人大概是组成王卫队一部分的“传令兵”(参 2 Kings 10:25 的注释)。
亚述诸王——这段经文可能兼指普勒、提革拉毗列色和撒缦以色(比较旁注参考及 2 Kings 17:3)。这段经文绝不暗示撒玛利亚的陷落和以色列人最终的被掳在当时已经发生。
英文原文
The posts went - The bearers of the letters were probably the "runners" who formed a portion of the king's body-guard (2 Kings 10:25 note).
The kings of Assyria - Pul, Tiglath-pileser, and Shalmaneser may all be referred to in this passage (compare the marginal reference and 2 Kings 17:3). The passage by no means implies that the fall of Samaria and final captivity of the Israelites had as yet taken place.
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2 Chronicles 30:10
以法莲和玛拿西作为距离犹大最近的两个支派被提及,西布伦则是最远的支派之一。
英文原文
Ephraim and Manasseh are mentioned as the two tribes nearest to Judah, Zebulun as one of the furthest off.
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2 Chronicles 30:11
比较 2 Chronicles 30:18。因此,十个支派中确有五个支派派出了代表。有两个支派——流便和迦得——已被掳去。一个支派——但——已被并入犹大。剩下的只有西缅和拿弗他利,而他们似乎比一般支派更深地陷于拜偶像之中(2 Chronicles 34:6)。
英文原文
Compare 2 Chronicles 30:18. Hence, five of the ten tribes certainly sent representatives. Two - Reuben and Gad - were in captivity. One - Dan - was absorbed into Judah. Simeon and Naphtali, which alone remained, seem to have been more than ordinarily idolatrous 2 Chronicles 34:6.
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2 Chronicles 30:14
这些拜偶像的祭坛一直存留到此时,表明希西雅更急于建造而非拆毁,更急于确立对耶和华的敬拜而非根除偶像崇拜。然而如今,更重要的工作已经完成,圣殿已经开放,每日的献祭事奉也已恢复,于是可以把注意力转向次要的目标,即从这城中除去近期背道所留下的一切痕迹。
英文原文
The continuance of the idolatrous altars to this time shows that Hezekiah had been more anxious to construct than to destroy, to establish the Yahweh-worship than to root out idolatry. Now, however, that the more important work was done, the temple open, and the daily service restored, attention could be turned to the secondary object of removing from the city all traces of the late apostasy.
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2 Chronicles 30:15
那些迟缓怠惰的祭司和利未人——他们或因对耶和华的敬拜缺少热心,或因实际上倾向偶像崇拜,而疏于洁净自己(2 Chronicles 30:3 及边注参考经文)——如今在全民的热忱面前自觉羞愧,就为守逾越节自洁了。
把燔祭领进来——即从在内院门口献祭的人手中接过祭物,抬到廊子前的铜坛上。燔祭的任何部分都从未被带入圣殿建筑之内。
英文原文
The laggart priests and Levites, who from want of zeal for the Yahweh-worship, or from actual inclination to idolatry, had neglected to purify themselves (2 Chronicles 30:3 and marginal reference), were now shamed by the general ardor, and sanctified themselves for the Paschal festival.
And brought in the burnt offerings - Received them, i. e. from the offerers at the doors of the inner court, and took them up to the brass altar in front of the porch. No part of the burnt offerings was ever taken inside the temple building.
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2 Chronicles 30:16
按他们的规矩——按米示拿(Mishna)所记,惯例是:祭司们从祭坛到外院分作两排站立,百姓则聚集在外院。每当献祭者宰杀羊羔,血就接在盆中,递给最近的祭司,再由他传给邻座的祭司,如此依次传递;血就这样被传到祭坛,由排尾的祭司泼在坛脚。盛满血的盆这样向上传递的同时,空盆也不断向下传递,因此毫无停顿或耽延。
从利未人手里接过来——按常规,血本应从献祭者手中接取。但前来守节的大部分以色列人(2 Chronicles 30:17)都陷于某种礼仪上或道德上的不洁,且来不及洁净自己。由于这不洁,他们不亲自宰杀自己的羊羔,而把这项职分交给了利未人。
英文原文
After their manner - According to the Mishna, the custom was for the priests to stand in two rows extending from the altar to the outer court, where the people were assembled. As each offerer killed his lamb the blood was caught in a basin, which was handed to the nearest priest, who passed it on to his neighbor, and he to the next; the blood was thus conveyed to the altar, at the base of which it was thrown by the last priest in the row. While basins full of blood were thus passed up, empty basins were passed down in a constant succession, so that there was no pause or delay.
Which they received of the hand of the Levites - Ordinarily, the blood was received at the hand of the offerer. But the greater number of the Israelites 2 Chronicles 30:17 who had come to keep the feast were involved in some ceremonial or moral defilement, from which there had not been time for them to purify themselves. On account of this uncleanness, they did not slay their own lambs, but delegated the office to the Levites.
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2 Chronicles 30:22
这里所说的“知识”大概主要是礼仪和音乐方面的知识——即能使他们妥善主持圣所事奉的那种知识。
节期内在其间吃喝——按字面是“他们吃了节期”,即“他们守了节”;这节期本质上是靠吃无酵饼来遵守的。利未人在节期全程中守节不辍,从不忘却职分,每日既参与宰杀祭牲,也参与向神歌唱赞美。
英文原文
The "knowledge" intended is perhaps chiefly ritualistic and musical - such knowledge as enabled them to conduct the service of the sanctuary satisfactorily.
They did eat throughout the feast - literally, "they did eat the feast;" i. e. "they kept the feast," which was essentially kept by the eating of unleavened bread. The Levites kept the feast during the full term appointed for it, never failing in their duties, but taking their part day after day, both in the sacrifice of the victims and in singing praises to God.
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2 Chronicles 30:23
又再守七日——这是对律法要求的自愿附加,是那个时代充沛热心所结的果子与记号。大概是由希西家和众首领向百姓提出建议,并向他们提供了献祭用的牲畜。
英文原文
To keep other seven days - This was a voluntary addition to the requirements of the Law - the fruit and sign of the abounding zeal which characterized the time. Hezekiah and the princes probably proposed it to the people, and presented them with sacrificial animals.
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2 Chronicles 30:25
寄居的人——见 2 Chronicles 15:9 的注解。
英文原文
The strangers - See the 2 Chronicles 15:9 note.
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2 Chronicles 30:26
从所罗门的时候以来——参 2 Chronicles 7:8-10。
英文原文
Since the time of Solomon - Compare 2 Chronicles 7:8-10.
参见 2 Chronicles 29:24 的注释。