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2Ki 9:1-23.
英文原文
2Ki 9:1-23.
JEHU IS ANOINTED.
1. Ramoth-gilead--a city of great importance to the Hebrew people, east of Jordan, as a fortress of defense against the Syrians. Jehoram had regained it
(2Ki 8:29).
But the Israelitish army was still encamped there, under the command of Jehu.
Elisha . . . called one of the children of the prophets--This errand referred to the last commission given to Elijah in Horeb
(1Ki 19:16).
box of oil--(See
1Sa 10:1).
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2. 领他进入内室——既为保障使者的安全,也为免得在执行任务时受到任何阻挠。
英文原文
2. carry him to an inner chamber--both to ensure the safety of the messenger and to prevent all obstruction in the execution of the business.
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3. 我膏你作以色列王——这只是信息的一部分;完整的宣告见
(2Ki 9:7-10)。
逃跑吧,不要迟延——因为恐怕被宫廷的探子或仆人发觉而追赶。
英文原文
3. I have anointed thee king over Israel--This was only a part of the message; the full announcement of which is given
(2Ki 9:7-10).
flee, and tarry not--for fear of being surprised and overtaken by the spies or servants of the court.
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4-6. 于是那少年人……往基列的拉末去——他欣然接受这项微妙而危险的使命,正是他敬虔与顺服的显著明证。膏立既由奉差遣的先知执行,便是神所赐他蒙授君权的信息。但膏立有时远在实际登基之前便已进行
(1Sa 16:13);
照样,这一次的使命也很久以前就已交给以利亚了
[1Ki 19:16],
他因充分的理由将其托付给以利沙;以利沙则等候神的时候与命令才执行[POOLE]。
英文原文
4-6. So the young man . . . went to Ramoth-gilead--His ready undertaking of this delicate and hazardous mission was an eminent proof of his piety and obedience. The act of anointing being done through a commissioned prophet, was a divine intimation of his investiture with the sovereign power. But it was sometimes done long prior to the actual possession of the throne
(1Sa 16:13);
and, in like manner, the commission had, in this instance, been given also a long time before to Elijah
[1Ki 19:16],
who, for good reasons, left it in charge to Elisha; and he awaited God's time and command for executing it [POOLE].
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10. 在耶斯列的田里——即从前拿伯葡萄园的所在。
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10. in the portion of Jezreel--that is, that had formerly been the vineyard of Naboth.
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*11. 平安吗?*等——耶户的随从们从他衣着、手势和说话方式认出那陌生人属于先知一系;而像他们这样的军人,很容易把这类人当作疯子——不仅因他们对自己仪容的邋遢疏忽和对世界的公然蔑视,也因他们毕生投入宗教追求,以及他们常有的怪异行为(参
Jer 29:26)。
英文原文
11. Is all well? &c.--Jehu's attendants knew that the stranger belonged to the order of the prophets by his garb, gestures, and form of address; and soldiers such as they very readily concluded such persons to be crackbrained, not only from the sordid negligence of their personal appearance and their open contempt of the world, but from the religious pursuits in which their whole lives were spent, and the grotesque actions which they frequently performed (compare
Jer 29:26).
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13. 他们就急忙,各人拿自己的衣服——即外衣,他们将其铺在地上,作为对其杰出统帅效忠的表示
(Mt 21:7)。
台阶的顶上——从先知私下膏耶户的那间房出来。这位将军回到公共厅房与众同僚会合,他们一得知他将高升,便领他到通往房顶的台阶顶上。这是东方建筑所能选的最显眼之处,正在城门建筑的顶端,完全可见于建筑前面广场上的百姓和军人[KITTO]。 耶户在军中的人望,如此便利了神旨意的设计,使他能立即被热烈地宣告为王;而台阶顶便被当作最便利的王座替代品。
英文原文
13. they hasted, and took every man his garment--the upper cloak which they spread on the ground, as a token of their homage to their distinguished commander
(Mt 21:7).
top of the stairs--from the room where the prophet had privately anointed Jehu. That general returned to join his brother officers in the public apartment, who, immediately on learning his destined elevation, conducted him to the top of the stairs leading to the roof. This was the most conspicuous place of an Oriental structure that could be chosen, being at the very top of the gate building, and fully in view of the people and military in the open ground in front of the building [KITTO]. The popularity of Jehu with the army thus favored the designs of Providence in procuring his immediate and enthusiastic proclamation as king, and the top of the stairs was taken as a most convenient substitute for a throne.
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14、15. 约兰驻守基列的拉末——更确切地说,作「正在驻守」——守卫、或围攻该城,带着以色列大部分军力。王的伤势迫使他退出战场,因此军队便留在耶户的指挥之下。
英文原文
14, 15. Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead--rather, "was keeping," guarding, or besieging it, with the greater part of the military force of Israel. The king's wounds had compelled his retirement from the scene of action, and so the troops were left in command of Jehu.
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16. 于是耶户坐车,往耶斯列去——他满怀野心勃勃的图谋,立即渡过约旦河,要向亚哈家执行其使命。
英文原文
16. So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel--Full of ambitious designs, he immediately proceeded to cross the Jordan to execute his commission on the house of Ahab.
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17-24. 耶斯列的城楼上有一个守望的人站着——希伯来的王宫除了建在山上之外,通常还附有楼塔,不仅为眺望美景,也作为有用的观察哨。耶斯列古时的望楼必定能俯瞰东面直至约旦河的整个地区。伯善坐落在下面约六、七英里处平原的一个窄处高地上;当耶户及其随从到达基利波与伯善之间时,楼上的守望人便能完全辨认出来。消息报给了下方宫中的约兰。一位骑马的使者随即被差下平原去迎接这支来意不明的队伍,质问他们前来的目的。「平安吗?」我们可以稳妥地假定,这位使者会在三英里或更远处与耶户相遇。他被扣留、转入仍在挺进的军队后方的消息传来之后,第二位使者也同样被差遣出去,自然会在平原下方一英里或一英里半处遇见耶户。他也被转入后方,守望人如今清楚地认出「赶车的样式好像宁示的孙子耶户,因为他赶车甚猛。」惊慌的君王意识到迫在眉睫的危险,急忙召集兵力应对。在犹大王亚哈谢的陪同下,两位君王登上战车,试图对耶户猛烈的攻势作软弱无力的抵抗;耶户很快从平原登上耶斯列所在地的陡峭北坡,双方在「耶斯列人拿伯的田里」交锋,约兰在那里很快被耶户有力的一箭所杀。我们对神圣历史学家显然的准确性深有感触;其各地点和各距离与所述事件自然所需者相符,恰好为各事件按所记的次序发生提供了充分的时间[HOWE]。
英文原文
17-24. there stood a watchman on the tower of Jezreel--The Hebrew palaces, besides being situated on hills had usually towers attached to them, not only for the pleasure of a fine prospect, but as posts of useful observation. The ancient watchtower of Jezreel must have commanded a view of the whole region eastward, nearly down to the Jordan. Beth-shan stands on a rising ground about six or seven miles below it, in a narrow part of the plain; and when Jehu and his retinue reached that point between Gilboa and Beth-shan, they could be fully descried by the watchman on the tower. A report was made to Joram in his palace below. A messenger on horseback was quickly despatched down into the plain to meet the ambiguous host and to question the object of their approach. "Is it peace?" We may safely assume that this messenger would meet Jehu at the distance of three miles or more. On the report made of his being detained and turned into the rear of the still advancing troops, a second messenger was in like manner despatched, who would naturally meet Jehu at the distance of a mile or a mile and a half down on the plain. He also being turned into the rear, the watchman now distinctly perceived "the driving to be like the driving of Jehu, the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously." The alarmed monarch, awakened to a sense of his impending danger, quickly summoned his forces to meet the crisis. Accompanied by Ahaziah, king of Judah, the two sovereigns ascended their chariots to make a feeble resistance to the impetuous onset of Jehu, who quickly from the plain ascended the steep northern sides of the site on which Jezreel stood, and the conflicting parties met "in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite," where Joram was quickly despatched by an arrow from the strong arm of Jehu. We were impressed with the obvious accuracy of the sacred historian; the localities and distances being such as seem naturally to be required by the incidents related, affording just time for the transactions to have occurred in the order in which they are recorded [HOWE].
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25. 把他抛在耶斯列人拿伯的那块田里等——按神权柄所宣告亚哈的厄运
(1Ki 21:19),
但因他的悔改,这厄运被 deferred 到他儿子身上才执行。
英文原文
25. cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, &c.--according to the doom pronounced by divine authority on Ahab
(1Ki 21:19),
but which on his repentance was deferred to be executed on his son.
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26. 耶和华说,拿伯的血和众子的血——虽然他们的死并未明确记载,但从其产业被没收一事中便可清楚推知(参
1Ki 21:16)。
英文原文
26. the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord--Although their death is not expressly mentioned, it is plainly implied in the confiscation of his property (see
1Ki 21:16).
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2Ki 9:27-35.
2Ki 9:27-35.
亚哈谢 被杀
27. 亚哈谢——是约兰王的侄孙,亚哈王的曾孙。
以伯莲——靠近米吉多,在以萨迦支派之地
(Jos 17:11; Jud 1:27);
基列是一所毗邻的山。
英文原文
2Ki 9:27-35.
AHAZIAH IS SLAIN.
27. Ahaziah--was grandnephew to King Joram, and great-grandson to King Ahab.
Ibleam--near Megiddo, in the tribe of Issachar
(Jos 17:11; Jud 1:27);
and Gur was an adjoining hill.
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30. 耶洗别擦脸——直译作「擦眼」,这是东方妇女普遍的习俗,用磨碎的锑粉或混油的铅矿石制成的黑色粉末,以小刷涂在眼睑边缘,使这黑色的边线能增大眼睛本身的大小并增添其光泽。她的目的是以其王者服饰威慑耶户,而非诱惑他。
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30. Jezebel painted her face--literally, "her eyes," according to a custom universal in the East among women, of staining the eyelids with a black powder made of pulverized antimony, or lead ore mixed with oil, and applied with a small brush on the border, so that by this dark ligament on the edge, the largeness as well as the luster of the eye itself was thought to be increased. Her object was, by her royal attire, not to captivate, but to overawe Jehu.
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35. 只寻得她的头骨和手掌等——狗对啮食人的手脚有根深蒂固的厌恶。
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35. found no more of her than the skull, and the palms of her hands, &c.--The dog has a rooted aversion to prey on the human hands and feet.
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2Ki 9:36, 37.
2Ki 9:36, 37.
耶洗别 被狗 所吃
36. 这是耶和华的话——(参
1Ki 21:23)。
然而耶户的话并非逐字引用,而是对以利亚预言的意译。
英文原文
2Ki 9:36, 37.
JEZEBEL EATEN BY DOGS.
36. This is the word of the Lord--(See
1Ki 21:23).
Jehu's statement, however, was not a literal but a paraphrased quotation of Elijah's prophecy.
2Ki 9:1-23.
耶户 被膏 为王
1. 基列的拉末——对希伯来人而言极为重要的一座城邑,位于约旦河东,是抵御亚兰人的防御要塞。约兰曾将其夺回
(2Ki 8:29)。
但以色列大军仍驻扎在那里,由耶户统帅。
以利沙……召了先知门徒中的一个——这一差事乃是论及昔日以利亚在何烈山所领受的最后一项使命
(1Ki 19:16)。
一膏油的小盒——(参
1Sa 10:1)。