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Eze 39:1-29.
英文原文
Eze 39:1-29.
CONTINUATION OF THE PROPHECY AGAINST GOG.
1. Repeated from
Eze 38:3,
to impress the prophecy more on the mind.
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2. 必留下六分之一——旁注作“以六样灾殃击打你”(即瘟疫、血、暴雨、冰雹、火、硫磺,
Eze 38:22);
或作“用六齿的钩子将你拉回”
(Eze 38:4),
那六齿即那六样灾殃。更恰当的译法是“领你绕行”[LUDOVICUS DE DIEU 和七十士译本]。正如安提阿古被引(以至败亡)而离开埃及、出兵攻打巴勒斯坦,照样末后神的大仇敌也必如此。
北方——从极北而来[FAIRBAIRN]。
英文原文
2. leave but the sixth part of thee--Margin, "strike thee with six plagues" (namely, pestilence, blood, overflowing rain, hailstones, fire, brimstone,
Eze 38:22);
or, "draw thee back with an hook of six teeth"
(Eze 38:4),
the six teeth being those six plagues. Rather, "lead thee about" [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU and Septuagint]. As Antiochus was led (to his ruin) to leave Egypt for an expedition against Palestine, so shall the last great enemy of God be.
north parts--from the extreme north [FAIRBAIRN].
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3. 弓——西古提人最擅长此道。
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3. bow--in which the Scythians were most expert.
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4, 5. (参较
Eze 39:17-20)。
在以色列山上——以色列得保全之处,将是不敬虔之仇敌遭毁灭之处。
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4, 5. (Compare
Eze 39:17-20).
upon the mountains of Israel--The scene of Israel's preservation shall be that of the ungodly foe's destruction.
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6. 毫无防备(carelessly)——在自恃的安逸之中。
海岛——那住在沿海一带、曾以舰队和兵力支援 Gog 的人,必在自己的地土上受神烈怒之火的刑罚。
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6. carelessly--in self-confident security.
the isles--Those dwelling in maritime regions, who had helped Gog with fleets and troops, shall be visited with the fire of God's wrath in their own lands.
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7. 不容他们亵渎我的圣名——不容他们因自己的罪招致审判,使外邦以为我不能或不愿拯救我的百姓。
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7. not let them pollute my holy name--by their sins bringing down judgments which made the heathen think that I was unable or unwilling to save My people.
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8. 这事已临到……已经行了——我所预言我百姓的拯救与他们仇敌的覆亡,已经临到——已经成就:表明所预言的事如已成就一般确实。
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8. it is come . . . it is done--The prediction of the salvation of My people, and the ruin of their enemy, is come to pass--is done: expressing that the event foretold is as certain as if it were already accomplished.
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9, 10. 焚烧仇敌的兵器,意味着属他们的一切都不容留下以污染那地。从事此工的七年(七为圣数),表明洁净的完全,以及百姓对纯洁的热心。这与古时以色列人何等不同,他们不仅容武器,更容外邦人本身留在他们中间[FAIRBAIRN],
(Jud 1:27, 28; 2:2, 3; Ps 106:34-36)。
Antiochus 的荒凉始于 Seleucidæ 第一百四十一年。自此至 148 年,共六年四个月(“二千三百日”,
Da 8:14),
圣殿崇拜恢复之时(马加比一书 4:52),神赐给祂百姓许多胜利;自此至 Antiochus 之死,即 149 年初,共七个月之久,Jews 得免于 Antiochus 之扰,洁净了他们的地,并在九月二十五日庆祝 Encænia,即奉献
(Joh 10:22)
与洁净圣殿之节。整个时期,以整数计,为七年。Mattathias 是爱国的犹太领袖,他的第三子 Judas 是军中统帅,Syrian 的众将都在他手下败北。他收复耶路撒冷并洁净圣殿。他的兄弟 Simon 与 Jonathan 接续他:Jews 的独立得以保全,王冠归于 Asmonean 家族,直至 Herod the Great。
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9, 10. The burning of the foe's weapons implies that nothing belonging to them should be left to pollute the land. The seven years (seven being the sacred number) spent on this work, implies the completeness of the cleansing, and the people's zeal for purity. How different from the ancient Israelites, who left not merely the arms, but the heathen themselves, to remain among them [FAIRBAIRN],
(Jud 1:27, 28; 2:2, 3; Ps 106:34-36).
The desolation by Antiochus began in the one hundred and forty-first year of the Seleucidæ. From this date to 148, a period of six years and four months ("2300 days,"
Da 8:14),
when the temple-worship was restored (1 Maccabees 4:52), God vouchsafed many triumphs to His people; from this time to the death of Antiochus, early in 149, a period of seven months, the Jews had rest from Antiochus, and purified their land, and on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month celebrated the Encænia, or feast of dedication
(Joh 10:22)
and purification of the temple. The whole period, in round numbers, was seven years. Mattathias was the patriotic Jewish leader, and his third son, Judas, the military commander under whom the Syrian generals were defeated. He retook Jerusalem and purified the temple. Simon and Jonathan, his brothers, succeeded him: the independence of the Jews was secured, and the crown vested in the Asmonean family, in which it continued till Herod the Great.
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11. 坟墓之地——Gog 原指望得着征服的掠物,却只寻得一个坟墓。
谷——尸体之众如此庞大,非深谷不足以容纳。
海东边的行人——即行在 Dead Sea 以东大道上、从 Syria 往 Petra 和 Egypt 的行人。这路公开,必使许多人看见神的审判,因臭气(如英文译本(English Version)所译)或坟墓之多(如 HENDERSON 所译,“它必阻挡行人”)必引起过路者的注意。他们的坟墓与他们古时的原型——Dead Sea 中的 Sodom 和 Gomorrah——相近,二者同样都是神审判的显著实例。
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11. place . . . of graves--Gog found only a grave where he had expected the spoils of conquest.
valley--So vast were to be the masses that nothing but a deep valley would suffice for their corpses.
the passengers on the east of the sea--those travelling on the high road, east of the Dead Sea, from Syria to Petra and Egypt. The publicity of the road would cause many to observe God's judgments, as the stench (as English Version translates) or the multitude of graves (as HENDERSON translates, "it shall stop the passengers") would arrest the attention of passers-by. Their grave would be close to that of their ancient prototypes, Sodom and Gomorrah in the Dead Sea, both alike being signal instances of God's judgments.
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13. 我……得了荣耀——借毁灭仇敌
(Eze 28:22)。
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13. I . . . glorified--in destroying the foe
(Eze 28:22).
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14. 与行人——常被雇埋葬之人,要由路过之人协助;众人都当合力。
过了七个月他们必巡察——查看工作是否完成[MUNSTER]。
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14. with the passengers--The men employed continually in the burying were to be helped by those happening to pass by; all were to combine.
after the end of seven months shall they search--to see if the work was complete [MUNSTER].
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15. 先是“全国的百姓”从事埋葬达七个月之久;七个月之后,再特派专人搜寻仍有遗留未葬的骸骨。过路的人则在任何此类骸骨旁立一记号,免得旁人因偶然触碰而被玷污,并使埋葬的人可以来将其移去。这表明要把异邦污染的每一丝痕迹从圣地除尽的细致用心。
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15. First "all the people of the land" engaged in the burying for seven months; then special men were employed, at the end of the seven months, to search for any still left unburied. The passers-by helped them by setting up a mark near any such bones, in order to keep others from being defiled by casually touching them, and that the buriers might come and remove them. Denoting the minute care to put away every relic of heathen pollution from the Holy Land.
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16. 附近的一座城要得名为哈摩那(Hamonah),意即“群众”,以记念仇敌群众之被覆灭 [HENDERSON]。 在那地得洁净之后,被杀之人的群众要为耶路撒冷城命名 [GROTIUS]。 耶路撒冷要因制胜群众而闻名。
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16. A city in the neighborhood was to receive the name Hamonah, "multitude," to commemorate the overthrow of the multitudes of the foe [HENDERSON]. The multitude of the slain shall give a name to the city of Jerusalem after the land shall have been cleansed [GROTIUS]. Jerusalem shall be famed as the conqueror of multitudes.
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17.
(Re 19:17)。
献祭——古时敬拜者在祭物上设宴。猛禽野兽受邀请赴神所预备的祭宴(比较
Isa 18:6; 34:6; Zep 1:7; Mr 9:49)。
在此图中,这祭宴仅居次要地位,故置于末后。他们的骸骨不仅将长久不得埋葬,且其肉要被野兽和猛禽剥食净尽。
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(Re 19:17).
sacrifice--Anciently worshippers feasted on the sacrifices. The birds and beasts of prey are invited to the sacrificial feast provided by God (compare
Isa 18:6; 34:6; Zep 1:7; Mr 9:49).
Here this sacrifice holds only a subordinate place in the picture, and so is put last. Not only shall their bones lie long unburied, but they shall be stripped of the flesh by beasts and birds of prey.
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18. 公绵羊……羊羔……公山羊——这些献祭所用的各种牲畜,代表各种等级的人,即君王、将领和士兵(比较
Isa 34:6)。
巴珊(Bashan)的肥畜——不敬虔的勇士
(Ps 22:12)。
巴珊在约旦(Jordan)河外,以其肥壮的牲畜闻名。肥暗示昌盛,而昌盛常使人桀骜不驯地对待神
(De 32:14, 15)。
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18. rams . . . lambs . . . goats--By these various animal victims used in sacrifices are meant various ranks of men, princes, generals, and soldiers (compare
Isa 34:6).
fatlings of Bashan--ungodly men of might
(Ps 22:12).
Bashan, beyond Jordan, was famed for its fat cattle. Fat implies prosperity which often makes men refractory towards God
(De 32:14, 15).
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20. 我的桌子——即以色列山上的战场
(Eze 38:8, 20)。
车辆——即御车的人。
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20. my table--the field of battle on the mountains of Israel
(Eze 38:8, 20).
chariots--that is, charioteers.
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22. 这样,以色列家就必知道……主——借我为他们出面干预而知道。照样,外邦人也必因此敬畏主的名
(Ps 102:15)。
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22. So the house of Israel shall know . . . Lord--by My interposition for them. So, too, the heathen shall be led to fear the name of the Lord
(Ps 102:15).
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23. 掩面不顾——
(De 31:17; Isa 59:2)。
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23. hid I my face--
(De 31:17; Isa 59:2).
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25. 使被掳的人归回——即从灾祸恢复到昌盛。
以色列全家——即“全以色列”
(Ro 11:26)。
以色列历次的复兴都是局部的;将来必有一次普世性的复兴
(Ho 1:11)。
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25. bring again the captivity--restore from calamity to prosperity.
the whole house of Israel--so "all Israel"
(Ro 11:26).
The restorations of Israel heretofore have been partial; there must be one yet future that is to be universal
(Ho 1:11).
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26. 他们担当自己的羞辱之后——即他们罪的刑罚:在他们既察觉自己的罪咎、又为之羞愧之后
(Eze 20:43; 36:31)。
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26. After that they have borne their shame--the punishment of their sin: after they have become sensible of their guilt, and ashamed of it
(Eze 20:43; 36:31).
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27. 在他们身上显为圣——借我对他们的作为辩明为圣。
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27. sanctified in them--vindicated as holy in My dealings with them.
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28. 犹太人既无统治权、定居之国,也无固定的财产留住他们,随时都可毫无困难地归回(比较
Ho 3:4, 5)。
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28. The Jews, having no dominion, settled country, or fixed property to detain them, may return at any time without difficulty (compare
Ho 3:4, 5).
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29. 将我的灵浇灌……以色列——他们归正的可靠前奏
(Joe 2:28; Zec 12:10)。
浇灌祂的灵是祂不再掩面的保证
(2Co 1:22; Eph 1:14; Php 1:6)。
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29. poured out my Spirit upon . . . Israel--the sure forerunner of their conversion
(Joe 2:28; Zec 12:10).
The pouring out of His Spirit is a pledge that He will hide His face no more
(2Co 1:22; Eph 1:14; Php 1:6).
Eze 39:1-29。
针对歌革之预言的延续。
1. 重复
Eze 38:3
的话,为要把预言更深刻地印在人心上。