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Eze 7:1-27.
英文原文
Eze 7:1-27.
LAMENTATION OVER THE COMING RUIN OF ISRAEL; THE PENITENT REFORMATION OF A REMNANT; THE CHAIN SYMBOLIZING THE CAPTIVITY.
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2. 结局,结局到了——不定冠词“一个”表达的是神对整个犹大地的长久忍耐即将结束这一普遍事实;随后定冠词“那”则将其标记为更确切地定下来了
(Am 8:2)。
英文原文
2. An end, the end--The indefinite "an" expresses the general fact of God bringing His long-suffering towards the whole of Judea to an end; "the," following, marks it as more definitely fixed
(Am 8:2).
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4. 你可憎的事——即你可憎之事的刑罚。
在你中间——要向所有人显明。他们和你都要借着各处明显地临到你的刑罚,认出你那些可憎之事的事实。
英文原文
4. thine abominations--the punishment of thine abominations.
shall be in the midst of thee--shall be manifest to all. They and thou shall recognize the fact of thine abominations by thy punishment which shall everywhere befall thee, and that manifestly.
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5. 灾祸,独特的灾祸——一种前所未有、独一无二的特殊灾祸,无可比拟。文体的突兀与重复,表达了先知预见这些灾祸时内心的激动。
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5. An evil, an only evil--a peculiar calamity such as was never before; unparalleled. The abruptness of the style and the repetitions express the agitation of the prophet's mind in foreseeing these calamities.
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6. 岂不发了命(watcheth for thee)——更作“为你醒起”。它从过去对你的沉睡中苏醒过来
(Ps 78:65, 66)。
英文原文
6. watcheth for thee--rather, "waketh for thee." It awakes up from its past slumber against thee
(Ps 78:65, 66).
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7. 早晨——如 Chaldean 与 Syriac 译本(比较
Joe 2:2)。
以西结要借此唤醒他们的麻木,因他们正在安逸中向自己承诺一段无间断的黑夜
(1Th 5:5-7),
仿佛永不受审问一般[CALVIN]。“早晨”一语,是指这通常是官长对罪犯宣判的时辰(比较
Eze 7:10,
下文;
Ps 101:8; Jer 21:12)。
GESENIUS 较不近理地译作“命运的次序”;即轮到你受罚之时。
不是回声——不是空洞的回响,如声音在“山中”回荡而成,乃是真正的喧嚷呼声将至[CALVIN]。或许暗指葡萄收割者在山上收成时欢乐的呼声[GROTIUS],或拜偶像之人在节期舞蹈中向假神所发的欢呼[TIRINUS]。HAVERNICK 译作“没有光明”。
英文原文
7. The morning--so Chaldean and Syriac versions (compare
Joe 2:2).
Ezekiel wishes to awaken them from their lethargy, whereby they were promising to themselves an uninterrupted night
(1Th 5:5-7),
as if they were never to be called to account [CALVIN]. The expression, "morning," refers to the fact that this was the usual time for magistrates giving sentence against offenders (compare
Eze 7:10,
below;
Ps 101:8; Jer 21:12).
GESENIUS, less probably, translates, "the order of fate"; thy turn to be punished.
not the sounding again--not an empty echo, such as is produced by the reverberation of sounds in "the mountains," but a real cry of tumult is coming [CALVIN]. Perhaps it alludes to the joyous cries of the grape-gatherers at vintage on the hills [GROTIUS], or of the idolaters in their dances on their festivals in honor of their false gods [TIRINUS]. HAVERNICK translates, "no brightness."
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8, 9. 重复
Eze 7:3, 4;
借单调的重复,悲怆地表明灾祸的累积。
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8, 9. Repetition of
Eze 7:3, 4;
sadly expressive of accumulated woes by the monotonous sameness.
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10. 杖……已经开花,骄傲……已经发苞——“杖”即 Chaldean Nebuchadnezzar,是神报应的工具
(Isa 10:5; Jer 51:20)。
杖之发芽(此字应如此译)等等,意味着神行事不仓促,而是循序渐进。祂仿佛栽下祂报应的使者,任其生长,直到一切都成熟以致可以成就祂的目的。“骄傲”指 Babylon 征服者的狂傲
(Jer 50:31, 32)。
“骄傲”与“杖”的平行反对 JEROME 之说——以为“骄傲”指藐视神威吓的犹太人;(也反对 CALVIN 所说“虽然杖长在 Chaldea,根却在犹太人那里”)。“杖”也不能如 GROTIUS 所想指犹大支派,因它显然指作为击打工具的“击打者”\n (Eze 7:9)。
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10. rod . . . blossomed, pride . . . budded--The "rod" is the Chaldean Nebuchadnezzar, the instrument of God's vengeance
(Isa 10:5; Jer 51:20).
The rod sprouting (as the word ought to be translated), &c., implies that God does not move precipitately, but in successive steps. He as it were has planted the ministers of His vengeance, and leaves them to grow till all is ripe for executing His purpose. "Pride" refers to the insolence of the Babylonian conqueror
(Jer 50:31, 32).
The parallelism ("pride" answering to "rod") opposes JEROME'S view, that "pride" refers to the Jews who despised God's threats; (also CALVIN'S, "though the rod grew in Chaldea, the root was with the Jews"). The "rod" cannot refer, as GROTIUS thought, to the tribe of Judah, for it evidently refers to the "smiteth"
(Eze 7:9)
as the instrument of smiting.
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11. 强暴(即强暴的仇敌)已经兴起,成为(即刑罚犹太人之)邪恶的杖
(Zec 5:8)。
他们的(theirs)——即他们的产业,或属他们的一切,无论是儿女或财物。GROTIUS 从不同的希伯来文(Hebrew)词根译作“他们的贵胄”,直译作“他们的喧嚷扈从”(边注 Margin),这些扈从通常随行贵胄。如此,“贵胄”便与一般的“群众”形成对比。
也没有……哀号——
(Jer 16:4-7; 25:33)。
GESENIUS 译作“他们中也不留下任何美貌。”*英文译本(English Version)*得古犹太解经家的支持。杀戮将如此普遍,以致无人留下为死者哀哭。
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11. Violence (that is, the violent foe) is risen up as a rod of (that is, to punish the Jews') wickedness
(Zec 5:8).
theirs--their possessions, or all that belongs to them, whether children or goods. GROTIUS translates from a different Hebrew root, "their nobles," literally, "their tumultuous trains" (Margin) which usually escorted the nobles. Thus "nobles" will form a contrast to the general "multitude."
neither . . . wailing--
(Jer 16:4-7; 25:33).
GESENIUS translates, "nor shall there be left any beauty among them." English Version is supported by the old Jewish interpreters. So general shall be the slaughter, none shall be left to mourn the dead.
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12. 买主不可……快乐——因他已以低价买得一块田产。
卖主也不可……悲哀——因他因贫穷而不得不亏本出卖田地。Chaldeans 将成为这地的主人,以致买主无从享受其购置,卖主也无从受损;后者也必不能
(Eze 7:13)
在禧年归回自己的产业(见
Le 25:13)。
属灵而言,这在今日也成立,因“时候减少了”;“喜乐的要像不喜乐,置买的要像无有所得”:Paul
(1Co 7:30)
似乎在此暗指以西结。
Jer 32:15, 37, 43
似乎在此与以西结矛盾。但以西结说的是父母,是现今;耶利米说的是儿女,是未来。耶利米是对信徒说话,叫他们盼望复兴;以西结是对那被排除于拯救盼望之外的背道者说话。
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12. let not . . . buyer rejoice--because he has bought an estate at a bargain price.
nor . . . seller mourn--because he has had to sell his land at a sacrifice through poverty. The Chaldeans will be masters of the land, so that neither shall the buyer have any good of his purchase, nor the seller any loss; nor shall the latter
(Eze 7:13)
return to his inheritance at the jubilee year (see
Le 25:13).
Spiritually this holds good now, seeing that "the time is short"; "they that rejoice should be as though they rejoiced not, and they that buy as though they possessed not": Paul
(1Co 7:30)
seems to allude to Ezekiel here.
Jer 32:15, 37, 43,
seems to contradict Ezekiel here. But Ezekiel is speaking of the parents, and of the present; Jeremiah, of the children, and of the future. Jeremiah is addressing believers, that they should hope for a restoration; Ezekiel, the reprobate, who were excluded from hope of deliverance.
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13. 虽然他们还活着——即使他们能活到禧年。
群众——即犹太人的群众。
不得归回——对应“卖主不得归回”;不仅他,连全会众也不得归回。CALVIN 省去“是”与“which”:“关乎全会众的异象不得归回”为空
(Isa 55:11)。
这人在他罪孽中所发的力量也不能保全他——任何在罪中刚硬自己的,都无法抵挡神刑罚的威吓。FAIRBAIRN 译作“无人能借其罪孽使其生命振兴”;指禧年而言,禧年被视为整个国家的复苏,其紊乱既已纠正,政体便重新焕发新生。神借禧年设立所提供的——如今却因国民的罪而要止息——没有人能借其罪孽使之成就。
英文原文
13. although they were yet alive--although they should live to the year of jubilee.
multitude thereof--namely, of the Jews.
which shall not return--answering to "the seller shall not return"; not only he, but the whole multitude, shall not return. CALVIN omits "is" and "which": "the vision touching the whole multitude shall not return" void
(Isa 55:11).
neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life--No hardening of one's self in iniquity will avail against God's threat of punishment. FAIRBAIRN translates, "no one by his iniquity shall invigorate his life"; referring to the jubilee, which was regarded as a revivification of the whole commonwealth, when, its disorders being rectified, the body politic sprang up again into renewed life. That for which God thus provided by the institution of the jubilee and which is now to cease through the nation's iniquity, let none think to bring about by his iniquity.
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14. 他们吹了角——更作“吹角吧”,或作“任他们吹角”以招聚士兵,“一切都预备好”以迎敌,都必徒然;无人有胆量上阵(比较
Jer 6:1),
[CALVIN]。
英文原文
14. They have blown the trumpet--rather, "Blow the trumpet," or, "Let them blow the trumpet" to collect soldiers as they will, "to make all ready" for encountering the foe, it will be of no avail; none will have the courage to go to the battle (compare
Jer 6:1),
[CALVIN].
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15. 处处都不得安全
(De 32:25)。
应验
(La 1:20);
也在 Romans 入侵之时
(Mt 24:16-18)。
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15. No security should anywhere be found
(De 32:25).
Fulfilled
(La 1:20);
also at the Roman invasion
(Mt 24:16-18).
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16.
(Eze 6:6)。
如同鸽子——鸽子虽常出没于山谷,惧怕捕鸟之人时却飞往山上
(Ps 11:1)。
照样,以色列一度安居于其宁静的山谷,却要逃避仇敌逃到山上;而那山既是他拜偶像之处,理当成为他逃难与蒙羞的所在。鸽子哀鸣的叫声
(Isa 59:11)
代表以色列日后痛悔的哀哭
(Zec 12:10-12)。
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16.
(Eze 6:6).
like doves--which, though usually frequenting the valleys, mount up to the mountains when fearing the bird-catcher
(Ps 11:1).
So Israel, once dwelling in its peaceful valleys, shall flee from the foe to the mountains, which, as being the scene of its idolatries, were justly to be made the scene of its flight and shame. The plaintive note of the dove
(Isa 59:11)
represents the mournful repentance of Israel hereafter
(Zec 12:10-12).
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17. 必软弱如水——直译作“必如水而行”;无力抵抗
(Jos 7:5; Ps 22:14; Isa 13:7)。
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17. shall be weak as water--literally, "shall go (as) waters"; incapable of resistance
(Jos 7:5; Ps 22:14; Isa 13:7).
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18. 用以遮蔽他们——如衣服一般。
秃头——哀悼的记号
(Isa 3:24; Jer 48:37; Mic 1:16)。
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18. cover them--as a garment.
baldness--a sign of mourning
(Isa 3:24; Jer 48:37; Mic 1:16).
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19. 将……银子抛弃在……街头——公义的报应;他们既曾滥用金银,将之铸成偶像、“他们犯罪的绊脚石”(
Eze 14:3, 4,
即犯罪之机);这些金银的偶像,非但不能“在耶和华发怒的日子搭救他们”(见
Pr 11:4),
反要在绝望中被他们抛弃街头,任仇敌掳掠,他们将被“挪去”(GROTIUS 按边注译作“必被当作不洁之物所藐视”);或更宜如平行句所要求的,“被犹太人*从他们中间除掉” [CALVIN]。 “它们(金银)不能使他们心里饱足”,即不能满足他们食欲和其他需要的渴求。
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19. cast . . . silver in . . . streets--just retribution; they had abused their silver and gold by converting them into idols, "the stumbling-block of their iniquity"
(Eze 14:3, 4,
that is, an occasion of sinning); so these silver and gold idols, so far from "being able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath" (see
Pr 11:4),
shall, in despair, be cast by them into the streets as a prey to the foe, by whom they shall be "removed" (GROTIUS translates as the Margin, "shall be despised as an unclean thing"); or rather, as suits the parallelism, "shall be put away from them" by the Jews [CALVIN]. "They (the silver and gold) shall not satisfy their souls," that is, their cravings of appetite and other needs.
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20. 他装饰的华美——指耶和华的殿,犹太人特有的荣耀,正如新娘以其首饰夸耀(这正是神论到圣殿时所用的比喻,
Eze 16:10, 11)。
比较
Eze 24:21:
“我的圣所,你们力量之荣美,你们眼目所喜爱的。”
偶像……在其中——即在圣殿中
(Eze 8:3-17)。
将它们从其中挪去——神原“设立”圣殿(他们“装饰的华美”)为“彰显祂的威严”;他们却在其中设立“可憎之物”;故此神按公义的报应,“将它从他们中间挪去”(即把他们从其中远远挪去,或将其从他们中间取走 [VATABLUS])。
边注译作“使它成为他们的不洁之物”(比较
Eze 7:19
的边注,“挪去”);我原为他们的荣耀而设的,他们却将其变为自己的羞辱,故我必使之转为他们的羞辱与毁灭。
英文原文
20. beauty of his ornament--the temple of Jehovah, the especial glory of the Jews, as a bride glories in her ornaments (the very imagery used by God as to the temple,
Eze 16:10, 11).
Compare
Eze 24:21:
"My sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes."
images . . . therein--namely, in the temple
(Eze 8:3-17).
set it far from them--God had "set" the temple (their "beauty of ornament") "for His majesty"; but they had set up "abominations therein"; therefore God, in just retribution, "set it far from them," (that is, removed them far from it, or took it away from them [VATABLUS]). The Margin translates, "Made it unto them an unclean thing" (compare Margin on
Eze 7:19,
"removed"); what I designed for their glory they turned to their shame, therefore I will make it turn to their ignominy and ruin.
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21. 外邦人——野蛮凶残的列国。
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21. strangers--barbarous and savage nations.
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22. 玷污我的隐密处——这是对犹太人玷污圣殿的公义报应。“强盗必进入并玷污”至圣所,即神彰显同在之处,连利未人和祭司都不得进入,只容大祭司在一年一度的赎罪日进去。”
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22. pollute my secret place--just retribution for the Jews' pollution of the temple. "Robbers shall enter and defile" the holy of holies, the place of God's manifested presence, entrance into which was denied even to the Levites and priests and was permitted to the high priest only once a year on the great day of atonement.
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23. 锁链——象征被掳(比较
Jer 27:2)。
他们既以强暴使那地被锁链所缚,他们也必照样被锁链所缚。当时习惯将被掳之人排成一列,用一条链子从一人的颈项穿到另一人的颈项而带走。故此当按希伯来文所要求的译作“那链子”,即在这种场合惯常所用的。CALVIN 解释为犹太人无论愿不愿意,都要被拖到神的审判台前,带着锁链作为罪犯受审。下面的话支持此说:“流血”,更宜作“流血的审判”,即流人血、当受极刑的审判。比较
Jer 51:9:
“她的审判达到天上。”
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23. chain--symbol of the captivity (compare
Jer 27:2).
As they enchained the land with violence, so shall they be chained themselves. It was customary to lead away captives in a row with a chain passed from the neck of one to the other. Therefore translate as the Hebrew requires, "the chain," namely, that usually employed on such occasions. CALVIN explains it, that the Jews should be dragged, whether they would or no, before God's tribunal to be tried as culprits in chains. The next words favor this: "bloody crimes," rather, "judgment of bloods," that is, with blood sheddings deserving the extreme judicial penalty. Compare
Jer 51:9:
"Her judgment reacheth unto heaven."
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24. 列国中恶人——直译作“列邦中的恶人”;将以色列交在他们手中,必使犹太人确信这是一次最终的倾覆。
强者的夸耀——指“额硬”之人藐视先知的那种骄傲。
圣所——圣殿中圣洁的各部分
(Ps 68:35; Jer 51:51)
[CALVIN]。 神称之为“他们的圣所”,因为他们已将其玷污,以致祂不再视之为自己的。然而,因圣殿的被玷污已经提及
(Eze 7:20, 22),
而“他们的圣所”是作为新主题引入的,故此将之理解为他们献给偶像之地似乎更佳。他们既玷污神的圣所,神也必玷污他们自设的“圣地”。
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24. worst of the heathen--literally, "wicked of the nations"; the giving up of Israel to their power will convince the Jews that this is a final overthrow.
pomp of . . . strong--the pride wherewith men "stiff of forehead" despise the prophet.
holy places--the sacred compartments of the temple
(Ps 68:35; Jer 51:51)
[CALVIN]. God calls it "their holy places," because they had so defiled it that He regarded it no longer as His. However, as the defilement of the temple has already been mentioned
(Eze 7:20, 22),
and "their sacred places" are introduced as a new subject, it seems better to understand this of the places dedicated to their idols. As they defiled God's sanctuary, He will defile their self-constituted "sacred places."
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25. 平安……却没有——
(1Th 5:3)。
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25. peace, and . . . none--
(1Th 5:3).
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26. 灾祸……加……灾祸——
(De 32:23; Jer 4:20)。
这话是说,因犹太人每在苦难稍减之时,便以为灾祸将止;但神必使祸上加祸。
谣言——关于仇敌逼近与其残忍的传闻
(Mt 24:6)。
寻求异象——为要从困境中找出路
(Isa 26:9)。 西底家(Zedekiah)也曾求问耶利米
(Jer 37:17; 38:14)。
律法失丧——已应验
(Eze 20:1, 3; Ps 74:9; La 2:9;
比较
Am 8:11); 神必借此废去那虚空的夸口:“祭司不容律法失丧”
(Jer 18:18)。
长老——百姓的宗教领袖。
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26. Mischief . . . upon . . . mischief--
(De 32:23; Jer 4:20).
This is said because the Jews were apt to fancy, at every abatement of suffering, that their calamities were about to cease; but God will accumulate woe on woe.
rumour--of the advance of the foe, and of his cruelty
(Mt 24:6).
seek a vision--to find some way of escape from their difficulties
(Isa 26:9).
So Zedekiah consulted Jeremiah
(Jer 37:17; 38:14).
law shall perish--fulfilled
(Eze 20:1, 3; Ps 74:9; La 2:9;
compare
Am 8:11);
God will thus set aside the idle boast, "The law shall not perish from the priest"
(Jer 18:18).
ancients--the ecclesiastical rulers of the people.
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27. 这地的人——即一般大众,有别于“王”和“首领”。惊惶要弥漫各阶层。王本当激励别人并为现存的弊端寻求救治,自己却要处于最大的焦虑中;这是局势危急的标记。
以荒凉披身——衣服本为遮羞;但在此时,羞耻要成为衣服。
照他们的行径——因他们恶道的缘故。
报应——直译作“审判”,即公义的审判所判给他们的;用以暗示神的审判与他们所招致的刑罚完全相应:他们欺压穷人、夺其自由;故他们必被欺压、失去自己的自由。
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27. people of the land--the general multitude, as distinguished from the "king" and the "prince." The consternation shall pervade all ranks. The king, whose duty it was to animate others and find a remedy for existing evils, shall himself be in the utmost anxiety; a mark of the desperate state of affairs.
clothed with desolation--Clothing is designed to keep off shame; but in this case shame shall be the clothing.
after their way--because of their wicked ways.
deserts--literally, "judgments," that is, what just judgment awards to them; used to imply the exact correspondence of God's judgment with the judicial penalties they had incurred: they oppressed the poor and deprived them of liberty; therefore they shall be oppressed and lose their own liberty.
Eze 7:1-27。
为以色列即将临到的灭亡哀叹;余民的悔改归正;象征被掳的铁链。