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Ezr 10:1-17.
英文原文
Ezr 10:1-17.
EZRA REFORMS THE STRANGE MARRIAGES.
1. Now when Ezra had prayed--As this prayer was uttered in public, while there was a general concourse of the people at the time of the evening sacrifice and as it was accompanied with all the demonstrations of poignant sorrow and anguish, it is not surprising that the spectacle of a man so respected, a priest so holy, a governor so dignified as Ezra, appearing distressed and filled with fear at the sad state of things, should produce a deep sensation; and the report of his passionate grief and expressions in the court of the temple having rapidly spread through the city, a great multitude flocked to the spot.
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2-4. 示迦尼……回答说，我们得罪了神——此人是众领袖之一，他本人在此事上并非有过失之人，因为下文名单中并没有他的名字。他是在全体百姓的名义下发言，他的举动既显出良心敏锐，也显出不小的勇气提出这样的建议；因为他的父亲和五位叔伯
（Ezr 10:26）
都牵涉在违法婚姻的罪中，他所提出的措施表明，他认为宁可顺服神，胜过讨最近亲属的喜悦。
然而以色列人还有指望——但这指望端在于及时采取改革的措施，因此他劝勉他们不要陷于绝望或颓丧，而要立即纠正过错，过去的则仰赖神的怜悯。这建议虽似乎苛刻无情，但在犹太人特殊的处境中，既属必要也属正当；他促使以斯拉督办此事，因为唯有以斯拉才能胜任——他具备处理如此微妙艰难之事的才干与手腕，且蒙神所赋、并在神之下由波斯王
（Ezr 7:23-28）
所赐予执行此事所必需的权柄。
英文原文
2-4. Shechaniah . . . answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed--This was one of the leading men, who was not himself a delinquent in the matter, for his name does not occur in the following list. He spoke in the general name of the people, and his conduct evinced a tender conscience, as well as no small fortitude in making such a proposal; for as his father and five paternal uncles
(Ezr 10:26)
were involved in the guilt of unlawful marriages, he showed, by the measure he recommended, that he deemed it better to obey God than to please his nearest relatives.
yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing--This hope, however, depended on timely measures of reformation, and therefore, instead of surrendering themselves to despair or despondency, he counselled them to amend their error without delay, relying on God's mercy for the past. Though the proposal may seem harsh and cruel, yet in the peculiar circumstances of the Jews it was just as well as necessary; and he urged the duty of seeing it executed on Ezra, as the only person competent to carry it into effect, being possessed of skill and address for so delicate and difficult a work, and invested by God, and under Him by the Persian king
(Ezr 7:23-28),
with the requisite authority to enforce it.
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5-8. 于是以斯拉……进了约哈难的房间——在以斯拉主持下，众首领和长老在那里召开了一次私下会议，决定订立一个共同的约，休掉外邦妻儿；并下令通告一切从巴比伦归回的人，限三日内到耶路撒冷集合，违者将被逐出会众并没收家产。
英文原文
5-8. Then Ezra . . . went into the chamber of Johanan--At a private council of the princes and elders held there, under the presidency of Ezra, it was resolved to enter into a general covenant to put away their foreign wives and children; that a proclamation should be made for all who had returned from Babylon to repair within three days to Jerusalem, under pain of excommunication and confiscation of their property.
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9-11. 于是犹大和便雅悯众人——归回的被掳之民主要属于这两个支派；但其他以色列人也都包括在这些名称之下，因为他们当时都居住在原先分配给这两支派的领土之内。
那时是九月——相当于十二月底至一月初之间，正是巴勒斯坦一年中最寒冷、雨水最多的时节。
众百姓都坐在街上——即院子里。
英文原文
9-11. Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin--The returned captives belonged chiefly to these tribes; but other Israelites are also included under these names, as they all were then occupying the territory formerly assigned to those two tribes.
It was the ninth month--that is, between the end of December and the beginning of January, which is the coldest and most rainy season of the year in Palestine.
all the people sat in the street--that is, the court.
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10-17. 祭司以斯拉站起来，说——他既已充分说明了他们罪恶的严重性，并力劝他们解除违法的婚姻关系，所得的响应令他十分欣慰：他们立即承认其责备的公义，并答应遵从他的建议。但因天气不佳，且违例者人数太多，不能一次会审完毕，遂决定设立一个委员会，彻查整个事件。这些委员在各城的士师和长老协助之下，对每件案子都进行了详尽的调查，经过三个月的工作，彻底清除了这弊端的痕迹。毫无疑问，对于所休弃的妻儿，都按丈夫的财力与情况作了适当的供给。
英文原文
10-17. Ezra the priest stood up, and said--Having fully represented the enormity of their sin and urged them to dissolve their unlawful connections, he was gratified by receiving a prompt acknowledgment of the justice of his reproof and a promise of compliance with his recommendation. But as the weather was ungenial and the defaulters were too numerous to be passed in review at one time, it was resolved that a commission should be appointed to examine into the whole matter. These commissioners, assisted by the judges and elders of the respective cities, made a minute investigation into every case, and after three months' labor completely removed all traces of the abuse. Doubtless, an adequate provision was made for the repudiated wives and children, according to the means and circumstances of the husbands.
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Ezr 10:18-44.
Ezr 10:18-44.
娶了外邦女子的人
18. 在祭司的子孙中——从下文名单中出现如此多高位人士的名字，可以略见这项改革工作所伴随的复杂与重大困难。
英文原文
Ezr 10:18-44.
THOSE THAT HAD TAKEN STRANGE WIVES.
18. among the sons of the priests--From the names of so many men of rank appearing in the following list, some idea may be formed of the great and complicated difficulties attending the reformatory work.
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19. 他们保证——即许下一个庄重的承诺，这通常以起誓交右手来证实
（Pr 6:1; Eze 17:18）。
这些有罪的祭司宗族与平民以色列人
（Ezr 10:25）
一样保证同样行，并献一只公绵羊为赎愆祭，以求赎罪。
英文原文
19. they gave their hands--that is, came under a solemn engagement, which was usually ratified by pledging the right hand
(Pr 6:1; Eze 17:18).
The delinquents of the priestly order bound themselves to do like the common Israelites
(Ezr 10:25),
and sought to expiate their sin by sacrificing a ram as a trespass offering.
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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Ezr 10:1-17.
以斯拉改革异族婚姻
1. 以斯拉祷告、认罪、哭泣——因为这祷告是在众民于晚祭之时聚集的公开场合中献上的，又伴随种种深切悲痛哀伤的表现，所以像以斯拉这样一位如此受人敬重的人、如此圣洁的祭司、如此尊贵的省长，竟因境况的凄惨而显出忧惧不安，这番景象自然产生极大的震动；他在圣殿院中极其伤痛的表现和言语迅速传遍全城，于是大批群众蜂拥而至这地方。