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Ezr 3:1-13.
英文原文
Ezr 3:1-13.
THE ALTAR SET UP.
1. when the seventh month was come--The departure of the returning exiles from Babylon took place in the spring. For some time after their arrival they were occupied in the necessary work of rearing habitations to themselves amid the ruins of Jerusalem and its neighborhood. This preliminary work being completed, they addressed themselves to rebuild the altar of burnt offering. As the seventh month of the sacred year was at hand--corresponding to the latter end of our September--when the feast of tabernacles
(Le 23:34)
fell to be observed, they resolved to celebrate that religious festival, just as if the temple had been fully restored.
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2. 约书亚——即被尼布甲尼撒在利比拉处死的大祭司西莱雅的孙子
（2Ki 25:18-21）。
其父约萨答曾被掳至巴比伦，并在此次事件之前一段时间死在那里。
撒拉铁——按血统本是毗大之子
（1Ch 3:17-19）；
但因由撒拉铁抚养长大，故被称为撒拉铁之子。
建造以色列神的坛，为要在此献燔祭——此事刻不容缓，为要：第一，为他们的罪赎罪；第二，为建殿的预备工作求得神的赐福，并激发他们敬虔与爱国之情，以推进这一国家性的大工。
英文原文
2. Jeshua--the grandson of Seraiah, the high priest, put to death by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah
(2Ki 25:18-21).
His father, Josedech, had been carried captive to Babylon, and died there, some time before this.
Zerubbabel--was, according to the order of nature, son of Pedaiah
(1Ch 3:17-19);
but having been brought up by Salathiel, he was called his son.
builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon--This was of urgent and immediate necessity, in order, first, to make atonement for their sins; secondly, to obtain the divine blessing on their preparations for the temple, as well as animate their feelings of piety and patriotism for the prosecution of that national work.
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3. 他们在原有的根基上筑坛——他们在旧根基上重新竖立祭坛，使其位置尽可能接近原来所立之处。
他们每日早晚献燔祭——他们以履行宗教的公共仪节为本分，并不等到圣殿重建奉献之后才开始；而是一开始就恢复律法所规定的每日事奉
（Ex 29:38, 39; Le 6:9, 11），
并守一年一度当严肃遵守的节期。
英文原文
3. they set the altar upon his bases--They reared it upon its old foundation, so that it occupied as nearly as possible the site on which it had formerly stood.
they offered burnt offerings . . . morning and evening--Deeming it their duty to perform the public rites of religion, they did not wait till the temple should be rebuilt and dedicated; but, at the outset, they resumed the daily service prescribed by the law
(Ex 29:38, 39; Le 6:9, 11),
as well as observed the annual seasons of solemn observance.
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Ezr 3:4-7.
Ezr 3:4-7.
恢复献祭
4, 6. 他们又守住棚节……从七月初一日起——那时他们恢复了每日的献祭，并在当月十五日守了住棚节。
英文原文
Ezr 3:4-7.
OFFERINGS RENEWED.
4, 6. They kept also the feast of tabernacles . . . From the first day of the seventh month--They revived at that time the daily oblation, and it was on the fifteenth day of that month the feast of tabernacles was held.
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7. 他们又将粮食……酒和油给西顿人——他们与推罗人交涉雇佣工人和木材之事，其条件与目的与当年所罗门所作相同
（1Ki 5:11; 2Ch 2:15, 16）。
英文原文
7. They gave . . . meat . . . drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon--They opened negotiations with the Tyrians for workmen, as well as for timber, on the same terms and with the same views as Solomon had done
(1Ki 5:11; 2Ch 2:15, 16).
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Ezr 3:8-13.
Ezr 3:8-13. 立圣殿的根基
8. 派利未人……督理工作——即作为工人的监工，在各不同部门中指导并鼓励劳作者。
英文原文
Ezr 3:8-13. THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID.
8. appointed the Levites . . . to set forward the work--that is, to act as overseers of the workmen, and to direct and animate the laborers in the various departments.
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9. 约书亚和他的儿子们——不是大祭司，而是一位利未人
（Ezr 2:40）。
这些人可能因在机械技艺与品味上的卓越才能，被特别委派为监工。
英文原文
9. Jeshua with his sons--not the high priest, but a Levite
(Ezr 2:40).
To these, as probably distinguished for their mechanical skill and taste, the duty of acting as overseers was particularly committed.
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12. 然而有许多祭司、利未人、族长……大声哭号——这些痛苦的情感，是由可悲的对比所引发的：第一圣殿立根基时的昌盛境况与第二圣殿开工时国家与圣城荒凉调零的光景；第二圣殿根基所用石头较小且价值较低
（1Ki 7:9, 10），
并且连地基本身连同一切附属建筑都远不如前者
（Hag 2:3）；
他们现下财力的相对薄弱与大尹和所罗门的丰厚资源之对比。然而或许他们悲伤的主要原因，还在于第二圣殿将缺乏那些构成第一圣殿极大与独特荣耀之物；即约柜、舍吉拿、乌陵和土明等。这不是说第二圣殿不够宏大华美。但无论其物质上的荣耀多大，在这方面仍不及所罗门的殿。然而从另一个更重要的观点来看，第二圣殿的荣耀远超过第一圣殿，即它将接纳道成肉身的救主于其墉之内
（Hag 2:9）。
英文原文
12. But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers . . . wept with a loud voice--Those painful emotions were excited by the sad contrast between the prosperous circumstances in which the foundations of the first temple had been laid and the desolate, reduced state of the country and city when the second was begun; between the inferior size and less costliness of the stones used in the foundations of the second
(1Ki 7:9, 10),
and the much smaller extent of the foundation itself, including all the appurtenances of the building
(Hag 2:3);
between the comparative smallness of their present means and the immense resources of David and Solomon. Perhaps, however, the chief cause of grief was that the second temple would be destitute of those things which formed the great and distinguishing glory of the first; namely, the ark, the shekinah, the Urim and Thummim, &c. Not that this second temple was not a very grand and beautiful structure. But no matter how great its material splendor was, it was inferior in this respect to that of Solomon. Yet the glory of the second far outshone that of the first temple in another and more important point of view, namely, the receiving within its walls the incarnate Saviour
(Hag 2:9).
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13. 百姓不能分辨欢呼的声音和哭号的声音——东方人表达悲哀总是十分高声激烈，以号哦表示，其嚎声有时与欢乐的欢呼之声难以分辨。
英文原文
13. the people could not discern the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people--Among Eastern people, expressions of sorrow are always very loud and vehement. It is indicated by wailing, the howl of which is sometimes not easily distinguishable from joyful acclamations.
Ezr 3:1-13.
重建祭坛
1. 到了第七月——回归的被掳之民于春季从巴比伦启程。到达之后，他们有相当一段时间忙于必要的工作，在耶路撒冷及其附近的废墟中为自己建造住所。这项预备工程既毕，他们便着手重建燔祭坛。因圣年之第七月已近——相当于我们九月底——正值住棚节
（Le 23:34）
当守之时，他们决意照常守这节期，一如圣殿已完全恢复一般。