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Jud 2:1-10.
英文原文
Jud 2:1-10.
AN ANGEL SENT TO REBUKE THE PEOPLE AT BOCHIM.
1-3. an angel . . . came from Gilgal to Bochim--We are inclined to think, from the authoritative tone of his language, that he was the Angel of the Covenant
(Ex 23:20; Jos 5:14);
the same who appeared in human form and announced himself captain of the Lord's host. His coming from Gilgal had a peculiar significance, for there the Israelites made a solemn dedication of themselves to God on their entrance into the promised land
[Jos 4:1-9];
and the memory of that religious engagement, which the angel's arrival from Gilgal awakened, gave emphatic force to his rebuke of their apostasy.
Bochim--"the weepers," was a name bestowed evidently in allusion to this incident or the place, which was at or near Shiloh.
I said, I will never break my covenant with you . . . but ye have not obeyed my voice--The burden of the angel's remonstrance was that God would inviolably keep His promise; but they, by their flagrant and repeated breaches of their covenant with Him, had forfeited all claim to the stipulated benefits. Having disobeyed the will of God by voluntarily courting the society of idolaters and placing themselves in the way of temptation, He left them to suffer the punishment of their misdeeds.
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4、5. 耶和华的使者说这些话……百姓就放声而哭——天使的劝诫在他们心中留下了深刻而痛苦的印象。但这悔改不过是暂时的；这一感人场面所带来的复兴可期之应许，不久便因迅速而更深的背道与拜偶像之罪而枯萎。
英文原文
4, 5. when the angel of the Lord spake these words . . . the people lifted up their voice, and wept--The angel's expostulation made a deep and painful impression. But the reformation was but temporary, and the gratifying promise of a revival which this scene of emotion held out, was, ere long, blasted by speedy and deeper relapses into the guilt of defection and idolatry.
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6-10. 约书亚打发百姓去了——这段经文是
书24:29-31
的重复。在此插入，是为了让读者明白天使为何要发出如此严厉强烈的责备。在第一代得地之人的有生之年，他们仍清楚记得自己在埃及和旷野所亲眼见证的一切神迹与审判，那时民族的信仰与敬虔品格仍居高位。但随着时间推移，新一代兴起，对父辈那一切神圣而严肃的经历一无所知，便轻易屈服于周围偶像崇拜的腐蚀影响。
英文原文
6-10. And when Joshua had let the people go--This passage is a repetition of
Jos 24:29-31.
It was inserted here to give the reader the reasons which called forth so strong and severe a rebuke from the angel of the Lord. During the lifetime of the first occupiers, who retained a vivid recollection of all the miracles and judgments which they had witnessed in Egypt and the desert, the national character stood high for faith and piety. But, in course of time, a new race arose who were strangers to all the hallowed and solemnizing experience of their fathers, and too readily yielded to the corrupting influences of the idolatry that surrounded them.
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Jud 2:11-19.
Jud 2:11-19.
约书亚之后新一代的恶行。
11-19. 以色列人行耶和华眼中看为恶的事——本章连同下一章前八节
[士2:11-3:8]，
简明而全面地概述了随后历史中所阐发的原则。因此仔细思想这些原则，对于正确理解从约书亚离世到君王制度建立之间以色列历史那些奇特而变幻的种种情形，至关重要。
事奉诸巴力——用复数，是为要包括本国一切的偶像神明。
英文原文
Jud 2:11-19.
WICKEDNESS OF THE NEW GENERATION AFTER JOSHUA.
11-19. the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord--This chapter, together with the first eight verses of the next
[Jud 2:11-3:8],
contains a brief but comprehensive summary of the principles developed in the following history. An attentive consideration of them, therefore, is of the greatest importance to a right understanding of the strange and varying phases of Israelitish history, from the death of Joshua till the establishment of the monarchy.
served Baalim--The plural is used to include all the gods of the country.
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13. 亚斯他录——也是复数词，指一切女性神祇，其敬拜礼仪以最污秽、最令人作呕的淫行著称。
英文原文
13. Ashtaroth--Also a plural word, denoting all the female divinities, whose rites were celebrated by the most gross and revolting impurities.
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14. 耶和华的怒气向以色列人发作，又将他们交在抢夺他们的人手中——灾祸接连迅速地临到他们。但这一切苦难都只是惩治——神借此管教，使祂的百姓认识并悔改自己的过犯；因为他们一归回信仰与效忠，祂便「兴起士师」
（士2:16）。
英文原文
14. the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them--Adversities in close and rapid succession befell them. But all these calamities were designed only as chastisements--a course of correctional discipline by which God brought His people to see and repent of their errors; for as they returned to faith and allegiance, He "raised up judges"
(Jud 2:16).
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16. 拯救他们脱离抢夺他们人的手——治理以色列的士师，严格来说是神在治理百姓上的代理人，因祂才是最高的主宰。被如此抬举的人，毕生保有这尊荣；但士师并没有固定不断的传承。当个人目睹国家困苦之时，受神之灵内在不可抗拒的感动，便奋起成就拯救。这通常伴随着特别的呼召；百姓见他们被赐以非凡的勇气或力量，便接纳他们为天上所差，顺服他们的治理。他们往往只被派定某一个地区，其权柄也只及于他们受命保护之百姓。他们没有华仪、扈从或官俸。他们无权立法，因律法是神所赐；也无权解律，因那是祭司的职分——但他们却是律法的官方维护者、信仰的捍卫者、一切罪行的报应者，尤其是拜偶像及其相伴之罪的报应者。
英文原文
16. which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them--The judges who governed Israel were strictly God's vicegerents in the government of the people, He being the supreme ruler. Those who were thus elevated retained the dignity as long as they lived; but there was no regular, unbroken succession of judges. Individuals, prompted by the inward, irresistible impulse of God's Spirit when they witnessed the depressed state of their country, were roused to achieve its deliverance. It was usually accompanied by a special call, and the people seeing them endowed with extraordinary courage or strength, accepted them as delegates of Heaven, and submitted to their sway. Frequently they were appointed only for a particular district, and their authority extended no farther than over the people whose interests they were commissioned to protect. They were without pomp, equipage, or emoluments attached to the office. They had no power to make laws; for these were given by God; nor to explain them, for that was the province of the priests--but they were officially upholders of the law, defenders of religion, avengers of all crimes, particularly of idolatry and its attendant vices.
Jud 2:1-10.
一位天使奉差遣前往波金责备百姓。
1-3. 耶和华的使者……从吉甲上到波金——从他说话那带有权柄的语气来看，我们倾向于认为他就是立约的使者
（出23:20； 书5:14）；
就是那位以人的样式显现、自称为耶和华军队之元帅的。他从吉甲而来，有特别的意义，因为以色列人当初进入应许之地时，正是在那里庄严地把自己奉献给神
[书4:1-9]；
天使从吉甲而来的到来，唤醒了他们对那宗教承诺的记忆，使他对他们背道的责备分外有力。
波金——即「哭泣者」，显然是因这次事件或因这地点而得名，此地就在示罗或其附近。
我曾说，我必永不废弃与你们所立的约……你们竟没有听从我的话——天使这番劝诫的重点在于：神必信实地守祂的应许；但他们却因一再公然违背与神所立的约，已失去了一切要求约定福分的权利。他们既甘愿与拜偶像之人结交，又置身于试探之中，违背了神的旨意，祂便任凭他们承受自己恶行的刑罚。