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Jer 42:1-22.
英文原文
Jer 42:1-22.
THE JEWS AND JOHANAN INQUIRE OF GOD, THROUGH JEREMIAH, AS TO GOING TO EGYPT, PROMISING OBEDIENCE TO HIS WILL. THEIR SAFETY ON CONDITION OF STAYING IN JUDEA, AND THEIR DESTRUCTION IN THE EVENT OF GOING TO EGYPT, ARE FORETOLD. THEIR HYPOCRISY IN ASKING FOR COUNSEL WHICH THEY MEANT NOT TO FOLLOW, IF CONTRARY TO THEIR OWN DETERMINATION, IS REPROVED.
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2. 耶利米——他大概是被从米斯巴掳去的人之一，与约哈难同住
(耶 41:16)。
所以说"前来"
(耶 42:1)，
不是"打发"。
愿……恳求蒙悦纳——字面作"落下"（参见
耶 36:7 的注释； 耶 37:20）。
为我们祷告——
(创 20:7； 赛 37:4； 雅 5:16)。
你的神——
(耶 42:5)。
犹太人用这说法表示他们相信耶利米与神之间作为祂所认可之先知的特殊关系。耶利米在答复中提醒他们，神也是他们的神（"你们的神"），因为他们是立约之民
(耶 42:4)。
他们也在
耶 42:6
中承认这一点，说"耶和华我们的神"。
剩下的稀少——正如先前所预言的
(利 26:22)。
英文原文
2. Jeremiah--He probably was one of the number carried off from Mizpah, and dwelt with Johanan
(Jer 41:16).
Hence the expression is, "came near"
(Jer 42:1),
not "sent."
Let . . . supplication be accepted--literally, "fall" (see on
Jer 36:7;
Jer 37:20).
pray for us--
(Ge 20:7; Isa 37:4; Jas 5:16).
thy God--
(Jer 42:5).
The Jews use this form to express their belief in the peculiar relation in which Jeremiah stood to God as His accredited prophet. Jeremiah in his reply reminds them that God is their God ("your God") as well as his as being the covenant people
(Jer 42:4).
They in turn acknowledge this in
Jer 42:6,
"the Lord our God."
few of many--as had been foretold
(Le 26:22).
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3. 他们求问神，正如许多人一样，与其说是想知道何为正，不如说是希望神认可他们已经定意的事，无论是否合乎祂的旨意。亚哈求问米该雅也是如此
(1Ki 22:13)。
试将耶利米的回答
(Jer 42:4)
与米该雅的回答
(1Ki 22:14) 加以比较。
英文原文
3. They consulted God, like many, not so much to know what was right, as wishing Him to authorize what they had already determined on, whether agreeable to His will or not. So Ahab in consulting Micaiah
(1Ki 22:13).
Compare Jeremiah's answer
(Jer 42:4)
with Micaiah's
(1Ki 22:14).
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4. 我听见了——即我答应你们的请求。
你们的神——你们既因收纳归祂为有，就不属自己，凡祂所愿意的你们都当遵行
(Ex 19:5, 6； 1Co 6:19, 20)。
回答你们——即借着我。
毫不隐瞒——
(1Sa 3:18； Ac 20:20)。
英文原文
4. I have heard--that is, I accede to your request.
your God--Being His by adoption, ye are not your own, and are bound to whatever He wills
(Ex 19:5, 6; 1Co 6:19, 20).
answer you--that is, through me.
keep nothing back--
(1Sa 3:18; Ac 20:20).
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5. 愿主作真实……见证——
(Ge 31:50； Ps 89:37； Re 1:5; 3:14; 19:11)。
英文原文
5. Lord be a true . . . witness--
(Ge 31:50; Ps 89:37; Re 1:5; 3:14; 19:11).
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6. 恶——不是道德上的恶，那是神不能吩咐的
(Jas 1:13)，
而是对我们可能不合意且艰难的事。敬虔是不计代价、毫不质疑地顺服神。可看一个有缺陷的例子，那例只顺服到合乎自己心意的地步
(1Sa 15:3, 9, 13-15, 20-23)。
英文原文
6. evil--not moral evil, which God cannot command
(Jas 1:13),
but what may be disagreeable and hard to us. Piety obeys God, without questioning, at all costs. See the instance defective in this, that it obeyed only so far as was agreeable to itself
(1Sa 15:3, 9, 13-15, 20-23).
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7. 十天——耶利米不是凭自己说话，而是等候神的时间和启示，显明他默示的真实。人若任凭己意，必立即回答那不耐久候的百姓。迟延是为要试验他们所自称愿意顺服的诚意，并使他们有充分时间熟虑
(De 8:2)。
真正的顺服既顺服神的方法和旨意，也顺服神的时间。
英文原文
7. ten days--Jeremiah did not speak of himself, but waited God's time and revelation, showing the reality of his inspiration. Man left to himself would have given an immediate response to the people, who were impatient of delay. The delay was designed to test the sincerity of their professed willingness to obey, and that they should have full time to deliberate
(De 8:2).
True obedience bows to God's time, as well as His way and will.
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10. If ye . . . abide（你们若……仍住）——即在巴比伦权下，神已命定万国都当顺服
(Da 2:37, 38)。
抗拒就是抗拒神。
build . . . plant（建立……栽植）——隐喻，指我必坚固你们
(Jer 24:6)。
I repent . . . of the evil（我……后悔不降祸）——
(Jer 18:8; De 32:36)。
我已满意我所加于你们的刑罚，只要你们不再加添新罪[GROTIUS]。神改变祂对待人的外在方式时，就说祂"后悔"。
英文原文
10. If ye . . . abide--namely, under the Babylonian authority, to which God hath appointed that all should be subject
(Da 2:37, 38).
To resist was to resist God.
build . . . plant--metaphor for, I will firmly establish you
(Jer 24:6).
I repent . . . of the evil--
(Jer 18:8; De 32:36).
I am satisfied with the punishment I have inflicted on you, if only you add not a new offense [GROTIUS]. God is said to "repent," when He alters His outward ways of dealing.
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12. show mercies（发怜悯）——宁可译作：我要激动（他）怜悯的心对你们[加尔文（CALVIN）]。
cause you to return（使你们归回）——准许你们归回，平平安安地享受你们如今因怕迦勒底人而想要撤离的产业。他们若悖逆而去，必招致他们本想逃避的灾祸；他们若留下，便必得着他们所怕失去的福分。
英文原文
12. show mercies--rather, I will excite (in him) feelings of mercy towards you [CALVIN].
cause you to return--permit you to return to the peaceable enjoyment of the possessions from which you are wishing to withdraw through fear of the Chaldeans. By departing in disobedience they should incur the very evils they wished thereby to escape; and by staying they should gain the blessings which they feared to lose by doing so.
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13. if ye say, &c.（你们若说，云云）——公然背叛神，祂曾多次
(De 17:16)，
如今也禁止他们下埃及，免得他们陷入其中的偶像崇拜。
英文原文
13. if ye say, &c.--avowed rebellion against God, who had often
(De 17:16),
as now, forbidden their going to Egypt, lest they should be entangled in its idolatry.
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14. where we shall see no war（在那里我们不见战争）——这里他们暴露了他们的不敬，他们不信神的应许
(Jer 42:10, 11)，
彷佛祂是说谎的
(1Jo 5:10)。
英文原文
14. where we shall see no war--Here they betray their impiety in not believing God's promise
(Jer 42:10, 11),
as if He were a liar
(1Jo 5:10).
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15. wholly set your faces（定意）——坚决定意
(Lu 9:51)，
不顾一切的警告
(Jer 44:12)。
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15. wholly set your faces--firmly resolve
(Lu 9:51)
in spite of all warnings
(Jer 44:12).
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16. sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you（你们所怕的刀剑必追上你们）——我们想借犯罪逃避的灾祸，反倒因罪招到自己身上。我们心所最重的，往往成为我们的致命伤。那些想借迁地逃避患难的人，必发现无论到哪里患难都跟随
(Eze 11:8)。
这里的"刀剑"指尼布甲尼撒的刀剑；他在远征非洲时（据异教作家 MEGASTHENES）应验了这预言，时为主前300年。
英文原文
16. sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you--The very evils we think to escape by sin, we bring on ourselves thereby. What our hearts are most set on often proves fatal to us. Those who think to escape troubles by changing their place will find them wherever they go
(Eze 11:8).
The "sword" here is that of Nebuchadnezzar, who fulfilled the prediction in his expedition to Africa (according to MEGASTHENES, a heathen writer), 300 B.C.
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17. all the men（所有人）——除了所提的"少数"
(Jer 44:14, 28)；
即那些被迫违心下埃及的人、耶利米、巴录等，以及那些听耶利米劝戒，在巴比伦人到来之前逃离埃及的人。
英文原文
17. all the men--excepting the "small number" mentioned
(Jer 44:14, 28);
namely, those who were forced into Egypt against their will, Jeremiah, Baruch, &c., and those who took Jeremiah's advice and fled from Egypt before the arrival of the Chaldeans.
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18. As mine anger, 等（我的怒气怎样等）——你们既已痛痛地看见我言出必行，就必再次看见
(Jer 7:20; 18:16)。
shall see this place no more（必不得再见这地方）——你们必不得归回犹大，不像那些被迁到巴比伦的人可以归回。
英文原文
18. As mine anger, &c.--As ye have already, to your sorrow, found Me true to My word, so shall ye again
(Jer 7:20; 18:16).
shall see this place no more--Ye shall not return to Judea, as those shall who have been removed to Babylon.
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19. I have admonished（我已经警戒你们）——字面意为"作见证"，即庄严地警戒，以你们自己为我的见证人；这样，你们若灭亡，就必自己承认，你们灭亡是因自己的过错，不是因为无知。
英文原文
19. I have admonished--literally, "testified," that is, solemnly admonished, having yourselves as My witnesses; so that if ye perish, ye yourselves will have to confess that it was through your own fault, not through ignorance, ye perished.
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20. dissembled in your hearts（心中假冒）——宁作"你们欺骗了（自己的）性命"。欺骗你们的并非神，而是你们自己，你们以伪善自取灭亡
(Ga 6:7)
[CALVIN]。但以下的话最合于英文译本：你们在我面前心中假冒
(参
Jer 42:3)，
当你们打发我为你们求问神的时候。
英文原文
20. dissembled in your hearts--rather, "ye have used deceit against your (own) souls." It is not God, but yourselves, whom ye deceive, to your own ruin, by your own dissimulation
(Ga 6:7)
[CALVIN]. But the words following accord best with English Version, ye have dissembled in your hearts (see on
Jer 42:3)
towards me, when ye sent me to consult God for you.
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21. declared it（宣告了）——即宣告神的旨意。
I . . . but ye（我……你们）——对比。我已尽了我的本分；你们却不尽你们的。你们不行正路，不是我的错。
英文原文
21. declared it--namely, the divine will.
I . . . but ye--antithesis. I have done my part; but ye do not yours. It is no fault of mine that ye act not rightly.
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22. sojourn（寄居）——暂时寄居，直到他们能归回本地。因此他们指望归回，无视神与之相反的预言。
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22. sojourn--for a time, until they could return to their country. They expected, therefore, to be restored, in spite of God's prediction to the contrary.
耶 42:1-22。
犹太人和约哈难借着耶利米求问神，问及下埃及之事，并承诺顺服神的旨意。他们若留在犹大便得平安，若下埃及必遭灭亡，二者均被预言。他们求问本不打算遵从的指示——若与自己所定的相违便不从——他们的虚伪被责备。