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Ro 13:1-14.
英文原文
Ro 13:1-14.
SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED--POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONS--MOTIVES.
1, 2. Let every soul--every man of you
be subject unto the higher powers--or, "submit himself to the authorities that are above him."
For there is no power--"no authority"
but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God--"have been ordained of God."
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2. 所以抗拒掌权的——"所以那抵挡权柄的"。
就是抗拒神的命；抗拒的必自取刑罚——按此字古义，或作"定罪"；即不是从官长受刑罚，而是从神受刑罚，因为在官长的权柄中，神的权柄被抵挡了。
英文原文
2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power--"So that he that setteth himself against the authority."
resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation--or, "condemnation," according to the old sense of that word; that is, not from the magistrate, but from God, whose authority in the magistrate's is resisted.
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3, 4. 作官的原不是叫行善的惧怕——按真读法，似应作"叫那善工"
乃是叫作恶的惧怕。
英文原文
3, 4. For rulers are not a terror to good works--"to the good work," as the true reading appears to be
but to the evil.
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4. 他不是空空的佩剑——即官长刑罚之权柄的象征。
英文原文
4. he beareth not the sword in vain--that is, the symbol of the magistrate's authority to punish.
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5. 所以你们必须顺服，不但是因为刑罚——因惧怕官长的报应。
也是因为良心——因敬畏神的权柄。这话是指着官长制度本身而言，视之为神所设立的制度：这话同样适用于一切政体，从无约束的专制——如本节写成时尼禄皇帝治下所盛行——到纯民主政体。一切臣民努力改变或改善其居住地政体的不可剥夺之权利，此处并不涉及。但因基督徒常被指控为搅乱天下，又因基督教之内确有足够的道德与社会革命的要素，使此指控似有道理，并足以诱惑在恶政下受压迫的高尚心灵自己动手伸冤，所以居住于政治权力中心之基督徒所表现的和平、顺服、忠贞之灵，能在可见之事上反证这一指控，便有特别的重要性。
英文原文
5. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath--for fear of the magistrate's vengeance.
but also for conscience' sake--from reverence for God's authority. It is of Magistracy in general, considered as a divine ordinance, that this is spoken: and the statement applies equally to all forms of government, from an unchecked despotism--such as flourished when this was written, under the Emperor Nero--to a pure democracy. The inalienable right of all subjects to endeavor to alter or improve the form of government under which they live is left untouched here. But since Christians were constantly charged with turning the world upside down, and since there certainly were elements enough in Christianity of moral and social revolution to give plausibility to the charge, and tempt noble spirits, crushed under misgovernment, to take redress into their own hands, it was of special importance that the pacific, submissive, loyal spirit of those Christians who resided at the great seat of political power, should furnish a visible refutation of this charge.
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6, 7. 你们纳——更当译作"你们已经纳"
粮，也为这个缘故——即"这就是你们纳税以维持民政的原因"。
因为他们是神的差役，常常特管这事——"为这非常的事"。
英文原文
6, 7. For, for this cause pay ye--rather, "ye pay"
tribute also--that is, "This is the reason why ye pay the contributions requisite for maintaining the civil government."
for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing--"to this very thing."
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7. 凡人所当得的，就给他——使徒从官长转到其他官吏，再从他们转到与我们以任何关系相连的人。
纳粮——地税。
上税——商税。
当惧怕的——对上级的敬畏。
当恭敬的——恭敬他*——对杰出之人的尊敬。
英文原文
7. Render therefore to all their dues--From magistrates the apostle now comes to other officials, and from them to men related to us by whatever tie.
tribute--land tax.
custom--mercantile tax.
fear--reverence for superiors.
honour--the respect due to persons of distinction.
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8. 凡事都不可亏欠人，惟有彼此相爱——"你们要尽一切义务，唯独爱是当永远亏欠的债"
〔HODGE〕。
要常以为亏欠——"因为爱人的就完全了律法"——因为律法本身不过是爱在多方面的行动中被视为义务。
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8. Owe no man anything, but to love one another--"Acquit yourselves of all obligations except love, which is a debt that must remain ever due" [HODGE].
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law--for the law itself is but love in manifold action, regarded as matter of duty.
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9. 因为等等——更佳译作："因为〔诫命〕'不可杀人'、'不可奸淫'、'不可偷盗'、'不可贪婪'，和任何别条〔可能有的〕诫命，都包在"等等。("不可作假见证"这一条在一切最古老的抄本中均无)。使徒此处仅引律法第二块石版的话，因他所论的乃是对邻舍的爱。
英文原文
9. For this, &c.--better thus: "For the [commandments], Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and whatever other commandment [there may be], it is summed up," &c. (The clause, "Thou shalt not bear false witness," is wanting in all the most ancient manuscripts). The apostle refers here only to the second table of the law, as love to our neighbor is what he is treating of.
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10. 爱是不加害与——或作"自己的"
邻近的，所以爱就完全了律法——因爱从其本性而言便研究、喜悦讨其对象的喜悦，爱的存在本身便是有效保障，使我们不致有意伤害他。下文接着是若干总体动机，为要忠心履行这一切本分。
英文原文
10. Love worketh no ill to his--or, "one's"
neighbour; therefore, &c.--As love, from its very nature, studies and delights to please its objects, its very existence is an effectual security against our wilfully injuring him. Next follow some general motives to the faithful discharge of all these duties.
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11. 再者——更当译作"也要如此[行]"
，你们晓得——"现今就是该趁早睡醒的时候"
，现今就是该趁早睡醒的时候——字面作"时刻已经到了"。
——"salvation"
——得救——"first"
，因为我们得救——"现今比初信的时候近了"。这是沿我们主全部教训之脉络，将基督第二次显现那决定性之日视为临近，为要使信徒常处于儆醒期望的态度，但不涉及那事件时间上的远近。
英文原文
11. And that--rather, "And this [do]"
knowing the time, that now it is high time--literally, "the hour has already come."
to awake out of sleep--of stupid, fatal indifference to eternal things.
for now is our salvation--rather, "the salvation," or simply "salvation."
nearer than when we--first
believed--This is in the line of all our Lord's teaching, which represents the decisive day of Christ's second appearing as at hand, to keep believers ever in the attitude of wakeful expectancy, but without reference to the chronological nearness or distance of that event.
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12. 黑夜——罪恶的
已深，白昼——对罪恶彻底得胜的日子
将近；我们就当——如脱衣服一般
脱去——一切属于黑暗之国与黑暗之期的行为；我们作为复活救主的跟随者，与这些的关系已经断绝。
暗昧的行为，带上光明的兵器——详见
弗 6:11-18。
英文原文
12. The night--of evil
is far spent, the day--of consummated triumph over it
is at hand: let us therefore cast off--as a dress
the works of darkness--all works holding of the kingdom and period of darkness, with which, as followers of the risen Saviour, our connection has been dissolved.
and let us put on the armour of light--described at length in
Eph 6:11-18.
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13. 行事为人要端正——"合宜地"、"得体地"
，好像行在白昼——"人选择黑夜去行他们的狂欢，但我们的黑夜已过，因为我们都是光明之子、白昼之子
(帖前 5:5):
所以我们只当作那适合暴露在如此白昼之光中的事。"
不可荒宴醉酒——纵欲的不同形式；泛指通常以醉酒告终的狂欢。
不可好色邪荡——不洁的不同形式；前者指具体的行为，后者较泛。
不可——人与人之间那反乎爱之律的有毒情感的种种形式。
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13. Let us walk honestly--"becomingly," "seemingly"
as in the day--"Men choose the night for their revels, but our night is past, for we are all the children of the light and of the day
(1Th 5:5):
let us therefore only do what is fit to be exposed to the light of such a day."
not in rioting and drunkenness--varied forms of intemperance; denoting revels in general, usually ending in intoxication.
not in chambering and wantonness--varied forms of impurity; the one pointing to definite acts, the other more general.
not in strife and envying--varied forms of that venomous feeling between man and man which reverses the law of love.
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14. 总要——一句话总结一切。
披戴主耶稣基督——如此使基督在你身上被人看见(见
林后 3:3; 加 3:27; 弗 4:24)。
不要为肉体——"不要预先打算"
安排——"去放纵私欲"——"不要把任何注意力转向你腐败本性的渴望，想着如何为满足它们而供应。"
注，(1) 基督教何等荣耀地适合于各种境况下的人类社会！它既不直接向任何特定的政体宣战，也不直接推荐任何政体。它圣洁而仁慈的原则保证了最终废除一切不义的政权，它所教导的对官长制度(无论何种形式)作为神所设立之制度的敬畏，则保证了它的门徒在民政社会一切动荡与混乱中的忠贞与和平，并使一切国家最大的利益便是欢迎它进入其境内，因它在这一点上、并在其他一切意义上——都是"地上的盐、世上的光"
(罗 13:1-5)。
(2) 基督教是洁净与提升一切社会关系的重大良方；它激发乐意履行一切义务的心，最要紧的，是将那保证无人受害的爱种在门徒心中，因为这爱正是律法的成全
(罗 13:6-10)。
(3) 神的国度迅速前进、我们已达其中的进阶阶段、完全之日越来越近——这日对每位信徒而言是越久越近——这一切应当激发一切光明之子爱惜光阴，并因既盼望这些事便当殷勤，使自己在无瑕无疵、无可指摘中被祂遇见
(彼后 3:14)。
(4) 借着"一种新的、更强之情感的排斥力"，各种各样行事为人的圣洁恒久之秘诀，在于"基督在我们里面、荣耀的盼望"
(西 1:27)，
并基督在我们身上，作为我们唯独自此能在人前发光的性格
(林后 3:8)
(罗 13:14)。
英文原文
14. But--to sum up all in one word.
put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ--in such wise that Christ only may be seen in you (see
2Co 3:3; Ga 3:27; Eph 4:24).
and make no provision--"take no forethought."
for the flesh, to fulfil the lust thereof--"Direct none of your attention to the cravings of your corrupt nature, how you may provide for their gratification."
Note, (1) How gloriously adapted is Christianity for human society in all conditions! As it makes war directly against no specific forms of government, so it directly recommends none. While its holy and benign principles secure the ultimate abolition of all iniquitous government, the reverence which it teaches for magistracy, under whatever form, as a divine institution, secures the loyalty and peaceableness of its disciples, amid all the turbulence and distractions of civil society, and makes it the highest interest of all states to welcome it within their pale, as in this as well as every other sense--"the salt of the earth, the light of the world"
(Ro 13:1-5).
(2) Christianity is the grand specific for the purification and elevation of all the social relations; inspiring a readiness to discharge all obligations, and most of all, implanting in its disciples that love which secures all men against injury from them, inasmuch as it is the fulfilling of the law
(Ro 13:6-10).
(3) The rapid march of the kingdom of God, the advanced stage of it at which we have arrived, and the ever-nearing approach of the perfect day--nearer to every believer the longer he lives--should quicken all the children of light to redeem the time, and, seeing that they look for such things, to be diligent, that they may be found of Him in peace, without spot and blameless
(2Pe 3:14).
(4) In virtue of "the expulsive power of a new and more powerful affection," the great secret of persevering holiness in all manner of conversation will be found to be "Christ IN US, the hope of glory"
(Col 1:27),
and Christ ON US, as the character in which alone we shall be able to shine before men
(2Co 3:8)
(Ro 13:14).
罗 13:1-14.
续前主题——政治与社会的关系——动机
1, 2. 人人——你们每一个人
当顺服在上有权柄的——或作"自己服在比自己高的权柄之下"。
因为没有权柄——"没有掌权的"
不是出于神的：凡掌权的都是神所命的——"都是神所设立的"。