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Jeremiah 35:2
英文原文
The house - The family.
The Rechabites - The Rechabites were a nomadic tribe not of Jewish but of Kenite race, and connected with the Amalekites Numbers 24:21; 1 Samuel 15:6, from whom however they had separated themselves, and made a close alliance with the tribe of Judah Judges 1:16, on whose southern borders they took up their dwelling 1 Samuel 27:10. While, however, the main body of the Kenites gradually adopted settled habits, and dwelt in cities 1 Samuel 30:29, the Rechabites persisted in leading the free desert life, and in this determination they were finally confirmed by the influence and authority of Jonadab, who lived in Jehu's reign. He was a zealous adherent of Yahweh 2 Kings 10:15-17, and possibly a religious reformer; and as the names of the men mentioned in the present narrative are all compounded with Yah, it is plain that the tribe continued their allegiance to Him.
The object of Jonadab in endeavoring to preserve the nomad habits of his race was probably twofold. He wished first to maintain among them the purer morality and higher feeling of the desert contrasted with the laxity and effeminacy of the city life; and secondly he was anxious for the preservation of their freedom. Their punctilious obedience Jeremiah 35:14 to Jonadab's precepts is employed by Jeremiah to point a useful lesson for his own people.
The date of the prophecy is the interval between the battle of Carchemish and the appearance of Nebuchadnezzar at Jerusalem, Jeremiah 35:11 at the end of the same year. It is consequently 17 years earlier than the narrative in Jeremiah 34:8 ff
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Jeremiah 35:3
雅撒尼亞是該族中避居耶路撒冷那部分人的首領。
英文原文
Jaazaniah was the chief of that portion of the tribe which had taken refuge in Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 35:4
「神人」——這稱號(即先知)屬於哈難;許多人認為他就是歷代志下16:7的哈拿尼。哈難的眾子大概是他的門徒。若是這樣,我們便發現一所宗教學校或教派,正式設立於聖殿的院宇之內,但其觀點和解經方式,我們一無所知。然而,哈難派的人顯然對耶利米友善,把自己的廳堂借給他作他的用途。
「首領的屋子」——大概是國家重臣處理事務的會議廳。
「把守殿門的」——這樣的守門者共有三位,分別對應聖殿的外院、內院,以及聖殿本身的入口。他們是位分極高的官員,其位次僅次於大祭司和他的副手。
英文原文
The title man of God, i. e., prophet, belongs to Hanan, identified by many with Hanani 2 Chronicles 16:7. The sons of Hanan were probably his disciples. If so, we find a religious school or sect, regularly established in the precincts of the temple, of whose views and modes of interpretation we know nothing. Plainly however, the Hananites were friendly to Jeremiah, and lent him their hall for his purpose.
The chamber of the princes - Probably the council-chamber in which the great officers of state met for the despatch of business.
The keeper of the door - There were three of these keepers, answering to the outer and inner courts of the temple, and the entrance to the temple itself. They were officers of high rank, having precedence next to the high priest and his deputy.
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Jeremiah 35:5
「罈子」——欽定本此詞宜作「碗」("Bowls"),即用來斟滿杯子的器皿。
英文原文
Pots - "Bowls," to fill the cups.
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Jeremiah 35:6
葡萄酒是定居生活的象徵，因為葡萄樹生長需要時間，栽培需要照料，而釀製葡萄酒本身又需要房屋，釀成之後還須存放起來，方可飲用。遊牧民族的飲料則是牲畜的奶。
英文原文
Wine is the symbol of a settled life, because the vine requires time for its growth and care in its cultivation, while the preparation of the wine itself requires buildings, and it then has to be stored up before it is ready for use. The drink of nomads consists of the milk of their herds.
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Jeremiah 35:7
「客旅」——因他們雖在猶大境內流浪，卻非猶太血統。
英文原文
Strangers - Because not of Jewish blood, though wandering in their territory.
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Jeremiah 35:8
「我們的先祖」——不僅指我們的祖先，更指我們制度的首創者。
英文原文
Our father - Not merely our ancestor, but the founder of our institutions.
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Jeremiah 35:11
「敘利亞人」——七十士譯本以亞述人代替敘利亞人，但所指大概是亞蘭人的劫掠隊。
英文原文
The Syrians - The Septuagint substitutes Assyrians for Syrians, but marauding bands of the Aramaeans are probably meant.
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Jeremiah 35:13
耶利米由利甲族人的主要成員陪同，進入聖殿的一個院宇，在那裏向百姓傳達以下的責備。
英文原文
Jeremiah, accompanied by the main body of the Rechabites, went into one of the courts of the temple, and there addressed to the people the rebuke following.
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Jeremiah 35:14
「遵行了」——即已經確立，指一直完全有效地維持著。
「直到今日」——即二百多年之久。
英文原文
Are performed - Are established, i. e., are maintained in full force.
Unto this day - i. e., for more than 200 years.
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Jeremiah 35:15
「眾……先知」——利甲族人只有一位立法者；猶大人卻有一連串神差來的使者。
英文原文
All ... the prophets - The Rechabites had had but one lawgiver: the Jews had had a succession of messengers from God.
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Jeremiah 35:19
旅行者見證有一個大部落存在，自稱是利甲族人的後裔。這預言也按字面應驗：利甲族人以某種方式被編入利未支派，因為「侍立」在耶和華面前正是利未支派特有的職分（Deuteronomy 10:8）。
英文原文
Travelers bear witness to the existence of a large tribe who represent themselves as the descendants of the Rechabites. The prediction was also literally fulfilled in the Rechabites being in some way incorporated into the tribe of Levi, whose office especially it was to "stand before" Yahweh Deuteronomy 10:8.
「家」——指家族。
「利甲族」——利甲族是一個過遊牧生活的部族，並非猶太人，而是基尼族的一支，與亞瑪力人有淵源（Numbers 24:21; 1 Samuel 15:6）；但他們後來與亞瑪力人分離，與猶大支派締結了緊密的盟約（Judges 1:16），並在猶大南境定居下來（1 Samuel 27:10）。然而，當基尼人的主體逐漸採納定居的習慣、住進城邑（1 Samuel 30:29）時，利甲族卻堅持過自由的曠野生活；這一決心最終因約拿達的影響力與權威而得以鞏固，他生活在耶戶作王的時代。他是耶和華的熱心追隨者（2 Kings 10:15-17），也可能是位宗教改革者；由於本章敘事中提及的人名都以「雅」（Yah）為元素構成，可見這部族始終忠於耶和華。
約拿達力圖保存其族人遊牧習慣的目的大概有二：其一，他盼望在他們中間保持曠野較純正的道德與較高尚的情操，以對比城市生活的鬆懈與柔靡；其二，他急於保全他們的自由。利甲族對約拿達訓誨一絲不苟的遵守（Jeremiah 35:14），被耶利米用來向自己的百姓指出一個有益的教訓。
這預言的日期介於迦基米施之戰與尼布甲尼撒兵臨耶路撒冷之間，即同年年末之前（Jeremiah 35:11）。因此，它比 Jeremiah 34:8 ff 的敘述早十七年。