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1Ch 16:1-6.
英文原文
1Ch 16:1-6.
DAVID'S FESTIVAL SACRIFICE AND LIBERALITY TO THE PEOPLE.
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2. 他奉耶和華的名給百姓祝福——王讚許他們的熱心,為他們祈求神的祝福,並吩咐將巡行之時大量獻上的平安祭所餘之物,按一定比例分給各人,使典禮得以在合宜的歡宴中結束
(De 12:7)。
英文原文
2. he blessed the people in the name of the Lord--The king commended their zeal, supplicated the divine blessing upon them, and ordered the remains of the thank offerings which had been profusely sacrificed during the procession, to be distributed in certain proportions to every individual, that the ceremonial might terminate with appropriate festivities
(De 12:7).
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3. 一塊葡萄餅——後兩字為我國譯者所補，而前者在他譯本中並非譯作「葡萄餅」，而是「一塊餅」、一種甜食，正如七十士譯本所譯，乃用麵與蜂蜜製成。
英文原文
3. flagon of wine--The two latter words are a supplement by our translators, and the former is, in other versions, rendered not a "flagon," but a "cake," a confection, as the Septuagint renders it, made of flour and honey.
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4-6. 他派幾個利未人在耶和華的約櫃前事奉——約櫃一安放在帳棚裏，那要在櫃前詩班中事奉的利未人便立刻盡職。從最近參與遊行隊伍的人名單
(1Ch 15:19-21)
中，挑選了一批精選的樂手來擔任此職。如今約櫃既已安定不動，他們的事奉也照同樣的安排而行：亞薩與其同人組成第一班、也就是主要的一班，用鈸演奏；撒迦利亞和他的同僚——耶利和俄別以東也與他們同列——組成第二班，用瑟及類似的樂器。
英文原文
4-6. he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord--No sooner was the ark deposited in its tent than the Levites, who were to officiate in the choirs before it, entered upon their duties. A select number of the musicians were chosen for the service from the list
(1Ch 15:19-21)
of those who had taken a prominent part in the recent procession. The same arrangement was to be observed in their duties, now that the ark again was stationary; Asaph, with his associates, composing the first or principal company, played with cymbals; Zechariah and his colleagues, with whom were conjoined Jeiel and Obed-edom, forming the second company, used harps and similar instruments.
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5. 耶利——即亞薛
(1Ch 15:20)。
英文原文
5. Jeiel--the same as Aziel
(1Ch 15:20).
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6. 比拿雅和耶哈悉——前者的名字見於祭司之中
(1Ch 15:24)，
後者則不然。他們所受派的職任，乃是在約櫃前和會幕裏按定時吹號。
英文原文
6. Benaiah also and Jahaziel--The name of the former is mentioned among the priests
(1Ch 15:24),
but not the latter. The office assigned to them was that of blowing trumpets at regular intervals before the ark and in the tabernacle.
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1Ch 16:7-43.
1Ch 16:7-43.
他的感恩詩。
7. 那日大衛初次藉亞薩和他的弟兄，以這首詩稱頌耶和華——在為這莊嚴的奉迎典禮所作的其他準備之中，這位王家詩人特地為此場合作了一首詩歌。這詩無疑早已交在亞薩和他助手們的手中，但如今他們初次履行這聖職之時，才正式將之交託給他們。這詩佔了本章的大部分
(1Ch 16:8-36)，
似乎是從大衛其他早已為以色列人所知的詩篇中編輯而成，因為這整首詩連同極少的變動，見於
Ps 96:1-13; 105:1-15; 106:47, 48。
然而，按這位神聖史家所記的形式，這似乎是頭一篇為會幕事奉而使用的詩。這詩充滿了對神最活潑的頌讚，因他榮耀屬性的啟示，和他奇妙作為的彰顯；又包含許多針對選民之起源、特權與特殊命運的明確暗示，因此極能激發會眾的敬虔，喚起他們的感恩。
英文原文
1Ch 16:7-43.
HIS PSALM OF THANKSGIVING.
7. Then on that day David delivered first this psalm--Among the other preparations for this solemn inauguration, the royal bard had composed a special hymn for the occasion. Doubtless it had been previously in the hands of Asaph and his assistants, but it was now publicly committed to them as they entered for the first time on the performance of their sacred duties. It occupies the greater part of this chapter
(1Ch 16:8-36),
and seems to have been compiled from other psalms of David, previously known to the Israelites, as the whole of it will be found, with very slight variations, in
Ps 96:1-13; 105:1-15; 106:47, 48.
In the form, however, in which it is given by the sacred historian, it seems to have been the first psalm given for use in the tabernacle service. Abounding, as it does, with the liveliest ascriptions of praise to God for the revelation of His glorious character and the display of His marvellous works and containing, as it does, so many pointed allusions to the origin, privileges, and peculiar destiny of the chosen people, it was admirably calculated to animate the devotions and call forth the gratitude of the assembled multitude.
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36. 眾民都說：阿們——（參
Ps 72:19, 20; 106:48）。
在前者，頌詞的作者自己說出「阿們」；而在後者，百姓被勸勉要說「阿們」。這可能是因為後一篇詩篇原以勸說「阿們」作結。但在這段節期的歷史記載中，必須記述百姓在所述的場合順從了這吩咐，因此「願他們讚美」被改為「他們便讚美」〔BERTHEAU〕。
英文原文
36. all the people said, Amen--(Compare
Ps 72:19, 20; 106:48).
In the former, the author of the doxology utters the "amen" himself, while in the latter the people are exhorted to say "amen." This may arise from the fact that the latter psalm originally concluded with the injunction to say "amen." But in this historical account of the festival, it was necessary to relate that the people obeyed this injunction on the occasion referred to, and therefore the words "let them praise," were altered into "and they praised" [BERTHEAU].
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37-42. 於是他在那裏，在耶和華約櫃前，留下亞薩和他的弟兄等——本章的餘下部分記述了聖樂手的設立及其各自的職任。
英文原文
37-42. So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, &c.--The sequel of the chapter describes the appointment of the sacred musicians and their respective duties.
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38. 俄別以東和他們的弟兄——即本節末尾所提的何薩，以及此外的一大群人（參
1Ch 26:1）。
作守門的——即門衛。
英文原文
38. Obed-edom with their brethren--Hosah, mentioned at the close of the verse, and a great number besides (see on
1Ch 26:1).
to be porters--doorkeepers.
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39, 40. 撒督……在會幕前……在基遍——在上述亞比亞他監督之下的官員受派在耶路撒冷——約櫃已搬運到那裏——事奉；撒督及其屬下的祭司則駐在基遍，在那仍存留的古老會幕前執行聖事。
英文原文
39, 40. And Zadok . . . before the tabernacle . . . at Gibeon--While the above-mentioned officers under the superintendence of Abiathar, were appointed to officiate in Jerusalem, whither the ark had been brought, Zadok and the priests subordinate to him were stationed at Gibeon to perform the sacred service before the ancient tabernacle which still remained there.
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40. 早晚常獻——正如律法所吩咐的
(Ex 29:38; Nu 28:3, 6)。
又照律法書上所寫的一切去行——（參
Nu 28:1-31）。
因此，在大衛時代，敬拜在兩個地方進行；自摩西時代所傳下來的聖物都保存在那裏。在耶路撒冷的約櫃前，亞薩和他的弟兄擔任歌唱，俄別以東和何薩作守門的，比拿雅和耶哈悉吹號。而在基遍的會幕和燔祭壇那裏，希幔和耶杜頓主持聖樂，耶杜頓的眾子作守門的，撒督及其隨行的祭司們獻祭。
英文原文
40. continually morning and evening--as the law enjoined
(Ex 29:38; Nu 28:3, 6).
and do according to all that is written in the law--(See
Nu 28:1-31).
Thus, in the time of David, the worship was performed at two places, where the sacred things that had been transmitted from the age of Moses were preserved. Before the Ark in Jerusalem, Asaph and his brethren officiated as singers, Obed-edom and Hosah served as doorkeepers, and Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets. While at the tabernacle and burnt offering in Gibeon, Heman and Jeduthun presided over the sacred music, the sons of Jeduthun were door keepers, and Zadok, with his suite of attendant priests, offered the sacrifices.
1Ch 16:1-6.
大衛的獻祭大節與對百姓的慷慨。