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Ge 14:1-24.
英文原文
Ge 14:1-24.
WAR.
1. And it came to pass--This chapter presents Abram in the unexpected character of a warrior. The occasion was this: The king of Sodom and the kings of the adjoining cities, after having been tributaries for twelve years to the king of Elam, combined to throw off his yoke. To chastise their rebellion, as he deemed it, Chedorlaomer, with the aid of three allies, invaded the territories of the refractory princes, defeated them in a pitched battle where the nature of the ground favored his army
(Ge 14:10),
and hastened in triumph on his homeward march, with a large amount of captives and booty, though merely a stranger.
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12. 他們就把羅得……和財物，都帶走了——那個年輕人此刻的良心要怎樣責備他，因他自私的愚昧和忘恩負義而離開了那位仁慈而敬虔的親屬！每當我們偏離了當盡的本分之路，我們便是使自己離開了神的保護，不能期望我們所作的選擇會成為我們長遠的益處。
英文原文
12. they took Lot . . . and his goods, and departed--How would the conscience of that young man now upbraid him for his selfish folly and ingratitude in withdrawing from his kind and pious relative! Whenever we go out of the path of duty, we put ourselves away from God's protection, and cannot expect that the choice we make will be for our lasting good.
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13. 有一個逃脫的人來——亞伯蘭本可以推辭，不必為他的「弟兄」即姪兒而主動費心，因為他不值得亞伯蘭為他的緣故招惹麻煩或危險。但亞伯蘭非但沒有以惡報惡，反而決定立即採取措施營救羅得。
英文原文
13. there came one that had escaped--Abram might have excused himself from taking any active concern in his "brother," that is, nephew, who little deserved that he should incur trouble or danger on his account. But Abram, far from rendering evil for evil, resolved to take immediate measures for the rescue of Lot.
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14. 亞伯蘭聽見他姪兒被擄去，就率領他家裏生養的精練壯丁——即家奴，這在東方國家至今仍普遍，並被視為和待為家中的一分子。亞伯蘭若能撥出三百一十八個奴隸，還留下足夠的人數來照管羊群，他的家業必定十分龐大。
英文原文
14. And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants--domestic slaves, such as are common in Eastern countries still and are considered and treated as members of the family. If Abram could spare three hundred and eighteen slaves and leave a sufficient number to take care of the flocks, what a large establishment he must have had.
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15, 16. 他夜間……分隊殺去——古時迦南列小王之間的這場戰爭，與現今亞拉伯首領之間的爭鬥和衝突完全一樣。當戰敗的一方決心追擊敵人時，他們等到敵人熟睡之時；然後，由於他們沒有設哨兵的概念，便從不同方向撲向他們，擊倒帳棚的柱子——若真有甚麼戰鬥的話，也不過是烏合之眾的混戰——通常隨之而來的是恐慌，整個爭鬥以雙方都幾乎沒有損失而結束。
英文原文
15, 16. he divided himself . . . by night--This war between the petty princes of ancient Canaan is exactly the same as the frays and skirmishes between Arab chiefs in the present day. When a defeated party resolves to pursue the enemy, they wait till they are fast asleep; then, as they have no idea of posting sentinels, they rush upon them from different directions, strike down the tent poles--if there is any fight at all, it is the fray of a tumultuous mob--a panic commonly ensues, and the whole contest is ended with little or no loss on either side.
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18. 麥基洗德——這次勝利給那地帶來了公眾的益處；亞伯蘭在回程時受到極大的尊重和禮遇，特別是來自所多瑪王和麥基洗德的，後者似乎是少數本地君王之一——若不是唯一的一位——認識並敬拜亞伯蘭所事奉的「至高神」。這位王是救主的預表
(Heb 7:1)，
他來為所贏得的勝利稱頌神，並奉神的名祝福亞伯蘭——這勝利是藉着亞伯蘭的膀臂得着的——這是一項敬虔的承認，我們在任何合法事業上成功之時也當效法。
英文原文
18. Melchizedek--This victory conferred a public benefit on that part of the country; and Abram, on his return, was treated with high respect and consideration, particularly by the king of Sodom and Melchizedek, who seems to have been one of the few native princes, if not the only one, who knew and worshipped, "the most high God," whom Abram served. This king who was a type of the Saviour
(Heb 7:1),
came to bless God for the victory which had been won, and in the name of God to bless Abram, by whose arms it had been achieved--a pious acknowledgment which we should imitate on succeeding in any lawful enterprise.
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20. 亞伯蘭就把所得的十分之一獻給他——這是亞伯蘭敬虔與英勇的明證；因為他將戰利品的十分之一獻給一位祭司，就是在神與他之間任正式中保的祭司——這是他感恩的記號，也是對神聖定例的尊崇
(Pr 3:9)。
英文原文
20. he gave him tithes of all--Here is an evidence of Abram's piety, as well as of his valor; for it was to a priest or official mediator between God and him that Abram gave a tenth of the spoil--a token of his gratitude and in honor of a divine ordinance
(Pr 3:9).
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21. 所多瑪王對亞伯蘭說：你把人口給我——按著今日阿拉伯各部族之間仍存的戰時風俗，亞伯蘭本可保留所奪回的財物，他的這項權利也為所多瑪王所承認。但亞伯蘭以正直的自尊與當地罕見的慷慨，用東方常見的強烈措辭回答說：「我已經向天地的主、至高的神耶和華起誓[原文作：我已經舉手]：凡是你的東西，就是一根線、一根鞋帶，我都不拿，免得你說：我使亞伯蘭富足。」
[Ge 14:22, 23]。
英文原文
21. the king of Sodom said . . . Give me the persons--According to the war customs still existing among the Arab tribes, Abram might have retained the recovered goods, and his right was acknowledged by the king of Sodom. But with honest pride, and a generosity unknown in that part of the world, he replied with strong phraseology common to the East, "I have lifted up mine hand" [that is, I have sworn] unto the Lord that I will not take from a thread even to a sandal-thong, and that that I will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldst say, I have made Abram rich"
[Ge 14:22, 23].
Ge 14:1-24.
戰爭。
1. 當……的時候——本章呈現亞伯蘭以一個出人意料的戰士身份出現。起因是這樣：所多瑪王和鄰近諸城的王，在向以攔王進貢十二年之後，聯合起來擺脫他的軛。基大老瑪為了懲罰他們所謂的叛亂，在三個盟友的協助下，入侵了那些不服之王的領土，在地形有利於其軍隊的陣地上擊敗了他們
(Ge 14:10)，
並在凱旋班師之際，擄獲大批俘虜和戰利品，儘管亞伯蘭不過是個外人。