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Jud 2:1-10.
英文原文
Jud 2:1-10.
AN ANGEL SENT TO REBUKE THE PEOPLE AT BOCHIM.
1-3. an angel . . . came from Gilgal to Bochim--We are inclined to think, from the authoritative tone of his language, that he was the Angel of the Covenant
(Ex 23:20; Jos 5:14);
the same who appeared in human form and announced himself captain of the Lord's host. His coming from Gilgal had a peculiar significance, for there the Israelites made a solemn dedication of themselves to God on their entrance into the promised land
[Jos 4:1-9];
and the memory of that religious engagement, which the angel's arrival from Gilgal awakened, gave emphatic force to his rebuke of their apostasy.
Bochim--"the weepers," was a name bestowed evidently in allusion to this incident or the place, which was at or near Shiloh.
I said, I will never break my covenant with you . . . but ye have not obeyed my voice--The burden of the angel's remonstrance was that God would inviolably keep His promise; but they, by their flagrant and repeated breaches of their covenant with Him, had forfeited all claim to the stipulated benefits. Having disobeyed the will of God by voluntarily courting the society of idolaters and placing themselves in the way of temptation, He left them to suffer the punishment of their misdeeds.
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4、5. 耶和華的使者說這些話……百姓就放聲而哭——天使的勸誡在他們心中留下了深刻而痛苦的印象。但這悔改不過是暫時的；這一感人場面所帶來的復興可期之應許，不久便因迅速而更深的背道與拜偶像之罪而枯萎。
英文原文
4, 5. when the angel of the Lord spake these words . . . the people lifted up their voice, and wept--The angel's expostulation made a deep and painful impression. But the reformation was but temporary, and the gratifying promise of a revival which this scene of emotion held out, was, ere long, blasted by speedy and deeper relapses into the guilt of defection and idolatry.
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6-10. 約書亞打發百姓去了——這段經文是
書24:29-31
的重複。在此插入，是為了讓讀者明白天使為何要發出如此嚴厲強烈的責備。在第一代得地之人的有生之年，他們仍清楚記得自己在埃及和曠野所親眼見證的一切神蹟與審判，那時民族的信仰與敬虔品格仍居高位。但隨著時間推移，新一代興起，對父輩那一切神聖而嚴肅的經歷一無所知，便輕易屈服於周圍偶像崇拜的腐蝕影響。
英文原文
6-10. And when Joshua had let the people go--This passage is a repetition of
Jos 24:29-31.
It was inserted here to give the reader the reasons which called forth so strong and severe a rebuke from the angel of the Lord. During the lifetime of the first occupiers, who retained a vivid recollection of all the miracles and judgments which they had witnessed in Egypt and the desert, the national character stood high for faith and piety. But, in course of time, a new race arose who were strangers to all the hallowed and solemnizing experience of their fathers, and too readily yielded to the corrupting influences of the idolatry that surrounded them.
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Jud 2:11-19.
Jud 2:11-19.
約書亞之後新一代的惡行。
11-19. 以色列人行耶和華眼中看為惡的事——本章連同下一章前八節
[士2:11-3:8]，
簡明而全面地概述了隨後歷史中所闡發的原則。因此仔細思想這些原則，對於正確理解從約書亞離世到君王制度建立之間以色列歷史那些奇特而變幻的種種情形，至關重要。
事奉諸巴力——用複數，是為要包括本國一切的偶像神明。
英文原文
Jud 2:11-19.
WICKEDNESS OF THE NEW GENERATION AFTER JOSHUA.
11-19. the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord--This chapter, together with the first eight verses of the next
[Jud 2:11-3:8],
contains a brief but comprehensive summary of the principles developed in the following history. An attentive consideration of them, therefore, is of the greatest importance to a right understanding of the strange and varying phases of Israelitish history, from the death of Joshua till the establishment of the monarchy.
served Baalim--The plural is used to include all the gods of the country.
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13. 亞斯他錄——也是複數詞，指一切女性神祇，其敬拜禮儀以最污穢、最令人作嘔的淫行著稱。
英文原文
13. Ashtaroth--Also a plural word, denoting all the female divinities, whose rites were celebrated by the most gross and revolting impurities.
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14. 耶和華的怒氣向以色列發作，就把他們交在搶奪他們的人手中——接連不斷的災禍臨到他們。然而這一切災患不過是為了管教——一連串糾正性的懲戒，藉此神使祂的百姓看見並悔改自己的過犯；因為當他們歸回信仰與忠誠時，祂便「興起士師」
(Jud 2:16)。
英文原文
14. the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them--Adversities in close and rapid succession befell them. But all these calamities were designed only as chastisements--a course of correctional discipline by which God brought His people to see and repent of their errors; for as they returned to faith and allegiance, He "raised up judges"
(Jud 2:16).
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16. 拯救他們脫離搶奪他們人的手——治理以色列的士師，嚴格說來乃是神在治理百姓一事上的代理人，因祂才是至高的統治者。這樣被興起的人，終生保留這尊榮；然而士師的職任並沒有固定而不中斷的世襲制度。當某些人目睹國家衰微之時，因著神之靈在內心那不可抗拒的感動，便奮起成就拯救之工。這通常伴隨著特殊的呼召，百姓見他們具有非常的勇氣或力量，便承認他們為天上所差，順服他們的治理。他們往往只被指派管理某一地區，其權柄也只及於他們奉命保護其利益的百姓。他們沒有排場、隨從或與職位相連的俸祿。他們沒有立法之權，因為律法是神所頒賜的；也沒有解釋律法之權，因為那是祭司的職責——但他們在職分上是律法的維護者、宗教的捍衛者、一切罪惡（特別是偶像崇拜及其附隨的敗德）的報復者。
英文原文
16. which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them--The judges who governed Israel were strictly God's vicegerents in the government of the people, He being the supreme ruler. Those who were thus elevated retained the dignity as long as they lived; but there was no regular, unbroken succession of judges. Individuals, prompted by the inward, irresistible impulse of God's Spirit when they witnessed the depressed state of their country, were roused to achieve its deliverance. It was usually accompanied by a special call, and the people seeing them endowed with extraordinary courage or strength, accepted them as delegates of Heaven, and submitted to their sway. Frequently they were appointed only for a particular district, and their authority extended no farther than over the people whose interests they were commissioned to protect. They were without pomp, equipage, or emoluments attached to the office. They had no power to make laws; for these were given by God; nor to explain them, for that was the province of the priests--but they were officially upholders of the law, defenders of religion, avengers of all crimes, particularly of idolatry and its attendant vices.
Jud 2:1-10.
一位天使奉差遣前往波金責備百姓。
1-3. 耶和華的使者……從吉甲上到波金——從他說話那帶有權柄的語氣來看，我們傾向於認為他就是立約的使者
（出23:20； 書5:14）；
就是那位以人的樣式顯現、自稱為耶和華軍隊之元帥的。他從吉甲而來，有特別的意義，因為以色列人當初進入應許之地時，正是在那裡莊嚴地把自己奉獻給神
[書4:1-9]；
天使從吉甲而來的到來，喚醒了他們對那宗教承諾的記憶，使他對他們背道的責備分外有力。
波金——即「哭泣者」，顯然是因這次事件或因這地點而得名，此地就在示羅或其附近。
我曾說，我必永不廢棄與你們所立的約……你們竟沒有聽從我的話——天使這番勸誡的重點在於：神必信實地守祂的應許；但他們卻因一再公然違背與神所立的約，已失去了一切要求約定福分的權利。他們既甘願與拜偶像之人結交，又置身於試探之中，違背了神的旨意，祂便任憑他們承受自己惡行的刑罰。