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Jer 36:1-32.
英文原文
Jer 36:1-32.
BARUCH WRITES, AND READS PUBLICLY JEREMIAH'S PROPHECIES COLLECTED IN A VOLUME. THE ROLL IS BURNT BY JEHOIAKIM, AND WRITTEN AGAIN BY BARUCH AT JEREMIAH'S DICTATION.
1. fourth year--The command to write the roll was given in the fourth year, but it was not read publicly till the fifth year. As Isaiah subjoined to his predictions a history of events confirming his prophecies
(Isa 36:1-22; 37:1-38; 38:1-22; 39:1-8),
so Jeremiah also in the thirty-seventh through forty-third chapters; but he prefaces his history with the narrative of an incident that occurred some time ago, showing that he, not only by word, but in writing, and that twice, had testified all that he about to state as having subsequently come to pass [GROTIUS]. At the end of Jehoiakim's third year, Nebuchadnezzar enrolled an army against Jerusalem and took it in the end of the fifth or beginning of the sixth year, carrying away captive Jehoiakim, Daniel, &c. Jehoiakim returned the same year, and for three years was tributary: then he withheld tribute. Nebuchadnezzar returned and took Jerusalem, and carried off Jehoiakim, who died on the road. This harmonizes this chapter with
2Ki 24:1-20 and Da 1:1-21.
See on
Jer 22:19.
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2. 書卷——由處理過的獸皮製成的捲軸書。比較「書卷」，即五經
（Ps 40:7）。
這並非表示他的預言先前未曾寫下；所暗示的是，如今它們被寫在一卷之中，以便在聖殿中向猶太人連續宣讀。
反對……列國——
（Jer 25:15
等）。
從……約西亞的日子——
（Jer 25:3）。
從約西亞第十三年
（Jer 1:2）。
英文原文
2. roll of a book--a book formed of prepared skins made into a roll. Compare "volume of the book," that is, the Pentateuch
(Ps 40:7).
It does not follow that his prophecies were not before committed to writing; what is implied is, they were now written together in one volume, so as to be read continuously to the Jews in the temple.
against . . . nations--
(Jer 25:15,
&c.).
from . . . days of Josiah--
(Jer 25:3).
From Josiah's thirteenth year
(Jer 1:2).
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3. 聽見——認真思考。
回頭……離開……惡道——
（Jon 3:8）。
英文原文
3. hear--consider seriously.
return . . . from . . . evil way--
(Jon 3:8).
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4. 耶和華的……一切話——神特別提示了否則可能被他遺忘的內容，並引導用詞的選擇以及信息的實質
(約 14:26；16:13)。
英文原文
4. all . . . words of . . . Lord--God specially suggesting what might otherwise have escaped his memory, and directing the choice of words, as well as the substance
(Joh 14:26; 16:13).
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5. 我被拘管——並非指被囚於獄中，因為約雅敬年間並無他被囚的記載，且
Jer 36:19, 26
與此說並不相合：而是「我被阻攔」，即因某種阻礙；或因懼怕王怒——巴錄既非預言的作者，便較不易招惹王的忿怒。
英文原文
5. I am shut up--not in prison, for there is no account of his imprisonment under Jehoiakim, and
Jer 36:19, 26
are inconsistent with it: but, "I am prevented," namely, by some hindrance; or, through fear of the king, to whose anger Baruch was less exposed, as not being the author of the prophecy.
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6. 去——指次年（Jer 36:9）。
禁食的日子——（見 Jer 36:9）。這是一次特別的禁食，在第九月舉行（而贖罪日的禁食是在第七月的初十日，Le 16:29；23:27-32），是為要避免即將臨到的災禍而設立的；當時人們恐怕尼布甲尼撒於前一年（即約雅敬第四年）在迦基米施擊敗法老尼哥之後，會以埃及盟友的身分攻打猶大（2Ki 23:34、35）。這次禁食很可能成為耶利米的一個機會，使他能趁猶太人更為心軟之時，以及更多人聚集一處之時，對他們說話。
英文原文
6. go--on the following year
(Jer 36:9).
fasting day--(See
Jer 36:9).
An extraordinary fast, in the ninth month (whereas the fast on the great day of atonement was on the tenth day of the seventh month,
Le 16:29; 23:27-32),
appointed to avert the impending calamity, when it was feared Nebuchadnezzar, having in the year before (that is, the fourth of Jehoiakim), smitten Pharaoh-necho at Carchemish, would attack Judea, as the ally of Egypt
(2Ki 23:34, 35).
The fast was likely to be an occasion on which Jeremiah would find the Jews more softened, as well as a larger number of them met together.
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7. 呈……懇求——字面作「懇求必落下」；暗指懇求者那俯伏的姿態（De 9:25；Mt 26:39），正如在東方求情的人伏於君王腳前。希伯來文亦同，見 Jer 38:26；Da 9:18《邊註》。
英文原文
7. present . . . supplication--literally, "supplication shall fall"; alluding to the prostrate attitude of the supplicants
(De 9:25; Mt 26:39),
as petitioners fall at the feet of a king in the East. So Hebrew,
Jer 38:26; Da 9:18,
Margin.
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9. 他們宣告……給眾民……給一切云云——應作「眾民……眾民宣告了禁食」〔MICHAELIS〕。首領們因百姓的意願而設立禁食。無論採哪一譯法，這不敬虔的王都未參與設立這禁食。
英文原文
9. they proclaimed . . . to all the people . . . to all, &c.--rather, "all the people . . . all the people proclaimed a fast" [MICHAELIS]. The chiefs appointed the fast by the wish of the people. In either version the ungodly king had no share in appointing the fast.
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10. 屋子——巴錄從屋子的窗戶或陽台向聚集在院子裏的百姓宣讀。然而，有些屋子相當大，足以容納不少人
(Ne 13:5)。
基瑪利雅——有別於
Jer 29:3
中希勒家的兒子基瑪利雅。
沙番——與
2Ki 22:3
中的是同一人。
文士——國務秘書，或主管公共檔案的人。
上院——即祭司的院，百姓的院較低
(2Ch 4:9)。
新門——
(Jer 26:10)。
即東門。
英文原文
10. chamber--Baruch read from the window or balcony of the chamber looking into the court where the people were assembled. However, some of the chambers were large enough to contain a considerable number
(Ne 13:5).
Gemariah--distinct from the Gemariah, son of Hilkiah, in
Jer 29:3.
Shaphan--the same person as in
2Ki 22:3.
scribe--secretary of state, or he who presided over the public records.
higher court--that of the priests, the court of the people being lower
(2Ch 4:9).
new gate--
(Jer 26:10).
The east gate.
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12. 文士的屋子——宮中国務秘書所用的房間。
首領——當時正在召開國務會議。
以利拿單——他已經在約雅敬手中作過惡的工具
(Jer 26:22, 23)。
哈拿尼雅——即假先知
(Jer 28:10-17)。
英文原文
12. scribe's chamber--an apartment in the palace occupied by the secretary of state.
princes--holding a counsel of state at the time.
Elnathan--who had already been an instrument of evil in Jehoiakim's hand
(Jer 26:22, 23).
Hananiah--the false prophet
(Jer 28:10-17).
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14. 猶底——出身良好家庭，從其家譜如此完整地列出便可看出，但地位卑微。
來——他們本當去聖殿，在那裏認罪悔改，而非要求巴錄來見他們。但驕傲阻止了他們〔CALVIN〕。
英文原文
14. Jehudi--of a good family, as appears from his pedigree being given so fully, but in a subordinate position.
come--Instead of requiring Baruch to come to them, they ought to have gone to the temple, and there professed their penitence. But pride forbade it [CALVIN].
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16. 彼此害怕——希伯來文作「懼怕所擊」，他們轉而彼此相看（參
Ge 42:28)。
這表明他們方面有猶豫，也有些許敬畏神的心，但不足以使他們甘願犧牲屬地君王的恩寵。
我們必定將這一切話告訴王——不是威脅的話，而是暗示事情如此重大，王當知情，以便尋求某種平息神怒的對策。
英文原文
16. afraid, both one and other--Hebrew, "fear-stricken," they turned to one another (compare
Ge 42:28).
This showed, on their part, hesitancy, and some degree of fear of God, but not enough to make them willing to sacrifice the favor of an earthly king.
We will surely tell the king--not the language of threatening but implying that the matter is of such moment that the king ought to be made acquainted with it, so as to seek some remedy against the divine anger.
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17. 他們想要知道的是：巴錄向他們所念的，究竟是他聽了耶利米反覆講述預言之後憑記憶寫成的，還是照先知親口授而精確記錄的。
英文原文
17. What they wished to know was, whether what Baruch had read to them was written by him from memory after hearing Jeremiah repeating his prophecies continuously, or accurately from the prophet's own dictation.
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18. 他的口——巴錄回答說是照先知口頭的授述；
耶三十六2
與此見解相符，而不支持耶利米從手稿中複講其預言之說。
墨——他特別提到「墨」，意謂：我除了手、筆與墨之外，什麼也沒有添上。
英文原文
18. his mouth--Baruch replies it was by the oral dictation of the prophet;
Jer 36:2
accords with this view, rather than with the notion that Jeremiah repeated his prophecies from manuscripts.
ink--his specification of the "ink" implies: I added nothing save the hand, pen, and ink.
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19. 這表明他們並非完全沒有較好的情感
（參
Jer 36:16, 25)。
英文原文
19. Showing that they were not altogether without better feelings (compare
Jer 36:16, 25).
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20. 房間*——王宮中圍繞大廳或院子有許多房間，正如聖殿中一樣
(Jer 36:10)。
書卷被「存放」在那裏以求安全保管，與其他公共檔案在一起。
英文原文
20. chamber--There were chambers in the king's palace round the court or great hall, as in the temple
(Jer 36:10).
The roll was "laid up" there for safekeeping, with other public records.
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21. 打發猶底*——請注意不信者如何逃避神，卻又藉着某種不由自主的衝動尋求祂
[CALVIN]。
猶底似乎是王作惡的順命工具。
英文原文
21. sent Jehudi--Note how unbelievers flee from God, and yet seek Him through some kind of involuntary impulse [CALVIN]. Jehudi seems to have been the king's ready tool for evil.
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22. 冬宮——
(Am 3:15)。
九月——即宗教年的九月，即十一月或十二月。
火盆上有火——當譯作：火爐在他面前燒着。東方不用煙囪或烤爐，在寒冷時用一個盛着燃燒木炭的銅器；木頭燒成餘燼後，將蓋子蓋在鍋上以保熱。
英文原文
22. winter house--
(Am 3:15).
ninth month--namely, of the religious year, that is, November or December.
fire on . . . hearth--rather, the stove was burning before him. In the East neither chimneys nor ovens are used, but, in cold weather, a brazen vessel containing burning charcoal; when the wood has burned to embers, a cover is placed over the pot to make it retain the heat.
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23. 三四頁——不是書中那種獨立的頁，而是長卷上以門的形狀連續的間隔（希伯來文之名由此而來），書寫被分為這樣的部分：正如今日會堂裏摩西的書寫在捲在棍子上的長羊皮紙上，書寫分為欄，如同頁一般。
文士的刀——用以修整當筆用的蘆葦的文士刀。「他」指王
(Jer 36:22)。
猶底每念了三四欄，王就割斷所念的那部分卷軸；他如此對待全部，直到連續所念的部分都被割斷燒燬；
Jer 36:24
「這一切話」暗示整個書卷都被念過了，不只是頭三四欄
(1Ki 22:8)。
英文原文
23. three or four leaves--not distinct leaves as in a book, but the consecutive spaces on the long roll in the shape of doors (whence the Hebrew name is derived), into which the writing is divided: as the books of Moses in the synagogue in the present day are written in a long parchment rolled round a stick, the writing divided into columns, like pages.
pen-knife--the writer's knife with which the reed, used as a pen, was mended. "He" refers to the king
(Jer 36:22).
As often as Jehudi read three or four columns, the king cut asunder the part of the roll read; and so he treated the whole, until all the parts read consecutively were cut and burnt;
Jer 36:24,
"all these words," implies that the whole volume was read through, not merely the first three or four columns
(1Ki 22:8).
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24. 王和他的「臣僕」比「首領」和謀士更為硬心（參耶三十六12註釋；耶三十六14；耶三十六16）。
試比較約西亞聽見律法書朗讀時所表現的謙卑敬畏
（王下二十二11）。
英文原文
24. The king and his "servants" were more hardened than the "princes" and councillors (see on
Jer 36:12;
Jer 36:14;
Jer 36:16).
Contrast the humble fear exhibited by Josiah at the reading of the law
(2Ki 22:11).
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25.（參耶三十六16註釋）。
「然而」一詞加重了王的罪；雖然神本可藉他們的代求挽回他，他卻執意而行：這是司法性的眼瞎與被棄！
英文原文
25. (See on
Jer 36:16).
The "nevertheless" aggravates the king's sin; though God would have drawn him back through their intercession, he persisted: judicial blindness and reprobation!
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26. 哈米勒——並非如旁註所說「王的」。約雅敬此時（在位第五年）沒有成年的兒子：他的繼承者耶哥尼雅當時只是十一歲的男孩（參王下二十三36與王下二十四8）。
藏了他們——
（詩三十一20，八十三3；賽二十六20）。
英文原文
26. Hammelech--not as Margin, "of the king." Jehoiakim at this time (the fifth year of his reign) had no grown-up son: Jeconiah, his successor, was then a boy of eleven (compare
2Ki 23:36, with 2Ki 24:8).
hid them--
(Ps 31:20; 83:3; Isa 26:20).
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27. 書卷，和……話——即話語的書卷。
英文原文
27. roll, and . . . words--that is, the roll of words.
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28. 從前所寫的一切話——不敬虔的人抵抗耶和華的大能是徒然的：祂的話沒有一句會落空
(Mt 5:18； Ac 9:5；5:39)。
英文原文
28. all the former words--It is in vain that the ungodly resist the power of Jehovah: not one of His words shall fall to the ground
(Mt 5:18; Ac 9:5; 5:39).
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29. 告訴約雅敬——不是親自告訴，因為耶利米已被「藏了」
(Jer 36:26)，
而是藉着所寫的預言之言。
說，為什麼——這正是王所希望對耶利米說的話，倘若牠被找到的話；君王往往不喜歡有人將真相告訴牠們。
英文原文
29. say to Jehoiakim--not in person, as Jeremiah was "hidden"
(Jer 36:26),
but by the written word of prophecy.
saying, Why--This is what the king had desired to be said to Jeremiah if he should be found; kings often dislike the truth to be told them.
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30. 他必無人坐在大衛的寶座上——已應驗
（王下二十四8
等；王下二十五1-30）。
他有繼任者，但都不是他直系的後裔，除了他兒子耶哥尼雅——其三個月的在位算不得什麼。西底家不是耶哥尼雅的兒子，而是他的叔父，被立為王是對耶哥尼雅和他父親約雅敬的輕蔑
（耶二十二30）。
屍首……被拋出——
（耶二十二18-19）。
日……炎熱……夜……冰霜——東方日夜之間常有這樣的溫差
（創三十一40）。
英文原文
30. He shall have none to sit upon the throne--fulfilled
(2Ki 24:8, &c.; 2Ki 25:1-30).
He had successors, but not directly of his posterity, except his son Jeconiah, whose three months' reign is counted as nothing. Zedekiah was not the son, but the uncle of Jeconiah, and was raised to the throne in contempt of him and his father Jehoiakim
(Jer 22:30).
dead body . . . cast out--
(Jer 22:18, 19).
day . . . heat . . . night . . . frost--There are often these variations of temperature in the East between night and day
(Ge 31:40).
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32. 又添了……許多類似的話——罪人廢棄耶和華的話，除了加增刑罰之外一無所獲。律法也是照樣在被頭一塊版因以色列的拜偶像而摔碎之後重新寫過
（出三十二19，三十四1）。
英文原文
32. added besides . . . many like words--Sinners gain nothing but additional punishment by setting aside the word of Jehovah. The law was similarly rewritten after the first tables had been broken owing to Israel's idolatry
(Ex 32:19, 34:1).
Jer 36:1-32.
巴錄將耶利米所收集的預言寫成書卷並公開宣讀。約雅敬將書卷焚燒，巴錄再按耶利米的口述重新寫下
1. 第四年——命令寫書卷是在第四年賜下的，但直到第五年才公開宣讀。正如以賽亞在預言之後附以印證其預言的事件歷史
（Isa 36:1-22； 37:1-38; 38:1-22; 39:1-8），
耶利米也在第三十七至四十三章中如此行；但他以一段先前發生的事件的敘述為歷史部分的前言，表明他不僅口頭上，且以文字——而且兩次——已經見證了他隨後所述已應驗的一切〔GROTIUS〕。約雅敬第三年末，尼布甲尼撒召集軍隊攻打耶路撒冷，在第五年末或第六年初將其攻取，擄走了約雅敬、但以理等。約雅敬同年歸回，作了三年藩屬：然後停止進貢。尼布甲尼撒回來攻取耶路撒冷，擄走約雅敬，約雅敬死於途中。這使本章與
2Ki 24:1-20
及 Da 1:1-21 相吻合。參見
Jer 22:19。