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Jer 42:1-22.
英文原文
Jer 42:1-22.
THE JEWS AND JOHANAN INQUIRE OF GOD, THROUGH JEREMIAH, AS TO GOING TO EGYPT, PROMISING OBEDIENCE TO HIS WILL. THEIR SAFETY ON CONDITION OF STAYING IN JUDEA, AND THEIR DESTRUCTION IN THE EVENT OF GOING TO EGYPT, ARE FORETOLD. THEIR HYPOCRISY IN ASKING FOR COUNSEL WHICH THEY MEANT NOT TO FOLLOW, IF CONTRARY TO THEIR OWN DETERMINATION, IS REPROVED.
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2. 耶利米——他大概是從米斯巴被擄去的人之一，與約哈難同住
（Jer 41:16）。
故此表達為「上前來」
（Jer 42:1），
不是「差人去」。
願……恳求蒙悅納——原文作「落下」（參見
Jer 36:7；
Jer 37:20）。
為我們祈求——
（Ge 20:7； Isa 37:4； Jas 5:16）。
你的神——
（Jer 42:5）。
猶太人用這形式來表達他們相信耶利米作為神所認可的先知，與神之間的特殊關係。耶利米在回答中提醒他們，神也是他們的神（「你們的神」），因他們是立約之民
（Jer 42:4）。
他們在
Jer 42:6
中也相應地承認：「耶和華我們的神。」
剩下的少數——如先前所預言
（Le 26:22）。
英文原文
2. Jeremiah--He probably was one of the number carried off from Mizpah, and dwelt with Johanan
(Jer 41:16).
Hence the expression is, "came near"
(Jer 42:1),
not "sent."
Let . . . supplication be accepted--literally, "fall" (see on
Jer 36:7;
Jer 37:20).
pray for us--
(Ge 20:7; Isa 37:4; Jas 5:16).
thy God--
(Jer 42:5).
The Jews use this form to express their belief in the peculiar relation in which Jeremiah stood to God as His accredited prophet. Jeremiah in his reply reminds them that God is their God ("your God") as well as his as being the covenant people
(Jer 42:4).
They in turn acknowledge this in
Jer 42:6,
"the Lord our God."
few of many--as had been foretold
(Le 26:22).
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3. 他們求問神，如同許多人一樣，不是為了知道甚麼是對的，而是希望祂批准他們已經定意要行的——無論是否符合祂的旨意。如亞哈求問米該雅
（1Ki 22:13）。
比較耶利米的回答
（Jer 42:4）
與米該雅的回答
（1Ki 22:14）。
英文原文
3. They consulted God, like many, not so much to know what was right, as wishing Him to authorize what they had already determined on, whether agreeable to His will or not. So Ahab in consulting Micaiah
(1Ki 22:13).
Compare Jeremiah's answer
(Jer 42:4)
with Micaiah's
(1Ki 22:14).
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4. 我聽見了——即我答應你們的請求。
你們的神——你們既因收養而屬於祂，便不屬自己，有義務遵行祂一切旨意
(出 19:5, 6； 林前 6:19, 20)。
回答你們——即藉著我。
隱瞞什麼——
(撒上 3:18； 徒 20:20)。
英文原文
4. I have heard--that is, I accede to your request.
your God--Being His by adoption, ye are not your own, and are bound to whatever He wills
(Ex 19:5, 6; 1Co 6:19, 20).
answer you--that is, through me.
keep nothing back--
(1Sa 3:18; Ac 20:20).
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5. 願主作真實……見證——
(Ge 31:50； Ps 89:37； Re 1:5; 3:14; 19:11)。
英文原文
5. Lord be a true . . . witness--
(Ge 31:50; Ps 89:37; Re 1:5; 3:14; 19:11).
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6. 災禍——並非道德上的邪惡（這是神所不能吩咐的，Jas 1:13），而是對我們而言可能令人不快且難以接受的事。敬虔之道在於不計代價、毫不質疑地順服神。請看一個在這方面有缺陷的例子：其順服只及於對自己合宜的部分（1Sa 15:3、9、13-15、20-23）。
英文原文
6. evil--not moral evil, which God cannot command
(Jas 1:13),
but what may be disagreeable and hard to us. Piety obeys God, without questioning, at all costs. See the instance defective in this, that it obeyed only so far as was agreeable to itself
(1Sa 15:3, 9, 13-15, 20-23).
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7. 十天——耶利米不憑自己說話，而是等候神的時候和啟示，這顯明了他默感的真實性。人若憑自己，必會立即回覆那些不耐遲延的百姓。這延遲是為要試驗他們所宣稱的順服意願是否真誠，並讓他們有充分的時間深思熟慮（De 8:2）。真正的順服，既順服神的時間，也順服神的方法和旨意。
英文原文
7. ten days--Jeremiah did not speak of himself, but waited God's time and revelation, showing the reality of his inspiration. Man left to himself would have given an immediate response to the people, who were impatient of delay. The delay was designed to test the sincerity of their professed willingness to obey, and that they should have full time to deliberate
(De 8:2).
True obedience bows to God's time, as well as His way and will.
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10. 你們……住——即留在巴比倫的權下，神已指定萬國都當順服它（Da 2:37、38）。抵抗就是抵抗神。
建造……栽植——比喻，意為我必堅固你們（Jer 24:6）。
後悔……所降的災——（Jer 18:8；De 32:36）。我對已加於你們的懲罰已經滿足，只要你們不再加添新的過犯〔GROTIUS〕。當神改變其外在的對待方式時，便被說成「後悔」。
英文原文
10. If ye . . . abide--namely, under the Babylonian authority, to which God hath appointed that all should be subject
(Da 2:37, 38).
To resist was to resist God.
build . . . plant--metaphor for, I will firmly establish you
(Jer 24:6).
I repent . . . of the evil--
(Jer 18:8; De 32:36).
I am satisfied with the punishment I have inflicted on you, if only you add not a new offense [GROTIUS]. God is said to "repent," when He alters His outward ways of dealing.
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12. 施憐憫——應作我必激發（在他心裏）憐憫之情向你們〔CALVIN〕。
使你們歸回——允許你們歸回，平安地享受你們因怕迦勒底人而想撤出的產業。他們若不順服而離去，便要招致他們正想逃避的那些災禍；若留下，便能得著他們因怕失去而不敢留下的福氣。
英文原文
12. show mercies--rather, I will excite (in him) feelings of mercy towards you [CALVIN].
cause you to return--permit you to return to the peaceable enjoyment of the possessions from which you are wishing to withdraw through fear of the Chaldeans. By departing in disobedience they should incur the very evils they wished thereby to escape; and by staying they should gain the blessings which they feared to lose by doing so.
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13. 你們若說等——這是公開背叛神，神曾屢次
(De 17:16)，
如今也禁止他們下埃及，免得他們陷入其中的偶像崇拜。
英文原文
13. if ye say, &c.--avowed rebellion against God, who had often
(De 17:16),
as now, forbidden their going to Egypt, lest they should be entangled in its idolatry.
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14. 在那裏我們看不見爭戰——這話顯露他們的不敬虔：他們不信神的應許
(Jer 42:10, 11)，
彷彿祂是說謊的
(1Jo 5:10)。
英文原文
14. where we shall see no war--Here they betray their impiety in not believing God's promise
(Jer 42:10, 11),
as if He were a liar
(1Jo 5:10).
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15. 你們定意要——堅決決定
(Lu 9:51)，
不顧一切警告
(Jer 44:12)。
英文原文
15. wholly set your faces--firmly resolve
(Lu 9:51)
in spite of all warnings
(Jer 44:12).
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16. 你們所怕的刀劍，必追上你們——我們以為藉犯罪可以逃避的那些災禍，卻因此招到自己身上。我們心中最盼望的事，往往對我們是致命的。那些以為換地方便能逃避麻煩的人，無論到哪裏都會遇見麻煩
(Eze 11:8)。
此處的「刀劍」是尼布甲尼撒的，他在遠征非洲（據異教作家 MEGASTHENES 所述）之時應驗了這預言，時為主前300年。
英文原文
16. sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you--The very evils we think to escape by sin, we bring on ourselves thereby. What our hearts are most set on often proves fatal to us. Those who think to escape troubles by changing their place will find them wherever they go
(Eze 11:8).
The "sword" here is that of Nebuchadnezzar, who fulfilled the prediction in his expedition to Africa (according to MEGASTHENES, a heathen writer), 300 B.C.
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17. 眾人——除了在
(Jer 44:14, 28)
所提到的「少數人」；
即那些被強帶到埃及、並非出於自願的人，如耶利米、巴錄等，以及那些聽從耶利米的勸告、在迦勒底人到達之前逃離埃及的人。
英文原文
17. all the men--excepting the "small number" mentioned
(Jer 44:14, 28);
namely, those who were forced into Egypt against their will, Jeremiah, Baruch, &c., and those who took Jeremiah's advice and fled from Egypt before the arrival of the Chaldeans.
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18. 如我的怒氣等——你們已經痛切地證實了我話語的信實，如今也必如此
（耶七20，十八16）。
必不再見這地方——你們不能像被遷到巴比倫的人那樣歸回猶大。
英文原文
18. As mine anger, &c.--As ye have already, to your sorrow, found Me true to My word, so shall ye again
(Jer 7:20; 18:16).
shall see this place no more--Ye shall not return to Judea, as those shall who have been removed to Babylon.
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19. 我已警告*——直譯為「作見證」，即鄭重地勸誡，以你們自己為我的見證人；因此你們若滅亡，你們自己就要承認，你們的滅亡是因自己的過錯，而非因無知。
英文原文
19. I have admonished--literally, "testified," that is, solemnly admonished, having yourselves as My witnesses; so that if ye perish, ye yourselves will have to confess that it was through your own fault, not through ignorance, ye perished.
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20. 在心裏行了詭詐*——寧可譯為「你們向你們（自己）的性命行了欺騙」。你們所欺哄的不是神，而是你們自己，以致自己滅亡，因為你們自己的虛偽
(Ga 6:7)
[CALVIN]。
但下面的話最符合《英文欽定本》：你們在心裏行了詭詐（見
Jer 42:3
的註解），對我，當你們打發我去為你們求問神之時。
英文原文
20. dissembled in your hearts--rather, "ye have used deceit against your (own) souls." It is not God, but yourselves, whom ye deceive, to your own ruin, by your own dissimulation
(Ga 6:7)
[CALVIN]. But the words following accord best with English Version, ye have dissembled in your hearts (see on
Jer 42:3)
towards me, when ye sent me to consult God for you.
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21. 宣告*——即神的旨意。
我……但你們——形成對比。我已盡了我的本分；但你們卻沒有盡你們的本分。你們行事不正，並非我的過錯。
英文原文
21. declared it--namely, the divine will.
I . . . but ye--antithesis. I have done my part; but ye do not yours. It is no fault of mine that ye act not rightly.
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22. 寄居——暫時居住，直到他們可以歸回本國。因此他們期望得以恢復，儘管神的預言與此相反。
英文原文
22. sojourn--for a time, until they could return to their country. They expected, therefore, to be restored, in spite of God's prediction to the contrary.
Jer 42:1-22.
猶太人與約哈難藉耶利米求問神關於下埃及之事，應許順服祂的旨意。留守猶大便得安全，下埃及便遭毀滅，皆被預言。他們求問他們無意遵從的指教——若與自己定意相違——其虛偽受責備