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Job 17:1-16.
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Job 17:1-16.
JOB'S ANSWER CONTINUED.
1. breath . . . corrupt--result of elephantiasis. But UMBREIT, "my strength (spirit) is spent."
extinct--Life is compared to an expiring light. "The light of my day is extinguished."
graves--plural, to heighten the force.
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2. 翁布賴特（UMBREIT）更著重地譯作：「只要我不用在他們的爭辯中忍受戲笑，我（我的眼目）就可以安靜。」
眼睛停留——希伯來文作「過夜」；這是取自夜間睡眠的比喻，表達不受攪擾的安息；與伯16:20相反，在那裏約伯的眼睛被描繪為毫無安息地向神流淚。
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2. UMBREIT, more emphatically, "had I only not to endure mockery, in the midst of their contentions I (mine eye) would remain quiet."
eye continue--Hebrew, "tarry all night"; a figure taken from sleep at night, to express undisturbed rest; opposed to
(Job 16:20),
when the eye of Job is represented as pouring out tears to God without rest.
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3. 願你給我——即交出一個抵押或擔保；也就是說，作我的擔保人；求你證明我的無辜，因為我的朋友們只會譏笑我（伯17:2）。訴訟的雙方在開審前都必須交出一筆款項作為擔保。
為我作保——在審判中為我向你自己提供一個擔保人。這是那「擔保」（來7:22）、即「神與人之間獨一的中保」的預表（見伯16:21的註解）。
擊掌——「除了你自己，誰能與我擊掌呢？」即作我的擔保（詩119:122）。希伯來人為受保人作保時，要與對方擊掌（箴6:1）。
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3. Lay down now--namely, a pledge or security; that is, be my surety; do Thou attest my innocence, since my friends only mock me
(Job 17:2).
Both litigating parties had to lay down a sum as security before the trial.
put me in a surety--Provide a surety for me (in the trial) with Thee. A presage of the "surety"
(Heb 7:22),
or "one Mediator between God and man" (see on
Job 16:21).
strike hands--"who else (save God Himself) could strike hands with me?" that is, be my security
(Ps 119:122).
The Hebrew strikes the hand of him for whom he goes security
(Pr 6:1).
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4. 他們的心——指朋友們的理智。
使……高升——更當作命令式「不要使他們高升」；即不容他們勝過〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕（賽6:9, 10）。
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4. their heart--The intellect of his friends.
shalt . . . exalt--Rather imperative, "exalt them not"; allow them not to conquer [UMBREIT],
(Isa 6:9, 10).
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5. 希伯來文「諂媚」的原意是「平滑」；後來引申為以掣籤瓜分的掠物，因為掣籤用的是一塊光滑的石頭（申18:8），即「一分」（創14:24）。因此譯作：「那將朋友交出為掠物的人（我朋友們的行為暗示他們會如此行），甚至他的眼睛」等等〔諾伊斯，NOYES〕（伯11:20）。約伯論到罪人的兒女如此說，是反擊他們關於他的兒女被剪除的譏誚（伯5:4；15:30）。這與舊約律法報應的施行相符（出20:5）。
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5. The Hebrew for "flattery" is "smoothness"; then it came to mean a prey divided by lot, because a smooth stone was used in casting the lots
(De 18:8),
"a portion"
(Ge 14:24).
Therefore translate, "He that delivers up his friend as a prey (which the conduct of my friends implies that they would do), even the eyes," &c. [NOYES]
(Job 11:20).
Job says this as to the sinner's children, retorting upon their reproach as to the cutting off of his
(Job 5:4; 15:30).
This accords with the Old Testament dispensation of legal retribution
(Ex 20:5).
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6. 他——指神。詩人在講到所降的災禍時，敬虔地省略了神的名字。
笑話——
（申28:37；詩69:11）。
我可怕的刑罰使我的名字到處被人咒詛，仿佛我必定是罪大惡極才會招致這樣的報應。
從前……如鼓——如大衛所受的尊榮（撒上18:6）。更當譯自一個不同的希伯來文詞根：「我在人面前被當作令人厭惡的對象」，直譯為「被人當面吐唾沫的對象」（民12:14）。Raca（拉加）一詞的意思也是如此（太5:22）〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕。
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6. He--God. The poet reverentially suppresses the name of God when speaking of calamities inflicted.
by-word--
(De 28:37; Ps 69:11).
My awful punishment makes my name execrated everywhere, as if I must have been superlatively bad to have earned it.
aforetime . . . tabret--as David was honored
(1Sa 18:6).
Rather from a different Hebrew root, "I am treated to my face as an object of disgust," literally, "an object to be spit upon in the face"
(Nu 12:14).
So Raca means
(Mt 5:22)
[UMBREIT].
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（詩6:7；31:9；申34:7）。
肢體——直譯為「形像」；一切個別的肢體都是身體獨特的形態；與「影子」相對——影子看來像一個沒有實體的形像。
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(Ps 6:7; 31:9; De 34:7).
members--literally, "figures"; all the individual members being peculiar forms of the body; opposed to "shadow," which looks like a figure without solidity.
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8. 驚奇——因我所受不配得的苦難而驚奇。
對偽君子——正直人要因惡人的亨通而感到公義之心受傷（「會發出義怒」）。他所說的「偽君子」或「不虔之人」，或許是暗指他那些虛假的朋友。
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8. astonied--at my unmerited sufferings.
against the hypocrite--The upright shall feel their sense of justice wounded ("will be indignant") because of the prosperity of the wicked. By "hypocrite" or "ungodly," he perhaps glances at his false friends.
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9. 患難反使宗教信仰的原則更加堅定。敬虔人要從受苦之約伯的榜樣中獲得新的勇氣而堅忍到底。
這取像於戰士在戰鬥中獲取新的勇氣（賽40:30-31；腓1:14）。
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9. The strength of religious principle is heightened by misfortune. The pious shall take fresh courage to persevere from the example of suffering Job. The image is from a warrior acquiring new courage in action
(Isa 40:30, 31; Php 1:14).
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10. 回轉——你們若有真正智慧的話可說——雖然我深表懷疑——就重新開始你們的發言吧。因為直到如今，我在你們中間連一個智慧人也找不到。
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10. return--If you have anything to advance really wise, though I doubt it, recommence your speech. For as yet I cannot find one wise man among you all.
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11. 你們只是徒然地論到要我恢復健康；因為「我的日子已經過了」。
斷絕——如同織物從織機上被剪斷的經線（賽38:12）。
計謀——字面作「所有物」，即我心曾經懷抱的一切感受和美好盼望。這些屬於心，正如「旨意」屬於悟性；兩者合在一起描述了整個內在的人。
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11. Only do not vainly speak of the restoration of health to me; for "my days are past."
broken off--as the threads of the web cut off from the loom
(Isa 38:12).
thoughts--literally, "possessions," that is, all the feelings and fair hopes which my heart once nourished. These belong to the heart, as "purposes" to the understanding; the two together here describe the entire inner man.
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12. 他們——即「我的朋友們」。
以黑夜為白晝——即試圖說服我將我的痛苦變為歡樂，但這是不可能的〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕（伯11:17）；（然而）興旺的光（若能享受）也會因患難的黑暗而短暫。
或者更好的譯法是：不用「短」，而用希伯來文的「近」；「新興旺的光在死亡的黑暗面前（以先）應當是近的」；即他們會勸我說，雖然黑暗將至，光明卻近了。
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12. They--namely, "my friends."
change the night into day--that is, would try to persuade me of the change of my misery into joy, which is impossible [UMBREIT]
(Job 11:17);
(but) the light of prosperity (could it be enjoyed) would be short because of the darkness of adversity. Or better for "short," the Hebrew "near"; "and the light of new prosperity should be near in the face of (before) the darkness of death"; that is, they would persuade me that light is near, even though darkness approaches.
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13. 更當譯作：「我若等候這墳墓（示阿勒，即不可見的世界）作我的房屋，在黑暗中鋪我的床（伯17:14），對朽壞說」，更當譯作「對坑」或「墳墓」，云云（伯17:15）——我的指望在哪裏呢？〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕。結論句在伯17:15。
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13. Rather, "if I wait for this grave (Sheol, or the unseen world) as my house, and make my bed in the darkness
(Job 17:14),
and say to corruption," rather, "to the pit" or "grave," &c.
(Job 17:15).
Where then is my hope? [UMBREIT]. The apodosis is at
Job 17:15.
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14. 你是我的父親等等——表達最親密的聯結
（箴7:4）。
他的病痛使他與墳墓和蟲極為相近。
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14. Thou art my father, &c.--expressing most intimate connection
(Pr 7:4).
His diseased state made him closely akin to the grave and worm.
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15. 誰能看見這事成就呢？即他們向他提出的「盼望」
（伯11:18）
——復興的盼望。
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15. Who shall see it fulfilled? namely, the "hope"
(Job 11:18)
which they held out to him of restoration.
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16. 它們——即我的盼望，要與我一同埋葬。
門閂——
（賽38:10。）
較宜作坑（示阿勒，即不可見的世界）的荒涼或孤寂。
一同安息——我與我的盼望都安息在等等之中。二者同時終結。「安息」一詞暗示人無休止的盼望只是奪去他的安息。
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16. They--namely, my hopes shall be buried with me.
bars--
(Isa 38:10).
Rather, the wastes or solitudes of the pit (sheol, the unseen world).
rest together--the rest of me and my hope is in, &c. Both expire together. The word "rest" implies that man's ceaseless hopes only rob him of rest.
伯17:1-16. 約伯的答覆（續）
1. 氣息……敗壞——這是象皮病的結果。但翁布賴特（UMBREIT）譯作：「我的力量（氣息）已經耗盡。」
消滅——生命被比作一盞將熄的燈。「我白晝之光已經熄滅。」
墳墓——用複數以加強語氣。