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Ro 13:1-14.
英文原文
Ro 13:1-14.
SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED--POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONS--MOTIVES.
1, 2. Let every soul--every man of you
be subject unto the higher powers--or, "submit himself to the authorities that are above him."
For there is no power--"no authority"
but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God--"have been ordained of God."
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2. 所以抗拒掌權的——"所以那反對權威的"。
就是抗拒神的命；抗拒的——或作"定罪"，按該詞的古義；即不是從官長，而是從神而來的定罪——因為官長裡面所持有的乃是神的權威。
必——
自取——
刑罰——
英文原文
2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power--"So that he that setteth himself against the authority."
resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation--or, "condemnation," according to the old sense of that word; that is, not from the magistrate, but from God, whose authority in the magistrate's is resisted.
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3、4. 作官的原不是叫——"那善工"，照可靠的讀法當如此。
行善的懼怕——
乃是叫作惡的懼怕——
英文原文
3, 4. For rulers are not a terror to good works--"to the good work," as the true reading appears to be
but to the evil.
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4. 他不是——即官長刑罰之權柄的象徵。
空空地佩劍——
英文原文
4. he beareth not the sword in vain--that is, the symbol of the magistrate's authority to punish.
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5. 所以你們——因怕官長的報復。
……必須順服，不但是因為——
刑罰——
也是因為——出於對神權威的敬畏。這話論的是官長制度本身——被視為神的設立；這話適用於一切政體，從不受限制的專制——如本書寫作時尼祿皇帝之下的那種——到純粹的民主。一切臣民努力改變或改進其所居政體的不可剝奪的權利，在此並未涉及。但由於基督徒屢被指控顛覆世界，而基督教中也確實有足夠的道德與社會革命的成分，使這指控顯得有理，並引誘那些在惡政之下被壓制的崇高心靈自己動手尋求補救，因此特別重要的是：居住在大政治權力中心的基督徒那和平、順服、忠誠的靈，應當為這指控提供可見的反駁。
良心——
英文原文
5. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath--for fear of the magistrate's vengeance.
but also for conscience' sake--from reverence for God's authority. It is of Magistracy in general, considered as a divine ordinance, that this is spoken: and the statement applies equally to all forms of government, from an unchecked despotism--such as flourished when this was written, under the Emperor Nero--to a pure democracy. The inalienable right of all subjects to endeavor to alter or improve the form of government under which they live is left untouched here. But since Christians were constantly charged with turning the world upside down, and since there certainly were elements enough in Christianity of moral and social revolution to give plausibility to the charge, and tempt noble spirits, crushed under misgovernment, to take redress into their own hands, it was of special importance that the pacific, submissive, loyal spirit of those Christians who resided at the great seat of political power, should furnish a visible refutation of this charge.
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6、7. 你們——更確切地說："你們納"。
……納——
……糧——
……稅——即"這就是你們為何納維持民政政府所必需之捐項的原因"。
……也當——
因為他們是神的差役——"專心"。
……常常特管——
這事——"在這事上"。
英文原文
6, 7. For, for this cause pay ye--rather, "ye pay"
tribute also--that is, "This is the reason why ye pay the contributions requisite for maintaining the civil government."
for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing--"to this very thing."
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7. 凡人所當得的——使徒如今從官長轉到其他官員，再從他們轉到與我們有任何關係的人。
……就給他。——
……當得糧的——地稅。
……納糧——商稅。
……當得敬畏的——對上司的敬畏。
……就敬畏他；——
……當得尊敬的——對有身分之人的尊敬。
……就尊敬他。——
英文原文
7. Render therefore to all their dues--From magistrates the apostle now comes to other officials, and from them to men related to us by whatever tie.
tribute--land tax.
custom--mercantile tax.
fear--reverence for superiors.
honour--the respect due to persons of distinction.
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8. 凡事都——
……不可虧欠人——"你們除了彼此相愛這永遠當還的債之外，當卸除一切義務"［霍治HODGE］。
……惟有——
……彼此相愛——
……要常以為虧欠；——
因為愛人的——
……就——
……完全了律法。——因為律法本身不過是愛在多方面行動上的彰顯，被視為當盡的本分。
英文原文
8. Owe no man anything, but to love one another--"Acquit yourselves of all obligations except love, which is a debt that must remain ever due" [HODGE].
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law--for the law itself is but love in manifold action, regarded as matter of duty.
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9. 像那——更佳的譯法如此："因為[誡命] '不可殺人，不可姦淫，不可偷盜，不可作假見證，不可貪戀'，以及別的[可能有的]誡命，都包在"等語之內。（"不可作假見證"一語在最古的抄本中均缺）。使徒在此只引用律法的第二塊法版，因為他正在論述的是愛鄰舍。
……不可姦淫，不可偷監，不可作假見證，不可貪戀，——
……不可殺人，——
……不可——
……虛假——
……見證，——
……都包在"愛人如己"這一句話之內了。——
英文原文
9. For this, &c.--better thus: "For the [commandments], Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and whatever other commandment [there may be], it is summed up," &c. (The clause, "Thou shalt not bear false witness," is wanting in all the most ancient manuscripts). The apostle refers here only to the second table of the law, as love to our neighbor is what he is treating of.
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10. 愛是——或作"自己的"。
……是不加害於——
……人的；——
……所以——愛既從其本性上研究並樂於討好其對象，它本身的存在便是防止我們故意傷害他之有效的保障。隨後是激勵人忠心盡這一切本分的一些一般動機。
……愛——
……就——
……完全了律法。——
英文原文
10. Love worketh no ill to his--or, "one's"
neighbour; therefore, &c.--As love, from its very nature, studies and delights to please its objects, its very existence is an effectual security against our wilfully injuring him. Next follow some general motives to the faithful discharge of all these duties.
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11. 再者，——更佳："並[當]行這事"。
……你們曉得——
……現今——直譯"時刻已經到了"。
……就是——
……該趁早——
……睡醒的時候；——對永恆之事那種愚昧致命的冷漠之睡。
……因為我們——
……得救——更佳："那救恩"，或單作"救恩"。
……現今——
……比——
……初——
……信的——
……時候——
……更近了。——這與我們主一切的教訓相符，祂將基督第二次顯現那決定性的日子當作近了，為要使信徒常處於警醒期望的態度中，卻不論及那事件的時序上或近或遠。
英文原文
11. And that--rather, "And this [do]"
knowing the time, that now it is high time--literally, "the hour has already come."
to awake out of sleep--of stupid, fatal indifference to eternal things.
for now is our salvation--rather, "the salvation," or simply "salvation."
nearer than when we--first
believed--This is in the line of all our Lord's teaching, which represents the decisive day of Christ's second appearing as at hand, to keep believers ever in the attitude of wakeful expectancy, but without reference to the chronological nearness or distance of that event.
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12. 黑夜——罪惡之夜。
……已深，——
……白晝——對罪惡完全得勝之日。
……將近；——
……我們就當——
……脫去——如衣服。
……暗昧的——一切屬黑暗的國度和時期的行為，我們既為已復活之救主的跟從者，與之的關係已經斷絕。
……行為，——
……帶上——
……光明的兵器。——在
Eph 6:11-18
中有詳細描述。
英文原文
12. The night--of evil
is far spent, the day--of consummated triumph over it
is at hand: let us therefore cast off--as a dress
the works of darkness--all works holding of the kingdom and period of darkness, with which, as followers of the risen Saviour, our connection has been dissolved.
and let us put on the armour of light--described at length in
Eph 6:11-18.
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13. 行事為人要端正，——"相稱地"、"合宜地"。
……好像——"人選擇黑夜來狂歡，但我們的黑夜已過，因為我們都是光明之子、白晝之子
（1Th 5:5）：
所以我們只當行那配得在如此白晝之光中暴露的事。"
……行——
……白晝。——
……不可——放縱的不同形式；指通常以醉酒告終的狂歡。
……荒宴——
……醉酒；——
……不可——不潔的不同形式；一指具體的行為，另一較為概括。
……好色——
……邪蕩；——
……不可——人與人之間那毒辣感覺的不同形式，這感覺顛倒了愛的律法。
……爭競——
……嫉妒。——
英文原文
13. Let us walk honestly--"becomingly," "seemingly"
as in the day--"Men choose the night for their revels, but our night is past, for we are all the children of the light and of the day
(1Th 5:5):
let us therefore only do what is fit to be exposed to the light of such a day."
not in rioting and drunkenness--varied forms of intemperance; denoting revels in general, usually ending in intoxication.
not in chambering and wantonness--varied forms of impurity; the one pointing to definite acts, the other more general.
not in strife and envying--varied forms of that venomous feeling between man and man which reverses the law of love.
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14. 總要——一言以蔽之。
……披戴——
……主耶穌基督。——使基督惟獨在你們裡面被看見（見
2Co 3:3；
Ga 3:27；
Eph 4:24）。
……不要為肉體——"不要預先安排"。
……安排，——
……去放縱——"不要把你們的注意力轉向敗壞本性的渴望、想著如何為其滿足作安排。"
……私慾。——
註，（一）基督教何等榮耀地適合於各種境況下的人類社會！它既不直接反對任何具體的政體，也不直接推薦任何政體。它聖潔而仁慈的原則既保證一切不義之政權最終被廢除，它對官長——無論何種形式——作為神聖制度所教導的敬畏，便保證了其門徒在公民社會一切的動蕩和紛擾中的忠誠與和平，並使各國歡迎基督教進入其境內成為其最高利益，因為它無論在這方面或其他各方面——"作世上的鹽、世上的光"
（Ro 13:1-5）。
（二）基督教是淨化和提升一切社會關係的宏大良方；激發人樂意盡一切本分，更重要的是，將那確保眾人不受其傷害的愛植入了門徒心中，因為愛是律法的成全
（Ro 13:6-10）。
（三）神國的迅速推進、我們所已達到的階段、以及那完全之日不斷逼近——對每一信徒而言越活下去越近——當激發一切光明之子贖回光陰，並因他們指望這些事，便當殷勤，使自己在無玷污、無可指責的平安中被祂遇見
（2Pe 3:14）。
（四）憑藉"一種新的、更強之情感的排斥力"，在各樣為人中堅持聖潔的秘訣，在於"基督在我們裡面，成了有榮耀的盼望"
（Col 1:27），
以及基督在我們身上，作為我們惟有在其中才能在人前發光的品格
（2Co 3:8）
（Ro 13:14）。
英文原文
14. But--to sum up all in one word.
put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ--in such wise that Christ only may be seen in you (see
2Co 3:3; Ga 3:27; Eph 4:24).
and make no provision--"take no forethought."
for the flesh, to fulfil the lust thereof--"Direct none of your attention to the cravings of your corrupt nature, how you may provide for their gratification."
Note, (1) How gloriously adapted is Christianity for human society in all conditions! As it makes war directly against no specific forms of government, so it directly recommends none. While its holy and benign principles secure the ultimate abolition of all iniquitous government, the reverence which it teaches for magistracy, under whatever form, as a divine institution, secures the loyalty and peaceableness of its disciples, amid all the turbulence and distractions of civil society, and makes it the highest interest of all states to welcome it within their pale, as in this as well as every other sense--"the salt of the earth, the light of the world"
(Ro 13:1-5).
(2) Christianity is the grand specific for the purification and elevation of all the social relations; inspiring a readiness to discharge all obligations, and most of all, implanting in its disciples that love which secures all men against injury from them, inasmuch as it is the fulfilling of the law
(Ro 13:6-10).
(3) The rapid march of the kingdom of God, the advanced stage of it at which we have arrived, and the ever-nearing approach of the perfect day--nearer to every believer the longer he lives--should quicken all the children of light to redeem the time, and, seeing that they look for such things, to be diligent, that they may be found of Him in peace, without spot and blameless
(2Pe 3:14).
(4) In virtue of "the expulsive power of a new and more powerful affection," the great secret of persevering holiness in all manner of conversation will be found to be "Christ IN US, the hope of glory"
(Col 1:27),
and Christ ON US, as the character in which alone we shall be able to shine before men
(2Co 3:8)
(Ro 13:14).
Ro 13:1-14.
接續同題——政治與社會關係——動機。
1、2. 在上有權柄的，人人當順服他——你們每一個人。
……順服——或作"順服在他以上的權威"。
因為沒有——"沒有"
權柄不是出於神的；凡掌權的都是神所命的——"已經被神所設立"。