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耶利米书生命读经 · 第30篇

以色列干犯耶和华的罪，

Israel’s Sin against Jehovah
1与耶和华对以色列的惩罚（二十）
1and Jehovah’s Punishment upon Israel (20
以色列在犯罪干犯耶和华上的顽梗，与耶利米在为耶和华说话上的坚定（三）
Israel’s Stubbornness in Their Sinning against Jehovah and Jeremiah’s Firmness in His Speaking for Jehovah (3
2读经：耶利米书39:1-14;40:1—41:18。
2Scripture Reading: Jer. 39:1-14; 40:1—41:18
3耶利米二至四十五章说到以色列干犯耶和华的罪，与耶和华对以色列的惩罚。不仅在耶路撒冷陷落前，甚至在耶路撒冷陷落时和陷落后，以色列在犯罪干犯耶和华上仍然顽梗，耶利米却在为耶和华说话上仍然坚定。
3Jeremiah 2—45 speaks of Israel'ss in against Jehovah and Jehovah's punishment upon Israel. Not only before the fall of Jerusalem, but even in the fall and after the fall of Jerusalem, Israel remained stubborn in their sinning against Jehovah. Yet Jeremiah remained firm in his speaking for Jehovah
贰 耶路撒冷陷落时
II. IN THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
4耶利米三十九章一至十节是关于耶路撒冷陷落的记载。
4Jeremiah 39:1-10 is a record concerning the fall of Jerusalem
一 耶路撒冷被攻取
A. The Capture of Jerusalem
5犹大王西底家第九年十月，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒同他的全军来围困耶路撒冷。（三九1。）西底家十一年四月九日城被攻破，耶路撒冷被攻取。（2～3。）
5In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came to Jerusalem and besieged it (39:1). In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city and Jerusalem was captured (vv. 2-3
二 对西底家的惩罚
B. The Punishment upon Zedekiah
6在四至十节，我们看见对西底家的惩罚。犹大王西底家和一切军兵看见迦勒底人，就在夜间从王园的路出城逃跑。但迦勒底的军队追赶他们，在耶利哥的平原追上西底家，将他拿住，带到哈马地的利比拉，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒那里，尼布甲尼撒就审判他。巴比伦王当著西底家眼前杀了他的众子，又杀了犹大的一切贵族，并且剜（弄瞎）了西底家的眼睛，用铜炼锁著他，要带到巴比伦去。接著，迦勒底人用火焚烧王宫和百姓的房屋，又拆毁耶路撒冷的城墙。护卫长尼布撒拉旦，将城里所剩下的百姓，就是投降尼布甲尼撒的人，以及其余存留的民，都放逐到巴比伦去了。但民中一无所有的穷人，护卫长将他们留在犹大地，当时给他们葡萄园和田地。
6In verses 4 through 10 we see the punishment upon Zedekiah. When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw the Chaldeans, they fled from the city by night by way of the king's garden. However, the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he judged him. The king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also slew all the nobles of Judah. Then he blinded (put out) Zedekiah'se yes and bound him in bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon. Following this, the Chaldeans burned the king'sho use and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. The rest of the people, both those who deserted to Nebuchadnezzar and those who remained, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard carried into exile to Babylon. But some of the poorest people the captain of the bodyguard left in the land of Judah and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.
参 耶路撒冷陷落后
III. AFTER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
7三十九章十一至十四节和四十章一节至四十四章三十节，记载耶路撒冷陷落后所发生的一些事。
7In 39:11-14 and 40:1—44:30 we have a record of certain things that happened after the fall of Jerusalem
一 耶利米得释放
A. The Release of Jeremiah
8三十九章十一至十四节和四十章一至六节说到耶利米得释放。
8In 39:11-14 and 40:1-6 there is a word regarding the release of Jeremiah
１ 从王的护卫兵院
1. From the Court of the King's Guard
9巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒嘱咐护卫长尼布撒拉旦，将耶利米领去，好好的看待他，不可害他；耶利米对护卫长怎么说，护卫长就向耶利米怎么行。（三九11～12。）因此，尼布撒拉旦和尼布甲尼撒的一切官长，打发人将耶利米从护卫兵院中提出来，交与基大利带回家去。于是耶利米住在民中。（13～14。）
9Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon commanded Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard to take Jeremiah and look after him and do no evil to him but deal with him just as Jeremiah would tell him (39:11-12). So Nebuzaradan and all the chief officers of Nebuchadnezzar sent men and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard and gave him to Gedaliah to take him home. And he dwelt among the people (vv. 13-14
２ 在被放逐的人中，脱离炼子
2. From the Chains among the Exiles
10耶利米被炼子锁在耶路撒冷和犹大被放逐到巴比伦的人群中，护卫长尼布撒拉旦在拉玛将他释放。（四十1。）他对耶利米说，『看哪，我今日解开你手上的炼子。你若看与我同往巴比伦去好，就可以去，我必照应你；你若看与我同往巴比伦去不好，就不必去。你看，全地都在你面前；你以为那里美好，那里合宜，只管上那里去罢。』（4。）耶利米还没有走开，护卫长说，他可以回到基大利那里去，巴比伦王已立基大利管理犹大城邑，他可以在基大利那里住在民中。他继续说，耶利米看那里合宜，就上那里去。护卫长这样对耶利米说了以后，送他一分粮食和礼物，放他去了。耶利米就到米斯巴基大利那里，在他那里住在境内剩下的民中。（5～6。）
10While Jeremiah was bound in chains among all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah, who were being exiled to Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard let him go (released him) from Ramah (40:1). He said to Jeremiah, "Now, behold, I release you today from the chains which are on your hands. If it is good in your sight to come to Babylon with me, come, and I will look after you; but if it is evil in your sight to come with me to Babylon, let it be so. See, all the land is before you; wherever it is good and right in your sight to go, there go" (v. 4). While Jeremiah still had not turned away, the captain of the bodyguard said that he should return to Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people. Then he went on to say that Jeremiah could go wherever it was right in his sight to go. After speaking to Jeremiah in this way, the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present and let him go. Then Jeremiah came to Gedaliah at Mizpah and dwelt with him among the people who were left in the land (vv. 5-6
二 犹大遗民从基大利到约哈难的历史
B. The History of the Remnant of Judah from Gedaliah to Johanan
11四十章七节至四十四章三十节告诉我们，犹大遗民从基大利到约哈难的历史。１犹大遗民聚集到基大利那里
11In 40:7—44:30 we are given the history of the remnant of Judah from Gedaliah to Johanan. 1. The Gathering of the Remnant of Judah to Gedaliah
12耶利米四十章七至十二节描述犹大遗民聚集到基大利那里。
12Jeremiah 40:7-12 describes the gathering of the remnant of Judah to Gedaliah
ａ基大利对他们说话
a. Gedaliah Speaking to Them
13在野地的一切军长和属他们的人，听见巴比伦王立了基大利作境内的省长，并将境内没有放逐到巴比伦的一切穷人，全交给他，于是他们都到米斯巴见基大利。（7～8。）基大利向他们起誓说，『不要怕服事迦勒底人，只管留在这地服事巴比伦王，就可以得福。』（9。）然后他说，他要住在米斯巴，侍立在到他们这里来的迦勒底人跟前；只是他们，犹大余民，当积蓄酒、油、和夏天的果子，收在器皿里，住在他们所占的城邑中。（10。）
13When all the leaders of the forces in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah over the land and had committed to him all the poor of the land who had not been exiled to Babylon, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah (vv. 7-8). Gedaliah swore to them, saying, "Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans; remain in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you" (v. 9). Then he said that he would dwell in Mizpah to stand before the Chaldeans who came to them, but they, the remnant of Judah, should gather wine, summer fruit, and oil and put them in their holds and dwell in the cities which they had taken (v. 10
ｂ别地的犹大人来到基大利那里
b. The Jews from Other Lands Coming to Gedaliah
14在摩押地和亚扪人中，在以东地和各国的一切犹大人，也听见巴比伦王留下些犹大的余民，并立基大利管理他们。这一切犹大人就从被赶到的各处回来，到犹大地的米斯巴基大利那里。（11～12。）
14All the Jews who were in Moab and among the children of Ammon and in Edom and who were in all the lands also heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah and had appointed over them Gedaliah. All of them returned from all the places to which they had been driven and came to Gedaliah at Mizpah in the land of Judah (vv. 11-12
２ 基大利被杀
2. The Murder of Gedaliah
15耶利米四十章十三节至四十一章十节说到基大利被杀。
15Jeremiah 40:13—41:10 tells about the murder of Gedaliah
ａ告知阴谋
a. The Report of the Conspiracy
16约哈难和在野地的一切军长，来见基大利，告诉他亚扪人的王巴利斯打发以实玛利来要他的命。但基大利不信他们的话。（13～14。）约哈难私下对基大利说，他愿意去杀以实玛利，使以实玛利不至于取基大利的命。约哈难说，『何必让他要你的命，使聚集到你这里的犹大人都分散，以致犹大剩下的人都灭亡呢？』（15。）但基大利不让约哈难行这事，因他说约哈难所说以实玛利的话是假的。（16。）
16Johanan and all the leaders of the forces who were in the field came to Gedaliah and told him that Baalis the king of Ammon had sent Ishmael to take his life. However, Gedaliah would not believe them (v v. 13-14). Then Johanan said secretly to Gedaliah that he would go and strike Ishmael so that Ishmael would not take Gedaliah's life. Johanan said, "Why should he take your life, and all the Jews who are gathered to you be scattered and the remnant of Judah perish?" (v. 15). But Gedaliah would not let Johanan do it, for he said that Johanan was speaking falsehood concerning Ishmael (v. 16).
ｂ杀害
b. The Murder
17七月间，王的大臣宗室以实玛利，带著十个人来见基大利，在米斯巴一同吃饭。以实玛利和同他来的那十个人，用刀击杀了基大利。（四一1～2。）以实玛利又击杀了与基大利同在的一切犹大人和迦勒底兵丁。没有人知道这事。第二天有八十个人从示剑、示罗、和撒玛利亚来，手拿素祭和香，要奉到耶和华的殿。以实玛利去迎接他们，要他们去见基大利。他们到了城中，以实玛利和同著他的人，就将他们，除了其中将大麦、小麦、油、蜜藏在田间的十个人之外，都杀了，抛在坑中。以实玛利将米斯巴剩下的人，就是王的众女和护卫长尼布撒拉旦交给基大利的众民，都掳去了，要过到亚扪人那里去。（3～10。）
17In the seventh month Ishmael of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him came to Gedaliah and ate bread together in Mizpah. Then Ishmael and his ten men struck down Gedaliah with the sword and put him to death (41:1-2). Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with Gedaliah as well as the Chaldeans, the men of war. No one knew about it. On the next day eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria with meal offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of Jehovah. Ishmael went down to meet them and asked them to come to Gedaliah. When they came into the midst of the city, Ishmael and his men slew them and cast them into the pit, except ten who had hidden stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey in the field. Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people who were in Mizpah: the king's daughters and all the people whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had committed to Gedaliah. Then he went to cross over to the children of Ammon (vv. 3-10
３ 约哈难胜过以实玛利
3. Johanan's Victory over Ishmael
18约哈难和同著他的众军长，听见以实玛利所行的一切恶，就带领众人前往，和以实玛利争战。在以实玛利那里的众人看见约哈难和同著他的众军长，就都欢喜，都转身归向约哈难。以实玛利和八个人，逃脱约哈难的手，往亚扪去了。（11～15。）
18When Johanan and all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil of Ishmael, they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael. When all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan and all the leaders of the forces with him, they rejoiced and turned around and came back to Johanan. Ishmael escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to Ammon (vv. 11-15
４ 约哈难与犹大遗民的方向
4. The Direction of Johanan and the Remnant of Judah
19约哈难和同著他的众军长，从米斯巴将一切从以实玛利夺回的遗民，就是他从以实玛利夺回的勇士、兵丁、妇女、孩童、太监带走。他们去到靠近伯利恒的金罕住宿处（参撒下十九38，40）住下，要进入埃及去，这是因为以实玛利杀了基大利，所以他们惧怕迦勒底人。（耶四一16～18。）
19Johanan and all the leaders of the forces with him took all the remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he brought back from Ishmael: mighty men, men of war, women and little children, and eunuchs. They went and stayed in the lodging place of Chimham (cf. 2 Sam. 19:38, 40), near Bethlehem, in order to go and enter into Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans because of the murder of Gedaliah by Ishmael (Jer. 41:16-18