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9:1
CAPUT palMUM. Paulus, et Silvanus, et Timotheus Ecclesiæ Thessalonicensium in Deo Patre nostro et Domino Jesu Christo. Gratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre nostro, et Domino Jesu Christo. Sancti sunt, id est Ecclesia et omnes fideles baptizati. Gratias agere debemus Deo semper pro vobis, fratres, ita ut dignum est. Qui vos tales fecit, talemque ex v bis Erclesiam, donoque misericordiæ præparavit, ut tantis tribulationibus non cedotis. Quoniam supercrescit fides vestra, et abundat charitas uniuscujusque vestrum in invicem. Ante dono Dei credidit: nunc supercrescit fides. idco ei laus angetur. Justum erat, ut supererescente eorum fide et charitate. et ejus supercresceret laus simul:
第一章。「保羅、西拉、提摩太,寫信給帖撒羅尼迦在父神並主耶穌基督裡的教會。願恩惠平安從我們的父神和主耶穌基督歸與你們。」他們是聖徒,就是教會與一切受洗的信徒。「弟兄們,我們該常為你們感謝神,這本是合宜的」——是祂使你們成為這樣的人,又從你們中間造出這樣的教會,並以祂憐憫的恩賜預備你們,叫你們在這麼大的患難中不致退縮。「因你們的信心格外增長,你們眾人彼此相愛的心也都充足。」他先前因神的恩賜而信;如今信心格外增長,因此對他的稱讚也隨之增加。既然他們的信心與愛心增長,那麼隨之增添對他的稱讚也是公義的。
CHAPTER ONE. 'Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the Church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.' They are holy ones, that is, the Church and all the baptized faithful. 'We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is fitting' — He who made you such, and out of you made such a Church, and prepared you by the gift of His mercy, that you might not yield under such great tribulations. 'Because your faith grows exceedingly, and the charity of each one of you toward one another abounds.' By the gift of God he had already believed; now his faith grows exceedingly, and so his praise is increased. It was just that, as their faith and charity grew, his praise should likewise grow with them.
9:2
et illud eis prærnuntiat, quod id novo argumento eos quidam a fide tentaturi essent avertere, quod dicerent Christum cito adesse, et quem vellent, pro Christo inducerent ad suadendum. Ita ut et nos ipsi in vobis glorientur in Ecclesiis Dei, pro patientia vestra et fide. Tantum, profecistis, ut non solum alii vos laudent, sed etiam nos ipsi piæferamus omnibus vos imitandos. In omnibus persecutionibus vestris et tribulationibus, quas sustinetis. Quia nisi crederetis dono Dei futura, ista minime sufferretis. Sed gratias agimus Deo, cujus est, ut possitis. In exemplum justi judicii Dei. Ut exemplum detis jastum Dci judicium exspectandi: quem ita creditis venisse. Ut digni habeamini regno Dei.
他又向他們預告:必有人以一種新奇的論調,說基督快要來到,並隨意抬出他們所願的人來代替基督,以此勸誘,試圖叫他們離棄信仰。「甚至我們在神的各教會裡,為你們的忍耐和信心誇口」——你們長進如此之大,以致不僅別人稱讚你們,連我們自己也把你們立在眾人之先,作為當效法的榜樣。「就是在你們所受的一切逼迫患難中所存的」——因為你們若不藉神的恩賜相信將來的事,就斷不能忍受這些。「但我們感謝神,叫你們能夠如此,乃是出於祂。」「這正是神公義審判的明證」——好叫你們作出等候神公義審判的榜樣,你們既如此相信祂已來到。「叫你們可算配得神的國。」
And he foretells this to them: that by a novel argument certain men would attempt to turn them away from the faith by saying that Christ was soon at hand, and would put forward whomever they wished in Christ's place to persuade them. 'So that we ourselves also glory in you in the Churches of God, for your patience and faith.' You have advanced so far that not only do others praise you, but we ourselves set you before all others as examples to be imitated. 'In all your persecutions and tribulations which you endure' — for unless you believed, by God's gift, in the things to come, you would by no means bear these things. 'But we give thanks to God, whose it is that you should be able.' 'For a proof of the just judgment of God' — that you may give an example of awaiting God's just judgment, whom you thus believe to have come. 'That you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God.'
9:3
Digni sunt regno Dei, qui gloriam ejus scientes, nullam condignam esse putant passionem. Pro quo et patimini: nisi si tamen justum est apud Deum retribuere tribulationem his qui vos tribulant. IIic, si tamen in. sultantis cst, non dubitantis, quasi dicat: Si tamen fons justitiæ potest judicare, quod justum est. Et vobis, qui tribulamini, requiem nobiscum in revelationem Domini de cœlo. Quia nobiscum compatimini. Cum angelis virtutis ejus. Qui vindicent. In flamma ignis dantis vindictam his qui non noverunt Deum. Si potuit flamma tres pueros non tangere, quare non eadem aliis saevior, aliis mitior credatur? Et qui non obedium Evangelio Domini nostri Jesu Christi.
凡認識神榮耀、並看沒有任何苦難能與之相比的人,是配得神國的。「你們也正是為這國受苦:神既是公義的,就必將患難報應那加患難給你們的人。」這裡「既是」一詞屬於肯定的人,而非懷疑的人,彷彿說:公義的泉源既能審判何為公義。「也必使你們這受患難的人與我們同得平安,那時主必從天上顯現」——因為你們與我們一同受苦。「同著祂有能力的天使」——這些天使要施行報應。「在火焰中報應那不認識神的人。」火焰既能不燒那三個少年人,為何不可信同一火焰對某些人更兇猛、對某些人更溫和呢?「和那不聽從我們主耶穌基督福音的人。」
Worthy of the kingdom of God are those who, knowing His glory, reckon that no suffering is comparable to it. 'For which you also suffer: since indeed it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to those who trouble you.' Here the word 'indeed' belongs to one who affirms, not one who doubts, as though he said: If indeed the fountain of justice is able to judge what is just. 'And to you who are troubled, rest with us at the revelation of the Lord from heaven' — because you suffer together with us. 'With the angels of His power' — who will take vengeance. 'In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to those who have not known God.' If the flame could refrain from touching the three young men, why should not the same flame be believed to be more savage to some and milder to others? 'And who have not obeyed the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.'
9:4
Non solum qui non novcrant Deum, sed etiam qui non obediunt Evangelicis disciplinis. Qui pœnas dabunt in interitum æternas. Pœna Hine patiente dici non potesl sempiterna. A facie Domini, et a gloria virtutis ejus. A cuius conspectu sententiam accipient. Cum vencrit gforificari in sanctis suis. Ipse in suis glorificabitur membris, qui solis splendore rutilabunt. Sive glorificabitur, cum exhibebit quod promit. Et admirabilis fieri in omnibus qui crediderunt. Mirabuntur enim impii in sublimatione justorum inspirantc salutis (sic). Quia creditum est testimonium nostrum super ros in die illo. Quia multi creditis testimonio nostro dc die illo.
不僅是那不認識神的人,也包括那不順從福音教訓的人。「這等人要受刑罰,就是永遠沉淪。」由此可見,受刑罰之人的刑罰只能稱為永遠的。「離開主的面和祂權能的榮光」——他們要從祂的目光前領受定罪的判決。「這正是主降臨、要在祂聖徒的身上得榮耀的時候。」祂要在自己的肢體裡得榮耀,他們要如日頭的光輝般發光;或說,祂顯明祂所應許的時,就得了榮耀。「又要在一切信的人身上顯為希奇。」因為不敬虔的人要驚奇於義人的高升,驚奇於救恩之氣的吹入。「因你們信了我們對那日子的見證」——因為你們中間有許多人信了我們關於那日子的見證。
Not only those who had not known God, but also those who do not obey the evangelical teachings. 'Who shall suffer eternal punishments in destruction.' From this the punishment of the sufferer cannot be called anything but everlasting. 'From the face of the Lord, and from the glory of His power' — from whose sight they shall receive their sentence. 'When He shall come to be glorified in His saints.' He shall be glorified in His own members, who shall shine bright with the splendour of the sun; or He shall be glorified when He displays what He promises. 'And to be made admirable in all those who have believed.' For the impious shall marvel at the exaltation of the righteous, at the inbreathing of salvation. 'Because our testimony concerning that day has been believed among you' — because many of you believe our testimony concerning that day.
9:5
in quo etiam oramus semper pro vobis, ut dignetur vos vocatione sua Deus. Ut digni inveniamini ad quod estis vocali: quos enim vocavit, illos et justificavit. Certe jam baptizatis loquebatur. Et i mpleat omnem voluntatem bonitalis, ct opus fidei in virtute. Ad.utorio quotidiano gratiae et scientiæ: ac consolatio virtutum, quæ opus sunt fidei. Ut clarificetur nomen Domini nostri Jesu Christi in vobis, et vos in illo. Ut Christi nomen in vestris actibus clarum sit, et vos in ejus signis atque virtutibus gloriosi. Secundum gratiam Dei nostri et Domini Jesu Christi. Non secundum virtutem nostram, sed secundum gratiam Dei.
「因此,我們常為你們禱告,願我們的神看你們配得所蒙的召」——願你們配得所蒙召的;因為祂所召的人,也稱他們為義。他無疑是對那些已受洗的人說的。「又用大能成就你們一切所羨慕的良善和一切因信心所作的工」——藉恩典與知識的日日相助,並那些作為信心之工的美德所帶來的安慰。「叫我們主耶穌的名在你們身上得榮耀,你們也在祂身上得榮耀」——叫基督的名因你們的行為得著稱揚,你們也因祂的神蹟與大能得著榮耀。「都照著我們的神並主耶穌基督的恩」——不是照著我們自己的力量,乃是照著神的恩典。
'For which also we pray always for you, that God may count you worthy of His calling' — that you may be found worthy of that to which you are called; for whom He called, them also He justified. Surely he was speaking to those already baptized. 'And may fulfil all the good pleasure of His goodness, and the work of faith in power' — by the daily help of grace and knowledge, and the consolation of the virtues which are the work of faith. 'That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him' — that Christ's name may be renowned in your deeds, and you glorious in His signs and mighty works. 'According to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ' — not according to our own strength, but according to the grace of God.
9:6
Dil genter considera, quod secundum gratiam Dei dixit, non secundum merita nostra ut nihil sibi arrogct humana præsumptio, et suis meritis quidquam ascribar. CAP. II. Rogamus autem vos, fra res, per advertum Domini nostri Jesu Chrisli. Quo vo' is nihil est charius, quasi sanctis. Et nostrae congregationis in ipsum. Quando a quatuor vcniis cœli congregabuntur electi. Ut non cito moveamini a vestro sensu. Non f fic le, sed rationabiliter, secundum Evangelii cviden:issimam sententiam de illa die. Qui credit cito, levis corde, et minorabitur. Neque terreamini, neque per spiritum. Nec signa vos terreanl quæ per spiritum transfiguratum in sanctum fient; quia et hoc Salvalor ante præmonuit.
當殷勤思想,他說的是「照著神的恩」,而非照著我們的功勞,好叫人的自誇無可自恃,也不將任何事歸於自己的功勞。第二章。「弟兄們,論到我們主耶穌基督降臨」——對你們這些聖徒而言,沒有比這更寶貴的了。「和我們聚集到祂那裡」——那時選民要從天的四方被聚集。「我勸你們,無論何時,不要輕易被搖動,離了你們原有的見識」——不要輕率,乃要按理,照著福音關於那日子最明確的話語。凡輕易相信的,就是心思浮躁,必被減少。「也不要驚慌,或藉著靈」——不要讓那些藉著變作聖潔模樣之靈所行的神蹟驚嚇你們;因為這事救主也早已預先警告了。
Consider diligently that he said 'according to the grace of God,' not according to our merits, so that human presumption may claim nothing for itself, nor ascribe anything to its own merits. CHAPTER II. 'Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ' — than whom nothing is dearer to you, as being holy ones. 'And of our gathering together unto Him' — when the elect shall be gathered from the four winds of heaven. 'That you be not soon moved from your understanding' — not easily, but reasonably, according to the most evident sentence of the Gospel concerning that day. He who believes quickly is light of heart, and shall be diminished. 'Nor be terrified, neither by spirit' — let not the signs terrify you which shall be wrought through a spirit transfigured into a holy one; for this too the Saviour foretold beforehand.
9:7
Neque per sermonem. Dialecticæ fallaciæ, vel rhetoricae suasionis. Neque per epistolam. Poterat enim etiam hoc diabolica invenire versutia: sicut in multis apocryphis apparet, quae ad fidem perfidiæ faciendam apostolorum nomine titulantur. Tanquam per nos missam. Nostro nomina titulatam. Quasi instet dies Domini. Dies judic i. Ne quis vos seducat ullo modo. Dicens, Ecce hic Christus, ecce illic. Quoniam nisi venerit. Nisi Antichristus venerit, non veniet Chrislus, quia ita ipse promisit. Discessio primum. De ertio veritatis, vel sui principatus; sive discessio gentium a Romano in.perio, sicut in Daniele per bestiam et imaginis figuram monstratur.
「也不要藉著言語」——就是辯證的謬論或修辭的說詞。「也不要藉著書信」——因為魔鬼的詭詐連這也能捏造,正如在許多偽經中所見,這些偽經冒用使徒的名,好使背信之事取得可信度。「說是我們寄去的」——冒著我們的名。「說主的日子現在到了」——就是審判的日子。「人不拘用甚麼法子,你們總不要被他誘惑,說『看哪,基督在這裡』『看哪,基督在那裡』。」「因為那日子以先」——就是敵基督若不來,基督就不來,因為祂自己如此應許了。「必有離道反教的事」——就是離棄真理,或離棄他自己的統治;又或是列國背離羅馬帝國,正如但以理書中藉那獸和像的形狀所顯明的。
'Nor by word' — of dialectical fallacy or rhetorical persuasion. 'Nor by epistle' — for diabolical cunning could also invent even this, as appears in many apocryphal writings, which are inscribed with the apostles' names in order to lend credit to perfidy. 'As if sent through us' — inscribed with our name. 'As though the day of the Lord were at hand' — the day of judgment. 'Let no one deceive you by any means, saying, Behold, here is Christ, behold, there.' 'For unless there come' — unless Antichrist come, Christ will not come, for so He Himself promised. 'A falling away first' — a departure from the truth, or from his own rule; or a falling away of the nations from the Roman Empire, as is shown in Daniel by the beast and the figure of the image.
9:8
Disces io autem diabolus non immerito dichur, ab eo quod discessit a Dco. El revelatus fuerit hcmo peccati. Id est diaboli, qui secundum Isaiam prophetam conturbat gentes, etc, Filius perditionis qui adversatur, et ex ollitur. Quia eum quasi sibi natum excipiel. Supra omne. Supra aeternitatem et omnipotentiam se jatitabit, et sacramenta culturæ augere se dicet. Nam et templum Hierosolymis restituet, et omnia legis cære noni alia restau abit, tantum ut Evangelium Christi dissolvat: quae res miserabiles JudaEos eum pro Christo suscipere persuadebit, in suo, non in Dei nomine venicntem. Quod dicitur Deus, aut quod colitur: ita ut in templo Dei sedeat, ostendens se tanquam sit Deus.
「叛道」(離棄)用於魔鬼並非不當,因為他離棄了神。「那大罪人必顯露出來」——就是魔鬼之人,他照先知以賽亞所言攪擾列國等等。「就是沉淪之子,他抵擋、又高抬自己」——因為他們要接待他,彷彿他是為他們自己而生的。「超過一切」——他要自誇高過永恆與全能,並宣稱他增添了敬拜的聖禮。因為他要重建耶路撒冷的殿,重立律法一切的禮儀,只為要廢掉基督的福音;這事要說服可憐的猶太人接待他代替基督,他既奉自己的名而來,並非奉神的名。「凡稱為神的,和一切受人敬拜的:以致坐在神的殿裡,自稱是神。」
And 'apostasy' (falling away) is not undeservedly used of the devil, from the fact that he departed from God. 'And the man of sin shall be revealed' — that is, the devil's man, who according to the prophet Isaiah troubles the nations, etc. 'The son of perdition, who opposes and is exalted' — because they shall receive him as though born for their own sake. 'Above all' — he shall boast himself above eternity and omnipotence, and shall say that he augments the sacraments of worship. For he shall restore the temple at Jerusalem and reinstitute all the ceremonies of the Law, only that he may dissolve the Gospel of Christ; and this thing will persuade the miserable Jews to receive him in place of Christ, coming in his own name and not in the name of God. 'That is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself as if he were God.'
9:9
Non retinetis quod, cum essemus apud vost hæc dicebamus vobis? Quod dicitur Deus, Ecclesia est: quod autem colitur, Deus summus est. Ut in templo Dei sedeat, ostendens se, quod ipse sit Dens, id est quod ipse sit Ecclesia: quale est, si diceret, in templum Dei sedeat, ostendens se quod ipse sit Dei templum; aut in Deum sedeat, ostendens quod ipse sit Deus. Istud de Ticonii Regulis. Et nunc quid detineat scitis. Adventum Antichristi. Ut reveletur in suo temporE. Idem Antichristus. Nam mysterium jam operatur iniquitatis. In præcursoribus ejus Antichristi, qui exierunt in mundo. Tantum ut qui tenet nunc. Scilicet imperium. Teneat, donec de medio fiat.
「我還在你們那裡的時候,曾把這些事告訴你們,你們不記得嗎?」「凡稱為神的」是指教會;而「一切受人敬拜的」乃是至高的神。「以致坐在神的殿裡,自稱是神」——就是說他自稱是教會;這彷彿是說:讓他坐在神的殿裡,自顯為神的殿;或讓他坐在神裡面,自顯為神。這出自提康尼烏斯的《規則》。「現在你們也知道那攔阻他的」——就是敵基督的來到。「是叫他到了的時候才可以顯露」——就是那敵基督。「因為那不法的隱意已經發動」——在他的先鋒身上發動,就是那些已出到世上的敵基督之先鋒。「只是現在有一個攔阻的」——就是那帝國。「等到那攔阻的被除去。」
'Do you not remember that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?' 'What is called God' is the Church; but 'what is worshipped' is the Most High God. 'So that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself, that he is God' — that is, that he himself is the Church; which is as if he said: let him sit in the temple of God, showing himself to be the temple of God; or, let him sit in God, showing himself to be God. This is from the Rules of Tyconius. 'And now you know what restrains' — the coming of Antichrist. 'That he may be revealed in his own time' — the same Antichrist. 'For the mystery of iniquity already works' — in his forerunners, that is, of Antichrist, who have gone forth into the world. 'Only he who now holds' — namely, the Empire. 'Let him hold, until he be taken out of the way.'
9:10
Regnum Romanorum de mcdib prius auferetur quam Antichristus reveletur. Et tunc revelabitur itle iniquus, quem Dominus Jesus interficiet spiritu oris, et destruet illustratione adventus sui. Quia sicut fulgor- coru scabit in mundo. Eum, cujus est adventus secundum operationem Satanæ. Exsurgeut pseudoprophetæ, et pseudochristi, et dabunt signa magna, ita ut in er-. rorem mittantur, si fieri potest, etiam electi. In omni virtute, et signis, et prodigiis mendacibus. In phantasia. Et in omni seductione iniquitatis. Est enim seductio veritatis. His qui pereunt: eo quod charitatem veritatis non receperunt, at salvi fierent. Qui veritatem non dilexerunt, diligent vanitatem.
羅馬人的國度必先被除去,然後敵基督才顯露。「那時這不法的人必顯露出來,主耶穌要用口中的氣滅絕他,用降臨的榮光廢掉他」——因為祂要如閃電在世上顯現。「這不法的人來,是照撒但的運動」——假先知和假基督要起來,顯大神蹟,倘若能行,就把選民也迷惑了。「行各樣的異能、神蹟,和一切虛假的奇事」——就是虛幻。「並且在那沉淪的人身上行各樣出於不義的詭詐」——因為有一種引離真理的迷惑——「因他們不領受愛真理的心,使他們得救。」那些不愛真理的人必愛虛妄。
The kingdom of the Romans shall first be taken out of the way before Antichrist is revealed. 'And then shall that wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming' — because just as lightning He shall flash forth in the world. 'Him, whose coming is according to the working of Satan' — false prophets and false christs shall arise, and shall give great signs, so that even the elect, if it were possible, may be led into error. 'In all power, and signs, and lying wonders' — in illusion. 'And in all seduction of iniquity, for those who perish' — for there is a seducing away from the truth — 'because they have not received the love of the truth, that they might be saved.' Those who have not loved the truth shall love vanity.
9:11
Ideo mittet illis Deus operationem erroris, ut credant mendacio. Permittit deserendo. Nam si Deus mittit, quomodo operatio Satanae est ejus adventus? Ut judicentur omnes qui non crediderunt. Ut non se per incaranationis Christi obscuritatem excusent divinis virtutibus non credidisse, cum homini diabolica arte fallenti crediderint: quia in bomiuis effigie appare. bit. Veritati Christo. Sed consenserunt iniquitati. Antichristo. Nos autem debemus gratias agere Deo semper pro vobis, fratres dilecti a Deo. Qui charitatem recepimus veritatis, et propterea a Deo diligimur. Quod elegerit vos Deus. Fecerit paratos ad credendum: sicut ei alio ire cupienti de viro MaceJone revelatum est.
「故此,神就給他們一個生發錯誤的心,叫他們信從虛謊。」祂是藉著離棄他們而任憑此事。因為神若差遣它,他的來到怎能是撒但的運動呢?「使一切不信的人都被定罪」——好叫他們不能以基督道成肉身的隱晦為藉口,推說自己不信那些神能,既然他們相信了一個以魔鬼詭計欺哄他們的人;因為他要以人的樣式顯現。「真理」——就是基督。「反倒喜愛不義」——就是那敵基督。「主所愛的弟兄們哪,我們該為你們常常感謝神」——我們既領受了愛真理的心,因此蒙神所愛。「因為神揀選了你們」——使你們預備好去相信,正如保羅想往別處去時,那馬其頓人的異象向他顯明的一樣。
'Therefore God shall send them the working of error, that they should believe a lie.' He permits it by abandoning them. For if God sends it, how is his coming the working of Satan? 'That all may be judged who have not believed' — that they may not excuse themselves, on account of the obscurity of Christ's incarnation, for not having believed the divine powers, seeing that they believed a man deceiving them by diabolical art; for he shall appear in the likeness of a man. 'The truth' — that is, Christ. 'But have consented to iniquity' — to Antichrist. 'But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of God' — we who have received the love of the truth, and therefore are loved by God. 'That God has chosen you' — has made you ready to believe, just as it was revealed to him, when he wished to go elsewhere, concerning the man of Macedonia.
9:12
Primitias in salutem, in sanctificatione spiritus et fide veritatis, in qua et vocavit vos per Evangel um nostrum. Quia primos nos fecit credere, quam gentes. Jn acquisitionem glorias Domini nostri Jesu Christi Ad hoc vocati estis, ut Christi gloriam acquiratis: scimusque, cum apparuerit, similes illi erimus: sive ad Dei gloriam pertinet, cum major credentium numerus crescit. Itaque, fratres, state et tenete. Haec in fide, et veritate, et sanctificatione spiritus. Traditiones. Cum suas vult teneri, non vult alias superaddi. Quas didicistis, sive per sermonem, sive per Epistolam nostram. De baptismi sacramento et caeteris quæ toto mundo servantur, et per hoc apostolice comprobantur.
「作了初熟的果子,得救乃是藉著聖靈成聖並信真理,神藉我們所傳的福音召你們到這地步」——因為祂使我們比外邦人先信。「好得著我們主耶穌基督的榮光。」你們蒙召到這地步,是要得著基督的榮光;我們也知道,祂顯現的時候,我們必要像祂。或說,當信徒的數目增多時,這也是關乎神的榮耀。「所以弟兄們,你們要站立得穩,持守」——就是持守這些事,在信德、真理與聖靈的成聖中。「教訓(傳統)。」祂既願人持守祂自己的教訓,就不願人另添別的。「無論是我們口傳的,是信上寫的」——就是關於洗禮的聖禮,以及那普天下所遵守、並因此被證為使徒所傳的其他事。
'As firstfruits unto salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, whereunto also He called you through our Gospel' — because He made us believe first, before the Gentiles. 'Unto the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.' To this you are called, that you may obtain Christ's glory; and we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him. Or it pertains to God's glory when the greater number of believers increases. 'Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold' — these things, in faith and truth and sanctification of the Spirit. 'The traditions.' When He wills His own to be held, He wills that no others be added. 'Which you have learned, whether by word or by our Epistle' — concerning the sacrament of baptism and the other things which are observed throughout the whole world, and are thereby proved apostolic.
9:13
Ipse autem Dominus noster Jesus Christus, et Deus et Pater noster. Qui hæc nobis omnia attulit. Contra Arianos, qui majorem putant, qui prius fuerit hominatus: ecce hic prius filius nominatur. Qui dilexit nos. Impios, cum non mereremur. Et dedit consolationem æternam. Prom ssionum: sive Spiritum consolatorem, hoc est Paracletum. Et spem bonam in gratia. Est enim et spes mala. Exhortetur corda vestra. Virtutibus vel revelatione. Et confirmet in omni opere. Confirma me in verbis tuis: quia si ille non confirmaverit, vana est salus hominis. Et sermone bono. Non solum in opere. CAP. III. De cætero, fratres, orate pro nobis.
「但願我們主耶穌基督和神我們的父」——就是那把這一切賜給我們的。這是駁斥亞流派的,他們以為先被稱說的那位為大:看哪,這裡子先被稱說。「就是那愛我們的」——祂愛我們這些不敬虔、不配得的人。「又賜我們永遠的安慰」——就是應許的安慰;或指安慰者聖靈,就是保惠師。「並在恩典中賜下美好的盼望」——因為也有邪惡的盼望。「安慰你們的心」——藉大能或啟示。「並在各樣善行上堅固你們。」「求祢照祢的話堅固我」;因為祂若不堅固,人的救恩便是枉然。「並在美好的言語上」——不僅是在善行上。第三章。「弟兄們,還有末了的話,請為我們禱告。」
'Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God and our Father' — who brought us all these things. Against the Arians, who reckon that one who was named first is greater: behold, here the Son is named first. 'Who has loved us' — the impious, when we did not deserve it. 'And has given us eternal consolation' — of the promises; or the Spirit the Consoler, that is, the Paraclete. 'And good hope in grace' — for there is also an evil hope. 'Exhort your hearts' — by mighty works or by revelation. 'And confirm you in every work.' 'Confirm me in Thy words'; for unless He confirms, the salvation of man is in vain. 'And in good word' — not only in work. CHAPTER III. 'For the rest, brethren, pray for us.'
9:14
Sicut pro Petro, et dat humilitatis exemplum, et occasionem cbaritatis, ut pro alterutro oremus. Ut sermo Domini currat, et clarificetur, sicut et apud vos. Currat affluentia: magnificetur profectu auditorum. Et ut liberemur ab importunis et malis hominibus. Contradicentibus et persequentibus. Non enim omnium est fides. Non omnes caste annuntiant Evangelium Dei. Fidelis autem Deus est, qui confirmabit vos. Non relinquet nisi relinquentes. Et custodiet a malo. Tentationibus diabolicae infestationis. Confidimus autem de vobis in Domino, quoniam quæ præcepimus facitis, et facietis. Dominus autem dirigat corda vestra in charitate Dei.
正如有人為彼得禱告,他既給出謙卑的榜樣,又給出愛心的機會,叫我們彼此代禱。「叫主的道理快快行開,得著榮耀,正如在你們中間一樣。」願它豐豐富富地行開;願它因聽者的長進而被尊大。「也叫我們脫離無理之惡人的手」——就是那些抵擋、逼迫的人。「因為人不都是有信心」——不是人人都純正地傳講神的福音。「但主是信實的,要堅固你們」——祂不撇棄人,除非人先撇棄祂。「保守你們脫離那惡者」——就是脫離魔鬼攻擊的試探。「我們靠主深信,你們現在是遵行我們所吩咐的,後來也必要遵行。願主引導你們的心,叫你們愛神。」
Just as prayer was made for Peter, so he both gives an example of humility and an occasion for charity, that we may pray for one another. 'That the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as among you.' May it run in abundance; may it be magnified by the progress of its hearers. 'And that we may be delivered from importunate and evil men' — who contradict and persecute. 'For not all have faith' — not all preach the Gospel of God purely. 'But God is faithful, who will confirm you' — He will not forsake save those who forsake Him. 'And will keep you from evil' — from the temptations of diabolical assault. 'And we have confidence concerning you in the Lord, that what we have commanded you both do and will do. And may the Lord direct your hearts in the charity of God.'
9:15
Inspirando, gubernando jugiter, et adjuvando, ac revelando quanta sint quae promisit vel bonis, vel malis. Et notandum quod hic Dominum Spiritum sanctum dixerit, contra Arianos hic prior nominatur. Ideo hic mento Spiritum sanctum Dominum accipimus qui in charitate Dei, et in Christi patientia corda fidelium diriget. Et patientia Christi. Ut intelligatis nibil novum pati pro vobis, quod ille pro vobis non ante pertulerit. Denuntiamus autem vobis, fratres, in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi. Quia in prima lenius commonuimus; et emendare noluerant, ut vel sic erubescant. Ut subtrahatis vos ab omni fratre ambulante inordinate.
藉著感動、藉著不斷的引導、藉著相助,並藉著顯明祂所應許之事何等浩大,無論是對善人或惡人。這裡當注意,他稱聖靈為「主」;這是駁斥亞流派的,這裡祂被先稱說。因此我們在此正確地將聖靈認作那位主,就是那在神的愛與基督的忍耐中引導信徒之心的。「並基督的忍耐」——好叫你們明白,你們為祂所受的並無新事,乃是祂先前為你們所受過的。「弟兄們,我們奉主耶穌基督的名吩咐你們」——因為起初我們更溫和地勸誡,他們卻不肯改正,好叫他們即使如此也能知羞。「凡有弟兄不按規矩而行,你們就當遠離他。」
By inspiring, by continually governing, and by helping, and by revealing how great are the things He has promised, whether to the good or to the evil. And it is to be noted that here he called the Holy Spirit 'Lord'; against the Arians, here He is named first. Therefore here we rightly understand the Holy Spirit to be the Lord who directs the hearts of the faithful in the charity of God and in the patience of Christ. 'And in the patience of Christ' — that you may understand that you suffer nothing new for His sake which He has not first suffered before for you. 'Now we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ' — because at first we admonished more gently, and they had refused to amend, that even so they might be put to shame. 'That you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly.'
9:16
Notandum quod subtrahendum sit ab homine Christiano non secundum apostolica praecepta vivente. Et non secundum traditionem, quam acceperunt a nobis. Inhoneste. Ipsi enim scitis quemadmodum oporteat imitari nos, quoniam non inquieti fuimus inter vos. Qui forma sumus credentium. Neque gratis panem manducavimus ab aliquo, sed in la-. bore et fatigatione, nocte et die operantes, ne quem vestrum gravaremus. Ecce traditionem eorum. Non quasi non habuerimus potestatem. Dicente Domino: Dignus est operarius mercede sua. Sed ut nosmetipsos formam daremus vobis ad imitandum nos. Ne alicui occasionem avaritiæ vel utique fomitem inquietudinis praeberemus.
這裡當注意,對於不按使徒教訓而生活的基督徒,就當遠離他。「不是按著他們從我們所領受的教訓」——就是不體面地行事。「你們自己原知道應當怎樣效法我們,因為我們在你們中間未曾不守規矩」——我們是信徒的榜樣。「也未曾白吃人的飯,倒是辛苦勞碌,晝夜作工,免得叫你們一人受累。」看哪,這就是他們的傳統。「這並不是因我們沒有權柄」——因為主說:「工人得工價是應當的。」「乃是要給你們作榜樣,叫你們效法我們」——好叫我們不給人貪心的把柄,或任何不守規矩的火種。
It is to be noted that one must withdraw from a Christian man who does not live according to the apostolic precepts. 'And not according to the tradition which they received from us' — dishonourably. 'For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, since we were not restless among you' — we who are a pattern for believers. 'Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing, but in labour and toil, working night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.' Behold their tradition. 'Not as though we had not the power' — since the Lord says, 'The labourer is worthy of his hire.' 'But that we might give ourselves as a pattern to you, to imitate us' — that we might give no one an occasion of avarice or any tinder of restlessness.
9:17
Nam et cum essemus apud vos, hoc denuntiabamus vobis. Quod videbamus aliquos tales futuros. Quoniam si quis non vult operari. Ut aut sedeant quieti, aut, si veri sunt apostoli, nos sequantur, si non avaritiæ, sed Dei ambulant causa. Nec manducet. Hæc sit inquietudinis non solum poena, sed etiam emendatio. Audimus enim inter vos quosdam. Reddit hujus sententiae causas. Ambulare inquiete, nihil operantes. Non sedere quiete. Sed Curiose agente:, Quid in qua provincia, vel civitaie geratur inquirentes. His autem qui ejusmodi sunt, denuntiamus, et obsecramus in DoMnino Jesu Christo. Nec ipsos post alteram correptionem desinit com. monere. Ut cum silentio operantes, manducent suum panem.
「我們在你們那裡的時候,曾把這事吩咐你們」——因為我們看出有些人將會如此。「若有人不肯作工」——他們或當安靜坐著,或若是真使徒,就當跟從我們,只要他們行事不是為貪心,乃是為神。「就不可吃飯。」願這對不守規矩之人不僅是刑罰,也是矯正。「因我們聽說在你們中間有人」——他陳明這判斷的緣由。「不按規矩而行,甚麼工都不作」——不安靜坐著。「反倒好管閒事」——探問某省某城裡所發生的事。「我們靠主耶穌基督吩咐、勸誡這樣的人」——他即使在二次責備之後,仍不停止勸誡他們。「要安靜作工,吃自己的飯。」
'For even when we were with you, this we charged you' — because we saw that some would be such. 'That if any would not work' — that they should either sit quiet, or, if they are true apostles, follow us, if they walk not for avarice but for God's sake. 'Neither should he eat.' Let this be for restlessness not only a punishment but also an amendment. 'For we hear that there are some among you' — he renders the reasons of this sentence. 'Who walk restlessly, working not at all' — not sitting quietly. 'But acting curiously' — inquiring into what is done in what province or city. 'Now to those who are such, we charge and beseech in the Lord Jesus Christ' — nor after a second reproof does he cease to admonish them. 'That, working with silence, they eat their own bread.'
9:18
Cum quiete et tranquillitate: ne vel cum inquietudine operentur. Vos autem, fratres, nolite deficere benefacientes. Quod si quis non obedit verbo nostro per Epistolam, hunc notate, et ne commisceamini cum illo. Non omnibus probibeo dari, sed lalibus, ne putetis me consuetudinem tollere benefaciendi. Ut confundatur. Et nolite quasi inimicum existimare. Non ut penitus abscindatur. Sed corripite ut fratrem. Corripite, ut emendetur; nolite abjicere, De desperet. Æger sanandus est, non necandus: ne de inquieto fiat apostata. Ipse artem Deus pacis det vobis pacem sempiternam. Ut possitis omnes curare pacifice. In omni loco. Dominus sit cum omnibus nobis. Et in omni loco, ubicunque fueritis.
帶著安靜與平靜,免得他們心懷不安地作工。「弟兄們,你們行善不可喪志。若有人不聽從我們這信上的話,要記下他,不和他交往。」我並非禁止把一切給眾人,乃是指這樣的人,免得你們以為我廢掉了行善的常規。「叫他自覺羞愧。但不要以他為仇人」——並非要把他徹底剪除。「要勸他如弟兄」——勸他好叫他改正;不要棄絕他,免得他絕望。病人是要醫治,不是要殺死,免得他從不守規矩變成叛道之人。「願賜平安的神,親自賜你們永遠的平安」——好叫你們眾人都能平和地醫治人。「在各方面。願主與我們眾人同在」——並在各處,無論你們在何方。
With quiet and tranquillity, lest they work with restlessness. 'But you, brethren, be not weary in well-doing. And if any man obey not our word by this Epistle, note that man, and do not associate with him.' I do not forbid that anything be given to all, but to such as these, lest you think I take away the custom of well-doing. 'That he may be ashamed. And do not esteem him as an enemy' — not that he be utterly cut off. 'But rebuke him as a brother' — rebuke him that he may be amended; do not cast him off, lest he despair. The sick man is to be healed, not killed, lest from being restless he become an apostate. 'Now may the God of peace Himself give you eternal peace' — that you may all be able peaceably to heal. 'In every place. May the Lord be with us all' — and in every place, wherever you may be.
9:19
Salutatio mea manu Pauli, quod est signum in omni eputola. Ita scribo. Ut sciatis falsas epistolas invenire. Gratia Domini nostri Jesu Christi cum omnibus vobis, amen. His verbis omnes Epistolas subscribebat, excepta Galatarum, quam propria manu perscripsit, ut post eam nec ad semetipsam, nisi manu propria perscripta recuperent.
「我保羅親筆問你們安,凡在書信上都以此為記。我的筆跡就是這樣」——好叫你們知道如何辨別假信。「願我們主耶穌基督的恩常與你們眾人同在。阿們。」他用這些話在他一切的書信上署名,惟獨加拉太書例外,那封信他親手寫成,好叫此後除非是他親筆所寫的,他們就不接受任何出於他名下的信。
'The salutation of me Paul with my own hand, which is the sign in every epistle. So I write' — that you may know how to detect false epistles. 'The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.' With these words he subscribed all his Epistles, except that to the Galatians, which he wrote out with his own hand, so that after it they should accept nothing even from himself unless written out with his own hand.
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