梅霍扎的妇人坐食而使丈夫陷于抢夺;引阿摩司书 4:9、约珥书 1:4、以赛亚书 9:19「膀臂的肉」读作「后裔的肉」。
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她们坐着吃,自己不作什么养生的事,倒使丈夫陷在抢夺的罪里。
who eat and do nothing to support themselves, and cause their husbands to commit the sin of theft.
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经上又写着:「我以旱风、霉烂攻击你们,你们园中许多菜蔬、葡萄树、无花果树、橄榄树都被剪虫所吃」(阿摩司书 4:9)。
And it is written: “I have smitten you with blight and mildew; the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees has the palmerworm devoured” (Amos 4:9).
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又写着:「剪虫剩下的,蝗虫来吃;蝗虫剩下的,蝻子来吃;蝻子剩下的,蚂蚱来吃」(约珥书 1:4)。
And it is written: “That which the palmerworm has left the locust has eaten; and that which the locust has left the cankerworm has eaten; and that which the cankerworm has left the caterpillar has eaten” (Joel 1:4).
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又写着:「有人右边抢夺,仍受饥饿;左边吞吃,仍不饱足。各人吃自己膀臂的肉(בְּשַׂר זְרֹעוֹ)」(以赛亚书 9:19)。
And it is written: “And one snatches on the right hand, and is hungry; and he eats on the left hand, and is not satisfied; they eat every man the flesh of his own arm [besar zero’o]” (Isaiah 9:19).
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不要读作「膀臂的肉」(בְּשַׂר זְרֹעוֹ),要读作「后裔的肉」(בְּשַׂר זַרְעוֹ)。
Do not read it: The flesh of his own arm [besar zero’o]; rather, the flesh of his own offspring [besar zaro].
זְרֹעוֹ(他的膀臂)与 זַרְעוֹ(他的后裔)辅音全同,只在元音,故可改读。中文「膀臂」与「后裔」毫不相干,这一层双关译不出来。
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上头所列因抢夺而来的诸罚,经上都明明提过了。
All the punishments for theft listed above were explicitly mentioned in the verses.