11/6 (四)
以賽亞書 36:18-22
現代中文譯本(2019)
18 不要讓希西家欺騙你們,以為上主會來拯救你們。你們見過有哪一個國家的神明拯救過本國脫離亞述皇帝的手嗎?
19 哈馬、亞珥拔、西法瓦音的神明,都到哪裡去了?有誰救過撒馬利亞脫離我的手?
20 有哪些神明曾經從我們的皇帝手下救過他們的國家?你們憑什麼相信你們的上主會拯救耶路撒冷呢?」
21 人民都不作聲;他們遵照希西家王的命令,一聲不響,不回答他的話。
22 於是王宮總管以利亞敬、王室書記舍伯那,和國史大臣約亞悲痛地撕裂衣服,回城把亞述大將的話向希西家王報告。
ESV
18 Beware lest Hezekiah mislead you by saying, “The LORD will deliver us.” Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
21 But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
《聖經串珠注釋》
19 「西法瓦音」:是哈馬大馬色之間的一個城。
「他們曾救 …… 我的手嗎」:言下暗示此國在滅亡前曾拜上述城市的偶像。
本節譏諷這些城市受到亞述攻擊的時候,他們所拜的偶像不能拯救他們。
20 耶和華被亞述視為眾民所拜的偶像之一,不過這次事件卻顯出耶和華是天下萬 國的神(37:36)。
21-22 猶大百姓與宮廷大臣的反應。
「撕裂衣服」:他們有這種哀慟的表現,一方面因要將惡訊報給王知道,另一方面是因拉伯沙基侮辱和褻瀆了耶和華。
