撒母耳记上 2:29

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

你們為甚麼還以妒羨的眼光，輕視我所吩咐要獻上的祭牲和禮物呢？你為甚麼尊重你的兒子過於尊重我，用我子民以色列所獻一切最好的禮物自肥呢？’

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 所 吩 咐 献 在 我 居 所 的 祭 物 ， 你 们 为 何 践 踏 ？ 尊 重 你 的 儿 子 过 於 尊 重 我 ， 将 我 民 以 色 列 所 献 美 好 的 祭 物 肥 己 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

²⁷ A man of God came to Eli and said, "This is what the Lord says: ‘I clearly showed myself to the family of your ancestor Aaron when they were slaves to the king of Egypt. ²⁸ I chose them from all the tribes of Israel to be my priests. I wanted them to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear the holy vest. I also let the family of your ancestor have part of all the offerings sacrificed by the Israelites. ²⁹ So why don't you respect the sacrifices and gifts? You honor your sons more than me. You grow fat on the best parts of the meat the Israelites bring to me.' ³⁰ "So the Lord , the God of Israel, says: ‘I promised that your family and your ancestor's family would serve me always.' But now the Lord says: ‘This must stop! I will honor those who honor me, but I will dishonor those who ignore me. ³¹ The time is coming when I will destroy the descendants of both you and your ancestors. No man will grow old in your family. ³² You will see trouble in my house. No matter what good things happen to Israel, there will never be an old man in your family. ³³ I will not totally cut off your family from my altar. But your eyes will cry and your heart be sad, because all your descendants will die. ³⁴ "‘I will give you a sign. Both your sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will die on the same day. ³⁵ I will choose a loyal priest for myself who will listen to me and do what I want. I will make his family continue, and he will always serve before my appointed king. ³⁶ Then everyone left in your family will come and bow down before him. They will beg for a little money or a little food and say, "Please give me a job as priest so I can have food to eat."'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

kick ye: 1 Samuel 2:13-17, Deuteronomy 32:15, Malachi 1:12, Malachi 1:13

and at mine: They disdained to take the part allowed by the law; and would take for themselves what part they pleased, and as much as they pleased. 1 Samuel 2:13-16

habitation: Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:6, Joshua 18:1

and honourest: By permitting his sons to deal thus with the sacrifices, and to be served first, by taking their part before the fat, etc., was burnt to the Lord, Eli thus honoured his sons above God. Leviticus 19:15, Deuteronomy 33:9, Matthew 10:37, Matthew 22:16, Luke 14:26, 2 Corinthians 5:16, James 3:17

make: 1 Samuel 2:13-16, Isaiah 56:11, Isaiah 56:12, Ezekiel 13:19, Ezekiel 34:2, Hosea 4:8, Micah 3:5, Romans 16:18

Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:23 - fat Judges 3:17 - a very fat 1 Samuel 2:14 - all that the fleshhook 1 Samuel 2:36 - eat 1 Samuel 12:2 - my sons 1 Samuel 15:24 - obeyed 2 Samuel 13:21 - he was very wroth 2 Kings 12:6 - the priests Ezekiel 22:26 - profaned Ezekiel 34:10 - and cause Ezekiel 44:12 - they ministered Malachi 2:3 - spread Matthew 24:49 - and to Philippians 3:19 - whose God 1 Timothy 3:5 - if Titus 1:6 - having Hebrews 12:7 - for what

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice, and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation,.... To be offered in the tabernacle, where the Lord had his dwelling; which they might be said to kick and spurn at, despising them, as if there were not enough of them, nor the best of them given to them for their maintenance; a metaphor taken from cattle well fed and fat, which kick and spurn with their feet at even the owners and feeders of them. The Targum is,

"why do ye use force with the holy offerings?''

that is, take them away by force, when there was such a sufficient quantity allowed them for their support. Some understand this of their driving away such, that before used to bring their sacrifices to be offered, but being so ill treated, refrained from bringing them:

and honourest thy sons above me; by suffering them to take their part of the sacrifices, and even what did not belong to them, before God had his part, or before the fat was burnt; and by continuing them in their office, to the dishonour of God, his name and worship, when they ought to have been turned out by him and punished; but by this he preferred the honour of his sons before the honour of God, and chose rather that he should be dishonoured, than that they should be censured:

to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? they took the best pieces of the peace offerings from them by force, having no right unto them; and this they did to indulge their luxury and sensuality, which Eli connived at; and it is highly probable took part of the roasted meat his sons provided for themselves, out of the choicest pieces of the offerings of the people; since he himself is included in this clause, "to make yourselves fat", as his sons might be, and it is certain he himself was, 1 Samuel 4:18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore kick ye - See the marginal reference. The well-fed beast becomes unmanageable and refractory, and refuses the yoke, and bursts the bonds Jeremiah 5:5. So the priests, instead of being grateful for the provision made for them, in their pampered pride became dissatisfied, wantonly broke the laws of God which regulated their share of the offerings, and gave themselves up to an unbridled indulgence of their passions and their covetousness.

Honourest thy sons above me - What restrained Eli from taking vigorous action to vindicate God’s honor, was his unwillingness to lose for his sons the lucrative office of the priesthood. He was willing to rebuke them, he was grieved at their misdeeds, but he was not willing to give up the wealth and plenty which flowed into his house from the offerings of Israel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:29. Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice — They disdained to take the part allowed by law; and would take for themselves what part they pleased, and as much as they pleased, 1 Samuel 2:13-16: thus they kicked at the sacrifices.

Honourest thy sons above me — Permitting them to deal, as above, with the offerings and sacrifices, and take their part before the fat, &c., was burnt unto the Lord: thus they were first served. At this Eli connived, and thus honoured his sons above God.