(承上)拉比约哈难说:凡把祷告作长、又指望蒙应允的,末了必至心痛——「所盼望的迟延未得,令人心忧」(箴言 13:12)。拉比以撒也说:有三样叫人的罪被记起——立在将倾的墙下、指望祷告蒙应允、把与人的争讼交托上天。可见把祷告作长是短处。
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凡把自己的祷告作得长、又指望它蒙应允的,末了必至于心痛,正如经上所说:「所盼望的迟延未得,令人心忧」(箴言 13:12)。
Anyone who prolongs his prayer and expects it to be answered, will ultimately come to heartache, as it is stated: “Hope deferred makes the heart sick” (Proverbs 13:12).
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照样,拉比以撒 说:有三样事叫人的罪被记起,就是:立在将倾的墙下自蹈危险、指望自己的祷告蒙应允(因为那要把他的分位与功德拿来衡量)、并把与人的争讼交托上天(因为求上天审断别人,自己的作为也要被查考、与那人的作为相比)。
Similarly, Rabbi Yitzḥak said: Three matters evoke a person’s sins, and they are: Endangering oneself by sitting or standing next to an inclined wall that is about to collapse, expecting prayer to be accepted, as that leads to an assessment of his status and merit, and passing a case against another to Heaven, as praying for Heaven to pass judgment on another person causes one’s own deeds to be examined and compared with the deeds of that other person.
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可见把祷告作得长,是一样短处。
This proves that prolonging prayer is a fault.