信里的话:巴比伦的弟兄若不听,就当上山筑坛、鼓琴,公然自绝于 以色列 的神。
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还要把这话告诉侨居之地的弟兄,好叫他们知道轻重:他们若听 以色列地 众贤的话,把 哈纳尼亚 逐出教门,便罢;他们若不听我们,那就等于自绝于犹太全族。
And in order to underscore this, tell our brethren in exile: If they obey the Sages of Eretz Yisrael to excommunicate Ḥanina, fine; and if they do not obey us, it is as if they are seceding from the Jewish people.
英译此处作 哈纳尼亚,上叶作 Ḥanina——同是拉比约书亚的侄儿一人,原文两读并存。
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他们尽可上山去:叫巴比伦犹太人的首领之一 阿希亚 筑一座坛,叫身为利未人的拉比约书亚的侄儿 哈纳尼亚 弹琴,然后众人一同宣认异端,说他们在 以色列 的神里无分。
They should climb a mountain; Aḥiya, one of the leaders of the Babylonian Jewish community, will build an altar, Ḥananya, son of Rabbi Yehoshua’s brother, who was a Levite, will play the lute, and all will proclaim heresy and say that they have no portion in the God of Israel.