接上叶末句:连民数记 32:3 那样一整节地名,也要诵经文两遍、亚兰译本 一遍——因为与会众同步读完经课的人,年岁必得加多。
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这话适用于每一节,连这样的一节也不例外:「亚他录、底本、雅谢、宁拉、希实本、以利亚利、示班、尼波、比稳」(民数记 32:3)。
This applies to every verse, even a verse like: “Atarot and Divon and Yazer and Nimra and Ḥeshbon and Elaleh and Sevam and Nevo and Beon” (Numbers 32:3).
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那一节通篇都是地名,希伯来文与亚兰文全同;纵然如此,人仍须把经文诵两遍、把它的译文诵一遍——因为与会众同步读完自己经课的人,所得的赏是年岁加多。
While that verse is comprised entirely of names of places that are identical in Hebrew and Aramaic, one is nevertheless required to read the verse twice and its translation once, as one who completes his Torah portions with the congregation is rewarded that his days and years are extended.
本段的要点正在于这一节「译了等于没译」:地名在希伯来文与亚兰文里同形,亚兰译本 诵起来与经文一字不差,可仍要诵。中文的经文与译文本是两种文字,无从显出这种「同形」,故那份「明知无别仍要照诵」的意味只能靠注说明。