革玛拉以比喻说明亚哈随鲁与哈曼的作为:两人一个田中有土堆,一个田中有沟,各为难处所苦;有沟的想出钱买土堆填沟,有土堆的想出钱买沟来除掉土堆。
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亚哈随鲁与哈曼的作为,可以用一个比喻来明白:这好比什么呢?
The actions of Ahasuerus and Haman can be understood with a parable; to what may they be compared?
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好比两个人,一个人的田中间有一座土堆,另一个人的田中间有一条沟,两人各为自己的难处所苦。
To two individuals, one of whom had a mound in the middle of his field and the other of whom had a ditch in the middle of his field, each one suffering from his own predicament.
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有沟的人看见对方的土堆,心里说:谁能把这座土堆给我,好填我的沟,我甚至愿意出钱买它;有土堆的人看见对方的沟,心里说:谁能把这条沟卖给我,好让我用它除掉我地上的土堆?
The owner of the ditch, noticing the other’s mound of dirt, said to himself: Who will give me this mound of dirt suitable for filling in my ditch; I would even be willing to pay for it with money, and the owner of the mound, noticing the other’s ditch, said to himself: Who will give me this ditch for money, so that I may use it to remove the mound of earth from my property?