(续上)长老们为托勒密王改写经文:把摩西说的「我并没有夺过他们一匹驴」改成「一件可喜爱之物」,免得人以为他拿过别的东西;论日月星辰的经文添上「为要照亮」,免得人误会天象是赐给列国去敬拜的。
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摩西说的「我并没有夺过他们一匹驴」(民数记 16:15),他们改用较笼统的说法写作:「我并没有夺过他们一件可喜爱之物」,免得人以为摩西拿过别的东西。
Instead of Moses’ assertion: “I have not taken one donkey [ḥamor] from them” (Numbers 16:15), they wrote in more general terms: “I have not taken one item of value [ḥemed] from them,” to prevent the impression that Moses took other items.
注:音近:驴(חֲמוֹר)与可喜爱之物(חֵמֶד)。
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论敬拜日头和月亮的那节经,经上写着:「这是耶和华你的神为天下万民所摆列的」(申命记 4:19),他们添了一个词,使它读作:「这是耶和华你的神所摆列、为要照亮天下万民的」,免得人误解为天象是赐给外邦人、让他们去敬拜的。
To the verse that discusses the worship of the sun and the moon, about which it is written: “Which the Lord your God has allotted to all the nations” (Deuteronomy 4:19), they added a word to make it read: “Which the Lord your God has allotted to give light to all the nations,” to prevent the potential misinterpretation that the heavenly bodies were given to the gentiles so that they may worship them.