(续上)那九百七十四代在创世以前已定下要被造,却终未被造:妥拉本当在千代之后颁赐,神却在第二十六代就赐下了。圣者把他们零星栽在每一代里,他们就是每一代中的厚颜之人。
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……在世界被造以前,却终未被造。
before the creation of the world, but they were not created.
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妥拉本当在世界被造之后一千代才颁赐,经上记着说:「他所吩咐的话,直到千代」(诗篇 105:8);神却提早颁赐,只过了二十六代就赐下了,这样,那本当被造的九百七十四代就终未被造。
The Torah was supposed to have been given a thousand generations after the world was created, as it is written: “He commanded His word for a thousand generations” (Psalms 105:8), but God gave it earlier, after only twenty-six generations, so that nine-hundred and seventy-four generations should have been created but were not.
注:从亚当到摩西共二十六代,一千减二十六,得九百七十四。
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圣者——愿他受称颂——起来,把他们中的一些栽在每一代里,他们就是每一代中的厚颜之人,因为他们属于那些根本不该被造的世代。
The Holy One, Blessed be He, acted by planting a few of them in each and every generation, and they are the insolent ones of the generation, as they belonged to generations that should not have been created at all.