自此转入 拉比约哈难 以 拉比西缅·本·约哈伊 之名所传的一串话。第一句:自创世以来无人称神为「主」,直到亚伯拉罕——据创世记 15:8「主耶和华啊,我怎能知道必得这地为业呢?」
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此前 革玛拉 所引的,是 拉比约哈难 以 坦拿 拉比约西 之名所说的话。
Until now, the Gemara has cited statements made by Rabbi Yoḥanan in the name of the <i>tanna</i>, Rabbi Yosei.
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自此开始引 拉比约哈难 以 拉比西缅·本·约哈伊 之名所说的:自神创造世界那日起,没有一个人称他为「主」,直到 亚伯拉罕 来了,称他为主。
Now, the Gemara begins to cite what <b>Rabbi Yoḥanan said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai: From the day that the Holy One, Blessed be He, created the world there was no person who called him “Lord” until Abraham came and called him Lord.</b>
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正如经上所说:「他说:主耶和华啊,我怎能知道必得这地为业呢?」(创世记 15:8)。
<b>As it is stated: “And he said, ‘My Lord, God, by what shall I know that I will inherit it?’”</b> (Genesis 15:8).
所据是一个称呼:Adonai(我主)。这是亚伯拉罕头一次以「主人」相称——认神为主、自居为仆。中文的「主」字在圣经译文里到处都是,读者看不出这一处是头一次;原文里那是个突然出现的称谓。