「这败落的事归在你手下」是说:托拉里那些人非跌过跟头不能明白的话都在你手里。以赛亚书 3:7「他必扬声(他要起来)说」——「扬声」不过是起誓,如出埃及记 20:7 的 你要举起。「我不作官长」是说:我不是那闭门在学塾里的人,我家里既没有粮食也没有衣服,就是圣经、密释纳、革玛拉 我都没有。可见毁城之时仍有诚实人。答曰:论托拉的事诚然有,论买卖的事却没有了。
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——托拉里那些人非跌过跟头不能明白的话,都在你手里;所以你当作我们的首领。
Matters of Torah that people do not ascertain unless they misunderstand them are in your hands; therefore, be a chief over us.
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那一段下文说:「那时,他必扬声〔他要起来〕说:我不作官长;因我家中没有粮食,也没有衣服,你们不可立我作百姓的官长」(以赛亚书 3:7)。
It is stated later on in that passage: “He will rise [yissa] on that day, saying, I will not be a ruler while in my house there is no bread and no garment, you shall not appoint me as chief of the people” (Isaiah 3:7).
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「扬声〔他要起来〕」这一语不过是起誓的意思,正如经上说:「不可妄称〔你要举起〕耶和华你神的名」(出埃及记 20:7)。
The term rise [yissa] means nothing other than an oath, as it says: “Do not raise [tissa] the name of the Lord your God in vain” (Exodus 20:17).
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「我不作官长」是说:我不是那闭门在学塾里的人,因为我素常不这样行;「我家中没有粮食,也没有衣服」是说:圣经、密释纳与 革玛拉,我手里一样也没有。
I will not be a ruler, means: I will not be one of those who close themselves up in the study hall, as I do not regularly do so, while in my house there is no bread and no garment, for I have neither Bible nor Mishna nor Gemara in my hands.
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照这个讲法,纵在耶路撒冷被毁之时,也还有诚实人肯照实承认自己不曾习托拉。
According to this explanation, there were people of faith who truthfully admitted that they did not study Torah, even during the time of the destruction of Jerusalem.
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革玛拉 驳这话说:你从哪里断定他这样承认是出于诚实呢?
The Gemara rejects this: And from what do you conclude that this admission was due to their faithfulness?
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只怕那一件是另一样:他若对他们说我习过托拉,他们就要对他说:你把所习的讲给我们听。
Perhaps it is different in that case, as had he told them: I studied Torah, they would have said to him: Tell us what you studied.
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他既不知怎样回答,除了承认自己不曾习学,也别无他法了。
As he would not know to respond, he would have no choice other than to admit that he did not study.
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革玛拉 驳这话说:这不难,因为他至少可以说:我习过,却忘了。
The Gemara rejects this: That is not difficult, as he could have at least said he learned and forgot.
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革玛拉 问:那么「我不作官长」是什么意思呢?
The Gemara asks: Therefore, what is: I will not be a ruler?
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意思是他说的是实话;他本可以撒谎,却承认自己全然不曾习托拉。
It means that he is telling the truth and although he could have lied, he admits that he did not study Torah at all.
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革玛拉 答:这不难。
The Gemara answers: This is not difficult.
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这里所教「他们是诚实的」,是指托拉的事说的;那里所教「耶路撒冷再没有诚实人」,是指买卖的事说的。
Here, where it was taught that they were faithful, that was with regard to matters of Torah; whereas here, where it was taught that there were no more people of faith in Jerusalem, that was with regard to matters of business.