大卫每安息日终日诵读以避死亡天使;天使摇动园中的树,他出去看,梯断而惊,口一止便死了。
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大卫怎样行呢?
What did David do?
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每逢安息日,他终日坐着诵读,好躲避死亡天使。
Every Shabbat he would sit and learn all day long to protect himself from the Angel of Death.
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到了死亡天使当收他魂的那一日、就是大卫当死的那一日,死亡天使站在他面前,却胜不过他,因为他口里诵读不曾停歇。
On that day on which the Angel of Death was supposed to put his soul to rest, the day on which David was supposed to die, the Angel of Death stood before him and was unable to overcome him because his mouth did not pause from study.
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死亡天使说:我拿他怎么办呢?
The Angel of Death said: What shall I do to him?
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大卫屋后有一座 园子;死亡天使就来,爬上去摇动那些树。
David had a garden [bustana] behind his house; the Angel of Death came, climbed, and shook the trees.
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大卫出去察看。
David went out to see.
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他上梯子的时候,梯子在他脚下断了。
As he climbed the stair, the stair broke beneath him.
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他一惊,口就止住了——诵读停了片刻,他便死了。
He was startled and was silent, interrupted his studies for a moment, and died.