两人打赌四百 祖兹,看谁能惹得希列发怒。其一安息日前夕三番来问,头一问「巴比伦人的头何以是长的」。
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他们彼此打赌说:谁能去把 希列 惹到出言责备的地步,就得四百 祖兹。
who wagered with each other and said: Anyone who will go and aggravate Hillel to the point that he reprimands him, will take four-hundred zuz.
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其中一个说:我去惹他。
One of them said: I will aggravate him.
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他所拣的那一日正是安息日前夕,希列 那时在洗头。
That day that he chose to bother Hillel was Shabbat eve, and Hillel was washing the hair on his head.
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他就去,从 希列 家门口走过,轻慢地喊道:这里谁是希列?这里谁是希列?
He went and passed the entrance to Hillel’s house and in a demeaning manner said: Who here is Hillel, who here is Hillel?
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希列 披上体面的衣裳,出来迎他。
Hillel wrapped himself in a dignified garment and went out to greet him.
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他对他说:我儿,你要什么?
He said to him: My son, what do you seek?
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他对他说:我有一个问题要问。
He said to him: I have a question to ask.
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希列 对他说:问罢,我儿,问罢。
Hillel said to him: Ask, my son, ask.
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那人问他:巴比伦人的头何以是长的呢?
The man asked him: Why are the heads of Babylonians oval?
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他这话是有所指的——希列 正是巴比伦人,他要借此羞辱他。
He was alluding to and attempting to insult Hillel, who was Babylonian.
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他对他说:我儿,你问的是一个要紧的问题。
He said to him: My son, you have asked a significant question.
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缘故是他们那里没有灵巧的接生婆。
The reason is because they do not have clever midwives.
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她们不懂得婴孩初生时怎样把头揉圆。
They do not know how to shape the child’s head at birth.