摩西逐条问 妥拉 里写的是什么,逐条驳倒众天使:你们住在拜偶像的列国中么?你们作工么?你们彼此交易么?你们有父母么?你们中间有嫉妒、有恶念么?众天使随即认服。
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——拜偶像的列国中间,以致须有这一条特特的警戒么?
idols that you require this special warning?
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摩西又问:里头还写着什么呢?
Again Moses asked: What else is written in it?
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圣者(愿他称颂)对他说:「当记念安息日,守为圣日」(出埃及记 20:8)。
The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to him: “Remember the Shabbat day to sanctify it” (Exodus 20:8).
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摩西对众天使说:你们作工么?以致须从工中安息?
Moses asked the angels: Do you perform labor that you require rest from it?
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摩西又问:里头还写着什么呢?
Again Moses asked: What else is written in it?
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「不可妄称耶和华你神的名」(出埃及记 20:7)——意思是不可起假誓。
“Do not take the name of the Lord your God in vain” (Exodus 20:7), meaning that it is prohibited to swear falsely.
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摩西对众天使说:你们彼此交易么?以致或有起假誓的事?
Moses asked the angels: Do you conduct business with one another that may lead you to swear falsely?
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摩西又问:里头还写着什么呢?
Again Moses asked: What else is written in it?
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圣者(愿他称颂)对他说:「当孝敬父母」(出埃及记 20:12)。
The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to him: “Honor your father and your mother” (Exodus 20:12).
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摩西对众天使说:你们有父亲、有母亲么?以致孝敬之诫于你们有用?
Moses asked the angels: Do you have a father or a mother that would render the commandment to honor them relevant to you?
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摩西又问:里头还写着什么呢?
Again Moses asked: What else is written in it?
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神对他说:「不可杀人。不可奸淫。不可偷盗」(出埃及记 20:13)。摩西对众天使说:你们中间有嫉妒么?你们里头有恶念么?以致这几条诫命于你们有用?
God said to him: “You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal” (Exodus 20:13) Moses asked the angels: Is there jealousy among you, or is there an evil inclination within you that would render these commandments relevant?
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他们随即认服圣者(愿他称颂)所定为是——把 妥拉 赐给世人是对的;正如经上说:「耶和华我们的主啊,你的名在全地何其美」(诗篇 8:10),却没有再写「你将你的荣耀彰显于天」,因为众天使已认定 妥拉 该赐给地上的人。
Immediately they agreed with the Holy One, Blessed be He, that He made the right decision to give the Torah to the people, and as it is stated: “God our Lord, how glorious is Your name in all the earth” (Psalms 8:10), while “that Your majesty is placed above the heavens” is not written because the angels agreed with God that it is appropriate to give the Torah to the people on earth.