那位 坦拿 在 拉瓦 与 拉夫萨夫拉 面前诵这条 《巴拉伊塔》 的时候,拉夫萨夫拉 脸上露出喜色,因他正在神所称扬的人数之内。拉瓦 对他说:这话并不是指夫子这样的人说的。乃是指 拉夫哈尼纳 与 拉夫俄沙亚 那样的人——他们在以色列地作鞋匠,坐在妓女的市上为妓女作鞋。那些妓女常进他们的铺子,看着他们。他们却因敬虔,并不举目看那些妇人。那些妓女见了这样的行事,竟至起誓的时候这样说:我指着以色列地那几位圣贤者的性命起誓。天上所称扬的单身人,正是这一等。
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那位 坦拿 在 拉瓦 与 拉夫萨夫拉 面前诵这条 《巴拉伊塔》 的时候,拉夫萨夫拉 脸上露出喜色,因他正在神所称扬的人数之内。
When the tanna taught this baraita before Rava and Rav Safra, Rav Safra’s face lit up with joy, as he was listed among those praised by God.
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拉瓦 对他说:这话并不是指夫子这样的人说的。
Rava said to him: This does not refer to someone like the Master.
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乃是指 拉夫哈尼纳 与 拉夫俄沙亚 那样的人——他们在以色列地作鞋匠,坐在妓女的市上为妓女作鞋。
Rather, the statement applies to people like Rav Ḥanina and Rav Oshaya, who were cobblers in Eretz Yisrael, and they would sit in the marketplace of prostitutes and fashion shoes for prostitutes.
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那些妓女常进他们的铺子,看着他们。
And the prostitutes would enter their shops and look at them.
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他们却因敬虔,并不举目看那些妇人。
However, due to their piety, these Sages did not raise their eyes to look at the women.
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那些妓女见了这样的行事,竟至起誓的时候这样说:我指着以色列地那几位圣贤者的性命起誓。
And those prostitutes were so impressed with this behavior that when they swore, they would say as follows: By the lives of the holy Sages of Eretz Yisrael.
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天上所称扬的单身人,正是这一等。
It is this type of bachelor who is praised by Heaven.