大祭司在至圣所里,要把香放在炭上,就须从勺里取那一把捧在手中——这一节他当怎样行呢?他把火盆放在地上,用指尖托住那盛香之勺的前端,也有说是用牙咬住的。这时勺柄横在他两臂之间。他用大拇指把勺慢慢往自己身上推、往上抬,直抬到两肘之间,再从那里把勺翻过来。于是他把香倒回自己掌中,然后从手里倾在火盆上。他把香堆成一堆,好叫它的烟慢慢升上去;也有说他正相反,是把香撒开,好叫烟快快升上去。
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大祭司在至圣所里,要把香放在炭上,就须从勺里取那一把捧在手中——这一节他当怎样行呢?
How should the High Priest act in the Holy of Holies, when he needs to place the incense on the coals by taking a handful from the spoon and placing it in his hands?
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他把火盆放在地上,用指尖托住那盛香之勺的前端,也有说是用牙咬住的。
After he places the coal pan on the ground, he holds the front of the ladle, i.e., the spoon of incense, with his fingertips, and some say he holds it with his teeth.
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这时勺柄横在他两臂之间。
At this stage the handle of the spoon rests between his arms.
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他用大拇指把勺慢慢往自己身上推、往上抬,直抬到两肘之间,再从那里把勺翻过来。
And he pushes it and raises it up slowly with his thumb toward his body until it reaches between his elbows, which he then uses to turn it over.
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于是他把香倒回自己掌中,然后从手里倾在火盆上。
He then returns the incense into his palms, after which he pours it from his hands into the coal pan.
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他把香堆成一堆,好叫它的烟慢慢升上去。
And he heaps the incense into a pile on the coals so that its smoke rises slowly.
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也有说他正相反,是把香撒开,好叫烟快快升上去。
And some say he does the opposite, that he scatters it so that its smoke rises quickly.