续以西结的异象:那里有惹动忌邪的偶像的坐位(以西结书 8:3);「祂又带我到耶和华殿的内院,看哪,在耶和华殿的 前廊 门口、廊子和祭坛中间,约有二十五个人背向耶和华的殿,面向东方拜日头」(以西结书 8:16)。革玛拉解说:既说「面向东方」,岂不已清楚背向西边的圣所?那么「背向耶和华的殿」是什么意思?教人他们露体向下、朝神圣临在便溺——经文用婉语,避免粗俗之言。
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「……在那里有惹动忌邪的偶像的坐位,就是惹动忌邪的」(以西结书 8:3)。
there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes jealousy” (Ezekiel 8:3).
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「祂又带我到耶和华殿的内院,看哪,在耶和华殿的 前廊 门口、廊子和祭坛中间,约有二十五个人背向耶和华的殿,面向东方拜日头」(以西结书 8:16)。
“And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s House, and behold at the opening of the Entrance Hall of the Sanctuary of God, between the porch and the altar were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the Temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, and they worshipped the sun toward the east” (Ezekiel 8:16).
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革玛拉解说:既说「面向东方」,岂不已清楚他们是背向在西边的圣所么?
The Gemara explains: From the fact that it is stated “and their faces toward the east,” is it not clear that their backs were to the Sanctuary, which is in the west?
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那么经上说「背向耶和华的殿」是什么意思呢?
Rather, what is the meaning when the verse states “their backs toward the Temple of the Lord”?
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这教导:他们露出下身,向下、朝着神圣临在便溺。
This teaches that they would uncover themselves and defecate downward, toward the Divine Presence.
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经文用了一个婉语,免用粗俗的言语。
The verse used a euphemism to refrain from vulgar language.