续 拉瓦:他甘心去死;他不顺从家人的意愿,空手回到家人那里;但愿他进去时像出来时一样。他看见一队人为敬重他跟在后面,就说:「他的尊荣虽达到天上,头虽顶到云中,他终必灭亡,像自己的粪一样;素来见他的人要说:他在哪里呢?」(约伯记 20:6–7)——这教人掌权可能导致倾覆。拉夫祖特拉 在节期的安息日讲道时,人把他扛在肩上,他就念「因为资财不能永有,冠冕岂能存到万代?」(箴言 27:24),免得骄傲。
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他甘心去赴死;他不顺从他家人的意愿,空手回到他家人那里;但愿他进去时像他出来时一样。
Of his own will, he goes to die; and he does not fulfill the will of his household, and he goes empty-handed to his household; and if only his entrance would be like his exit.
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他看见一队人为敬重他跟在他后面,就说:「他的尊荣虽达到天上,头虽顶到云中,他终必灭亡,像自己的粪一样;素来见他的人要说:他在哪里呢?」(约伯记 20:6–7)。
And when he saw a line of people [ambuha] following after him out of respect for him, he said: “Though his excellency ascends to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, yet he shall perish forever like his own dung; they who have seen him will say: Where is he?” (Job 20:6–7).
「一队人」原文 ambuha,借自希腊语,中文照意译。
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这教导:人得了权柄,可能导致他的倾覆。
This teaches that when one achieves power, it can lead to his downfall.
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在节期的安息日,拉夫祖特拉 讲道的时候,人把他扛在肩上,他就念下面这一节,免得自己骄傲:「因为资财不能永有,冠冕岂能存到万代?」(箴言 27:24)。
When they would carry Rav Zutra on their shoulders during the Shabbat of the Festival when he taught, he would recite the following to avoid becoming arrogant: “For power is not forever, and does the crown endure for all generations?” (Proverbs 27:24).