(续上)经上说:「境内家家都必悲哀:大卫家的族,男的独在一处,女的独在一处;拿单家的族,男的独在一处,女的独在一处」(撒迦利亚书 12:12)——表明末后之日将有一场大哀哭,男女分开。他们说:这岂不可由轻推重?将来末后之日,人们沉浸在大哀哭中,恶念不能辖制他们,妥拉尚且说男女各在一处;如今人们沉浸在汲水之欢里,恶念辖制他们,男女更当分开。
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经上说:「境内家家都必悲哀:大卫家的族,男的独在一处,女的独在一处;拿单家的族,男的独在一处,女的独在一处」(撒迦利亚书 12:12)。
It is stated: “The land will eulogize, each family separately; the family of the house of David separately, and their women separately, the family of the house of Nathan separately, and their women separately” (Zechariah 12:12).
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这表明在末后之日将有一场大哀哭,其间男女将分开。
This indicates that at the end of days a great eulogy will be organized during which men and women will be separate.
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他们说:这些事岂不是可以由轻推重得出吗?
They said: And are these matters not inferred a fortiori?
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若在将来,在这预言所说的末后之日,当人们沉浸在一场大哀哭中、因而恶念不能辖制他们时——因为在服丧时,不当的念头与举止通常较少——妥拉尚且说:男的独在一处,女的独在一处;那么如今,当他们沉浸在汲水之欢中、因而恶念辖制他们时——因为欢乐容易流于轻佻——男女就更当分开了。
If in the future, at the end of days referred to in this prophecy, when people are involved in a great eulogy and consequently the evil inclination does not dominate them, as typically during mourning inappropriate thoughts and conduct are less likely, and nevertheless the Torah says: Men separately and women separately; then now that they are involved in the Celebration of the Drawing of the Water, and as such the evil inclination dominates them, since celebration lends itself to levity, all the more so should men and women be separate.