(续上)「……恶」(创世记 6:5)——人终日的心思意念都在恶上。拉比西缅·本·拉基什 说:人的恶念每天都胜过他、要杀他,如经上说:「恶人窥探义人,想要杀他」(诗篇 37:32)——这「恶人」指人心里的恶。若不是圣者——愿他受称颂——以善念帮助他,他就胜不过它,如经上说:「耶和华必不撇他在恶人手中;当审判的时候,也不定他的罪」(诗篇 37:33)。
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「……恶」(创世记 6:5)。
evil all day” (Genesis 6:5).
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他终日的心思与欲望都在恶上。
All day long his thoughts and desires are for evil.
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拉比西缅·本·拉基什 说:一个人的恶念每天都胜过他,并寻求杀他,正如经上所说:「恶人窥探义人,想要杀他」(诗篇 37:32);这里的「恶人」是指人心里面的恶。
Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said: A person’s evil inclination overcomes him each day and seeks to kill him, as it stated: “The wicked watches the righteous and seeks to kill him” (Psalms 37:32); the wicked here is referring to the wickedness inside one’s heart.
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若不是圣者——愿他受称颂——以善念帮助他,他就胜不过它,正如经上所说:「耶和华必不撇他在恶人手中;当审判的时候,也不定他的罪」(诗篇 37:33)。
And if not for the Holy One, Blessed be He, Who assists him with the good inclination, he would not overcome it, as it is stated: “The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor suffer him to be condemned when he is judged” (Psalms 37:33).