革玛拉问:进来之班多得的这两个饼,是为什么?拉比以撒 说:是锁圣殿门的酬劳。革玛拉问:出去之班何不对进来之班说:这周放弃你对多得之饼的主张,平分这些饼,下周进来的那班下周也放弃?阿巴耶 说:现在一根熟黄瓜,胜过一个还没熟的葫芦——眼前的小利,胜过可能的大利。
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革玛拉问:而进来的一班所得的这两个额外的饼,它们是为什么?
The Gemara asks: And these two extra loaves received by the incoming watch, what is their purpose?
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拉比以撒 说:它们是作为锁圣殿之门的酬劳。
Rabbi Yitzḥak says: They are as compensation for locking the doors of the Temple.
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革玛拉问:就让出去的一班对进来的一班说:这一周放弃你对这些额外之饼的主张,平分这些饼;而下一周进来的那一班,下一周也放弃它的主张吧。
The Gemara asks: Let the outgoing watch say to the incoming one: Remove your claim to the extra loaves this week and divide the loaves equally and next week’s incoming watch will remove its claim next week.
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阿巴耶 说:现在一根熟了的黄瓜,胜过一个还没有熟的葫芦。
Abaye said: A ripe cucumber now is better than a gourd that has yet to ripen.
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一个小的、眼前的利益,胜过一个大的、可能的利益。
A small, immediate profit is preferable to a large, potential profit.