(续上)如 拉夫哈拿·巴尔·比兹纳 传 拉比西缅·哈西达 说:经上写着「万军之耶和华如此说:四月禁食的日子,五月禁食的日子,七月禁食的日子,十月禁食的日子,必变为犹大家欢喜快乐的日子和欢喜的节期」(撒迦利亚书 8:19),是什么意思?既称它们为禁食之日,又称它们为欢喜快乐之日,怎样?世上太平时,它们是欢喜快乐之日,禁哀悼禁食;不太平时,它们是禁食之日。那么不太平时,为何不也在四月与十月派使者出去,好叫众人知道何时禁食?
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正如 拉夫哈拿·巴尔·比兹纳 说 拉比西缅·哈西达 说:经上所写的这节经是什么意思:「万军之耶和华如此说:四月禁食的日子,五月禁食的日子,七月禁食的日子,十月禁食的日子,必变为犹大家欢喜快乐的日子和欢喜的节期」(撒迦利亚书 8:19)。
As Rav Ḥana bar Bizna said that Rabbi Shimon Ḥasida said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “Thus said the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall become times of joy and gladness, and cheerful seasons, to the house of Judah” (Zechariah 8:19).
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它称它们为「禁食」的日子,又称它们为「欢喜快乐的日子」,怎么会这样?
It calls them days of “fast” and it calls them “times of joy and gladness.” How so?
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当世上太平的时候,它们就是欢喜快乐的日子,在这些日子里禁止哀悼与禁食;然而当不太平的时候,它们就是禁食的日子。
When there is peace in the world, they will be times of joy and gladness, on which eulogies and fasting are forbidden; but when there is no peace, they are days of fasting.
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在不太平的时候,为什么不也为四月与十月派使者出去,好叫众人知道何时守这些禁食?
In a time when there is no peace, why are messengers not sent out also for the fourth and tenth months, so that people can know when to observe the fasts?