They're partners in the preparation of Israel for their new life, readying Israel for life in God's land as a nation, as a people.

他们一起合作为犹太人的新生活做准备，为上帝应许的地方建立一个国家，一个民族做准备。

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A Hobbesian state, paradoxically, still requires from its citizens, men and women prepared to fight to risk everything in the defense of their way of life.

如此一来，矛盾便凸显出来了,即霍布斯理想中的国家,也照样要求他的人民时刻准备牺牲一切,来维护他们的生活方式。

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