When we read the flood story in Genesis 6 through 9, we're often struck by the very odd literary style.

当我们在《创世纪》中读到关于大洪水故事时，会觉得文风非常奇怪。

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And sometimes it occurs in one passage, as in the flood story here, and sometimes it occurs in stories or passages that are separate from one another, for example, the two creation stories.

有时，会出现在一段文章中，就像大洪水的故事，有时，会出现在完全不相关的两个故事或者文章中,比如说，两个创世纪的故事。

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It's the story of Ziusudra, and it's very similar to the Genesis flood story of Noah.

这讲的是朱苏德拉在洪水来临时自救的故事,与《创世纪》中诺亚方舟的故事很像。

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And moreover during the period of the flood they don't have food,they don't have sustenance.

而且，在洪水中，他们找不到食物,没有供给。

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It turns out that Utnapishtim can't help him, and we'll come back to Utnapishtim later in the flood story, and Gilgamesh is devastated.

结果他并不能帮助吉尔伽美什，等一会，我们在洪水的,故事中，还会提到Utnapishtim，吉尔伽美什几乎绝望了。

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In both you have the flood coming about as the deliberate result of a divine decision; you have one individual who's chosen to be saved from the flood; that individual is given specific instructions on building an ark, and is given specific instructions on who to bring on-board the ark.

在两个故事中，洪水爆发都是神的旨意,也只有被选中的人，才能幸免于难,上帝告诉这个人，怎么造方舟,并详细规定了,可以带上方舟的物种。

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