He takes the carcass; he slices it into two halves, Rather like a clamshell, and out of the top half he creates the firmament, the Heaven.

他提起死尸，将它劈成两半，就像掰开贝壳一样，用死尸的上半部分，他创造了苍穹，也就是天空。

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It has been tempered in a celestial fire in ether, and it was the ether of the ethereal heavens that had always been thought -throughout the Renaissance and long before, of course -- to be the most perfect substance imaginable.

它是在广阔苍穹的天国之火中被锻造出，也是飘渺的天堂中的以太,不断地被提及,-贯穿于文艺复兴的始终，当然--是可想见的最完美的物质。

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So you have this firmament, ; Which is beaten back to hold back primeval waters that are pressing in; you have land which is holding down the waters here.

现在有了苍穹，它被锤平来阻挡汹涌而至的水流;,也有阻挡下面水流的土地。

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On day two, the firmament is established.

在第二天，开辟了苍穹。

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And that's what the firmament.

这就是苍穹。

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