The covenant also entails God's promise to restore the rhythm of life and nature and never again to destroy the earth.

诺亚之约，使上帝必须信守自己的诺言,重新恢复人类和自然的秩序，永远不能再毁坏。

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Remember in the Noahide covenant, in Genesis 9, which is a Priestly passage, the Priestly blood prohibition: You may not spill human blood.

在《诺亚律法》中，在《创世纪》的第九章，是一篇祭司的文章，它禁止血液：,不能溢漏人血。

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Because like Adam and Eve in the first creation story, Noah is told to be fruitful and multiply.

因为就像第一个创世纪中的亚当和夏娃，诺亚被命令多子多孙。

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He selects Noah due to his righteousness and he issues a direct command to build an ark.

诺亚因为品行高尚，所以被上帝选中,上帝命令诺亚建造方舟。

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This covenant explicitly prohibits murder in Genesis 9, that is, the spilling of human blood.

创世纪》第九章中，诺亚之约明确的禁止谋杀，禁止人类的鲜血染红彼此的双手。

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And in keeping with that idea of a kind of a return to chaos, Noah is represented in a way as the beginning of a new creation.

这种观点相当于又回到混沌时代，诺亚在某种程度来说，标志着一个新的创世纪的开始。

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Noah is saved specifically for his righteousness, he was righteous in his generation.

诺亚因为正值而幸免于难，在他的血统中就流淌着正直的血液。

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So these are often referred to as the terms of the Noahide covenant.

这就是著名的诺亚之约。

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So he establishes a covenant with Noah: covenant.

所以上帝和诺亚约定。

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This word for ark, tevah, occurs exactly twice: tevah here, and in the story of Noah's ark. Noah's ark is a tevah.

方舟这个词，tevah，仅出现过两次：,这里，还在诺亚方舟中，诺亚的方舟也是。

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