We also know of a very early Semitic work, the Epic of Atrahasis, in which there's a flood.
我们也听过古老的闪米特人,《阿特拉哈西斯》中大洪水的传说。
They also had a creation story. They had a flood story. They did animal sacrifices. They observed purity taboos. Israelite religion was another Ancient Near Eastern religion and they differed from their neighbors only over the number of gods they worshiped: one or many.
他们都有原创的神话,他们都有一个关于洪水的神话,都有动物牺牲,他们都尊崇高洁的竹子,以色列宗教是另一种古近东宗教,它们和别的宗教,唯一不同之处就在于崇拜的神的数量:一个还是多个。
Certainly if you buy them out somewhere you're going to get one that's maybe the size of a light bulb, but it's like the flood light in your backyard or something, it's a huge light.
当然,你在外购买时,倒是有可能买到灯泡大小的,不过是你家后院强光灯大小的灯泡,巨大的灯泡
We seem to also have a different account of how long the flood lasted; there are more subtle contradictions throughout as well.
关于洪水持续了多久,我们有不同版本;,他们之中有很微妙的不同。
You might want to get that out in front of you because we're going to talk a little bit about the flood story in Genesis 6 through 9.
你们也许急于摆脱它,因为基于你们对,《创世纪》6到9章的阅读,谈谈对大洪水故事的想法。
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。
Sometimes the flood seems to be the result of very heavy rain, but in other descriptions it seems to be a real cosmic upheaval.
有人说,大洪水是大雨导致的,还有人说,是因为宇宙变动引起的。
The Noah story, the flood story, ends with the ushering in of a new era, and it is in many ways a second creation that mirrors the first creation in some important ways.
诺亚方舟,洪水的故事,都预示着一个新纪元的到来,在很多方面,都像是第二次创世纪,同时,又有许多第一次创世纪的影子。
We know of a very ancient Sumerian flood story.
我们都听说过关于苏美尔洪水的古老传说。
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