The thematic link of this story is sin and punishment.

故事的主题是罪恶和惩罚。

youdao

People who persist in this unbelieving rebellion against God only succeed in incurring more sin and punishment for themselves.

一意孤行不信与背叛神的人，只能招致更严重的罪，加剧神对他们的惩罚。

youdao

God is ready right now to forgive your sin and save you from sin's punishment.

上帝现在就预备好了来饶恕你的罪、救你脱离罪的惩罚。

youdao

That is the punishment for the sin of seeking knowledge of good and evil and therefore of straining for divinity.

这就是为了获得区分善恶的知识,企图成为神灵,而受到的惩罚

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So if sin and folly get punished we are in available punishment.

如果要惩罚罪恶和愚蠢的话,我们所做的也会受到相应的惩。

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It is difficult to separate out fact from fiction, sin from expiation, punishment from reward when we are so muddled about the facts and so ready to believe almost anything.

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The evening felt, rather, like a kind of ironic punishment, a comic book-style retribution for a sin I must have committed and deeply suppressed long ago.

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