历史和信仰

In Babylon's libraries,

在巴比伦的书斋中

A group of jewish exiles use their own alphabet,

一群被流放的犹太人用他们自己的字母体系

In the language of Hebrew,

在希伯来语中

To write down the history and the beliefs of their people.

书写下他们族人的历史和信仰

"By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and wept,"

在巴比伦河畔 每当想起锡安

"When we remembered Zion."

"我们便团坐哀伤"

Two generations ago, Babylonia conquered Jerusalem.

早在两个世纪前 巴比伦人占领了耶路撒冷

Destroyed its temple to the Jewish God Yahweh,

他们摧毁了敬奉犹太神耶和华的寺庙

Exiled the Jews to Babylon.

并将犹太人流放到巴比伦

Now, captives in a foreign land,

现在 作为发配至异乡的战俘

The Jews begin what will become the most influential book

犹太人开始创作人类历史上

In the story of mankind:The Bible.

最具影响力的典籍

What we now know as the Jewish faith

我们所指的犹太信仰

starts not with Abraham, not with Moses,

并不是始于亚伯拉罕 也不是始于摩西

not really with even the temple of Solomon.

甚至和所罗门寺也没有太大的关系

The Jewish faith begins in the Babylonian exile.

犹太信仰始于这群被流放到巴比伦的战俘

重点讲解

1、exile

流放;放逐;流亡

He is now living in exile in Egypt.

他目前流亡埃及。

He returned from exile earlier this year.

今年早些时候他流亡归来。

放逐;流放;使流亡

His second wife, Hilary, had been widowed, then exiled from South Africa.

他的第二任妻子希拉丽已经成了寡妇，后来又被驱逐出南非。

They threatened to exile her in southern Spain.

他们威胁要将她流放到西班牙南部。

开除;排除;使离开

He has been exiled from the first team and forced to play in third team matches.

他被开除出甲级球队，被迫参加丙级球队的比赛。

Michael was exiled to the kitchen for supper.

迈克尔被赶到厨房吃晚饭。

2、conquer

占领;征服

During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia.

1936年，墨索里尼攻占了阿比西尼亚。

Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.

11世纪早期，整个英格兰再次被北欧海盗征服。

克服;攻克

I was certain that love was quite enough to conquer our differences.

我相信爱足以克服我们的种种差异。

He has never conquered his addiction to smoking.

他一直未能戒除烟瘾。

3、influential

有影响力的;有权势的

It helps to have influential friends.

有几个位高权重的朋友很有好处。

the influential position of president of the chamber.

很有影响力的议院议长之位