For of the God, whose first appearance in the history of the world was to the people of the JewsGod, the Almighty, the One and Only God no image could or might be made. 对上帝，他在世界历史上第一次显现就对犹太民族显现上帝，这...
And finally, after long, cruel and bloody battles, they succeeded. 经过长期残忍的流血战斗，他们终于成功了。 So now they had their own small kingdom, with its capital: Jerusalem. 就这样，他们有了一个自己的小小的国家...
You may know how the story goes on: how there was a famine throughout the land, and how Joseph's brothers traveled to Egypt to buy corn. 你知道，这故事后来如何继续，一场大饥荒如何肆虐全国以及约瑟的兄长们如何进入富庶...
But that isn't all the Bible has to say about ancient Babylon. 但是这不是《圣经》所讲述的有关巴比伦的唯一的一件事。 Do you know the story of the Tower of Babel, 你知道得巴别塔的故事吗？ when the people of a great...
You may have already guessed who these strange and powerless herdsmen were. 也许你已经猜到了，这个奇怪的、弱小的游牧民族是谁。 They were the Jews. 他们就是犹太人。 And the songs of their deeds, which were the deeds of...
All other peoples prayed to many godsyou remember Isis and Osiris, Baal and Astarte. 所有其他的民族全都向许多的神祈祷你还记得伊西斯和俄西里斯，巴尔和阿斯塔耳忒吧。 But these herdsmen only prayed to one god, thei...
Between Egypt and Mesopotamia there is a land of deep valleys and rich pastures. 在埃及和美索不达米亚之间有一片土地，那里有深谷和肥沃的牧场。 There, for thousands of years, herdsmen tended their flocks. 好几千年之久，...
The last great Babylonian king was Nebuchadnezzar. 最后一个伟大的巴比伦国王是尼布甲尼撒。 He lived around 600 BC and is remembered for his feats of war. 他生活在公元前600年左右，他的几次战绩使他出了名。 He fo...
To be nearer to their stars, and also to see them better in a misty land, 为了离他们的星星近一点，也为了在这个多雾的地方看星星看得更清楚些， the Babylonians, and the Sumerians before them, erected strange buildings wi...
Today we know that these are the stars that are close to us, and that they turn with the earth around the sun. 今天我们知道，那是和地球一道绕着太阳转动的星星。 They are called planets. 人们称它们为行星。 But the ancie...
