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In Babylon's libraries,
在巴比倫的書齋中
A group of jewish exiles use their own alphabet,
一群被流放的猶太人用他們自己的字母體系
In the language of Hebrew,
在希伯來語中
To write down the history and the beliefs of their people.
書寫下他們族人的歷史和信仰
"By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and wept,"
在巴比倫河畔 每當想起錫安
"When we remembered Zion."
"我們便團坐哀傷"
Two generations ago, Babylonia conquered Jerusalem.
早在兩個世紀前 巴比倫人占領了耶路撒冷
Destroyed its temple to the Jewish God Yahweh,
他們摧毀了敬奉猶太神耶和華的寺廟
Exiled the Jews to Babylon.
并將猶太人流放到巴比倫
Now, captives in a foreign land,
現在 作為發配至異鄉的戰俘
The Jews begin what will become the most influential book
猶太人開始創作人類歷史上
In the story of mankind:The Bible.
最具影響力的典籍
What we now know as the Jewish faith
我們所指的猶太信仰
starts not with Abraham, not with Moses,
并不是始于亞伯拉罕 也不是始于摩西
not really with even the temple of Solomon.
甚至和所羅門寺也沒有太大的關系
The Jewish faith begins in the Babylonian exile.
猶太信仰始于這群被流放到巴比倫的戰俘
