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For of the God, whose first appearance in the history of the world was to the people of the Jews–God, the Almighty, the One and Only God –no image could or might be made.
對上帝，他在世界歷史上第一次顯現就對猶太民族顯現——上帝，這個偉大的唯一的神——人們是不能夠也不可以畫像的。
All that was there were the tablets of the Laws with their Ten Commandments.
所有的都在那里，在他們的十誡法版里。
In these God had represented himself.
上帝已經在它們之中顯現了自己的形象。
After Solomon's reign things went less well for the Jews.
在所羅門的統治之后，猶太人的日子就不再好過。
Their kingdom split in two: the kingdom of Israel and thekingdom of Judah.
他們的國家分裂為一個以色列國和一個猶太國。
many battles followed, at the end of which one half, the kingdom of Israel, was invaded by the Assyrians in 722 BC, and was conquered and destroyed.
這之后發生過許多戰斗，國家的一半，即以色列國，在公元前722年終于被亞述人占領和消滅。
Yet what is so remarkable is that the effect of so many disasters on the few Jews who survived them was to make them even more devout.
但奇怪的是，這些眾多的不幸事件反倒使殘留下來的小小猶太民族更加敬神了。
Men arose among them–not priests, but simple people–who felt compelled to speak to their people, because God spoke through them.
民眾中出現一些人物——不是祭司，而是普通人——他們感覺到，他們必須對民眾講話，因為上帝通過他們講話。
