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Babylon is a city of the future.
巴比伦被称作未来之城
Cosmopolitan, multi-cultural,
它是一座国际化 多文化并存的
a city of many different gods.
信奉不同神灵的城市
But in this melting pot,
但在这大熔炉之中
The Jews write into mankind's story a revolutionary idea:
犹太人将一种革命性的思想注入了人类故事中
Monotheism.
那就是一神论
All existence created by one god.
所有的生灵都由同一个上帝创造
Rather than thinking of Yahweh as the highest amongst the gods,
他们并不是将耶和华视为众神之首
just one of many gods, but the god of Israel.
众神之一 而是将其视为以色列的神
The Jews begin to think that perhaps Yahweh is the sole god.
犹太人开始思考 也许耶和华就是唯一的上帝
But for the Jews of Babylon,
但对于身处巴比伦的犹太人
the word of god is under threat.
上帝的意志正受到威胁
The city is besieged by the armies of the Persian empire.
巴比伦被波斯帝国的军队层层包围
If it falls, their fragile writings could go up in flames.
如果城市沦陷 那他们的创作便将付之一炬
Now one man seizes this moment.
而有一个人抓住了这次机会
He sees opportunity.
他看到了机遇
Zerubbabel...
他就是所罗巴伯
Exiled prince,
他是被流放的王子
descendant of Kings Solomon and David.
是所罗门和大卫国王的后代
