来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景 第3集 第3集》

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  Palestine and Israel at this time.
  有着重要意义
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  But for now all you need to know is that
  但现在你们只需要知道
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  these four different kingdoms --
  这四个不同的王朝
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  one was where we now have Greece,
  一个我们现在称之为希腊
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  another one was where Syria is,
  一个位于现在的叙利亚境内
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  another was Egypt, and then there was another further north,
  一个是埃及 还有一个在更北的地方
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  but that's not as important for us.
  但这不是重点
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  The Syrian-Greek Empire and the Egyptian-Greek Empire
  叙利亚-希腊帝国与埃及-希腊帝国
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  will become very important for the history of Judaism,
  将对犹太教的历史
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  and Jesus himself also.
  甚至耶稣都有着重要意义
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  But for right now, all you need to know is that
  现在你们只需要知道
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  all of these generals, although they were Macedonians
  这些将领 虽然是马其顿人