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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  Actually the City of Corinth wouldn't have been taxed because
  实际上哥林多城不会被征税
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  it was a Roman colony, and one of the benefits of
  因为它是罗马人的侨居地
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  being a Roman colony is that
  成为罗马人侨居地的一大好处
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  you didn't have to pay taxes,
  就是你不必再缴税
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  or at least the citizens didn't have to pay taxes.
  或者至少城中公民不必缴税
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  But the people in the outlying villages and towns and farms and
  但是住在边远村庄 城镇 农庄
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  everything would pay taxes.
  或其他地方的必须缴税
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  And if I'm the tax collector, the way I make a profit is by
  如果我是税吏 要想攫取利润
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  charging you a lot more than I need just to send to Rome.
  只要向百姓征收多于上缴罗马的税即可
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  The Romans didn't care about this.
  罗马人不关心这个
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  They just knew it was going to happen.
  他们只知道会有这情况
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  This was the way they collected their taxes.
  这就是他们征税的方式