来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景第4集第4集》

so they didn't--they weren't particularly for Antiochus IV,

他们并不是针对安条奥库斯四世
they just didn't want him to destroy the Egyptian Ptolemies

他们只是不想他毁掉埃及的托勒密
and him to take over Egypt

并接管埃及
because it would make him too powerful.

因为这会使他过于强大
Rome, though, shows that they have enough power

罗马展示了他们有足够的力量
that they kind of play the referee between different kingdoms

可以在不同的帝国间
even in the east at this time.

甚至在当时的东方充当调停人
While Judea, though, was under Antiochus control

当时犹太在安条奥库斯的控制之下
a lot of Jews tried to figure out how do you deal with

许多犹太人想要弄清
this whole process of Hellenization?

如何适应整个希腊化进程
In other words, if you want your own kids to

换句话说如果你想让你的孩子
get ahead in the world, in this time,

在那个时期走在世界的前列