来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景第4集第4集》

Judas Maccabeus and his brothers and their descendants,

犹大马加比及其兄弟及子嗣
were ruling for 100 years or so,

统治了100年左右
they never were politically very powerful outside of that

他们从未在这犹太狭窄地区之外
narrow area of Judea.

获得强势的政治权
They were never truly independent;

他们从未真正独立
they always had to fend off the greater power of Syria,

他们常需要避开更强大的叙利亚
or Egypt, or Rome.

或者埃及或者罗马
The difference--the important thing, though,

不同的是--重要的是
is Jews had an ideology that supported imperial pretensions.

犹太人有一种意识形态支持帝国抱负
Go back and read the first few Psalms,

回头读一下诗篇里最初的几小节
where God says, "To my anointed one,"

上帝说"我的受膏者"
and here he's either talking to King David

这里他是说大卫王或者