来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景 第1集 第1集》

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  That's what scripture means to us.
  这就是圣经本身
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  It actually just means written stuff, from the Latin.
  它不过是一些拉丁文翻译过来的文字
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  But we take it to mean holy writing,
  而它的神性 受尊崇的地位
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  sacred writing.
  是我们赋予它的
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  But the writing itself is not holy.
  经文本身并无神性
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  It's only holy to people who take it as holy.
  人们一旦认为其神圣 它便神圣了
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  Now the problem is we're at Yale College.
  问题出来了 我们现在身处耶鲁大学
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  This is not a holy place.
  这里不是圣所
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  I know they might have told you that when you came,
  你们进校的时候可能有人会这么向你们介绍
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  but you've learned differently, haven't you?
  但你们知道并不是 对吧
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  This is also not a church.
  这里也不是教堂
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  So what does it mean to read the New Testament
  所以我们此课程的目的