来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第2集 第2集》

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  In Babylonia, for instance, and this I think was typical,
  而在巴比伦尼亚
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  Hammurabi was not a god, but as we know, thank God,
  汉莫拉比并不是神 但是如我们所知
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  by the great steely that he left,
  他留下了现藏于卢浮宫的铁证
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  which is now in the Louvre.
  这真得感谢上帝
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  The law code of Hammurabi is available to us and there's a
  汉莫拉比法典为我们提供了证据
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  preface to it in which he basically explains
  汉莫拉比在法典的前言中向我们解释了
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  why you should obey the rules that he now is laying down for you.
  为什么要遵守他颁布的法律
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  And his answer is because the top god of our world,
  他的答案是 "因为我们世界的最高神明
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  Marduk, appointed me in that place
  马杜克 任命我作为国王
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  and I'm doing what he wants me to do,
  我的所作所为受神明的指引
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  and if you cross me you cross him, and that's bad news.
  冒犯我就是冒犯神明 这可不是件好消息"
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  That's a rough translation.
  以上是大致意思