First, they are some of the oldest copies of the Old Testament Bible.

首先，它们是旧约圣经一些最古老副本。

You know, Job, from the Old Testament?

您知道旧约全书里约伯吗?

In the Old Testament, the flood is a punishment for mankind's sinfulness.

在《旧约》中，洪水是对人惩罚。

I separated them by New Testament hokum, Old Testament hokum, and general nonsense.

我把它们分为三大——《新约》屁话，《旧约》屁话，和普通屁话。

It's a story from the old testament.

那是旧约一个故。

During the time of the Old Testament, there was law, but not grace.

旧约时代有律法，但没有恩典。

The entire Old Testament is simply a record of the divided mankind.

整个旧约乃是分裂人记载。

Several locations in this ancient part of the world are mentioned in the bible's Old Testament.

圣经旧约中提到了这个古老国度几个地方。

And second, the words and meaning are almost exactly the same as later copies of the Old Testament.

第二，其中文字及其意思与后来旧约几乎完全相同。

The Old Testament story of Esther, about a plot to destroy the Jews of Persia, or modern-day Iran.

《旧约》中以斯帖故，是一个摧毁波斯犹太人或现代伊朗人阴谋。

But it wasn't all fun and games. Being God's temple is serious business, just like in the Old Testament.

但这一切并非全是玩乐。就像在旧约里一样，成为圣殿是一件严肃情。

They compared the Dead Sea Scrolls to a later copy of the Old Testament called the Masoretic Text.

他们将死海古卷与后来旧约圣经中一个版本进行了比较，这个版本被称为《马索拉抄本》。

This name has another Biblical connection, too, as it shows up in the Old Testament as an alternate name for Jerusalem.

这个名字也与圣经存在联系，因为它出现在旧约中，作为耶路撒冷替代名称。

And the songs of their deeds, which were the deeds of their god, are the Old Testament of the Bible.

这些歌，他们用这些歌来歌唱他们迹，这些迹是他们神迹，这就是《圣经》中《旧约全书》。

They were found between 1947 and 1956 and contain, amongst other things, the oldest collection of Old Testament manuscripts ever discovered.

出现在1947年到1956年，混杂着《旧约全书》已知所有内容。

The 'fiery serpents' mentioned in the Old Testament are thought to be an early description of a painful condition caused by Guinea worms.

《旧约全书》中提到“火蛇”被认为是对几内亚蠕虫引起疼痛最早描述。

In the mid-19th century, archaeologists were working in Mesopotamia looking for physical evidence to corroborate the stories from the Old Testament of the Bible.

19 世纪中期，考古学家在美索不达米亚工作，寻找实物证据来证实《圣经旧约》中故。

Plenty of literature deals with the subject, from the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamish to the poems of Homer and the writings of the Old Testament.

不论是苏美尔人《《吉尔迦美什史诗》，还是荷马诗歌，亦或是《旧约》，大量文学作品都以此为主题。

But you take somebody's life, I got no, I'm not, I'm Old Testament.

但是你夺走了某人生命，我没有，我没有，我是旧约。

However, it also lists historical events which spookily line up with Old Testament accounts.

然而，它也列出了与旧约记载惊人地一致历史件。