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

首先，它们是旧约圣经老副本。

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》，洪水是对类罪恶惩罚。

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

我把它们分为三大类——《新约》屁话，《旧约》屁话，和普通屁话。

It's a story from the old testament.

那是旧约个故事。

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.

整个旧约乃是分裂之类记载。

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

圣经旧约提到了这个老国度几个地方。

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》以斯帖故事，讲是个摧毁波斯犹太或现代伊朗阴谋。

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

他们将死海卷与后来旧约圣经个版本进行了比较，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，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.

这歌，他们用这歌来歌唱他们事迹，这事迹是他们神事迹，这就是《圣经》《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。

In the Old Testament, Abraham had two, Jacob had four, and Solomon had 1,000, but those were largely for political alliances.

在《旧约圣经》里，亚伯拉罕有两个妻子，雅各有四个，所罗门有千个，不过那妻子大多数是为了外柔和亲用。

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》提到“火蛇”被认为是对几内亚蠕虫引起疼痛早描述。

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 世纪期，考学家在美索不达米亚工作，寻找实物证据来证实《圣经旧约》故事。

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《《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地致历史事件。