Satan's described initially here as the wind god Orion, a classical figure who vexed or tossed the waves of the Red Sea, ; just as Satan is rousing and inspiring his fallen host of angels; but Milton continues to complicate the simile.
撒旦在这里最初被比作风神猎户,这是一个在红海上呼风唤浪的古典形象,就像撒旦在他的天使随从面前充满了威严;,但是弥尔顿接下来又使这个比喻复杂化了。
And then their son, Baal, who is a storm god He's depicted in mythological literature Mot as defeating both the chaotic sea god, Yam, and the god of death, Mot.
他们的儿子Baal,是风暴之神,在神话文学的描述中,他打败了混乱的海神Yam和死神。
He heaps up the waters with a blast of wind, like a storm at sea, Baal and this is reminiscent of the Canaanite storm god Baal, as you see on your handout. Baal is said to ride on the clouds, he's a storm god, and he's accompanied by wind and rain.
他用狂风掀起巨浪,就像海上的风暴,难免让人想起迦南传说中的暴风之神,就像你们在讲义上看到的一样,Baal腾云驾雾,是暴风之神,带来风和雨。
So just as in Genesis 1, the universe is created when the wind of God parts the primeval waters, so in Exodus 14 and 15, a new nation is created when the wind of God parts the waters of the Reed Sea.
就像在《创世纪》1中,当上帝让一阵风吹过远古的水面,宇宙便产生了,所以在《出埃及记》14和15中,上帝让风吹过Reed海时,一个新的国家诞生了。
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