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The Perfect Creation [48-01]
When God created the world, everything was perfect. There was no sin. Adam and Eve loved each other, and they loved God. There was no sickness or death. This was the way God wanted the world to be.
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- God created the world - That is, "God made the world out of nothing."
- perfect - That is, "exactly as it should be" to accomplish all that God intended for it.
- There was no sin - For some languages it is not possible to express "sin" as a thing, rather it is an action. In those cases this could be translated as, "No one ever sinned" or, "People did not sin" or, "Nothing evil had happened."
- There was no sickness or death - That is, "No one got sick and no one died" or, "They did not get sick or die."
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Adam and Eve Sinned [48-02]
Satan spoke through the snake in the garden in order to deceive Eve. Then she and Adam sinned against God. Because they sinned, everyone on earth gets sick and everyone dies.
为了欺骗夏娃， 撒但通过园子里的蛇说话。然后她和亚当反抗神。因着他们犯罪， 地上的每个人都会生病且人人都要死。
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翻译注解“
- the garden - This refers to the garden created by God where he placed the first man and woman.
- 园子 - 这是上帝造的园子， 他将第一个男人和第一个女人安置在那里。
- deceive Eve - That is, "lie to Eve." Satan lied by leading Eve to doubt what God had said. By doing this, he tricked her into disobeying God.
- 欺骗夏娃 - 即 ”向夏娃馓谎“。撒但通过引夏娃怀疑上帝所说的来骗夏娃。通过这样， 他
48-03
Enemies of God [48-03]
Because Adam and Eve sinned, something even more terrible happened. They became enemies of God. As a result, every person since then has been born with a sinful nature and is also an enemy of God. The relationship between God and people was broken by sin. But God had a plan to restore that relationship.
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- even more terrible - That is, "much worse" or, "worse yet."
48-04
Jesus Will Crush Satan [48-04]
God promised that one of Eve's descendants would crush Satan's head, and Satan would wound his heel. This meant that Satan would kill the Messiah, but God would raise him to life again, and then the Messiah will crush the power of Satan forever. Many years later, God revealed that Jesus is the Messiah.
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- crush Satan's head - This could also be translated as, "step on Satan's head and smash it down flat" or, "shatter Satan's head by stepping on it." This is an image of a person stepping on the head of a snake. The head is completely crushed, and the snake is dead and therefore harmless.
- wound his heel - This is an image of a snake on the ground biting a person's foot. In this case, Satan would cause the Messiah to suffer, but would not destroy him.
- raise him to life again - That is, "make him alive again."
48-05
A Way of Salvation [48-05]
When God destroyed the whole earth by the flood, he provided the boat to save the people who believed in him. In the same way, everyone deserves to be destroyed because of their sins, but God provided Jesus to save everyone who believes in him.
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- destroyed because of their sins - This could also be translated as, "everyone should be punished eternally by God because they have sinned."
48-06
The Great High Priest [48-06]
For hundreds of years, priests continually offered sacrifices to God for people to show the punishment that they deserved for their sins. But those sacrifices could not take away their sin. Jesus is the Great High Priest. Unlike other priests, he offered himself as the only sacrifice that could take away the sin of all the people in the world. Jesus was the perfect high priest because he took the punishment for every sin that anyone has ever committed.
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- he offered himself - This could also be translated as, "Jesus allowed himself to be killed."
- took the punishment - That is, "received the punishment in his own body."
48-07
God's People [48-07]
God told Abraham, “All the people groups of the earth will be blessed through you.” Jesus was a descendant of Abraham. All the people groups are blessed through him, because everyone who believes in Jesus is saved from sin, and becomes a spiritual descendant of Abraham.
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- all the people groups of the earth - This could also be translated as, "people from all different parts of the world."
- a spiritual descendant of Abraham - That is, "spiritually related to Abraham, and one of God's people."
48-08
The Lamb of God [48-08]
When God told Abraham to offer his son, Isaac, as a sacrifice, God provided a lamb for the sacrifice instead of his son, Isaac. We all deserve to die for our sins! But God provided Jesus, the Lamb of God, as a sacrifice to die in our place.
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- instead of his son, Isaac - This can also be translated as, "in the place of his son, Isaac" or, "in his son Isaac's place" or, "so that he would not have to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice."
- deserve to die - That is, "should die."
- to die in our place - This can also be translated as, "to die in the place of each of us" or, "so that he would not have to kill us."
48-09
The Passover [48-09]
When God sent the last plague on Egypt, he told each Israelite family to kill a perfect lamb and spread its blood on the tops and sides of their door frames. When God saw the blood, he passed over their houses and did not kill their firstborn sons. This event is called the Passover.
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- sent the last plague on Egypt - That is, "caused the final disaster to come on Egypt." This was the tenth plague when God caused the firstborn sons of the Egyptians to die.
- a perfect lamb - That is, "a lamb without any defect."
- its blood - That is, "the lamb's blood."
- door frames - If door frames are not known, this could be translated as, "doors."
- passed over - This could also be translated as, "passed by" or, "went by." You may want to connect how this is translated with how "Passover" is translated.
48-10
The Passover Lamb [48-10]
Jesus is our Passover Lamb. He was perfect and sinless and was killed at the time of the Passover celebration. When anyone believes in Jesus, the blood of Jesus pays for that person’s sin, and God's punishment passes over that person.
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- our Passover Lamb - That is, “the Passover Lamb that was killed for us” or, “the lamb that was killed so that God would pass over us” or, “the lamb that was killed so that God would spare us.”
- sinless - This can also be translated as, “had never sinned.”
- blood of Jesus – This could be translated as, “The sacrifice that Jesus made of himself when he died for sinners.” The word “blood” here also means “death.”
- God's punishment passes over that person - This statement means, “God does not punish that person.” Translate it using a phrase that shows its relationship to the words for "Passover" and the "Passover Lamb." If the word "spare" is used in the name of the Passover, this could also be translated as, “God spares that person from punishment.”
48-11
God's New Covenant [48-11]
God made a covenant with the Israelites, who were his chosen people. But God has now made a New Covenant that is available to everyone. Because of this New Covenant, anyone from any people group can become part of God’s people by believing in Jesus.
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- the Israelites, who were his chosen people - That is, "the Israelites, the people he had chosen" or, "his chosen people, the Israelites."
48-12
The Word of God [48-12]
Moses was a great prophet who proclaimed the word of God. But Jesus is the greatest prophet of all. He is God, so everything he did and said were the actions and words of God. That is why Jesus is called the Word of God.
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- a great prophet - That is, “a very important prophet.”
- the greatest prophet - That is, “the most important prophet.”
- He is the Word of God - That is, “He is called the Word of God” because he reveals God's character. The other prophets preached the message God gave them, but Jesus revealed God in his preaching and his actions.
48-13
A Descendent of David [48-13]
God promised King David that one of his descendants would rule as king over God’s people forever. Because Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah, is that special descendant of David who can rule forever.
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48-14
King of the Universe [48-14]
David was the king of Israel, but Jesus is the king of the entire universe! He will come again and rule his kingdom with justice and peace, forever.
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- the king of the entire universe - That is, "the king over everyone and everything everywhere."
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