Chapter XXXIII

 Satan falsely promises the "bright light."

 

 

1 But Satan, the hater of all good, sought them in the cave, but found them not, although he searched diligently¹ for them.

 

2 But he found them standing² in the water praying and thought within himself, "Adam and Eve are standing like that in that water praying to God to forgive them their transgression³, and to restore them to their former state, and to take them from under my hand.

 

3 But I will deceive them so that they shall come out of the water, and not fulfil their vow⁴."

 

4 Then the hater of all good, went not to Adam, but he went to Eve, and took the form of an angel of God, praising and rejoicing, and said to her:—

 

5 "Peace be to you! Be glad and rejoice! God is favorable to you, and He sent me to Adam. I have brought him the glad tidings of salvation⁵, and of his being filled with bright light as he was at first.

 

6 And Adam, in his joy for his restoration, has sent me to you, that you come to me, in order that I crown you with light like him.

 

7 And he said to me, 'Speak to Eve; if she does not come with you, tell her of the sign when we were on the top of the mountain; how God sent his angels who took us and brought us to the Cave of Treasures; and laid the gold on the southern side; incense⁶, on the eastern side; and myrrh on the western side.' Now come to him."

 

8 When Eve hear these words from him, she rejoiced greatly. And thinking Satan's appearance was real, she came out of the sea.

 

9 He went before, and she followed him until they came to Adam. Then Satan hid himself from her, and she saw him no more.

 

10 She then came and stood before Adam, who was standing by the water and rejoicing in God's forgiveness.

 

11 And as she called to him, he turned around, found her there and cried when he saw her, and beat his chest; and from the bitterness of his grief, he sank into the water.

 

12 But God looked at him and at his misery⁷, and at his being about to breathe his last. And the Word of God came from heaven, raised him out of the water, and said to him, "Go up the high bank to Eve." And when he came up to Eve he said to her, "Who told you to come here?"

 

13 Then she told him the discourse⁸ of the angel who had appeared to her and had given her a sign.

 

14 But Adam grieved, and gave her to know it was Satan. He then took her and they both returned to the cave.

 

15 These things happened to them the second time they went down to the water, seven days after their coming out of the garden.

 

16 They fasted in the water thirty-five days; altogether forty-two days since they had left the garden.

 

1 diligently   

ad.industriously;carefully

参考例句：

• He applied himself diligently to learning French. 他孜孜不倦地学法语。
• He had studied diligently at college. 他在大学里勤奋学习。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 transgression   

n.违背；犯规；罪过

参考例句：

• The price can make an action look more like a transaction than a transgression.罚款让一个行为看起来更像是一笔交易而不是一次违法行为。
• The areas of transgression are indicated by wide spacing of the thickness contours.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。

4 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

5 salvation   

n.（尤指基督）救世，超度，拯救，解困

参考例句：

• Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
• Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。

6 incense   

v.激怒；n.香，焚香时的烟，香气

参考例句：

• This proposal will incense conservation campaigners.这项提议会激怒环保人士。
• In summer,they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.夏天他们通常点香驱蚊。

7 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

8 discourse   

n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述

参考例句：

• We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
• He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。