Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters. 玛土撒拉生拉麦之后,又活了七百八十二年,并且生儿养女。
In fact, if we would trace back the canonical records, people were able to live not just a hundred years, but almost a thousand years like Methuselah. 其实,追溯权威记录,人类非但可以活到一百岁,还可以像玛士撒拉一样活几百岁。
And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God300 years and had other sons and daughters. 以诺生玛土撒拉之后,与上帝同行三百年,并且生儿养女。
Everyone is so young here, he says. I feel like Methuselah. 这里的每个人都这么年轻,他说,我感觉自己像个年纪很大的人。
And Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years and begot lamech. 玛土撒拉活到一百八十七岁,生了拉麦。
But this case should remind you of something, because this case is one that we've actually discussed before "Methuselah" under the label of "Methuselah." 但这个例子应该让你们想起一件事,因为以前我们曾探讨过这个例子,援引的例子是
I wish you bounty happiness and longevity of Methuselah. 我祝您福如东海,寿比南山。
And in the Methuselah case, I've stipulated, it ends up not being very much like me at all. 在玛士萨拉的案例中,我规定,最后的我完全不像我自己。
Mr Samuelson was happy to be "linked with such Methuselah masters as Verdi" who did some of their best work in old age. 萨缪尔森很高兴他能被与威尔第那样在晚年写出最佳作品的玛土撒拉大师如威尔相提并论。
She's as old as methuselah. 她和玛士撒拉一样老。
Back to Methuselah& George Bernard Shaw's Manifesto of Thought 《回到马修撒拉时代》&萧伯纳思想宣言
It's just that as Methuselah, I live a very, very, very long time. 就和玛士萨拉一样,我活了非常非常久。