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Recién he comenzado con mis estudios. Pero, miren... el profeta Jeremías, hijo de Hilcías, ha escrito que serviremos al rey de Babilonia durante setenta años.
I have only begun my studies, but here... the prophet, Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, has written that we shall serve the king of Babylon for 70 years--
Jeremías admiraba muchísimo a Josías, y probablemente tenía relación con Hilcías y Safán.
Jeremiah greatly admired Josiah and probably had connections with Hilkiah and Shaphan.
El profeta Jeremías empezó su ministerio más o menos al mismo tiempo que Hilcías descubría el pergamino.
The prophet Jeremiah began his ministry at about the same time as Hilkiah discovered the scroll.
Ahora, Safán aseguraba que aquel era el auténtico rollo que Hilcías había descubierto en el templo.
and “took the scroll of the covenant [sefer torah] and read it in the hearing of the people.”105 Now Shaphan claimed that this was the very scroll that Hilkiah had discovered in the temple.
Pero en lugar de ser una obra antigua, como aseguraban Safán e Hilcías, casi con toda seguridad se trataba de una escritura completamente nueva.
But instead of being an ancient work, as Shaphan and Hilkiah claimed, it was almost certainly an entirely new scripture.
Durante la construcción, el sumo sacerdote Hilcías hizo un descubrimiento trascendental, y corrió a Safán, el escriba real, con esta noticia emocionante: «He hallado en la Casa de Yahvé el libro de la Ley [sefer torah[101]]». Decía que aquella era la auténtica ley que Yahvé había entregado a Moisés en el monte Sinaí.
During the construction, the high priest Hilkiah made a momentous discovery, and hurried to Shaphan, the royal scribe, with this exciting news: “I have found the book of the law [sefer torah] in the temple of Yahweh.”101 This, he said, was the authentic Law, which Yahweh had given to Moses on Mount Sinai.
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