That would be a lamentable fate for the "Great Sea" , invoked in a Jewish prayer which gives this book its title.
这样的命运，对于地中海这一“伟大之海”——这个称谓来源于一则犹太祷文，同时也是本书书名的来源——来说，将是令人扼腕的。After a little while of silence, he said he thought somebody might read a prayer.
沉默了片刻后，他说他想要人给他念一段祷文。What he saw that day was like an answered prayer.
那天他所看到的就像是一份祷文。He took a breath, then added his mantra: "Love each other or die. "
他吸了口气，然后加上了他的祷文：“相爱或者死亡。”The X-ray imaging showed its contents, including the name of the scribe who overwrote the parchment with religious text.
射线图像展示了手稿的内容，包括书写宗教祷文的作者的名字。She says her prayers every night before she goes to bed.
她每晚就寝前念祷文。To say the Jesus Prayer a hundred time attentively and without haste, about half an hour is needed, but some ascetics require even longer.
专心而从容地念一百遍耶稣祷文大约要半个小时，有些修士可能要更长的时间。In His prayer in John 17, Christ said, 'Holy Father, protect them by the power of your Name.
在约翰福音十七章的主祷文中，基督祷告说：「圣父啊，求你因你所赐给我的名保守他们。」The Lord's Prayer was prefigured by an Egyptian hymn to Osiris - beginning by Amen, "O Amen, O Amen, who are in heaven. "
主祷文是由古埃及对奥西里斯的赞诗：由阿蒙开始：啊，阿蒙，啊，阿蒙，你在天堂里。