【Genesis 8:10, 11 李杜圣经札记】
10 他又等了七天，再把鸽子从方舟放出去。
11 到了晚上，鸽子回到他那里，嘴里叼着一个新拧下来的橄榄叶子，挪亚就知道地上的水退了。
ERV：
10 After seven days Noah again sent out the dove.
11 And that afternoon the dove came back to Noah. The dove had a fresh olive leaf in its mouth. This was a sign to show Noah that there was dry ground on the earth.
NIV:
10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.
点评：
今天这两句，和合本中译不及文理版的文言：“又待七日、复放鸽出。薄暮鸽归、口衔橄榄新叶。”
英文，我喜欢NIV版本里的这句“there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf”。“in its beak”，作为插入语，嵌入“there be”的句型里，让句子有顿挫感，突出了后面的“橄榄叶”。
10 他又等了七天，再把鸽子从方舟放出去。
11 到了晚上，鸽子回到他那里，嘴里叼着一个新拧下来的橄榄叶子，挪亚就知道地上的水退了。
ERV：
10 After seven days Noah again sent out the dove.
11 And that afternoon the dove came back to Noah. The dove had a fresh olive leaf in its mouth. This was a sign to show Noah that there was dry ground on the earth.
NIV:
10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.
点评：
今天这两句，和合本中译不及文理版的文言：“又待七日、复放鸽出。薄暮鸽归、口衔橄榄新叶。”
英文，我喜欢NIV版本里的这句“there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf”。“in its beak”，作为插入语，嵌入“there be”的句型里，让句子有顿挫感，突出了后面的“橄榄叶”。