The ancient Babylonians inscribed their laws in stone in the Code of Hammurabi.

古巴比伦人刊刻了汉谟拉比法典。

Hammurabi ruled the new kingdom of Babylon from 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE.

汉谟拉比统治巴比伦新王国。从公元前1792到公元前1750。

It is the oldest law-book in the world, and is known as the Code of Hammurabi.

这是世界上最古老的法典，即《汉谟拉比法典》。

He was probably alive at the time of Hammurabi, the great lawgiver, which was–as you remember! – around 1,700 BC.

他大概生活在伟大的立法者汉谟拉比的那个时代，这就是——就像你记得的那样——大约在公元前1700年。

And in the law code Hammurabi tried to portray himself in two roles that should sound familiar: shepherd and father.

在汉谟拉比法典里，它把自己描述成了两种让人感到熟悉的" 身份" ：牧羊人和父亲。

It appears in The Bible and in The Code of Hammurabi, a set of laws written by the ancient Babylonian king of that name.

它出现在《圣经》和《汉谟拉比法典》中，《汉谟拉比法典》是一套由同名的古巴比伦国王制定的法律。

Babylon went from being a small and unnoteworthy  town into one of the most famous empires in the world. Babylonia peaked under the rule of  Hammurabi, who reigned from 1792-1750 BCE.

巴比伦从一个不起眼的小镇变成了世界上最著名的帝国之一。巴比伦在公元前 1792 年至 1750 年在位的汉谟拉比统治下达到顶峰。

Honest weights and measures crop up frequently in ancient history as guarantors of social order, from Hammurabi's code in Babylon to the Talmud and the Bible, which mentions measurement more than charity.

诚实的度量衡作为社会秩序的保证在古代历史中频繁出现，从巴比伦的汉谟拉比法典到塔木德和圣经， 圣经更多地提到了测量而不是慈善。

Hammurabi's main claim to fame is his famous law code which established everything from like the wages of ox drivers to the fact that the punishment for taking an eye should be having an eye taken.

汉谟拉最著名的要数他的法典，其中规定了赶牛人的工资，和对于伤人眼的惩罚是被取掉一只眼。