1308、“我们要为自己立名”表示他们由此可以获得权力的声誉，这从“为自己立名”的含义清楚看出来。事实上，他们知道，每个人都渴望进行某种敬拜，因为这种渴望是所有人都共有的，甚至存在于所有外邦民族或非基督徒当中。凡深思宇宙，尤其思想宇宙秩序的人都承认某个至高无上的存在或实体；他因寻求自己的福祉，所以就向这个至高无上的存在或实体献上自己的崇拜。此外，内在也有某种东西指示这一点，因为这种指示从主经由与每个人同在的天使流入。凡感觉不到这种流入的人都在地狱灵的控制之下，并且不承认神。那些建巴别塔的人因认识到这一点，于是就利用教义和神圣事物为自己立名，否则，他们就无法受到敬拜，这就是接下来这句话的意思，即“免得我们分散在全地面上”，也就是说，他们不会被承认。由此也可推知，这些人越能把头抬到天上，就越为自己立名。他们的统治权在那些拥有某种良心的人中间是最大的，因为他们可以随意把这些人带到任何地方；至于那些没有良心的人，他们则利用各种外在约束来掌控。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1308. And let us make ourselves a name means so as to gain from this a reputation for power, as the symbolism of making a name for themselves shows.
They recognize, after all, that everyone wants to practice some kind of worship. This is a common trait, even among non-Christians. Everyone who contemplates the universe (and especially its order) acknowledges a supreme being, of course, and since we seek our own best welfare, we venerate that being. Besides, there is something inside that tells us to do so, because such a dictate flows in from the Lord by way of the angels present with each one of us. Anyone who does not sense that influence is under the domination of spirits in hell and fails to acknowledge God.
Since people who build Babylonian towers realize this, they make a name for themselves through doctrine and piety. Otherwise they would be unable to win the adulation of others. This is symbolized by the very next clause, that otherwise they would be "scattered over the face of the whole earth," or in other words, would not be acknowledged. From this it also follows that the higher into heaven such people can raise their heads, the more of a name they make for themselves.
Their domination is strongest with those who have a modicum of conscience, since they lead these people anywhere at will; but they have a plethora of external restraints for controlling those who lack conscience.
Potts(1905-1910) 1308
1308. And let us make us a name. That this signifies that thereby they might have a reputation for power, may be seen from the signification of "making oneself a name." For they knew that everyone desires to be in some worship; for this is common to all, and exists among all nations. For everyone who beholds the universe, and still more who considers the order of the universe, acknowledges some supreme being or entity [summum ens], and as he desires his own prosperity, he pays adoration to that entity. Moreover there is something within, which dictates this, for such a dictate flows in from the Lord through the angels who are with every man. The man who is not like this, and who does not acknowledge a God, is under the dominion of infernal spirits. Knowing this, they who build Babylonish towers make themselves a name by means of doctrinal and holy things, for otherwise they could not be worshiped, which is signified in what next follows by their otherwise being scattered over the faces of the whole earth, that is, they would not be acknowledged. And from this it follows that the higher such men can lift up the head to heaven, the more they make themselves a name. Their dominion is greatest over those who have some conscience; for these they lead whithersoever they will; but as to those who have not conscience, they rule all such by means of various external bonds.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1308
1308. 'And let us make a name for ourselves' means that as a result they might gain a reputation for power. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'making a name for oneself' Indeed they know that everybody wishes to engage in worship of some kind, for that wish is common, existing even with every gentile. When anyone considers the universe' even more someone who considers the order of it, he acknowledges some supreme Being. And because he seeks his own welfare he offers that supreme Being his adoration. Furthermore there is something within which dictates this, for such an idea flows in from the Lord through the angels present with every individual. Anyone with whom this is not the case is under the control of spirits from hell, and does not acknowledge God. Because those who build towers of Babel know this they use matters of doctrine and holy things to make a name for themselves. Without that they could not be worshipped, which is the meaning of the statement coming next about their otherwise being scattered over the facea of the whole earth, that is, receiving no recognition. From this it also follows that the higher such people are able to rear their heads up into heaven, the more they make a name for themselves. Their dominion is greatest with people who have some conscience, for these they lead wherever they like. But those who have no conscience they govern by various external bonds.
Latin(1748-1756) 1308
1308. 'Et faciamus nobis nomen': quod significet ut inde fama potentiae, ex significatione 'nomen sibi faciendi' constare potest: norunt enim quod unusquisque in aliquo cultu esse velit; hoc enim commune est, etiam apud omnes gentes; quisque enim aliquod summum ens, cum spectat universum, et magis qui ordinem universi, agnoscit, et quia prosperitatem suam cupit, illud adorat; et praeterea est aliquod intus quod dictat, influit enim tale a Domino per angelos qui apud unumquemvis hominem; homo qui non talis est, is sub dominio spirituum infernalium est, nec agnoscit Deum: quia hoc norunt qui turres Babylonicas exstruunt, per doctrinalia et sancta 'faciunt sibi nomen,' alioquin non coli potuissent, quod in mox sequentibus significatur per id quod alioquin 'dispergerentur super facies totius terrae,' hoc est, quod non agnoscerentur; inde etiam sequitur, quo altius tales attollere possunt caput in caelum, eo plus nominis sibi faciunt: dominium eorum maximum est apud eos quibus aliquid conscientiae, nam eos ducunt quocumque; at vero quibus non conscientia, hos vinculis pluribus externis regunt.