אמר ליה ר"ל האי רשע קרית ליה נהי דלא קא עביד מצוה מן המובחר פסח מיהא קא עביד אלא משל לשני בני אדם זה אשתו ואחותו עמו וזה אשתו ואחותו עמו לזה נזדמנה לו אשתו ולזה נזדמנה לו אחותו זה שנזדמנה לו אשתו צדיקים ילכו בם וזה שנזדמנה לו אחותו ופושעים יכשלו בם
Reish Lakish said to him: Is this one called an evildoer? Although he has not performed the best form of the mitzvah, he still performed the paschal lamb. Rather, it is parable to two people, this one has his wife and his sister with him and this one has his wife and his sister with him. To this one his wife is set for him and to this one his sister is set for him, the one whose wife is set for him, "the righteous walk upon them," and the one whose sister is set for him, "and the sinners stumble upon them."
Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)
R. Nachman b. R. Chisda lectured: "What is the meaning of the passage (Ecc. 8, 14) There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked, etc.? This means: "Happy are the righteous whose fate in this world is like that of the wicked in the world to come; and woe is to the wicked whose fate in this world is like that of the righteous in the world to come." Raba raised the following objection: "Is it then impossible that the righteous be rewarded in both this and the world to come?" Therefore said Raba: "Happy are the righteous whose punishment for their wrongdoings in this world is like the reward which Heaven grandteth the wicked for their good deeds in this world, and woe to the wicked whose fate of reward in this world is like the fate of punishment of the righteous for their bad deeds in this world." R. Papa and R. Huna b. R. Joshua came to Raba and the latter questioned them: "Have ye learned thoroughly this and that treatise of the Talmud?" To which they responded: "Yea." "Have ye become a little rich [so that ye have time to study uninterruptedly]?" They said: "Yea, we have bought little parcels of land." He then applied to them the above, Happy are the righteous whose fate in this world, is like the fate of the wicked in this world. Rabba b. b. Chana said in the name of R. Jochanan: "What is the meaning of the passage (Hos. 14, 10) For righteous are the ways of the Lord," etc. This may be likened unto two men who, etc. [as fully explained in Vol. 3, page 139].
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