主日禱告與靈修的話-32

主日禱告與靈修的話-32

I.                  靈修的話

His Touch Inspires, Encourages and Heals

『衪的關懷激勵、鼓勵我與治癒我的病』

Oh, Lord, I do hear You…. 主啊，我的確聽到你的聲音

   I hear You every day;  我每天都聽到

And I see the amazing beauty 也看到驚人之美

That you always send my way! 它總是朝我送過來!

So, I’d never take for granted 因此我永不視為理所當然

This kind offering from You, 這件你恩賜的慈善禮物，

As I travel throughout my lifetime- 當我歷經我的一生時-

   I love all you say and do! 我敬愛你說的話，和所做的一切

   You inspire me to go, 你激勵我向前

  Yet, another exhausting mile- 但在另一場令人疲憊的旅程中

After a short disheartened while. 在我經歷一個短暫灰心的片刻之後。

  You encourage me to do 你鼓勵我去做

All the things that are close and dear; 所有迫切和親切的事

As you fill my anxious soul with lots of hope-當你讓我焦慮的心中充滿無限希望時

  I feel You near! 就感覺你就在身邊!

You’re there to console me, Lord, 主啊，你在身邊安慰我，

  When life seems rather grim- 當我的人生暗淡時-

Oh, how you heal my weary heart 哦，你辛苦治癒我疲憊的心

  Over and over again! 一再地!

  I know each day is special, 我明白，每一天都是特別的

All these treasures that I’m given- 你所賜給我的所有財寶-

That’s why I see that life is precious 也因此我才明白生命是寶貴的

  And very much worth livin’! 並且頗值珍視

Please know that I trust and love You, Lord, 主啊，請明白我信賴並仰慕你

  And I know how much you care- 我知道你多麼護衛我

Yes, I feel You with me every day…. 是的，我感覺你天天陪伴我

And see Your fingerprints everywhere! 我處處看到你的痕跡

禱告者：By Dianne Cogar

節錄自：Condensed from Salesian Inspirational Books

II聖經研究：

中譯經文主題：『我是好牧人，好牧人為羊捨命-約翰福者10:11』，若是僱工不是牧人，羊也不是他自己的，他看見狼來了，就撇下羊逃走，狼抓住羊，趕散了羊群』。-約翰福者10:12』

英譯版本之比較：

1)      I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the shepherd. (11) When the hired hand sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. That’s because he isn’t the shepherd; the sheep aren’t really his. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. (12)- Common English Bible

2)      I am the good shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down his (own) life for the sheep (11). But the hired servant (he who merely serves for wages) who is neither the shepherd nor the owner of the sheep, when he sees the wolf coming, deserts the flock and runs away.  And the wolf chases and snatches

 them and scatters (the flock) (12)-Amplified Bible

以上兩種英譯本與中文版大同小異。此兩節均為比喻，Shepherd應指神，這些羊(眾生)乃神之主民。神有義務護衛其子民，免受惡人(狼群) 之傷害。

Justin Lai (賴正雄) 編譯 

04/17/2016

P.S. 因尚未取得Salesian Inspirational Books新書，『靈修的話』下周起擬暫停。

靈修的話-28

主日禱告與靈修的話-28

             

I.                  靈修的話

The Tangled Web 糾纏的網結(一籌莫展)

I, in life’s tangled web, was caught  我陷入人生的盤根錯節中

And all my efforts came to naught.  我的一切努力付之流水。

I cried and said, “Oh, Lord, why me?”  我向上帝哭訴，「主啊，我何其不幸? 」

And then He said, “Child, look and see.” 然後，主說，「孩子，看看你就會明白」。

   I looked and saw the other side 我注視著，看了另一邊

And then my eyes were opened wide. 接著，我眼界大開。

   I saw the lovely tapestry 我看見那可愛的繡帷

That He had woven just for me. 那是衪替我編織好的

The tangled web that I had seen 我看過的盤根錯節是微不足道

Obscured His loving plan for me; 若與祂為我的編排好的美好計劃相比

   His final plan was yet to be 祂最後的計劃

   Revealed in lovely tapestry 會在可愛的繡帷上顯現出來。

-by Helen Gleason

Condensed from Salesian Inspirational Books

II.               聖經研究：

中譯經文主題：

「但我已經為你祈求，叫你不至於失了信心，你回頭以後要堅固你的弟兄」。

路加福音(Luke 22:32)

英譯版本之比較：

1) “But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.” -King James Version

中文版與KJV版接近，堅固應含強化信仰(strengthen the faith of……)，中譯簡潔，但意義欠明，strengthen強化在此不含使人健康之義。又原英譯converted，含「改信另一宗教」之義，中文「回頭」含義較廣，如「浪子回頭」，含改過自新之義。

2) “But I have prayed for your faith may not fail.  And when you have turned again,strengthen your brethren.”- English Standard Version.

本版用turned，表示中文之回頭，但強調「改信」之意義仍較薄弱。

3) “ But I have made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.” -American Standard Version

本版用made supplication (謙虛地請願)代替prayed，意義較婉轉；另用establish(創立)代替strengthen，則比strengthen更徹底。

4) But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail.  So when yourecover, strengthen the other disciples. God’s Word Translation

本版用recover表示回頭，按recover有失而復得之義，此處應指信仰的恢復(recovered faith)? 另用brothers, brethren 或other disciples應均屬同義。

5) But I have prayed for you, so that your faith may not fail, and so that you, onceconverted, may confirm your brothers.- Catholic Public Domain Version

本版用confirm (=make…firm) + brothers= make brothers firm in their faith，使弟兄們堅定他們的信仰，此字比strengthen更好。(confirm現代英文常作「確認」解)

綜合上述，原中譯本可酌予更改為：

「但我已經祈求，你不至喪失信仰，你一但重新恢復了信仰後, 要讓你的弟兄們也堅定此信仰」

敬請指教。

Justin Lai (賴正雄) 編譯

03/20/2016

主日禱告與靈修的話-26

主日禱告與靈修的話-26

I.                  靈修的話

Jesus Always Cares 「耶穌永遠垂護我」

There are so many moments  有許多時刻

I question what went wrong,  我質疑差錯出在何處

  Why am I still standing 為何我仍屹立不搖

When I feel I do not belong? 當我感覺我應倒下時。

The problems crash upon me 難關逼我喘不過氣

  And so many can appear; 而且使我疲於應付

  I look to find the answers 我四周張望，尋找答案

   But all I find is tears. 但只找到淚水。

Remember through the hard times 記得經歷困境時

  A helping hand is always there; 永遠看到一隻援手

    Look into your heart 祂深切瞭解我

    Jesus always cares. 耶穌永遠垂護我。

By Angela Benedict

Condensed from Salesian Inspirational Books 譯自

II.               聖經研究：

                   

A.     中譯經文主題：

「你的眼睛就是身上的燈，你的眼睛若瞭亮，全身就光明，眼睛若昏花，全身就黑暗。」

 - 路加福音11:34 (Luke 11:34)

B.      英譯版本之比較：

1)      Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body is also full of light.  But when they are unhealthy, your body is also full of darkness.- New International Version (新國際版)/ Common English Bible

註：以上兩英譯本與中文接近，但用healthy (健康的)/unhealthy (不健康的) 表示瞭亮與昏花乃屬自然健康狀態，有好有壞，而非引申之意。

2)      The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.- King James Version

註：此版本較明確；single指一心一意或真諴之善心，與evil (邪惡) 之心相對，即心存善念，軀體發光，若存惡念則昏黑。但眼睛全用單數?

3)      Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye (your conscience) is sound and fulfilling its office, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound and is not fulfilling its office, your body is full of darkness. – Amplified Bible

註：用sound表示 (健全)and fulfilling its office 表示克盡其責。眼睛仍用單數。

4)      Your eyes are the lamp for your body.  When your eyes are good, you have all the light you need.  But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark.-Contemporary English Version

註：of the body指身體所屬之器官；用for the body，則指’有助於’身體，為身體而照亮。另用everything is dark刞指外表之物昏暗不明，而非身體。這與其他版本大不相同。

5)      The lamp of your body is the eye.  When you have a ‘good eye’, ［that is, when you are generous, ］your whole body is full of light; but when you have an ‘evil eye’, ［when you are stingy］, your body is full of darkness. - 猶太聖聖(Complete Jewish Bible)

註：good eye 指慷慨、慈善之念；而evil eye 指吝嗇、狹隘之心。眼睛仍用單數。

綜合上述，原中譯本可酌予更改為：

「眼睛乃身上之燈，若心存善念，眼睛明亮，照亮一切；若心存惡念，眼睛易受蒙閉，全身昏暗，外物亦不明。」

-如此，使原文之光明與黑暗涵蓋了本身及外界。不知飽學聖經之士高見如何?

敬請惠予指教。

Justin Lai (賴正雄) 編譯

03/06/2016

主日禱告與靈修的話-25

主日禱告與靈修的話-25

                         

I.                  靈修的話

My book of Books 「眾書之首」

There is a Bible by my bed 床邊有一本聖經

That’s comforting each time it’s read; 每讀完一篇就感欣慰

It’s therapy when I feel lost, 它治癒我的心神失落時。

Advice that comes without a cost. 它免費提供忠言

This Holy Book tells what to do 聖經教我行為準繩

When I feel all alone and blue; 當我孤單與傷心時；

It’s a road map every day 它是每日的指路圖

That one should follow all the way. 引導沿路應遵循的。

There’re full instructions on each page 每頁均有詳細的指示

That never changes with the age; 它不因時代而改變；

It’s written plain and all is true, 所述易懂又真實，

That tells exactly what to do. 教我們該做之事。

It is the Book of Books for sure, 它無疑乃眾書之首

The one that opens up the door 它開啟我被告知的

Into eternal life I’m told, 永生之門，

Where no ever shall grow old. 在永生之界，眾人永生不老。

By Katherine Smith Matheney

Condensed from Salesian Inspirational Books

II.聖經研究：

A.     中譯經文主題：

「他憐憫敬畏他的人，直到世世代代。」-路加福音1:50

「他用膀臂施展大能，那狂妄的人、正心裏狂想、就被他趕散了。」

-路加福音1:51

B.      英譯版本之比較：

1)      50 -And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him. 

        51- He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in theimagination of their heart. – American Standard Version

註：本版本與中譯本極接近。世世代代之英譯，大都用generation to generation，唯此本用generations and generations；showed strength with his arm , 展現大力；the proud = the proud people(亦可譯為自豪的人)，但應與狂妄有區別。妄想用imagination，而不用hallucination或lunacy，不懂其因。又為何要趕散他們? 為何不何無形的精神感召的力量?

2)      50- He always shows mercy to everyone who worships him.  

        51 -The Lord has used his powerful arm to scatter those who are proud. –Contemporary English Version

註：本版本之英譯簡明

3)      50 -And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. 

        51- He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in theimagination of their hearts. – King James Version.

註：from generation to generation，是指世代畏懼他? 而非世代憐憫他。

4)      50- And His mercy (His compassion and kindness toward the miserable and afflicted) is on those who fear Him with godly reverence, from generation to generation and age to age – (Ps. 103:17)-Amplified Bible

註：本版本用miserable 與afflicted表達身心痛苦的人；另外用godly reverence -虔誠敬畏之心，比其他版本更明確，但，from generation to generation and age to age，在句中之位置看來，似乎在修飾fear，即世世代代的畏懼，而非代代的憐憫。。

5)      50- And his mercy is from generation to generations for those who fear him.  He has  accomplished powerful deeds with his arm.  

        51- He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart. -Catholic Public Domain Version. 天主教版

註：本版本更詳細地用accomplished powerful deeds with his arm，如同中譯之「大能」。the arrogant = the very proud指高傲的人。用intentions, 表示狂妄想法，與其他版有極大之不同。按intentions, 應僅表示意圖、意念。

綜合上述，原中譯本、1) 及5) 強調「世代的憐憫」；2) 與4) 強調「世代的敬畏」。以下a. b. 兩種譯法，似乎皆合乎邏輯。有時以片段方式，解釋聖經，常會有不同的見解，因欠缺時間、典故等之連貫。天主教對聖經譯述可能較有統一的版本，但聖言會、耶穌會、方濟會、母祐會等則也許不一定；至於基督教則更難說。玆重譯上述兩節中文如下：

a.   50-   「凡世世代代敬畏主的人，就會得到衪的憐憫」。

b.      「凡敬畏主的人，就會世世代代代獲得憐憫」。-50 (中譯本是唯一用「直到」兩字，強   調永續不斷，不知為何?)

          51-  「衪已施展強大的力量，驅散心存妄想的高傲人士」。

謹此就教於飽學聖經之士，敬請惠予指教。

Justin Lai (賴正雄) 編譯

02/28/2016