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 you recover, 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, once converted, 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