主日禱告與靈修的話-31

主日禱告與靈修的話-31

I.                  靈修的話

Snowy Day 下雪的日子

I was looking from my window   我望著窗外

    On a very snowy day;       在某一個下大雪的日子

  The beauty was splendid,      雪景十分優美

I just had to stop and pray.      我不得不開始禱告。

I told God how much I loved Him  我告訴神多麼敬仰祂

   As I bowed my had to say,     當我低下頭說，

“Thank you, God, for all Your love  「神，感謝您一切的愛

   You have shown me today.”     它是您今日賜給我的。」

   The beauty was so splendid    是如此之美

I could scarcely believe my eyes,   以致我不相信自己的眼睛，

Then I realized how great God is,   然後我明白神是多麼偉太

   How marvelous and wise.      多麼了不起，多意有智慧。

Only God could paint a picture    只有神才能為我畫出

   So lovely and serene;         如此可愛和安祥的一幅畫

Only God could paint a picture    只有神才能為我畫出

   Like the one that I had seen.   如同我看過的那一幅畫。

So, I give God all the glory        因此，我向神獻上所有的光耀

   For allowing me to see        感謝祂讓我看到了

The earth and all its beauty,      宇宙大地之美

But most of all the scene.        除了一切美景之外。

禱告者：Bonne J. Lyones

取材自：Condensed from Salesian Inspirational Books

II.               聖經研究：

中譯經文主題：「他從高天伸手抓住我，把我從大水中拉上來」-撒母耳記下22:17。「他救我脫離我的勁敵，和那些恨我的人，因為他們比我強盛。」-22:18

英譯版本之比較：

1)      “He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters”: (Samuel 22:17) “he delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.” (22:18) -King James Version

2)      “You reached down from heaven, and you lifted me from deep in the ocean.”-17 “You rescued me from enemies who were hateful and too powerful for me.”-18-Contemporary English Version

3)      “He sent from on high, he took me, He drew me out of many waters;”-17

“He delivered me from my strong enemy, from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me-18- American Standard Version

4)      “From on high God reached down and grabbed me; he took me out of deep waters. “-17 “God saved me from my powerful enemy, saved me from my foes, who were too much for me.”-18 Contemporary English Bible.

個人看法：

中文版和英文版譯義接近，只是用字不同：

1)      解救，多半用save，但英譯本用deliver…..from, 含釋出(release) 之義

2)      中譯，「他們比我強盛」，與英譯有很大差別，本義應為「無法抗拒的敵人」，而非中譯之義。此處的中譯，有點牽強，因原英譯強調的是「負面意義」。

3)      “too strong(powerful, mighty) for me”, 後省略(to fight against) ；4) 卻用toomuch for me；此處的too much含too hard (for me to deal with)- 難於對付之義。

綜合上述，原中譯本17,18兩節，可酌予更改為現代白話：

「神自天上伸出手來，把我從水中救出(17)，使我脫離我無法抗拒的敵人和對我仇恨的人(18)」。

17節乃比喻(figure of speech)-「神幫我脫離苦海」；18節則具體說明，此苦海乃指「敵人及仇恨我的人」。至於「從高天伸手抓住我，把我從大水中拉上來」，亦為比喻：「神位居天堂，拯救凡間受苦受難的凡人」。

以上純屬個人看法，敬請指教

Justin Lai (賴正雄) 編譯  

04/10/2016