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Gregory the Great

Pastoral Rule, Dialogues & Letters 124

Latin original · 4 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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124:1
Terribile etiam qulddam in Valeriae provincia contigisse vir vitæ venerabilis • Maximianus, Syracusanos episcopus, qui diu in hac urbe meo monasierio praefuit, narrare consuevit, dicens: Quidam t Curialis illic sacratissimo paschali Sabbato jnvenculam cujusdam liliam in baptismate suscepit. Qui post jejunium domum reversus, multoque vino inebriatus, eamdem filiam suam secum manere petit, eamque nocte illa (quod dictu nefas est perdidit. Cumque mane iacto surrexisset, reus cogitare coepit ut ad balneum pergeret. ac si aqua balnei lavaret maculam peccati. Perrexit ig tur, lavit, coepitque trepidare ecclesialn ingredi. Sed si tanto die non iret ad ecc!esiam, erube:cehat homines;
A certain terrible thing too that happened in the province of Valeria, Maximian, a man of venerable life, bishop of Syracuse, who for a long time presided over my monastery in this city, used to relate, saying: 'A certain member of the town council there, on the most holy Paschal Saturday, received a young girl, the daughter of a certain man, at baptism. This man, after the fast, having returned home and become drunk with much wine, asked that same god-daughter of his to remain with him, and that night—which is a shame even to tell—he ruined her. And when he had risen the next morning, guilty, he began to think of going to the baths, as if by the water of the bath he might wash away the stain of his sin. He went therefore, washed, and began to tremble at entering the church. But if on so great a day he did not go to church, he was ashamed before men;'
又有一件可怕的事發生在瓦萊里亞省，敘拉古主教、生活可敬之人瑪克西米安——他長久在本城主理我的隱修院——慣於述說道：「那裡有一位市議會的議員，在至聖的逾越節聖週六，於洗禮中接受了某人的一個少女作教女。這人於守齋之後回到家中，飲了大量的酒而醉，請求他這位教女與他同住，那一夜——這事說出來都是可恥的——他玷污了她。次日清晨他起身時，滿懷罪咎，開始想去浴場，彷彿藉浴場的水可以洗去罪的污點。他於是去了，洗了，卻開始戰慄著要進入教堂。但若在這樣的大日子他不去教堂，便在人前羞愧；」
124:2
si vero iret, pertimescebat judicium Dni. Vicit itaque humana verecundia, perrexit ad ecclesiam: sed tremebundus ac pavens stare coepit, atque per singula momenta suspertu3 qua hora immundo spiritui traderetur, et coram oni populo vexaretur. Cumque vehementer timeret, ei in illa missarum celebritate quasi adversi uiliil contigit. Qui laetus exiit, et die altero eci lesiam jam securus intravit. Factumque est ut per sex contin os dies laetus ac securus » procederet, æstimans quod ejus scelas Dominus aut non vidisset, a aut misericorditer dimisisset. Die autem septimo subita morte defunctus est.
but if he did go, he greatly feared the judgment of the Lord. Human shame therefore prevailed, and he went to the church: but he began to stand trembling and afraid, and at each single moment he was in suspense as to at what hour he would be handed over to the unclean spirit and be tormented before all the people. And when he feared vehemently, nothing adverse happened to him during that celebration of the Mass. He went out joyful, and on the next day he entered the church now secure. And it came to pass that for six continuous days he went about joyful and secure, supposing that the Lord either had not seen his crime, or had mercifully forgiven it. But on the seventh day he died a sudden death.
但若他真去了，又極怕主的審判。人的羞恥心終於得勝，他便去了教堂：卻開始戰慄驚恐地站著，時時刻刻懸念著自己會在哪一時辰被交給不潔之靈，在眾百姓面前受折磨。當他劇烈地懼怕時，在那台彌撒的舉行期間，卻沒有任何不利的事臨到他。他歡喜地出去，次日又安然地進了教堂。事情竟是這樣：一連六天他都歡喜安然地行動，以為主或是沒有看見他的罪行，或是已慈悲地寬赦了。但到第七天，他卻猝然而死。
124:3
Cumque sepulturae traditus fuisset, per longum tempus cunctis videntibus de sepulcro illius flamma exiit, et tandiu ossa ejus concremavit, quousque omne sepulerum consumeret, et terra quæ in tumulum collecta fuerat defossa videretur. Quod videlicet omnipotens Deus faciens ostendit quid ejus anima in occulto pertulit, cujus etiam corpus ante humanos oculos flamma consumpsit. Qua in re nobis quoque haec audientibus esemplum formidinis dare dignatus est, quatenus ex hac consideratione colligamus, 424 quid anima vivens ac sentiens pro reatu suo patiatur, si tanto ignis supplicio etiam insensibilia ossa concremantur. PETR.
And when he had been committed to burial, for a long time, while all beheld, a flame came forth from his tomb, and so long did it consume his bones, until it destroyed the whole sepulchre, and the earth which had been gathered into a mound seemed to be dug away. This, indeed, almighty God, in doing it, showed what his soul was suffering in secret, whose body also, before human eyes, the flame consumed. In which matter He also deigned to give to us who hear these things an example of dread, so that from this consideration we may gather what a living and feeling soul suffers for its guilt, if by so great a punishment of fire even insensible bones are consumed. PETER:
當他被交付埋葬後，長久之久，在眾人眼前，有火焰從他的墳墓中出來，並且如此久地焚燒他的骸骨，直到把整個墳塋都毀盡，連堆成土丘的泥土也彷彿被掘去了。全能的天主如此行，實在是顯明他的靈魂在隱密中所受的苦，正如他的身體在人的眼前被火焰所吞。在此事上，祂也俯允賜給我們這些聽聞這些事的人一個令人畏懼的鑑戒，好使我們從這番思量中推知：既然如此巨大的火刑，連無知覺的骸骨都被焚燒，那麼一個活著且有感覺的靈魂，為其罪咎又當受何等的苦。伯多祿：
124:4
Nosse velim si vel boni bonos in regno, vel mali malos in supplicio agnoscant.
I should like to know whether the good recognize the good in the kingdom, or the wicked recognize the wicked in their punishment.
我想知道，善人在天國中是否認得善人，惡人在刑罰中是否認得惡人。
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