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1:2259
Βιαζόμενος γάρ ἑαυτόν ἵνα μή ἄνευ δακρύων παρατρέχῃς τήν τετυπωμένην ἀκολουθίαν τῆς ἐκκλησίας, γίνῃ τοῦ καλοῦ τούτου ἐν ἕξει καί, ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ στιχολογίᾳ καί ἐν τοῖς τροπαρίοις οἷς ψάλλεις, τρέφεταί σου ψυχή, ἀναδεχομένῃ τά τούτων θεῖα νοήματα πρός ἑαυτήν, καί ἀναβιβάζεταί σου νοῦς διά τῶν λεγομένων πρός τά νοητά, καί δακρύων ἡδέως, οὕτως ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ διάγεις, ὡς ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ οὐρανῷ μετά τῶν ἄνω δυνάμεων
因為你既勉強自己不流淚就不度過教會所定的日課,你就在這善事上安穩了;並且在那逐節誦讀詩篇、在你所吟唱的頌詩中,你的靈魂得著滋養,將其中屬神的意義接納到自己裡面;你的心思也藉著所說的話被提升到那些屬靈的事上;你既甘美地流淚,就這樣在教會中度日,如同在諸天本身裡,與上界的眾能者同在。
For by constraining yourself not to pass through the appointed office of the church without tears, you become settled in this good thing; and in the very recitation of the psalter and in the troparia which you chant, your soul is nourished, receiving unto itself their divine meanings; and your mind is borne up through the words that are spoken unto things intelligible; and weeping sweetly, you thus pass your time in the church as in heaven itself, together with the powers above.
1:2260
Θές οὖν καί τοῦτο σεαυτῷ νόμον, ἵνα πρό τῆς ἐσχάτης εὐχῆς μή ἐξέλθῃς ποτέ τῆς συνάξεως ἄνευ ἀνάγκης μεγάληςἤ χρείας τοῦ σώματος, ἀλλά μένε ὡς εἴπομεν προσκαρτερῶν ἐν τῇ στάσει σου, ἐπειδή ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, κατά τό γεγραμμένον, σωθήσεται·
所以,你也要把這事立為自己的律法,就是在末後的禱告之前,除非有極大的必要或身體的需要,切不可離開聚會;反倒要如我們所說的,堅忍地站立在你的崗位上,因為照著經上所記的,那忍耐到底的必然得救。
Set this also, then, as a law for yourself, that before the final prayer you may never leave the assembly, save for great necessity or a bodily need; but remain, as we have said, persevering in your standing, since he who endures to the end, according to what is written, shall be saved.
1:2261
οὐ μόνον δέ ἀλλά πρῶτον μέν βοήθειαν λήψεται ἀνεπαισθήτως, εἶτα καί ἐν αἰσθήσει, καί μετ ὀλίγον ἐν φωτισμῷ ἀπό Θεοῦ Παντοκράτορος
不僅如此,你起先必不知不覺地領受幫助,繼而也在有知覺中領受,過不多時,就在從全能之神而來的光照中領受。
And not only this, but first you will receive help imperceptibly, then also in a perceptible manner, and after a little while in illumination from God the Almighty.
1:2262
Τελεσθείσης δέ τῆς ὀρθρινῆς δοξολογίας, εὐθύς ἐξερχόμενος μή ἄρξῃ λαλεῖν τούτῳ κἀκείνῳ καί μετεωρίζεσθαι καί ἀργολογεῖν, ἀλλ ἔστω σοι, μετά τό εὔξασθαι καταμόνας ἐν τῷ κελλίῳ τήν τετυπωμένην σου εὐχήν ἐν δάκρυσι καί πολλῇ προσοχῇ, ἐργασία σωματική τις, καί εὐθύς ἀπότρεχε πρός αὐτήν, εἴτε διακονίαν εἰς τήν διακονίαν, εἴτε ἐργόχειρον εἰς τό ἐργόχειρον, εἴτε ἀνάγνωσις εἰς τήν ἀνάγνωσιν
當晨間的頌讚完畢,你一出來,就不可與這人那人閒談、分心、說閒話;反倒當在單獨於你的居室裡,以眼淚與極大的專注誦念了你所定的禱文之後,去作某項身體的勞作;並要立刻趕赴——若是服事,就去服事;若是手工,就去作手工;若是誦讀,就去誦讀。
And when the morning doxology is completed, going out immediately, do not begin to talk with this one and that, and to be distracted, and to speak idle words; but let there be for you, after praying alone in your cell your appointed prayer with tears and much attentiveness, some bodily labor; and straightway hasten off to it—if to a service, to the service; if to handiwork, to the handiwork; if to reading, to the reading.
1:2263
Ἀργός δέ μή θελήσῃς ὅλως καθεσθῆναι ἐν τῷ κελλίῳ σου, ἵνα μή ἀργία διδάξῃ σε πᾶν κακόν, μή θέμις εἰπεῖν
但你切不可情願閒坐在你的居室裡,免得懶惰教導你行各樣的惡,就是那連提說都不合宜的惡。
But do not at all wish to sit idle in your cell, lest idleness teach you every evil which it is not lawful even to speak of.
1:2264
Ἀλλά γάρ μηδέ περιέρχῃ τό μοναστήριον () καί τούς ἐγαζομένουςἤ διακονοῦντας περιεργάζῃ, φύλαξον δέ τήν σιωπήν καί τό ἐκ πάντων ἀπέχεσθαι, ὅπερ ἀληθής ἐστι ξενιτεία
此外,你也不可在修道院四處遊蕩,也不可去干預那些作工或服事的人;反倒當持守靜默,並戒絕一切,這才是真正的出離故鄉、寄居他方。
Neither, moreover, go roaming about the monastery, nor busy yourself with those who are working or serving; but keep silence and abstention from all things, which is true expatriation.
1:2265
Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μόνῳ καί τῷ ἐργοχείρῳ σου, οἷονδ ἄν ἐστι
當單單留意你自己,並留意你的手工,無論那是何種手工。
Attend to yourself alone and to your handiwork, whatever kind it may be.
1:2266
Καί μή εἰσέλθῃς εἰς κελλίον τινός ἄνευ τοῦ κατά Θεόν σου πατρός, εἰ μή ἀποσταλῇςἤ παρά τοῦ προεστῶτοςἤ διακονητοῦ τῆς μονῆς
你也不可未經那按神為你所設的父就進入任何人的居室,除非你是奉修道院的院長或管事差遣的。
And do not enter into anyone's cell without your spiritual father, unless you are sent either by the superior or by the steward of the monastery.
1:2267
Καί ἀπελθόντος σου, σπούδασον μή εἰπεῖνἤ ἀκοῦσαι λόγον ἔξω τῆς χρείας σου, δι ἥν ἐπέμφθης·
當你去了,務要謹慎,除了你被差遣所為的那需要之外,既不多說一句話,也不多聽一句話。
And when you have gone, be earnest neither to speak nor to hear any word beyond the need for which you were sent.
1:2268
Μή ἀπελθών καθεσθῇς μετ αὐτῶν, μνησθείς τοῦ ψαλμῳδοῦ λέγοντος·
你去了,不可與他們同坐,要記念那說話的詩人所說的:
When you have gone, do not sit down with them, remembering the psalmist who says:
1:2269
Μακάριος ἀνήρ ὅς οὐκ ἐπορεύθη ἐν βουλῇ ἀσεβῶν, καί ἐν ὁδῷ ἁμαρτωλῶν οὐκ ἔστη, καί ἐπί καθέδρᾳ λοιμῶν οὐκ ἐκάθισε
「不從惡人的計謀,不站罪人的道路,不坐褻慢人的座位,這人便為有福。」
Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the pestilent.
1:2270
Λοιμοί γάρ εἰσιν οἱ τοιοῦτοι, καθώς Παῦλός φησι·
因為這樣的人乃是瘟疫,正如保羅所說的:
For such men are a pestilence, even as Paul says:
1:2271
εἴ τι οὖν λοιμός, τοῦτο καί φθορά
瘟疫是甚麼,敗壞也就是甚麼。
whatever the pestilence is, that also is corruption.
1:2272
Μή τοίνυν συγκαθεσθῇς μετά ἀργολογούντων, ἀγαπητέ, μηδέ εἴπῃς·
所以,親愛的,你不可與那些說閒話的人同坐,也不可說:
Do not, therefore, sit down together with those who talk idly, beloved, nor say:
1:2273
Ἀκούσομαι τί λαλεῖτε κἀγώ, ἀλλ ὡς εἴρηται, βαλών μετάνοιαν πάρελθε
「我也要聽聽你們說些甚麼」;反倒當如所說的,行一個俯伏之禮,然後從旁走過。
I too will listen to what you are saying; but, as has been said, make a prostration and pass on by.
1:2274
καί τήν μέν σιωπήν ἐν τῷ λέγειν πρός ἑαυτόν·
當持守靜默,對自己說:
And keep silence, saying to yourself:
1:2275
Τί γάρ ἔχω καί εἰπεῖν ἐγώ ἀγαθόν, ὅλος βόρβορος ὤν καί μωρός, οὐ μόνον δέ ἀλλά καί ξένος καί ἀνάξιος τοῦ λαλεῖν καί ἀκούεινἤ συναριθμεῖσθαι μετά ἀνθρώπων;
我這全然是污泥、又是愚昧的人,有甚麼善的話可說呢?不僅如此,我豈不是個外人,不配說話、不配聽、也不配與人同列麼?
For what good thing have I to say, being wholly mire and a fool? Nay, not only this, but also a stranger and unworthy to speak or to hear, or to be numbered among men?
1:2276
Τίς εἰμι, φησίν, ἐγώ ἀπερριμένος καί εὐτελής, ἀγεννής καί πτωχός, ἵνα εἰς κελλίον εἰσέλθω τινός;
他說,我算甚麼呢?我這被丟棄的、卑賤的、微末的、貧窮的人,竟要進入任何人的居室麼?
Who am I, he says, cast off and worthless, ignoble and poor, that I should enter into anyone's cell?
1:2277
οὐχί ὡς βδέλυγμα ὄντα με, ἰδών με ἀποστραφήσεται;
他看見我如同可憎之物,豈不轉臉不顧我麼?
Will he not, seeing me as an abomination, turn away from me?
1:2278
Τί δέ μιαρός () οὗτος ἦλθε πρός με μιᾶναι τήν κέλλαν μου;
又說,這污穢的人為何來到我這裡,玷污我的居室呢?
And why has this defiled one come to me to defile my cell?
1:2279
προτιθείς πρό τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου τάς ἁμαρτίας σου, καί μή ἄκροις χείλεσιν, ἀλλ ἀπό ψυχῆς λέγων αὐτά
當把你的諸罪擺在你眼前,並且不是用嘴唇的邊緣說,乃是從靈魂深處說出這些話來。
setting your sins before your eyes, and speaking them not with the tips of your lips, but from the soul.
1:2280
Εἰ γάρ καί μή κατ ἀρχάς λέγειν ταῦτα ἰσχύσεις ἀπό ψυχῆς, ἀλλ ὅμως κατά μικρόν ἐλεύσῃ καί εἰς τοῦτο, τῆς χάριτος συνεργούσης σοι
因為,即使在起初你還不能從靈魂深處說出這些話,然而隨著恩典與你同工,你也必漸漸地達到這地步。
For even if at the outset you are not able to say these things from the soul, nevertheless little by little you will come even to this, as grace works together with you.
1:2281
Μόνον ἄκουσόν μου τοῦ ταπεινοῦ, μόνον βάλε εἰς ταῦτα ἀρχήν, ἀδελφέ, μόνον ἄρξαι ποιεῖν καί πράττειν καί λέγειν ταῦτα, καί οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει σε Θεός
只求你聽我這卑微之人的話;弟兄啊,只求你在這些事上立定開端;只求你開始去作、去實行、去說這些話,那麼神就必不撇棄你。
Only hear me, the lowly one; only make a beginning in these things, brother; only begin to do and to practice and to say these things, and God will not forsake you.
1:2282
Ἀγαπᾷ γάρ σε σφόδρα καί θέλει σε εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν καί σωθῆναι
因為祂極其愛你,並願你來到真理的知識中,且得著救恩。
For He loves you exceedingly, and wills that you should come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved.
1:2283
Οὕτω τοιγαροῦν τάς μέχρι τῆς λειτουργίας ὥρας διελθών, ἀδελφέ, εἴσελθε πάλιν εἰς τήν σύναξιν ἐν σπουδῇ καί ἐν προθυμίᾳ πολλῇ
弟兄啊,你既這樣度過了直到聖禮的那些時辰,就當殷勤地、以極大的熱切再次進入聚會。
Having thus passed the hours until the liturgy, brother, enter again into the assembly with diligence and with much eagerness.
1:2284
Στῆθι καθώς ἐν τῇ ὀρθρινῇ σοι δοξολογίᾳ ὑπετυπώσαμεν, τοῦ πένθους μηδόλως λήθην ποιούμενος·
當照我們在晨間頌讚時為你所規定的那樣站立,絕不可忘記你的哀慟;
Stand as we have prescribed for you at the morning doxology, in no wise forgetting your mourning;
1:2285
στῆθι σύντρομος, ὡς τόν Υἱόν τοῦ Θεοῦ βλέπων θυόμενον διά σέ
當戰兢地站立,如同一個看見神的兒子為你被殺獻上的人。
stand trembling, as one who beholds the Son of God being slain for your sake.
1:2286
Καί εἰ εἶ ἄξιος καί ἀπελύθης εἰς τοῦτο, πρόσελθε ἐν φόβῳ καί χαρᾷ τῶν ἀπορρήτων κοινωνήσων ἀγαθῶν
你若配得,又蒙准許領受此事,就當以敬畏和喜樂前來,領受那不可言喻的美善之物。
And if you are worthy and have been given leave for this, approach with fear and joy to partake of the ineffable good things.
1:2287
Καί μετά τήν ἐσχάτην εὐχήν ἐξελθών, εἴσελθε μετά πάντων ἐν τῇ τραπέζῃ, μή χωριζόμενος τῶν σῶν ἀδελφῶν
在末後的禱告之後,你一出來,就當與眾人一同進入餐堂,不可與你的弟兄分別開來。
And after the final prayer, going out, enter with all into the refectory, not separating yourself from your brethren.
1:2288
Καί εἰ μέν διακονεῖν ἐτάγης, παράστηθι ὡς τῷ Χριστῷ καί οὐκ ἀνθρώποις διακονῶν ἐξ εἰλικρινοῦς διαθέσεως καί ἀγάπης πᾶσιν ὡς ἁγίοις, μᾶλλον δέ ὡς αὐτῷ καθώς εἴπομενδιακονήσων τῷ Χριστῷ, ἕκαστον αὐτῶν περιπλεκόμενος οἱονεί τῇ ψυχῇ καί ὅλον σεαυτόν τῇ προθέσει διά τῆς ἀγάπης ἐμπαρέχων αὐτοῖς, ἐκ τοῦ διακονεῖν αὐτοῖς βεβαιούμενος καρποῦσθαι ἁγιασμόν
你若被派服事,就當如同服事基督、而非服事人一般地伺立在旁,出於真誠的心志與愛,待眾人如同待眾聖徒——或更確切地說,如同待祂本身,正如我們所說的——服事基督;彷彿以你的靈魂擁抱他們每一位,藉著愛把你整個自己在心志上獻給他們,深信藉著服事他們,你便收取成聖之果。
And if you have been appointed to serve, stand by as one serving Christ and not men, out of a sincere disposition and love toward all as toward saints—or rather, as toward Him, as we have said—serving Christ; embracing each of them as it were with your soul, and giving over your whole self to them in purpose through love, being assured that from serving them you reap sanctification.
1:2289
Εἰ δέ καθεσθῇς ἐν αὐτῇ μετά πάντων καί σύ, ὅρα τί σοι ἐν Κυρίῳ ἐντέλλομαι, ὡς ἀγαπητῷ πατρί μου καί ἀδελφῷ, μή προπετῶς ἐκτείνῃς τήν χείρά σου () ἐπί τοῖς παρακειμένοις βρώμασι τῇ τραπέζῃ πρό τοῦ ἐνάρξασθαι τούς παλαιοτέρους ἐσθίειν τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου, πρό τοῦ δοθῆναι τήν εὐλογίαν ἄνωθεν παρά τοῦ ἱερέως
但你若也與眾人一同坐席,你要看我在主裡所吩咐你的,正如吩咐我親愛的父與弟兄一般:在你弟兄中那些較年長的尚未開始用飯之前,在祭司尚未從上頭賜下祝福之前,你不可魯莽地伸手去取那擺在桌上的食物。
But if you too sit down in it with all, see what I charge you in the Lord, as my beloved father and brother: do not rashly stretch out your hand to the foods set upon the table before the older among your brethren begin to eat, before the blessing has been given from above by the priest.
1:2290
Καί ἀρξάμενος συνεσθίειν τοῖς πατράσι καί ἀδελφοῖς σου, πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ καί μόνῳ ἐν συστολῇ πάσῃ καί σιωπῇ καθεζόμενος, μή ὁμιλῶν καθόλου τινί ἀλλά προσέχων τῇ ἀναγνώσει καί τρεφόμενος, ὥσπερ τό σῶμα, οὕτω καί τήν ψυχήν ἐκ τῶν θεοπνεύστων λογίων τοῦ Πνεύματος
當你開始與你的父老和弟兄一同用飯,就當單單留意你自己,以全然的收斂與靜默坐著,絲毫不與任何人交談,惟獨專注於誦讀,並得著滋養——正如身體得滋養,靈魂也照樣藉著聖靈那神所默示的話語得著滋養。
And when you have begun to eat together with your fathers and brethren, attend to yourself alone, sitting in all modesty and silence, conversing with no one at all, but attending to the reading and being nourished—just as the body, so also the soul—from the God-inspired oracles of the Spirit.
1:2291
Δεῖ γάρ σε διπλοῦν ὄντα, ἐκ ψυχῆς λέγω καί σώματος, δισσῶς καί καταλλήλως ἔχειν τήν τροφήν καί τήν τράπεζαν, καί τό μέν σῶμα αἰσθητόν ἔχοντα καί γήϊνον αἰσθητοῖς καί τοῖς ἀπό γῆς τρέφειν βρώμασι, τήν δέ ψυχήν νοεράν καί θείαν ἐπιφερόμενον νοητοῖς τρέφειν καί θείοις τῶν λόγων ἐδέσμασι
因為你既是雙重的——我是說由靈魂與身體所構成——就當以雙重且相稱的方式擁有你的食物與你的筵席:身體既是屬感官、屬地的,就當用屬感官的食物、用出於地的食物餵養它;靈魂既是屬理智、屬神的,就當將它提升,用那屬靈可悟的、屬神的話語之佳餚餵養它。
For it behooves you, being twofold—of soul, I mean, and of body—to have your food and your table in a twofold and corresponding manner: having the body as sensible and earthly, to nourish it with sensible foods and with things from the earth; but the soul, being intellectual and divine, bearing it up, to nourish it with intelligible and divine viands of the words.
1:2292
Τίς εἰμι ἐγώ, εὐτελής καί ἀνάξιος, ὅτι μετά τῶν ἁγίων τούτων συγκάθεδρος καί συνέστιος γέγονα; καί οὕτω ταῦτα λέγων ἐν ἑαυτῷ, ἔχε μόνον ἀπό ψυχῆς σεαυτόν ἁμαρτωλόν, καί καθάπερ πτωχός τις καί ῥακενδυτῶν, ἐάν μέσον ἀρχόντων καί πλουσίων λαμπράς καί πολυτελεῖς περιβεβηλημένων στολάς εὑρεθῇ, αἰσχύνεται καί συστέλλεται καί οὐδέ προσεγγίσαι τινί αὐτῶνἤ πλησιάσαι τολμᾷ, οὕτω καί σύ διάκεισο πρός πάντας αὐτούς, τόν ἔσχατον τόπον ἀεί ἐκλεγόμενος καί αἰσχυνόμενος ἐπάνω τινος αὐτῶν () τῶν ὁραθῆναι καθήμενος, ὡς ἐκείνων μέν πάντων πλουσίων ὄντων ταῖς ἀρεταῖς, σοῦ δέ πτωχοῦ καί γυμνοῦ ὑπάρχοντος καί ἀναξίου τοῦ καί ὅλως συνεῖναι καί βλέπειν αὐτούς
我這卑賤又不配的人算甚麼,竟得與這些聖徒同坐、同席呢?你既在自己裡面如此說,就當從靈魂深處惟獨看自己為罪人;正如一個衣衫襤褸的窮人,若置身於身穿華麗貴重袍服的官長與富人中間,就羞愧退縮,連挨近他們中任何一位、或靠近他們都不敢——你對他們眾人也當如此存心,總是揀選末位,並以坐在任何一位顯要之人的上位為羞恥;彷彿他們眾人都在德行上富足,而你卻是貧窮、赤身、不配的,連與他們同在、看見他們都全然不配。
Who am I, the worthless and unworthy one, that I have become a fellow-sitter and table-companion with these saints? And so, saying these things within yourself, hold yourself alone to be a sinner from the soul; and just as some poor man clothed in rags, if he be found in the midst of rulers and rich men arrayed in splendid and costly robes, is ashamed and shrinks back and does not dare even to draw near to any of them or to approach—so also be you disposed toward all of them, ever choosing the last place, and being ashamed to sit above any of those who are to be seen; as though they were all rich in virtues, but you were poor and naked and unworthy even at all to be with them and to look upon them.
1:2293
Ἀλλά γάρ μέλλων ἅψασθαι τῆς τροφῆς, αὖθις ταῦτα λογίζου μεμνημένος τάς ἁμαρτίας σου καί λέγε πρός ἑαυτόν·
但當你將要動手取食之時,你要再次思量這些事,記念你的諸罪,並對自己說:
But indeed, when you are about to touch the food, reckon these things again, remembering your sins, and say to yourself:
1:2294
Ἇρα γε οὐκ εἰς κρίμα μου καί κατάκριμα γένηται, εἰ ἅψομαι τῶν προκειμένων τινός;
我若動手取那擺在我面前的任何食物,這豈不要成為我的審判與定罪麼?
Will it not turn to my judgment and condemnation, if I touch any of the things set before me?
1:2295
Τόν γάρ πεποιηκότα ταῦτα Θεόν καί εἰς βρῶσιν παρασχόντα ἡμῖν, τοῦτον ἐγώ νηπιόθεν παρήκουσα καί τάς ἁγίας αὐτοῦ ἐντολάς οὐκ ἐφύλαξα·
因為那造了這些物、又賜給我們作食物的神——我從幼年起就悖逆了祂,也沒有遵守祂的聖誡命;
For God, who made these things and provided them to us for food—Him have I disobeyed from infancy, and His holy commandments I have not kept;
1:2296
καί πῶς τῶν ἀγαθῶν αὐτοῦ, ὡς οἱ πατέρες οὗτοι οἱ ἅγιοι, κἀγώ ἀνάξιος καί κατάδικος ὦν μεταλάβω;
我這不配、被定罪的人,怎能像這些聖潔的父老那樣,也去領受祂的美物呢?
and how shall I too, being unworthy and condemned, partake of His good things, as do these holy fathers?
1:2297
Ποίῳ προσώπῳ, ἀπό ὄψεως ὤν τοῦ Δεσπότου μου, πονηρός δοῦλος ἐγώ καί ἀγνώμων καί ἀχάριστος, πρό τοῦ μετανοῆσαί με καί τήν συγχώρησιν παρά τοῦ φιλανθρώπου Θεοῦ τελείως λαβεῖν, ὡς οἱ μή ἁμαρτήσαντεςἤ καί ἡμαρτηκότες μέν, μετανοήσαντες δέ καί τήν συγχώρησιν ἐκεῖθεν λαβόντες, φάγωμαι καί αὐτός καί πίωμαι καί συνευφρανθήσομαι τοῖς ἁγίος;
我這惡僕、不知感恩、忘恩負義的人,既遠離了我主宰的面,在我尚未悔改、尚未從那愛人的神那裡完全領受赦免之前,怎能以何等的面目——像那些未曾犯罪的人,或那些雖曾犯罪卻已悔改、並從那裡領受了赦免的人一般——也去吃、去喝、與眾聖徒一同歡樂呢?
With what countenance—being away from the sight of my Master, I the wicked and thankless and ungrateful servant—before I have repented and fully received forgiveness from the man-loving God, as those who have not sinned, or who indeed have sinned but have repented and received forgiveness from thence—shall I too eat and drink and rejoice together with the saints?
1:2298
Ἀλλά πρός τό ζῆν με μόνον καί φάγομαι καί πίομαι καί ἐμαυτόν ἐκτήξω καί λυπήσω καί κατακρινῶ, ἵνα ἐπιβλέψας θεός ἄνωθεν καί ἰδών τήν στενοχωρίαν καί τήν ἑκούσιόν μου θλῖψιν ἐλεήσῃ καί συγχωρήσῃ μοι τά πολλά μου κακά
反倒單單為了存活,我才吃喝,並要苦待自己、憂傷、自責,好叫神從上頭垂看,見我的困苦與我甘心情願的患難,就憐憫我,赦免我許多的罪惡。
But only for the sake of living will I eat and drink, and will waste myself away and grieve and condemn myself, that God, looking down from above and seeing my straitness and my voluntary affliction, may have mercy and forgive me my many evils.
1:2299
Ταῦτα τοιγαροῦν ἐνθυμοῦ, τούτων διηνεκῶς μέμνησο!
所以,你要思念這些事,要不住地記念這些事!
These things, therefore, ponder; of these be continually mindful!
1:2300
ὡσαύτως καί ἕνἤ δύο πίνειν καυκάλια καί ταῦτα ἐν μιᾷ τεταγμένῃ τῆς ἡμέρας ὥρᾳ
照樣,也只喝一杯或兩杯,且是在一日中所定的一個時辰裡喝。
likewise also to drink one or two cups, and these at one appointed hour of the day.
1:2301
Ἐσθίοντός σου δέ μή () ὑπακούσῃς τῷ ὑποβάλλοντί σου λογισμῷ ἐκλέξασθαί τι τῶν προκειμένων κἀκείνου μεταλαβεῖν·
當你進食的時候,不可聽從那向你暗示的念頭,就是叫你從擺在面前的食物中挑選某一樣、去享用它的念頭;
And while you are eating, do not give heed to the thought that suggests to you to choose out some one of the things set before you and to partake of it;
1:2302
ἀλλά φύλαξον μή φαγεῖν τι ὅπερ καλόν σοι ἐφάνη, μόνα δέ τά ἔμπροσθέν σου κείμενα ἔσθιε·
反倒當謹慎,凡在你看來是好的,都不去吃,惟獨吃那擺在你面前的;
but take care not to eat anything that appeared good to you, and eat only the things lying before you;
1:2303
ἀλλά καί ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐάν τύχῃ τυχόν ὀπώραἤ ἕτερά τινα τῶν ἐδωδίμων εἶναι καί ἀρεστόν φανῇ σοι ἕν ἐξ αὐτῶν καί εἴπῃ σοι λογισμός·
然而,即使在這些之中,倘若恰巧有某種果子或別樣可吃之物,其中有一樣在你看來是合意的,而那念頭對你說:
but even out of these, if it should chance that there be some fruit or other of the edible things, and one of them appear pleasing to you, and the thought say to you:
1:2304
Καλόν ἐστιν ἐκεῖνο, λαβών φάγε αὐτό, σπούδασον μή ἡττηθῆναι μηδέ ἅψασθαι αὐτοῦ
「那一樣是好的,拿來吃罷」——你要竭力不被勝過,也不去動它。
That one is good, take and eat it—be earnest not to be overcome, nor to touch it.
1:2305
Δι οὐδέν γάρ ἕτερον τοῦ παραδείσου Ἀδάμ ἐξεβλήθη, εἰ μή ὅτι ὡραῖος ἐφάνη καί καλός εἰς βρῶσιν καρπός τοῦ φυτοῦ, καί ἔφαγεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ·
因為亞當被逐出樂園,並無別的緣故,惟因那樹上的果子看來悅目、又好作食物,他就吃了它;
For it was for no other reason that Adam was cast out of paradise, save that the fruit of the tree appeared fair and good for food, and he ate of it;
1:2306
καί διά τοῦτο ἀπερρίφη καί ἐξεβλήθη καί θανάτῳ καί φθορᾷ κατεδικάσθη
為此,他就被丟棄、被驅逐,並被定了死亡與敗壞的罪。
and for this cause he was cast away and driven out and condemned to death and corruption.
1:2307
Οἱ οὖν βουλόμενοι εἰς ἐκεῖνον τόν παράδεισονμᾶλλον δέ εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐπανελθεῖν, τήν ἐγκράτειαν δίχα παραβάσεως πάσης καί μέχρι τούτων φυλάττειν ὀφείλουσιν, ἵνα μή κατά μικρόν καί εἰς μείζονας ἐπιθυμίας καί βλαβεράς περιπέσωσιν
所以,那些願意重回那樂園——或更確切地說,重回諸天之國——的人,即使在這些事上,也當持守節制而毫無踰越,免得漸漸地也陷入更大、更有害的私慾裡。
Those, therefore, who wish to return to that paradise—or rather to the kingdom of the heavens—ought to keep self-control without any transgression, even in these matters, lest little by little they fall also into greater and hurtful desires.
1:2308
Ἐάν προτρέπωνταί σε οἱ συγκαθήμενοι ἀδελφοί τοῦ φαγεῖνἤ πιεῖν περισσόν τι, μηδέν ἕτερον ἀποκριθῇς τινι, εἰ μή τάς χεῖράς σου δήσας καί μικρόν τι διεγερθείς καί κλίνας τήν κεφαλήν, πραείᾳ λέγε φωνῇ·
倘若與你同坐的弟兄勸你多吃或多喝些甚麼,你除了把雙手交疊、略微起身、低下頭來,以柔和的聲音說話之外,不可對任何人回答別的話:
If the brethren sitting with you urge you to eat or drink something extra, answer nothing to anyone, save that, folding your hands and rising up a little and inclining your head, you say in a gentle voice:
1:2309
Συγχώρησον, καί ἐπί πᾶσιν οὕτω πάντοτε ἀποκρίνου καί μήτε προτιμήσῃ τινά ἐκ τῶν περισσευμάτων σου, μήτε λάβῃς ἀπό τινός τι
「請原諒我」;並且在凡事上都當總是這樣回答;你既不可將你有餘的東西送給任何人,也不可從任何人那裡拿取甚麼。
Forgive me; and in all things always answer thus; and neither prefer anyone with something out of your surplus, nor take anything from anyone.
1:2310
Μή πίνοντός σου οἶνον, μή ἐπιζητήσῃς ὅλως λαβεῖν αὐτόν, ἀλλά μηδέ ἑτέρῳ τινί ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐπιδώσῃς, εἰ μή που ἀπό ξένης ἐστί καί ἦλθε πρός σέ διά χρείαν τινά
當你不喝酒的時候,切不可去尋求領取它;同樣也不可把它遞給弟兄中任何別人,除非那酒是從一位客人而來、且是因某種需要而送到你這裡的。
When you are not drinking wine, do not seek at all to receive it; but neither give it to any other of the brethren, unless it be from a guest and has come to you for some need.
1:2311
Μή καταδέξῃ ποτέ μετά τινος προγεύσασθαι, μηδέ ἐν δείλῃ φαγεῖνἤ πιεῖνἤ ἐπιδειπνῆσαί ποτε·
切不可與任何人一同先嚐食物,也不可在傍晚時分吃喝或用晚膳。
Never consent to take a foretaste of food with anyone, nor to eat, drink, or take a late supper in the evening.
1:2312
ἡμῖν φεύξεται, καί φυλάσσων τούς λόγους ἡμῶν, τῇ συνεργείᾳ τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ χάριτος, ἄτρωτος καί ἀβλαβής διαμένει ἐξ αὐτῶν, οἱ δέ γε λοιποί κοσμικόν βίον, ὡς οὐκ ἴσασιν, ἐν μοναχικῷ τῷ σχήματι προαιροῦνται ζῆν, οἵ καί εἰς βάραθρα καί εἰς κρημνούς καταπίπτοντες οὐκ αἰσθάνονται
他必從我們面前逃走;凡遵守我們言語的人,藉著神恩典的協作,就必不受其傷損。至於其餘的人,他們雖不自知,卻在修士的裝束下揀選過屬世的生活;這等人跌入深坑、墜下懸崖,竟毫無知覺。
he will flee from us, and whoever keeps our words, with the cooperation of God's grace, remains unwounded and unharmed by them; but the rest, though they do not know it, choose to live a worldly life under the monastic habit, and such men, falling into pits and over precipices, do not even perceive it.
1:2313
Σύ οὖν, περιπόθητε ἀδελφέ, ταῦτα φυλάξαι θέλησον, εἰ κἄν δέῃ σε καί ἀποθανεῖν·
所以,我最親愛的弟兄,你當立志遵守這些事,縱使你必須為此而死也在所不惜;
You therefore, most beloved brother, resolve to keep these things, even if it should be necessary for you to die for them;
1:2314
ἄλλως γάρ τόν τῆς γαστριμαργίας δαίμονα ἐκφυγεῖν οὐκ ἰσχύσεις
因為若不如此,你便無力逃脫貪食之魔。
for otherwise you will not be strong enough to escape the demon of gluttony.
1:2315
ἅπερ ἐάν ὑπομείνῃς, ἀγαπητέ, μεγάλην ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ καί Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν εὑρήσεις βοήθειαν καί παράκλησιν
親愛的,你若忍耐這些事,就必從我們的救主神那裡尋得極大的幫助與安慰。
But if you endure these things, beloved, you will find great help and consolation from God our Saviour.
1:2316
Τοιγαροῦν καί ἑτέρων ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ καθημένων καί ἐσθιόντων, σοῦ δέ μή ἐσθίοντος ἀλλ εἴτε διακονοῦντος εἴτε καί μή, μή ἐπιλάθῃ καί ταῦτα λέγων πρός ἑαυτόν·
因此,當別人坐席用餐、進食之時,而你卻不吃,無論你是否在旁伺候,都不要忘記對自己說這樣的話:
Therefore, when others are seated at supper and eating, but you are not eating, whether you are serving them or not, do not forget to say these things to yourself as well:
1:2317
Εἰ ἤμην πάντως μετανοήσας καί αὐτός καί τάς ἁμαρτίας μου συγχωρηθείς, ἔχαιρον ἄν κἀγώ καί μετά τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου συνήσθιον
「我若真已悔改,我的罪也蒙了赦免,我也必歡喜,得與我的弟兄們同席吃飯。
'If I had truly repented and had my sins forgiven, then I too would rejoice and would eat together with my brothers.
1:2318
Ἐπειδή δέ ἀνάξιον ἐμαυτόν δά τῶν αἰσχρῶν μου πράξεων, ἄθλιος, πεποίηκα, ἀπολάβω ἐνταῦθα κατά τά ἔργα μου!
但我這可憐的人,既因自己可恥的行為使自己成了不配的,就讓我在此照著我所行的受報應吧!」
But since I, wretched man that I am, have made myself unworthy through my shameful deeds, let me receive here according to my works!'
1:2319
γάρ ταπείνωσίς σου ὑψώσει σε, καί τό ἔσχατον εἶναί σε πάντων πρῶτον σε ἀποκαταστήσει, ἐπειδή γέγραπται·
因為你的謙卑必叫你升高,你居末位必使你復得首位,正如經上所記:
For your humility will exalt you, and being last of all will restore you to being first of all, since it is written:
1:2320
Πᾶς ὑψῶν ἑαυτόν ταπεινωθήσεται, δέ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτόν ὑψωθήσεται
「凡自高的,必降為卑;自卑的,必升為高。」
'Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.'
1:2321
() Μετά γοῦν τό συναναστῆναί σε πάσῃ τῇ ἀδελφότητι καί ἀποδοῦναι τήν εὐχαριστίαν Θεῷ καί παρά τοῦ ἱερέως ἀπολυθῆναι, ἀπότρεχε σιωπῶν ἐν τῇ κέλλῃ σου, καί κλείσας τήν θύραν ἐπιλαβοῦ τοῦ βιβλίου
如此,你既與全體弟兄一同起身,向神獻上感恩,又蒙祭司遣散之後,就當靜默地趕回自己的居室,關上門,拿起書卷。
So then, after you have risen together with the whole brotherhood, offered thanksgiving to God, and been dismissed by the priest, hasten away in silence to your cell, and having shut the door take up the book.
1:2322
Καί ἀναγνούς ὀλίγον, εἰ μέν ἡμέραι τοῦ θέρους εἰσίν, ἀνακλίθητι ἐπί τό ψιάθιόν σου καί βραχυτάτου μετάλαβε ὕπνου ἀπεχόμενος γάρ τοῦ κόρου καί λιτῇ χρώμενος τῇ τραπέζῃ μετά ἄρτου καί μεμετρημένου ὕδατος καί λαχάνωνἤ ὀσπρίων, ἧττον ὑπνώσεις καί θᾶττον ἐξαναστήσῃ , εἰ δέ τοῦ χειμῶνός εἰσι, μετά τό μικρόν ἀναγνῶναι ἐπιλαβοῦ τοῦ ἐργοχείρου σου καί προσκαρτέρησον ἐν αὐτῷ ἕως οὗ τό ξύλον τήν ὑμνῳδίαν σημάνῃ τοῦ λυχνικοῦ
你讀了少許之後,若是夏日,就斜臥在你的草蓆上,稍稍睡片刻;因為你若戒絕飽足,只用簡樸的餐食——麵包、限量的水,以及蔬菜或豆類——你就睡得較少,也醒得較快。但若是冬日,你稍稍讀過之後,就當拿起你的手工活計,殷勤作工,直到那木板敲響、報知點燈時分的頌唱禮拜。
And when you have read a little, if it is the days of summer, recline on your mat and take a very brief sleep; for by abstaining from satiety and using a frugal table with bread, a measured amount of water, and vegetables or pulse, you will sleep less and rise more quickly. But if it is winter, after reading a little take up your handiwork and persevere in it until the wood signals the hymn-singing of the lamp-lighting office.
1:2323
Εἶτα πάλιν εἰς τήν σύναξιν εἰσελθών, στῆθι ἐν φόβῳ καί προσοχῇ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ψάλλων αὐτῷ καί ἐξομολογούμενος καί μηδενί ὁμιλῶν τό παράπαν
然後,你再進入聚會,就當存敬畏與專注站在神面前,向祂歌唱詩篇並認罪,絕不與任何人交談。
Then, entering again into the assembly, stand in fear and attentiveness before God, chanting psalms to Him and making confession, and by no means conversing with anyone at all.
1:2324
Καί τελεσθέντος τοῦ λυχνικοῦ, εἰ μέν ἐγκρατεύσασθαι ἰσχύσεις τοῦ μή φαγεῖνἤ πιεῖν τό καθόλου, ἅπαξ κεκρικώς τήν ἡμέραν ἐσθίειν, εὑρήσεις οὐ τήν τυχοῦσαν ὠφέλειαν ἐν τῇ παραστάσει τῆς ἑσπερινῆς σου ἀκολουθίας καί ἐν τῇ νυκτερινῇ δεήσει καί ἀγρυπνίᾳ·
點燈禮拜完畢之後,你若有力量操練節制,完全不吃不喝,已定意一日只進食一次,你就必在守晚禱的站立中、並在夜間的祈求與儆醒中,尋得非同小可的益處;
And when the lamp-lighting office is completed, if you have the strength to practise self-control and not eat or drink at all, having resolved to eat once in the day, you will find no small profit in the standing of your evening office and in your nocturnal supplication and vigil;
1:2325
εἰδ οὖν ἀλλ ἑνί παξαματίῳ ἀρκέσθητι καί ἑνί ποτηρίῳ ὕδατος ἄνευ ἀσθενείας καί ἀτονίας στομάχου σου
但你若不能如此,就當以一塊乾餅和一杯水為足,只要這不至使你胃部軟弱無力。
but if not, then content yourself with a single dry biscuit and a single cup of water, provided this be without weakness and feebleness of your stomach.
1:2326
Καί μετά τό συνάμα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς σου ἀποδοῦναι τάς ἑσπερινάς εὐχάς τῷ Θεῷ, βαλών μετάνοιαν εἰς τούς πόδας τοῦ προεστῶτος ὡς εἰς αὐτούς τούς πόδας τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καί εὐχήν ἐκεῖθεν λαβών καί ἀσπασάμενος τάς ἁγίας μορφάς τῶν ἁγίων, εἴσελθε σιωπῶν μηδενί μηδαμῶς ὁμιλῶν εἰς τό κελλίον σου, καί κλείσας τάς θύρας ἐπιλαβοῦ πρῶτον τοῦ βιβλίου, () καί ἀναγνούς ὡσεί τρία φύλλα προσεχῶς ἐν αὐτῷ στῆθι εἰς προσευχήν, ἡσύχως ψάλλων καί προσευχόμενος τῷ Θεῷ ὡς παρά μηδενός ἀκουόμενος
你既與弟兄們一同向神獻上晚禱之後,就當俯伏在院長腳前,如同俯伏在基督親自的腳前,從他領受祝福,親吻眾聖徒的聖像,然後靜默地進入你的居室,絕不與任何人交談;關上門,先拿起書卷,專心讀約三頁之後,就站起來禱告,安靜地歌唱詩篇,向神祈禱,彷彿無人聽見一般。
And after you have offered the evening prayers to God together with your brothers, making a prostration at the feet of the superior as though at the very feet of Christ, and having received a blessing from him and kissed the holy images of the saints, enter in silence, in no way conversing with anyone, into your cell; and having shut the doors take up the book first, and having read attentively about three pages in it, stand for prayer, quietly chanting psalms and praying to God as though heard by no one.
1:2327
Δεῖ γάρ σε μετρεῖν τῇ τε ἰσχύϊ και τῇ ἀνδρείᾳ σου τήν τε τῶν ψαλμῶν ὑμνῳδίαν καί τό πλῆθος τῆς γονυκλισίας καί τόν χρόνον τῆς στάσεως, ἵνα μή τήν συνείδησιν ἕξῃς εἰς ἔλεγχόν σου λέγουσαν·
因為你當按自己的力量與剛毅,衡量詩篇的頌唱、屈膝的次數,以及站立的時間,免得你的良心成了責備你的,說:
For you must measure both the hymn-singing of the psalms and the number of your genuflections and the length of your standing according to your strength and manly vigour, so that you may not have your conscience as a rebuke against you, saying:
1:2328
Ἔτι ἦν σοι δύναμις τοῦ στῆναι καί ὑμνῆσαι καί Θεῷ ἐξομολογήσασθαι
「你原還有力量站立、頌唱、向神認罪的。」
'You still had the power to stand and to sing hymns and to make confession to God.'
1:2329
Καί τήν εὐχήν συντελέσας ἀνάγνωθι πάλιν μικρόν, εἶτα ἐπιλαβοῦ καί τοῦ ἐργοχείρου σου, καί ἕως πρώτης φυλακῆς, ἤγουν ἕως τρίτης ὥρας διανυκτέρευσον τῆς νυκτός
你既完成了禱告,就再讀少許,然後也拿起你的手工活計,儆醒守夜直到初更,就是夜間的第三時。
And when you have completed the prayer, read again a little, then take up also your handiwork, and pass the night in vigil until the first watch, that is, until the third hour of the night.
1:2330
Εἶθ οὕτως ἀναστάς καί ποιήσας τόν ἄμωμον, ἀνακλίθητι σφραγισάμενος ὅλον σου τό σῶμα ἐπί τό ψιάθιον, μεταλαβών δέ ὕπνου μέχρι τοῦ μεσονυκτίου καθεξῆς ποιήσεις, ὡς ὑπετυπώθη σοι ἄνωθεν
如此起身,誦畢〈行為完全的人便為有福〉這篇詩之後,就在你全身劃了十字聖號之後斜臥在草蓆上;睡到午夜,此後便照上文為你所擬定的次序而行。
Then, rising thus and having performed the psalm 'Blessed are the blameless,' recline on the mat after making the sign of the cross over your whole body; and having taken sleep until midnight, you shall do thereafter in order, as was outlined for you above.
1:2331
Ἀλλά γάρ καί τούς λογισμούς τῆς καρδίας σου τῷ πνευματικῷ σου πατρί καθ ὥραν, εἰ δυνατόν, ἐξαγόρευε·
此外,你也當時時刻刻,若有可能,向你屬靈的父親吐露你心中的意念;
But also disclose the thoughts of your heart to your spiritual father hour by hour, if possible;
1:2332
εἰ δέ μή, τέως ἑσπέραν μή παρέλθῃς, ἀγαπητέ, ἀλλά καί μετά τόν ὄρθρον τά συμβαίνοντά σοι πάντα, () σεαυτόν ἀνακρίνων, ἐξαγόρευε
親愛的,你若不能如此,至少也不可讓黃昏過去而未行此事,並且在晨禱之後,也當察驗自己,將臨到你的一切事都吐露出來。
and if not, then, beloved, do not let the evening pass without doing so, but also after matins, examining yourself, disclose all the things that befall you.
1:2333
Καί πίστιν ἀδίδακτον ἔχε πρός αὐτόν, κἄν κόσμος ἅπας αὐτόν λοιδορῇ καί διασύρῃ, κἄν αὐτός σύ τοῦτον τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου θεάσῃ πορνεύοντα, μή σκανδαλισθῇς, μηδέ τήν πίστιν σου ἐλαττώσῃς τήν πρός αὐτόν, πειθαρχῶν τῷ εἰπόντι·
你當對他存一種不待教導的信心,縱使全世界都辱罵、譏誚他,縱使你親眼看見他行淫,也不要跌倒,也不要減少你對他的信心,總要順從那位說話者:
And have an untaught faith toward him, even if the whole world reviles and disparages him, even if you yourself should behold him with your own eyes committing fornication; do not be scandalised, nor diminish your faith toward him, obeying Him who said:
1:2334
Μή κρίνετε καί οὐ μή κριθῆτε
「你們不要論斷人,就不被論斷。」
'Judge not, and you shall not be judged.'
1:2335
Οὕτω δέ ποιοῦντός σου καθ ἑκάστην καί οὕτως ἀγωνιζομένου σου, οὐ βραδύνει Θεός τοῦ ἐπισκέψασθαί σε ἄνωθεν, ἀλλ ἐξαποστελεῖ σοι βοήθειαν ἐξ ἁγίου αὐτοῦ κατοικητηρίου, καί χάρις τοῦ Παναγίου αὐτοῦ Πνεύματος ἐπισκιάσει σοι
你若每日這樣行、這樣爭戰,神就不遲延從高天眷顧你,反倒必從祂的聖所差來幫助你,祂至聖之靈的恩典也必蔭庇你。
But when you do thus each day and struggle in this manner, God will not delay to visit you from on high, but will send you help from His holy dwelling-place, and the grace of His All-holy Spirit will overshadow you.
1:2336
Καί κατά βραχύ προκόπτων ἐπί τό ἔργον σου τήν πνευματικήν ἡλικίαν αὐξήσεις καί εἰς ἄνδρα τέλειον ἀναδράμῃς, εἰς μέτρον ἡλικίας τοῦ πληρώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, φωτιζόμενος καί φωτίζων φῶς γνώσεως, δίκην ἡλίου, πάντας τούς πλησιάζοντάς σοι καί ἐντυγχάνοντας, καί δοξάζων Θεόν καί βίῳ καί λόγῳ, τόν δόντα σοι τήν δωρεάν τοῦ Ἁγίου αὐτοῦ καί ζωοποιοῦ Πνεύματος, πρέπει δόξα εἰς τούς αἰῶνας
你既在你的工作上漸漸長進,就必在屬靈的身量上增長,成為長成的人,達到基督豐滿身量的程度;你必被光照,且如太陽一般,以知識的光照亮一切親近你、與你相遇的人,並以生命與言語榮耀神——就是那位將祂聖潔而賜生命之靈的恩賜賜給你的神,願榮耀歸於祂,直到永遠。
And advancing little by little in your work, you will increase in spiritual stature and grow up into a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, being illumined and, like the sun, illumining with the light of knowledge all who draw near to you and meet with you, and glorifying God both by life and by word—Him who gave you the gift of His Holy and life-giving Spirit, to whom belongs glory unto the ages.
1:2337
Περί τοῦ μή ἀμελῶς ἔχειν περί τήν ἐργασίαν τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐντολῶν, μηδέ καταφρονεῖν μιᾶς καί μόνης αὐτῶν, ἀλλ ἀγωνίζεσθαι τηρεῖν ὁμοῦ πάσας, ἵνα μή ὡς καταφρονηταί ἔξω τοῦ νυμφῶνος ἀποκλεισθῶμεν
論到不可怠忽神誡命的施行,也不可輕忽其中任何一條,反倒要竭力全都遵守,免得我們如同輕慢者被關在洞房之外。
That one must not be negligent concerning the working of the commandments of God, nor despise even one single one of them, but strive to keep them all together, lest as despisers we be shut out of the bridal chamber.
1:2338
() Ἀδελφοί καί πατέρες, οὐκ ἀκούετε τοῦ Κυρίου καί τῶν ἀποστόλων αὐτοῦ βοώντων·
弟兄們,父老們,你們豈沒有聽見主和祂使徒的呼喊麼:
Brothers and fathers, do you not hear the Lord and His apostles crying out:
1:2339
Ἐάν τις, φησί, τόν νόμον ὅλον φυλάξῃ, πταίσῃ δέ ἐν ἑνί, γέγονε πάντων ἔνοχος, καί πάλιν·
祂說:「凡遵守全律法,只在一條上跌倒的,就是犯了眾條」;又說:
'If anyone,' He says, 'keeps the whole law but stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all'; and again:
1:2340
ἀγωνιζόμενος πάντα ἐγκρατεύεται;
「凡較力爭勝的,諸事都有節制」?
'Everyone who strives exercises self-control in all things'?
1:2341
Καί ἵνα σαφέστερον λέγει ποιήσῃ, ἐπάγει λέγων·
為要使他所說的更為明白,他接著說:
And that he may make what he says clearer, he adds, saying:
1:2342
γάρ τις ἥττηται, τούτῳ καί δεδούλωται
「因為人被誰制伏,就是誰的奴僕。」
'For by whatever a man is overcome, by that also he is enslaved.'
1:2343
Ὥστε, ἀδελφοί, ἑνί καί τῷ τυχόντι πάθει δουλούμενος, ὑπ αὐτοῦ καί δεσπόζεται καί ταῖς ἐντολαῖς τοῦ Κυρίου ὑπακούειν οὐ δύναται·
所以,弟兄們,那被哪怕一種極微不足道的情慾所奴役的人,就被它所轄制,不能遵從主的誡命;
So then, brothers, he who is enslaved to even one and the most trivial passion is dominated by it and cannot obey the commandments of the Lord;
1:2344
Διά τί δέ καί ἀφ ἑαυτῶν οὐ συνορῶμεν ἡμεῖς τῶν δεσποτικῶν καί ἀποστολικῶν ῥημάτων τήν ἀληθῆ δύναμιν, ἐκ τῶν ὁρωμένων ταύτην καλῶς στοχαζόμενοι;
我們為何不憑自己領悟主與使徒言語的真實能力,卻不從所見之事上妥善揣摩這能力呢?
And why do we not perceive of ourselves the true power of the words of the Master and the apostles, aptly conjecturing it from the things that are seen?
1:2345
οὕτω καί οἱ ἐν ὁδῷ περιπατοῦντες καί πρός πόλιν τινά καταλαβεῖν σπεύδοντες, οὐχί ἐάν τόνδε τόν ποταμόν διαπεράσωσι καί τόδε τό ὄρος διέλθωσι κἀκείνους τούς ληστάς διαβάντες ἐκφύγωσι, μετά δέ ταῦτα ἑτέρῳ τινί ἀνδροφόνῳἤ θηρίῳ ἐντυχόντες παρ ἐκείνου ἀναλωθῶσινἤ καί βοθύνῳ τινί περιπεπτωκότες ἀποπνιγνῶσι, διασωθήσεσθαι καί τήν πόλιν ἐκείνην καταλαβεῖν ἐν ἐπορεύοντο, λέγονται, ἀλλ οἱ πάντα πειρασμόν καί πᾶσαν θανατηφόρον ἐπιβουλήν Θεοῦ βοηθείᾳ διαφυγόντες
照樣,那些在路上行走、急欲到達某城的人,若渡過這條河、越過那座山,又躲過那些強盜逃脫了,其後卻遇見別的兇手或野獸而被牠所吞滅,或跌進某個坑中窒息而死,就不能算作得救、到達他們所往的那城;惟有那藉著神的幫助逃脫一切試煉、一切致命陰謀的人,才算如此。
So too those who are walking on a road and hastening to reach some city are not said to be saved and to reach the city to which they were journeying if they cross this river and pass over that mountain and, having got past those robbers, escape them, but afterward, meeting some other murderer or wild beast, are destroyed by it, or, having fallen into some pit, are choked to death; rather it is those who, by God's help, have escaped every trial and every deadly plot.
1:2346
Εἰ γάρ μετά τό διαφυγεῖν πάντα τά ἐναντία ἀμελήσουσινἤ ῥᾳθυμήσουσι, καί νύξ αὐτούς καταλάβῃ καί αἱ πύλαι κλεισθῶσι τῆς πόλεως καί ἔξωθεν αὐτῆς εὑρεθῶσιν, οὐκ οἴδασι τί τέξεται ἐπιοῦσα ἡμέρα
因為他們若在逃脫一切禍患之後便疏懶怠惰,以致夜晚臨到他們,城門關閉,他們被撇在城外,就不知那將到的一日要生出甚麼來。
For if, after escaping all the adversities, they grow negligent or slothful, and night overtakes them, and the gates of the city are shut, and they are found outside it, they do not know what the coming day will bring forth.
1:2347
Νόει οὖν μοι πόλιν τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, νύκτα τόν ἑκάστου ἡμῶν θάνατον, ἐπιοῦσαν δέ ἡμέραν τήν τοῦ Κυρίου καί Θεοῦ παρουσίαν, ἥτις ἐστίν ἡμέρα τῆς κρίσεως
所以,你當為我這樣領會:城就是天國,夜就是我們各人的死亡,那將到的一日就是主神的降臨,也就是審判的日子。
Understand for me, then, that the city is the kingdom of heaven, the night the death of each of us, and the coming day the presence of the Lord and God, which is the day of judgement.
1:2348
τοίνυν μή φθάσαι σπουδάσας τοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ γενέσθαι τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν ἕως ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ τῇδε βίου ἐστίν, ἀλλ ἔξω ταύτης ἐν τῇ ἐξόδῳ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ εὑρεθῇ, νύξ ἐπ αὐτῷ τοῦ θανάτου γίνεται, καί οὐκ οἶδεν ἐν τῇ ἐπιούσῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσως τί ἄρα αὐτῷ συμβήσεται, κἄν τε εἰσελθεῖν ἐν αὐτῇ συγχωρηθῇ κἄν τε μή
所以,那趁著還在今生的白日時、卻不殷勤趕緊進入天國本身,反倒在他靈魂出竅之時被撇在其外的人,死亡的黑夜就臨到他,他也不知道在那將到的審判之日要臨到他甚麼事,究竟他蒙准進入其中還是不能。
He, therefore, who has not been eager to hasten to be within the kingdom of heaven itself while he is still in the day of this present life, but is found outside it at the departure of his soul, upon him the night of death comes, and he does not know what will befall him on the coming day of judgement, whether he will be permitted to enter into it or not.
1:2349
Ἀλλά καί δορκάςἤ ἔλαφοςἤ ἕτερόν τι τούτων τῶν ζῴων, οὐχ ὅταν τούτου μένἤ ἐκείνου τοῦ θηρευτοῦ καί τοῦ κυνός () διαφύγῃἤ τῆς παγίδος τῆσδεἤ τῆσδε ἀνώτερον γένηται, ὑπό δέ ἑτέρου τινός κατασχεθέν εἰς τάς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐμπέσῃ, διαδρᾶναι καί σωθῆναι λέγεται, ἀλλά τό μήθ ὅλως ἀγριευθένἤ ὑπό τινος μηχανῆς κρατηθέν
就連羚羊、鹿或其他這類走獸也是如此:牠若躲過了這個或那個獵人和獵犬,或越過了這個或那個陷阱之上,其後卻被別的所捉,落入他們手中,就不能算作逃脫得救;惟有牠全然未被擒獲、也未被任何機關所擒的時候,才算如此。
But even the gazelle or the deer or some other of these animals is not said to have escaped and been saved when it has fled from this or that hunter and dog, or got clear above this snare or that, but is then seized by some other and falls into their hands; rather, only when it has neither been caught at all nor held fast by any device.
1:2350
ληστάς δέ τούς πονηρούς λογισμούς καί αἰσχρούς λογισμούς οἵτινες αἰφνιδίως ἐπιπίπτοντες τῷ ἀγωνιζομένῳ, φυγεῖν καί ἀπορραγῆναι τῆς συνοδίας αὐτόν παρασκευάζουσιν, ἑαυτόν οἰόμενον διασώσασθαι, κρατήσαντες τῷ συνδιασμῷ καί ταῖς συγκαταθέσεσι τοῦ λογισμοῦ συνδήσαντες ἀσφαλῶς καί περισφίγξαντες, τύπτουσιν αὐτόν οἱονεί τοῖς γαργαλισμοῖς καί ταῖς κινήσεσι τῆς σαρκός, καί διά τῆς ἀτόπου ἐπιθυμίας τοῦτον ἕλκοντες τῇ δυνάμει, τῷ βόθρῳ τῆς ἁμαρτίας καί τῷ κρημνῷ τῆς πράξεως ἀπορρίπτουσι
強盜就是那惡毒可恥的意念,牠們突然襲擊那爭戰的人,或設法使他逃跑、脫離團契,自以為由此得救;或既擒住他,藉著意念的結合與贊同將他牢牢捆綁、緊緊束縛,就用肉體的挑逗與騷動彷彿鞭打他,藉著荒謬的情慾強行拖曳他,將他拋入罪的深坑、行為的懸崖之下。
And the robbers are the evil and shameful thoughts, which, falling suddenly upon the one who strives, either contrive to make him flee and break away from the community, supposing that he is thereby saving himself, or, having seized him and bound him fast by the joining and consenting of the thought and drawn the noose tight, they beat him, as it were, with the ticklings and stirrings of the flesh, and dragging him by force through unseemly desire, they cast him down into the pit of sin and over the precipice of the deed.
1:2351
Χρή οὖν πάσῃ δυνάμει τῶν μέν πονηρῶν πασῶν ἀπέχεσθαι πράξεων, τῶν δέ ἀγαθῶν ἔργων ἅμα πάντων ἀντέχεσθαι, καί τάς ἐντολάς τοῦ Θεοῦ ζέοντι πόθῳ καί προθυμίᾳ πάσῃ ποιεῖν καί μηδεμιᾶς καί τῆς τυχούσης ὡς ἐλαχίστης καταφρονεῖν
所以,人必須竭盡全力戒絕一切惡行,同時緊守一切善工,以火熱的渴慕與全然的熱心履行神的誡命,並且不可輕忽其中任何一條,哪怕看似最微不足道的。
It is necessary, therefore, with all one's strength to abstain from all evil deeds, and to cling to all good works at once, and to perform the commandments of God with fervent longing and all eagerness, and to despise not even a single one of them, however trifling, as though it were of least account.
1:2352
Εἴθε μή τόδε μοι πέπρακται τό κακόν, τόδε μή πέπραχα τό ἁμάρτημα, ἐπεί τόδεἤ τόδε οὐδέν ἐστι φανερῶς ἁπάσας ὁμοῦ ἀνατρέπει τάς ἐντολάς τοῦ Θεοῦ καί ταύταις ἀνθίσταται
因為若說:「巴不得我沒有犯這惡、沒有行那罪,因為這件或那件算不得甚麼」——這樣的話顯然一舉推翻了神的一切誡命,並且與之作對。
For to say 'Would that I had not committed this evil, that I had not done that sin, seeing that this or that is nothing' manifestly overturns all the commandments of God at once and sets itself against them.
1:2353
Ὑπονόει μοι, ἄνθρωπε, () σκεῦος τίμιον ἐκ πασῶν γενόμενον τῶν ἐντολῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ, οἷον ἐκ πίστεως, ἐκ φόβου Θεοῦ, ἐκ ταπεινώσεως, ἐκ σιωπῆς τῆς ἀπό ἀργοῦ λόγου, ἐξ ὑπακοῆς μέχρι θανάτου, ἐκ τῆς ἐκκοπῆς τοῦ ἔνδοθεν τῆς καρδίας θελήματος καί κινήματος, ἐκ τῆς ἀδιαλείπτου μετανοίας καί κατανύξεως, ἐκ τῆς ἀεννάου εὐχῆς, ἐκ τῆς τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἀκριβείας, ἐκ τῆς πρός τόν πλησίον ἀπροσπαθείας καί τῆς πρός πάντας ἐξ ἴσου ἀγάπης, ἐκ τῆς ἀφιλαργυρίας καί σωφροσύνης, ἐκ τῆς πρός τόν Θεόν ἐλπίδος καί τελείας ἀγάπης, ἐκ πασῶν ἄλλων τῶν ταύταις συνεπομένων ταῖς ἀρεταῖς
人哪,你當為我設想一個寶貴的器皿,是由神的一切誡命所造成的——例如出於信、出於敬畏神、出於謙卑、出於戒絕閒話的緘默、出於順從至死、出於斷絕內心裡的意志與動念、出於不住的悔改與痛悔、出於永不止息的禱告、出於眼目的謹嚴、出於對鄰舍的無偏私之情並對眾人一視同仁的愛、出於不貪愛錢財與貞潔、出於對神的盼望與完全的愛,以及出於一切伴隨這些美德的其餘美德。
Conceive for me, O man, a precious vessel formed out of all the commandments of God—out of faith, for instance, out of the fear of God, out of humility, out of silence from idle speech, out of obedience unto death, out of the cutting off of the inner will and movement of the heart, out of unceasing repentance and compunction, out of ceaseless prayer, out of strictness of the eyes, out of dispassion toward one's neighbour and love equally toward all, out of freedom from love of money and out of chastity, out of hope toward God and perfect love, and out of all the other virtues that accompany these.
1:2354
καί ἀλλήλαις εἰς ἕν ἅπασαι συγκολλώμεναί τε καί συναρμολογούμεναι, εὔχρηστόν τι, ὡς εἴρηται, τόν ἄνθρωπον κατασκευάζουσι σκεῦος, ἐν τοῦ Θεοῦ χάρις ὡς οἶνος νέος ἐμβάλλεται
這一切既彼此黏合、聯絡合式成為一體,就如所說的,將人造成一個合用的器皿,神的恩典便如新酒傾注其中。
And these all, being glued together and fitted into one with one another, fashion man, as has been said, into a serviceable vessel, into which the grace of God is poured like new wine.
1:2355
Εἰπέ οὖν μοι, ἐάν μία ἐκ πασῶν τῶν εἰρημένων ἀρετῶν ἐπιλείψῃ, ἐξ ὧν καί δι ὧν συνετέθη καί συνηρμόσθη τό σκεῦος, ἆρα ἀνέξεται Θεός ἐμβαλεῖν ἐν αὐτῷ ὅλως τι τῶν χαρισμάτων τοῦ Πνεύματος αὐτοῦ, εἰ καί δοκεῖ πάνυ μικρά τρυμαλιά εἶναι τοῦ ἐπιλείποντος δῆθεν πετάλου ἤτοι τοῦ τόπου τῆς ἀρετῆς;
那麼請告訴我:這器皿既由那些美德所組成、所聯絡合式,其中若缺了一樣,即或那所缺之葉片——也就是那美德之處——的孔隙看似極其微小,神豈肯將祂靈的恩賜絲毫傾注其中麼?
Tell me, then: if a single one of the aforesaid virtues, out of which and by which the vessel was composed and fitted together, should be lacking, will God consent to pour into it any of the gifts of His Spirit at all, even though the hole of the leaf, that is, of the place of the virtue, that is wanting should seem to be very small?
1:2356
Πάντως γάρ ἐκ τοῦ κατ ὀλίγον διά τῆς μικρᾶς ἐκείνης ὀπῆς τό ἐμβληθέν ἀγνώστως ῥεῦσαν χυθήσεται
因為所傾注的必定要藉著那小孔一點一點地、不知不覺地流出而傾盡。
For assuredly, from that small aperture, what has been poured in, flowing out unnoticed little by little, will be spilled away.
1:2357
Πῶς οὖν ἡμεῖς καί δίχα πολλῶν ἀρετῶν, ὧν τόν ἄφθαρτον καί ἀκένωτον οὐ κεκτήμεθα πλοῦτον ἐκ () τῆς τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐργασίας, διά τῶν ὀλίγων κατορθωμάτων καί τούτων διεσπαρμένων ἀπ ἀλλήλων ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις, ὡς σκεύη ἑαυτούς εἶναι νομίζομεν τέλεια καί ὁλόκληρα, καί τό Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα ὡς θησαυρόν ἔνδον ἐν ἡμῖν φέρειν οἰόμεθα;
那麼我們既缺了許多美德——就是我們並未藉遵行誡命而獲得的那不朽、無盡之財富——怎能因著少許善行,且那些善行又被我們的罪彼此隔開、零散不整,就自以為是完全無缺的器皿,並自以為裡面懷著聖靈如同寶藏呢?
How then do we, even apart from many virtues—the incorruptible and inexhaustible wealth of which we have not acquired through the working of the commandments—reckon ourselves, on account of a few good deeds, and those scattered apart from one another by our sins, to be perfect and whole vessels, and suppose ourselves to bear the Holy Spirit within us as a treasure?
1:2358
Ἀλλ ὄντως κατά τόν εἰρηκότα ἐματαιώθημεν ἐν τοῖς διαλογισμοῖς ἡμῶν καί ἐσκοτίσθη ἀσύνετος ἡμῶν καρδία καί φάσκοντες εἶναι σοφοί ἐμωράνθημεν
但誠然,正如那說話者所言,我們「思念變為虛妄,無知的心就昏暗了;自稱為聰明,反成了愚拙」。
But truly, according to him who said it, 'we became futile in our reasonings, and our senseless heart was darkened, and professing to be wise we became fools.'
1:2359
Εἰ γάρ καί Παῦλος θεῖος βοᾷ·
因為,縱使神聖的保羅呼喊說:
For even if the divine Paul cries out:
1:2360
Θεός εἰπών ἐκ σκότους φῶς λάμψαι, ὅς ἔλαμψεν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν, καί ἔχομεν τόν θησαυρόν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν, ἀλλά σκεύη μέν τά ἡμετέρα σώματά φησι, καθά καί ἀλλαχοῦ λέγει·
「那說『要有光從黑暗裡照出來』的神,已經照在我們心裡;我們有這寶貝放在瓦器裡」——然而他所指的器皿乃是我們的身體,正如他在別處也說:
'God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts, and we have this treasure in earthen vessels'—yet he means that our bodies are the vessels, just as he also says elsewhere:
1:2361
Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι τά σώματα ὑμῶν ναός εἰσι τοῦ ἐνοικοῦντος ἐν ὑμῖν Ἁγίου Πνεύματος καί οὐκ ἐστέ ἑαυτῶν, ὀστράκινα δέ εἰπών τό τῆς φύσεως ἡμῶν ᾐνίξατο ἀσθενές
「豈不知你們的身子就是住在你們裡面之聖靈的殿麼?並且你們不是屬自己的?」而他說「瓦器」,乃是暗指我們本性的軟弱。
'Do you not know that your bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells in you, and you are not your own?' And in saying 'earthen' he hinted at the weakness of our nature.
1:2362
Ἄθραυστα τοίνυν καί ἀδιάρρηκτά εἰσι τά τοιαῦτα σώματα διά τήν τοῦ ἐν αὐτοῖς θησαυροῦ ἀκαταμάχητον δύναμιν
所以,這樣的身體因著其中寶藏那無可匹敵的能力,就成了不能被打破、不能被摔碎的。
Such bodies, then, are unbreakable and unshatterable on account of the invincible power of the treasure within them.
1:2363
Ἵνα τό πλεῖστον τῆς δυνάμεως μήᾖ ἐξ ὑμῶν, ἀλλ ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ
「叫這莫大的能力顯明不是出於你們,乃是出於神。」
'That the excellency of the power may be not from you, but from God.'
1:2364
Καί ἵνα ὑμῖν αὐτό ἐκδηλότερον ἀπεργάσωμαι, τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν φησι·
為要使你們更加明白,他所說的乃是這意思:
And that I may make it yet plainer to you, this is what he says:
1:2365
Μή νομίσῃς ὅτι ὑπό σοῦ, φησί, συνέχεται καί τηρεῖται ἐν σοί θησαυρός, ἀλλά ὑπό τοῦ ἐν σοί θησαυροῦ αὐτός σύ μᾶλλον τετήρησαι, ὑπό τῆς ἐν σοί χάριτος κατεσκευάσθης εἰς τό εἶναι σκεῦος εὔχρηστον τῷ Θεῷ
他說:「你不要以為你裡面的寶藏是靠你才得以維繫保存;倒不如說,是你自己更多地藉著你裡面的寶藏得蒙保存;你乃是藉著你裡面的恩典被造成為神合用的器皿。」
'Do not think,' he says, 'that the treasure in you is held together and preserved by you; rather, it is you yourself who are the more preserved by the treasure in you; by the grace within you were you fashioned into being a serviceable vessel for God.'
1:2366
Τό δή θαυμαστόν, ὅτι καί ἐάν μή ὑφ ἡμῶν ἀλλ ὑφ ἑτέρων ἐχθρῶν τινων συντριβῇ τό σκεῦος, μέν θησαυρός μένει ἀκένωτος, τό δέ σκεῦος ἰσχυρότερόν τε καί ἀσφαλέστερον ὑπό τῆς τοῦ θησαυροῦ ἐνεργείας κατασκευάζεται·
而希奇的是,即或這器皿被打碎——不是被我們,乃是被別的仇敵所打碎——那寶藏仍舊無盡,那器皿反倒藉著寶藏的運行被造得更堅固、更穩妥;
And the marvellous thing is that even if the vessel be shattered, not by us but by some other enemies, the treasure remains inexhaustible, and the vessel is rendered stronger and more secure by the working of the treasure;
1:2367
Ὅθεν περί τούτου αὐτός ἀπόστολος λέγει·
為此,那同一位使徒論到這事說:
Whence concerning this the same apostle says:
1:2368
() Πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με Χριστῷ
「我靠著那加給我力量的基督,凡事都能作。」
'I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me.'
1:2369
Ἀλλ ὅρα μοι πῶς διά τῶν τοιούτων λόγων πανταχοῦ τήν Τριάδα ἀχώριστον εἶναί φησι καί ἐν ἡμῖν μένουσαν·
但你當為我留意,他怎樣藉著這樣的話,處處宣告那三一神是不可分離的,並且住在我們裡面:
But observe for me how, through such words, he everywhere declares the Trinity to be inseparable and to abide within us:
1:2370
Θεός γάρ, φησίν, εἰπών ἐκ σκότους φῶς λάμψαι, ὅς ἔλαμψετό Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα δηλονότι ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶνοὕτω καί Κύριος ἔφη·
他說:「那吩咐『要有光從黑暗裡照出來』的神,已經照耀」——就是說聖靈——「在我們心裡」;照樣,主也曾說:
'For God,' he says, 'who said, Let light shine out of darkness, who shone'—that is, the Holy Spirit—'in our hearts'; so too the Lord said:
1:2371
Κἀγώ Παράκλητον ἄλλον πέμψω ὑμῖν, τό Πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, καί πάλιν·
「我要賜給你們另一位保惠師,就是真理的靈」;又說:
'And I will send you another Comforter, the Spirit of truth'; and again:
1:2372
Βουλόμενος δέ δεῖξαί σοι τόν θησαυρόν, ὅτι οὐκ ἄλλος τίς ἐστι παρά τόν λάμψαντα, ἀλλά ὁμότιμος καί ὁμοούσιος αὐτοῦ ὑπάρχει, προσέθηκε λέγων·
但他為要向你顯明這寶藏——它並非別的,正是那位發光的主,且與祂同尊同質——就接著說:
But wishing to show you the treasure—that it is none other than the One who shone, but is of equal honour and of one essence with Him—he added, saying:
1:2373
Ἵνα τό πλεῖστον τῆς δυνάμεως μήᾖ ἐξ ἡμῶν ἀλλ ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν διά τῆς ἐλλάμψεως δηλονότι τοῦ Πνεύματος σκηνώσαντος
「叫這莫大的能力不是出於我們,乃是出於神」——就是說,那藉著聖靈的光照住在我們裡面的神。
'That the excellency of the power may be not from us, but from God,' who has, that is, taken up His dwelling within us through the illumination of the Spirit.
1:2374
Τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν θησαυρός, Ἁγία Τριάς, συνεχόμενος μέν ὑφ ἡμῶν διά τῆς τῶν ἐντολῶν, ὡς εἴρηται, πασῶν ἀκριβοῦς φυλακῆς, συνέχων δέ ὅλους ἡμᾶς διά τῆς αὐτοῦ φιλανθρωπίας τε καί δυνάμεως καί χάριτος, πάντοθεν ἀτρώτους καί ἀκλινεῖς καί ἀσαλεύτους συντηρῶν καί διαφυλάττων ἡμᾶς·
因為這寶藏就是那三一神:如所說的,祂固然藉著我們準確遵守一切誡命而被我們維繫住,但祂自己卻藉著祂對人的慈愛、能力與恩典,將我們全都維繫住,從四面八方保守看顧我們,使我們不受傷、不動搖、不被震撼;
For this is the treasure: the Holy Trinity, held together indeed by us through the exact keeping of all the commandments, as has been said, but Himself holding all of us together through His own love for mankind and power and grace, keeping and guarding us on every side unwounded, unbending, and unshaken;
1:2375
οὕς καί ὡς ἀσθενοῦντας καί εὐολίσθους, μικρόν τι ἐλλείψανταςἤ σφαλέντας, αὐτός εὐθύς θησαυρός συσφίγγει καί πρός ἑαυτόν ἑνοῖ τε καί συγκολλᾷ ἑαυτῷ καί ἀναπληροῖ τά ἡμῶν ὑστερήματα καί στερεοῖ καί παγιωτέρους ἡμᾶς ἀπεργάζεται
當我們這軟弱、易於滑跌的人稍有虧欠或跌倒,那寶藏自己立即束緊我們,將我們聯於祂自己,把我們牢牢黏合於祂,補足我們的缺欠,堅固我們,使我們更加穩固。
and when we, being weak and prone to slipping, have fallen a little short or stumbled, the treasure Himself straightway binds us up and unites us to Himself, and glues us fast to Himself, and fills up our deficiencies, and strengthens us and makes us more firm.
1:2376
() Διά δή τοῦτο παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς, ἐν Χριστῷ ἀδελφοί, παραστῆσαι ἑαυτούς ἀμέμπτους τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐκ πάσης ἁμαρτίας, ἐπιφερομένους μεθ ἑαυτῶν τήν φυλακήν πασῶν τῶν σωτηρίων αὐτοῦ ἐντολῶν
為此,在基督裡的弟兄們,我勸勉你們要將自己無可指摘、脫離一切罪,獻與主,隨身帶著對祂一切救恩誡命的看守。
For this reason, then, I exhort you, brothers in Christ, to present yourselves blameless to the Lord, free from all sin, bearing with yourselves the guarding of all His saving commandments.
1:2377
Οὕτω γάρ ταύτας τεχνίτης Θεός Λόγος λαβόμενος, ὡς ὕλην τινά διά χρυσοῦ καί ἀργύρου καί λίθων τιμίων συμπεφορημένην, αὐτός ὁμοῦ πάσας ἑνώσει καί εἰς εὔχρηστα διά τῶν τοιούτων σκεύη κατασκευάσει ἡμᾶς
因為這樣,那位工匠、神的話語,就把這些誡命當作用金、銀和寶石堆聚而成的材料取來,親自將它們全都聯合為一,藉著這樣的材料把我們造成合用的器皿。
For thus the Artificer, God the Word, taking these up as some material heaped together out of gold and silver and precious stones, will Himself unite them all at once, and through such things fashion us into serviceable vessels.
1:2378
Ἀλλά μή τάς μέν κομίσωμεν αὐτῷ, τάς δέ καταλείψωμεν, μηδέ ὅταν πάσας αὐτῷ προσενέγκωμεν, περί μίαν καί μόνην ἀμεληταί καί καταφρονηταί φανῶμεν τῷ Δεσπότῃ Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, ἵνα μή ὀργισθείς προστρίψῃ κἀκείνας ἡμῖν καί ἐκβληθῆναι ἡμᾶς ἔξω τοῦ νυμφῶνος κελεύσῃ
但願我們不要只把其中一些帶到祂面前,卻撇下其餘的,也不要在把它們全都獻給祂之後,反在其中任何一條上向那主人、我們的神基督顯出怠忽與輕慢,免得祂發怒,將連那些一併摔碎在我們身上,並吩咐把我們趕出洞房之外。
But let us not bring some of them to Him and leave others behind, nor, when we have offered them all to Him, show ourselves negligent and contemptuous toward the Master Christ our God concerning one single one of them, lest He, being angered, dash even those others down upon us and command that we be cast out of the bridal chamber.
1:2379
Τοῦτο δέ παθόντες οὐδέν ἡμᾶς ὕστερον, εἰ καί πολλά κρούσαντες εἴπομεν·
我們既遭遇這事,此後縱使多多叩門說也毫無益處:
And having suffered this, it will afterward profit us nothing, even if we knock much and say:
1:2380
Κύριε, Κύριε, ἄνοιξον ἡμῖν!
「主啊,主啊,給我們開門!」
'Lord, Lord, open to us!'
1:2381
Οὐδέ γάρ οἶδα ὑμᾶς ὡς πιστούς, οὐδέ μέχρι θανάτου ὑπακούσαντας καί ἐκπληρώσαντάς μου τό πρόσταγμα
因為我並不認識你們是信徒,也不認識你們是那些順服至死、成全了我命令的人。
For I do not know you as believers, nor as those who have obeyed even unto death and have fulfilled my command.
1:2382
Ταῦτα μέν οὖν, οἶδα, πρῶτος ταπεινός ἐγώ καί πανάθλιος, ὡς μηδέ μίαν πεπληρωκώς ἐντολήν τοῦ Θεοῦ μου, ἀκούσομαι
我知道,這些話首先要臨到我這卑微又極其可憐的人身上,因為我連神的一條誡命也未曾成全。
These things, I know, I myself first of all, lowly and utterly wretched as I am, shall hear said of me, since I have not fulfilled even a single commandment of my God.
1:2383
Εἶτα καί ὅσοι κατ ἐμέ ἀνυπότακτοι καί παρήκοοι τῶν ἐντολῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ, οἱ λέγοντες ἄφρονι λογισμῷ·
其次,還有一切像我這樣、對神的誡命不服從、不聽命的人,就是那些以愚妄的心思說話的人:
And then also all who, like me, are insubordinate and disobedient to the commandments of God, those who say with a senseless reasoning:
1:2384
Τό γάρ ὀβολόνἤ κλάσμα κεκλοφέναι ἄρτου, ποία ἁμαρτία ἐστίν; () Εἶτα πάλιν·
「偷了一個小錢,或一塊餅,這算得甚麼罪呢?」然後又說:
'For to have stolen a farthing or a morsel of bread — what sort of sin is that?' Then again:
1:2385
Μακάριος ἄν ἤμην, φησίν, ἐάν μή αἰσχροῖς καί βεβήλοις τῆς ἀρσενοφθορίας περιεπάρην κακοῖς
他說:「我若不曾陷入那可恥、褻瀆、敗壞男色的惡事,我就是有福的了。」
'I would count myself blessed,' he says, 'if only I had not been pierced through with the shameful and profane evils of sodomy.'
1:2386
Τό γάρ λοιδορῆσαιἤ φθονῆσαι, παῖξαί τε καί γελάσαι, ὁποία ἄρα ἐστίν ἁμαρτία; οἱ πάλιν ἑαυτούς ἡγούμενοι, διά τό ἐκ σαρκικῶν τῆς ἁμαρτίας πράξεων καθαρεύειν, ὡς ἀγγέλους Θεοῦ καί μεγάλα περί ἑαυτῶν ἀφρόνως οἰόμενοι, μή ποιούμενοι δέ λόγον τῶν ψυχικῶν ἀρετῶν καί παθῶν, ἀλλά καί τῶν ἄλλων ἁπασῶν ἐντολῶν τοῦ Κυρίου καταφρονοῦντες καί πρός τήν ἐκπλήρωσιν αὐτῶν μή βιαζόμενοι ἑαυτούς, παραιτούμενοι δέ καί ὑπέρ ἐντολῆς Θεοῦ πᾶσαν ἐπίπονον πρᾶξιν καί κακοπάθειαν, καί ἀμερίμνως διάγοντες
「至於辱罵或嫉妒、戲謔或譏笑,這又算得甚麼罪呢?」還有那些人,因自己遠離肉體上罪的行為,就以為自己如同神的天使,愚妄地看自己為大,卻不顧念靈魂的美德與情慾,反倒藐視主一切別的誡命,不勉強自己去成全,甚至為著神的誡命推辭一切勞苦艱難的行為,安逸度日。
'For to have reviled or envied, to have jested or laughed — what kind of sin, then, is that?' There are again those who reckon themselves, because they keep clear of the fleshly deeds of sin, to be as angels of God, and who foolishly think great things of themselves, yet take no account of the virtues and passions of the soul; who indeed despise all the other commandments of the Lord and do not force themselves toward their fulfillment, who decline every laborious act and hardship undertaken for the sake of God's commandment, and who pass their days free of care.
1:2387
Τί γάρ ὄφελος, ἀδελφοί, τό πορνείας μέν ἀπέχεσθαι καί ἄλλης ἀκαθαρσίας σωματικῆς, δόξης δέ ἀντιποιεῖσθαι καί χρημάτων ἐφίεσθαι;
弟兄們,遠避淫亂和身體上別的污穢,卻貪圖榮耀、羨慕錢財,這有甚麼益處呢?
For what profit is it, brethren, to abstain from fornication and from other bodily uncleanness, yet to lay claim to glory and to hanker after riches?
1:2388
μέν γάρ τό σῶμα, δέ τήν ψυχήν διαφθείρει
因為前者敗壞身體,後者卻毀滅靈魂。
For the one corrupts the body, but the other destroys the soul.
1:2389
Οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλά καί ἀπίστους ἡμᾶς κατά τήν τοῦ Κυρίου φωνήν δόξα τῶν ἀνθρώπων καί τό ταύτης ἐρᾶν ἀπεργάζεται·
不但如此,按著主的話,人的榮耀以及對這榮耀的貪愛,也使我們成為不信的人;
And not only so, but, according to the word of the Lord, the glory of men and the love of it renders us unbelievers as well;
1:2390
γάρ μισῶν τόν ἀδελφόν αὐτοῦ, φησίν ἀπόστολος, ἄνθρωποκτόνος ἐστίν
因為使徒說,凡恨他弟兄的,就是殺人的。
for he who hates his brother, says the apostle, is a murderer.
1:2391
Τί δέ ἐάν μή μεθύσκεταί τις οἴνῳ, λοιδορεῖ δέ τόν ἀδελφόν αὐτοῦ;
倘若有人不因酒醉,卻辱罵他的弟兄,這又如何呢?
And what of it if a man does not get drunk with wine, yet reviles his brother?
1:2392
Ἀμφότεροι γάρ κατά τόν θεῖον ἀπόστολον τῆς βασιλείας () ἐξωθοῦνται τῶν οὐρανῶν·
因為按著那屬神的使徒所言,兩者都同樣要被逐出諸天的國;
For both alike, according to the divine apostle, are thrust out from the kingdom of heaven;
1:2393
Μή πλανᾶσθε γάρ, φησίν, οὔτε πόρνοι, οὔτε ἀρσενοκοῖται, καί ἐπιφέρει·
他說:「你們不要自欺,無論是淫亂的、與男人苟合的」,接著又說:
'Be not deceived,' he says, 'neither fornicators, nor those who lie with males,' and he adds:
1:2394
οὐ μέθυσοι, οὐ λοίδοροι, οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν Θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσι
「醉酒的、辱罵的、勒索的,都不能承受神的國。」
'nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.'
1:2395
Τί δέ τῆς νηστείας ὄφελος, εἰπέ μοι, μή προσούσης πρᾳότητος;
請告訴我,禁食若不伴隨著溫柔,又有甚麼益處呢?
And what profit is there in fasting, tell me, if meekness is not present with it?
1:2396
Τί δέ τῆς πρᾳότητος ὄφελος, ἐάν ἐπί ὀλέθρῳ ψυχῆς ἐστι καί παραβάσει μιᾶς καί τῆς αὐτῆς ἐντολῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ;
溫柔若導致靈魂的敗亡,並違犯神那同一條的誡命,又有甚麼益處呢?
And what profit is there in meekness, if it leads to the ruin of the soul and to the transgression of one and the same commandment of God?
1:2397
Ὥσπερ γάρ τῷ τύπτοντι ἀντιπίπτων καί ἀντιπύπτων, αὐτόν τόν εἰπόντα Θεόν ἀτιμάζειΤῷ τύπτοντί σου τήν σιαγόνα, φησί, στρέψον αὐτῷ καί τήν ἄλλην, οὕτω καί τοῦ βλασφημοῦντος εἰς Θεόν μακροθύμως ἀνεχόμενος, εἰς τόν βλασφημούμενον ἁμαρτάνει ὡς συνηδόμενος τῷ βλασφημοῦντι καί συνευδοκῶν αὐτῷ διά τῆς νομιζομένης μακροθυμίας
因為正如那抵擋並回擊打他之人的,就是羞辱了那說話的神——祂說:「有人打你的臉,連另一邊也轉過來由他打」——照樣,那藉所謂的忍耐長久寬容褻瀆神之人的,也就得罪了那受褻瀆者,因他與那褻瀆者同樂,並贊同了他。
For just as he who resists and strikes back at the one who strikes him dishonors the very God who said — 'To him who strikes you on the cheek,' He says, 'turn to him the other also' — so also he who, out of a supposed long-suffering, patiently bears with one who blasphemes against God sins against the One who is blasphemed, as one taking pleasure with the blasphemer and consenting to him.
1:2398
Τί τῇ ὑπακοῇ θαρρεῖς, ἀδελφέ, γαστριμαργίᾳ δουλούμενος;
弟兄啊,你既作了貪食的奴僕,為何還倚靠你的順服呢?
Why do you take confidence in your obedience, brother, while you are enslaved to gluttony?
1:2399
γαστρός δοῦλον Θεοῦ δοῦλον γενέσθαι ἀμήχανον
作肚腹奴僕的人,斷不能作神的奴僕。
It is impossible for a slave of the belly to become a slave of God.
1:2400
Τί ἐγκαυχᾷ τῇ πολλῇ τῶν ψαλμῶν μελέτῃ, μετεωριζομένου μέν τοῦ νοός σου, μή ἐπισταμένου δέ τῶν λεγομένων τήν δύναμιν;
你的心思既然飄蕩不定,又不明白所念之言的能力,為何還誇口自己勤習許多詩篇呢?
Why do you boast in the diligent practice of many psalms, when your mind is distracted and you do not understand the power of what is being said?
1:2401
Εἰ δέ καί διά τοῦτο τῶν ἐπιτασσομένων σοι διακονιῶν ἀμελεῖς καί τῶν παρά τοῦ προεστῶτος ἐπιταχθεισῶν σοι δουλειῶν τῆς μονῆς, ἐγώ μέν σιωπῶ, σύ δέ οἶδ ὅτι ἀκήκοας τῆς θείας Γραφῆς λεγούσης·
但你若因此就疏忽了所吩咐你的服事,以及院長所派給你在修院中的職務,我雖然緘默,你自己卻知道你已聽見神聖經上所說的:
But if on this account you neglect the services enjoined upon you and the duties of the monastery assigned to you by your superior, I for my part keep silent; but you yourself know that you have heard the divine Scripture saying:
1:2402
Ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ποιῶν τά ἔργα τοῦ Κυρίου ἀμελῶς
「凡懶惰行主工的,必受咒詛。」
'Cursed is everyone who does the works of the Lord negligently.'
1:2403
Τί ἐπερείδῃ τῶν ἐν τοῖς σωματικοῖς ἔργοις κόπῳ τῆς ἔνδοθεν ἀμελῶν ἐργασίας;
你為何倚靠身體工作的勞苦,卻疏忽了裏面的工作呢?
Why do you lean upon the toil of bodily works, while neglecting the inner labor?
1:2404
Οὐκ ἀκούεις Παύλου λέγοντος·
你沒有聽見保羅說:
Do you not hear Paul saying:
1:2405
μέν γάρ σωματική γυμνασία πρός ὀλίγον ἐστίν ὠφέλιμος, δέ εὐσέβεια πανταχοῦ ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν;
「身體的操練益處還少;惟獨敬虔,凡事都有益處」麼?
'For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but godliness is profitable in every way'?
1:2406
Τί δέ, ἐάν καί τά ἀμφότερα κατορθώσῃ τις, τούς δέ συνόντας αὐτῷ () καί τούς ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἀδελφούς κατακρίνῃ;
倘若有人把這兩樣都作好了,卻論斷那與他同住的人,或甚至論斷世上的弟兄,這又如何呢?
And what of it, if a man should set both of these aright, yet condemn those who dwell with him, or even the brethren in the world?
1:2407
γάρ, φησί, κρίματι κρίνετε κριθήσεσθε, καί ἐν μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε ἀντιμετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν
祂說:「你們怎樣論斷人,也必怎樣被論斷;你們用甚麼量器量給人,也必用甚麼量器量給你們。」
'For with what judgment you judge,' He says, 'you shall be judged; and with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you again.'
1:2408
δέ καί πάντα τά εἰρημένα κατωρθωκώς καί μήτε ποιῶν τι τῶν ἀπηγορευμένων μήτε τούς ἀμελεῖς ἀδελφούς κατακρίνων, ἐν δέ καιρῷ πειρασμοῦ, ἐπελθόντων αὐτῷ ἐμπτυσμάτων καί ῥαπισμάτων καί ὕβρεων, ἐάν μή ὑπενέγκῃ ταῦτα ἀταράχως, ταραχθείς μέν τήν καρδίαν οὐ προφέρει δέ ῥῆμα ἀπρεπές, ἀλλά ὅλως ἐνδείξεται διά τοῦ ἔξωθεν σχήματος πρός ὀργήν κινηθεῖσαν αὐτοῦ τήν ὁρμήν τῆς ψυχῆς καί λόγον ὑβριστικόν ἀντιφθέγξεταιἤ ἕτερόν τι πρός ἄμυναν διαπράξεται, πῶς δοῦλον ἑαυτόν καί μιμητήν τοῦ ἰδίου Δεσπότου ὅλως εἰπεῖν τοιοῦτος τολμήσει καί οὐχί μᾶλλον ἀπεναντίας ἐχθρόν;
但那將前面所說的一切都作好了,既不行任何被禁止的事,也不論斷懶惰的弟兄的人,若在試煉之時——當唾罵、掌摑與凌辱臨到他時——不能安然不亂地忍受這些,或雖心裏受了攪擾未說出不合宜的話,卻仍藉外表的舉止顯出他靈魂的衝動已被激起發怒,回口說出侮辱的話,或行別的事以求報復:這樣的人怎能還敢說自己是他自己主人的僕人和效法者,而不反倒是祂的仇敵呢?
But he who has set all the aforesaid things aright, and neither does any of the forbidden deeds nor condemns the negligent brethren, yet, in a time of trial — when spittings and blows and insults come upon him — if he does not bear these unruffled, or, being troubled in heart, does not utter an unseemly word but nonetheless betrays through his outward demeanor that the impulse of his soul has been stirred to anger, and answers back with an insulting word or does some other thing by way of retaliation: how will such a one ever dare to call himself a servant and an imitator of his own Master, and not rather, on the contrary, His enemy?
1:2409
Οἱ φίλοι τοίνυν τοῦ Θεοῦ καί οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτόν, ἐν ἑαυτοῖς αὐτόν ἔχοντες οἷα δή θησαυρόν τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἄσυλον, μετά χαρᾶς ἀφάτου καί θυμηδίας τάς τοιαύτας ὕβρεις καί ἐξουδενώσεις προσυποδέχονται, ὑπεραγαπῶντες ὡς εὐεργέτας ἐν εἰλικρινεῖ διαθέσει τούς ταῦτα εἰς αὐτούς ἐνδεικνυμένους καί πράσσοντας
所以,神的朋友,以及愛祂的人,因在自己裏面有祂如同不能被劫奪的美善寶庫,就以說不出的喜樂和心中的歡暢迎受這樣的凌辱與輕視,並以真誠的心懷,格外愛那些向他們施行、作出這些事的人,如同愛恩人一般。
The friends of God, then, and those who love Him, having Him within themselves as an inviolable treasury of good things, receive such insults and contempts with unspeakable joy and gladness of heart, loving above measure, with a sincere disposition, as benefactors those who display and inflict these things upon them.
1:2410
Κατά μέν τόν τῆς φιλονεικίας καί μάχης καιρόν κινούμεθα ὡς ἄνθρωποι πρός ὀργήν καί θυμόν, καί ἔσθ ὅτε καί ἀμυνόμεθα ἐν λόγοις καί αὐτοῖς ἔργοις τούς ἀδελφούς, ὕστερον δέ οὐκ ἔχομεν κατ αὐτῶν ἔχθραν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, ἀλλά πάντα ἀφίεμεν καί μάλιστα ἐάν καί συγχώρησιν πρός ἀλλήλους ποιήσωμεν, ἐοίκασί μοι ἀγράφῳ πυξίῳ ἐν ὅταν λάβῃ καιρόν ἐχθρός καί πολέμιος τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν ἐγγράφει δι αὐτῶν ἐκείνων τά πονηρά καί μιαρά αὐτοῦ δόγματα καί ὑπάγει·
在爭競和爭吵的時候,我們既是人,就被激動發怒動氣,有時甚至在言語和行為上報復弟兄;然而事後我們心裏卻不懷恨他們,反倒全然赦免——尤其是若我們彼此和好。這樣的人在我看來,好像一塊尚未寫字的蠟板,每當我們靈魂的仇敵與對頭得著機會,就藉著這些事在其上刻寫他邪惡污穢的教訓,然後離去。
In the moment of contention and strife we are moved, as men, to anger and wrath, and there are times when we even retaliate against the brethren in words and in very deeds; yet afterward we hold no enmity against them in our soul, but forgive all — especially if we make reconciliation with one another. Such men seem to me like an unwritten writing-tablet, upon which, whenever the enemy and adversary of our souls finds his opportunity, he inscribes through those very things his wicked and defiling dogmas, and departs.
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