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隱修士會規 第 1 章 第 2/2 段
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nullius personam accipiens, nec ulli gratiam praestans; sed unumquemque secundum merita quotidianae conversationis in veritate judicans, admoneat, hortetur, castiget, condemnet; vel suscipiat, si ita utile videtur, venientes ad monasterium; vel ejiciat, si ita necessitas fuerit, male habitantes. II. In monasterio seniores sint duo, ad quos vel praesente abbate vel absente onmium fratrum disciplina, et omnis cura monasterii pertineat; dantes sibi vices per dies et dividentes inter se pondus ac necessitatem monasterii; ex quibus unus tempore suo praesens in monasterio semper erit, ad praestandum abbati solatium, vel obsequium advenientibus fratribus;
不偏待任何人，也不向任何人施恩寵；乃要照著各人每日行為的功過，按真理審判各人，當勸勉、勸戒、責罰、定罪；或接納，若這樣看為有益，那些來到修道院的人；或趕出，若有此需要，那些行為惡劣居住的人。二、在修道院中當有兩位長者，無論院長在或不在，眾弟兄的規矩和修道院的一切照管都當歸於他們；他們按日輪流，彼此分擔修道院的擔子和需要；其中一位當在他輪值的時候常在修道院中，給院長安慰，或服事來到的弟兄；
accepting the person of no one, nor showing favor to anyone; but judging each one in truth according to the merits of his daily conduct, let him admonish, exhort, chastise, condemn; or receive, if it so seems useful, those coming to the monastery; or cast out, if necessity so requires, those living ill. II. In the monastery let there be two seniors, to whom, whether the abbot is present or absent, the discipline of all the brothers and all the care of the monastery may pertain; giving themselves turns by days and dividing between themselves the weight and need of the monastery; of whom one shall always be present in the monastery in his time, to give the abbot solace, or attendance to the brothers who arrive;
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et ad procedendum ubi necessitas communis exegerit, atque diligentiam circa omnia quae ad quotidianam custodiam et conversationem monasterii pertinent adhibendam; ut quaecumque ad obsequium usumque monasterii facienda sunt, sine negligentia et querela faciant. Alius cum fratribus erit, tempore suo exiturus cum ipsis ad omnia opera et omnem necessitatem, providens ne quid contra disciplinam faciant. Qui considerans omnes actus singulorum, si qua contra rationem facta viderit, vel per se emendet, vel abbati indicet. III.
並在公共的需要所要求之處出去，並當在一切關乎修道院每日看守和行事的事上施行殷勤；使凡為著修道院的服事和使用所當作的，他們都毫無疏忽和抱怨地去作。另一位當與弟兄們同在，在他輪值的時候與他們一同出去作一切工作，並應付一切需要，留意他們不作甚麼違背規矩的事。他既察看各人一切的行為，若見有甚麼違背理性而行的，就當或自己改正，或報與院長。三、
and to go forth where the common need demands, and to apply diligence concerning all things which pertain to the daily guarding and conduct of the monastery; so that whatever must be done for the service and use of the monastery, they may do without negligence and complaint. The other shall be with the brothers, going out in his time with them to all works and every need, providing that they do nothing against discipline. He, considering all the acts of individuals, if he sees anything done contrary to reason, let him either amend it himself, or report it to the abbot. III.
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Ille vero qui secundum ordinem disciplinae ordinatione abbatis ex consilio et voluntate omnium fratrum fratribus praepositus est, omnem ad se curam de disciplina fratrum et diligentiam monasterii revocabit, habens potestatem, abbate absente, faciendi omnia quae abbas praesens facit. Ille autem patientiam, mansuetudinem, humilitatem, charitatem, aequitatem, sine personarum acceptione servabit; ita agens, ut nec abbati taedium generet, nec fratres intemperantia illius laborent. Haec observabit senior monasterii qui fratribus praepositus est, referens ad abbatem omnia, vel praecipue illa, quae per se non valuerit explicare. IV. Commendatum aliquod etiam a germano fratre nullus accipiat:
但那按著規矩的次序，藉院長的指派，出於眾弟兄的意見和意願，被立來治理弟兄的人，當將關乎弟兄規矩和修道院殷勤的一切照管歸於自己，並有權柄，在院長不在時，行院長在時所行的一切事。但他當持守忍耐、溫柔、謙卑、愛心、公平，不偏待人；如此行，使他既不給院長生厭煩，也不使弟兄們因他的無節制而受累。被立來治理弟兄的修道院長者當謹守這事，將一切事報與院長，尤其是那些他自己不能解決的事。四、不可有人接受任何物件，連他親兄弟所託付的也不可：
But he who, according to the order of discipline, by the appointment of the abbot, out of the counsel and will of all the brothers, has been set over the brothers, shall draw to himself all care concerning the discipline of the brothers and the diligence of the monastery, having the power, in the abbot's absence, of doing all the things that the abbot present does. But he shall keep patience, meekness, humility, charity, equity, without respect of persons; so acting that he neither generates weariness for the abbot, nor that the brothers labor under his intemperance. This the senior of the monastery who is set over the brothers shall observe, referring to the abbot all things, or especially those which by himself he was not able to resolve. IV. Let no one receive anything even entrusted by a brother of his own blood:
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nihil in cella sua absque praepositi jussione quispiam habeat, ne poma quidem vilissima, et caetera hujusmodi. V. Operantes vero fratres nihil loquantur saeculare: sed aut meditentur ea, quae sancta sunt, aut certe silebunt. VI. Qui autem coquinat, antequam fratres reficiant, non gustabit quidquam. VII. Nemo in cella aut in domo sua habeat quidquam praeter ea, quae in communi monasterii lege praecepta sunt. VIII. Cumque ad dormiendum se collocaverint, alter alteri non loquatur. Cellam alterius, nisi prius ad ostium percutiat, introire non audeat. IX. Mutare de his, quae a praeposito acceperit cum altero non audebit. Nec accipiat melius, et dabit deterius;
未經副院長的命令，無人可在自己房間裏存有甚麼，連最廉價的果子，和諸如此類的別樣也不可。五、但弟兄們作工時不可說任何世俗的話：乃要或默想那聖潔的事，或確實守靜默。六、但作飯的人，在弟兄們進食之前，不可嘗甚麼。七、無人可在自己房間或屋中存有甚麼，除了那些在修道院公共規例中所吩咐的物件。八、他們躺下睡覺時，這人不可與那人說話。無人可膽敢進入別人的房間，除非他先叩門。九、他不可膽敢將從副院長所領受的物件與別人交換。也不可領受較好的而給較壞的；
let no one have anything in his cell without the order of the provost, not even the cheapest fruits, and other things of this kind. V. But the brothers while working shall speak nothing worldly: rather let them either meditate upon the things that are holy, or assuredly keep silence. VI. But he who cooks shall taste nothing before the brothers take refreshment. VII. Let no one have in his cell or in his house anything besides those things which are commanded in the common law of the monastery. VIII. And when they have laid themselves down to sleep, let one not speak to another. Let no one dare to enter another's cell, unless he first knock at the door. IX. He shall not dare to exchange with another any of the things he has received from the provost. Nor let him receive the better and give the worse;
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aut e contrario dans melius et deterius accipiens. Nemo ab altero accipiat quidpiam, nisi praepositus jusserit. X. Clausa cella nullus dormiat; nec habeat cubiculum quod claudi possit; nisi forte aetati alicujus vel infirmitati pater monasterii concesserit. XI. Nemo a terra solvat funiculum absque jussione patris. Qui in monasterio fratrum invenerit quidpiam, suspendat, ut tollat qui cognoverit. XII. Ad collectam et ad psallendum nullus sibi occasionem inveniat, quibus se dicat occupatum quasi ire non possit. Et si in monasterio, vel in agro, aut in itinere, aut in quolibet ministerio fuerit, orandi et psallendi tempus non praetermittat. XIII.
或反過來，給較好的而領受較壞的。無人可從別人領受甚麼，除非副院長吩咐了。十、無人可在閉鎖的房間睡覺；也不可有能閉鎖的臥房；除非修道院之父因某人的年歲或軟弱而准許了。十一、無人可未經父親的命令就從地上解開繩索。凡在弟兄修道院中拾得甚麼的，當將它掛起，好叫認得它的人可以取去。十二、無人可在公禱和歌唱時為自己找藉口，藉此說自己有事忙碌，似乎不能去。無論他在修道院、在田間、在路上，或在任何職事中，都不可錯過禱告和歌唱的時候。十三、
or on the contrary, giving the better and receiving the worse. Let no one receive anything from another, unless the provost has ordered it. X. Let no one sleep in a closed cell; nor let him have a chamber that can be closed; unless perhaps the father of the monastery has granted it to someone on account of age or infirmity. XI. Let no one loose a cord from the ground without the order of the father. He who finds anything in the monastery of the brothers, let him hang it up, so that whoever recognizes it may take it. XII. Let no one find for himself an occasion at the collect and at the chanting, by which he may say he is occupied as if he could not go. And whether he be in the monastery, or in the field, or on a journey, or in any ministry whatever, let him not pass over the time of praying and chanting. XIII.
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Qui minister est, habeat studium ne quid operis pereat in monasterio. In qualicumque omnino arte quae exercetur a fratribus, si quid perierit, et per negligentiam fuerit dissipatum, increpetur a patre minister operum: et ipse iterum increpet alium, qui opus perdiderit; duntaxat juxta voluntatem et praescientiam principis, absque quo nullus increpandi fratrem habebit potestatem. XIV. Si inventus fuerit unus e fratribus aliquid per contentionem agens, vel contradicens majoris imperio, increpabitur juxta mensuram peccati sui. XV.
那作管事的，當有熱心，使修道院中沒有甚麼工作毀壞。在弟兄們所操作的任何技藝中，若有甚麼毀壞了，並因疏忽而被糟蹋了，那管理工作的當受父親的責備：他也當轉而責備那毀壞工作的別人；只是要照著首領的意願和預知，沒有他，無人有權責備弟兄。十四、弟兄中若有人被發現憑爭競行甚麼，或頂撞上司的命令，當按他罪的分量受責備。十五、
He who is a minister, let him have zeal that no work perish in the monastery. In whatever craft at all that is practiced by the brothers, if anything has perished and through negligence has been wasted, let the minister of the works be reproved by the father: and let him in turn reprove the other who lost the work; only according to the will and foreknowledge of the chief, without whom no one shall have power of reproving a brother. XIV. If one of the brothers is found doing anything through contention, or contradicting the command of his superior, he shall be reproved according to the measure of his sin. XV.
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Qui mentitur, aut odio quemquam habere fuerit deprehensus, aut inobediens, aut plus joco quam honestum est deditus, aut otiosus, aut dure respondens, aut habens consuetudinem fratribus detrahendi, vel bis qui foris sunt; et omnino quidquid contra regulam Scripturarum est et monasterii disciplinam, et audierit pater monasterii, vindicabit juxta mensuram opusque peccati. XVI. Si omnes fratres viderint praepositum nimium negligentem aut dure increpantem fratres, et mensuram monasterii excedentem, referant hoc patri, et ab eo increpetur. Ipse autem praepositus nihil faciat, nisi quod pater jusserit; maxime in re nova. Quae ex more descendit, servabit regulam monasterii. XVII.
那說謊的，或被察出恨任何人的，或不順服的，或耽於玩笑過於相宜的，或懶惰的，或回答粗暴的，或有毀謗弟兄之習慣的，或毀謗那些在外之人的；總之，凡違背聖經規則和修道院規矩的，修道院之父一聽見，就當按罪的分量和性質懲治。十六、眾弟兄若見副院長過於疏忽，或粗暴地責備弟兄，並超過修道院的分量，就當將此報與父親，並當受他的責備。但副院長自己甚麼也不可作，惟有父親所吩咐的；尤其在新事上。凡按慣例傳下來的，他當持守修道院的規則。十七、
He who lies, or is caught hating anyone, or is disobedient, or given to jesting more than is honorable, or idle, or answering harshly, or having a habit of disparaging the brothers, or those who are outside; and in general whatever is contrary to the rule of the Scriptures and the discipline of the monastery, and the father of the monastery hears of it, he shall punish it according to the measure and character of the sin. XVI. If all the brothers see the provost being too negligent or reproving the brothers harshly, and exceeding the measure of the monastery, let them report this to the father, and let him be reproved by him. But the provost himself shall do nothing except what the father has ordered; especially in a new matter. Whatever has come down from custom, he shall keep the rule of the monastery. XVII.
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Praepositus vero non inebrietur, nec sedeat in humilioribus locis. Ne rumpat vincula quae Deus in coelo condidit, ut observentur in terris. Ne lugeat in die festo Domini Salvatoris dominetur carni suae, juxta mensuram sanctorum. Non inveniatur in excelsis cubulibus, imitans morem gentilium. Non sit duplicis fidei. Non sequatur cordis sui cogitationes, sed legem Dei. Non resistat sublimioribus tumenti animo Potestatibus. Ne fremat, nec hirriat iratus super humiliores: nec transferat terminos Regulae. Non sit fraudulentus, neque in cogitationibus verset dolos; nec negligat peccatum animae suae; nec vincatur carnis luxuria. Non ambulet negligenter. Non loquatur verbum otiosum.
但副院長不可醉酒，也不可坐在較低的位上。他不可廢去神在天上所立的約束，使這些約束可在地上被遵守。他不可在主救主的節日哀傷。他當管理自己的肉體，照著眾聖徒的分量。他不可被發現在華貴的床上，效法外邦人的習俗。他不可有二心。他不可隨從自己心中的意念，乃要隨從神的律法。他不可以高傲的心抵擋更高的執政者。他不可發怒咆哮，也不可怒氣對著比他低的人狺狺：也不可挪移規條的界限。他不可詭詐，也不可在心思裏盤算詭計；不可忽略自己靈魂的罪；不可被肉體的情慾所勝。他不可疏忽地行事。他不可說閒話。
But let the provost not become drunk, nor sit in lower places. Let him not break the bonds which God established in heaven, that they may be observed on earth. Let him not mourn on the feast day of the Lord the Savior. Let him rule his own flesh, according to the measure of the saints. Let him not be found in lofty beds, imitating the custom of the gentiles. Let him not be of double faith. Let him not follow the thoughts of his own heart, but the law of God. Let him not resist with a swollen mind the higher Powers. Let him not rage, nor snarl in anger against those lower than himself: nor remove the boundaries of the Rule. Let him not be fraudulent, nor turn over deceits in his thoughts; nor neglect the sin of his own soul; nor be overcome by the lust of the flesh. Let him not walk negligently. Let him not speak an idle word.
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Non ponat scandalum ante pedes caeci. Non doceat voluntatem animam suam. Non resolvatur risu stultorum ac joco. Non capiatur cor ejus ab his qui inepta loquuntur et dulcia. Non vincatur muneribus: non parvulorum sermone ducatur. Non deficiat in tribulatione. Non mortem timeat, sed Deum: non praevaricator sit propter imminentem timorem. Non relinquat verum lumen propter modicos cibos. Non nutet ac fluctuet in operibus suis. Non mutet sententiam, sed firmus sit solidique decreti; justus, cuncta considerans; judicans in veritate absque appetitu gloriae; manifestus Deo et hominibus, et a fraude procul. Nec ignoret conversationem suorum, nec ad eorum scientiam caecus existat.
他不可將絆腳石放在瞎子腳前。他不可教自己的靈魂隨從己意。他不可消融在愚人的嬉笑與玩笑中。他的心不可被那些說愚妄甜言之人擄去。他不可被禮物所勝：不可被小孩子的言語牽引。他不可在患難中失敗。他不可懼怕死亡，惟當懼怕神：不可因臨近的懼怕而作犯法者。他不可為著微薄的食物撇棄真光。他不可在自己的工作中搖擺不定。他不可更改自己的判斷，乃要堅定，有穩固的定旨；公義，凡事都思量；憑真理審判，不貪圖榮耀；在神和人面前顯明，遠離詭詐。他不可不認識自己之人的行為，也不可對他們的情形瞎眼。
Let him not place a stumbling block before the feet of the blind. Let him not teach his own soul to follow its will. Let him not be dissolved in the laughter and jesting of fools. Let not his heart be captured by those who speak foolish and sweet things. Let him not be overcome by gifts: let him not be led by the speech of little ones. Let him not fail in tribulation. Let him not fear death, but God: let him not be a transgressor on account of impending fear. Let him not abandon the true light on account of scanty food. Let him not waver and fluctuate in his works. Let him not change his sentence, but be firm and of solid decree; just, considering all things; judging in truth without appetite for glory; manifest to God and to men, and far from fraud. Let him not be ignorant of the conduct of his own people, nor be blind to the knowledge of them.
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Nulli noceat per superbiam; nec sequatur concupiscentias oculorum. Veritatem nunquam praetereat: oderit injustitiam. Secundum personam nunquam judicet pro muneribus, nec condemnet animam innocentem per superbiam. Non rideat inter pueros: non deserat veritatem timore superatus. Non despiciat eos, qui indigent misericordia. Non deserat justitiam propter lassitudinem; ne perdat animam suam propter verecundiam: ne respiciat dapes lautioris mensae: nec pulchra vestimenta desideret; nec se negligat, sed semper dijudicet cogitationes suas. Non inebrietur vino; sed humilitati junctam habeat veritatem. Quando judicat, sequatur praecepta majorum et legem Dei, quae in toto orbe praedicata est. XVIII.
他不可藉驕傲傷害任何人；也不可隨從眼目的情慾。他絕不可越過真理：當恨惡不義。他絕不可為著禮物偏待人而審判，也不可藉驕傲定無辜之靈魂的罪。他不可在男孩子中間嬉笑：不可被懼怕所勝而撇棄真理。他不可輕看那些需要憐憫的人。他不可因疲乏撇棄公義；免得他因羞愧失去自己的靈魂：不可看華筵上的美食：也不可貪戀美麗的衣裳；不可疏忽自己，乃要常常分辨自己的意念。他不可醉酒；乃要使真理與謙卑相聯。他審判的時候，當隨從前輩的命令和神的律法，這律法已在全地傳揚。十八、
Let him harm no one through pride; nor let him follow the lusts of the eyes. Let him never pass over the truth: let him hate injustice. Let him never judge according to the person for the sake of gifts, nor condemn an innocent soul through pride. Let him not laugh among boys: let him not abandon the truth, overcome by fear. Let him not despise those who are in need of mercy. Let him not abandon justice on account of weariness; lest he lose his own soul on account of shame: let him not look upon the dishes of a more sumptuous table: nor desire beautiful garments; nor neglect himself, but always discern his own thoughts. Let him not become drunk with wine; but let him have truth joined to humility. When he judges, let him follow the precepts of his elders and the law of God, which has been preached in the whole world. XVIII.
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Si deprehensus fuerit aliquis e fratribus libenter cum pueris ridere et ludere, et habere amicitias aetatis infirmae, tertio commoneatur, ut recedat ab eorum necessitudine, et memor sit honestatis, et timoris Dei: si non cessaverit, corripiatur, ut dignus est, correptione severissima. XIX. Qui contemnunt praecepta majorum et regulas monasterii, quae Dei praecepto constitutae sunt, et parvi penduut seniorum consilia, corripiantur juxta ordinem constitutum, donec corrigantur. XX. Majores qui cum fratribus mittuntur foras, quandiu ibi fuerint, habebunt jus praepositorum, et eorum cuncta regentur arbitrio. Docebunt fratres per constitutos dies;
弟兄中若有人被察出樂意與男孩子嬉笑玩耍，並與年幼者結交友誼，當勸戒他三次，叫他從與他們的親密中退出，並記念端莊和敬畏神：他若不止息，就當照他所該受的，以最嚴厲的責罰勸戒他。十九、那些藐視前輩的命令和修道院規則的人，這些命令和規則是按神的命令所設立的，他們又輕看長者的勸導，就當照所設立的次序受勸戒，直到他們被改正。二十、那些與弟兄一同被差到外面的長者，他們在那裏多久，就有副院長的權，凡事都當照他們的判斷治理。他們當在所定的日子教導弟兄；
If any of the brothers is caught gladly laughing and playing with boys, and having friendships of tender age, let him be admonished three times, that he withdraw from intimacy with them, and be mindful of decency and of the fear of God: if he does not cease, let him be corrected, as he deserves, with the most severe correction. XIX. Those who despise the precepts of their elders and the rules of the monastery, which have been established by God's command, and who hold lightly the counsels of the seniors, let them be corrected according to the established order, until they are corrected. XX. The seniors who are sent outside with the brothers shall, as long as they are there, have the right of provosts, and all things shall be governed by their judgment. They shall teach the brothers on appointed days;
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et si forte inter eos ortum fuerit aliquid simultatis, audient ipsi majores, et dijudicabunt causam, et dignum culpa increpabunt; ut ad imperium eorum statim pacem pleno corde consocient. XXI. Si quis frater contra praepositum suum habuerit tristitiam, aut ipse praepositus contra fratrem aliquam querimoniam; probatae fratres conversationis et fidei eos audire debent, et dijudicabunt inter eos. Si tamen absens est pater monasterii vel alicubi profectus, primum quidem expectabunt eum: sin autem diutius vident foris demorari, tunc audient inter praepositum et fratrem; ne diu suspenso judicio tristitia major oriatur;
他們中間若或有甚麼爭執興起，那些長者自己當聽斷，並當審判那事，並當責備那當受責備的人；好叫他們在長者的命令下，立即全心同歸於和睦。二十一、若有弟兄向他的副院長心懷愁苦，或副院長自己向弟兄有甚麼怨言；行為和信德被察驗合格的弟兄當聽他們，並當在他們中間審判。然而，修道院之父若不在，或往別處去了，他們首先當等候他：但他們若見他在外停留太久，那時就當審斷副院長與弟兄之間的事；免得審判久懸不決，致生更大的愁苦；
and if perhaps among them some quarrel has arisen, those seniors themselves shall hear it, and shall judge the matter, and shall reprove the one worthy of blame; so that at their command they may at once join together in peace with a full heart. XXI. If any brother has sadness against his provost, or the provost himself has any complaint against a brother; brothers of proven conduct and faith ought to hear them, and shall judge between them. If, however, the father of the monastery is absent or has set out somewhere, first indeed they shall wait for him: but if they see him tarrying outside too long, then they shall hear the case between the provost and the brother; lest, with judgment long suspended, a greater sadness arise;
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ut et ille qui praepositus est, et ille qui subjectus est, et illi qui audiunt, juxta timorem Dei cuncta faciant, et non dent in ullo occasionem discordiae. XXII. Nullus mittatur foras ad aliquod negotium solus. Missi vero non singuli, sed bini vel terni ambulent: ut dum se invicem custodiunt et consolantur, et seniores eorum de honesta eorum conversatione securi sint, et illi non periclitentur. Observantes tamen hoc, ut non se invicem fabulis inanibus destruant, neque negligentiae dent locum destructionis; sed unusquisque in actu suo attentus sit, prout tempus fuerit. XXIII.
好叫那設立管理的人、那居於屬下的人，以及那些聽從的人，都按著敬畏神的心行事，凡事不給人留下不和的機會。第二十二。不可差遣任何人獨自外出辦事。受差遣的人不可單獨行走，乃要兩個或三個同行，使他們彼此看守、彼此安慰，他們的長者也能因他們行事正直而安心，而他們自己也不致陷入危險。但他們要謹守這事，免得彼此以虛空的閒談敗壞，也不可給疏忽留下敗壞的餘地；惟要各人專注於自己的工作，照著時機所需。第二十三。
so that both he who is set over others, and he who is subject, and those who obey, may do all things according to the fear of God, and give no occasion of discord in anything. XXII. Let no one be sent out alone on any business. But those who are sent should walk not singly, but two or three together, so that while they guard and console one another, both their elders may rest secure concerning their honorable conduct, and they themselves may not be endangered. Yet they must observe this: that they do not corrupt one another with empty tales, nor give place to negligence and ruin; but let each one be attentive to his own task, as the occasion may require. XXIII.
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Quando autem reversi fuerint in monasterium, si ante ostium viderint aliquem quaerentem suorum affinium, de his qui in monasterio commorantur, non valebunt ire ad eum, et nuntiare, vel evocare. Et omnino quidquid foris gesserint, in monasterio narrare non praesumant. XXIV. Omnibus erit potestas legendi usque ad horam tertiam: si tamen nulla causa extiterit, qua necesse sit etiam aliquid fieri. Post horam vero tertiam si quae statuta sunt, sicut scriptum est, per superbiam, vel negligentiam, vel desidiam intercedentem non custodierit, sciat se cum in hoc errore deprehensus fuerit, culpabilem judicandum, quia per suum errorem et alios in vitium mittit. XXV.
但當他們回到修道院時，若在門前看見有人來尋找住在院中親屬之中的某一弟兄，他們不可去到他那裏，也不可去通報或召喚。無論在外面行了甚麼事，他們都不可擅自在院內述說。第二十四。眾人都可讀經直到第三時辰：只要沒有甚麼事由必須另作別事。但若過了第三時辰，有人因驕傲、疏忽或懶惰介入，未按所記載的遵守所定的規條，他當知道：當他在這過犯上被察出時，就要被判為有罪，因為他藉自己的過失也使別人陷於惡行。第二十五。
But when they have returned to the monastery, if before the gate they see anyone seeking one of their relatives among those who dwell in the monastery, they shall not be permitted to go to him, and to announce or to summon him. And in no way shall they presume to relate within the monastery whatever they have done outside. XXIV. All shall have leave to read until the third hour: provided that no cause arises by which it is necessary that something else also be done. But if after the third hour anyone, through pride, negligence, or sloth intervening, fails to keep what has been appointed, as it is written, let him know that when he is caught in this fault he is to be judged guilty, because through his own error he leads others also into vice. XXV.
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Cellarii vero cura sit, ut abstinentiam et sobrietatem studens, illata in monasterio ad sumptus fratrum diligenter et fideliter servet: nihil suscipiens, nec quidquam tradens sine auctoritate vel seniorum consilio. Qui etiam omnia utensilia quae in monasterio sunt, id est, vestem, vas, ferramentum, et quidquid usibus quotidianis necessarium est, custodiat; et unamquamque rem proferens, cum fuerit necessarium, ab eo iterum ad reponendum cui utendo consignaverit recepturus. Ad victum vero fratrum proferat ac tradat septimanariis: ad condiendos cibos det necessaria secundum quotidiana expensae consuetudinem, neque profuse, neque avare;
管庫者要殷勤盡責，熱心於節制與清醒，謹慎而忠信地保管院中為弟兄所供應、用於用度之物：未得權柄或長者的商議，不可收受甚麼，也不可交付甚麼。他也要看守院中一切器具，就是衣服、器皿、鐵器，以及凡日常所需用的；當有需用時取出各物，用畢仍要從那託付使用的人手中收回存放。至於弟兄的飲食，他要取出並交給當週值班的人；為調味食物，他要照每日用度的常例供給所需，既不奢費，也不吝嗇；
Let it be the care of the cellarer that, zealous for abstinence and sobriety, he diligently and faithfully keep the things brought into the monastery for the brethren's sustenance: receiving nothing and handing over nothing without authority or the counsel of the elders. He shall also guard all the utensils that are in the monastery, that is, clothing, vessels, ironware, and whatever is necessary for daily use; and bringing out each thing when needed, he is to receive it back again for storage from the one to whom he entrusted it for use. For the brethren's food let him bring out and deliver provisions to the weekly servers: for seasoning the dishes let him give what is necessary according to the daily custom of expenditure, neither lavishly nor stingily;
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ne vitio ipsius vel monasterii substantia gravetur, vel fratres patiantur injuriam. Sed et necessitatem infirmorum fratrum ac laborem considerans, nihil aegrotantium desideriis neget ex his quae habuerit, quantum illis necesse fuerit. Advenientibus diversis fratribus escas parabit. Haec erit cura custodis cellarii, recurrens semper ad seniorum consilium, et requirens de omnibus, vel praecipue de his quae proprio suo intellectu non potuerit adimplere. XXVI. Ostiarii cura sit, ut omnes advenientes intra januas recipiat; dans eis responsum honestum cum humilitate et reverentia, ac statim nuntians vel abbati, vel senioribus, quis venerit et quid petierit. Nec ullus extraneorum patiatur injuriam;
免得因他的過失而使修道院的資產受損，或使弟兄受虧負。但他也要顧念患病弟兄的需要與勞苦，凡自己所有的，無論病人需要多少，都不要拒絕他們的渴求。對從各處前來的弟兄，他要預備食物。這要作管庫者的職責，常常求助於長者的商議，凡事查問，尤其是那些憑自己的見識所不能成就的事。第二十六。看門者的職責是接待一切進到門內的人；以謙卑和敬重給他們合宜的回答，並立即通報院長或長者，告訴他們誰來了、求問甚麼。也不可叫任何外人受虧負；
lest by his fault either the substance of the monastery be burdened, or the brethren suffer injury. But considering also the need and labor of the sick brethren, let him deny nothing from what he has to the desires of the ailing, as much as is necessary for them. For brethren arriving from various places he shall prepare food. This shall be the care of the keeper of the cellar, always having recourse to the counsel of the elders, and inquiring about all things, but especially about those which he cannot accomplish by his own understanding. XXVI. Let it be the porter's care to receive all who arrive within the gates; giving them an honorable answer with humility and reverence, and at once announcing either to the abbot or to the elders who has come and what he has asked. And let no stranger suffer injury;
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neque habeat cum aliquo de fratribus necessitatem ac facultatem loquendi, absque conscientia abbatis, vel seniorum praesentia. Si quid vero cuicumque de fratribus missum mandatumque fuerit, nihil ad ipsum perveniat prius quam abbati, vel senioribus indicetur. Ante omnia ostiarius monasterii haec observabit, ne quemquam de fratribus foris januam exire permittat. XXVII. Si quis accesserit ad ostium volens saeculo renuntiare, et fratrum aggregari numero, non habeat libertatem intrandi; sed prius nuntietur patri monasterii, et manebit paucis diebus foris ante januam, ac docebitur Orationem dominicam, et Psalmos, quantos potuerit discere;
他也不可有機會或便利，在沒有院長的知情或長者在場的情況下，與弟兄中任何人交談。若有甚麼物件或囑咐送給弟兄中任何一人，未先告知院長或長者，不可先交到他手中。看門者首要謹守這事：不可容許弟兄中任何人出到門外。第二十七。若有人來到門口，願意撇棄世俗，加入弟兄的數目中，不可任他自由進入；乃要先通報修道院之父，他要在門外住幾天，並要受教學習主禱文和詩篇，盡其所能地學習；
nor let him have occasion and opportunity of speaking with any of the brethren apart from the abbot's knowledge or the presence of the elders. But if anything is sent or commanded to any one of the brethren, let nothing reach him before it has been disclosed to the abbot or the elders. Above all the porter of the monastery shall observe this: that he permit no one of the brethren to go out beyond the gate. XXVII. If anyone comes to the gate desiring to renounce the world and to be joined to the number of the brethren, let him not have liberty to enter; but first let it be announced to the father of the monastery, and he shall remain a few days outside before the gate, and shall be taught the Lord's Prayer and the Psalms, as many as he is able to learn;
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et diligenter sui experimentum dabit, ne forte mali quidpiam fecerit, ut turbatus ad horam timore discesserit, aut sub aliqua potestate sit; et utrum possit renuntiare parentibus suis, et propriam contemnere facultatem. Si cum viderint aptum ad omnia, tunc docebitur et reliquas monasterii disciplinas; quae facere debeat, quibusque servire, sive in collecta omnium fratrum, sive in domo cui tradendus est, sive in vescendi ordine: ut instructus atque perfectus in omni opere bono fratribus copuletur. Haec observabit custos, januae, referens omnia, sicut superius scriptum est, et annuntians senioribus. XXVIII.
他要殷勤地顯出自己受得起考驗，免得他或許行過甚麼惡事，以致一時心煩，因懼怕而離去，或恐怕他正受某種權勢轄制；也要看他是否能撇下父母，輕看自己的財物。他們若看他在凡事上都合宜，那時就要再教他修道院其餘的規矩；他當行甚麼、當服事誰，無論是在眾弟兄的聚集中，或在他要被分派的房舍中，或在用飯的次序上：好叫他受了教導、在各樣善工上得以完全，就與弟兄們聯結。這要作看門者所謹守的，照上文所寫的把一切回報並告知長者。第二十八。
and he shall diligently give proof of himself, lest perchance he has done some evil deed, so that being troubled for the moment he has departed out of fear, or lest he be under some authority; and whether he is able to renounce his parents and to despise his own property. If they see him fit for all things, then he shall also be taught the rest of the monastery's disciplines; what he ought to do, whom he is to serve, whether in the assembly of all the brethren, or in the house to which he is to be assigned, or in the order of eating: so that, instructed and made perfect in every good work, he may be joined to the brethren. This the keeper of the gate shall observe, reporting all things as is written above, and announcing them to the elders. XXVIII.
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Septimanarii ad cibos parandos, vel ad luminaria concinnanda, vel ad nitores faciendos, et quae ad obsequium ususque monasterii pertinent, semper parati sint. Hos nulla alia necessitas occupet, sed in hoc studium impendant, ut rem susceptam utiliter et diligenter impleant. Et si quid forte nesciunt de his quae agere debent, sine dissimulatione seniores suos semper interrogent. XXIX. Hi itaque quibus disciplina, vel utilitas, vel opinio, vel obsequium monasterii creditur, officia sibi injuncta fideliter custodiant et impleant. Hos enim errare non decet, qui ad omnes errores emendandos praepositi sunt.
當週值班的人要常常豫備好，去豫備食物，或修整燈火，或作清潔，並一切與修道院的服事和用度有關的事。不可叫別的事務纏累這些人，乃要叫他們專心致志於此，好叫他們有益而殷勤地完成所擔負的工作。他們若或許對所當行的事有甚麼不知道的，總要毫不掩飾地求問他們的長者。第二十九。所以，凡受託負責修道院之規矩、益處、聲譽或服事的人，要忠信地謹守並履行所交付他們的職分。因為那被設立去糾正一切過錯的人，不該自己犯錯。
Let the weekly servers be always ready to prepare food, or to trim the lamps, or to do the cleaning, and whatever pertains to the service and use of the monastery. Let no other necessity occupy these men, but let them devote their zeal to this, that they may usefully and diligently fulfill the task undertaken. And if perchance they do not know anything concerning what they ought to do, let them always without dissembling ask their elders. XXIX. These, therefore, to whom is entrusted the discipline, or the utility, or the repute, or the service of the monastery, let them faithfully keep and fulfill the offices laid upon them. For it is not fitting that those should err who have been set over others to correct all errors.
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Qui si vel superbia, vel negligentia, vel desidia aliqua ex his praetermiserint quae in Regula continentur; per ipsosque destructio esse coeperit per quos debet aedificatio crescere, omnibus condemnationibus quas Regula continet, subjacebunt. XXX. Inter omnes fratres hoc observabitur, ut obedientes senioribus suis, et deferentes sibi invicem, habeant patientiam, moderationem, humilitatem, charitatem, pacem sine figmento et mendacio, et maledictione, et verbositate, et jurandi consuetudine. Ita ut nemo suum quidquam vindicet, neque ullus aliquid peculiariter usurpet; sed habeant omnia communia. XXXI. Sine seniorum verbo et auctoritate nullus fratrum quidquam agat:
他們若因驕傲、疏忽或懶惰，疏忽了規條中所載的這些事；又藉著那些本當使建造增長的人，反開始有了敗壞：他們就要受規條所載的一切定罪。第三十。在眾弟兄中要謹守這事：他們要順從自己的長者，彼此謙讓，存著忍耐、節制、謙卑、愛、毫無虛假和謊言的和平，並不咒詛、不多言、不慣於起誓。以致無人據甚麼為己有，也無人私自佔用甚麼；惟要凡物公用。第三十一。沒有長者的話和權柄，弟兄中無人可作甚麼：
And if through pride, negligence, or sloth they neglect any of these things which are contained in the Rule; and through those very men by whom edification ought to grow, ruin should begin: they shall be subject to all the condemnations which the Rule contains. XXX. Among all the brethren this shall be observed: that being obedient to their elders, and deferring to one another, they have patience, moderation, humility, charity, peace without pretense and falsehood, and without cursing, talkativeness, and the habit of swearing. So that no one claims anything as his own, nor does any one usurp anything as private property; but let them have all things in common. XXXI. Without the word and authority of the elders let none of the brethren do anything:
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neque accipiat aliquid, neque det; neque usquam prorsus procedat. XXXII. Cum vero inventa fuerit culpa, ille qui culpabilis invenitur, corripiatur ab abbate secretius. Quod si non sufficit ad emendationem, corripiatur a paucis senioribus. Quod si nec sic emendaverit, excommunicetur, et non manducet quidquam. Cui si ne hoc quidem profuerit, in quolibet loco fuerit, postremus inter omnes in psallendi ordine ponatur. Quod si in pravitate perseverat, etiam psallendi ei facultas auferatur. Quem si vel haec confusio non commoverit, abstineatur a conventu fratrum; ita ut nec mensae, nec Missae intersit, neque cum eo ullus frater de junioribus colloquatur.
他既不可收受甚麼，也不可給予甚麼；更不可往任何地方去。第三十二。但當有過錯被察出時，那被查為有罪的人，要由院長私下勸正。若這樣還不足以使他改正，就要由幾位長者勸正。若這樣他仍不改正，就要將他逐出聖餐之外，使他甚麼都不可吃。若連這樣對他也無益，他無論在何處，要在歌唱詩篇的次序上被排在眾人末位。若他仍持守敗壞，連歌唱詩篇的資格也要從他奪去。若連這羞辱也不能感動他，就要將他與弟兄的聚集隔絕；使他既不得在席上，也不得在聖餐禮中，年幼弟兄中也無人與他交談。
neither let him receive anything, nor give; nor go forth anywhere at all. XXXII. But when a fault has been discovered, he who is found guilty shall be corrected by the abbot in private. But if this does not suffice for amendment, let him be corrected by a few of the elders. But if not even thus he amends, let him be excommunicated, and eat nothing. And if not even this profits him, in whatever place he is, let him be placed last of all in the order of chanting. But if he persists in wickedness, let even the faculty of chanting be taken from him. And if not even this disgrace moves him, let him be kept from the company of the brethren; so that he is present neither at the table nor at the Mass, nor does any of the younger brethren speak with him.
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Abstinebitur autem tandiu, quandiu vel qualitas culpae poposcerit, secundum abbatis ac seniorum arbitrium; vel se ex corde pro culpa poenitens humiliaverit, et veniam erroris sui omnibus praesentibus petierit. Quod si in fratrem peccavit, etiam ab eo fratre veniam petat, cui injuriam fecit. XXXIII. Si quis errori ejus consenserit, et secundum duritiam illius magis consilium dederit ut se tardius humiliet, sciat se cum in hoc errore fuerit deprehensus, simili modo culpabilem judicandum. XXXIV. Hoc etiam addendum fuit, ut frater qui pro qualibet culpa arguitur vel increpatur, patientiam habeat, et non respondeat arguenti se: sed humiliet se in omnibus, et emendet. XXXV.
他要被隔絕，直到或因過錯的性質所要求，照著院長與長者的判斷而定的時日；或直到他從心裏為自己的過錯懊悔，自卑下來，並在所有在場的人面前為自己的過失求饒恕。但他若得罪了一位弟兄，也要向他所虧負的那弟兄求饒恕。第三十三。若有人附和他的過錯，照那人的剛硬，反勸他遲緩自卑，他當知道：當他在這過錯上被察出時，照樣要被判為有罪。第三十四。還當加上這話：弟兄若因任何過錯受責備或斥責，當有忍耐，不可向責備他的人頂嘴：乃要凡事自卑，並且改正。第三十五。
He shall be kept apart for as long as either the nature of the fault demands, according to the judgment of the abbot and the elders; or until he has humbled himself, repenting from the heart for his fault, and has asked pardon for his error before all who are present. But if he has sinned against a brother, let him also ask pardon from that brother to whom he did the injury. XXXIII. If anyone consents to his error, and according to that man's hardness rather gives counsel that he humble himself more slowly, let him know that when he is caught in this error, he is to be judged guilty in like manner. XXXIV. This also had to be added: that a brother who is reproved or rebuked for any fault should have patience, and not answer back the one reproving him: but let him humble himself in all things, and amend. XXXV.
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Si vero fuerit aliquis tam durus et tam alienus a timore Domini, ut tot castigationibus et tot remissionibus non emendet, projiciatur de monasterio, et velut extraneus habeatur: ne vitio ipsius alii periclitentur. XXXVI. Quod si aliquis locutus fuerit, vel riserit in vescendo, increpetur, et agat poenitentiam. XXXVII. Si quis ad manducandum tardius venerit absque majoris imperio, similiter agat poenitentiam, aut ad cellam suam jejunus revertatur. XXXVIII. Si aliquid necessarium fuerit in mensa, nemo audebit loqui, sed ministrantibus signum soni dabit. Ministri vero absque his, quae in commune fratribus praeparata sunt, nihil aliud comedant, nec mutatos cibos sibi audeant praeparare. XXXIX.
但若有人這樣剛硬，這樣遠離對主的敬畏，以致經過這麼多管教、這麼多寬容，仍不改正，就要將他逐出修道院，當作外人看待：免得因他的過失使別人陷入危險。第三十六。但若有人在用飯時說話或發笑，就要受責備，並要作懺悔。第三十七。若有人未得上司的吩咐，太遲來用飯，照樣要作懺悔，或禁食回到自己的房間。第三十八。席上若需要甚麼，無人可擅自說話，乃要向服事的人用聲音作記號示意。服事的人除了為弟兄公用所豫備的之外，不可吃別的，也不可擅自為自己豫備不同的食物。第三十九。
But if anyone is so hard and so estranged from the fear of the Lord that with so many chastisements and so many remissions he does not amend, let him be cast out of the monastery and held as a stranger: lest by his fault others be endangered. XXXVI. But if anyone has spoken or laughed while eating, let him be rebuked, and let him do penance. XXXVII. If anyone comes too late to eat without the command of a superior, let him likewise do penance, or return fasting to his cell. XXXVIII. If anything is needed at the table, no one shall dare to speak, but shall give a sign by sound to those serving. But the servers shall eat nothing other than what has been prepared in common for the brethren, nor shall they dare to prepare different food for themselves. XXXIX.
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Nemo plus alteri dabit quam alter accepit; quod si obtenditur infirmitas, praepositus domus perget ad ministros aegrotantium, et ab his quae necessaria sunt accipiet. XL. Quando ad ostium monasterii aliqui venerint, si clerici fuerint aut monachi, majori honore suscipientur: lavabuntque pedes eorum, juxta Evangelii praeceptum, et praebebunt eis omnia, quae apta sunt usui monachorum. XLI. Si quis ad ostium monasterii venerit, dicens velle se videre fratrem suum vel propinquum, janitor nuntiabit abbati, et permittente eo accipiet comitem cujus fides probata est; et sic mittetur ad fratrem videndum vel proximum. XLII.
無人可給別人多過那人所領受的；但若有人聲稱有病弱，那房舍的負責人要去到照顧病人的服事者那裏，從他們那裏領取所需之物。第四十。當有人來到修道院的門口，他們若是聖職人員或修士，就要以更大的尊榮接待：照福音的訓示為他們洗腳，並供給他們一切適合修士使用之物。第四十一。若有人來到修道院的門口，說他願意看望他的弟兄或親屬，看門者要通報院長，得他許可後，要帶一個信實經過驗證的同伴；這樣他才被打發去看望他的弟兄或親屬。第四十二。
No one shall give more to another than the other has received; but if infirmity is alleged, the superior of the house shall go to the servers of the sick, and shall receive from them the things that are necessary. XL. When some come to the gate of the monastery, if they are clergy or monks, they shall be received with greater honor: their feet shall be washed, according to the precept of the Gospel, and there shall be provided for them all things that are suited to the use of monks. XLI. If anyone comes to the gate of the monastery, saying that he wishes to see his brother or kinsman, the porter shall announce it to the abbot, and with his permission shall take a companion whose faithfulness has been proved; and thus he shall be sent to see his brother or kinsman. XLII.
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Si propinquus alicujus mortuus fuerit, prosequendi funus non habebit licentiam, nisi pater monasterii praeceperit. XLIII. Nullus de horto tollat olera, nisi ab hortulano acceperit. XLIV. Nemo alteri loquatur in tenebris; nullus in psiatho (13) cum altero dormiat; manum alterius nemo teneat: sed sive steterit, sive ambulaverit, sive sederit, uno cubito distet ab altero. XLV. Si quis tulerit rem non suam, ponetur super humeros ejus; et sic agat poenitentiam publice in collecta. XLVI. Si praepositus injuste judicaverit, injustitiae ab aliis condemnabitur. XLVII. Qui consentit peccatis, et defendit alium delinquentem, maledictus erit apud Deum et homines, et corripietur increpatione severissima.
若有人的親屬死了，除非修道院之父吩咐，他不得有許可去送葬。第四十三。除非有人從園丁手中領取，無人可從園中摘取蔬菜。第四十四。無人可在黑暗中與別人交談；無人可與別人同睡一張蓆子；無人可拉別人的手：乃無論他站著、行走或坐著，都要與別人相距一肘。第四十五。若有人拿了不屬自己之物，就要把那物放在他肩上；這樣他要在聚集中公開作懺悔。第四十六。負責人若不公地審斷，就要因他的不公被別人定罪。第四十七。那附和罪過、為犯錯之人辯護的，必在神與人面前被咒詛，並要受最嚴厲的斥責。
If anyone's kinsman has died, he shall not have permission to follow the funeral procession, unless the father of the monastery has so directed. XLIII. Let no one take vegetables from the garden, unless he has received them from the gardener. XLIV. Let no one speak to another in the dark; let no one sleep on the same mat with another; let no one hold another's hand: but whether he stands, or walks, or sits, let him be a cubit's distance from another. XLV. If anyone takes a thing not his own, it shall be placed upon his shoulders; and thus let him do penance publicly in the assembly. XLVI. If a superior has judged unjustly, he shall be condemned for his injustice by others. XLVII. He who consents to sins, and defends another who is doing wrong, shall be cursed before God and men, and shall be corrected with the severest rebuke.