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1:3365
Τί δέ χρή καί λέγειν περί τοῦ δεσμεῖν καί λύειν τούς οὕτως ἔχοντας, ὅπου γε καί οἱ τόν Παράκλητον ἔχοντες ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀφιέντα τά ἁμαρτήματα φρίττουσι μή τι τῶν παρά γνώμην τοῦ ἐν αὐτοῖς ὄντος καί δι αὐτῶν λαλοῦντος ἐργάσωνται;
至於那些處於這種光景的人,又何須談論捆綁與釋放呢?因為即便是那些在自己裡面擁有那赦免罪過之保惠師的人,尚且戰兢,唯恐做出任何違背那住在他們裡面、藉他們說話者旨意的事。
But what need is there even to speak of binding and loosing for those in such a state, when even those who have the Paraclete within themselves, forgiving sins, tremble lest they do anything contrary to the will of him who dwells within them and speaks through them?
1:3366
Ἀλλά τίς οὕτω μανείς καί ἐπί τοσοῦτον θράσους ἀρθείς πρός τοῦ τόν Παράκλητον δέξασθαι εἴπῃ καί ποιήσει ἔργα τοῦ Πνεύματος καί ἄνευ γνώμης Θεοῦ τά τοῦ Θεοῦ διαπράξεται;
然而,有誰竟如此瘋狂,膽大妄為到這種地步,在尚未領受保惠師之前,就敢說話、行事彷彿有聖靈之工,並在未得神旨意的情況下擅自行使屬神的事呢?
But who is so mad, and so lifted up in such audacity, as — before receiving the Paraclete — to speak and to do the works of the Spirit, and to perform the things of God without the will of God?
1:3367
Οὐαί τοῖς ταῦτα τολμῶσιν ἐν τῇ φοβερᾷ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως, ἐν ᾗ ὁ ἀδέκαστος καί ἀπαραλόγιστος κριτής Κύριος κάθηται ἐπί θρόνου καί βήματος φοβεροῦ, ἀποδιδούς ἑκάστῳ κατά τά ἔργα καί τάς ἐνθυμήσεις καί τούς () λόγους αὐτοῦ ᾧ πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα, τιμή καί προσκύνησις σύν τῷ πατρί καί τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι νῦν καί ἀεί καί εἰς τούς ἀτελευτήτους αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν
凡敢如此行者,在那可畏的審判之日必有禍了!在那日,那不受賄賂、不可欺哄的審判者——主——要坐在寶座與可畏的審判台上,按各人的行為、意念與言語施報。願一切榮耀、尊貴與敬拜都歸給祂,與父並聖靈同享,今在、常在,直到無窮的世世代代。阿們。
Woe to those who dare such things on the fearful day of judgment, on which the incorruptible and unerring Judge, the Lord, sits upon the throne and fearful judgment-seat, rendering to each according to his works, his thoughts, and his words — to whom is due all glory, honor, and worship, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the endless ages of ages. Amen.
1:3368
Τοῦ ὁσίου πατρός ἡμῶν Συμεών τοῦ Νέου Θεολόγου, ἡγουμένου μονῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Μάμαντος τῆς Ξηροκέρκου, κεφάλαια πρακτικά καί θεολογικά ρ΄
我們敬虔的教父新神學家西面,克塞羅克庫斯聖瑪瑪斯修道院院長:實踐與神學一百章
Of our holy father Symeon the New Theologian, abbot of the monastery of Saint Mamas of Xerokerkos: one hundred practical and theological chapters.
1:3369
Θεός τοῖς μέν σωματικῶς ὁρῶσιν οὐδαμοῦ ἐστιν, ἀόρατος γάρ, τοῖς δέ πνευματικῶς νοοῦσι πανταχοῦ ἐστι, πάρεστι γάρ ἐν γάρ τῷ παντί καί ἐκτός τοῦ παντός ἐστιν, ἐν τούτῳ καί ἐγγύς ἐστι τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν καί μακράν ἀπό ἁμαρτωλῶν ἡ σωτηρία αὐτοῦ
神對以肉眼觀看的人而言無處可見,因祂是不可見的;但對以靈性領悟的人而言,祂無所不在,因祂確實臨在;祂既在萬有之內,也在萬有之外。就此而言,祂靠近敬畏祂的人,而祂的救恩卻遠離罪人。
God is nowhere to those who see with the body, for he is invisible; but to those who perceive spiritually he is everywhere, for he is present; for he is within the whole and outside the whole. In this sense he is near to those who fear him, while his salvation is far from sinners.
1:3370
Μνήμη Χριστοῦ φωτίζει τόν νοῦν καί δαίμονας ἐκδιώκει τό δέ φῶς τῆς Ἁγίας Τριάδος φαῖνον ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ παντός ἀφιστᾷ τοῦ κόσμου καί τόν μέτοχον αὐτοῦ ἀπ ἐντεῦθεν ἤδη ἐμφορεῖσθαι ποιεῖ τῆς μελλούσης δόξης, καθόσον ἀνθρώπῳ χωρητόν τῷ ὑπό τῆς ἄνωθεν χάριτος ἐνεργουμένῳ, κρυπτομένῳ δέ εἰσέτι τῷ παραπετάσματι τῆς σαρκός
基督的紀念光照心智,驅逐邪魔;而聖三一之光在潔淨的心中照耀,使人完全脫離世界,並使有分於此光者,從此世便已充滿那將來的榮耀,達到人所能容納的程度——就是蒙上頭恩典運行於其內的人所能容納者,儘管此人此刻仍被肉體的帷幕所遮蔽。
The remembrance of Christ enlightens the mind and drives away demons; and the light of the Holy Trinity, shining in a pure heart, removes it entirely from the world, and makes the one who partakes of it, even from this present life, already be filled with the glory that is to come, so far as it is receivable by a man who is worked upon by grace from above, though he is still hidden by the veil of the flesh.
1:3371
Εἰ οὐδέν ἕτερον μετά τήν παρέλευσιν τῶν ὁρωμένων, εἰ μή μόνος ὁ Θεός ἐστι, καί ἔστι καί ἔσεται, πάντως οἱ τῆς αὐτοῦ χάριτος ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ πλουσίως μετέχοντες, εἰ καί τῇ γῇ πάρεισιν, ἀλλά τό πλεῖστον ἤδη τῷ μέλλοντι αἰῶνι συνήφθησαν, οἵ καί στένουσί πως τῇ σκιᾷ καί τῷ ἐφολκίῳ βαρούμενοι
假若在可見之物過去之後,除了獨一的神——祂是、曾是、且將是——別無他物存在,那麼那些在今世豐富地有分於祂恩典的人,儘管仍活在地上,卻大部分已經與那將來的世代聯合;他們也在某種意義上嘆息,因被此陰影與肉身這附加的重擔所壓。
If, after the passing away of visible things, nothing else exists except God alone — who is, and was, and shall be — then surely those who richly partake of his grace in this present world, even though they are present on earth, have for the most part already been joined to the age to come; and they, as it were, groan, being weighed down by the shadow and the trailing burden of the flesh.
1:3372
Ὁ Κύριος οὐ τούς ἁπλῶς διδάσκοντας μακαρίζει ἀλλά τούς πρότερον διά τῆς τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐργασίας ἀναβλέψαι ἀξιωθέντας καί θεασαμένους ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τό φωτίζον () φῶς τοῦ Πνεύματος ἀστράπτον καί δι αὐτοῦ γνόντας ἐν ἀληθινῇ τούτου ὁράσει καί γνώσει καί ἐνεργείᾳ τά περί ὧν εἰπεῖν καί ἄλλους διδάξαι χρή οὖν οὕτω πρῶτον, ὡς εἴρηται, ἀναχθῆναι τούς διδάσκειν ἐπιχειροῦντας, ἵνα μή περί ὧν οὐκ ἐπίστανται λέγοντες τούς πειθομένους αὐτοῖς καί ἑαυτούς πλανήσαντες ἀπολέσωσιν
主所稱有福的,並非僅僅施教的人,而是那些先前藉著遵行誡命而蒙允配得復明、並在自己裡面親見那閃耀著的聖靈光照之光的人;並且藉此光,在真實的觀看、知識與運行中認識了那應當論及並教導他人的事。因此,如前所言,那企圖教導他人的人,必須先如此被提升,免得他們述說自己所不明白的事,既迷惑了信從他們的人,也迷惑了自己,以致同歸滅亡。
The Lord does not bless those who simply teach, but those who have first been deemed worthy, through the practice of the commandments, to recover their sight, and who have beheld within themselves the illuminating light of the Spirit shining forth, and through it have come to know, in true vision and knowledge and activity, the things about which it is necessary to speak and to teach others. It is necessary, then, that those who attempt to teach be first raised up in this manner, as has been said, lest, speaking about things they do not know, they lead astray both those who believe them and themselves, and thus destroy them.
1:3373
Ὁ μή φοβούμενος τόν Θεόν οὐ πιστεύει ὅτι ἔστι Θεός, ἄφρων γάρ ἐστιν ὁ δέ τοῦτο πιστεύων φοβεῖται αὐτόν, φοβούμενος δέ τηρεῖ τάς αὐτοῦ ἐντολάς ὁ δέ φοβεῖσθαι λέγων τόν Θεόν, μή φυλάσσων δέ τάς ἐντολάς αὐτοῦ, ψεύστης ἐστί καί ὁ φόβος τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτῷ οὗ γάρ, φησί, φόβος, ἐντολῶν τήρησις τούτου δέ μή ὄντος ἐν ἡμῖν μηδέ τῆς φυλακῆς τῶν θείων ἐντολῶν, οὐδέν τῶν ἐθνικῶν καί ἀπίστων διενηνόχαμεν
不敬畏神的人,並不相信神存在,因為他是愚頑人;而相信這一點的人便敬畏祂,敬畏祂便遵守祂的誡命。但那口稱敬畏神、卻不遵守祂誡命的人,乃是說謊者,神的敬畏並不在他裡面;因為經上說:「那裡有敬畏,那裡就有誡命的遵守。」若我們裡面沒有這敬畏,也沒有對神聖誡命的遵守,我們與外邦人和不信者便毫無分別。
He who does not fear God does not believe that God exists, for he is a fool; but he who believes this fears him, and fearing, keeps his commandments. But he who says he fears God, yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the fear of God is not in him; for, it is said, where there is fear, there is the keeping of the commandments. And if this is not in us, nor the keeping of the divine commandments, we differ in nothing from the heathen and unbelievers.
1:3374
Ἡ πίστις καί ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ φόβος καί ἡ τήρησις τῶν αὐτοῦ ἐντολῶν κατά ἀναλογίαν τῆς καθάρσεως τούς μισθούς προξενεῖ καθόσον γάρ καθαιρόμεθα κατά τοσοῦτον εἰς ἀγάπην Θεοῦ ἀπό τοῦ φοβεῖσθαι αὐτόν ἀναγόμεθα καί οἱονεί μεταβαίνομεν ἀπό τοῦ φόβου κατά προκοπήν ἐπί τό ἀγαπᾶν τόν Θεόν καί τηνικαῦτα ἀκούομεν πρός αὐτοῦ Ὁ ἔχων τάς ἐντολάς μου καί τηρῶν αὐτάς ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαπῶν με
信、敬畏神以及遵守祂的誡命,都按著潔淨的程度而帶來相應的賞賜;因為我們潔淨到何種程度,就從敬畏祂被提升到愛神何種程度,並且彷彿藉著長進,從敬畏過渡到愛神;到那時,我們便聽見祂說:「有了我的命令又遵守的,這人就是愛我的。」
Faith, the fear of God, and the keeping of his commandments procure rewards in proportion to purification; for to the extent that we are purified, to that extent we are raised up from fearing him to loving God, and we pass, as it were, by progress, from fear to the love of God; and then we hear from him: 'He who has my commandments and keeps them, that one is he who loves me.'
1:3375
Καί οὕτω προστιθῶμεν ἐπί τοῖς ἀγῶσιν ἀγῶνας, ἵνα τήν ἀγάπην ἀπό τῶν ἔργων ἐπιδειξώμεθα
如此,讓我們在爭戰之上再加爭戰,好使我們藉行為顯明我們的愛。
And thus let us add contests to contests, that we may demonstrate our love by our works.
1:3376
Τούτου δέ γενομένου, αὐτός ὡς ὑπέσχετο ἡμᾶς ἀγαπᾷ αὐτοῦ δέ ἡμᾶς ἀγαπῶντος, καί ὁ Πατήρ αὐτοῦ ὡσαύτως ἡμᾶς ἀγαπᾷ, προοδοποιοῦντος τοῦ Πνεύματος δηλαδή καί τήν οἰκίαν προευτρεπίζοντος ὡς ἐν μιᾷ συνόδῳ τῶν ὑποστάσεων μονήν γίνεσθαι ἡμᾶς Πατρός καί Υἱοῦ καί Ἁγίου Πνεύματος
當此事成就時,祂便如祂所應許的那樣愛我們;祂愛我們的同時,祂的父神同樣也愛我們,這乃是聖靈預先開路、預備居所所致,使我們在諸位格的一次會合中,成為父、子、聖靈的居所。
And when this comes to pass, he himself loves us, as he promised; and as he loves us, his Father likewise loves us also, the Spirit indeed preparing the way and making ready beforehand the dwelling, so that, in one gathering of the persons, we become an abode of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
1:3377
Ἡ γνωστῶς καί εὐαισθήτως γινομένη ἐνοίκησις τῆς τρισυποστάτου θεότητος ἐν τοῖς τελείοις οὐ πλήρωσις πόθου ἐστιν, () ἀλλά μᾶλλον ἀρχή καί αἰτία σφοδροτέρου καί μείζονος πόθου
三位一體神性以可知覺、可感知的方式臨在於成全者裡面的內住,並非渴慕的滿足,反而是更猛烈、更巨大渴慕的起始與根由。
The indwelling of the tri-hypostatic Godhead, which comes to pass knowingly and perceptibly in the perfect, is not the fulfillment of longing, but rather the beginning and cause of a more intense and greater longing.
1:3378
Ἔκτοτε γάρ οὐκ ἐᾷ τόν ὑποδεξάμενον αὐτήν ἡρεμεῖν, ἀλλ ὡς ὑπό πυρός ἀεί ἐκκαιόμενον καί πυρούμενον ἐπαίρεσθαι εἰς φλόγα πόθου θειοτέρου ποιεῖ
因為從那時起,它不容那領受它的人安於平靜,反而使他彷彿被烈火不斷點燃、焚燒,被提升進入更神聖之渴慕的火焰之中。
For from that time on, it does not allow the one who has received it to remain at rest, but, as though ever kindled and set on fire, causes him to be lifted up into a still more divine flame of longing.
1:3379
Κατάληψιν γάρ καί τέλος τοῦ ποθουμένου εὑρεῖν ὁ νοῦς μή δυνάμενος οὐδέ μέτρον τῷ πόθῳ καί τῇ ἀγάπῃ δύναται δοῦναι, ἀλλά τῷ ἀτελέστῳ τέλει φθάσαι καί καταλαβεῖν βιαζόμενος, ἀτέλεστον ἀεί τόν πόθον καί ἀπλήρωτον τήν ἀγάπην ἐν ἑαυτῷ περιφέρει
因為心智既無法對所渴慕之物尋得把握與終點,便同樣無法為渴慕與愛設下限度;反倒因竭力想要達到並把握那無終之終點,便使自己心中常懷不止息的渴慕與不得滿足的愛。
For the mind, being unable to find comprehension and an end of the object of its longing, is likewise unable to set a limit to its longing and love; but, striving to attain and lay hold of an end that has no end, it carries within itself a longing that is ever unending and a love that is never fulfilled.
1:3380
Ὁ εἰς τοῦτο τό πέρας ἐλθών οὐ δοκεῖ εὑρηκέναι ἀρχήν πόθου ἤ ἀγάπης ἐν ἑαυτῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλ ὡς μή ἀγαπῶν τόν Θεόν διάκειται, τό πλήρωμα τῆς ἀγάπης μή καταλαβεῖν δυνηθείς ὅθεν καί ὡς ἔσχατον ἡγούμενος ἑαυτόν πάντων τῶν φοβουμένων τόν Θεόν, ἀνάξιον ἑαυτόν ἡγεῖται ἀπό ψυχῆς καί τῆς μετά τῶν πιστῶν σωτηρίας
達到此境地的人,並不認為自己已經在裡面尋得對神渴慕或愛的起頭,反倒自覺彷彿不愛神一般,因無法把握那愛的豐滿;因此,他從心裡自視為一切敬畏神的人中最末者,並認為自己不配與信徒同得救恩。
He who has come to this limit does not think that he has found in himself the beginning of longing or love for God, but is disposed as one who does not love God, being unable to lay hold of the fullness of love; hence, considering himself the last of all who fear God, he deems himself, from his very soul, unworthy even of salvation together with the faithful.
1:3381
Ἡ δέ εἰς αὐτόν πίστις δικαιοῖ καί τελειοῖ τόν πιστεύοντα, ὡς ἀντί ἔργων νόμου λογιζομένης τῆς εἰς Χριστόν πίστεως, ἥτις διά τῶν ἐντολῶν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου βεβαιουμένη καί δεικνυμένη, ζωῆς αἰωνίου τῆς ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ Χριστῷ μετόχους τούς πιστούς ἀπεργάζεται
而對祂的信使信者稱義並得成全,因為對基督的信被算為代替律法的行為;此信藉著福音的誡命得以確立並彰顯,使信徒成為那在基督自己裡面之永生的有分者。
But faith in him justifies and perfects the believer, since faith in Christ is reckoned in place of the works of the law; and this faith, being confirmed and demonstrated through the commandments of the gospel, makes the faithful partakers of the eternal life that is in Christ himself.
1:3382
Πίστις ἐστί τό διά Χριστόν ὑπέρ τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐντολῆς ἀποθανεῖν καί τόν θάνατον τοῦτον ζωῆς πρόξενον εἶναι πιστεύειν, τήν πτωχείαν ὡς πλοῦτον λογίζεσθαι, τήν εὐτέλειαν καί ἐξουδένωσιν ὡς δόξαν τῷ ὄντι καί περιφάνειαν, καί ἐν τῷ μηδέν ἔχειν τά πάντα κατέχειν πιστεύειν μᾶλλον δέ κεκτῆσθαι τόν ἀνεξιχνίαστον πλοῦτον τῆς ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ καί πηλόν ἤ καπνόν ἅπαντα τά ὁρώμενα καθορᾶν
信,就是為基督的緣故、為祂的誡命而死,並相信這死乃是生命的緣由;把貧窮看作富足,把卑微與被藐視看作真正的榮耀與顯赫;並且在一無所有之中相信自己擁有一切——更確切地說,是已經獲得基督那測不透之知識的豐富——並將一切可見之物都視如泥土或煙霧。
Faith is to die for Christ's sake, for the sake of his commandment, and to believe that this death is the cause of life; to reckon poverty as wealth, and lowliness and contempt as true glory and renown; and, in having nothing, to believe that one possesses all things — or rather, to have acquired the unsearchable riches of the knowledge of Christ — and to regard everything visible as mere clay or smoke.
1:3383
Ἡ εἰς Χριστόν πίστις ἐστί τό μή μόνον καταφρονῆσαι () τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ τερπνῶν, ἀλλά καί τό καρτερῆσαι καί ὑπομεῖναι πάντα πειρασμόν ἐπερχόμενον ἐν λύπαις καί θλίψεσι καί συμφοραῖς, ἕως ἄν θελήσῃ καί ἐπισκέψηται ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεός
對基督的信,不僅是要藐視今生的種種歡愉,更是要在憂愁、患難與災禍中堅忍並承受一切臨到的試煉,直等到神願意眷顧我們的時候。
Faith in Christ is not only to despise the pleasures of this life, but also to endure with patience and to bear every trial that comes upon us in sorrows and afflictions and misfortunes, until God should will and visit us.
1:3384
Οἱ τούς ἑαυτῶν γονεῖς ἕν τινι προτιμῶντες τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐντολῆς πίστιν οὐ κέκτηνται πρός Χριστόν πάντως γάρ ὑπό τῆς ἰδίας κρίνονται συνειδήσεως, εἴ γε καί συνείδησιν ζῶσαν ἔχουσι περί τῆς ἀπιστίας αὐτῶν πιστῶν γάρ τοῦτό ἐστι τό ἐν μηδενί μηδαμῶς τοῦ μεγάλου Θεοῦ καί σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ παραβαίνειν τήν ἐντολήν
那些在任何事上把自己的父母看得比神的誡命更重要的人,並不具有對基督的信;因為他們必被自己的良心所定罪,倘若他們對自己的不信尚存有活著的良心的話。因為信徒所應有的,正是在任何事上、任何方式下,都不違背我們偉大的神和救主耶穌基督的誡命。
Those who prefer their own parents in any matter above the commandment of God do not possess faith toward Christ; for they are certainly judged by their own conscience, if indeed they still have a living conscience concerning their unbelief. For this is what belongs to the faithful: in nothing, in no way whatsoever, to transgress the commandment of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
1:3385
Πίστις ἡ εἰς Θεόν ἐπιθυμίαν καλῶν ἔτεκε καί φόβον κολάσεων ἡ δέ τῶν κρειττόνων ἐπιθυμία καί ὁ φόβος τῶν κολάσεων τήρησιν ἐντολῶν ἀκριβῆ κατειργάσαντο, ἡ δέ ἀκριβής τῶν ἐντολῶν τήρησις τήν ἰδίαν τούς ἀνθρώπους ἐκδιδάσκει ἀσθένειαν, ἡ δέ κατανόησις τῆς ἀληθοῦς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν θανάτου μνήμην ἐγέννησεν ὁ δέ σύνοικον ταύτην κτησάμενος αὐτός μαθεῖν ἐμπόνως ζητήσει ὁποῖα ἔσται αὐτῷ τά μετά τήν ἔξοδον τοῦ βίου τούτου καί ἀναχώρησιν ὁ δέ ἀεί περί τῶν μελλόντων γνῶναι σπουδάζων πρῶτον πάντων ἑαυτόν ἀποστερῆσαι τῶν παρόντων ὀφείλει ὁ γάρ ἐν τούτοις καί μέχρις εὐτελοῦς τινος ὑπό προσπαθείας κρατούμενος ἐκείνων τήν γνῶσιν τελείαν οὐ δύναται κτήσασθαι
對神的信生出對美善之事的渴望,以及對刑罰的畏懼;而對更美之事的渴望與對刑罰的畏懼,則促成對誡命的精確遵守;而精確遵守誡命,則教導人認識自己的軟弱;而對我們真實軟弱的體認,便產生對死亡的紀念;那與此紀念同住之人,必自己殷勤尋求,要明白離開此生、告別世間之後將會如何;而那時常渴望明白將來之事的人,首先應當使自己脫離對現今事物的依戀。因為若有人在這些事上、哪怕僅是些微地被眷戀所挾制,便不能獲得對那些事完全的知識。
Faith in God gives birth to the desire for good things and the fear of punishments; and the desire for better things and the fear of punishments bring about the exact keeping of the commandments; and the exact keeping of the commandments teaches men their own weakness; and the recognition of our true weakness engenders the remembrance of death; and he who has acquired this as a housemate will himself earnestly seek to learn what shall become of him after his departure and withdrawal from this life; and he who is always eager to know about the things to come ought first of all to deprive himself of present things. For he who is held fast by attachment to these things, even to some small degree, cannot acquire perfect knowledge of those things.
1:3386
Εἰ δέ καί ταύτης γεύσεται κατ οἰκονομίαν τινά τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἰ μή τάχιον ἐάσει τά ὑφ ὧν καί ἐν οἷς κρατεῖται κατά προσπάθειαν καί ὅλος τῆς τοιαῦτης γένηται γνώσεως, μηδέν ἕτερον ταύτης ἔξωθεν ἐννοεῖν ἑκουσίως καταδεχόμενος, καί αὕτη ἥν δοκεῖ ἔχειν ἀρθήσεται ἀπ αὐτοῦ
然而,即便他因神的某種安排而略嚐此知識,若他不趕快撇下那些他因眷戀而被挾制其中的事物,並全然委身於這樣的知識,甘心不再思念此外的任何事,那麼,連他自以為擁有的,也將從他被奪去。
But even if, by some dispensation of God, he should taste of this knowledge, yet if he does not quickly abandon the things by which and in which he is held through attachment, and become wholly given to such knowledge — willingly consenting to think of nothing else outside it — then even that which he seems to have will be taken away from him.
1:3387
Ἡ ἀποταγή τοῦ κόσμου καί παντελής ἀναχώρησις, ξενιτείαν ἀναλαβομένην πάντων τῶν ἐν βίῳ ὑλῶν καί () ἠθῶν καί γνωμῶν καί προσώπων καί ἄρνησιν σώματος καί θελήματος, μεγάλης ὠφελείας πρόξενος γίνεται τῷ οὕτω θερμῶς ἀποταξαμένῳ ἐν βραχεῖ τῷ καιρῷ
棄絕世界並全然隱退,遠離塵世一切物質、風俗、意見與人物,等同踏上異鄉之旅,並棄絕肉身與己意——這對那如此熱切棄絕之人,在短時間內便帶來極大的益處。
Renunciation of the world and complete withdrawal — undertaking an exile from all the material things, customs, opinions, and persons of this life, together with the denial of body and will — becomes, in a short time, a source of great benefit to the one who has thus fervently renounced the world.
1:3388
Ὁ φεύγων τόν κόσμον, ὅρα μηδαμῶς δῷς σήν ψυχήν εἰς παράκλησιν κατ ἀρχάς, ἐν αὐτῷ τάς οἰκήσεις ποιούμενος, εἰ καί πάντες σε τοῦτο ποιεῖν συγγενεῖς καί φίλοι καταναγκάζουσι
你這逃離世界的人哪,務要謹慎,切莫在起初便讓自己的靈魂沉溺於安逸的享受,仍在其中安家立業,即便你所有的親屬與朋友都逼迫你這樣做。
You who flee the world, take heed that you in no way give your soul over to consolation at the outset, making your dwelling in it, even if all your relatives and friends compel you to do so.
1:3389
Τοῦτο γάρ αὐτοῖς οἱ δαίμονες ὑποβάλλουσιν, ὅπως τήν θέρμην ἀποσβέσωσι τῆς καρδίας σου εἰ γάρ καί μή τελείως ἐμποδίσαι σου τήν πρόθεσιν δυνηθῶσιν, ἀλλά γε χαυνοτέραν ταύτην πάντως καί ἀσθενῆ ἀπεργάσονται
因為魔鬼將此意念灌輸給他們,為要熄滅你心中的熱火;縱使他們不能完全阻撓你的心志,也必定會使它變得鬆懈軟弱。
For the demons suggest this to them in order to quench the fervor of your heart; for even if they are not able to hinder your purpose completely, they will certainly render it more slack and weak.
1:3390
Ὅταν πρός πάντα τά τοῦ βίου ἡδέα εὑρεθῇς ἀνδρεῖος καί ἀπαράκλητος, τότε εἰς συμπάθειαν δῆθεν οἱ δαίμονες τούς συγγενεῖς μετατρέψαντες, κλαίειν ποιοῦσι καί θρηνεῖν διά σέ πρό προσώπου σου
當你在今生一切歡愉面前顯得剛毅、不為安逸所動時,魔鬼便使你的親屬彷彿轉向同情,令他們在你面前為你哭泣、哀嘆。
When you are found brave and unmoved toward all the pleasures of this life, then the demons, turning your relatives, as it were, to sympathy, make them weep and lament for you before your very face.
1:3391
Καί τοῦτο ἀληθές εἶναι γνώσῃ, ὅταν σύ μέν ἄτρεπτος καί ἐν ταύτῃ ἐμμείνῃς τῇ προσβολῇ, ἐκείνους δέ εἰς μανίαν τήν κατά σοῦ καί μῖσος αἴφνης ἐξαφθέντας ἴδῃς καί ὡς ἐχθρόν σε ἀποστρεφομένους καί ὁρᾶν οὐκ ἐθέλοντας
而你將知道這一點確實無誤,就是當你在這攻擊中保持不變、堅持不動時,你會看見他們突然對你燃起怒氣與憎恨,如躲避仇敵一般轉身離開你,甚至不願再看你一眼。
And you will know this to be true when, while you remain unmoved in this attack, you suddenly see them inflamed with rage and hatred against you, turning away from you as from an enemy, and unwilling even to look at you.
1:3392
Τήν παρά τῶν γονέων καί ἀδελφῶν καί φίλων σου θλῖψιν ὁρῶν διά σέ γινομένην, γέλα ἐπί τῷ ὑποβάλλοντι ταῦτα ποικίλως κατά σοῦ γίνεσθαι δαίμονι καί μετά φόβου καί σπουδῆς πολλῆς ὑποχώρησον καί τόν Θεόν ἐκτενῶς ἐκδυσώπει τοῦ τάχιον εἰς λιμένα καλοῦ πατρός καταντῆσαί σε, ἐν ᾧ τήν ψυχήν σου κεκοπωμένην καί πεφορτισμένην ὑπάρχουσαν αὐτός ἀναπαύσει πολλά γάρ ἔχει τό πέλαγος τοῦ βίου πρόξενα κινδύνων καί ἀπωλείας ἐσχάτης
當你看見父母、弟兄與朋友因你而生的憂苦,你當嘲笑那千方百計挑唆此事來攻擊你的魔鬼,並懷著懼怕與極大的殷勤退避,並懇切祈求神,使你快快到達一位良善屬靈之父的港灣;在那裡,祂親自要使你這疲憊背負重擔的靈魂得安息。因為人生的汪洋中,有許多招致危險與終極滅亡的緣由。
When you see the affliction caused on your account to your parents and brothers and friends, laugh at the demon who variously instigates this against you, and withdraw with fear and great earnestness, and fervently entreat God to bring you swiftly to the harbor of a good father, in whom he himself will give rest to your soul, weary and burdened as it is. For the sea of life holds many causes of dangers and utter destruction.
1:3393
Ὁ μισῆσαι θέλων τόν κόσμον ἀγάπην ἐκ βαθέων ψυχῆς ἔχειν ὀφείλει πρός τόν Θεόν καί μνήμην τούτου ἀέναον οὐδέν γάρ ἕτερον ὡς ταῦτα μετά χαρᾶς πάντα καταλιμπάνειν ποιεῖ καί σκυβάλων δίκην αὐτά ἀποστρέφεσθαι
願意恨惡世界的人,必須從靈魂深處對神懷有愛,並對祂有不斷的紀念;因為沒有別的事物能像這兩者一樣,使人滿心喜樂地撇下一切,並如同棄絕糞土一般厭棄它們。
He who wishes to hate the world must have love toward God from the depths of his soul, and unceasing remembrance of him; for nothing else, as these do, makes one leave all things behind with joy and turn away from them as though from refuse.
1:3394
ὡς ἐν ταχύτητι ἡμῶν ἐπευφραίνεται, ἐπειδή καί κρεῖσσον ὑπακοή σύντομος μετά πενίας ἤ βραδύτης μετά πλήθος χρημάτων
……因祂因我們的迅速而歡喜快樂,畢竟伴隨貧窮的迅速順服,勝過伴隨大量財富的遲緩拖延。
...as he rejoices in our swiftness, since prompt obedience joined with poverty is better than slowness joined with abundance of wealth.
1:3395
Εἰ ὁ κόσμος καί τά ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ πάντα παρέρχονται, ὁ δέ Θεός μόνος ἀΐδιός ἐστι καί ἀθάνατος, χαίρετε ὅσοι δι αὐτόν τά φθαρτά κατελείψατε φθαρτά δέ εἰσιν οὐ μόνον πλοῦτος καί χρήματα, ἀλλά καί πᾶσα ἡδονή καί ἀπόλαυσις ἁμαρτίας φθορά ἐστι μόναι δέ αἱ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐντολαί φῶς εἰσι καί ζωή καί τοῦτο παρά πάντων καλοῦνται
若世界和世上的一切都要過去,唯獨神是永恆不朽的,那麼,凡為祂的緣故而撇下必朽壞之物的人哪,你們應當歡喜。必朽壞的不僅是財富與錢財,更是一切的逸樂與享受,因為罪就是敗壞。唯獨神的誡命是光、是生命,這也是眾人對它們的稱呼。
If the world and all things in the world pass away, but God alone is everlasting and immortal, rejoice, all you who for his sake have left behind perishable things. And perishable are not only wealth and possessions, but also every pleasure and enjoyment, for sin is corruption. Only the commandments of God are light and life, and this is what they are called by all.
1:3396
Εἰ φλόγα ἔλαβες, ἀδελφέ, καί δραμών παρεγένου ἐν κοινοβίῳ ἤ πνευματικῷ πατρί διά τοῦτο, κἄν προτρέπῃ παρ αὐτοῦ ἤ παρά τῶν συνασκομένων σοι ἀδελφῶν λουτροῖς ἤ βρώμασιν ἤ ἄλλαις θεραπείαις σωματικαῖς χρήσασθαι ἀναπαύσεως χάριν, τοῦτο μή καταδέξῃ, ἀλλ ἀεί παρεσκευασμένος ἔσο πρός νηστείαν, πρός κακοπάθειαν, πρός ἐγκράτειαν ἀκροτάτην, ἵνα, εἰ μέν παρά τοῦ σοῦ ἐν Κυρίῳ πατρός προτραπῇς μετασχεῖν παρακλήσεως, εὑρεθῇς ἐκείνῳ μέν ὑπήκοος, τό δέ ἴδιόν σου μηδέ ἐν τούτῳ ποιῶν ἐκ προαιρέσεως θέλημα εἰ δέ μή, μετά χαρᾶς ὑπομενεῖς ἅπερ ἑκουσίως ποιῆσαι ἠθέλησας ψυχικῶς ὠφελούμενος
弟兄啊,若你已被聖火點燃,並為此奔赴修道團體,或投奔屬靈之父,那麼縱使他,或與你同修的弟兄們,勸你為求安逸而沐浴、進食或使用其他身體上的調養,你也不可依從,反倒要時常預備自己去禁食、去受苦、去行最嚴格的節制;如此一來,若你的屬靈之父在主裡勸你稍事寬慰,你便會被看作是順服他的,而不是出於己意在此事上行己所願;若非如此,你也將滿心喜樂地忍受你原本甘願要做的事,並因此在靈魂上得益。
If you have caught fire, brother, and for this reason have run and come to a monastic community or to a spiritual father, then even if you are urged by him, or by the brothers who practice asceticism with you, to make use of baths or foods or other bodily comforts for the sake of rest, do not consent to this; but always be prepared for fasting, for hardship, for the strictest self-control — so that, if you are urged by your father in the Lord to partake of some consolation, you may be found obedient to him, while yet not even in this doing your own will out of personal preference; but if this is not so, you will patiently and joyfully bear that which you willingly desired to do, being profited in soul.
1:3397
Τοῦτο γάρ φυλάττων, ἔσῃ διά παντός ἐπί πᾶσιν ὡς νηστεύων καί ἐγκρατευόμενος καί τό ἴδιον ἀποταξάμενος παντάπασι θέλημα οὐ μήν δέ ἀλλά καί τήν ἐνοῦσαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου φλόγα ἄσβεστον διατηρήσεις, τήν πάντων καταφρονεῖν σε βιάζουσαν
因為若你持守這一點,你便在一切事上、時時刻刻如同禁食、節制、並全然棄絕己意的人一般;不但如此,你更要保守你心中那不熄滅的火焰,這火焰逼使你藐視萬有。
For by keeping this, you will be, in every respect and at all times, as one fasting and practicing self-control and having wholly renounced your own will; and not only this, but you will also preserve unquenched the flame within your heart, which compels you to despise all things.
1:3398
Ὅταν πάντα τά παρ ἑαυτῶν οἱ δαίμονες πράξωσι καί τόν κατά Θεόν ἡμῶν σκοπόν μεταστῆσαι οὐ δυνηθῶσιν ἤ ἐμποδίσαι, τότε τοῖς τήν εὐλάβειαν ὑποκρινομένοις ὑπεισέρχονται καί δι αὐτῶν τούς ἀγωνιζομένους ἐμποδίζειν πειρῶνται
當魔鬼已經竭盡全力,卻仍不能改變或阻撓我們合乎神的心志時,牠們便暗中潛入那些假冒虔敬之人裡面,並藉著他們企圖阻撓那些正在爭戰的人。
When the demons have done everything within their power, and are not able either to shift our purpose according to God or to hinder it, then they secretly enter into those who feign piety, and through them attempt to hinder those who are struggling.
1:3399
Καί πρῶτον μέν, ὡς ἐξ ἀγάπης δῆθεν καί συμπαθείας κινούμενοι, εἰς σωματικάς ἀναπαύσεις () χωρεῖν παραινοῦσιν αὐτοῖς, ἵνα μή καί τό σῶμα ἀδυνατήσῃ, φησί, καί εἰς ἀκηδίαν ἐμπέσητε
首先,他們彷彿是出於愛與同情所驅使,勸誘他們求助於身體的舒適,說:「免得身體也因此衰弱」,又說:「你們便陷入倦怠灰心之中」。
And first, as though moved, forsooth, by love and sympathy, they advise them to resort to bodily comforts, saying, 'lest the body also grow weak,' and, 'you fall into listlessness.'
1:3400
Ἔπειτα εἰς συντυχίας ἀνωφελεῖς ἐκκαλούμενοι, τάς ἡμέρας ἐν ταύταις προσαναλίσκειν αὐτούς ποιοῦσιν
接著,牠們引誘他們參與無益的閒談交際,使他們把光陰耗費在這些事上。
Then, calling them out to profitless encounters, they make them spend their days on these.
1:3401
Εἰ μέν τις ὑπακούσας τῶν σπουδαίων ὁμοιωθῇ αὐτοῖς, στρέφονται καί ἐπεγγελῶσι τήν αὐτοῦ ἀπώλειαν εἰ δέ μή ὑπαχθῇ τοῖς αὐτῶν λόγοις, ἀλλά τηρεῖ ἑαυτόν ξένον ἐκ πάντων καί σύννουν καί ἀπαρρησίαστον, κινοῦνται εἰς φθόνον καί πάντα ποιοῦσι καί πράττουσιν ἕως οὗ καί τῆς μονῆς αὐτόν ἐκδιώξωσιν οὐ φέρει γάρ κενοδοξία ἄτιμος ἐπαινουμένην ταπείνωσιν ὁρᾶν ἀπεναντίας αὐτῆς
若有一位認真修行的人聽從了他們,變得與他們相似,他們便轉而嘲笑他的沉淪;但若他不被他們的話語誘騙,反倒保守自己對一切人事保持超然、沉思、寡言,他們便心生嫉妒,設法用盡一切手段,直到將他逐出修道院為止。因為那可鄙的虛榮,無法忍受看見受人稱讚的謙卑站在自己的對面。
If a certain earnest man, obeying them, becomes like them, they turn about and mock at his destruction; but if he is not led astray by their words, but keeps himself a stranger to all, thoughtful, and reserved in speech, they are moved to envy and do and contrive everything until they even drive him out of the monastery. For dishonorable vainglory cannot bear to see humility, which is praised, standing opposite to it.
1:3402
Ἄγχεται κενόδοξος ταπεινόφρονα ὁρῶν προχέοντα δάκρυα καί δισσῶς ὠφελούμενον, Θεόν ἵλεω δι αύτῶν ἐργαζόμενον καί ἀνθρώπους εἰς ἔπαινον ἐπισπώμενον ἀβουλήτως
虛榮之人,見那謙卑者淚如泉湧,並因此得著雙重的益處——藉此使神向他施恩憐憫,又在不經意間引來世人的稱讚——便為此心中窒悶難受。
The vainglorious man is choked with distress when he sees the humble-minded man pouring forth tears and being benefited in two ways: making God gracious to himself through them, and unintentionally drawing men to praise him.
1:3403
Ἀφ οὗ σεαυτόν ὅλον τῷ πνευματικῷ σου ἀναθῇ πατρί, ἴσθι ὡς ξένος εἶ ἐπί πᾶσιν οἷς ἔξωθεν ἐπιφέρῃ, ἀνθρωπίνοις λέγω πράγμασί τε καί χρήμασιν οὗ χωρίς μηδέν ἐν αὐτοῖς πρᾶξαι ἤ ποιῆσαι θελήσῃς, ἀλλά μηδέ μικρόν ἤ μέγα αἰτήσῃ πρᾶγμα αὐτῷ ἐᾶσαί σοι, εἰ μή τοι αὐτός τῇ οἰκείᾳ γνώμῃ, ἤ προστάξῃ λαβεῖν ἤ αὐτός ἐκεῖνος αὐτοχείρως παρέξῃ σοι
自從你將自己全然獻給你的屬靈之父那一刻起,你當知道,對於一切你從外面帶進來的東西——我是指世俗的事務與財物——你都當視自己為外人;離了他,你不應想在這些事上有所作為;甚至不論大小之事,都不應請求他允許你使用,除非他自己出於本意,或吩咐你取用,或親手交予你。
From the moment you have wholly dedicated yourself to your spiritual father, know that you are a stranger with respect to all the things you bring in from outside — I mean human affairs and possessions — apart from him you should wish to do or perform nothing concerning them; nor should you ask him to allow you even a small or great thing, unless he himself, of his own accord, either orders you to take it or with his own hand provides it to you.
1:3404
Μή δῷς ἄνευ τοῦ κατά Θεόν πατρός σου ἐλεημοσύνην ἐξ ὧν χρημάτων εἰσήνεγκας, ἀλλά μηδέ διά μεσίτου σου λαβεῖν τινα ἐξ αὐτῶν παρ ἐκείνου θελήσῃς
未經你屬靈之父的許可,不可從你所帶進來的財物中施捨;也不可希望藉著中間人,從那些財物中取一部分給任何人。
Do not give alms out of the possessions you brought in, without the approval of your father according to God; nor should you desire, through an intermediary, to have anyone receive a portion of them from him.
1:3405
Κρεῖττον γάρ πτωχόν καί ξένον εἶναί τε καί ἀκούειν σε ἤ σκορπίζειν χρήματα καί διδόναι τοῖς πένησι, εἰσαγωγικόν ὄντα πίστεως δέ ἀκραιφνοῦς τό πάντα ὡς ἐν χειρί Θεοῦ ἤ τοῦ πνευματικοῦ πατρός ἀναθέσθαι βουλήσει
因為對你這仍在初學階段的人而言,作個貧窮陌生的人,甚至被稱作如此,也勝過任意揮霍錢財、施捨給窮人;因為將一切事都交託在神的手中、或屬靈之父的意願之下,才是純全信心的表現。
For it is better for you to be, and to be called, poor and a stranger, than to scatter your wealth and give to the poor while still a beginner; for it belongs to unadulterated faith to entrust everything, as it were, to the hand of God or to the will of your spiritual father.
1:3406
Μή δή λαβεῖν ὕδατος αἰτήσῃ ποτόν, εἰ καί συμβῇ σε φλέγεσθαι, μέχρις ἄν οἴκοθεν κινηθείς ὁ πνευματικός σου πατήρ προτρέψηται
所以,即便你正被乾渴所焚燒,也不可要求喝一口水,直到你的屬靈之父自發地主動勸你飲用為止。
Do not, then, ask to receive a drink of water, even if it happens that you are burning with thirst, until your spiritual father, moved of his own accord, urges you to drink.
1:3407
Ἄγχε γάρ σεαυτόν καί βιάζου ἐν πᾶσι, πείθων καί λέγων τῷ λογισμῷ Εἰ θέλει ὁ Θεός καί εἰ ᾗς ἄξιος τοῦ πιεῖν, ἀποκαλύπτει πάντως τῷ πνευματικῷ σου () πατρί καί λέγει σοι Πίε καί τηνικαῦτα πίεσαι μετά καθαροῦ συνειδότος, εἰ καί παρά τόν καιρόν ἡ ὥρα ἐστίν
你要在凡事上約束自己、竭力自持,並在心中如此說服自己:「若神願意,且若你配得喝,祂必然會向你的屬靈之父顯明,並對你說:『喝吧』。」如此,你便可憑潔淨的良心飲用,即便此刻並非通常飲水的時辰。
Constrain yourself and press yourself hard in all things, persuading and saying to your reasoning: If God wills, and if you are worthy to drink, he will surely reveal it to your spiritual father, and he will say to you, Drink — and then you shall drink with a clear conscience, even if the hour is out of season.
1:3408
Ὁ πεῖραν ἐσχηκώς πνευματικῆς ὠφελείας καί ἀνόθευτον πίστιν κτησάμενος, μάρτυρα τῆς ἀληθείας τόν Θεόν προβαλλόμενος εἶπεν Ἐθέμην τοιοῦτον ἐν ἐμαυτῷ λογισμόν ὡς μήτε φαγεῖν μήτε πιεῖν αἰτήσασθαί ποτε τῷ πατρί μου ἤ πάρεξ αὐτοῦ μεταλαβεῖν τινος τό καθόλου, ἕως ἄν ὁ Θεός πληροφορήσῃ αὐτόν καί προστάξῃ μοι καί οὕτως ἔχων οὐδέποτε, φησί, τοῦ σκοποῦ μου ἀπέτυχον
有一位曾親身經歷靈性益處、並獲得純全信心之人,以神為真理的見證人,如此說道:「我在自己裡面立下這樣的決心:無論吃或喝,我從不向我的屬靈父親要求,也絕不在未經他的情況下領受任何東西,直到神向他完全確證、並吩咐我為止」;他又說:「持守此志,我從未有一次違背我的心志。」
He who has had experience of spiritual benefit and has acquired unadulterated faith, calling God to witness the truth, said: I set within myself such a resolve as never to ask my father either to eat or to drink, nor ever to partake of anything at all apart from him, until God should fully assure him and give me the command; and holding to this, he said, I never once failed of my purpose.
1:3409
Ὁ πίστιν κτησάμενος ἐναργῆ πρός τόν κατά Θεόν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, βλέπων αὐτόν, αὐτόν βλέπειν λογίζεται τόν Χριστόν καί συνών ἤ ἀκολουθῶν αὐτῷ, Χριστῷ συνεῖναι καί ἀκολουθεῖν βεβαίως πιστεύει
那對其屬靈之父存有清明堅定信心的人,當他看見這位父親時,便以為自己是在看見基督;當他與他同在、跟隨他時,也堅信自己是與基督同在、跟隨基督。
He who has acquired manifest faith toward his father according to God, when he looks at him, considers that he is looking at Christ; and when he is with him or follows him, he firmly believes that he is with Christ and following Christ.
1:3410
Ὁ τοιοῦτος οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσει ἑτέρῳ τινί ὁμιλῆσαί ποτε, οὐ προτιμήσει τι τῶν τοῦ κόσμου πραγμάτων ὑπέρ τήν ἐκείνου μνήμην ὁμοῦ καί ἀγάπην
這樣的人絕不會渴望與別人交談,也不會將世上任何事物看得比對那位父親的紀念與愛更重要。
Such a man will never desire to converse with anyone else, nor will he prefer any of the things of the world above the remembrance and love of that father.
1:3411
Τί γάρ καί μεῖζον ἤ ὠφελιμώτερον ἐν τῇ παρούσῃ καί ἐν τῇ μελλούσῃ ζωῇ τοῦ συνεῖναι Χριστῷ;
因為在今生與來生,還有什麼比與基督同在更偉大、更有益的呢?
For what is greater or more beneficial, in the present life and in the life to come, than to be with Christ?
1:3412
Τί δέ καί ὡραιότερον ἤ γλυκύτερον τῆς θέας αὐτοῦ;
還有什麼比看見祂的容顏更美麗、更甘甜的呢?
And what is more beautiful or sweeter than the sight of him?
1:3413
Εἰ δέ καί ὁμιλίας ἀξιοῦται τῆς παρ αὐτοῦ, πάντως ζωήν τήν αἰώνιον ἐκ ταύτης ἀρύεται
若一個人又蒙允配得與祂交談,他必從中汲取永生。
And if one is also deemed worthy of conversation with him, he surely draws eternal life from it.
1:3414
Ὁ ἐκ διαθέσεως τούς λοιδοροῦντας ἤ ἀδικοῦντας ἤ μισοῦντας καί ἀποστεροῦντας αὐτόν ἀγαπῶν καί ὑπέρ τούτων εὐχόμενος, εἰς προκοπήν ἐν ὀλίγῳ μεγάλην ἀνέρχεται
那從內心真誠地愛那些辱罵、虧待、憎恨與奪取他所有之人,並為他們禱告的人,在短時間內便能達至極大的長進。
He who, out of genuine disposition, loves those who revile or wrong or hate and defraud him, and prays for them, ascends in a short time to great progress.
1:3415
Ἐν αἰσθήσει γάρ καρδίας τοῦτο γινόμενον εἰς ἄβυσσον ταπεινώσεως καί εἰς δακρύων πηγάς τό λογιζόμενον καταφέρει, ἐν οἷς καταποντίζεται τό τριμερές τῆς ψυχῆς ἀνάγει δέ εἰς οὐρανόν ἀπαθείας τόν νοῦν καί θεωρητικόν ἀπεργάζεται καί τῇ γεύσει τῆς ἐκεῖθεν χρηστότητος πάντα σκύβαλα τά τοῦ παρόντος βίου ἡγεῖσθαι ποιεῖ καί αὐτήν δέ τήν τροφήν καί τήν πόσιν μή ἐνηδόνως ἤ συχνοτέρως προσίεσθαι
因為當此事伴隨著心的知覺而發生時,便將人的理性帶入謙卑的深淵與淚水的泉源之中,靈魂的三個部分也因此被淹沒其中;同時,它又將心智提升進入無情慾之境的天上,使其成為觀想者;且藉著嚐到那源自天上的美善,使人視今生的一切事物如同糞土,甚至連飲食本身,也不再貪求享樂,也不再頻繁地取用。
For when this comes to pass with a perception of heart, it brings the reasoning faculty down into an abyss of humility and into fountains of tears, in which the threefold part of the soul is submerged; and it raises the mind up into the heaven of dispassion and renders it contemplative, and by the taste of the goodness that comes from there, it causes one to regard all the things of the present life as refuse, and even to partake of food and drink itself not with pleasure nor too frequently.
1:3416
() Πίστιν ἐναργῆ ἔδειξεν ὁ καί τό τόπον, ἐν ᾧ ὁ ὁδηγός καί πατήρ αὐτοῦ ἵσταται, ὡς ἅγιον εὐλαβούμενος καί τόν κονιορτόν τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ χερσί λαμβάνων ζεόντως καί ἐπιχέων τῇ ἑαυτοῦ κεφαλῇ καί τῇ καρδίᾳ προσαλείφων, ὡς ἴαμα τῶν τούτου παθῶν καί τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων καθαρτικόν, ἐκείνῳ δέ αὐτῷ μή προσεγγίσαι τολμῶν μηδέ ἁπλῶς προσψαῦσαί τινος τῶν αὐτοῦ χιτώνων ἤ σκεπασμάτων ἄνευ τῆς ἐκείνου προστάξεως καί μεταχειριζόμενός τι τῶν ἐκείνου, μετά φόβου καί μετά αἰδοῦς τοῦτο ποιεῖ, ἀνάξιον ἑαυτόν κρίνων μή μόνον τῆς τούτων θέας καί λειτουργίας, ἀλλά καί τῆς ἐν τῇ κέλλῃ αὐτοῦ διαγωγῆς
他顯出了明顯的信心:對於他的嚮導與屬靈之父所站立的地方,他敬畏如聖地;對於他腳上的塵土,他熱切地用手取起,澆在自己頭上,塗抹在心上,作為醫治自己情慾與潔淨罪過的良藥;然而他卻不敢靠近那人本身,也不敢隨意觸碰他的任何衣袍或覆蓋物,除非得到他的吩咐;即使經手他的某件物品,也是懷著懼怕與敬畏而行,自認不配,不僅不配瞻仰和服事這些物品,甚至不配住在他的斗室之中。
He showed manifest faith — both toward the place in which his guide and father stood, revering it as holy, and toward the dust of his feet, which he fervently gathered in his hands and poured upon his own head and applied to his heart, as a cure for his own passions and a cleansing of his sins — while yet not daring to approach that man himself, nor simply to touch any of his tunics or coverings without his command; and when handling something of his, he did so with fear and with reverence, judging himself unworthy not only of the sight and service of these things, but also of dwelling in his cell.
1:3417
Πολλοί μέν τῷ βίῳ τούτῳ καί τοῖς τοῦ βίου πράγμασιν ἀποτάσσονται, ὀλίγοι δέ καί τοῖς θελήμασιν ἑαυτῶν περί ὧν καί ὁ θεῖος λόγος καλῶς ἀποφαίνεται Πολλοί μέν κλητοί λέγων ὀλίγοι δέ ἐκλεκτοί
許多人棄絕了今生與今生的事務,但棄絕自己意志的人卻很少——關於這一點,神聖的話語也曾恰當地宣告說:「被召的人多,選上的人少。」
Many renounce this life and the affairs of life, but few also renounce their own wills — concerning which the divine word also rightly declares, saying, 'Many are called,' but 'few are chosen.'
1:3418
Ὅταν μετά πάσης κάθῃ ἐπί τραπέζης τῆς ἀδελφότητος καί νοερῶς σοι σκιά τά πάντα τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑπογράφωνται καί τοῦ ἡδέος τῶν βρωμάτων οὐκ ἐπαισθάνῃ, ἀλλ ὅλην ἔχεις τήν ψυχήν τῷ θαύματι ἔκπληκτον καί τοῖς δάκρυσιν ἔμπλεον, τότε γίνωσκε τήν τοῦ Θεοῦ σοι χάριν οὕτω ταῦτα ὑποδεικνύειν διά τήν ἐκ τοῦ φόβου πολλήν σου ταπείνωσιν, ὅπως, ἰδών τά ποιήματα τοῦ Θεοῦ καί διδαχθείς τῶν αἰσθητῶν τήν ἀδράνειαν, εἰς ἀγάπην τῶν νοητῶν μετεγκεντρίσῃς τόν φόβον σου
每當你與全體弟兄同坐筵席,心中恍如觀影,一切事物彷彿只在你眼前勾勒出輪廓,你察覺不到食物的美味,反倒使你整個靈魂因驚奇而恍然若失、盈滿淚水,那時你要知道:神的恩典之所以如此向你顯示這些,是因著你由懼怕而生的極大謙卑,為要使你在看見神的作為、並被教導感覺之物的無力之後,將你的懼怕移植轉栽於對理智之物的愛中。
Whenever you sit at table with all the brotherhood, and mentally all things are sketched before your eyes as in a shadow, and you do not perceive the sweetness of the foods, but have your whole soul astounded with wonder and filled with tears, then know that God's grace shows you these things thus because of your great humility arising from fear, so that, having seen the works of God and having been taught the powerlessness of sensible things, you may transplant your fear into love of things intelligible.
1:3419
Καί αὕτη ἐστίν ἡ πνευματική γνῶσις, ἥν καί λεγομένην ἀκούεις, ἥτις μέσον τοῦ φόβου καί τῆς ἀγάπης εὑρίσκεται καί ἀπό τούτου εἰς ταύτην διαβιβάζει ἀνεπαισθήτως καί ἀκινδύνως τόν ἄνθρωπον
這就是屬靈的知識,你也聽見它被如此稱呼;它介於懼怕與愛之間,並且不知不覺、毫無危險地將人從前者引渡到後者。
And this is spiritual knowledge, which you also hear called by that name; it is found between fear and love, and imperceptibly and without danger conveys a man from the one over into the other.
1:3420
Οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἄλλως τήν εἰς Θεόν τελείαν ἀγάπην ἀναφαίρετον κτήσασθαί τινα εἰ μή κατά τό μέτρον τῆς πνευματικῆς γνώσεως αὕτη δέ κατά μικρόν αὐξάνεται () τῇ πρακτικῶς πονούσῃ καθ ἑκάστην ψυχῇ
除了按照屬靈知識的程度之外,任何人都不可能以別的方式獲得對神完全而不可奪去的愛;而這知識乃是在天天實行操練的靈魂中一點一點增長的。
It is not possible in any other way for anyone to acquire perfect, unforfeitable love toward God, except according to the measure of spiritual knowledge; and this increases little by little in the soul that labors practically each day.
1:3421
Τοῦτο γάρ εἰδώς καί ὁ Ἀπόστολος ἔφη Ἀπό γάρ τοῦ μεγέθους καί τῆς καλλονῆς τῶν κτισμάτων ἀναλόγως ὁ γενεσιουργός θεωρεῖται
使徒深知此理,故也說:「因受造之物的宏偉與美麗,可按其比例看見那賦予其存在者。」
For knowing this, the Apostle also said: 'For from the greatness and beauty of the creatures, the Maker of their being is proportionately perceived.'
1:3422
Μέγεθος οὐρανοῦ καί γῆς πλάτος καί τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων τούς λόγους οὐδείς ἀξίως καταμαθεῖν δύναται τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς
天的浩大、地的寬廣,以及萬物的其他道理,沒有人能用感官的眼睛恰如其分地徹底領悟。
No one can worthily learn with sensible eyes the vastness of heaven, the breadth of earth, and the principles of all the other things.
1:3423
Τά γάρ ὑπερβαίνοντα καί νοῦν καί διάνοιαν, πῶς ὀφθαλμοί κατανοῆσαι σώματος ἐξισχύσουσι;
那超越心智與思維的事物,肉體的眼睛又怎能有力量去領悟呢?
For the things that surpass both mind and thought — how shall bodily eyes have the power to comprehend them?
1:3424
καί νοῦς καθαρθείς λογισμῶν καί ἐλευθερωθείς τῶν προλήψεων, ἐλέει τε καί χάριτι Θεοῦ φωτισθείς, κατά τό μέτρον τοῦ φωτισμοῦ καί τήν θεωρίαν τῶν ὄντων ἀξίως δυνήσεται κατιδεῖν
心智若從各樣思慮中被潔淨,從成見中得釋放,並藉神的憐憫與恩典得蒙光照,就能按著所受光照的程度,配得地觀照萬有。
And the mind, purified of reasonings and freed from preconceptions, illumined by the mercy and grace of God, will be able, according to the measure of its illumination, worthily to behold the contemplation of beings.
1:3425
Ὥσπερ ἐν νυκτί τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ τόπῳ βλέπομεν μόνον ἔνθα ἄν τοῦ φωτός τόν λύχνον ἀνάψωμεν, ὁ δέ λοιπός ἅπας κόσμος τό καθ ἡμᾶς νύξ ἐστιν, οὕτω τοῖς ἐν νυκτί ἁμαρτημάτων καθεύδουσιν ὁ ἀγαθός δεσπότης φῶς μικρόν γίνεται, Θεός ὤν τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀχώρητος, φειδόμενος τῆς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν
正如在夜間,我們用感官的眼睛只能看見我們點燃燈火之處,而世界其餘的一切,對我們而言仍是黑夜;照樣,對於那些沉睡在罪惡黑夜中的人,那位良善的主便成為一點微光——祂本是萬有所不能容納的神,卻因顧惜我們的軟弱而如此。
Just as at night we see with sensible eyes only in that place where we light the lamp of fire, while the rest of the whole world is, as far as we are concerned, night, so too for those sleeping in the night of sins the good Master becomes a small light — He who as God is uncontainable by all, sparing our weakness.
1:3426
Καί τότε αἴφνης ἀναβλέπων ὁ ἄνθρωπος καί θεωρῶν τήν φύσιν τῶν ὄντων, ὡς οὔποτε αὐτήν ἐθεάσατο, ἐκπλήττεται καί ἀνωδύνως αὐτόματα προχέει τά δάκρυα, δι ὧν καθαίρεται καί βαπτίζεται τό δεύτερον βάπτισμα, βάπτισμα ἐκεῖνο, ὅ λέγει διά τῶν εὐαγγελίων ὁ Κύριος Ἐάν μή τις γεννηθῇ δι ὕδατος καί πνεύματος, οὐ μή εἰσέλθῃ εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν
這時人忽然舉目觀看,見到萬有的本性有如從未見過一般,不禁驚奇萬分,不由自主、毫無痛苦地湧出淚水;藉此他得潔淨,並受了第二次洗——那洗禮正是主在福音書中所說的:「人若不是從水和聖靈生的,就不能進神的國。」
And then, suddenly looking up, the man, beholding the nature of beings as he had never before beheld it, is astounded, and without pain spontaneously pours forth tears, by which he is cleansed and baptized with that second baptism, the baptism of which the Lord speaks through the Gospels: 'Unless one is born of water and Spirit, he shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.'
1:3427
Καί πάλιν Ἐάν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἄνωθεν, ἄνωθεν δέ εἰπών, τήν ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος ᾐνίξατο γέννησιν
主又說:「人若不是重生(原文:從上頭生)」——祂說「從上頭」,正是暗指那從聖靈而生的重生。
And again: 'Unless one is born from above' — and in saying 'from above,' He hinted at the birth from the Spirit.
1:3428
Τό δέ δεύτερον οὐκέτι τύπος τῆς ἀληθείας, ἀλλ αὐτή ἐστιν ἡ ἀλήθεια
但這第二次的重生,已不再是真理的預表,而就是真理本身。
But the second birth is no longer a type of the truth, but is itself the truth.
1:3429
Οὐ πράξεων μόνον πονηρῶν ἀπέχεσθαι δεῖ ἀλλά () ἀλλά καί λογισμῶν καί ἐννοιῶν ἐναντίων χρή σπουδάζειν τόν ἀσκητήν ἐλεύθερον εἶναι, ἐνδιατρίβειν δέ ἀεί ταῖς ψυχωφελέσι καί πνευματικαῖς ἐνθυμήσεσιν, ἵν οὕτως ἀμέριμνος ἀπό τῶν βιωτικῶν διαμείνῃ
不僅要禁絕邪惡的行為,修道者更當殷勤致力於脫離悖逆的思慮與意念,並常常專注於有益靈魂的屬靈默想,如此才能對今生的事務保持無所掛慮。
One must not only abstain from wicked deeds, but the ascetic must also be zealous to be free from contrary reasonings and thoughts, and always occupy himself with thoughts profitable to the soul and spiritual, so that thus he may remain free from care regarding the things of life.
1:3430
Ὥσπερ ὁ ὅλον αὐτοῦ ἀπογυμνώσας τό σῶμα, ἐάν καλύμματί τινι κεκαλυμμένους ἔχῃ τούς ὀφθαλμούς καί μή θελήσῃ ἆραι καί ἀποσείσασθαι αὐτό, οὐ δύναται ἀπό μόνης τῆς γυμνότητος τοῦ λοιποῦ σώματος ἰδεῖν τό φῶς, οὕτω καί ὁ πάντων τῶν ἄλλων πραγμάτων ὁμοῦ καί χρημάτων καταφρονήσας καί αὐτῶν ἀπαλλαγείς τῶν παθῶν, εἰ μή καί τῶν βιωτικῶν ἐνθυμήσεων καί τῶν πονηρῶν ἐννοιῶν ἐλευθερώσῃ τόν τῆς ψυχῆς ὀφθαλμόν, οὐκ ὄψεταί ποτε τό νοητόν φῶς, αὐτόν τόν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστόν καί Θεόν
正如一人縱使脫光了全身,若他的眼睛仍被某物遮蓋,而他又不願揭去、抖落它,僅憑身體其餘部分的赤裸,仍無法看見光明;照樣,一個人即使輕看了其他一切事物與財物,並且已從諸般情慾中得釋放,若不也使靈魂的眼睛從世俗的思慮與邪惡的念頭中得釋放,他就永遠看不見那理智之光,即我們的主耶穌基督、我們的神自己。
Just as one who has stripped his whole body naked, if he has his eyes covered with some covering and is unwilling to lift and shake it off, cannot from the nakedness of the rest of his body alone see the light, so too the one who has despised all other things and possessions together, and has been delivered even from the passions themselves, if he does not also free the eye of his soul from worldly thoughts and wicked notions, will never see the intelligible light — our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God.
1:3431
Ὥσπερ κάλυμμα ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἐπιτεθέν, οὕτω λογισμοί κοσμικοί καί βιωτικαί ἐνθυμήσεις ἐν διανοίᾳ ἤγουν ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ ψυχῆς γίνονται
正如覆蓋物遮在眼睛上一樣,世俗的思慮與今生的意念也是如此臨在於心思之中,也就是靈魂的眼睛之中。
Just as a covering placed upon the eyes, so worldly reasonings and thoughts of life become in the mind, that is, in the eye of the soul.
1:3432
Καθόσον οὖν ἐαθῶσι χρόνον, οὐ βλέψομεν ἐπάν δέ ἐξαρθῶσι τῇ τοῦ θανάτου μνήμῃ, τότε τρανῶς ἴδωμεν τό φῶς τό ἀληθινόν, ὅ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον εἰς τόν ἄνω κόσμον ἐρχόμενον
只要這些意念仍留存,我們就看不見;但當它們藉著紀念死亡而被除去時,我們就能清楚看見那真實的光,就是照亮每一個進入上界之人的光。
For as long a time as they are left, we shall not see; but when they are removed by the remembrance of death, then we shall clearly see the true light, which enlightens every man coming into the world above.
1:3433
Ὁ ἐκ γενετῆς ὤν τυφλός οὐ νοήσει οὐδέ πιστεύσει τῶν γραφομένων τήν δύναμιν, ὁ δέ βλέψαι ποτέ καταξιωθείς συμμαρτυρήσει εἶναι ἀληθῆ τά λεγόμενα
生來瞎眼的人,既不能明白,也不能相信經上所寫之事的能力;但那曾蒙恩得見的人,卻能一同見證所說的話是真實的。
One who is blind from birth will neither understand nor believe the power of the things written; but one who has once been deemed worthy to see will testify together that the things spoken are true.
1:3434
Ὁ βλέπων τοῖς αἰσθητοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς οἶδε πότε μέν νύξ, πότε δέ ἡμέρα ἐστίν ὁ δέ τυφλός τά ἀμφότερα ἀγνοεῖ
用感官的眼睛能看見的人,知道何時是夜、何時是晝;瞎眼的人卻對兩者都一無所知。
One who sees with sensible eyes knows when it is night and when it is day; but the blind man is ignorant of both.
1:3435
Καί ὁ πνευματικῶς ἀναβλέψας καί τοῖς νοεροῖς ὁρῶν ὀφθαλμοῖς, θεασάμενος τό ἀληθινόν καί ἄδυτον φῶς, ὅταν ἐκ ῥᾳθυμίας εἰς τήν προτέραν ἀποστραφῇ τύφλωσιν καί τοῦ φωτός ἀποστερηθῇ, εὐαισθήτως αἰσθάνεται τῆς τούτου στερήσεως καί πόθεν αὕτη συνέβη γενέσθαι οὐκ ἀγνοεῖ
照樣,一個屬靈上重見光明、以理智的眼睛觀看,並曾目睹那真實而永不落下之光的人,若因懈怠而回轉到先前的瞎眼狀態,喪失了那光,他必能清楚感覺到這喪失,也不會不知道這是因何而發生的。
And one who has spiritually recovered sight and sees with intelligent eyes, having beheld the true and unsetting light, when through negligence he turns back to his former blindness and is deprived of the light, he perceives well the deprivation of this, and does not fail to know whence this came to happen.
1:3436
Ὁ δέ γε μένων τυφλός ἐκ γενετῆς οὐδέν τῇ πείρᾳ καί τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ περί τούτων ἐπίσταται, εἰ μή τι () ἐξ ἀκοῆς ἀκούσῃ καί μάθῃ περί ὧν ἐθεάσατο, καί διηγήσεται ἄλλοις ἅπερ ἀκήκοεν, αὐτοῦ καί τῶν ἀκουόντων μή εἰδότων περί ποίων πραγμάτων ἀλλήλοις προσδιαλέγονται
但那生來就一直瞎眼的人,對這些事既無經驗、也無實際的體悟,除非他從傳聞中聽見、學得一些關於他人所見之事的訊息,便將所聽來的轉述給別人;然而無論是他自己,還是聽他說話的人,都不知道彼此所談論的究竟是什麼事。
But he who remains blind from birth knows nothing by experience and by actual operation concerning these things, except perhaps something he hears by report and learns concerning what others have seen, and relates to others what he has heard, while neither he nor his hearers know concerning what things they are conversing with one another.
1:3437
Ἀδύνατον καί τήν σάρκα τῷ κόρῳ τῶν βρωμάτων κατεμπιπλᾶν καί πνευματικῶς τῆς νοερᾶς καί θείας ἐπαπολαύειν χρηστότητος
既要以飽食美味填塞肉體,又要在屬靈上享受那屬乎理智與神聖的美善,這是不可能的事。
It is impossible both to glut the flesh with satiety of foods and spiritually to enjoy the intelligent and divine goodness.
1:3438
Ὅσῳ γάρ τήν γαστέρα τις θεραπεύσει, κατά τοσοῦτον ἐκείνης ἑαυτόν ἀποστερήσει καθόσον δέ τό σῶμα ὑπωπιάσει, ἀναλόγως καί τῆς πνευματικῆς τροφῆς τε καί παρακλήσεως ἐμπλησθήσεται
因為人越是縱容自己的肚腹,就越使自己失去那屬靈的享受;而他越是苦待己身,就必按比例越發被屬靈的滋養與安慰所充滿。
For to the degree that one indulges the belly, to that same degree he deprives himself of that enjoyment; but to the degree that he mortifies the body, proportionately he will be filled also with spiritual nourishment and comfort.
1:3439
Καταλείψωμεν πάντα τά ἐπί τῆς γῆς, μή πλοῦτον μόνον καί χρυσόν καί τάς ἄλλας ὕλας τοῦ βίου, ἀλλά καί τήν ἐπιθυμίαν τήν πρός αὐτά τέλεον ἀπό τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν ἀπελάσωμεν
讓我們撇下地上的一切——不僅是財富、金銀和今生其他的物質,也要把對它們的貪戀,徹底從我們的靈魂中驅逐出去。
Let us leave behind all things upon the earth — not wealth alone and gold and the other materials of life, but let us also drive out entirely from our souls the very desire for them.
1:3440
Μισήσωμεν μή τάς ἡδονάς μόνον τοῦ σώματος, ἀλλά καί τάς ἀλόγους κινήσεις αὐτοῦ, καί νεκρῶσαι τοῦτο διά πόνων σπουδάσωμεν διά τοῦτο γάρ ἐνεργοῦνται τά τῆς ἐπιθυμίας καί εἰς ἔργον ἐξάγονται, καί ζῶντος αὐτοῦ, ἀνάγκη πᾶσα νεκράν τήν ψυχήν ἡμῶν εἶναι καί δυσκίνητον πρός πᾶσαν Θεοῦ ἐντολήν ἤ καί παντελῶς ἀκίνητον
讓我們不僅憎惡肉體的享樂,也要憎惡它那些非理性的衝動,並當殷勤透過勞苦克治它使之死去;因為正是靠著肉體,情慾的作為才得以運行、付諸實行;只要肉體活著,我們的靈魂就必然是死的、對神的每一條誡命都難以動彈,甚至完全無法動彈。
Let us hate not only the pleasures of the body, but also its irrational movements, and let us be zealous to mortify it through labors; for it is through the body that the workings of desire are set in motion and brought into action, and while it lives, it is altogether necessary that our soul be dead and hard to move — or even wholly immovable — toward every commandment of God.
1:3441
Καθάπερ ἡ φλόξ τοῦ πυρός εἰς ὕψος ἀεί αἴρεται, ὡς ἐάν στρέψῃς τήν ὕλην ἀφ ἧς ἀνάπτεται, οὕτω καί ἡ τοῦ κενοδόξου καρδία ταπεινωθῆναι οὐ δύναται, ἀλλ ὡς ἐάν εἴπῃς αὐτῷ τά τῆς ὠφελείας αὐτοῦ, μᾶλλον καί μᾶλλον ἐπαίρεται ἐλεγχόμενος γάρ ἤ καί νουθετούμενος, ἀντιλέγει σφοδρῶς, ἐπαινούμενος ἤ καί παρακαλούμενος, ἀνυψοῦται κακῶς
正如火焰總是向上竄升——除非你抽去引燃它的燃料——照樣,好虛榮之人的心也無法被謙卑下來;相反地,若你向他指出對他有益的事,他反倒更加高舉自己;因為被責備、甚至僅是被勸戒時,他就激烈頂撞;被稱讚、甚至僅是被鼓勵時,他就邪惡地自高自大。
Just as the flame of fire always rises upward — unless you remove the fuel from which it is kindled — so too the heart of the vainglorious man cannot be humbled; rather, if you tell him the things for his own benefit, he is lifted up all the more; for when rebuked or even admonished, he vehemently contradicts, and when praised or even encouraged, he is wickedly exalted.
1:3442
Ἄνθρωπος μεμελετηκώς ἀντιλέγειν ἑαυτῷ δίστομός ἐστι μάχαιρα, ἀναιρῶν ἀγνώστως τήν ἰδίαν ψυχήν καί τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς ἀλλότριον αὐτήν ἐργαζόμενος
一個慣於頂撞爭辯的人,就是一把雙刃的劍,在不知不覺中戕害了自己的靈魂,使它與永生隔絕。
A man who has practiced contradicting is a two-edged sword, unknowingly destroying his own soul and making it a stranger to eternal life.
1:3443
Ὁ ἀντιλέγων ὅμοιός ἐστι τῷ ἑκουσίως ἔκδοτον ἑαυτόν ποιοῦντι τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις τοῦ βασιλέως ἐχθροῖς
頂撞爭辯的人,就好比一個甘願把自己交付給敵對君王之仇敵的人。
He who contradicts is like one who voluntarily hands himself over to the enemies opposed to the king.
1:3444
Ἡ γάρ ἀντιλογία ἁρπάγιόν ἐστι, δέλεαρ ἔχον τήν δικαιολογίαν, δι ἧς ἀπατώμενοι, τό ἄγκιστρον καταπίνομεν τῆς ἁμαρτίας, () ὑφ οὗ καί ἁρπάζεται εἴωθεν, ὡς ἀπό τῆς γλώττης καί τοῦ λαιμοῦ, ὑπό τῶν πνευμάτων τῆς πονηρίας ἡ ἀθλία ψυχή καί ποτέ μέν εἰς ὕψος ὑπερηφανίας ἀνάγεσθαι, ποτέ δέ εἰς χάος ἀβύσσου ἁμαρτίας καταποντίζεσθαι καί μετά τῶν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐκπεπτωκότων καταδικάζεσθαι
因為爭辯本是一個陷阱,以自我辯護為誘餌,我們因受此欺哄,便吞下了罪惡的鉤子;藉此,那可憐的靈魂也照常被邪惡的諸靈所擒獲——如同被咽喉與舌頭所擒獲一般——時而被舉高至驕傲的頂峰,時而被沉沒於罪惡深淵的混沌之中,並與那些從天墜落的一同被定罪。
For contradiction is a snare, having self-justification as its bait, by which, being deceived, we swallow the hook of sin, by which the wretched soul is wont to be seized also — as by the tongue and the throat — by the spirits of wickedness, and is at one time raised up to the height of pride, and at another time sunk into the chaos of the abyss of sin, and condemned together with those who fell from heaven.
1:3445
Ὁ ἀτιμαζόμενος ἤ ὑβριζόμενος καί σφόδρα ἀλγῶν τήν καρδίαν γινωσκέτω ἐκ τούτου ὅτι τόν παλαιόν ὄφιν περιφέρει ἐγκόλπιον
凡受人輕蔑或凌辱、心中極度痛苦的人,當由此知道:他懷中正抱著那古蛇。
Let him who is dishonored or insulted, and grieves greatly in heart, know from this that he carries the ancient serpent in his bosom.
1:3446
Εἰ μέν οὖν μετά σιωπῆς ὑπομείνῃ ἤ μετά πολλῆς ἀποκριθήσεται ταπεινώσεως, ἀσθενῆ τοῦτον καί ἐκλελυμένον εἰργάσατο
若他以沉默忍受,或以極大的謙卑回應,他就使那蛇變得軟弱無力了。
If then he endures with silence, or answers with much humility, he has rendered it weak and enfeebled.
1:3447
Εἰ δέ μετά πικρίας ἀντείπῃ ἤ καί λαλήσῃ μετά θρασύτητος, δέδωκεν ἰσχύν τῷ ὄφει τόν ἰόν ἐκχέαι ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ καί ἀνημέρως τά ἐντός αὐτοῦ κατεσθίειν, ὡς ἐντεῦθεν καθ ἑκάστην ἐνδυναμούμενον αὐτόν κατάβρωμα ποιεῖσθαι τήν ἐπ ἀγαθοῖς διόρθωσιν καί ἰσχύν τῆς ἀθλίας τούτου ψυχῆς, καί ζῆν μέν αὐτόν ἔκτοτε τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, νεκρόν δέ παντελῶς εἶναι τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ
但若他帶著苦毒頂撞,甚或口出狂妄之言,他就是給了那蛇力量,使牠得以在他心中傾注毒液,兇殘地吞噬他的內裡;於是那蛇因此日益強壯,便把這可憐靈魂原可得的美善矯正與力量,當作食物吞噬殆盡;那人從此便向罪而活,對義卻是完全死了。
But if he contradicts with bitterness, or even speaks with insolence, he has given the serpent strength to pour out its venom in his heart and savagely devour his inward parts, so that, being strengthened thereby each day, it makes a meal of the good correction and strength of this wretched soul; and that man lives thenceforth to sin, but is altogether dead to righteousness.
1:3448
Ἐάν ἀποτάξασθαι βουληθῇς καί τήν εὐαγγελικήν πολιτείαν ἐκδιδαχθῆναι, μή ἀπείρῳ μηδέ ἐμπαθεῖ διδασκάλῳ ἑαυτόν ἐκδῷς, ἵνα μή ἀντί εὐαγγελικῆς διαβολικήν πολιτείαν ἐκδιδαχθῇς, ἐπειδή καλῶν μέν διδασκάλων καλά τά μαθήματα, κακῶν δέ κακά καί σπερμάτων πονηρῶν πάντως πονηρά τά γεώργια
你若願意棄絕世俗、蒙教導以行合乎福音的生活方式,切不要把自己交託給沒有經驗或受情慾轄制的師傅,免得你所受的教導,不是福音的生活方式,而是魔鬼的生活方式;因為善良的師傅教出善的功課,邪惡的師傅教出惡的功課,正如惡種必結惡果,絕無例外。
If you wish to renounce the world and be taught the evangelical way of life, do not hand yourself over to an inexperienced or passion-ridden teacher, lest instead of the evangelical way of life you be taught the diabolical way; since from good teachers come good lessons, and from bad ones, bad ones, and from wicked seed, without exception, a wicked harvest.
1:3449
Πᾶς ὁ μή βλέπων, ἄλλους δέ ὁδηγεῖν ὑπισχνούμενος, πλάνος ἐστί καί τούς ἑπομένους αὐτῷ εἰς βόθρον ἀπωλείας ἐντίθησι κατά τήν τοῦ Κυρίου φωνήν Τυφλός τυφλόν ἐάν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον ἐμπεσοῦνται
凡自己看不見、卻應許要引導別人的人,都是騙子,並將跟隨他的人推入滅亡的深坑,正如主的話所說:「瞎子若領瞎子,兩個人都要掉在坑裡。」
Everyone who does not see, yet promises to guide others, is a deceiver, and casts those who follow him into the pit of destruction, according to the word of the Lord: 'If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.'
1:3450
Ὁ τυφλός πρός τό ἕν τυφλός ὅλως πρός πάντα ἐστίν, ὁ δέ βλέπων ἐν τῷ ἑνί ἐν θεωρίᾳ τῶν πάντων ἐστί τῆς θεωρίας τε πάντως ἀπέχεται, καί ἐν τῇ θεωρίᾳ τῶν πάντων γίνεται, καί τῶν θεωρουμένων ἔξω ἐστίν ἐν τῷ ἑνί οὗτος ὤν τά πάντα ὁρᾷ, καί ἐν πᾶσιν ὤν οὐδέν τῶν πάντων ὁρᾷ
向那「一」瞎眼的人,向萬有也全然瞎眼;但那在「一」中觀看的人,卻是在觀照萬有,同時又完全超乎那觀照之外;他進入對萬有的觀照,卻在所觀之物以外;他身在「一」中,卻看見萬有;他身在萬有之中,卻不見萬有中任何一物。
The one who is blind toward the One is blind altogether toward all things; but the one who sees in the One is in the contemplation of all things, and yet is wholly apart from that contemplation; he comes to be in the contemplation of all things, yet is outside the things contemplated; being in the One, he sees all things, and being in all things, he sees none of all things.
1:3451
Ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ ἑνί διά τοῦ ἑνός καί ἑαυτόν καί πάντας καί ἅπαντα καθορᾷ, καί κεκρυμμένος ὤν ἐν αὐτῷ, οὐδέν τῶν πάντων ὁρᾷ
那在「一」中觀看的人,藉著這「一」既看見自己,也看見眾人與萬有;他雖隱藏在其中,卻不見萬有中任何一物。
He who sees in the One, through the One beholds both himself and all men and all things, and though hidden within it, sees none of all things.
1:3452
Ὁ μή τήν εἰκόνα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ ἐπουρανίου ἀνθρώπου τε καί Θεοῦ, ἐν τῷ λογισμῷ καί νοερῷ ἀνθρώπῳ εὐαισθήτως καί γνωστῶς ἐνδυσάμενος, αἷμα μόνον ἐστίν ἔτι καί σάρξ, πνευματικῆς δόξης αἴσθησιν μή δυνάμενος διά τοῦ λόγου λαβεῖν, καθάπερ καί οἱ ἐκ γενετῆς τυφλοί τό τοῦ ἡλίου φῶς διά λόγου μόνον γνῶναι οὐ δύνανται
凡未曾在自己理性與理智之人裡面,以可感而可知的方式披上我們主耶穌基督——那位屬天之人與神——形像的人,至今仍不過是血肉之軀,無法藉著言語得著屬靈榮耀的感知;正如生來瞎眼的人,僅憑言語也無法真正認識日光一般。
He who has not clothed himself, sensibly and knowingly, in his reasoning and intelligent inner man with the image of our Lord Jesus Christ, the heavenly Man and God, is still only blood and flesh, unable through reason to receive a perception of spiritual glory — just as those blind from birth cannot come to know the light of the sun through reason alone.
1:3453
Ὁ ἀκούων οὕτως καί βλέπων καί αἰσθανόμενος οἶδε τῶν λεγομένων τήν δύναμιν, ὡς ἤδη τήν εἰκόνα φορέσας τοῦ ἐπουρανίου καί εἰς ἄνδρα τέλειον ἀνελθών τοῦ πληρώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ καί ὁ οὕτως ἔχων δύναται καί καλῶς ὁδηγεῖν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐντολῶν τό ποίμνιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ
這樣聽見、看見、並有所感知的人,深知這些話語的能力,因他已經穿上了那屬天者的形像,並且已長成基督豐滿的身量、成了完全人;有這樣光景的人,也才能夠在神誡命的道路上,妥善地引領基督的羊群。
He who thus hears and sees and perceives knows the power of the things spoken, as one who has already put on the image of the heavenly Man and has come up to the perfect man of the fullness of Christ; and one who is thus disposed is able also to guide well, in the way of God's commandments, the flock of Christ.
1:3454
Ὁ δέ μή εἰδώς καί ἄλλως ἔχων πρόδηλός ἐστιν ὅτι οὐδέ τά αἰσθητήρια τῆς ψυχῆς τετρανωμένα καί ὑγιῆ ἐπιφέρεται, ᾧ καί μᾶλλον καλῶς ἕξει τό ἄγεσθαι ἤ τό ἄγειν ἐπικινδύνως
但那不知此道、心境相反的人,顯然是靈魂的感官尚未開通、尚未健全的人;對這樣的人而言,被人引導遠勝於危險地去引導他人。
But he who does not know this, and is otherwise disposed, is manifestly one whose faculties of soul are not opened and healthy — for whom it would be far better to be led than dangerously to lead.
1:3455
Ὁ τῷ διδασκάλῳ καί ὁδηγῷ αὐτοῦ ὡς Θεῷ ἀτενίζων () ἀντιλέγειν οὐ δύναται
凡仰望自己的師傅與導師如同仰望神一般的人,是不能頂撞他的。
He who gazes upon his teacher and guide as upon God cannot contradict him.
1:3456
Εἰ δέ οἴεται καί λέγει ἀμφότερα ἔχειν, ἴστω, πεπλάνηται ὁποίαν γάρ οἱ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρός τόν Θεόν ἔχουσι τήν διάθεσιν ἀγνοεῖ
但若有人自以為、且宣稱自己兩者兼有,他當知道自己是受了迷惑;因為他並不明白神的眾子對神當存怎樣的心志。
But if he thinks and says he has both attitudes, let him know he is deceived; for he does not know what disposition the sons of God have toward God.
1:3457
Ὁ πιστεύων ἐν τῇ χειρί τοῦ ποιμένος αὐτοῦ τήν ἑαυτοῦ ὑπάρχειν ζωήν καί τόν θάνατον οὐκ ἀντείποι ποτέ ἡ δέ τούτων ἄγνοια ἀντιλογίαν γεννᾷ, τήν πρόξενον τοῦ νοητοῦ καί αἰωνίου θανάτου
相信自己的性命與死亡都握在牧者手中的人,絕不會頂撞爭辯;然而對此無知,卻會滋生頂撞爭辯,而頂撞爭辯正是那理智的、永恆之死的引介者。
He who believes that his own life is in the hand of his shepherd, and his death likewise, would never contradict him; but ignorance of these things begets contradiction, which is the procurer of the intelligible and eternal death.
1:3458
Πρό τοῦ λαβεῖν τήν ἀπόφασιν τόν κατάδικον, τόπος δίδοται ἀπολογίας αὐτῷ λαλεῖν τῷ δικαστῇ περί ὧν ἔπραξεν μετά δέ γε τήν τῶν πρακτέων φανέρωσιν καί τήν τοῦ δικαστοῦ ἀπόφασιν, οὐδέν ἤ μικρόν ἤ μέγα τοῖς βασανίζουσιν ἀντιλέγει
在被定罪者接受判決之前,他還有機會向審判官為自己所行之事辯訴;但一旦所行之事已然披露、審判官已宣判之後,無論大小,他都不再向刑罰他的人辯駁分毫。
Before the condemned man receives his sentence, a place is given him to speak in his own defense to the judge concerning what he has done; but after the disclosure of the deeds and the judge's sentence, he no longer contradicts his tormentors, whether little or much.
1:3459
Πρό τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τοῦτο τό δικαστήριον τόν μοναχόν καί φανερῶσαι αὐτοῦ τά ἐγκάρδια, ἴσως ἀντιλέγειν ἔξεστιν αὐτῷ, τά μέν κατά ἄγνοιαν τά δέ καί ὡς οἰομένῳ κρύπτειν τά ἑαυτοῦ
在修道者尚未進入這審判之前、尚未披露自己心中之事以先,他或許還可以頂撞辯駁——有的出於無知,有的則是自以為能隱藏自己的過失。
Before the monk enters this tribunal and discloses the things of his heart, it is perhaps permitted him to contradict — some things out of ignorance, others as one thinking to hide his own faults.
1:3460
Μετά δέ τήν τῶν λογισμῶν ἀποκάλυψιν καί εἰλικρινῆ ἐξαγόρευσιν οὐκ ἔξεστιν ἀντιλέγειν τῷ μετά Θεόν δικαστῇ καί ἐξουσιαστῇ αὐτοῦ μέχρι θανάτου ποτέ
但在思慮已經披露、並誠實認罪之後,就再也不容許向那位在神以下作自己審判者與掌權者的人頂撞爭辯,直到死也不可。
But after the disclosure of one's thoughts and sincere confession, it is not permitted ever to contradict the one who, after God, is one's judge and authority, even unto death.
1:3461
Ὁ γάρ μοναχός ἐν τούτῳ κατ ἀρχάς εἰσελθών τῷ δικαστηρίῳ καί ἀπογυμνώσας τά κρυπτά τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ πέπεισται ἐκ προοιμίων, εἴ γε καί ὁπωσοῦν γνῶσιν κέκτηται, ὅτι μυρίων ὑπάρχει θανάτων ἄξιος, καί διά τῆς ὑπακοῆς αὐτοῦ καί τῆς ταπεινώσεως πάσης τιμωρίας καί κολάσεως λυτρωθῆναι πιστεύει, εἰ ὡς ἀληθῶς ἄρα τοῦ μυστηρίου τόν τρόπον ἐπίσταται
因為修道者一開始就進入這審判、剖露自己心中的隱祕,若他多少具有這方面的知識,便從一開始就深信自己該受無數次的死,也相信藉著自己的順服與謙卑,能從一切懲罰刑戮中得蒙救贖——只要他確實真正明白這奧祕的道理。
For the monk who has entered this tribunal from the beginning and stripped bare the secrets of his heart is persuaded from the outset — if indeed he has acquired knowledge in any way at all — that he is worthy of countless deaths, and believes that through his obedience and humility he is redeemed from all punishment and chastisement, if indeed he truly understands the manner of the mystery.
1:3462
Ὁ ἀνεξάλειπτα ταῦτα φυλάττων ἐν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ διανοίᾳ τήν καρδίαν οὐδέποτε κινηθήσεται, παιδευόμενος ἤ νουθετούμενος ἤ ἐλεγχόμενος, ἐπειδή ὁ ἐμπίπτων τοῖς τοιούτοις κακοῖς, λέγω δέ τῇ ἀντιλογίᾳ καί ἀπιστίᾳ τῇ πρός τόν πνευματικόν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καί διδάσκαλον, εἰς πέταυρον καί βυθόν ᾅδου ἔτι ζῶν ἐλεεινῶς καταφέρεται καί οἶκος τοῦ Σατανᾶ καί πάσης αὐτοῦ τῆς ἀκαθάρτου () δυνάμεως γίνεται, ὡς ἀπειθείας καί ἀπωλείας υἱός ξ΄
凡在心中不可磨滅地持守這些道理的人,無論受管教、勸戒或責備,心必永不動搖;因為凡陷入這類惡事——就是我所說對屬靈父親與師傅的頂撞與不信——的人,雖然還活著,卻已可悲地墜入陰間的深坑與深淵,成了撒但和牠一切污穢權勢的居所,如同悖逆與滅亡之子。
He who keeps these things indelibly in his mind will never be shaken in heart, whether being disciplined, admonished, or reproved, since he who falls into such evils — I mean into contradiction and unbelief toward his spiritual father and teacher — is, while yet living, wretchedly brought down into the pit and depth of Hades, and becomes a house of Satan and of all his unclean power, as a son of disobedience and destruction.
1:3463
Παρακαλῶ σε τόν τῆς ὑπακοῆς υἱόν ταῦτα στρέφειν συνεχῶς ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ σου καί πάσῃ σπουδῇ ἀγωνίσασθαι τοῦ μή κατελθεῖν ἐν τοῖς εἰρημένοις τοῦ ἅδου κακοῖς, ἀλλ οὕτω δέεσθαι τοῦ Θεοῦ θερμῶς καθ ἑκάστην καί λέγειν Θεέ καί Κύριε τῶν ἁπάντων, ὁ πάσης πνοῆς καί ψυχῆς ἔχων τήν ἐξουσίαν, ὁ μόνος ἰάσασθαί με δυνάμενος, ἐπάκουσόν μου τῆς δεήσεως τοῦ ταλαιπώρου καί τόν ἐν ἐμοί ἐμφωλεύοντα δράκοντα τῇ τοῦ παναγίου σου Πνεύματος ἐπιφοιτήσει θανατώσας ἀφάνισον κἀμέ πτωχόν καί γυμνόν πάσης ὑπάρχοντα ἀρετῆς τοῖς τοῦ ἁγίου μου πατρός ποσί μετά δακρύων προσπεσεῖν ἀξίωσον καί τήν ἁγίαν αὐτοῦ ψυχήν εἰς συμπάθειαν τοῦ ἐλεῆσαί με ἕλκυσον
我懇求你,這順服之子啊,要不斷在心中反覆思想這些話,並竭盡全力奮鬥,免得墜入前面所說陰間的種種惡事;反倒要如此每日懇切祈求神說:「萬有的神與主啊,祢掌管一切氣息與靈魂的權柄,唯獨祢能醫治我,求祢垂聽我這困苦人的懇求;願祢藉著祢至聖聖靈的臨到,將潛伏在我裡面的那條龍治死、除滅;也求祢使我這貧窮、毫無美德可言的人,配得含淚俯伏在我聖潔父親的腳前,並吸引他那聖潔的靈魂心生憐憫,憐恤我。」
I exhort you, son of obedience, to turn these things over continually in your mind, and to strive with all zeal not to fall down into the aforesaid evils of Hades, but rather to entreat God fervently each day, saying: 'O God and Lord of all, who have authority over every breath and soul, who alone are able to heal me, hearken to my supplication, wretched as I am, and by the visitation of your all-holy Spirit put to death and destroy the dragon lurking within me; and count me — poor and stripped of every virtue — worthy to fall with tears at the feet of my holy father, and draw his holy soul to compassion, that he may have mercy on me.'
1:3464
Οἱ καλόν τόν θεμέλιον τῆς πίστεως καί ἐλπίδος ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ καταβαλόντες τῆς εὐσεβείας μετά φόβου καί τρόμου, καί ἐπί τήν πέτραν τῆς ὑπακοῆς τῶν πνευματικῶν πατέρων τούς πόδας ἀσαλεύτους ἐρείσαντες, καί ὡς ἐκ Θεοῦ στόματος τά παρ ἐκείνων ἐντελλόμενα ἀκούοντες, καί τῷ θεμελίῳ τούτῳ τῆς ὑπακοῆς ἀδιστάκτως ἐποικοδομοῦντες αὐτά ἐν ταπεινώσει ψυχῆς, εὐθύς κατορθοῦσι, καί κατορθοῦται αὐτοῖς τό μέγα τοῦτο καί πρῶτον κατόρθωμα, τό ἑαυτούς ἀπαρνήσασθαι
那些以懼怕戰兢在敬虔的庭院中打下信與望之美好根基的人,將雙腳穩固不移地立於順服屬靈父親的磐石之上,聆聽父親所吩咐的話語有如出自神口,並毫不遲疑地在靈魂的謙卑中,在這順服的根基上建造——這樣的人立即得以成就,且在他們身上成就了這偉大而首要的成就,就是:棄絕自己。
Those who have laid a good foundation of faith and hope in the court of piety with fear and trembling, and have fixed their feet unshaken upon the rock of obedience to their spiritual fathers, hearing what is enjoined by them as from the mouth of God, and building upon this foundation of obedience without hesitation, in humility of soul — such immediately succeed, and there is accomplished in them this great and first achievement: the denial of self.
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