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第2章 The Way of Love——Bible

内容导读

爱是人类永恒的主题。《圣经》中亦不乏对爱的讨论,它是不朽的存在,是灵魂的基底,它使人隐忍包容,修缮完整人类对世界的认知,爱是心灵深处亘古不变的真理,任何事物缺少爱的支撑,都将只是昙花一现,注定要泯灭。

英文正文

If Ispeak in the tongues of men and of angels,but have not love,I am anoisy gong or aclanging cymbal.And if Ihave prophetic powers,and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,and if Ihave all faith,so as to remove mountains,but have not love,I am nothing.If Igive away all Ihave,and if Ideliver up my body to be burned,but have not love,I gain nothing.

Love is patient and kind;love does not envy or boast;it is not arrogant or rude.It does not insist on its own way;it is not irritable or resentful;it does not rejoice at wrongdoing,but rejoices with the truth.Love bears all things,believes all things,hopes all things,endures all things.

Love never ends.As for prophecies,they will pass away;as for tongues,they will cease;as for knowledge,it will pass away.For we know in part and we prophesy in part,but when the perfect comes,the partial will pass away.When Iwas achild,I spoke like achild,I thought like achild,I reasoned like achild.When Ibecame aman,I gave up childish ways.For now we see in amirror dimly,but then face to face.Now Iknow in part;then Ishall know fully,even as Ihave been fully known.

So now faith,hope,and love abide,these three;but the greatest of these is love.

中文译文

爱的颂歌

《圣经》

我若能说人间的方言和天使的圣语,但若没有爱,我就成了发声的锣,或发响的钹。我若有先知之恩,又明白一切奥秘和各种知识,我若有全备的信心,甚至能移山,但若没有爱,我什么也不算。我若把所有的财产全施舍了,我若舍身投火被焚,但若没有爱,为我毫无益处。

爱是舍忍的,爱是慈祥的,爱不嫉妒,不夸张,不自大,不做无礼的事,不求己益,不动怒,不图谋恶事,不以不义为乐,却与真理同乐。凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望,凡事忍耐。

爱永存不朽,而先知之恩,终必消失;语言之恩,终必停止;知识之恩,终必消逝。因为我们现在所知道的,只是局部的;我们做先知所讲的,也只是局部的;及至那圆满的一来到,局部的就必定消逝。当我是孩子的时候,说话像孩子,看事像孩子,思想像孩子;几时我一成了人,就把孩子的事丢弃了。我们现在是借着镜子观看,模糊不清,到那时,就要面对面地观看了。我现在所认识的,只是局部的,那时我就要全认清了,如同我全被认清一样。

现今存在的,有信、望、爱三样,但其中最大的是爱。

词汇速记

gong n. 锣

cymbal n. 钹

irritatable adj. 急躁的,易怒的

美句欣赏

① Love is patient and kind;love does not envy or boast;it is not arrogant or rude.It does not insist on its own way;it is not irritable or resentful;it does not rejoice at wrongdoing,but rejoices with the truth.Love bears all things,believes all things,hopes all things,endures all things.爱是舍忍的,爱是慈祥的,爱不嫉妒,不夸张,不自大,不做无礼的事,不求己益,不动怒,不图谋恶事,不以不义为乐,却与真理同乐。凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望,凡事忍耐。

② For we know in part and we prophesy in part,but when the perfect comes,the partial will pass away.因为我们现在所知道的,只是局部的;我们做先知所讲的,也只是局部的;及至那圆满的一来到,局部的就必定消逝。