The Confessions of St. Augustine — Page 2
And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him, I shall be calling Him to myself?
では、どのようにして私は私の神、私の神にして主を呼び求めればよいのでしょうか。なぜなら、神を呼び求めるとき、私は神を私自身のもとへと呼び求めることになるからです。
and what room is there within me, whither my God can come into me?
私の神が私の中へ入ってくることのできる場所が、私の内にどこにあるというのでしょうか。
whither can God come into me, God who made heaven and earth?
天と地を造られた神が、どこから私の中へ入ってくることができるというのでしょうか。
is there, indeed, O Lord my God, aught in me that can contain Thee?
わが神なる主よ、あなたを収めることのできるものが、果たして私の中にあるのでしょうか。
do then heaven and earth, which Thou hast made, and wherein Thou hast made me, contain Thee?
あなたが造られた天と地、そしてその中にあなたが私を造られた天と地が、あなたを収めているのでしょうか。
or, because nothing which exists could exist without Thee, doth therefore whatever exists contain Thee?
あるいは、存在するものは何一つあなたなしには存在できないがゆえに、存在するものはすべてあなたを内に含んでいるということでしょうか。
Since, then, I too exist, why do I seek that Thou shouldest enter into me, who were not, wert Thou not in me?
それならば、私もまた存在しているのに、なぜ私はあなたが私の中へ入ってくることを求めるのでしょうか。あなたが私の中にいなければ、私は存在しなかったのですから。
Why? because I am not gone down in hell, and yet Thou art there also.
なぜか。それは、私は地獄に下ったわけではないのに、あなたはそこにもおられるからです。
For if I go down into hell, Thou art there.
なぜなら、私が地獄に下るとしても、あなたはそこにおられるからです。
I could not be then, O my God, could not be at all, wert Thou not in me; or, rather, unless I were in Thee, of whom are all things, by whom are all things, in whom are all things?
わが神よ、あなたが私の中にいなければ、私はまったく存在できなかったでしょう。いや、むしろ、すべてのものがそこから出て、すべてのものがそれによってあり、すべてのものがその中にあるあなたの中に、私がいなければ、存在できなかったのです。
Even so, Lord, even so.
まさにそのとおりです、主よ、まさにそのとおりです。
Whither do I call Thee, since I am in Thee? or whence canst Thou enter into me?
私があなたの中にいるのに、どこへ向かってあなたを呼び求めるのでしょうか。あるいは、あなたはどこから私の中へ入ってこられるのでしょうか。
for whither can I go beyond heaven and earth, that thence my God should come into me, who hath said, I fill the heaven and the earth.
天と地を超えてどこへ私は行くことができるというのでしょうか。「わたしは天と地に満ちている」と言われた私の神が、そこから私の中へ来てくださるために。
Do the heaven and earth then contain Thee, since Thou fillest them?
あなたが天と地に満ちておられるのなら、天と地はあなたを収めているということになるのでしょうか。
Vocabulary
- では
- de wa — Well then; used to transition topics or conclude
- どの
- dono — Which; used to ask which item among options
- よう
- you — Way, manner, appearance, or resemblance
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or purpose
- し
- shi — And; verb conjunctive form listing multiple actions
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions
- 私
- watashi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating sentence subject
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- 神
- kami — God, deity, divine being
- 主
- nushi / shu — Lord, master, owner, God as Lord
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object
- 呼び求め
- yobimotome — Calling out to, seeking by calling upon someone
- れ
- re — Passive or imperative verbal suffix
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when
- よい
- yoi — Good, fine, acceptable
- で
- de — Particle indicating place, means, or copula form
- しょう
- shou — Volitional auxiliary suggesting let's or shall we
- か
- ka — Question-marking sentence-ending particle
- なぜ
- naze — Why; asking for a reason or cause
- なら
- nara — If, given that; conditional conjunction
- 呼び求める
- yobimotomeru — To call upon, to seek by calling out to
- とき
- toki — Time, moment, when something occurs
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself, himself, herself; reflexive pronoun
- もと
- moto — Place, origin, beside someone, at one's side
- へ
- he — Directional particle meaning toward or to
- と
- to — Particle meaning and, with, or quotation marker
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, matter; nominalizer for verbs
- なる
- naru — To become, to result in
- から
- kara — Because, from; indicating reason or starting point
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning is, am, are
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; also means but
- 中
- naka — Inside, within, among
- 入っ
- haitte — Entering, going inside (conjunctive form of 入る)
- くる
- kuru — To come, to come about
- できる
- dekiru — To be able to, to be possible
- 場所
- basho — Place, location, spot
- 内
- uchi / nai — Inside, within, interior
- どこ
- doko — Where; asking about a location
- ある
- aru — To exist, to be (for inanimate things)
- という
- to iu — Called, known as; quoting or defining something
- 天
- ten — Heaven, sky, the heavens
- 地
- chi — Earth, ground, land
- 造ら
- tsukura — Creating, making (stem of 造る, to create)
- た
- ta — Past tense verb suffix
- わが
- waga — My, our; literary possessive pronoun
- よ
- yo — Sentence-ending particle for emphasis or assertion
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person singular pronoun
- 収める
- osameru — To contain, store, or bring under control
- もの
- mono — Thing, object, person; nominalizing suffix
- 果たし
- hatashi — Accomplishing, fulfilling (conjunctive form of 果たす)
- そし
- soshi — And then, and so; conjunctive (form of そして)
- その
- sono — That, those; demonstrative adjective
- 収め
- osame — Containing, storing (stem form of 収める)
- いる
- iru — To be, to exist (for animate beings)
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence, being, presence
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose verb
- 何
- nani — What; interrogative pronoun
- 一つ
- hitotsu — One thing; also means a single unit
- なし
- nashi — Without, none, lacking something
- でき
- deki — Being possible (stem of できる)
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary meaning not, does not exist
- ゆえ
- yue — Therefore, because; literary causal expression
- すべ
- sube — All, every; archaic/literary form of すべて
- 含ん
- fukun — Including, containing (conjunctive of 含む)
- それ
- sore — That, it; mid-distance demonstrative pronoun
- も
- mo — Also, too, even; inclusive particle
- また
- mata — Also, again, moreover
- 求める
- motomeru — To seek, to request, to desire something
- い
- i — Verb stem of いる or continuative suffix
- なけれ
- nakere — Must not be without; negative conditional base
- なかっ
- nakatta (stem) — Was not; past negative verb stem
- 地獄
- jigoku — Hell, the underworld, place of suffering
- 下っ
- kudatte — Descending, going down (conjunctive of 下る)
- わけ
- wake — Reason, meaning, circumstance, cause
- そこ
- soko — There, that place; mid-distance location pronoun
- れる
- reru — Passive, potential, or spontaneous verb suffix
- 下る
- kudaru — To descend, to go down
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely, entirely, utterly, not at all (negation)
- いや
- iya — No, unpleasant; expression of refusal or discomfort
- むしろ
- mushiro — Rather, on the contrary, preferably
- 出
- de — Going out, leaving (stem of 出る)
- よっ
- yotte — By means of, due to (conjunctive of よる)
- あり
- ari — There is, existing (classical form of ある)
- まさに
- masani — Exactly, precisely, truly, just as expected
- とおり
- toori — As, in accordance with, just as stated
- 向かっ
- mukatte — Facing, heading toward (conjunctive of 向かう)
- 超え
- koe — Exceeding, surpassing, going beyond
- 行く
- iku — To go, to proceed
- わたし
- watashi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun (hiragana)
- 満ち
- michi — Filling, being full (conjunctive of 満ちる)
- 言わ
- iwa — Saying (stem form of 言う, to say)
- 来
- ki / ko — Coming (stem of 来る, to come)
- くださる
- kudasaru — To give, to do for me (honorific form)
- ため
- tame — For the sake of, in order to, because of
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