The Confessions of St. Augustine — Page 4
Most highest, most good, most potent, most omnipotent; most merciful, yet most just; most hidden, yet most present; most beautiful, yet most strong, stable, yet incomprehensible; unchangeable, yet all-changing; never new, never old;
最も崇高にして、最も善く、最も力強く、最も全能であり、最も慈悲深くも、最も公正であり、最も隠れていても、最も現れており、最も美しくも、最も強く、安定しながらも、理解し難く、変わらずして、すべてを変え、決して新しくなく、決して古くなく、
all-renewing, and bringing age upon the proud, and they know it not; ever working, ever at rest; still gathering, yet nothing lacking; supporting, filling, and overspreading; creating, nourishing, and maturing; seeking, yet having all things.
すべてを新たにし、傲慢な者に老いをもたらしながら、彼らはそれを知らず、常に働き、常に安らかであり、絶えず集めながらも欠けることなく、支え、満たし、覆い、創り、養い、成熟させ、求めながらも、すべてのものを持つ。
Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet grievest not; art angry, yet serene; changest Thy works, Thy purpose unchanged; receivest again what Thou findest, yet didst never lose; never in need, yet rejoicing in gains; never covetous, yet exacting usury.
あなたは情念なく愛し、不安なく妬み、後悔しながらも嘆かず、怒りながらも平静であり、御業を変えながらも御旨は変わらず、見出すものを再び受け取りながら、かつて失ったことはなく、必要とすることなく利益を喜び、貪ることなく利息を求める。
Thou receivest over and above, that Thou mayest owe; and who hath aught that is not Thine?
あなたは負い目を持てるよう、余りあるほどに受け取られ、あなたのものでないものを持つ者が誰かいようか。
Thou payest debts, owing nothing; remittest debts, losing nothing.
あなたは何も負わずに負債を払い、何も失わずに負債を免じる。
And what had I now said, my God, my life, my holy joy? or what saith any man when he speaks of Thee?
わが神よ、わが命よ、わが聖なる喜びよ、今私は何を言ったのであろうか。あるいは、あなたについて語るとき、いかなる人が何を言えようか。
Yet woe to him that speaketh not, since mute are even the most eloquent.
しかし、語らない者は禍いである、最も雄弁な者でさえも口を閉ざすのだから。
Oh! that I might repose on Thee! Oh! that Thou wouldest enter into my heart, and inebriate it, that I may forget my ills, and embrace Thee, my sole good!
ああ、あなたの中に憩うことができれば！ああ、あなたがわが心に入り、それを酔わせてくれれば、わが苦しみを忘れ、わが唯一の善であるあなたを抱きしめることができるのに！
What art Thou to me? In Thy pity, teach me to utter it.
あなたは私にとって何なのか。御憐れみをもって、それを語る術を教えてください。
Or what am I to Thee that Thou demandest my love, and, if I give it not, art wroth with me, and threatenest me with grievous woes?
あるいは、あなたが私の愛を求め、もし私がそれを捧げなければ、私に怒り、重い禍いをもって私を脅かすとは、私はあなたにとって何者なのか。
Vocabulary
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; to the greatest degree
- 崇高
- suukoo — Sublime, lofty, noble in character
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or target
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form; 'and also'
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- 善く
- yoku — Well, in a good manner
- 力強く
- chikarazuyoku — Powerfully, with great strength
- 全能
- zennou — Omnipotence, having all power
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action
- あり
- ari — To be, exist (formal conjunctive form)
- 慈悲
- jihi — Compassion, mercy, benevolence
- 深く
- fukaku — Deeply, profoundly
- も
- mo — Also, even, too (particle)
- 公正
- kousei — Justice, fairness, impartiality
- 隠れ
- kakure — Hidden, concealed (stem form)
- い
- i — Verb stem of iru (to be, exist)
- 現れ
- araware — Appearing, manifesting, becoming visible
- おり
- ori — Humble/formal form of 'to be'
- 美しく
- utsukushiku — Beautifully, in a beautiful manner
- 強く
- tsuyoku — Strongly, with great force
- 安定
- antei — Stability, steadiness, being settled
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; despite, although
- 理解
- rikai — Understanding, comprehension
- 難く
- kataku — Difficult, hard to do
- 変わら
- kawara — Not changing (negative stem form)
- ず
- zu — Negative grammatical suffix; without doing
- すべて
- subete — Everything, all, entirely
- を
- wo — Object marker particle
- 変え
- kae — To change, transform something
- 決し
- kesshi — Decidedly, absolutely (in negative: never)
- 新しく
- atarashiku — Newly, in a new way
- なく
- naku — Without, not being (conjunctive negative)
- 古く
- furuku — Old, ancient, in an old manner
- 新た
- arata — Fresh, new, renewed
- 傲慢
- gouman — Arrogance, haughtiness, pride
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking noun modifier
- 者
- mono — Person, one who does something
- 老い
- oi — Old age, aging, growing old
- もたらし
- motarashi — To bring about, cause, produce
- 彼ら
- karera — They, them (third person plural)
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle
- それ
- sore — That, it (pronoun)
- 知ら
- shira — To know (negative/conjunctive stem)
- 常に
- tsuneni — Always, constantly, at all times
- 働き
- hataraki — Work, labor, function, activity
- 安らか
- yasuraka — Peaceful, tranquil, calm
- 絶えず
- taezu — Ceaselessly, without interruption, constantly
- 集め
- atsume — To gather, collect, bring together
- 欠ける
- kakeru — To be lacking, missing, chipped
- こと
- koto — Thing, matter, fact (abstract noun)
- 支え
- sasae — To support, sustain, hold up
- 満たし
- mitashi — To fill, satisfy, fulfill
- 覆い
- ooi — To cover, spread over, envelop
- 創り
- tsukuri — To create, make, bring into being
- 養い
- yashinai — To nourish, nurture, raise, foster
- 成熟
- seijuku — Maturity, ripeness, full development
- さ
- sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives; degree marker
- せ
- se — Causative verb suffix; make/let do
- 求め
- motome — To seek, desire, request, demand
- の
- no — Possessive/nominalizing particle
- もの
- mono — Thing, object, one who (nominalizer)
- 持つ
- motsu — To hold, have, possess, carry
- あなた
- anata — You (second person pronoun)
- 情念
- jounen — Passion, deep emotion, obsessive feeling
- 愛し
- aishi — To love, to cherish deeply
- 不安
- fuan — Anxiety, unease, insecurity
- 妬み
- netami — Jealousy, envy, resentment
- 後悔
- koukai — Regret, remorse for past actions
- 嘆か
- nageka — To lament, grieve, sigh with sorrow
- 怒り
- ikari — Anger, wrath, rage
- 平静
- heisei — Calmness, composure, equanimity
- 見出す
- miidasu — To find, discover, identify something
- 再び
- futatabi — Again, once more, a second time
- 受け取り
- uketori — To receive, accept, take in
- かつて
- katsute — Once, formerly, in the past
- 失っ
- ushinat- — To lose, be deprived of something
- た
- ta — Past tense grammatical suffix
- 必要
- hitsuyou — Necessity, need, requirement
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- する
- suru — To do, to make, to perform
- 利益
- rieki — Profit, benefit, gain, advantage
- 喜び
- yorokobi — Joy, delight, happiness
- 貪る
- musaboru — To covet, devour greedily, be greedy
- 利息
- risoku — Interest (financial), return on investment
- 求める
- motomeru — To seek, demand, request, desire
- 負い目
- oime — Debt, sense of obligation, guilt
- 持て
- mote — Imperative/potential form of to hold
- る
- ru — Verb ending (dictionary/present form)
- よう
- you — So that, in order to (expression)
- 余り
- amari — Remainder, excess, too much
- ある
- aru — To exist, to have, there is
- ほど
- hodo — To the extent that, about, degree
- 受け取ら
- uketora — To receive (negative/conditional stem)
- れ
- re — Passive/potential auxiliary verb suffix
- ない
- nai — Negative verb ending; does not exist
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; but, however
- 誰
- dare — Who, someone (interrogative pronoun)
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; someone (indefinite)
- う
- u — Volitional suffix; let's, shall
- 何
- nani — What, something (interrogative pronoun)
- 負わ
- owa — To bear, owe, carry (a burden/debt)
- 負債
- fusai — Debt, liability, financial obligation
- 払い
- harai — Payment, paying off, clearing a debt
- 失わ
- ushinawa — To lose, forfeit (negative/passive stem)
- 免じる
- menjiru — To forgive, excuse, pardon, exempt
- わが
- waga — My, our (formal possessive pronoun)
- 神
- kami — God, deity, divine being
- よ
- yo — Vocative/exclamatory sentence-final particle
- 命
- inochi — Life, soul, existence
- 聖なる
- seinaru — Holy, sacred, divine
- 今
- ima — Now, at this moment, currently
- 私
- watashi — I, me (first person pronoun)
- 言っ
- it- — To say, speak (conjunctive stem)
- あろう
- arou — Probably is; volitional form of aru
- あるいは
- aruiwa — Or, alternatively, either way
- つい
- tsui — Unintentionally, inadvertently, just now
- 語る
- kataru — To speak, narrate, tell a story
- とき
- toki — Time, moment, occasion when
- いかなる
- ikanaru — Whatever kind of, any sort of
- 人
- hito — Person, human being, someone
- 言え
- ie — Imperative/potential form of to say
- しかし
- shikashi — However, but, nevertheless
- 語ら
- katara — To speak, tell (negative/conditional stem)
- 禍い
- wazawai — Misfortune, calamity, disaster, woe
- 雄弁
- yuuben — Eloquence, powerful and persuasive speech
- さえ
- sae — Even, as long as, if only
- 口
- kuchi — Mouth, opening, entrance
- 閉ざす
- tozasu — To close, shut, seal off
- だ
- da — Copula; is, am, are (plain form)
- から
- kara — From; because, since (particle)
- ああ
- aa — Ah, oh (exclamation of emotion)
- 中
- naka — Inside, within, middle, among
- 憩う
- ikou — To rest, relax, take repose
- できれ
- dekire — Conditional form of can/be able to
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle; if, when
- 心
- kokoro — Heart, mind, spirit, inner self
- 入り
- iri — To enter, go into (stem form)
- 酔わ
- yowa — To become intoxicated, drunk, absorbed
- くれれ
- kurere — Conditional of giving (to me) verb
- 苦しみ
- kurushimi — Suffering, pain, anguish, agony
- 忘れ
- wasure — To forget, lose memory of
- 唯一
- yuiitsu — Only one, unique, sole
- 善
- zen — Good, virtue, goodness, moral good
- 抱きしめる
- dakishimeru — To embrace tightly, hold close
- できる
- dekiru — To be able to, can, be possible
- とっ
- tot- — To take, to get (conjunctive stem)
- 御
- mi / go — Honorific prefix for sacred/divine things
- 憐れみ
- awaremi — Pity, compassion, mercy, sympathy
- もっ
- mot- — To have, hold (conjunctive stem)
- 術
- jutsu — Technique, art, skill, method
- 教え
- oshie — Teaching, lesson, instruction, doctrine
- ください
- kudasai — Please give/do (polite request form)
- 愛
- ai — Love, affection, devotion
- もし
- moshi — If, in case, supposing that
- 捧げ
- sasage — To offer, dedicate, devote, present
- なけれ
- nakere — Conditional negative; if there is not
- 重い
- omoi — Heavy, serious, weighty, burdensome
- 脅かす
- odokasu — To threaten, intimidate, menace
- 何者
- nanimono — Who, what kind of person, whoever
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