The Confessions of St. Augustine — Page 2
我该如何呼唤我的神,我的神和主,因为当我呼唤祂时,我是在呼唤祂到我这里来?
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?
我内心有什么地方,能让我的神进入我里面呢?
and what room is there within me, whither my God can come into me?
神怎能进入我里面——那创造了天地的神?
whither can God come into me, God who made heaven and earth?
主啊,我的神,我里面真的有什么能容纳祢的吗?
is there, indeed, O Lord my God, aught in me that can contain Thee?
那么,祢所创造的天地,以及祢在其中所创造的我,能容纳祢吗?
do then heaven and earth, which Thou hast made, and wherein Thou hast made me, contain Thee?
或者,因为凡存在之物若无祢则不能存在,所以凡存在之物都容纳祢吗?
or, because nothing which exists could exist without Thee, doth therefore whatever exists contain Thee?
既然如此,我也存在,那我为何还要求祢进入我里面呢——若祢不在我里面,我本就不会存在。
Since, then, I too exist, why do I seek that Thou shouldest enter into me, who were not, wert Thou not in me?
为何呢?因为我虽未下到阴间,祢却也在那里。
Why? because I am not gone down in hell, and yet Thou art there also.
因为我若下到阴间,祢也在那里。
For if I go down into hell, Thou art there.
我的神啊,若祢不在我里面,我就根本不能存在;
I could not be then, O my God, could not be at all, wert Thou not in me;
或者更确切地说,若我不在祢里面,我就不能存在——万物都从祢而出,借祢而成,在祢里面存在。
or, rather, unless I were in Thee, of whom are all things, by whom are all things, in whom are all things?
正是如此,主啊,正是如此。
Even so, Lord, even so.
我既在祢里面,又往哪里呼唤祢呢?祢又从哪里进入我里面呢?
Whither do I call Thee, since I am in Thee? or whence canst Thou enter into me?
因为我能超越天地去到哪里,使我的神从那里来到我这里呢——祂曾说:我充满天地。
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.
那么,天地既然被祢充满,天地就能容纳祢吗?
Do the heaven and earth then contain Thee, since Thou fillest them?
Vocabulary
- how
- 疑问词,表示方式或程度
- shall
- 助动词,表示将来或意愿
- call
- 呼唤、称呼或打电话
- upon
- 介词,表示"在……之上"或"向"
- God
- 神,上帝,宗教中的最高存在
- Lord
- 主,上主,对神或贵族的尊称
- since
- 自从;因为,表示原因或时间起点
- calling
- 呼唤,召唤;职业或使命
- myself
- 反身代词,"我自己"
- room
- 房间;空间,容纳之处
- within
- 介词,表示"在……内部"
- whither
- 古英语疑问副词,"往哪里"
- heaven
- 天堂,天空,神圣居所
- earth
- 地球,大地,土地
- indeed
- 副词,"确实,的确",表示强调
- O
- 感叹词,古语中表示呼唤或祈祷
- aught
- 古英语词,表示"任何事物"
- contain
- 容纳,包含,装得下
- Thee
- 古英语宾格,"你"(指神,正式)
- Thou
- 古英语第二人称主格,"你"(指神)
- hast
- 古英语have的第二人称单数,"你有"
- wherein
- 正式用语,"在其中,在哪里"
- nothing
- 代词,"什么都没有,无"
- exists
- exist的第三人称单数,"存在"
- exist
- 动词,"存在,生存"
- without
- 介词,"没有,缺少"
- doth
- 古英语does,第三人称单数现在时
- therefore
- 副词,"因此,所以",表示结论
- whatever
- 无论什么,任何事物
- Since
- 连词,"既然,因为",表示原因
- seek
- 动词,"寻找,追求"
- shouldest
- 古英语should第二人称单数形式
- enter
- 动词,"进入,加入"
- wert
- 古英语were第二人称单数,"你是"
- gone
- go的过去分词,"已去,离开"
- hell
- 地狱,宗教中罪人受苦之处
- yet
- 副词,"仍然,但是,尚未"
- art
- 古英语be第二人称单数,"你是"
- rather
- 副词,"宁可,相当,反而"
- unless
- 连词,"除非,如果不"
- whom
- who的宾格,"谁"(用于宾语)
- Even
- 副词,"甚至,连……也"
- even
- 副词,"甚至,连……也"
- Whither
- 古英语疑问副词,"往哪里去"
- whence
- 古英语,"从何处,从哪里来"
- canst
- 古英语can第二人称单数,"你能"
- beyond
- 介词,"超越,在……之外"
- thence
- 古英语副词,"从那里,由此"
- should
- 情态动词,表示建议或义务,"应该"
- hath
- 古英语has第三人称单数,"他有"
- fill
- 动词,"填满,充满"
- fillest
- 古英语fill第二人称单数,"你填满"
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