Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None — Page 5
He assumes that Christianity, as a product of the resentment of the botched and the weak, has put in ban all that is beautiful, strong, proud, and powerful, in fact all the qualities resulting from strength, and that, in consequence, all forces which tend to promote or elevate life have been seriously undermined.
彼は、キリスト教が失敗者と弱者の憤恨の産物として、美しく、強く、誇り高く、力強いものすべてを、実際には強さから生じるあらゆる資質を禁じており、その結果、生を促進し高めようとするあらゆる力が深刻に損なわれてきたと主張する。
Now, however, a new table of valuations must be placed over mankind—namely, that of the strong, mighty, and magnificent man, overflowing with life and elevated to his zenith—the Superman, who is now put before us with overpowering passion as the aim of our life, hope, and will.
しかし今や、新たな価値の体系が人類の上に置かれなければならない――すなわち、生に満ち溢れ頂点へと高められた、強く、力強く、壮大な人間のそれであり――超人こそが、我々の生と希望と意志の目標として、圧倒的な情熱をもって今や我々の前に提示されるのである。
And just as the old system of valuing, which only extolled the qualities favourable to the weak, the suffering, and the oppressed, has succeeded in producing a weak, suffering, and "modern" race, so this new and reversed system of valuing ought to rear a healthy, strong, lively, and courageous type, which would be a glory to life itself.
そして、弱者、苦しむ者、抑圧された者に有利な資質のみを称えた古い価値体系が、弱く、苦しみ、「近代的な」人種を生み出すことに成功したように、この新たな逆転した価値体系は、健康で、強く、活発で、勇敢な類型を育み、それは生そのものの栄光となるべきである。
Stated briefly, the leading principle of this new system of valuing would be: "All that proceeds from power is good, all that springs from weakness is bad."
簡潔に述べれば、この新たな価値体系の主導原理はこうなるであろう。「力から生じるものはすべて善であり、弱さから生じるものはすべて悪である。」
This type must not be regarded as a fanciful figure: it is not a nebulous hope which is to be realised at some indefinitely remote period, thousands of years hence; nor is it a new species (in the Darwinian sense) of which we can know nothing, and which it would therefore be somewhat absurd to strive after.
この類型は空想的な形象と見なされてはならない。それは、数千年先のどこか漠然と遠い時代に実現されるべき曖昧な希望ではなく、また我々が何も知ることのできないダーウィン的意味での新たな種でもなく、したがってそれを目指すことが幾分か不合理となるようなものでもない。
Vocabulary
- 彼
- kare — He; him; that person (male).
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the subject.
- キリスト教
- Kirisutokyō — Christianity; the Christian religion.
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle; but; however.
- 失敗者
- shippai-sha — A loser; person who has failed.
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle.
- 弱者
- jakusha — The weak; vulnerable or powerless person.
- の
- no — Possessive/linking particle indicating belonging or description.
- 憤恨
- funkon — Deep resentment; bitter indignation or grudge.
- 産物
- sanbutsu — Product; outcome; something produced by a cause.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of verb suru; and; doing.
- て
- te — Connective particle linking sequential actions.
- 美し
- utsukushi — Beautiful; aesthetically pleasing (stem form).
- く
- ku — Adverbial suffix turning adjectives into adverbs.
- 強く
- tsuyoku — Strongly; in a powerful or forceful manner.
- 誇り高く
- hokori takaku — Proudly; with great dignity and self-respect.
- 力強い
- chikarazuyoi — Powerful; strong and full of energy.
- もの
- mono — Thing; person; entity (abstract or concrete).
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; entirely without exception.
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in reality; in practice.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time.
- 強さ
- tsuyosa — Strength; the quality of being strong.
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point particle.
- 生じる
- shōjiru — To arise; to occur; to be produced from.
- あらゆる
- arayuru — All kinds of; every possible type.
- 資質
- shishitsu — Natural qualities; innate character or aptitude.
- 禁じ
- kinji — To prohibit; to forbid (conjunctive form).
- おり
- ori — Conjunctive form of iru; being; existing (humble).
- その
- sono — That; the (demonstrative adjective).
- 結果
- kekka — Result; outcome; consequence of an action.
- 生
- sei / nama — Life; raw; living; birth.
- 促進
- sokushin — Promotion; acceleration; fostering of development.
- 高め
- takame — To raise; to elevate; to enhance (conjunctive).
- よう
- yō — Appears to; in order to; way/manner.
- する
- suru — To do; to perform an action.
- 力
- chikara — Power; strength; force; ability.
- 深刻
- shinkoku — Serious; grave; deeply severe in nature.
- 損なわ
- sokonawa — To damage; to harm; to impair (passive stem).
- れ
- re — Passive/potential auxiliary verb suffix.
- た
- ta — Past tense suffix for verbs.
- 主張
- shuchō — Claim; assertion; argument put forward.
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless.
- 今や
- ima ya — Now; by now; at this point in time.
- 新た
- arata — New; fresh; newly established.
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle (na-adjective form).
- 価値
- kachi — Value; worth; importance of something.
- 体系
- taikei — System; framework; organized structure of ideas.
- 人類
- jinrui — Humanity; mankind; the human race.
- 上
- ue — Above; on top of; upper position.
- 置か
- oka — To place; to put; to set (passive stem).
- なけれ
- nakere — Must; conditional negative necessity form.
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when.
- なら
- nara — If it is; conditional form of da.
- ない
- nai — Negation; does not exist; is not.
- すなわち
- sunawachi — That is to say; namely; in other words.
- 満ち溢れ
- michifure — Overflowing; brimming over with abundance.
- 頂点
- chōten — Apex; summit; highest point of something.
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning toward or to.
- られ
- rare — Passive/potential auxiliary verb suffix.
- 力強く
- chikarazuyoku — Powerfully; in a strong and energetic manner.
- 壮大
- sōdai — Grand; magnificent; on a vast scale.
- 人間
- ningen — Human being; person; humanity.
- それ
- sore — That; it (demonstrative pronoun).
- で
- de — Particle indicating place, means, or cause.
- あり
- ari — To be; to exist (conjunctive form).
- 超人
- chōjin — Superman; Übermensch; superhuman being.
- こそ
- koso — Emphatic particle meaning precisely or indeed.
- 我々
- wareware — We; us; our group (formal plural).
- 希望
- kibō — Hope; wish; aspiration for the future.
- 意志
- ishi — Will; volition; determination to act.
- 目標
- mokuhyō — Goal; objective; target to aim for.
- 圧倒的
- attōteki — Overwhelming; overpowering in scale or force.
- 情熱
- jōnetsu — Passion; fervent enthusiasm or ardor.
- もっ
- motte (mo-) — Holding; with; by means of (conjunctive).
- 前
- mae — Before; in front of; previous.
- 提示
- teiji — Presentation; showing; putting forward an idea.
- さ
- sa — Nominalization suffix; passive stem marker.
- れる
- reru — Passive/potential verb suffix.
- ある
- aru — To exist; there is; to be (inanimate).
- そして
- soshite — And then; and; furthermore.
- 苦しむ
- kurushimu — To suffer; to be in pain or distress.
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; one who; individual with a role.
- 抑圧
- yokuatsu — Oppression; suppression; holding down by force.
- 有利
- yūri — Advantageous; favorable; beneficial.
- み
- mi — Seeing; suffix nominalizing an adjective's degree.
- 称え
- tatae — To praise; to extol; to honor (conjunctive).
- 古い
- furui — Old; aged; antiquated.
- 弱く
- yowaku — Weakly; in a feeble or powerless manner.
- 苦しみ
- kurushimi — Suffering; pain; anguish; distress.
- 近代的
- kindaiteki — Modern; relating to the modern era.
- 人種
- jinshu — Race; ethnic group; human racial category.
- 生み出す
- umidasu — To produce; to create; to give birth to.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; act (nominalizer for verbs).
- 成功
- seikō — Success; achievement of a desired outcome.
- この
- kono — This (demonstrative adjective close to speaker).
- 逆転
- gyakuten — Reversal; overturning; turning upside down.
- 健康
- kenkō — Health; healthy condition of body or mind.
- 活発
- kappatsu — Lively; active; energetic and vigorous.
- 勇敢
- yūkan — Brave; courageous; bold in facing danger.
- 類型
- ruikei — Type; category; pattern or model.
- 育み
- hagukumi — Nurturing; fostering; raising with care.
- そのもの
- sono mono — Itself; the very thing; in itself.
- 栄光
- eikō — Glory; honor; splendor; great renown.
- なる
- naru — To become; to be; to turn into.
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; must (obligation particle).
- 簡潔
- kanketsu — Concise; brief and clear in expression.
- 述べれ
- nobere — To state; to express; to describe (conditional).
- 主導
- shudō — Leadership; taking the lead; guiding principle.
- 原理
- genri — Principle; fundamental rule or law.
- こう
- kō — Like this; in this way; thus.
- あろう
- arō — Probably is; volitional form of aru.
- 善
- zen — Good; goodness; virtue; moral rightness.
- 弱さ
- yowasa — Weakness; feebleness; lack of strength.
- 悪
- aku / waru — Evil; bad; wickedness; moral wrongness.
- 空想的
- kūsōteki — Fanciful; utopian; based on unrealistic imagination.
- 形象
- keishō — Image; figure; symbolic representation or form.
- 見なさ
- minasa — To regard as; to consider; to view (imperative stem).
- 数千年
- sūsennen — Several thousand years; many millennia.
- 先
- saki — Ahead; future; tip; beyond.
- どこ
- doko — Where; what place; some unspecified location.
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; some (indefinite).
- 漠然
- bakuzen — Vague; hazy; unclear and indefinite.
- 遠い
- tōi — Far; distant; remote in space or time.
- 時代
- jidai — Era; age; period of history.
- 実現
- jitsugen — Realization; actualization; bringing into reality.
- 曖昧
- aimai — Ambiguous; vague; unclear in meaning.
- なく
- naku — Without; not being; negating existence.
- また
- mata — Also; again; moreover; additionally.
- 何
- nani / nan — What; something; anything.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; emphatic particle.
- 知る
- shiru — To know; to be aware of; to learn.
- でき
- deki — To be able; can; possibility (conjunctive).
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning -like; -ic; related to.
- 意味
- imi — Meaning; sense; significance of something.
- 種
- shu / tane — Species; kind; type; biological species.
- したがって
- shitagatte — Therefore; consequently; as a result.
- 目指す
- mezasu — To aim for; to aspire toward; to target.
- 幾分
- ikubun — Somewhat; to some extent; partly.
- 不合理
- fugōri — Irrational; unreasonable; lacking logical basis.
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