Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 13
The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well nigh incurable form of disease.
一部の人々の絶え間ない不安と緊張は、ほとんど不治の病の一形態である。
We are made to exaggerate the importance of what work we do; and yet how much is not done by us!
私たちは自分たちがする仕事の重要性を誇張するように仕向けられている。それでいて、私たちによってなされていないことはなんと多いことか！
or, what if we had been taken sick?
あるいは、もし私たちが病気になっていたとしたらどうだろう？
How vigilant we are!
私たちはなんと用心深いことか！
determined not to live by faith if we can avoid it; all the day long on the alert, at night we unwillingly say our prayers and commit ourselves to uncertainties.
できることなら信仰によって生きることを拒み、一日中警戒し、夜には渋々祈りを唱えて不確かなものに身を委ねる。
So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change.
私たちは、自らの生を崇め、変化の可能性を否定しながら、これほどまでに徹底的かつ誠実に生きることを強いられている。
This is the only way, we say; but there are as many ways as there can be drawn radii from one centre.
これが唯一の道だと私たちは言う。しかし、一つの中心から引くことのできる半径の数だけ、道はあるのだ。
All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.
あらゆる変化は、思索するに値する奇跡である。しかしそれは、瞬間ごとに起きている奇跡なのだ。
Confucius said, "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."
孔子は言った、「知ることを知るとし、知らざることを知らずとする、これが真の知識である。」
When one man has reduced a fact of the imagination to be a fact to his understanding, I foresee that all men at length establish their lives on that basis.
一人の人間が想像上の事実を理解上の事実へと還元したとき、私はやがてすべての人々がその基盤の上に自らの生を築くであろうことを予見する。
Let us consider for a moment what most of the trouble and anxiety which I have referred to is about, and how much it is necessary that we be troubled, or, at least, careful.
私が言及してきた苦労や不安のほとんどが何についてのものであるか、そして私たちがどれほど悩む必要があるか、あるいは少なくとも注意深くある必要があるかについて、少し考えてみよう。
Vocabulary
- 一部
- ichibu — A part; a portion; some.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; persons; many people.
- 絶え間ない
- taemanai — Ceaseless; incessant; continuous without interruption.
- 不安
- fuan — Uneasiness; anxiety; worry; insecurity.
- 緊張
- kinchou — Tension; nervousness; strain.
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; nearly; practically; for the most part.
- 形態
- keitai — Form; shape; morphology; configuration.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be; to have.
- 私たち
- watashitachi — We; us; ourselves.
- 自分たち
- jibuntachi — We; us; ourselves; we ourselves.
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; to make.
- 仕事
- shigoto — Work; job; occupation; task.
- 重要性
- juuyousei — Importance; significance; weightiness.
- 誇張
- kochou — Exaggeration; overstatement; embellishment.
- よう
- you — Appearance; manner; way; style.
- られ
- rare — Potential passive suffix; can be; may be.
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist; to stay present.
- それ
- sore — That; it; that thing.
- いて
- ite — Present participle; being; having.
- ない
- nai — Not; no; absence; negation.
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; event; fact.
- なん
- nan — What; which; interrogative particle.
- 多い
- ooi — Many; abundant; numerous; plentiful.
- あるいは
- aruiha — Or; either; possibly; perhaps.
- もし
- moshi — If; in case; supposing; should.
- 病気
- byouki — Illness; disease; sickness; ailment.
- なっ
- na — Become; turn into; get; past tense.
- たら
- tara — If; when; conditional; past supposition.
- どう
- dou — How; in what way; what.
- だろ
- daro — I suppose; probably; likely; isn't it.
- できる
- dekiru — Can; be able to; possible; feasible.
- なら
- nara — If; in case of; that being so.
- 信仰
- shinkō — Faith; belief; religious conviction; creed.
- 生きる
- ikiru — To live; to be alive; to exist.
- 一日中
- ichinichijuu — All day; the whole day long.
- 警戒
- keikai — Vigilance; caution; alertness; wariness.
- 祈り
- inori — Prayer; supplication; wish; request.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; something; person.
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself; by oneself; personally; independently.
- 変化
- henka — Change; transformation; variation; shift.
- 可能性
- kanousei — Possibility; potential; likelihood; chance.
- 否定
- hitei — Negation; denial; rejection; refutation.
- ながら
- nagara — While; whilst; during; at the same time.
- これほど
- korehodo — This much; to this extent; so much.
- まで
- made — Until; till; to; up to; as far as.
- 徹底的
- tettekiteki — Thorough; complete; systematic; comprehensive.
- かつ
- katsu — And; also; moreover; at the same time.
- 誠実
- seijitsu — Sincerity; honesty; integrity; faithfulness.
- これ
- kore — This; this one; this thing here.
- 唯一
- yuiitsu — Only; sole; unique; one and only.
- 言う
- iu — To say; to speak; to tell; to call.
- しかし
- shikashi — But; however; yet; nevertheless; though.
- 一つ
- hitotsu — One; single; one item; one piece.
- 中心
- chuushin — Center; middle; core; heart; pivot.
- から
- kara — From; since; because; out of.
- 引く
- hiku — To pull; to draw; to attract; to subtract.
- 半径
- hankei — Radius; semi-diameter; distance from center.
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; merely; nothing but.
- あらゆる
- arayuru — All; every; any; all possible.
- 思索
- shisaku — Meditation; contemplation; deep thought; reflection.
- 値する
- neisuru — To be worth; to deserve; to merit.
- 奇跡
- kiseki — Miracle; wonder; marvel; supernatural event.
- 瞬間
- shunkan — Moment; instant; a split second; flash.
- ごと
- goto — Each; every; per; all times.
- 起き
- oki — To occur; to happen; to arise; to wake.
- 言っ
- itta — Said; told; spoke; past tense of say.
- 知る
- shiru — To know; to be aware of; to learn.
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