智慧篇:Chapter 17

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智慧篇:Chapter 17

智慧篇	Wisdom
¹上主，你的裁判的确高深难明，因此，不愿受教的灵魂走入了迷途。	¹For thy judgments, O Lord, are great, and thy words cannot be expressed: therefore undisciplined souls have erred.
²不法的人自以为能压服圣民，反而被黑暗所束缚，为长夜所桎梏，囚禁在斗室中，被弃于永远照顾之外。	²For while the wicked thought to be able to have dominion over the holy nation, they themselves being fettered with the bonds of darkness, and a long night, shut up in their houses, lay there exiled from the eternal providence.
³他们原想在人不留意的黑幕下，可以掩藏隐密的罪恶，自己反为黑暗所侵袭，大起恐慌为鬼怪所惊扰，	³And while they thought to lie hid in their obscure sins, they were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfulness, being horribly afraid and troubled with exceeding great astonishment.
⁴以致连掩护他们的内室，也不能保护他们不受惊惶，使人恐怖的声音环绕在他们四周，哭丧着脸的忧戚怪物，出现在他们面前。	⁴For neither did the den that held them, keep them from fear: for noises coming down troubled them, and sad visions appearing to them, affrighted them.
⁵火没有一点能力供给他们光亮，星辰的光辉，也无法照明这可怕的黑夜，	⁵And no power of fire could give them light, neither could the bright flames of the stars enlighten that horrible night.
⁶只有忽然自动燃起的极为可怕的火炬，显示给他们，吓得他们不知所措；在幻像不见之后，他们幻想之所见，比所见的实物更为可怕。	⁶But there appeared to them a sudden fire, very dreadful: and being struck with the fear of that face, which was not seen, they thought the things which they saw to be worse:
⁷他们的邪术尽失效力，他们夸耀的学识，全蒙耻受辱：	⁷And the delusions of their magic art were put down, and their boasting of wisdom was reproachfully rebuked.
⁸他们曾应许，为患精神病者驱除恐惧与慌乱，自己却患了可笑的胆怯病；	⁸For they who promised to drive away fears and troubles from a sick soul, were sick themselves of a fear worthy to be laughed at.
⁹即使没有可怕的事来恐吓，连走兽经过，或毒蛇嗤嗤一声，他们也大为惊慌，吓得魂不附体，以致连这无可逃避的空气也不愿再看。	⁹For though no terrible thing disturbed them: yet being scared with the passing by of beasts, and hissing of serpents, they died for fear: and denying that they saw the air, which could by no means be avoided.
¹⁰邪恶的心本来就胆怯，自证自己有罪，受着天良的催迫，时常向坏处着想。	¹⁰For whereas wickedness is fearful, it beareth witness of its condemnation: for a troubled conscience always forecasteth grievous things.
¹¹恐惧不是别的，只是将理性的助力，弃而不用；	¹¹For fear is nothing else but a yielding up of the succours from thought.
¹²人对内心的依赖越薄弱，越难明了遇难的原因。	¹²And while there is less expectation from within, the greater doth it count the ignorance of that cause which bringeth the torment.
¹³在那来自毫无生力的阴府深处，使人无法工作的黑夜里，仍照样去睡觉的人，	¹³But they that during that night, in which nothing could be done, and which came upon them from the lowest and deepest hell, slept the same sleep.
¹⁴有的因魑魅的怪状而惊惶，有的因心志绝望而沮丧，因为，突然而意外的惊惧，忽临到他们身上。	¹⁴Were sometimes molested with the fear of monsters, sometimes fainted away, their soul failing them: for a sudden and unlooked for fear was come upon them.
¹⁵因此，不拘谁倒在那里，就在那里被囚，幽禁在没有铁闩的囹圄中；	¹⁵Moreover if any of them had fallen down, he was kept shut up in prison without irons.
¹⁶不论他是农夫，或是牧人，或是在偏僻乡野操作的工人，都得骤然忍受这不可逃避的厄运，因为人人都被一条黑暗的锁链束缚住了；	¹⁶For if any one were a husbandman, or a shepherd, or a labourer in the field, and was suddenly overtaken, he endured a necessity from which he could not fly.
¹⁷不论是呼啸的风声，或是密枝间鸟雀的吱喳叫声，或是溪水的急流声，	¹⁷For they were all bound together with one chain of darkness. Whether it were a whistling wind, or the melodious voice of birds, among the spreading branches of trees, or a fall of water running down with violence,
¹⁸或是岩石崩裂的强烈响声，或是走兽隐约的跳跃声，或是猛兽的吼叫声，或是山谷间的响彻回声，都能使他们胆战心惊。	¹⁸Or the mighty noise of stones tumbling down, or the running that could not be seen of beasts playing together, or the roaring voice of wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the highest mountains: these things made them to swoon for fear.
¹⁹其时，整个世界正为辉煌的光明所照耀，进行工作毫无阻碍；	¹⁹For the whole world was enlightened with a clear light, and none were hindered in their labours.
²⁰沉重的黑暗，只笼罩着他们，这是未来要接收他们的黑暗的预像；其实，他们为他们自己，比黑暗还更为沈重。	²⁰But over them only was spread a heavy night, an image of that darkness which was to come upon them. But they were to themselves more grievous than the darkness.

智慧篇:Chapter 17

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