智慧篇 14 章——偶像崇拜的愚妄与神的主权

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1. 1.航海者再次对偶像的愚蠢祈祷，又有一人准备扬帆起航，正要横渡汹涌的波浪，他呼唤一块比载着他的船还要脆弱的木头。Folly of a Navigator Praying to an Idol Again, one preparing to sail and about to voyage over raging waves calls upon a piece of wood more fragile than the ship which carries him.💡
2. 2.因为是贪利的欲望设计了那艘船，智慧是建造它的工匠；For it was desire for gain that planned that vessel, and wisdom was the craftsman who built it;💡
3. 3.然而，正是你的安排，天父，引导着它的航程，因为你为它在海中开辟了一条道路，并在波浪中为它铺设了一条安全的途径but it is thy providence, O Father, that steers its course, because thou hast given it a path in the sea, and a safe way through the waves,💡
4. 4.表明你能使人免于一切危险，这样即使一个人缺乏技巧，也可以出海。showing that thou canst save from every danger, so that even if a man lacks skill, he may put to sea.💡
5. 5.因为你愿你的智慧的作为不致无效，所以人将生命托付于最小的木头上，乘着木筏渡过波浪，安全地到达陆地。It is thy will that works of thy wisdom should not be without effect; therefore men trust their lives even to the smallest piece of wood, and passing through the billows on a raft they come safely to land.💡
6. 6.因为在最初的时候，当骄傲的巨人灭亡之时，世界的希望躲在一只方舟里，并在你的引导下，将新一代的种子留给了世界。For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing, the hope of the world took refuge on a raft, and guided by thy hand left to the world the seed of a new generation.💡
7. 7.因那带来公义的木头是有福的For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes.💡
8. 8.但人手所造的偶像是被咒诅的，造它的人也是被咒诅的，因为他做了这事，并且把会腐朽的东西称为神。But the idol made with hands is accursed, and so is he who made it; because he did the work, and the perishable thing was named a god.💡
9. 9.因为在神看来，恶人和恶行是同样可憎的，For equally hateful to God are the ungodly man and his ungodliness,💡
10. 10.所做的事必与做事的人一同受罚。for what was done will be punished together with him who did it.💡
11. 11.因此，异教的偶像也必受到审判，因为它们虽然是神所创造的，但却成了可憎之物，成了陷害人灵魂的网罗和愚昧人脚下的绊脚石。Therefore there will be a visitation also upon the heathen idols, because, though part of what God created, they became an abomination, and became traps for the souls of men and a snare to the feet of the foolish.💡
12. 12.偶像崇拜的起源和邪恶 偶像的观念是奸淫的起头，它们的制作是生命的腐败，The Origin and Evils of Idolatry For the idea of making idols was the beginning of fornication, and the invention of them was the corruption of life,💡
13. 13.因为它们既不是从起初就存在，也不会永远存在。for neither have they existed from the beginning nor will they exist for ever.💡
14. 14.因为他们是通过人的虚荣进入世界的，因此他们的速朽也已经被安排好了。For through the vanity of men they entered the world, and therefore their speedy end has been planned.💡
15. 15.一个父亲因过早失去孩子而被悲痛所笼罩，他制作了孩子的雕像，他的孩子突然被夺走了；他现在把曾经死去的人当作神来崇敬，并将秘密仪式和入会仪式传给他的依赖者。For a father, consumed with grief at an untimely bereavement, made an image of his child, who had been suddenly taken from him; and he now honored as a god what was once a dead human being, and handed on to his dependents secret rites and initiations.💡
16. 16.于是，不敬的风俗随着时间的推移变得根深蒂固，成为了法律，君主们命令百姓崇拜雕刻的偶像。Then the ungodly custom, grown strong with time, was kept as a law, and at the command of monarchs graven images were worshiped.💡
17. 17.当人们不能在君主面前表示敬意，因为他们住得很远，他们就想象着君主的样子，并制作出他们尊敬的君主的可见形象，这样他们就可以通过自己的热情来讨好那些不在场的君主，就像他们在场一样。When men could not honor monarchs in their presence, since they lived at a distance, they imagined their appearance far away, and made a visible image of the king whom they honored, so that by their zeal they might flatter the absent one as though present.💡
18. 18.然后，工匠的野心甚至驱使那些不认识国王的人加强他们的敬拜。Then the ambition of the craftsman impelled even those who did not know the king to intensify their worship.💡
19. 19.因为他也许想讨好他的君王，巧妙地使这座雕像变得更加美丽，For he, perhaps wishing to please his ruler, skilfully forced the likeness to take more beautiful form,💡
20. 20.众人被他的工作所吸引，如今把曾经尊敬为人的他视为崇拜的对象。and the multitude, attracted by the charm of his work, now regarded as an object of worship the one whom shortly before they had honored as a man.💡
21. 21.这成为人类的一种隐蔽陷阱，因为人们被不幸或王权束缚，竟将不应与他物同享的名号赐予石头或木头的物体。And this became a hidden trap for mankind, because men, in bondage to misfortune or to royal authority, bestowed on objects of stone or wood the name that ought not to be shared.💡
22. 22.他们不仅仅是对神的认识发生了错误，而且他们因无知而生活在大的冲突中，并且把这样的重大邪恶称为和平。Afterward it was not enough for them to err about the knowledge of God, but they live in great strife due to ignorance, and they call such great evils peace.💡
23. 23.无论他们在入会仪式中杀死儿童，还是庆祝秘密神秘仪式，抑或是按照奇怪的风俗举行狂热的宴会，For whether they kill children in their initiations, or celebrate secret mysteries, or hold frenzied revels with strange customs,💡
24. 24.他们不再保持生命和婚姻的纯洁，反而要么互相残杀，要么通过通奸使对方陷入痛苦之中they no longer keep either their lives or their marriages pure, but they either treacherously kill one another, or grieve one another by adultery,💡
25. 25.一切都变成了一场血腥和谋杀、盗窃和欺骗、腐败、背信、混乱、伪证的狂暴骚乱and all is a raging riot of blood and murder, theft and deceit, corruption, faithlessness, tumult, perjury,💡
26. 26.对美好事物的混淆，忘恩负义，灵魂的污染，性行为的歪曲，婚姻的混乱，通奸和淫荡。confusion over what is good, forgetfulness of favors, pollution of souls, sex perversion, disorder in marriage, adultery, and debauchery.💡
27. 27.拜偶像不被提及是每一种邪恶的开始、原因和结局。For the worship of idols not to be named is the beginning and cause and end of every evil.💡
28. 28.他们的信徒或者是在狂喜中胡言乱语，或者是预言虚假的事，或者是过着不公义的生活，或者是轻易地违背誓言；For their worshipers either rave in exultation, or prophesy lies, or live unrighteously, or readily commit perjury;💡
29. 29.因为他们信靠无生命的偶像，所以他们发恶毒的誓言，并且期望不受任何伤害。for because they trust in lifeless idols they swear wicked oaths and expect to suffer no harm.💡
30. 30.但公正的刑罚将从两方面追上他们：因为他们对神抱有恶意，专心侍奉偶像，而且他们在欺骗中违背誓言，是因为他们轻视圣洁。But just penalties will overtake them on two counts: because they thought wickedly of God in devoting themselves to idols, and because in deceit they swore unrighteously through contempt for holiness.💡
31. 31.因为不是人们所起誓的东西的力量，而是为那些犯罪的人所应得的公义惩罚，总是追讨不义之人的过犯。For it is not the power of the things by which men swear, but the just penalty for those who sin, that always pursues the transgression of the unrighteous.💡