【赫临译笔】天堂和地狱之别

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天堂和地狱之别

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         一个人和上帝谈到了天堂和地狱。上帝说：“来，我带你到地狱看看。”他们进了一个房间，里面有一群人，围坐在一只巨大的肉锅旁。每个人都很饿，神情绝望，饿得要死。每人手里都握着一把汤勺，伸到锅里，但勺柄过长，超过胳膊许多，没法用它把肉送入口中。这种痛苦很可怕。

         “来，我带你去看看天堂。”过了一会儿，上帝说道。他们进入了与第一个房间一模一样另一房间——同样的肉锅，同样的人群，同样的长勺。但那里人人开心，营养良好。

         “我不明白，”这个人说：“为什么这里的人开心，另一房间的人却很悲惨，而一切都一模一样。”上帝笑了，“啊，这很简单，”它说：“这里的人学会了彼此喂食。”

附：原文

A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the man, “Come, I will show you hell.” They entered a room where a group of people sat around a huge pot of stew. Everyone was famished, desperate and starving. Each held a spoon that reached the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer than their own arms that it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible.

“Come, now I will show you heaven.” The Lord said after a while. They entered another room, identical to the first—the pot of stew, the group of people, the same long-handle spoons. But there everyone was happy and well-nourished.

“I don’t understand,” said the man. “Why are they happy here when they were miserable in the other room and everything was the same?” The Lord smiled. “Ah, it is simple,” he said. “Here they have learned to feed each other.”

丛中笑

任何两个事物之间都有一定的联系与区别，天堂和地狱也一样。

ヮ成熟、羙°

丛中笑 发表于 2013-10-22 16:53
任何两个事物之间都有一定的联系与区别，天堂和地狱也一样。

各自为战是地狱，相互帮助是天堂。

丛中笑

各怀心思尔虞我诈是地狱，助人为乐创造和谐是天堂。

ヮ成熟、羙°

丛中笑 发表于 2013-10-22 18:30
各怀心思尔虞我诈是地狱，助人为乐创造和谐是天堂。

对极了。我们要创造天堂。

丛中笑

ヮ成熟、羙° 发表于 2013-10-22 21:53
对极了。我们要创造天堂。

创造和谐，
创造天堂。

老牛

欣赏。

丛中笑

老牛 发表于 2013-10-23 07:17
欣赏。

欢迎老牛朋友！

ヮ成熟、羙°

丛中笑 发表于 2013-10-22 22:34
创造和谐，
创造天堂。

ヮ成熟、羙°

老牛 发表于 2013-10-23 07:17
欣赏。

多谢牛哥鼓励。