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【作者简介】
圣奥古斯丁(公元354~公元430年)著名的神学家、哲学家。奥古斯丁思想的影响,是在欧洲发生巨大的社会和政治变动的时期。就是罗马帝国衰亡的时期,紧接着欧洲就进入黑暗的中世纪。这个时期宗教狂热严重,黑暗而残酷。而欧洲基督教的有组织教会的组成,也是在这个时期。奥古斯丁的思想,成为推动其发展的主要力量。在以後的数千年中,奥古斯丁的神学成为基督教教义的基本来源。
【作品简介】
本书是以祷告自传手法所写的悔改故事,当中描写早期奥古斯丁归信时的内心挣扎及转变经历,共十三卷,卷一至卷九,是记述他出生至三十三岁母亲病逝的一段历史。卷十至卷十三,即写出作者著述此书时的情况。本书原名“Confessiones”,古典拉丁文本作“承认、认罪”解,但在教会文学中,作为承认神的伟大,有歌颂的意义。
Chapter1
颂扬
Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite. And Thee would man praise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest the proud: yet would man praise Thee; he, but a particle of Thy creation. Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.
主,你是伟大的,是可赞美的;你大有能力,无限的智慧。人要颂扬的,就是你。 他虽然是受造物中渺小的一分子。 浑身是死亡的征兆,罪恶的痕迹和你讨厌的骄傲人的证据。不管怎样卑微,他还是要歌颂你。 他的喜乐,就在歌颂之中:因为我们受造是为了你名;我们的心得不到你,就没有安宁。
Grant me, Lord, to know and understand which is first, to call on Thee or to praise Thee? and, again, to know Thee or to call on Thee? for who can call on Thee, not knowing Thee? for he that knoweth Thee not, may call on Thee as other than Thou art. Or, is it rather, that we call on Thee that we may know Thee? but how shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? or how shall they believe without a preacher? and they that seek the Lord shall praise Him: for they that seek shall find Him, and they that find shall praise Him.
主,求你使我明了;先呼唤你呢,还是先颂扬你? 先认识你呢,还是先呼唤你? 可是,不认识你的人,怎会呼唤你呢? 不认识你的人,只能在你以外呼唤另一个对象。 或许,呼唤你也会是认识你的前导。 可是,那个人不相信你的怎能去呼唤你呢? 假如没有宣讲师,人怎能去相信呢? 寻求主的人,将颂扬你:因为觅则获,获则誉。
I will seek Thee, Lord, by calling on Thee; and will call on Thee, believing in Thee; for to us hast Thou been preached. My faith, Lord, shall call on Thee, which Thou hast given me, where with Thou hast inspired me, through the Incarnation of Thy Son, through the ministry of the Preacher.
主,希望我在呼唤中寻觅你,在信仰中呼唤你:因为我们已听到关于你的福音。 主,你给我的信德,通过你圣严的人性和你宣讲师的工作,灌输于我的信德,正向你着。
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