【翻譯練習】對決黑暗面
Wrestling with Shadows
作者：Derek Prince
來源：Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose - 第 17 頁
To the superficial observer, human life presents a confused mingling of light and shadow, arranged according to no recognizable pattern, governed by no discernible laws. Across this scene two men may start out walking side by side. Similar in background and ability, they are headed in the same direction. Yet one walks almost always in the light of success and fulfillment. The other, overshadowed by failure and frustration, and his life is snuffed out at an untimely age.
光看表面的人，他們覺得，人生道路將會是光明或黑暗，一個人將會成為魯蛇或溫拿，沒有顯見的模式，缺乏明確的法則。彷彿有兩個人，他們背景相仿，能力相當，起初並肩而行，朝著相同方向前進。但其中一人總與成功為伍，人生充滿成就；然而就在近旁的另一人，前景卻黯淡無光，失敗與失望無止盡地籠罩著，過著行屍走肉的日子。
Neither of this men understands the forces at work in his life. The sources of light and shadow are hidden to them both. Probably they have never considered the possibility that both light and shadow may have their source in previous generations.
這些只看表面的人，並不了解生命中的力量。他們內在同時有著光明與黑暗的｢因｣，更或許從未想到可能在前幾世就種下這些｢因｣了。
The Bible speaks plainly about these forces. In fact, it has a great deal to say about them. It calls them respectively blessings and curses.
聖經開誠布公、不遺餘力地探討這些力量。在聖經裡頭，光明與黑暗的力量，分別被稱為｢祝福｣與｢詛咒｣。
作者：Derek Prince
來源：Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose - 第 17 頁
To the superficial observer, human life presents a confused mingling of light and shadow, arranged according to no recognizable pattern, governed by no discernible laws. Across this scene two men may start out walking side by side. Similar in background and ability, they are headed in the same direction. Yet one walks almost always in the light of success and fulfillment. The other, overshadowed by failure and frustration, and his life is snuffed out at an untimely age.
光看表面的人，他們覺得，人生道路將會是光明或黑暗，一個人將會成為魯蛇或溫拿，沒有顯見的模式，缺乏明確的法則。彷彿有兩個人，他們背景相仿，能力相當，起初並肩而行，朝著相同方向前進。但其中一人總與成功為伍，人生充滿成就；然而就在近旁的另一人，前景卻黯淡無光，失敗與失望無止盡地籠罩著，過著行屍走肉的日子。
Neither of this men understands the forces at work in his life. The sources of light and shadow are hidden to them both. Probably they have never considered the possibility that both light and shadow may have their source in previous generations.
這些只看表面的人，並不了解生命中的力量。他們內在同時有著光明與黑暗的｢因｣，更或許從未想到可能在前幾世就種下這些｢因｣了。
The Bible speaks plainly about these forces. In fact, it has a great deal to say about them. It calls them respectively blessings and curses.
聖經開誠布公、不遺餘力地探討這些力量。在聖經裡頭，光明與黑暗的力量，分別被稱為｢祝福｣與｢詛咒｣。