unit-11-salvation-課文翻譯-綜合教程一

1、Unit11SalvationIwassavedfromsinwhenIwasgoingonthirteen.Butnotreallysaved.Ithappenedlikethis.TherewasabigrevivalatmyAuntieReedschurch.Everynightfweekstherehadbeenmuchpreachingsingingprayingshoutingsomeveryhardenedsinnersh

2、adbeenbroughttoChristthemembershipofthechurchhadgrownbyleapsbounds.Thenjustbefetherevivalendedtheyheldaspecialmeetingfchildren“tobringtheyounglambstothefold.“Myauntspokeofitfdaysahead.ThatnightIwasesctedtothefrontrowplac

3、edonthemournersbenchwithalltheotheryoungsinnerswhohadnotyetbeenbroughttoJesus.Myaunttoldmethatwhenyouweresavedyousawalightsomethinghappenedtoyouinside!Jesuscameintoyourlife!Godwaswithyoufromthenon!Shesaidyoucouldseehearf

4、eelJesusinyoursoul.Ibelievedher.Ihadheardagreatmanyoldpeoplesaythesamethingitseemedtometheyoughttoknow.SoIsattherecalmlyinthehotcrowdedchurchwaitingfJesustocometome.Thepreacherpreachedawonderfulrhythmicalsermonallmoanssh

5、outslonelycriesdirepicturesofhellthenhesangasongabouttheniyninesafeinthefoldbutonelittlelambwasleftoutinthecold.Thenhesaid:“WontyoucomeWontyoucometoJesusYounglambswontyoucome“heheldouthisarmstoallusyoungsinnersthereonthe

6、mournersbench.thelittlegirlscried.someofthemjumpedupwenttoJesusrightaway.Butmostofusjustsatthere.Agreatmanyoldpeoplecamekneltaroundusprayedoldwomenwithjetblackfacesbraidedhairoldmenwithwkgnarledhs.thechurchsangasongabout

7、thelowerlightsareburningsomeposinnerstobesaved.thewholebuildingrockedwithprayersong.StillIkeptwaitingtoseeJesus.Finallyalltheyoungpeoplehadgonetothealtarweresavedbutoneboyme.HewasarounderssonnamedWestley.WestleyIweresurr

8、oundedbysistersdeaconspraying.Itwasveryhotinthechurchgettinglatenow.FinallyWestleysaidtomeinawhisper:“Goddamn!Imtiredofsittinghere.Letsgetupbesaved.“Sohegotupwassaved.ThenIwasleftallaloneonthemournersbench.Myauntcameknel

9、tatmykneescriedwhileprayerssongswirledallaroundmeinthelittlechurch.Thewholecongregationprayedfmealoneinamightywailofmoansvoices.IkeptwaitingserenelyfJesuswaitingwaiting—buthedidntcome.Iwantedtoseehimbutnothinghappenedtom

10、e.Nothing!Iwantedsomethingtohappentomebutnothinghappened.Iheardthesongstheministersaying:“WhydontyoucomeMydearchildwhydontyoucometoJesusJesusiswaitingfyou.Hewantsyou.WhydontyoucomeSisterReedwhatisthischildsname““Langston

11、“myauntsobbed.一大群老人來(lái)到我們身旁開(kāi)始跪地祈禱，我看到了老奶奶漆黑的面容，梳成辮子的頭發(fā)，還有老爺爺飽經(jīng)風(fēng)霜的雙手，還有他們唱著圣歌，歌里唱道：“下面的燈點(diǎn)著，可憐的罪人們需要得到拯救。”整個(gè)教堂都因?yàn)樗麄兊钠矶\和歌唱而晃動(dòng)。我仍在等著看看耶穌。最后除了我和另一個(gè)小男孩兒，其他所有的孩子都去圣壇被超度了。這個(gè)小男孩兒名叫威斯特雷，是個(gè)浪蕩鬼的)L子。修女和執(zhí)事們的祈禱聲包圍了我們倆。教堂里實(shí)在是太熱了，而且天色已經(jīng)越來(lái)越

12、晚。最后威斯特雷小聲跟我說(shuō)：“該死的上帝！我實(shí)在不想再坐在這兒了，我們過(guò)去被超度吧?！庇谑撬酒饋?lái)，去接受了超度。我成了懺悔席上唯一的一個(gè)人。姑媽哭著跑過(guò)來(lái)跪在我身旁，小小的教堂里所有的祈禱聲都圍繞著我。整個(gè)圣會(huì)只為我一個(gè)人祈禱，發(fā)出了一種近乎強(qiáng)迫和乞求的哀鳴。我仍安靜地等著耶穌，等著，等著——但是耶穌卻沒(méi)有出現(xiàn)。我真的想看到他，但是什么也沒(méi)有發(fā)生。什么也沒(méi)有！我想讓我有點(diǎn)事發(fā)生，但什么也沒(méi)發(fā)生。我聽(tīng)到歌聲和牧師的聲音：“你為什么不過(guò)來(lái)

13、？我親愛(ài)的孩子，為什么不到耶穌身邊來(lái)？他在等著你。他需要你。你為什么不過(guò)來(lái)？瑞德女士，這孩子叫什么名字？”“蘭斯頓，”姑媽嗚咽著回答。“蘭斯頓，你為什么不過(guò)來(lái)？為什么不愿意被超度？喔，上帝的孩子！你為什么不過(guò)來(lái)呢？”現(xiàn)在真的已經(jīng)很晚了。我開(kāi)始為自己感到羞愧，都是因?yàn)槲野颜碌⒄`了這么久。我開(kāi)始猜想上帝會(huì)怎樣看威斯特雷，他肯定也沒(méi)有真正地看到上帝，但他現(xiàn)在卻自豪地坐在祭壇邊，搖擺著穿著燈籠褲的腿張著嘴對(duì)我笑，周?chē)驖M(mǎn)了祈禱的老婦人。上帝

14、并沒(méi)有因?yàn)橥固乩讓?duì)他的不敬或在教堂里撒謊而懲罰他。于是我決定，為了不帶來(lái)更多的麻煩最好我也撒謊說(shuō)已經(jīng)見(jiàn)到上帝了，然后接受超度。于是我站起來(lái)。當(dāng)人們看到我站起來(lái)時(shí)，整個(gè)教堂突然爆發(fā)成了歡樂(lè)的海洋，歡呼的熱浪，跳躍的女人們。姑媽立刻擁抱了我，牧師拉著我的手把我?guī)У郊缐?。?dāng)一切靜下來(lái)時(shí)，只有偶爾傳出的幾聲狂喜的“阿門(mén)”打破了這份寧?kù)o，所有剛剛加入的小基督徒們祈求上帝的保佑，接著歡樂(lè)的歌聲充滿(mǎn)了整個(gè)教堂。那天晚上，我，一個(gè)十二歲的男孩兒，第一