VOA慢速英語: 基督教徒列出最不適合基督教的國家

基督教團體列出世界上最不適合基督教的國家

An international missionary organization released its annual list of the worst countries for Christians to live in. As in past years, North Korea held the top spot.

An international religious group has released its list of the worst countries for Christians to live in. As in past years, North Korea was at the top of the list. But for the most part, the greatest threat to Christians came from an extreme form of Islam.

一個世界性的宗教組織列出最不適合基督教生存的國家。過去幾年，北朝鮮一直名列首位。但是多數(shù)情況下，對基督教最大的威脅來自伊斯蘭教的原因。

Damaris Atsen lives in Nigeria.

達瑪瑞斯·愛特森生活在尼日利亞。

“So on their way home, he met with the Boko Haram!”

“在他們回家的路上，他碰到博科圣地組織成員。”

She remembers how supporters of the Muslim militant group Boko Haram stabbed her husband to death.

她清楚地記得這些博科圣地組織的穆斯林武裝分子如何把她丈夫刺死。

“I was hopeless. I said, ‘My life is useless!’”

“我已經(jīng)絕望了，我的生活沒有任何價值了。”

Her story was presented at the release earlier this month of an annual list of countries said to be most dangerous for Christians. The list is a project of the Christian missionary group Open Doors.

這月初，她的故事在Open Doors年度會議上展示，會上公布的對基督教徒最危險國家榜單。這份名單是基督教傳教士的一項任務(wù)。

David Curry is president of Open Doors USA. He says Islamic extremism was the main threat to Christians in Nigeria and most of the other 50 countries on the list.

大衛(wèi)·科瑞是美國Open Doors的主席，他說伊斯蘭教的極端主義是尼日利亞和名單上其它50個國家的基督教徒最主要的威脅。

“The world still does not get it. The persecution of Christians is real, it is horrifically violent.”

“這個世界仍然不太平，對基督教徒的迫害真實存在，非常暴力殘忍。”

David Curry says the mistreatment of Christians is a serious issue.

大衛(wèi)·科瑞是稱對待基督教徒的不公正待遇是個非常嚴重的問題。

“The persecution of Christians is a bellwether for the other human rights issues. When people begin to attack people for the expression of their faith, you see the rest of the societal issues start to pop up.”

“對基督教徒的迫害是”人類其他人權(quán)問題的一個表現(xiàn)。人們?yōu)榱藬U大他們的信仰，而去襲擊別人時，你會看到其它的社會問題就開始出現(xiàn)。”

In Iraq, militants have also targeted Muslims - both Shia and Sunni. But Nina Shea of the Center for Religious Freedom says the persecution of Christian sin Iraq is different.

在伊拉克，武裝分子同樣會襲擊穆斯林的什葉派和遜尼派兩大教派。但是宗教自由中心的妮娜·謝伊表示在伊拉克迫害基督教徒的罪與其他地方不同的。

“There will be - we can be sure - a Sunni and a Shi'ite presence when peace returns to Iraq someday. We can’t be sure that there will be a Christian presence.

“未來某一天，和平重返伊拉克時，我們可以肯定一定會有遜尼派和什葉派教徒存在。但是我們不敢肯定會有基督教徒存在。”

The group Open Doors was founded in the 1950s to smuggle Bibles to people behind what was known as the Iron Curtain. Its members worked to secretly send copies of Christianity’s holy book to the Soviet Union and its communist allies.

Open Doors團體在20世紀50年代成立，為了在鐵幕政策下向人們傳達圣經(jīng)。該團體成員密密地將基督教圣經(jīng)復(fù)制版本帶到蘇聯(lián)和它的同盟國。

Today, for the 13th time in as many years, North Korea tops the list of worst countries for Christians. There, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is presented to the North Korean people as god-like.

而今，這么多年來，朝鮮已經(jīng)第13次被列為最不適合基督教徒生存的國家。朝鮮領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人金正恩就是朝鮮人民心中神一樣的人物。

I’m Anne Ball.

我是安·鮑爾。

This report was based on a story from VOA reporter Jerome Socolovsky. Anne Ball wrote this story for VOA Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

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Words in This Story

stab - v., to wound (someone or something) with a pointed weapon (such as a knife)

annual - adj., happening once a year

persecution - n., to treat (someone) cruelly or unfairly especially because ofrace or religious or political beliefs

smuggle - v. to move (someone or something) from one country into anotherillegally and secretly

communist - adj., a person who believes in communism or is a member of apolitical party that supports communism

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