英語(yǔ)視頻暢談歐美人文風(fēng)情49：上帝的故事---復(fù)活節(jié)

　　So part of God's story is about Easter, and it begins like this:

　　上帝的故事有一部分是有關(guān)復(fù)活節(jié)，它像這樣開始的：

　　You might know Easter as the Sunday a ginormous bunny hides chocolate inside plastic eggs. But Easter is really all about how much Jesus loves us, and how God sent Him to rescue us.

　　你也許知道復(fù)活節(jié)是有一只巨大兔子將巧克力藏在塑膠蛋里。但復(fù)活節(jié)其實(shí)全都是有關(guān)耶穌有多愛(ài)我們，以及上帝如何派他來(lái)拯救我們。

　　Remember how the Jews—God's special family—were waiting for a King to come rescue them? Well, Jesus was the King, and this rescue was the whole reason He came to Earth. God had already rescued the Jews once before, but this time it was going to include everyone.

　　記得猶太人--上帝的特殊家人--是如何等待一名國(guó)王到來(lái)拯救他們的嗎?嗯，耶穌就是那名國(guó)王，而這次拯救就是他來(lái)到地球的所有理由。上帝過(guò)去已經(jīng)拯救猶太人一次了，但這次要包括所有人。

　　So one night, Jesus told His friends about the rescue. Exciting, right? But talking about this rescue was sad. That's because Jesus was going to rescue the world by dying.

　　所以一晚，耶穌告訴他的朋友們有關(guān)那拯救的事。很興奮，對(duì)吧?但談及這次拯救是很傷心的。那是因?yàn)橐d要借由死亡來(lái)拯救世界。

　　Kids, every mean or bad thing we do deserves punishment. By dying, Jesus took our punishment. Lots of things in life have good parts and bad parts. And just like candy bars are mostly good, as long as you brush your teeth after you eat one, this story is a really good one.

　　孩子們，我們所做的卑劣、或是不好的事都應(yīng)受處罰。透過(guò)死亡，耶穌承擔(dān)了我們的懲罰。人生中有許多事有好的部份也有壞的部份。就像糖果棒大部分會(huì)是很棒的一樣(只要你吃完后刷牙)，這個(gè)故事也是非常棒的。

　　Anyway, talking about the rescue made Jesus sad since He didn't really want to die. Thankfully, we can talk to God when we're sad, so Jesus took a few friends into a garden to pray. In the garden, a guy named Judas, who people thought was Jesus's friend, came with some people to help arrest Jesus.

　　總之，談?wù)撨@次拯救讓耶穌很難過(guò)，因?yàn)樗鋵?shí)不想死去。幸好，我們?cè)陔y過(guò)時(shí)可以跟上帝說(shuō)話，所以耶穌帶了幾個(gè)朋友到花園祈禱。在花園里，一個(gè)名叫猶大的人，他是人們以為是耶穌朋友的人，帶了一些人來(lái)幫忙逮捕耶穌。

　　Peter, one of Jesus's true friends, was so mad he cut off a servant's ear with his sword. But Jesus didn't want His friends to hurt others, so Jesus healed the ear, and let them arrest Him.

　　彼得，耶穌真正的朋友之一，非常生氣，他用他的劍砍下了一名僕人的耳朵。但耶穌不想他的朋友們傷害他人，所以耶穌治好了那耳朵，并讓他們逮捕他。

　　Then Jesus was taken to trial. One of the most powerful men in the city, Pontius Pilate, wanted to let Jesus go. But many of the people wanted Jesus to die. They didn't believe He was the son of God, or any kind of King. Even after all the miracles Jesus did like healing sick people and making blind people see, they didn't believe in Him. The people were so mad they started yelling, "Kill him!" So Pontius Pilate let the soldiers take Jesus.

　　耶穌被帶去審判。城里最有權(quán)力的男人之一，彼拉多，想要放了耶穌。但許多人想要耶穌死。他們不相信他是上帝之子，或是任何類型的國(guó)王。即使在耶穌所做的所有奇跡之后，像是治好病人，并讓盲人可以看見，他們還是不相信他。人們太憤怒了，他們開始怒吼：“殺了他!”所以彼拉多讓士兵們帶走耶穌。

　　The soldiers made fun of the idea that Jesus was a King. They put a crown of thorns on His head and nailed Him to a cross. Many people watched, but not all of them wanted Jesus to die. His mother and close friends were there, too. Just imagine how they must have felt.

　　士兵們嘲笑耶穌是國(guó)王這個(gè)想法。他們把荊棘冠放到他頭上，并把他釘上十字架。許多人看著，但不是他們所有人都想要耶穌死。他的母親及親近的朋友也在那里。就想想看他們一定會(huì)有何等感受。

　　Once Jesus was up on the cross, the sun stopped shining for three whole hours in the middle of the day. But those soldiers kept right on making fun of Him. They said, "If you're really God's son, why don't you just call on some angels to save you?"

　　當(dāng)耶穌被釘上十字架時(shí)，太陽(yáng)在白天停止了照耀整整三個(gè)小時(shí)。但那些士兵就還是繼續(xù)嘲笑他。他們說(shuō)：“如果你真的是上帝的兒子，為什么你不就召喚一些天使來(lái)救你呢?”

　　Jesus could have called on angels to save Him, but He loved us so much that He wanted to rescue us. So instead, He prayed to God, "Father, I place my life into Your hands." At that moment, Jesus died.

　　耶穌本來(lái)可以召喚天使來(lái)拯救他，但他太愛(ài)我們了，所以他想要拯救我們。所以他轉(zhuǎn)而向上帝祈禱：“天父，我將我的性命交付給您。”在那一刻，耶穌過(guò)世了。

　　And when He died, the soldiers who had just killed Him realized He really was the Son of God. Later, Jesus was put into a tomb and a big rock blocked the entrance.

　　當(dāng)他死去時(shí)，剛剛殺了他的士兵們才了解他確實(shí)是上帝之子。后來(lái)，耶穌被放進(jìn)一座墓里，一塊大石頭擋住了入口。耶穌的朋友以為那就是結(jié)局了，但三天后，上帝派了一位天使來(lái)把石頭滾開。

　　Jesus's friends thought that was the end, but three days later, God sent an angel to roll the stone away.

　　“別擔(dān)心!耶穌可以自己出來(lái)。”

　　"Don't worry! Jesus could get out on His own."

　　那天使將石頭移開，好讓其他所有人可以看到墓里是空的。耶穌的朋友是第一個(gè)造訪墓地的。那天使說(shuō)：“他已復(fù)活!”那是另一種說(shuō)：“耶穌還活著!”的方式。沒(méi)有任何人相信。

　　The angel moved the rock so everybody else could see the tomb was empty. Jesus's friends were the first to stop by the tomb. The angel said, "He has risen!" which is another way of saying, "Jesus is alive!" Nobody could believe it.

　　耶穌承擔(dān)我們的懲罰，接著借由回到人世間證明他確實(shí)是上帝之子。

　　Jesus took our punishment and then proved He really is the Son of God by coming back to life.

　　現(xiàn)在，如果我們選擇要追隨耶穌，上帝寬恕所有我們做的壞事，因?yàn)橐d已經(jīng)承擔(dān)我們的懲罰了。

　　Now, if we choose to follow Jesus, God forgives us for all the wrong things we do because Jesus already took our punishment.

　　那是復(fù)活節(jié)的故事。但那并不是全部。這里是在天使告知那好消息之后發(fā)生的事情的簡(jiǎn)短版本。

　　And that's the story of Easter. But that's not all there is. Here's a quick version of what happened after the angel told the good news.

　　耶穌的朋友嚇到了。耶穌出現(xiàn)在他們面前。他們看到他的疤痕。那真的是他!現(xiàn)在，他們也可以分享那好消息了。耶穌出現(xiàn)在超過(guò)五百人面前。他回到天堂去。然后最棒的部份--他承諾某天要為了追隨他的所有人回來(lái)。那全都是上帝故事的一部分。

　　Jesus's friends got scared. Jesus appeared to them. They saw His scars. It was really Him! Now, they could share the good news, too. Jesus appeared to more than 500 people. He went back up to heaven. And the best part—He promised to come back someday for everybody who follows Him. And all that is a part of God's story.