A Day with Jesus (I)耶 稣 的 一 天 (一)
2017-02-07克里斯琴乔治任东升
文/克里斯琴·乔治 译/任东升
By Christian George
【编者按】《圣经》是西方文化的源头之一,影响了不少作家的文学创作,英语学习者有必要从文学鉴赏的角度对其有所了解,我们从本期起选取六个有关《圣经》人物的故事,希望对读者学习西方文化或文学有所助益。
A Day with Jesus (I)耶 稣 的 一 天 (一)
文/克里斯琴·乔治 译/任东升
ByChristian George
The Gospel of Markchronicles a day from the beginning of Jesus’ ministry1ministry事工,即神职人员的传教。. 《马可福音》记载了耶稣传教伊始的一天。
Nearly 2,000 years ago in what is present-day northern Israel, a man walked along the shore of the Sea of Galilee2加利利海,虽然称“海”,其实是“湖”,是世界上最大的淡水湖。. His clothes reflected the common Jewish attire of His3在英文圣经译本里用来指代耶稣的主格、宾格、所有格、反身代词时均为首字母大写,表示对耶稣的尊称。本文作者遵循这一传统。time—a linen shirt underneath a tunic4tunic无袖的宽松短袍。. He wore leather sandals that offered little protection from the rocky banks. Unlike European Renaissance depictions of Jesus as a towering hulk5hulk体量高大的人。with flowing blonde hair and deep blue eyes, this Middle Eastern Jew had short, dark, tightly curled hair,a weathered face befitting a man of His outdoor profession and, according to a recent forensic anthropological6forensic anthropological法医人类学的。study,was probably no more than 5 feet 1 inch in height. His name was Yeshua7约书亚,希伯来语,意思是“耶和华是拯救”。, or as it would later be pronounced, Jesus8耶稣,是希腊语发音。.
大约2000年前,在位于今天以色列北部的地区,一名男子走在加利利海岸。他的装束是那个时代最常见的犹太式风格——身穿亚麻布衬衫,外罩无袖短袍,脚上一双皮革凉鞋,这种凉鞋走在石头遍布的海堤上几乎起不到护脚的作用。体量高大、金发飘逸、眼睛深蓝是欧洲文艺复兴时期对耶稣形象的描绘,眼前这个中东犹太男子可与此不同:一头黑色短发,浓密而曲卷,风吹日晒的面庞倒是与他的户外职业相称。据最近一项法医人类学研究表明,他身高或许不过5英尺1英寸(约1.55米)。此人名叫“约书亚”,后来发音变为“耶稣”(Jesus)。
[2] A native of Nazareth9拿撒勒(耶稣的故乡,因而有“拿撒勒人耶稣”之称谓)。, a village of only 200 to 400 people, Jesus relocated10relocate迁移。as an adult to densely populated Capernaum11Capernaum迦百农。, a polyglot12polyglot使用多种语言的。port on the banks of the Sea of Galilee, situated on the Via Maris13威亚马里斯(商道)。……
