中英對照/摩爾門經/雅各書/第3章

英文語音

心地純潔者得到神令人愉快的話──拉曼人比尼腓人正義──雅各警告人民勿犯淫亂、色情與其他罪惡。約主前五四四年至四二一年。

The pure in heart receive the pleasing word of God—Lamanite righteousness exceeds that of the Nephites—Jacob warns against fornication, lasciviousness, and every sin. About 544–421 B.C.

1 但是看啊，我，雅各，要對那些心地純潔的人說，要用堅定的意志仰望神，用極大的信心向祂祈禱，祂必在你們苦難時安慰你們，也必為你們辯護，並向那些企圖毀滅你們的人討回公道。

1 But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in heart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and ^apray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will ^bconsole you in your ^cafflictions, and he will plead your cause, and send down ^djustice upon those who seek your destruction.

2 心地純潔的人啊！抬起你們的頭來，接受神令人愉快的話，並飽享祂的愛；只要你們意志^ａ堅定，你們就能永遠如此。

2 O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads and receive the pleasing word of God, and feast upon his ^alove; for ye may, if your^bminds are ^cfirm, forever.

3 但是，凡心地不純潔，凡今天在神前是^ａ污穢的人有禍了，有禍了；除非你們悔改，否則這地就會因你們的緣故受咒詛；拉曼人不像你們那樣污穢，雖然他們受了一種嚴厲的^ｂ詛罰；他們會折磨你們，甚至使你們毀滅。

3 But, wo, wo, unto you that are not pure in heart, that are filthy this day before God; for except ye repent the land is ^acursed for your sakes; and the Lamanites, which are not ^bfilthy like unto you, nevertheless they are ^ccursed with a sore cursing, shall scourge you even unto destruction.

4 時候快到，除非你們悔改，否則他們必佔有你們繼承的土地，主神也必將義人從你們當中^ａ帶走。

4 And the time speedily cometh, that except ye repent they shall possess the land of your inheritance, and the Lord God will ^aleadaway the righteous out from among you.

5 看啊，因為你們弟兄拉曼人的污穢與降在他們皮膚上的詛罰，你們就憎恨他們；他們比你們正義，因他們沒有^ａ忘記主賜給我們祖先的誡命──他們只能有一個妻子，不可納妾，也不可姦淫。

5 Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins, are more righteous than you; for they have not ^aforgotten the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father—that they should have save it were ^bone wife, and ^cconcubines they should have none, and there should not be ^dwhoredoms committed among them.

6 現在，他們謹守這條誡命；因此，由於他們遵守這條誡命，主神必不毀滅他們，卻要^ａ憐憫他們；有朝一日他們必成為蒙福的民族。

6 And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore, because of this observance, in keeping this commandment, the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be ^amerciful unto them; and one day they shall ^bbecome a blessed people.

7 看啊，他們的丈夫^ａ愛妻子，妻子愛丈夫；他們的丈夫和妻子愛子女；他們的不信與對你們的仇恨是因他們祖先的罪惡造成的；因此，在偉大的創造主眼中，你們又比他們好多少呢？

7 Behold, their ^ahusbands ^blove their ^cwives, and their wives love their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their ^dunbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator?

8 我的弟兄啊，除非你們悔改你們的罪，我怕你們與他們一同被帶到神的寶座前時，他們的皮膚會比你們白。

8 O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be ^awhiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God.

9 因此，我給你們一條誡命，那是神的話，就是你們不可再因他們的深色皮膚而辱罵他們；也不可因他們的污穢而辱罵他們；反而要記住自己的污穢，也要記住他們的污穢是因他們的祖先而來的。

9 Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word of God, that ye ^arevile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins; neither shall ye revile against them because of their filthiness; but ye shall remember your own filthiness, and remember that their filthiness came because of their fathers.

10 所以，你們要記得你們的^ａ兒女，記得你們如何因在他們面前所做的事，傷透他們的心；也要記住，由於你們的污穢，你們可能將你們的兒女帶向毀滅，他們的罪在末日會堆在你們頭上。

10 Wherefore, ye shall remember your ^achildren, how that ye have grieved their hearts because of the ^bexample that ye have set before them; and also, remember that ye may, because of your filthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sins be heaped upon your heads at the last day.

11 我的弟兄啊，注意聽我的話，激起你們靈魂的能力；搖撼自己，使你們從死亡的沉睡中^ａ醒來；從^ｂ地獄的痛苦中解脫，使你們不致成為魔鬼的^ｃ使者，被拋進硫磺火湖中，即第二次^ｄ死亡。

11 O my brethren, hearken unto my words; ^aarouse the faculties of your souls; shake yourselves that ye may ^bawake from the slumber of death; and loose yourselves from the pains of ^chell that ye may not become ^dangels to the devil, to be cast into that lake of fire and brimstone which is the second ^edeath.

12 我，雅各，還對尼腓人講了許多事，警告他們不可犯^ａ淫亂、^ｂ色情和各樣的罪，並且告訴他們犯這些罪的可怕後果。

12 And now I, Jacob, spake many more things unto the people of Nephi, ^awarning them against ^bfornication and ^clasciviousness, and every kind of sin, telling them the awful consequences of them.

13 這人民愈來愈多了，^ａ這些頁片不能記載其事件的百分之一；但大片上則記載了他們的許多事件，以及他們的戰爭、紛爭和列王的統治。

13 And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, which now began to be numerous, cannot be written upon ^athese plates; but many of their proceedings are written upon the ^blarger plates, and their wars, and their contentions, and the reigns of their kings.

14 這些頁片稱為雅各片，是尼腓製作的。這些話我講到此為止。

14 ^aThese plates are called the plates of Jacob, and they were^bmade by the hand of Nephi. And I make an end of speaking these words.