海 The Sea

海The Sea

我底朋友說：『人底自由和希望，一到海面就完全失掉了！My friend said, “The moment we venture out upon the sea, all human freedom and hope are utterly lost!因爲我們太不上算，For we count for far too little;

我底朋友说：『人底自由和希望，一到海面就完全失掉了！因为我们太不上算，

在這無涯浪中無從顯出我們有限的能力和意志．amid these boundless waves, there is no way for our finite strength and will to make themselves felt.”

在这无涯浪中无从显出我们有限的能力和意志．

我說：『我們浮在這上面，眼前雖不能十分如意，但後來要遇着底，或者超乎我I said, “Though, floating here, we may not find everything quite to our liking, what we meet hereafter may perhaps lie beyond our

我说：『我们浮在这上面，眼前虽不能十分如意，但后来要遇着底，或者超乎我

們底能力和意志之外．所以在一個風狂浪駭底海面上，不能準說我們要到什麽地strength and will. So, on a sea of raging winds and terrifying waves, we cannot say for certain that wherever we wish to

们底能力和意志之外．所以在一个风狂浪骇底海面上，不能准说我们要到什么地

方就可以達到什麼地方；go is where we shall arrive;我們只能把性命先保持住，隨着波濤顚來播去便了．』we can only preserve our lives for now, and let the billows toss us to and fro.”

方就可以达到什么地方；我们只能把性命先保持住，随着波涛顚来播去便了．』

我們坐在一隻不如意的救生船裏，眼看着載我們到半海就毀壞底大船漸漸We sat in an unsatisfactory lifeboat, watching the great ship that had carried us halfway across the sea before foundering slowly

我们坐在一只不如意的救生船里，眼看着载我们到半海就毁坏底大船渐渐

沈下去．sink beneath the water.

我底朋友說：『你看，那要載我們到目的地底船快要歇息去了！My friend said, “Look—the ship that was to carry us to our destination is about to come to rest forever!現在在這茫茫Now, upon this vast and

我底朋友说：『你看，那要载我们到目的地底船快要歇息去了！现在在这茫茫

的空海中，我們可沒有主意啦．』empty sea, we have no idea what to do.”

的空海中，我们可没有主意啦．』

幸而同船底人，心憂得很，沒有注意聽他底話．我把他底手搖了一下說，『朋友，這是你縱談底時候麽？Fortunately, our fellow passengers were too anxious to pay heed to his words. I shook his hand and said, “My friend, is this the time for idle discourse?你不幫着划槳麽？』Will you not help us row?”

幸而同船底人，心忧得很，没有注意听他底话．我把他底手摇了一下说，『朋友，这是你纵谈底时候么？你不帮着划桨么？』

『划槳麽？“Row?這是容易的事，但要划到那里去呢？』That is easy enough—but where are we to row to?”

『划桨么？这是容易的事，但要划到那里去呢？』

我說：『在一切的海裏，遇着這樣的光景，誰也沒有帶着主意下來，誰也脫不了I said, “On any sea, when circumstances like these arise, no one comes prepared with a plan, and no one can escape

我说：『在一切的海里，遇着这样的光景，谁也没有带着主意下来，谁也脱不了

在上面泛來泛去．我們儘管划罷．』drifting to and fro upon it. Let us simply row.”

在上面泛来泛去．我们尽管划罢．』