珠璣集(12)~聖經文學典故
The still small voice | 良知的聲音、明辨是非之 |
from:1 Kings 19:12 出自:列王記上19:11、12
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the
Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind….. And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. |
11耶和華說:「你出來站在山上,在我面前。」那時耶和華從那裡經過,在他面前有烈風大作,崩山碎石,耶和華卻不在風中;風後地震,耶和華卻不在其中;12地震後有火、耶和華也不在火中;火後有微小的聲音。 |
說明與應用:
Elijah逃亡到Horeb山上的山洞中,耶和華跟他到山上,問他來這裡幹什麼?Elijah說了很多逃亡的藉口,最後上帝叫他站在山洞口,先有烈風大作,後有地震,最後有火,火後上帝才出現,並且有微小的聲音對Elijah說話,不知道說了什麼話。等Elijah走出山洞,上帝才又對他說“你還在這裡做什麼?你快回去吧!….”。Elijah才恍然大悟不該逃亡。
那微小的聲音是什麼?只有Elijah心中明白。NRSV用a sound of sheer silence,Tev用the soft whisper of a
voice,CEV用a gentle breeze.
Wordsworth在Tintern Abbey中引用…..but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of
humanity; Whittier引用…speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, a small,
still voice of calm; …the still small voice which reached the prophet’s ear.