羊皮卷之八（1）（在线收听）

The Scroll Marked

羊皮卷八

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。

A mulberry leaf touched with the genius of man becomes silk.

桑叶在天才的手中变成了丝绸。

A field of clay touched with the genius of man becomes a castle.

粘土在天才的手中变成了堡垒。

A cyprus tree touched with the genius of man becomes a shrine.

柏树在天才的手中变成了殿堂。

A cut of sheep's hair touched with the genius of man becomes raiment for a king.

羊毛在天才的手中变成了袈裟。

If it is possible for leaves and clay and wood and hair

如果桑叶、粘土、柏树、羊毛经过人的创造，

to have their value multiplied a hundred, yea a thousand fold by man,

可以成百上千地提高自身的价值，

cannot I do the same with the clay which bears my name?

那么我们为什么不能使自己身价百倍呢？

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。

I am liken to a grain of wheat which faces one of three futures.

我的命运如同一颗麦粒，有着三种不同的道路。

The wheat can be placed in a sack

一颗麦粒可能被装进麻袋，

and dumped in a stall until it is fed to swine.

堆在货架上，等着喂猪；

Or it can be ground to flour and made into bread.

也可能被磨成面粉，做成面包；

Or it can be placed in the earth and allowed to grow

还可能撒在土壤里，让它生长，

until its golden head divides and produces a thousand grains from the one.

直到金黄的麦穗上结出成百上千颗麦粒。

I am liken to a grain of wheat with one difference.

我和一颗麦粒唯一不同在于：

The wheat cannot choose whether it be fed to swine, ground for bread,

麦粒无法选择是变得腐烂还是做成面包，

or planted to multiply,

或是种植生长。

I have a choice and I will not let my life be fed to swine

而我有选择的自由，我不会让生命腐烂，

nor will I let it be ground under the rocks of failure

也不会让它在失败，

and despair to be broken open and devoured by the will of others.

绝望的岩石下磨碎，任人摆布。

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。

To grow and multiply

要想让麦粒生长、结实，

it is necessary to plant the wheat grain in the darkness of the earth

必须把它种植在黑暗的泥土中，

and my failures, my despairs, my ignorance, and my inabilities

我的失败、失望、无知、无能

are the darkness in which I have been planted in order to ripen.

便是那黑暗的泥土，我须深深地扎在泥土中，等待成熟。

Now, like the wheat grain which will sprout and blossom only if it is nurtured with rain and sun and warm winds,

麦粒在阳光雨露的哺育下，终于发芽、开花、结实。

I too must nurture my body and mind to fulfill my dreams.

同样，我也要健全自己的身体和心灵，以实现自己的梦想。

But to grow to full stature the wheat must wait on the whims of nature.

麦粒须等待大自然的契机方能成熟，

I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.

我却无须等待，因为我有选择自己命运的能力。

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。

And how will I accomplish this?

怎样才能做到呢？

First I will set goals for the day, the week, the month, the year, and my life.

首先，我要为每一天，每个星期、每个月。每一年、甚至我的一生确立目标。

Just as the rain must fall before the wheat will crack its shell and sprout,

正像种子需要雨水的滋润才能破土而出，发芽长叶，

so must I have objectives before my life will crystallize.

我的生命也须有目的方能结出硕果。

In setting my goals I will consider my best performance of the past and multiply it a hundredfold.

在制定目标的时候，不妨参考过去最好的成绩，使其发扬光大。

This will be the standard by which I will live in the future.

这必须成为我未来生活的目标。

Never will I be of concern that my goals are too high

永远不要当心目标过高。

for is it not better to aim my spear at the moon and strike only an eagle

取法乎上，得其中也，

than to aim my spear at the eagle and strike only a rock?

取法中也，得其下也。

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

今天我要加倍重视自己的价值。

The height of my goals will not hold me in awe

高远的目标不会让我们望而生畏，

though I may stumble often before they are reached.

虽然在达到目标以前可能屡受挫折。

If I stumble I will rise

摔倒了，再爬起来，

and my falls will not concern me for all men must stumble often to reach the hearth.

我不灰心因为每个人在抵达目标之前都会受到挫折。

Only a worm is free from the worry of stumbling.

只有小爬虫不必担心摔倒。

I am not a worm.

我不是小爬虫，

I am not an onion plant.

不是洋葱，

I am net a sheep.

不是绵羊。

I am a man.

我是一个人。

Let others build a cave with their clay.

让别人作他们的粘土造穴吧，

I will build a castle with mine.

我只要一座城堡。

Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

今天我么加倍重视自己的价值。

And just as the sun must warm the earth

太阳温暖大地，

to bring forth the seedling of wheat

麦粒吐穗结实。

so, too, will the words on these scrolls warm my life and turn my dreams into reality.

这些羊皮卷上的话也照耀我的生活，使梦想成真。