相信中国人真正认真看过《圣经》的不多。在没有认真看过的情况下就发表观点显然难以服众。如果跟风信仰就更可悲了。既然如此,咱就一条一条、一句一句的列出来,让大家评说。感兴趣的可以探讨,不感兴趣的就不要往下看了。看了后悔不要怪我。中间也会参杂一些知名人士对《圣经》内容的评论以及我个人的观点和质疑。
在我看来,《圣经》是古人对天地万物真相的一种探索,跟其他传说没有任何区别。但为什么“女娲补天”、“后羿射日”、“封神演义”没能演化成为宗教,而《圣经》却有如次强大的生命力。虽历经刀剑血火,却依然没有退出历史的舞台,反而在中国这片神奇的土地找到了烟火相传的领地。
中国宗教事务局局长叶小文最近在北京大学和中国社会科学院的两次内部会议上披露,目前中国基督徒人数约有1.3亿,其中包括2千万天主教徒。这还是2006年的数据。基督教在中国的发展之迅猛可见一斑。
闲话少说,先看《创世纪》:
旧约 -- 创世记(Genesis)
1:1 起初神创造天地。
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2 地是空虚混沌。渊面黑暗。神的灵运行在水面上。
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
1:3 神说,要有光,就有了光。
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
1:4 神看光是好的,就把光暗分开了。
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
1:5 神称光为昼,称暗为夜。有晚上,有早晨,这是头一日。
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
1:6 神说,诸水之间要有空气,将水分为上下。
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
1:7 神就造出空气,将空气以下的水,空气以上的水分开了。事就这样成了。
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
1:8 神称空气为天。有晚上,有早晨,是第二日。
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
1:9 神说,天下的水要聚在一处,使旱地露出来。事就这样成了。
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
1:10 神称旱地为地,称水的聚处为海。神看是好的。
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1:11 神说,地要发生青草,和结种子的菜蔬,并结果子的树木,各从其类,果子都包着核。事就这样成了。
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
1:12 于是地发生了青草,和结种子的菜蔬,各从其类,并结果子的树木,各从其类,果子都包着核。神看着是好的。
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:13 有晚上,有早晨,是第三日。
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
1:14 神说,天上要有光体,可以分昼夜,作记号,定节令,日子,年岁。
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
1:15 并要发光在天空,普照在地上。事就这样成了。
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
1:16 于是神造了两个大光,大的管昼,小的管夜。又造众星。
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
1:17 就把这些光摆列在天空,普照在地上。
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
1:18 管理昼夜,分别明暗。神看着是好的。
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
1:19 有晚上,有早晨,是第四日。
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
1:20 神说,水要多多滋生有生命的物,要有雀鸟飞在地面以上,天空之中。
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
1:21 神就造出大鱼和水中所滋生各样有生命的动物,各从其类。又造出各样飞鸟,各从其类。神看着是好的。
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:22 神就赐福给这一切,说,滋生繁多,充满海中的水。雀鸟也要多生在地上。
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
1:23 有晚上,有早晨,是第五日。
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
1:24 神说,地要生出活物来,各从其类。牲畜,昆虫,野兽,各从其类。事就这样成了。
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
1:25 于是神造出野兽,各从其类。牲畜,各从其类。地上一切昆虫,各从其类。神看着是好的。
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:26 神说,我们要照着我们的形像,按着我们的样式造人,使他们管理海里的鱼,空中的鸟,地上的牲畜,和全地,并地上所爬的一切昆虫。
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
1:27 神就照着自己的形像造人,乃是照着他的形像造男造女。
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
1:28 神就赐福给他们,又对他们说,要生养众多,遍满地面,治理这地。也要管理海里的鱼,空中的鸟,和地上各样行动的活物。
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
1:29 神说,看哪,我将遍地上一切结种子的菜蔬和一切树上所结有核的果子,全赐给你们作食物。
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
1:30 至于地上的走兽和空中的飞鸟,并各样爬在地上有生命的物,我将青草赐给它们作食物。事就这样成了。
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
1:31 神看着一切所造的都甚好。有晚上,有早晨,是第六日。
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. |