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【中英双语】栽种有时，拔出有时

今日佳音 · 公众号 · 基督教 · 2017-06-25 12:26

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“凡事都有定期，天下万务都有定时...栽种有时，拔出所栽种的，也有时。” —传 3:1-2

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:... a time to plant and a time to uproot." — Ecclesiastes 3:1-2

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菜园的收尾时节往往叫人既高兴又难过。年头好时，农产品既茁壮，产量又大，有丰足的豆角、南瓜、番茄、土豆及各种其它产品。这是令人高兴的一面。而令人难过的呢，就是要拔起那些看起来仍然健壮饱满，但已经完成生产任务的植株。所以，当我拔出那些已耗尽了的西兰花、豆子和番茄植株时，常感到一种失落和悲伤。然而，我们必须这样做，好为下个季节做准备。

The end of the vegetable gardening season is a glad time and a sad time. In a good year, the harvest is healthy and heavy with bountiful beans, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, and all other kinds of produce. That's the glad part. The sad part includes the uprooting of plants that still look hearty and strong but have yielded their harvest. So I often feel a pang of loss and sorrow when I uproot my spent broccoli, bean, and tomato plants. Nevertheless, it must be done to prepare for the next season.

传道书扣人心弦的美，在于它那种“日光之下”务实的生活态度。栽种时感到兴奋，拔出时感到悲伤。然而，我们若能够拥抱在神看顾和掌管之下的一切生与死，个中纵然有喜有悲，却是人生的智慧。

The profound beauty of Ecclesiastes is its down-to-earth approach to life "under the sun." While the time for planting may be more invigorating, the time for uprooting must receive its due. Embracing all of life and death as under God's care and control is a glad/sad business that is only wise.