【中英双语】和谐关系的关键

和谐关系的关键

Two Great Commandments

假如你曾到过某律师事务所，看到书架上琳琅满目的法律专丛书，及其多年来的诉讼个案记录册，你可能望而生畏，并想到，他们不愧为熟谂法律的专家，若我有任何诉讼的事件，我也会放心委托他来处理了。

If you've ever visited a lawyer's office and seen bookshelves filled with impressive bound volumes explaining laws and many years' worth of legal cases, the sight can be pretty overwhelming. It can make people want to entrust their case to the expert who understands it all.

然而，神对于我们人际关系所赐下的律法，并不是难以明白的。正如耶稣指出的：“所有律法和先知的道理，都包罗在两条诫命上”，而“这两条诫命”就是爱神和爱人。这是个既显浅又有深度的律法总纲，它清楚表达了神全部律法的目的。社会的公义与人际关系的和谐，都系于这两条基本的诫命，也总括在这两块律法的石版上。

But the law of God that governs our relationships is not difficult to understand. Jesus said, "All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." And "these two commandments" are Love God and Love your neighbor. It's a simple yet profound summary of the purpose of the whole law of God. Justice in society and harmony in all our relationships hang on these two basic commandments, summarizing the two tables of the law.

有些人认为，某些诫命是没有必要的。例如，你不需要爱或甚至不需要相信神，也可以与你的邻舍和平共处。然而，这种想法只会加深阶级、种族、性别，及代与代之间的分歧。纵然大家没有争斗，但也是一个没有爱的僵局，关系既紧张又冷漠，彼此缺乏信任。

Some folks think you don't need some parts of the commandments—that you can get along with your neighbor, for example, without loving or even believing in God. But that kind of thinking just deepens the rift between classes, ethnicities, generations, and the sexes. Even a truce results only in a loveless standoff, characterized by tense and strained relations, lacking in mutual trust.

爱神和爱人，两者必定同时存在。就像一个钱币的两面，这两样是不能分开的。两者相辅相乘，是和谐关系的关键。

Loving God, loving others. Like two sides of a coin, these go together and can't be separated. Together they are the key to harmony.

主啊，祢的律法既显浅又有深度。求祢藉着祢的圣灵，在我们心里动工，又藉着耶稣基督，叫我们的心充满对祢及对人的爱。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

Your law, O Lord, is so simple and yet so profound. By your Spirit, move in our hearts and fill us with love for you and for one another, through Jesus Christ. Amen.

我怎样爱你们，

你们也要怎样相爱。

约翰福音 13：34