For Everything There is a Season

For Everything There is a Season

                                                         from Ecclesiastes

 

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born and a time to die;

A time to plant and a time to ¹⁾pluck up that which has planted;

A time to kill and a time to ²⁾heal;

A time to break down and a time to build up;

A time to weep and a time to laugh;

A time to morn and a time to dance;

A time to ³⁾cast away stones and a time to gather stones together;

A time to ⁴⁾embrace and a time to ⁵⁾refrain from embracing;

A time to get and a time to lose;

A time to keep and a time to cast away;

A time to ⁶⁾rend¹ and a time to sew;

A time to keep silence and a time to speak;

A time to love and a time to hate;

A time of war and a time of peace.

 

万物有时节

 

大千世界中，万物有时节，一切自有深意：

有诞生，也有死亡的时候；

有种植，也有采摘的时候；

有杀伤，也有治疗的时候；

有坍塌，也有修建的时候；

有哭泣，也有欢笑的时候；

有悲恸，也有起舞的时候；

有投掷石块，也有收集石块的时候；

有拥抱，也有不拥抱的时候；

有收获，也有失去的时候；

有保留，也有抛弃的时候；

有撕碎，也有缝补的时候；

有沉默，也有发言的时候；

有爱，也有恨的时候；

有战争，也有和平的时候。

 

[注释]

1) pluck up 拔起，振作

2) heal [hi:l] v. 治愈

3) cast away 投掷

4) embrace [im5breis] v. 拥抱

5) refrain [ri5frein] v. 节制，避免

6) rend [rend] v. 撕碎

1 rend   

vt.把…撕开，割裂；把…揪下来，强行夺取

参考例句：

• Her scrams would rend the heart of any man.她的喊叫声会撕碎任何人的心。
• Will they rend the child from his mother?他们会不会把这个孩子从他的母亲身边夺走呢？