安徒生童话故事第78篇:犹太女子The Jewish Maiden(5)

时间:2021-08-31

  她一念出这个神圣的名字的时候,就颤抖一下。一股洗礼的火透过了她的全身,她的身体支持不住,倒了下来,比她所看护的那个病人还要衰弱。

  “可怜的萨拉!”大家说,“她日夜看护和劳动已经把身体累坏了。”

  人们把她抬到慈善医院去。她在那里死了。于是人们就把她埋葬了,但是没有埋葬在基督徒的墓地里,因为那里面没有犹太人的地位。不,她的坟墓是掘在墓地的墙外。

  但是上帝的太阳照在基督徒的墓地上,也照在墙外犹太女子的坟上。基督教徒墓地里的赞美歌声,也在她的坟墓上空盘旋。同样,这样的话语也飘到了她的墓上:“救主基督复活了;他对他的门徒说:‘约翰用水来使你受洗礼,我用圣灵来使你受洗礼!’”

  ①因为信仰基督教和信仰犹太教是不相容的。

  ②基督教的《圣经》包括《旧约全书》和《新约全书》。犹太教的《圣经》则限于《旧约全书》的内容。

   犹太女子英文版:

  The Jewish Maiden

  IN a charity school, among the children, sat a little Jewish girl. She was a good, intelligent child, and very quick at her lessons; but the Scripture-lesson class she was not allowed to join, for this was a Christian school. During the hour of this lesson, the Jewish girl was allowed to learn her geography, or to work her sum for the next day; and when her geography lesson was perfect, the book remained open before her, but she read not another word, for she sat silently listening to the words of the Christian teacher. He soon became aware that the little one was paying more attention to what he said than most of the other children. “Read your book, Sarah,” he said to her gently.