
《圣经》说人类受到了上帝的惩罚,是因为他们没有服从上帝的旨意,偷吃了禁果。前段时间细读《圣经》的《创世纪》,忽然发现人类也许从来就没有罪过。为了说明我的想法,我把圣经里面的相关的章节摘录下来,大家评评看:
“7 And Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul. 8 Further, Jehovah God planted a garden in E´den, toward the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 Thus Jehovah God made to grow out of the ground every tree desirable to one’s sight and good for food and also the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and bad. ” (Genesis 2: 7-9)
这一段说明了上帝如何创造了亚当,如何建造了伊甸园,栽培了各样的树以悦人的眼目并用其果实好作食物。特别地,上帝种下了生命树和分别善恶的树。
“16 And Jehovah God also laid this command upon the man: ‘From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. 17 But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die.’”(Genesis 2: 16-17)
在这一段里上帝警戒了亚当说“ 园中各样树上的果子,你可以随意吃。只是分别善恶树上的果子,你不可吃,因为你吃后日子里必定死”。
“24 That is why a man will leave his father and his mother and he must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh. 25 And both of them continued to be naked, the man and his wife, and yet they did not become ashamed. ”(Genesis 2: 24-25)
这里说到男人会要离开父母,与妻子厮守,二人成为一体。并说, 当时夫妻二人还是赤身露体的,两人并不觉羞耻。 稍稍补充一下,这个时候是上帝刚刚为亚当创建了夏娃的时候,当然咯,他们还没有吃禁果。没有吃禁果的时候,他们不觉羞耻。
“6 Consequently the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was something to be longed for to the eyes, yes, the tree was desirable to look upon. So she began taking of its fruit and eating it. Afterward she gave some also to her husband when with her and he began eating it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them became opened and they began to realize that they were naked. Hence they sewed fig leaves together and made loin coverings for themselves. ”(Genesis 3: 6-7)
这里描述了他们偷吃禁果的过程和偷吃后发生的事情:于是女人见那棵树的果子好作食物,也悦人的眼目,且是可喜爱的,能使人有智慧,就摘下果子来吃了。又给她丈夫,她丈夫也吃了。他们二人的眼睛就明亮了,才知道自己是赤身露体,便拿无花果树的叶子,为自己编作裙子。也就是说,他们开始有了羞耻心,是在他们偷吃了禁果之后。
“8 Later they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden about the breezy part of the day, and the man and his wife went into hiding from the face of Jehovah God in between the trees of the garden. 9 And Jehovah God kept calling to the man and saying to him: ‘Where are you?’ 10 Finally he said: ‘Your voice I heard in the garden, but I was afraid because I was naked and so I hid myself.’ 11 At that he said: ‘Who told you that you were naked? From the tree from which I commanded you not to eat have you eaten?’”(Genesis 3: 8-11)
如果说刚才的论述还有些牵强,那么就再看看这一段吧!“天起了凉风,耶和华神在园中行走。那人和他妻子听见神的声音,就藏在园里的树木中,躲避耶和华神的面。 耶和华神呼唤那人,对他说,你在哪里。他说,我在园中听见你的声音,我就害怕。因为我赤身露体,我便藏了。 耶和华说,谁告诉你赤身露体呢,莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子麽?”也就是说,上帝(耶和华)知道,是那吩咐过不可吃的果实让他们有了对赤身露体的羞耻感。
“22 And Jehovah God went on to say: ‘Here the man has become like one of us in knowing good and bad, and now in order that he may not put his hand out and actually take [fruit] also from the tree of life and eat and live to time indefinite,—’ 23 With that Jehovah God put him out of the garden of E´den to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken. 24 And so he drove the man out and posted at the east of the garden of E´den the cherubs and the flaming blade of a sword that was turning itself continually to guard the way to the tree of life.”(Genesis 3: 22-24)
“耶和华神说,那人已经与我们(神)相似,能知道善恶。现在恐怕他伸手又摘生命树的果子吃,就永远活着。耶和华神便打发他出伊甸园去,耕种他所自出之土。于是把他赶出去了。又在伊甸园的东边安设基路伯和四面转动发火焰的剑,要把守生命树的道路。”传教士们说,上帝栽种的生命树和分别善恶的树,其实根本就没有赋予生命和辨识善恶的能力,而仅仅只是两棵关于忠诚的测试之树。可是这圣经上面,明明白白地写着的,是耶和华他为了避免这已与神相似的人类得到生命树的果实,而降灾难与痛苦给了他们。
两个上帝的玩偶,为了得到明亮的意识,吃了禁果。他们知道这样做可能会死去,但是,出于对能识善恶的好奇,让他们还是一起做了。他们得到了可怕的惩罚,世世代代地,世世代代地在背叛、痛苦、疾病和死亡原罪和惩罚中生活。但是世世代代地,人类从来都不会再成为谁的玩偶。《创世纪》是在告诉我们人类对神的过错,还是在告诉我们人类与生俱来的最最宝贵的特质?
人类是亚当和夏娃的孩子,他们偷吃了禁果,得到了所谓的痛苦,但也得到了自由的意识。所以也许从头到尾,他们都没有错过什么。他们只是选择了处罚和意识,放弃了混沌和服从。他们只是想告诉他们的子孙们,无论什么时候,都要清醒。人类祖先的勇敢,给予了人类永远的自由的意识。苦难或许本来就是值得的。。。
注: 本文的圣经章节来自于《New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures》
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