The creator created people, gave them wordsfor communication and thinking, settled them in the fertile valley at the footof the mountains, gave them longevity and started to observe, how they willaspire to the development.
上帝创造了人,给了他们语言-用来交流;给了他们肥沃的山脚下的山谷;给了他们长寿,然后开始观察他的创造物,看看他们未来如何自我完善与成长。
The time has passed, but people did notdevelop.
时间流逝,人类却原地踏步,不思进取。
Their feet did not go beyond their village and did not climb up the mountains. Their eyes did not look at the sky and did not look in the Heart.
他们从未跨出自己的山谷,他们也从未攀爬过高山。他们从不仰望蓝天,他们也从不审视自己的内心。
So they became old. 他们老了。
The Creator decided to find out, what wasthe matter. 上帝决定要找找原因。
He became a man and came to them as atraveler. Before sunset people gathered at the square to talk with thetraveler.
上帝于是变成人类之中的一员,以旅行者做为伪装。在太阳落山之前,人们聚聚在广场上和这位旅行者攀谈了起来。
He described them a life beyond the horizonand suggested:
- Do you want me to lead you there, and youwill see how people live in these places?
— Oh, — they answered sadly, - it is late, we became old ...
- Then come with me to the mountains tolook at the world from the top!
— Oh, — they suspired, — it is too late, we have no energy …
— Look at the sky, — the traveler said them, — and I will tell youabout the life in the Kingdom of Heaven!
They answered again:
— It is late; our mind will not understand your story …
上帝给人们描述了一个地平线以外的天堂并建议说:
你们想不想让我带你们去哪里看看哪里的人们是怎么生活的?
哦,他们悲伤的回答说,太晚了,我们已经老了…
那么,跟我一起到山顶看看这个世界如何?!
哦,他们叹了口气,太晚了,我们体力已经不支了….
看看天空,旅行者说,我会告诉你们天国的美妙生活!
人们几乎一样的回答说,太晚了,我们理解不了您的故事的…
The traveler became sad. He decided tocheer people.
— Let‘s sing a song! — he said and was going to sing first, butpeople noticed that the sun went down.
— It is late, — they said, — it is time to sleep… — and went to theirhuts. The traveler shouted them:
— People, when life is continuous and infinite, it is not late forany achievements!
But they did not turn back. Then theCreator told himself:
— I will take away all words of limitation from people: „late“,„not“, „impossible“, „far“, „high“, „hard“, „will not understand“, and willplace in their hearts the joy of infinity. Maybe they will perceive my Law:nothing is late, because there is no end, there is only the beginning! He did so and waited for the morning: will people change and will they go with him to the mountains?
上帝郁闷了。他决定要给人们打打气。
让我们唱一支歌吧。他边说便打算起头唱起来。可是人们发现太阳要落山了。
太晚了,他们说,该睡觉了。于是一个个的回了他们的小屋。旅行者大声嚷着:
同志们,只要生命还在延续,就有获得任何成就的机会啊!
可是人们并没有回头。旅行者自言自语:
我会把人类嘴巴里面所有关于限制的词拿掉,比如,晚了,不,不可能,太远,太高,太难,搞不懂。然后将追求无限的精神注入他们的内心。也许他们终会感知到我的用心:没有什么事情太晚。因为世界本无尽头,世界只有开始。
上帝于是就这么做了并等着到天亮:人们会改变吗?人们会跟着他攀爬高山吗?