Day 34: 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary (用功努力 / Diligence And Hard Work)

第三十四天:11月5日(六)

今天感觉恢复学生的身份,下午就像一个好学生一样,很努力温习功课,好像要面对考试,还有点读得来不及的感觉!
原因是这几天都要为国际闻名的老前辈,有“讲道王子”的绰号的邵遵澜牧师作翻译。我们邀请邵牧师来教导一共十二堂的约翰福音,每一堂都需要有英文翻译,好让所有的会友都能领受这美好的福份。

邵老师写了一本分析约翰福音的书叫“十面供应”,这一次的讲解也按照书的内容与秩序。所以,为了确保翻译顺畅、无误,我要先大概了解每一章的内容,还要熟悉约翰福音的英文经文。因此,我需要重读英文版的约翰福音,还特別大声朗读,要确定发音准确和读得顺畅。。。然后还要对照邵牧师书中的讲解,思想内容该如何翻译。

其实沒之前准备,现场翻译还是可以应付,但偶尔有一些字眼临时翻译得不太准确,有些经文,特别是名称也需要时间回想。所以,你们不要看我翻译得好像很轻松,得心应手,我也是会感觉到压力的。但我相信,除了上帝的恩典、怜悯,圣灵的恩膏和智慧之外,认真准备也是很重要的!

其实不是做翻译或在台上讲道罢了,我们日常生活里的众多事情如:读书、工作、家务、人际关系等等,也都要常常训练,才会越发进步、越发优秀、越发成功的!

“这些事你要殷勤去做,并要在此专心,使众人看出你的长进来。”
~ 提摩太前书 4:15 ~

Day 34 : Nov 5th (Sat)

Today I felt like I have returned to my student’s days, I was just like a good student the whole afternoon, revising my homework very diligently, like facing an exam, and even kind of felt I did not have enough time to finish studying!
Reason being these few days I am the interpreter for internationally renown elder, Reverend James Shao, who alos has the nickname of “The prince of preaching”. We invited Rev Shao to do a teaching of 12 lessons on the book of John, and each session must be interpreted into English, so that all our members will receive this great blessing together.

Rev Shao has recently written a book that analyses the contents of the book of John called “Complete Supply” or “Ten-fold Supplies” (roughly interpreted). The teaching this time will follow the content and order of the book. Therefore, to make sure my interpretation is smooth, without mistake, I must first get to know the content of each chapter, and I must be familiar with the English version of the verses in John. So I need to re-read the book of John in English, and I read it aloud to make sure I could pronounce and read it smoothly… Then I have to refer to what is written in Rev Shao’s book to consider how I should interpret some words or content.

Actually I can still handle if I interpret on the spot without prior preparation, but occasionally some words are not interpreted so accurately, and some Scripture, especially names need time to recall. So, do not think it looks so easy when I am interpreting, so effortless, I actually do feel the pressure too. But I believe, apart from the grace and mercy of God, the anointing and wisdom of the Holy Spirit, to prepare seriously is also important!

In fact, not just for  interpreting or preaching behind the pulpit, many things in our daily lives like: studying, working, housework, inter-personal relationships etc, need constant practising too, only then we can improve further, be even more outstanding and successful!

“Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.”
~ 1 Timothy 4:15 ~