重溫神話：舊約聖經創世紀篇

各位讀者好：

　　又到了一年一度的聖誕假期，世界各地都能夠感受到節慶的氣氛，特別是在商業促銷的推波助瀾下。聖誕節能夠沿續至今，當然也不會是件簡單或偶然的事情。聖誕節已經成了人類文化、生活方式之一，但聖誕樹、聖誕禮物與聖誕派對，就是代表聖誕節了嗎？當然不是，回顧人類的歷史，聖誕節最深刻的意義，就是昭告世人：God is coming！（神來了！）

　　在此聖誕假期，我們將選錄英文「舊約與新約聖經」中的部份章節，並作字彙上的註解，與讀者們「重溫神話」！首先讓我們先來讀一讀《舊約聖經》〈創世紀篇〉──神六日創世、第七日安息的故事。

Old Testament - Genesis
　　Genesis :創世紀
　　1-1 At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
　　起初神創造天地。

　　1-2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
　　地是空虛混沌，淵面黑暗，神的靈運行在水面上。

        1-3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
　　神說：要有光，就有了光。

　　1-4 And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark.
　　神看光是好的，就把光暗分開了。

　　1-5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
　　神稱光為晝，稱暗為夜，有晚上、有早晨，這是頭一日。

　　1-6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
　　神說：諸水之間要有蒼穹，將水份為上、下。

　　1-7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
　　神就造出蒼穹，將蒼穹以下的水，蒼穹以上的水分開了，事就這樣成了。

　　1-8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.　
        神稱蒼穹為天，有晚上、有早晨、是第二日。

　　1-9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.
　　神說：天下的水要聚在一處，使乾地露出來，事就這樣成了。

　　1-10 And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.
　　神稱旱地為地，稱水的聚處為海，神看著覺得很好。

　　1-11 And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.
　　神說：地要長出青草和結種子的菜蔬，並有結果子的樹木，各從其類，果子都包著核，事就這樣成了。

　　1-12 And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.

　　於是地長出了青草，和結種子的菜蔬，各從其類，並結果子的樹木，各從其類，果子都包著核。神看著覺得挺好的。（未完待續）◇