翻译随想(1)| 失落的领袖
早晨起来赶工,预备下午去看望朋友,晚上去听贺照田兄讲“大海变成高山之后——哥德巴赫猜想”。中午预备动身,发现朋友的档期已经没有了,只能下一次再去见王总了。于是停下来写点文字。 使徒行传一共28章,第15章显然是文本的中心,也是全书最重要的一章。从这一章开始,彼得退场,保罗成为主要角色,甚至巴拿巴也隐身了,乃是教会前世今生的分野之处。 Bruce老人家在评论保罗和巴拿巴之争时,有这样一段文字: It is a pity that the dispute was allowed to generate such bitterness; it might not have done so but for the memory of the incident at Antioch when “even Barnabas,” as Paul says, followed Peter’s example in withdrawing from the society of Gentile Christians. After that, it is doubtful if Paul and Barnabas could ever be so happy in their association as they had once been....