犹太人的故事（2013）

And at the annual feast
of Pesach, or Passover,
比如在这一年一度的逾越节宴席之上，
surrounded by family and friends,
that's what happens.
亲友团聚之时，正是这种找寻自我的时刻。
Welcome, everybody.
欢迎各位！
I don't know about you, but of all
the occasions in the Jewish year,
我不知道你们咋想的，反正犹太历一年各种节日里头，
always since I was a little boy
and started to figure out
我自幼特盼着过的就是逾越节和逾越节头夜的筵席-那时候我才刚记事，
I was stuck with being a Jew,
and very happy about it I was too,
才闹明白自己只能身为犹太人-当然我也很乐意自己是个犹太人(背景 众笑)
Pesach and Seder was the one thing
I always looked forward to
觉得逾越节比啥都强
more than anything else,
so, um, I'm very happy you're here.
哦...那么...我很高兴你们都来参加
It's, er... It's entirely
a moment of celebration.
哦...值此佳节，请大家举杯同庆！
MURMURS OF AGREEMENT
And at the heart of the celebration
逾越节的核心(逾越节的由来)
is the liberation of the ancient
Israelites from slavery in Egypt,
即古代以色列人从埃及的奴役中解脱重获自♥由♥
the story of stories,
出埃及记的典故传承千年，妇孺皆知，
replayed around the Seder table
with the help of the Seder plate
伴随着桌上的逾越节餐盘(犹太人逾越节家宴专用的餐盘)；和那些具有象征意义的食品(请自行搜索逾越节家宴)
and its symbolic foods, and a
ritual book called the Haggadah.
以及该节的仪式用书Haggadah，年复一年的在逾越节筵席桌上被一代又一代的犹太人重复叙述着.
[Haggadah希伯莱语意即 to tell the story]
MAN READS:
"This is the bread of affliction
"这是我族先祖们在埃及地上"
"which our ancestors ate
in the land of Egypt.
"食用过的无酵饼"
"All who are hungry,
let them come and eat..."
"所有受饥的同胞，都可以来分享"
But this is about more than just
retelling an ancient story.
但逾越节不仅是对出埃及记的重复讲述而已--
SIMON SINGS IN HEBREW
"主持人用希伯来语唱词"
It's about reliving it.
它亦是在试图重复体验当年犹太先祖们(逃出埃及)的感受
What do we think, everybody, um,
salt water for tears or Red Sea?
哦...大家怎么想的呢？ 盐水象征(在埃及为奴的先祖的)泪水或是红海之水？
PEOPLE GIVE DIFFERENT ANSWERS"众人各种回答"
What do we think?
大家怎么想的?
Tears?
MAN: Is Red Sea an alternate, er...?
“是眼泪？” “那...红海之水是备选答案？额...？”
And the Haggadah provokes questions
同时，Haggadah经书也挑起各种
that belong as much to the
here and now as to the long ago.
历久弥新，在任何时代的逾越节家宴上都会被提出的问题
WOMAN: "In every generation, there
are those who rise up against us
女声:"历朝历代都有某些人站出来反犹"
"and seek to destroy us,
“各种想法子要致我们于死地，”
"but the Holy One, blessed be he,
saves us from their hands."
"但是我们幸得圣者相助，免遭他们的毒手" #
This is a tough passage, really.
SIMON: “这段经♥文♥其实真挺难的”
I mean, this says
that we can predict, really,
"我是说，这段基本就是在说，犹太人总能预见到"
that in every generation
“无论任何年代”
there will be exterminators
just around the corner.
“无时无处的，都有各种人想要灭掉犹太人”
I mean, is Jewish culture
always expecting the worst?
“那么，难道犹太族群和犹太文明就真的永无宁日？”
Yes. Yes. Oh, Lily!
Yes, darling, yeah. Is there?
Lily女声:"是这样"
SIMON:"是吗！ Lily我亲爱的，无可避免对吧？"
I just thought it was realistic.
Yeah.
Lily女声:"对啊，我觉得这就是事实真♥相♥..."
SIMON:"是吧..."
LAUGHTER (众笑...)
The Jewish imagination
is paranoia confirmed by history.
男声:"犹太人的受虐幻想和被害猜疑症总能不幸的被历史证实"
LAUGHTER (众笑...)
BUZZ OF CONVERSATION(背景众议纷纷...)
When it comes to history,
说到历史，
the Jews have certainly had
their fair share,
犹太人的历史能说的就多了，
and that history is rooted
in a very particular place.
而犹太人的历史，源自一个特别的不能再特别的地方
A sacred landscape
known by many resonant names -
那是一片圣地，有各种如雷贯耳的名字:--
the land of milk and honey,
“流着奶与蜜之地”
the land of Israel,
"以色列地"
the Holy Land,
"圣地"
the Promised Land.
"应许之地"
This is the view
from Mount Nebo in Jordan.
这是从约旦境内的NEBO山 远眺以色列(望向那片"应许之地")...
According to the Bible,
this is where Moses died
根据圣经上说，摩西带领以色列人
after leading the Israelites
for 40 years through the wilderness,
于荒野中穿行凡40年后，正要迈入"应许之地"的门槛之时
on the very threshold
of the God-Promised Land
即殁于此地--
he was never actually
allowed to set foot in.
实际上他从未获准踏足其中.
You don't have to accept the Bible
as literal truth to believe that,
你无须视圣经为信史
3,500 years ago,
something extraordinary and fateful
in world history did happen
也能明白3500年前世界史上确曾有过某件非凡的决定命运之事就发生
over there on the other side
of the Jordan Valley.
在那边--约旦河谷的另一侧
Trying to understand what
对我来说，就像弗洛伊德当年一样，
remains as urgent and necessary for
me as it once was for Sigmund Freud.
迫切需要了解的是发生了什么 #
But the first people in the
modern era to actually go there
当代最先到达圣地
and explore the history of the Jews
from the ground up
并一步一脚印地开始探究犹太人历史的
weren't Jewish at all.
却并不是犹太人...
MUSIC: "Jerusalem"
by William Blake and Sir Hubert Parry
背景是Hubert Parry根据William Blake的诗歌♥改编成的同名圣咏合唱(两个人名请自行Wiki)
They were evangelical Christians,
而是由各地主教和慈善家资助的福音派基♥督♥徒;
Victorian scientists, surveyors,
clerics and military engineers,
维多利亚时代的科学家；测绘员；
funded by bishops
and philanthropists.
神职人员以及军方工程师。
150 years ago,
the Palestine Exploration Fund
150年前，“巴勒斯坦勘探基金会”
despatched a series of expeditions
向被其出资者称之为圣地之处
to the place its supporters
called the Holy Land.
派遣了一连串的考察队
They wanted to prove
the truth of their Christian faith
他们希望凭借着对犹太人源头的探寻
by discovering the Jewish foundation
stones on which that faith stood.
来证明其基♥督♥教信仰的真实可信---毕竟基♥督♥教源于犹太教(是犹太教的一支,耶稣基♥督♥本人说白了就是一个基层犹太拉比)
Equipped with the latest
in technology that Victorian science
could provide,
这些考察队的装备都是维多利亚时代的最新技术
they sought nothing less
than the precise grid references
他们追求的是至少要用精确的坐标在地图上
for the places
where the miraculous events
标注《出埃及记》里描述的
described in the Book of Exodus
actually took place.
种种神迹事件的实际发生地点。
That's a lovely one, isn't it?
That's just beautiful!
女声：“非常精美，对吧”
男声：“的确精美”
'Felicity Cobbing,
curator of the PEF collection,
PEF(巴勒斯坦勘探基金会)收藏馆馆长 --Felicity Cobbing
'showed me the fruits
of their labours.'
向我展示了考察队当年的成果
Yeah, and here's, you know,
an Ordnance Survey,
男声:"你看这，‘军事测绘’". （书上标题 “西奈半岛军事测绘”）#
and we're used to thinking
about Ordnance Survey maps
男声:“我们一看到这四个字总会习惯性的想到军事测绘地图啦，”
and the hills in Wiltshire...
“还有Wiltshire的那些山丘啦什么的...”（Wiltshire历来是英国陆军的主训练场。 我猜SIMON这话意指Wiltshire也是英军战地测绘人员的训练地，新手测绘员都拿Wiltshire的地形练手神马的...） #
Yes. ...and here, um, you know,
男声：“而咱么眼前这本测绘地图”
1867-68,
the same painstaking passion
“是他们在1867-88年间大费周章”
for measuring and producing
“测绘制♥作♥的”
this glorious map
of the Sinai Peninsula,
“异常精美的西奈半岛地图”
you know, the place where the law
was given to Moses. Yes.
“传说中摩西正是在此地接受上帝赐予的十诫律法”
But for all their
painstaking precision,
他们煞费苦心精心测绘记录的同时
they couldn't resist
the romantic appeal
却也不忘欣赏西奈半岛的
of the land they were documenting.
那些引人入胜的景致。
You can see the spell being cast
in the crowd-pleasing photographs
从这些赏心悦目的照片中我们能感受到
that accompanied
the maps and surveys.
它所散发的迷人的魅力，伴随着这次测绘全程。#
Focusing on the awesome peaks
of the Sinai Peninsula,
凝视着西奈半岛那些雄奇峰峦，
all objectivity was swept away.
任谁都难以置身事外，什么客观性都一扫而空，心中敬畏油然而生。
Science may have supplied
the technology,
科学测绘，靠得是技术引路
but the Bible provided
the place names.
但是只有圣经才能给这神奇之地冠名！
They've gone for it,
it says Mount Sinai...
男声：“啊，他们找到了，你看这（张照片）写着‘西奈山’”