信、望、爱

 

 

 

许牧世 译

 

 

 

真、美、善之事不能在历史的某个片段里充分

表明意义，因此我们必须有信。

伟大的工作不能在人短暂的一生中成就，

因此我们必须有望。

我们所作所为无论怎样高尚，都不能独

自完成，因此我们都需要爱。

 

 

 

 

Faith, Hope and Love

 

 

－－by Reinhold Niebuhr

 

 

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by Faith.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a life time; therefore we must be saved by Hope.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone, therefore we are saved by Love.