【Genesis 8:22 李杜圣经札记】

22 地还存留的时候，稼穑，寒暑，冬夏，昼夜就永不停息了。

ERV:

22 As long as the earth continues, there will always be a time for planting and a time for harvest. There will always be cold and hot, summer and winter, day and night on earth.

NIV:

22 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”

评述：

我喜欢这句经文的苍茫之气。圣经可当文学读，正因为这些珠玑穿缀其间。

文理本圣经的文言更为简洁，“地存之时、稼穑寒暑、冬夏昼夜、永不间绝”。

诉诸文学性的文字，ERV这类浅易版的缺陷便彰显出来，比如这一句，就远逊NIV版。NIV版的这句英文，值得背下来，反复吟咏。