加载中…349鲁本斯的画作《浪子回头》欣赏
(2021-03-08 12:04:36) | 分类： 希腊神话和圣经故事 |
1990年是弗兰德斯画家鲁本斯（1577-1640）逝世350周年，有些国家为他发行了纪念邮票。题图是格林纳达发行的小型张（1991年1月31日发行），图案是他的画作《浪子回头（The Prodigal Son）》（1618-1619年作），现收藏在比利时安特卫普国家博物馆。
下图是网上下载的原画图。
《浪子回头》是《圣经·新约》里的一段故事，是耶稣教化法利赛人的第三个比喻“浪子的比喻”，讲述父亲如何对待回头浪子的。事见文后附文《圣经·新约》路加福音第15章11-28节。
一本《圣经》英文本注释中说与其称之为“浪子回头（The
Prodigal
Son）”，不如称之为“父爱（The Father’s
1977年是鲁本斯诞生400周年，被定为“国际鲁本斯年（Annee Internationale Rubens）”许多国家发行了邮票，比利时当然不会例外，除了发行邮票以外，还发行了一枚邮资片，片图就是这幅《浪子回头（法文 L’Enfant Prodigue）》（局部）（这是借用“外国邮票吧”的一位邮友的藏品）。
英文幽默故事：The Story of The Prodigal Son
There was a very rich person. He had two sons. The first son was
hard working. He always obeyed his father. He was very good and
nice person. But the second son was totally different from the
first son. He was lazy. He did not work in his father’s field. He
was disobedient to his father. He wanted to lead a gay and free
life.
One day, the younger son said to his father. “Father, give me my
share of property." The father felt very sad. He divided the
property. The second son took his share of property. He left home
with his share. He went to a distant land. There he made a lot of
friends. He spent his property lavishly1 on his friends, foods
and drinks. He had many bad habits too. He wasted all the money.
Soon he was left with no money. His friends saw this. They
all deserted2 him one by
one.
AT that time, there was a famine in that land. He could not get any
job. None of his friends gave him food or money. He was forced to
take up a very mean job. His job was to feed the pigs. Very often
he ate the food kept for the pigs. He was very sad about his
present conditions. He soon began to think of his father and his
brother. He said to himself, “In my father’s house, even the
servants have enough food. They get good shelter too. But here, I
am struggling for food and shelter. I will go back to my father. I
will beg him to take me as his servant."
So decided3, the prodigal4 son set out for his
father’s house. In the meantime, his father was always thinking of
his second son. He would sit near the windows. He would look out at
the road, expecting his son to return home.
One day his father saw his son coming at a distance. He ran out of
his house in great joy. He met his son on the way. His son knelt
down. He said, “Father, I am not fit to be your son. Take me as
your servant."
His father lifted his lovingly. He embraced him. He turned to his
servants. He said, “Bring the best robe. Put it on my son. Put a
ring on his fingers and shoes on his feet. Kill the
fatted calf5. Prepare a feast. Let us eat and enjoy.
My son was lost. Now he is fount."
The elder son was returning from his work. He heard the sound of
the music and dancing from his house. He asked one of his servants
about it. His servant told his, “Your brother has come. Your father
is rejoicing at his return. A fatted calf has been killed to
prepare for a delicious feast and the
celebration."
The first son was angry. He refused to enter his house. The father
came out. He begged his elder son to come in for rejoicing. The
elder son said, “I have obeyed you all these years. I have done all
your works. But you never gave me even a kid to enjoy with my
friends. This son wasted all your money and property. And you order
a fatted calf for him!"
His father replied, “My dear son, you are always with me. All my
property is yours. Your younger brother was dead. Now he is alive.
He was lost. Now he is found. Therefore should we not
rejoice?"
The elder son understood the love behind the words of his father.
He forgot everything about his younger brother. He decided to take
part in the celebration. He was
happy.
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