第 140 节
作者:空白协议书      更新:2021-02-21 16:30      字数:9320
  CHRISTUS。
  Art thou a master
  Of Israel; and knowest not these things?
  We speak that we do know; and testify
  That we have seen; and ye will not receive
  Our witness。  If I tell you earthly things;
  And ye believe not; how shall ye believe;
  If I should tell you of things heavenly?
  And no man hath ascended up to heaven;
  But he alone that first came down from heaven;
  Even the Son of Man which is in heaven!
  NICODEMUS; aside。
  This is a dreamer of dreams; a visionary;
  Whose brain is overtasked; until he deems
  The unseen world to be a thing substantial;
  And this we live in; an unreal vision!
  And yet his presence fascinates and fills me
  With wonder; and I feel myself exalted
  Into a higher region; and become
  Myself in part a dreamer of his dreams;
  A seer of his visions!
  CHRISTUS。
  And as Moses
  Uplifted the serpent in the wilderness;
  So must the Son of Man be lifted up;
  That whosoever shall believe in Him
  Shall perish not; but have eternal life。
  He that believes in Him is not condemned;
  He that believes not; is condemned already。
  NICODEMUS; aside。
  He speaketh like a Prophet of the Lord!
  CHRISTUS。
  This is the condemnation; that the light
  Is come into the world; and men loved darkness
  Rather than light; because their deeds are evil!
  NICODEMUS; aside。
  Of me he speaketh!  He reproveth me;
  Because I come by night to question him!
  CHRISTUS。
  For every one that doeth evil deeds
  Hateth the light; nor cometh to the light
  Lest he should be reproved。
  NICODEMUS; aside。
  Alas; how truly
  He readeth what is passing in my heart!
  CHRISTUS。
  But he that doeth truth comes to the light;
  So that his deeds may be made manifest;
  That they are wrought in God。
  NICODEMUS。
  Alas! alas!
  V
  BLIND BARTIMEUS
  BARTIMEUS。
  Be not impatient; Chilion; it is pleasant
  To sit here in the shadow of the walls
  Under the palms; and hear the hum of bees;
  And rumor of voices passing to and fro;
  And drowsy bells of caravans on their way
  To Sidon or Damascus。  This is still
  The City of Palms; and yet the walls thou seest
  Are not the old walls; not the walls where Rahab
  Hid the two spies; and let them down by cords
  Out of the window; when the gates were shut;
  And it was dark。  Those walls were overthrown
  When Joshua's army shouted; and the priests
  Blew with their seven trumpets。
  CHILION。
  When was that?
  BARTIMEUS。
  O my sweet rose of Jericho; I know not
  Hundreds of years ago。  And over there
  Beyond the river; the great prophet Elijah
  Was taken by a whirlwind up to heaven
  In chariot of fire; with fiery horses。
  That is the plain of Moab; and beyond it
  Rise the blue summits of Mount Abarim;
  Nebo and Pisgah and Peor; where Moses
  Died; whom the Lord knew face to face? and whom
  He buried in a valley; and no man
  Knows of his sepulchre unto this day。
  CHILION。
  Would thou couldst see these places; as I see them。
  BARTIMEUS。
  I have not seen a glimmer of the light
  Since thou wast born。  I never saw thy face;
  And yet I seem to see it; and one day
  Perhaps shall see it; for there is a Prophet
  In Galilee; the Messiah; the Son of David;
  Who heals the blind; if I could only find him。
  I hear the sound of many feet approaching;
  And voices; like the murmur of a crowd!
  What seest thou?
  CHILION。
  A young man clad in white
  Is coming through the gateway; and a crowd
  Of people follow。
  BARTIMEUS。
  Can it be the Prophet!
  O neighbors; tell me who it is that passes?
  ONE OF THE CROWD。
  Jesus of Nazareth。
  BARTIMEUS; crying。
  O Son of David!
  Have mercy on me!
  MANY OP THE CROWD。
  Peace。  Blind Bartimeus!
  Do not disturb the Master。
  BARTIMEUS; crying more vehemently。
  Son of David;
  Have mercy on me!
  ONE OF THE CROWD。
  See; the Master stops。
  Be of good comfort; rise; He calleth thee!
  BARTIMEUS; casting away his cloak。
  Chilion! good neighbors! lead me on。
  CHRISTUS。
  What wilt thou
  That I should do to thee?
  BARTIMEUS。
  Good Lord! my sight
  That I receive my sight!
  CHRISTUS。
  Receive thy sight!
  Thy faith hath made thee whole!
  THE CROWD。
  He sees again!
  CHRISTUS passes on; The crowd gathers round BARTIMEUS。
  BARTIMEUS。
  I see again; but sight bewilders me!
  Like a remembered dream; familiar things
  Come back to me。  I see the tender sky
  Above me; see the trees; the city walls;
  And the old gateway; through whose echoing arch
  I groped so many years; and you; my neighbors;
  But know you by your friendly voices only。
  How beautiful the world is! and how wide!
  Oh; I am miles away; if I but look!
  Where art thou; Chilion?
  CHILION。
  Father; I am here。
  BARTIMEUS。
  Oh let me gaze upon thy face; dear child!
  For I have only seen thee with my hands!
  How beautiful thou art!  I should have known thee;
  Thou hast her eyes whom we shall see hereafter!
  O God of Abraham!  Elion!  Adonai!
  Who art thyself a Father; pardon me
  If for a moment I have thee postponed
  To the affections and the thoughts of earth;
  Thee; and the adoration that I owe thee;
  When by thy power alone these darkened eyes
  Have been unsealed again to see thy light!
  VI
  JACOB'S WELL
  A SAMARITAN WOMAN。
  The sun is hot; and the dry east…wind blowing
  Fills all the air with dust。  The birds are silent;
  Even the little fieldfares in the corn
  No longer twitter; only the grasshoppers
  Sing their incessant song of sun and summer。
  I wonder who those strangers were I met
  Going into the city?  Galileans
  They seemed to me in speaking; when they asked
  The short way to the market…place。  Perhaps
  They are fishermen from the lake; or travellers;
  Looking to find the inn。  And here is some one
  Sitting beside the well; another stranger;
  A Galilean also by his looks。
  What can so many Jews be doing here
  Together in Samaria?  Are they going
  Up to Jerusalem to the Passover?
  Our Passover is better here at Sychem;
  For here is Ebal; here is Gerizim;
  The mountain where our father Abraham
  Went up to offer Isaac; here the tomb
  Of Joseph;for they brought his bones Egypt
  And buried them in this land; and it is holy。
  CHRISTUS。
  Give me to drink。
  SAMARITAN WOMAN。
  How can it be that thou;
  Being a Jew; askest to drink of me
  Which am a woman of Samaria?
  You Jews despise us; have no dealings with us;
  Make us a byword; call us in derision
  The silly folk of Sychar。  Sir; how is it
  Thou askest drink of me?
  CHRISTUS。
  If thou hadst known
  The gift of God; and who it is that sayeth
  Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked of Him;
  He would have given thee the living water。
  SAMARITAN WOMAN。
  Sir; thou hast naught to draw with; and the well
  Is deep !  Whence hast thou living water?
  Say; art thou greater than our father Jacob;
  Which gave this well to us; and drank thereof
  Himself; and all his children and his cattle?
  CHRISTUS。
  Ah; whosoever drinketh of this water
  Shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh
  The water I shall give him shall not thirst
  Forevermore; for it shall be within him
  A well of living water; springing up
  Into life everlasting。
  SAMARITAN WOMAN。
  Every day
  I must go to and fro; in heat and cold;
  And I am weary。  Give me of this water;
  That I may thirst not; nor come here to draw。
  CHRISTUS。
  Go call thy husband; woman; and come hither。
  SAMARITAN WOMAN。
  I have no husband; Sir。
  CHRISTUS。
  Thou hast well said
  I have no husband。  Thou hast had five husbands;
  And he whom now thou hast is not thy husband。
  SAMARITAN WOMAN。
  Surely thou art a Prophet; for thou readest
  The hidden things of life!  Our fathers worshipped
  Upon this mountain Gerizim; and ye say
  The only place in which men ought to worship
  Is at Jerusalem。
  CHRISTUS。
  Believe me; woman;
  The hour is coming; when ye neither shall
  Upon this mount; nor at Jerusalem;
  Worship the Father; for the hour is coming;
  And is now come; when the true worshippers
  Shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth!
  The Father seeketh such to worship Him。
  God is a spirit; and they that worship Him
  Must worship Him in spirit and in truth。
  SAMARITAN WOMAN。
  Master; I know that the Messiah cometh;
  Which is called Christ; and he will tell us all things。
  CHRISTUS。
  I that speak unto thee am He!
  THE DISCIPLES; returning。
  Behold;
  The Master sitting by the well; and talking
  With a Samaritan woman!