姐弟亲情故事：我会永远原谅你

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[00:02.43]30 I Will Always Forgive You	我会永远原谅你
[00:07.14](By Joni Eareckson Tada)	（译/含秋）
[00:09.39]"How many times must I forgive my brother? "the disciple Peter had asked Jesus. “我到底要原谅我弟弟多少次？”门徒彼得曾求教于耶稣。
[00:16.21]"Seven times?"  “是7次吗？”
[00:17.64]Lisa's Sunday school teacher had read Jesus' surprising answer to the class, "Seventy times seven."	莉萨在主日学校的老师向全班朗读了耶稣令人吃惊的回答：“是70乘以7次。”
[00:25.52]Lisa had leaned over to her brother Brent as the teacher continued reading. 老师继续朗读，莉萨倾身靠近弟弟布伦特。
[00:30.63]"How many times is that?" she whispered.“那是多少次啊？”她低声问道。 
[00:34.20]Brent, though two years younger, was smarter than she was.	布伦特虽然比她小两岁，却比她聪明。
[00:38.16]"Four hundred and ninety, "Brent wrote on the corner of his Sunday school paper. “490次。”布伦特在主日学校的稿纸一角上写道。
[00:43.60]Lisa saw the message, nodded, and sat back in her chair. 莉萨看见了这个答案，点点头，坐回到自己的椅子里。
[00:47.96]Brent was small for his age, with narrow shoulders and short arms. 布伦特肩膀窄窄的，胳膊短短的，
[00:52.59]His glasses were too large for his face, and his hair always matted in swirls .看上去比他的实际年龄要小。他的眼镜相对于他的脸庞来说太大，他的头发总是结缠成绺。
[00:58.75]He bordered on being a nerd , but his incredible skills at everything, especially music, made him popular with his classmates.	他几乎就是一个乏味的人，但让人难以置信的是他对任何事都特别精通，尤其在音乐方面，这使得他很受同学们的欢迎。
[01:07.54]Brent had learned to play the piano at age four, the clarinet at age seven, and had just begun to play the oboe. 布伦特四岁学弹钢琴，七岁吹单簧管，最近又开始学吹双簧管。
[01:15.52]His music teachers said he'd be a famous musician someday. 他的音乐老师说他以后会成为一名著名的音乐家。
[01:19.55]There was only one thing at which Lisa was better than Brent - basketball. 只有一件事莉萨比布伦特做得好――打篮球。
[01:25.50]They played it almost every afternoon after school. 他们几乎每天下午放学后都打篮球。
[01:29.99]Brent could have refused to play, but he knew that it was Lisa's only joy in the midst of her struggles to get C's and D's at school.	布伦特本可以拒绝打篮球，但他知道这是莉萨在学校尽力得到C和D的过程中唯一的乐趣。
[01:39.57]That same Sunday afternoon the brother and sister played basketball in the driveway. 还是那个星期天的下午，姐弟俩在车道上打篮球。
[01:45.84]It was then that the counting had begun. 也就是从那时起“计数”开始了。
[01:49.22]Brent was guarding Lisa as she dribbled toward the basket. 莉萨朝篮筐运球时，布伦特在防守。
[01:53.84]He had tried to bat the ball away, got his face near her elbow, and took a shot on the chin. 他试图把球拍走，脸靠近了莉萨的胳膊肘，下巴一下子磕在上面。
[02:00.17]"Ow!" he cried out and turned away.	“啊唷！”他大喊一声，转过身去。
[02:03.95]Lisa saw her opening and drove to the basket, making an easy layup .莉萨看到她的空档来了，跑到篮下，轻松完成了一个上篮。
[02:10.80]She gloated over her success but stopped when she saw Brent. 她对于自己的胜利感到心花怒放，但看到布伦特时却停了下来。 
[02:14.41]"You okay?" she asked. “你没事吧？”她问道。
[02:17.63]Brent shrugged his shoulders. 布伦特耸耸肩。 
[02:19.75]"Sorry," Lisa said. “对不起，”莉萨说， 
[02:22.22]"Really. “真的。
[02:23.45]It was a cheap shot."	刚才投的篮不够公平。”
[02:25.24]"It's all right. I forgive you," he said. “不碍事。我原谅你，”他说。
[02:28.66]A thin smile then formed on his face, "Just 489 more times though."	他的脸上出现一抹淡淡的笑容，“可是只剩下489次了。”
[02:35.50]"What do you mean?" Lisa asked.	“你说什么？”莉萨问道。
[02:38.00]"You know ... what we learned in Sunday school today. “你知道……我们今天在主日学校学的。
[02:41.50]You're supposed to forgive someone 490 times. 你应该原谅别人490次。
[02:44.88]I just forgave you, so now you have 489 left, he kidded.	我刚刚原谅了你，所以现在你还剩489次。”他开玩笑说。
[02:50.73]Brent's forgiving spirit strongly held the interest of Lisa, and she wanted him to know how sorry she was. 布伦特原谅的精神激起了莉萨的强烈兴趣，她想让弟弟知道她有多么抱歉。
[02:57.46]It was that evening that she had made the chart with the 490 boxes. 就在那天晚上，她做了一张有490个格子的表格。
[03:03.00]She showed it to him before he went to bed.	她在布伦特上床睡觉之前拿给他看了。
[03:05.96]"We can keep track of every time I mess up and you forgive me," she said.	“每当我把事情搞砸而你又原谅我时，我们就把它记下来。”她说。
[03:12.26]Brent raised his hands to protest. 布伦特举手抗议， 
[03:15.15]"You don't need to keep ..."	“你不需要记……”
[03:17.83]"Yes I do!" Lisa interrupted. “我就要记！”莉萨打断他， 
[03:20.45]"You're always forgiving me, and I want to keep track. “你总是原谅我，所以我想记下来。
[03:23.86]Just let me do this!" She went back to her room and tacked the chart to her bulletin board.	就让我这么做吧！”她回到自己的卧室，把表格钉在她的记事板上。
[03:30.60]There were many opportunities to fill in the chart in the years that followed. 在随后的几年里，莉萨有很多次机会来填这个表格。
[03:35.47]She once told the kids at school that Brent talked in his sleep and called out Rhonda Hill's name, even though it wasn't true. 她有一次曾告诉学校的孩子们，布伦特说梦话，并且大喊朗达・希尔的名字，尽管那不是真的。
[03:43.25]The teasing caused Brent days and days of misery. 众人的取笑使布伦特好些天痛苦不堪。
[03:47.34]When she realized how cruel she had been, Lisa apologized sincerely. 当莉萨意识到自己有多么残忍时，就真挚地向他道了歉。
[03:52.95]That night she marked box number 96. 那天晚上，她在第96个格子里做了标记。
[03:56.36]Forgiveness number 211 came in the tenth grade when Lisa failed to bring home his English book. 莉萨上十年级时把原谅的次数填到211次，那次是因为她没把弟弟的英语书带回家。
[04:03.90]Brent had stayed home sick that day and had asked her to bring it so he could study for a quiz. 布伦特那天生病在家，便让莉萨把英语书带回家，这样他可以为小测验做准备。
[04:09.85]She forgot and he got a C. 莉萨却忘了这件事，结果布伦特测验得了个C。
[04:12.64]Number 393 was for lost keys....418 for the extra bleach she put in the washer, which ruined his favorite Polo shirt.	 第393次是原谅她弄丢了钥匙……第418次是因为她往洗衣机里多放了漂白剂，把布伦特最喜欢的球衣给毁了。
[04:24.15]There was a small ceremony when Lisa checked number 490. 当莉萨在第490个格里画钩时，她举行了一个小小的仪式。
[04:29.75]She used a gold pen for the check mark, had Brent sign the chart, and then placed it in her memory box. 她用一支金色的笔画钩，让布伦特在图表上签字，而后把图表放进她的记忆盒里。
[04:36.70]"I guess that's the end," Lisa said, "No more screw-ups from me anymore!" “我想就到此为止了，”莉萨说，“我再不会把事情搞得乱七八糟了。”
[04:43.29]Brent just laughed. 布伦特只是笑笑： 
[04:45.90]"Yeah, right."	“是啊，没错。”
[04:46.45]Number 491 was just another one of Lisa's careless mistakes, but its hurt lasted a lifetime. 第491次仅仅是莉萨又一次粗心犯的错误，但这次错误所带来的伤害却陪伴了她一生。
[04:55.58]Brent had become all that his music teachers said he would.布伦特如他的音乐老师所说，成为一名音乐尖子。 
[04:59.87]Few could play the oboe better than he. 几乎没有人吹双簧管能比他吹得还好。
[05:03.20]In his fourth year at the best music school in the United States, 在他就读美国一流的音乐学院第四年时，
[05:07.38]he received the opportunity of a life time-a chance to try out for New York City's great orchestra.	他获得了一个一生难得的机会――去参加纽约市最大的管弦乐队的选拔表演。
[05:14.94]The tryout would be held sometime during the following two weeks. 选拔表演将在接下来两周内的某个时间进行。
[05:19.12]Brent had been out when the call about the tryout came to the house. 通知预赛的电话打到家里时，布伦特还在外面。
[05:24.20]Lisa was the only one home and on her way out the door, eager to get to work on time.	当时只有莉萨一个人在家，她正准备出门，一心想着按时上班。
[05:30.25]"Two-thirty on the tenth," the secretary said on the phone. “10号2点30分，”秘书在电话里说。
[05:36.38]Lisa did not have a pen, but she told herself that she could remember it.	莉萨没带笔，但她告诉自己能记住这个时间。
[05:41.24]"Got it. Thanks. "“知道了，谢谢！”
[05:43.10]"I can remember that," she thought. “我能记住的。”她想。
[05:45.57]But she did not. 但她还是忘了。
[05:47.18]It was a week later around the dinner table that Lisa realized her mistake.	大约一周以后，莉萨在饭桌上用餐时才意识到她的错误。
[05:52.48]"So, Brent," his mom asked him, "When do you try out?"	“那么，布伦特，”他的妈妈问他，“你什么时候参加试演？”
[05:58.30]"Don't know yet. “还不知道。 
[05:59.75]They're supposed to call. " 他们应该会打电话的。”
[06:01.77]Lisa froze in her seat. 莉萨坐在椅子上愣住了。
[06:04.57]"Oh, no!" she blurted out loud.“哦，不！”她大声地叫了出来， 
[06:07.52] "What's today's date?  Quick!"	“今天是几号？快告诉我啊！”
[06:09.91]"It's the twelfth," her dad answered. “12号啊，”她爸爸答道， 
[06:13.00]"Why?"	“怎么了？”
[06:13.46]A terrible pain ripped through Lisa's heart. 一阵剧烈的疼痛撕扯着莉萨的心。
[06:17.80]She buried her face in her hands, crying. 她双手掩面哭了起来。
[06:20.22]"Lisa, what's the matter?" her mother asked.	“莉萨，出什么事了？”她妈妈问道。
[06:24.31]Through sobs Lisa explained what had happened. 莉萨抽泣着说出了事情的原委。
[06:28.48]"It was two days ago... the tryout ... two-thirty ... the call came ... last week." “那是在两天以前……预赛……2 点30分……打电话来了……是在上周。”
[06:36.74]Brent sat back in his chair, not believing Lisa.	布伦特靠在椅背上，不相信莉萨的话。
[06:40.89]"Is this one of your jokes, sis?" he asked, though he could tell her misery was real. “你在和我开玩笑吧，姐？”他问道，尽管他能断定她确实很痛苦。
[06:47.10]She shook her head, still unable to look at him.	她摇摇头，仍然不敢直视布伦特。
[06:50.93]"Then I really missed it?" She nodded.	“那么我真的错过试演了？”莉萨点点头。
[06:54.84]Brent ran out of the kitchen without a word. 布伦特一句话也没说便冲出了厨房。
[06:58.20]He did not come out of his room the rest of the evening.	在那天晚上接下来的时间里，他没有走出过自己的房间。
[07:01.78]Lisa knew that she had ruined Brent's life. 莉萨知道她毁掉了布伦特的一生。
[07:05.39]He could never forgive her for that. 因为这件事，他永远也不会原谅她了。
[07:07.93]She had failed her family, and there was nothing to do but to leave home. 她辜负了她的家人，如今除了离开家之外别无选择。
[07:12.76]Lisa packed her pickup truck in the middle of the night.	莉萨在午夜时分把行李装上了她的小卡车。
[07:16.28]Two days later she got a job as a waitress in Boston.	两天后，她在波士顿找到了一个做服务生的工作。
[07:20.36]It's too late, she wrote them once. "I've ruined Brent's life, and I'm not coming back."	她给他们写过一次信，信中写道：“太晚了，我已经毁掉了布伦特的一生，我不会回家。”
[07:27.92]Lisa did not think she would ever see home again. 莉萨以为她再也不会回家了。
[07:31.76]But one day in the restaurant where she worked she saw a face she knew. 但是有一天，她在饭馆上班时看到了一张熟悉的面孔。
[07:37.14]"Lisa!" said Mrs.Nelson, looking up from her plate, "What a surprise."	“莉萨！”纳尔逊夫人从她的餐盘上方抬起头来说，“多么出乎意料啊！”
[07:45.10]The woman was a friend of Lisa's family from back home. 这位夫人是莉萨家的一位朋友。
[07:48.89]"I was so sorry to hear about your brother," Mrs.Nelson said softly, "Such a terrible accident. “我很抱歉听到你弟弟的遭遇，”纳尔逊夫人轻声说，“真是一个可怕的意外。
[07:58.35]But we can be thankful that he died quickly. 但欣慰的是他很快就去了，
[08:02.27]He didn't suffer." 并没有遭受痛苦。”
[08:03.95]Lisa stared at the woman in shock.	莉萨目瞪口呆地盯着那位夫人。
[08:07.69]"Wh-hat? "she finally stammered.	“什……什么？”她终于结结巴巴地说。
[08:11.49]It couldn't be! Her brother? Dead? 这不可能！她的弟弟？死了？
[08:15.38]The woman quickly saw that Lisa did not know about the accident. 这位夫人很快看出了莉萨并不知道这场意外。
[08:20.40]She told the girl the sad story of the speeding car, the rush to the hospital, the doctors working over Brent. 她给这个女孩讲述了悲惨的经过，先是汽车超速，而后是紧急送医，然后是医生们抢救布伦特。
[08:27.96]But all they could do was not enough to save him.	但是尽管他们用尽了一切办 法，还是没能保住他的性命。
[08:31.49]Lisa returned home that afternoon. 莉萨那天下午回到家，
[08:34.78]Now she found herself in her room thinking about her brother as she held the small box that held some of her memories of him. 然后她发觉自己在房间里想着她的弟弟，手里拿着存有一些关于他的回忆的小盒子。
[08:43.22]Sadly, she opened the box and peered inside. 她悲伤地打开盒子，看了看里面。
[08:46.93]It was as she remembered, except for one item - Brent's chart. 一切如初，都和她记忆中的一样，除了一样东西――布伦特原谅她的表格。
[08:52.37]It was not there. 那张表格不在盒子里。
[08:53.92]In its place, at the bottom of the box, was an envelope. 在它原来的地方――盒子的最下面，躺着一个信封。
[08:58.50]Her hands shook as she tore it open and removed a letter. 她双手颤抖着打开了信封，从里面拿出一封信。
[09:02.58]The first page read:	信的第一页写着：
[09:04.70]Dear Lisa,	亲爱的莉萨：
[09:06.46]It was you who kept count, not me. 是你在坚持计算原谅的次数，而不是我。
[09:08.98]But if you're stubborn enough to keep count, use the new chart I've made for you.	但是如果你这么固执，还要坚持计算的话，就用我为你做的这张新表格吧。
[09:13.80]Love, Brent	爱你的布伦特
[09:15.64]Lisa turned to the second page where she found a chart just like the one she had made as a child, 莉萨翻到第二页，发现一张和她小时候做的一样的表格，
[09:22.97]but on this one the lines were drawn in perfect precision. 但是这张表格上的线条画得非常精致。
[09:26.96]And unlike the chart she had kept, there was but one check mark in the upper left-hand corner. 	与她保存的那张表格不同之处在于，这张表格只在左上角画了一个勾。
[09:33.38]Written in red felt-tip pen over the entire page were the words: "Number 491. Forgiven, forever."在整页纸上用红色标签笔写着：“第491次。永远原谅你。”

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