“絕不要用更多的罪惡去回報罪惡...不要讓邪惡征服你，而是要通過(guò)做好事來(lái)征服邪惡”
What is your normal reaction when people hurt you intentionally? Retaliate! Get even! We're often at our creative best when we’re thinking up methods to get even.
當別人故意傷害你時(shí)，你的正常反應是什么？報復！報仇！當我們在思考報復的方法時(shí)，我們的創(chuàng )造性最強。
But the Bible teaches we need to make a choice to forgive. Instead of reacting, we should take the initiative to forgive.
但是圣經(jīng)教導我們必須選擇去寬恕。相反的，我們應該主動(dòng)地去寬恕。
In his book, Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am?, John Powell says he was walking down the street with a friend and they stopped to get a paper. The man selling the paper was discourteous and very rude. As they walked away, John’s friend said to the man, “You have a nice day, now!”
在這本書(shū)中，我為什么不敢告訴你我是誰(shuí)？約翰•鮑威爾說(shuō)他和朋友走在街上,然后停下來(lái)想要一張紙.賣(mài)紙的人很沒(méi)有禮貌,非常粗魯.當他們走遠了，約翰的朋友對那人說(shuō)，“你有美好的一天，現在！”
John asked his friend, “Is that man always that rude to you?”
約翰問(wèn)他的朋友，“那個(gè)男人總是對你那么粗魯嗎？”
“Yes.”
“是的”
“Are you always that nice to him?”
“你一直對他那么好嗎？”
John’s friend said, “Yes, I’m not going to let one man ruin my day.”
約翰的朋友說(shuō)，“是的，我不會(huì )讓另外一個(gè)人毀了我的生活。”
The brilliant African-American scientist, Booker T. Washington, faced prejudice all his life, but he made a very significant choice about how he would handle it: “I will never allow another man to control or ruin my life by making me hate him.”
才華橫溢的非洲裔美國科學(xué)家，布克•華盛頓在他的一生中都面對偏見(jiàn)，但是他做了一個(gè)很重要的選擇關(guān)于怎樣掌控偏見(jiàn)：“我從不通過(guò)怨恨別人而讓他控制或者毀壞我的生活。”
The moment you start retaliating or seeking revenge is the same moment you give up control of your life. You have allowed the person you’re angry at to gain control of your life because you are reacting, which is a position of weakness, as opposed to forgiving, which is a position of Christlike strength.
當你開(kāi)始報復或想方設法去報仇的時(shí)刻也就意味著(zhù)你放棄掌控自己生命了。你已經(jīng)允許讓你生氣的那個(gè)人控制你的生活，因為你的反應，是你弱點(diǎn)的表現，而寬恕，是一種基督力量的姿態(tài)。
The Bible teaches, “Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, ‘I will take revenge; I will pay them back,’ says the Lord” (Romans 12:19 NLT).
圣經(jīng)教導我們，“親愛(ài)的弟兄，不要自己伸冤，寧可讓步，聽(tīng)憑主怒。因為經(jīng)上記著(zhù)：“主說(shuō)，伸冤在我，我必報應。”
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