第88章 來自天堂的一片葉子 A Leaf from Heaven(第3/6 頁)

上的人祈禱：“父啊，赦免他們，因為他們所做的，他們不曉得。”

If we suffer wrongfully, if we are misunderstood or despised, we must think of him who was pure and holy, and who prayed for those who nailed him to the cross, “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

女孩在這株奇妙的植物前停住了腳步，因為綠葉散發出一種甜美宜人的芬芳，花朵在陽光下閃爍發光，如同彩色的火焰，悅耳的和聲縈繞在它們周圍，彷彿每一朵花裡都藏著一個深不見底的旋律源泉，即便歷經數千年也不會枯竭。

the girl stood still before the wonderful plant, for the green leaves exhaled a sweet and refreshing fragrance, and the flowers glittered and sparkled in the sunshine like colored flames, and the harmony of sweet sounds lingered round them as if each concealed within itself a deep fount of melody, which thousands of years could not exhaust.

懷著虔誠的感激之情，女孩望著上帝這一壯麗的傑作，俯身靠近一根枝條，以便能仔細觀賞花朵並吸聞那甜美的香氣。

with pious gratitude the girl looked upon this glorious work of God, and bent down over one of the branches, that she might examine the flower and inhale the sweet perfume.

這時，一道靈光在她腦海中閃現，她的心扉敞開了。

then a light broke in on her mind, and her heart expanded.

她本很樂意摘下一朵花，但又克服不了那種不願折斷花枝的心情。

Gladly would she have plucked a flower, but she could not overe her reluctance to break one off.

她知道花兒很快就會凋謝；所以她只摘了一片綠葉，帶回家後，把它夾在了《聖經》裡，在那兒它一直保持著翠綠、鮮嫩，永不褪色。

She knew it would so soon fade; so she took only a single green leaf, carried it home, and laid it in her bible, where it remained ever green, fresh, and unfading.

幾周後，當那本《聖經》被放在年輕女孩棺材裡她的頭下時，那片葉子還夾在《聖經》的書頁間。

between the pa