His Holiness Pope Francis | Why the only future worth building includes everyone | TED Talks

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翻译人员: Yolanda Zhang 校对人员: Geoff Chen

[圣教皇弗朗西斯 摄于梵蒂冈城

[His Holiness Pope Francis Filmed in Vatican City

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Good evening – or, good morning, I am not sure what time it is there.

晚上好——

或者，早上好。 我不太确定你们那里现在是几点。

Regardless of the hour, I am thrilled to be participating in your conference.

无论如何，我非常高兴 能够参与你们的大会。

I very much like its title – "The Future You" –

我很喜欢这个题目——“未来的你”——

because, while looking at tomorrow, it invites us to open a dialogue today,

因为想展望明天， 就需要我们在今天展开对话，

to look at the future through a "you."

通过“你”来看看未来的世界，

"The Future You:"

“未来的你”。

the future is made of yous, it is made of encounters,

未来是由一个个的你所组成， 充满了无数邂逅，

because life flows through our relations with others.

因为生命会在我们 彼此的联系中流逝。

Quite a few years of life

过去若干年的生命

have strengthened my conviction

让我日渐确信

that each and everyone's existence is deeply tied to that of others:

我们每个人的存在 都与其他人息息相关：

life is not time merely passing by, life is about interactions.

生命不仅仅是飞逝的时间， 更是关乎人与人的关系。

As I meet, or lend an ear to those who are sick,

当我见到，或者倾听那些生病的人，

to the migrants who face terrible hardships

那些在找寻光明未来的道路上

in search of a brighter future,

遭受苦难的移民们，

to prison inmates who carry a hell of pain inside their hearts,

那些内心遭受着煎熬的服刑者，

and to those, many of them young, who cannot find a job,

还有那些在求职道路上 茫然无助的年轻人，

I often find myself wondering:

我不禁常常在想：

"Why them and not me?"

“为什么是他们在遭受这些，而不是我？”

I, myself, was born in a family of migrants;

我自己，就出生在一个移民家庭；

my father, my grandparents, like many other Italians,

我的父亲、祖父母， 同其他的意大利移民一样，

left for Argentina

飘扬过海去了阿根廷，

and met the fate of those who are left with nothing.

与那些无家可归的人 面临着相似的命运。

I could have very well ended up among today's "discarded" people.

我本来很有可能就此沦落， 成为如今被遗忘的"沧海一粟"。

And that's why I always ask myself, deep in my heart:

这也是为什么我总在心底自问：

"Why them and not me?"

“为什么是他们，而不是我？”

First and foremost, I would love it if this meeting could help to remind us

首先，我很希望这个大会 能够提醒大家，

that we all need each other,

我们都是紧密相联系的个体，

none of us is an island,

没有任何一个人能够独立存在，

an autonomous and independent "I," separated from the other,

能够成为一个完全 自主的、孤立的“我”，

and we can only build the future by standing together, including everyone.

我们只有团结起来才能共同 打造一个美好的未来。

每个人都肩负一份责任。

We don’t think about it often, but everything is connected,

我们很少会想到， 但是万物之间都有着联系，

and we need to restore our connections to a healthy state.

而我们需要让彼此 恢复积极健康的关系：

Even the harsh judgment I hold in my heart

即便是在我的内心中， 对于兄弟姐妹们

against my brother or my sister,

怀有的严苛评判，

the open wound that was never cured, the offense that was never forgiven,

以及从未愈合的伤口， 从未得到原谅的冒犯，

the rancor that is only going to hurt me,

只会对我造成伤害的仇恨，

are all instances of a fight that I carry within me,

都成为了伴随我的一种挣扎，

a flare deep in my heart that needs to be extinguished

而根植于我内心的 这些刻骨铭心的伤痛，

before it goes up in flames, leaving only ashes behind.

在蔓延成熊熊大火 烧毁一切前，都应该被彻底消除。

Many of us, nowadays,

如今，我们中的许多人

seem to believe that a happy future is something impossible to achieve.

似乎相信一个幸福的未来 是遥不可及的。

While such concerns must be taken very seriously,

我们需要重新审视这种忧虑。

they are not invincible.

它们并非无可反驳。

They can be overcome when we don't lock our door to the outside world.

当我们不再把自己隔绝于外部的世界， 它们就会被打破。

Happiness can only be discovered

幸福是只有整体和个体

as a gift of harmony between the whole and each single component.

达到和谐一致时 才会被发现的一种馈赠。

Even science – and you know it better than I do –

即便是科学——你们应该比我更了解——

points to an understanding of reality

它指明了一种对现实的理解，

as a place where every element connects and interacts with everything else.

但也只是一个让所有元素碰撞 和相互作用的节点。

And this brings me to my second message.

这也引出了我想说的第二点。

How wonderful would it be

如果，

if the growth of scientific and technological innovation

科学和技术创新的进步可以带来更多

would come along with more equality and social inclusion.

平等和社会包容度，该会有多么美好！

How wonderful would it be, while we discover faraway planets,

当我们发现了遥远的行星， 进而重新找到了与围绕着我们的

to rediscover the needs of the brothers and sisters orbiting around us.

行星兄弟姐妹间不可或缺的联系， 该有多么美好！

How wonderful would it be if solidarity,

如果“团结一心”，

this beautiful and, at times, inconvenient word,

这个美好的，有时又难于启齿的词语，

were not simply reduced to social work,

并不只是狭义地指代社会工作，

and became, instead, the default attitude

而是成为了政治、经济和

in political, economic and scientific choices,

社会选择，以及个人、 民族和国家之前的

as well as in the relationships among individuals, peoples and countries.

默认态度，又该有多么美好。

Only by educating people to a true solidarity

只有通过引导人们 实现真正的团结一心，

will we be able to overcome

the "culture of waste,"

我们才能杜绝“文化的浪费”，

which doesn't concern only food and goods

这里并不单指食物和商品的浪费，

but, first and foremost, the people

最重要的是被我们的

who are cast aside by our techno-economic systems

技术经济系统边缘化的人们，

which, without even realizing it,

在我们尚未察觉的情况下，

are now putting products at their core, instead of people.

这个系统正在把人们的产品 置于价值观的核心，而不是人们本身。

“团结”是一个被很多人

Solidarity is a term that many wish to erase from the dictionary.

希望从字典中移除的词汇。

Solidarity, however, is not an automatic mechanism.

然而，“团结”并不是 一个自动运转的机制，

It cannot be programmed or controlled.

它无法被程序化或被控制：

It is a free response born from the heart of each and everyone.

它是每个人与生俱来的自由回应。

Yes, a free response!

是的，一种自由的回应！

当一个人认识到生命，

When one realizes

that life, even in the middle of so many contradictions, is a gift,

即便充满了矛盾，依然是

一种馈赠，

that love is the source and the meaning of life,

而爱则是生命的源头和意义所在，

how can they withhold their urge to do good to another fellow being?

他们又如何能不发自内心地 想要为其他同类奉献呢？

In order to do good,

为了行善，

we need memory, we need courage and we need creativity.

我们需要回忆，需要勇气和创造力，

And I know that TED gathers many creative minds.

我很清楚 TED 集结了很多

充满创意的人才和理念。

是的，

Yes, love does require a creative, concrete

爱的确需要建立于一个创造性的、 具体的、充满智慧的态度。

and ingenious attitude.

Good intentions and conventional formulas,

好的意图和传统的方式

so often used to appease our conscience, are not enough.

常常被用来安抚我们的良知， 但这还远远不够。

Let us help each other, all together, to remember

让我们一起来帮助彼此，要记住，

that the other is not a statistic or a number.

他人并不只是一个象征性的数字：

The other has a face.

他人有着一张面孔，

The "you" is always a real presence,

“你”是一种真实的存在，

a person to take care of.

是需要被关心的同胞。

There is a parable Jesus told to help us understand the difference

耶稣告诉了我们一个寓言，

帮助我们理解那些

between those who'd rather not be bothered and those who take care of the other.

不愿多管闲事，和总是喜欢

助人为乐的人之间的不同。

I am sure you have heard it before. It is the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

我相信你们都听过这个寓言： “好心的撒马利亚人”。

When Jesus was asked: "Who is my neighbor?" -

当有人问耶稣：“我的邻居是谁？”——

namely, "Who should I take care of?" -

他的意思是，“我应该去关心谁？”——

he told this story, the story of a man

耶稣讲了这个故事，

关于一个

who had been assaulted, robbed, beaten and abandoned along a dirt road.

被侮辱、抢劫、殴打和 遗弃在路边污垢中的人。

Upon seeing him, a priest and a Levite, two very influential people of the time,

当时，两个德高望重的人， 一个祭司和一个利未人

看到了他，

walked past him without stopping to help.

却径直走过他的身边， 并没有伸出援手。

After a while, a Samaritan, a very much despised ethnicity at the time, walked by.

片刻后，一个在当时处于社会底层的 撒玛利亚族人走了过来。

Seeing the injured man lying on the ground,

他看到了一个受伤的人倒在地上，

但他却并没有袖手旁观，

he did not ignore him as if he weren't even there.

Instead, he felt compassion for this man,

相反，他非常同情这个不幸的人，

which compelled him to act in a very concrete manner.

正是这种同情心

驱使他采取了实际的行动：

他用油和红酒帮助 这个无助的人处理伤口，

He poured oil and wine on the wounds of the helpless man,

brought him to a hostel

把他带去了一个旅馆，

and paid out of his pocket for him to be assisted.

还自掏腰包找人来照顾他。

The story of the Good Samaritan is the story of today’s humanity.

这个好心的撒玛利亚人的故事 正反映了当今的人性。

People's paths are riddled with suffering,

人们的生活轨迹 被错误的价值观扰乱了，

万物都围绕着金钱和物质，

as everything is centered around money, and things, instead of people.

而不是人。

And often there is this habit, by people who call themselves "respectable,"

还存在这样一种风气， 有的人自称是“值得尊敬的”，

of not taking care of the others,

不需要去帮助他人，

thus leaving behind thousands of human beings, or entire populations,

以至于数千民众，

甚至一整个民族， 都被无情地遗忘在历史的车辙边。

on the side of the road.

Fortunately, there are also those who are creating a new world

所幸，还有很多人正在试图 打造一个新世界，

by taking care of the other, even out of their own pockets.

他们关心他人，甚至不惜慷慨解囊。

Mother Teresa actually said:

加尔各答圣德蕾莎修女说过：

"One cannot love, unless it is at their own expense."

“没有体会过贫苦者的生活， 就无法产生同理心。”

We have so much to do, and we must do it together.

我们有太多事要做， 需要众人一起来完成。

But how can we do that with all the evil we breathe every day?

但是要如何面对身边 如此多的罪恶呢？

Thank God,

感谢上帝，

no system can nullify our desire to open up to the good,

没有任何组织能够熄灭 我们向善的渴望，我们的同情心，

to compassion and to our capacity to react against evil,

以及我们惩处邪恶的能力，

all of which stem from deep within our hearts.

这些都深深地根植于我们的内心。

Now you might tell me,

你们可能会说，

"Sure, these are beautiful words,

“当然，这都是些华丽的辞藻罢了，

but I am not the Good Samaritan, nor Mother Teresa of Calcutta."

不过我不是什么好心的撒玛利亚人， 更不是圣德蕾莎修女。”

On the contrary: we are precious, each and every one of us.

要知道，我们每个人的生命都很珍贵；

Each and every one of us is irreplaceable in the eyes of God.

在上帝眼中，我们每个人都无可替代。

Through the darkness of today's conflicts,

身处今日这些战乱和冲突的阴影，

each and every one of us can become a bright candle,

我们每个人都可以成为一盏明烛，

a reminder that light will overcome darkness,

提醒着大家，光明必将会战胜黑暗，

and never the other way around.

并且始终如此。

To Christians, the future does have a name,

对于基督徒们， 未来有它的名字，

and its name is Hope.

它的名字就是 希望。

Feeling hopeful does not mean to be optimistically naïve

心怀希望并不意味着盲目乐观，

and ignore the tragedy humanity is facing.

可以忽视人性中邪恶的一面。

Hope is the virtue of a heart

希望是心中的美德，

that doesn't lock itself into darkness, that doesn't dwell on the past,

不会把自己禁锢于黑暗之中， 也不会徘徊于过往，

does not simply get by in the present, but is able to see a tomorrow.

更不会在当下一闪而过，

而是能够看到未来。

Hope is the door that opens onto the future.

希望是通往未来的大门。

Hope is a humble, hidden seed of life

希望是生命谦卑，隐蔽的种子，

that, with time, will develop into a large tree.

随着时间，它会长成参天大树；

It is like some invisible yeast that allows the whole dough to grow,

就像一些看不见的酵母， 让一块面团慢慢发酵膨胀，

that brings flavor to all aspects of life.

给生命的每个部分带去它的滋味。

希望有着无限的能力，

And it can do so much,

because a tiny flicker of light that feeds on hope

因为给予它一点微小的光亮，

is enough to shatter the shield of darkness.

就足以打破黑暗。

A single individual is enough for hope to exist,

单独的个体就让能希望得以存在，

and that individual can be you.

那个个体就可以是你。

And then there will be another "you," and another "you,"

一个又一个的“你”不断加入，

and it turns into an "us."

就成了“我们”。

And so, does hope begin when we have an "us?"

那么，是不是当“我们”聚在一起，

希望就产生了呢？

No.

不是的，希望从单独的“你” 开始就已经诞生了。

Hope began with one "you."

When there is an "us," there begins a revolution.

当“我们”作为集体出现了， 革命就会随之而来！

The third message I would like to share today

今天我要分享的第三点， 也是最后一点，

is, indeed, about revolution: the revolution of tenderness.

就是关于革命： 温柔的革命。

And what is tenderness?

温柔是什么呢？

It is the love that comes close and becomes real.

是靠近并触手可及的爱。

是从我们的内心迸发，

It is a movement that starts from our heart

and reaches the eyes, the ears and the hands.

延伸至视觉、听觉和触觉的过程。

Tenderness means to use our eyes to see the other,

温柔意味着 用我们的眼睛观察他人，

our ears to hear the other,

用我们的耳朵聆听他人，

to listen to the children, the poor, those who are afraid of the future.

倾听孩子们、穷人们、 那些对未来感到恐惧的人们的悲泣。

To listen also to the silent cry of our common home,

还要倾听一个个普通家庭，

以及我们满目疮痍的 地球的无声哭泣。

of our sick and polluted earth.

Tenderness means to use our hands and our heart

温柔意味着用我们的手和心

to comfort the other,

去抚慰他人， 帮助那些需要帮助的人。

to take care of those in need.

Tenderness is the language of the young children,

温柔是孩子们，

of those who need the other.

还有需要彼此的人们的语言。

A child’s love for mom and dad

一个孩子对父母的爱，

grows through their touch, their gaze, their voice, their tenderness.

通过父母的抚摸、凝视、 话语和温柔得到滋养和成长。

I like when I hear parents

我很喜欢听到父母们

talk to their babies, adapting to the little child,

对他们的孩子说话， 用孩子的语言交流，

与孩子分享同样的

sharing the same level of communication.

交流体验。

This is tenderness: being on the same level as the other.

这就是温柔： 设身处地地跟他人交流。

God himself descended into Jesus to be on our level.

上帝曾化身耶稣，

成为了跟我们一样的凡人。

This is the same path the Good Samaritan took.

好心的撒玛利亚人 也跟随了同样的脚步。

耶稣选择了这样的路，

This is the path that Jesus himself took.

He lowered himself,

他化身凡人，

he lived his entire human existence

体验着普通人的人生，

practicing the real, concrete language of love.

实践着真实，具体的爱的语言。

Yes, tenderness is the path of choice

是的，温柔是最强壮，

for the strongest, most courageous men and women.

最有勇气的人们所选择的途径。

Tenderness is not weakness; it is fortitude.

温柔不是软弱，而是坚忍。

It is the path of solidarity, the path of humility.

它是通往团结和人性的道路。

Please, allow me to say it loud and clear:

请允许我大声，明确地呼吁：

the more powerful you are,

当你越充满力量，

the more your actions will have an impact on people,

你的行动对人们的影响就越深刻，

the more responsible you are to act humbly.

你谦卑的行动就越充满责任。

If you don’t, your power will ruin you, and you will ruin the other.

如果你不能自制，你的力量 就会摧毁你自己，

还会波及他人。

There is a saying in Argentina:

在阿根廷

有这样一个说法： 权力就像空腹喝下一杯杜松子酒。

"Power is like drinking gin on an empty stomach."

You feel dizzy, you get drunk, you lose your balance,

你会感到眩晕，醉倒了，失去了平衡，

and you will end up hurting yourself and those around you,

如果你的权力不伴随着人性和柔情，

if you don’t connect your power with humility and tenderness.

最终你会伤害自己和周围的人。

Through humility and concrete love, on the other hand,

然而，通过人性和具象的爱，

power – the highest, the strongest one – becomes a service, a force for good.

权力——最高，最强的力量——

会为行善铺路，并成为其坚实的后盾。

The future of humankind isn't exclusively in the hands of politicians,

人类的未来并不仅仅掌握在政治家，

of great leaders, of big companies.

领袖和大型公司的手中。

Yes, they do hold an enormous responsibility.

是的，他们的确肩负着 不可估量的责任。

But the future is, most of all, in the hands of those people

未来主要是掌握在这样一群人手中，

who recognize the other as a "you"

他们把他人当做一个具体存在的“你”，

and themselves as part of an "us."

也把他们自己当做“我们”的一部分。

We all need each other.

我们都需要彼此。

And so, please, think of me as well with tenderness,

所以，也请把我当做一个温柔的人，

so that I can fulfill the task I have been given

这样我就能够实践被赋予的

for the good of the other,

为他人行善的工作，

of each and every one, of all of you,

为了你们所有人，

of all of us.

我们所有人。

Thank you.

谢谢大家。