「 As a Man Thinketh 」を現代の米国英語で、中学3年生レベルの語彙と文法をコンセプトに英訳を作成しています。
第二章「EFFECT OF THOUGHT ON CIRCUMSTANCES-5」です。原文と日本語解説もつけています。
Effect of Thought on Circumstances-5 (Modernized Version)
① Being too poor or not having self-control are both bad. They come from a mind that is out of balance. A person is not truly in a good and balanced state until they are happy, healthy, and prosperous. These things come when the inside of a person and the world around them are in harmony.
② A man does not truly become a man until he stops complaining and blaming, and instead begins to look for the hidden fairness that controls his life. When he changes his thoughts to match this sense of fairness, he stops blaming others for his problems. He builds strong and good thoughts, stops fighting against his situation, and starts using it to grow faster and find the hidden powers inside himself.
③ Law, not confusion, is the dominating force in the universe. Justice, not unfairness, is the soul and substance of life. And righteousness, not corruption is the power behind how the world is shaped and led. Because of this, a person has only to right himself, then he can see the universe is already right. While doing this, he will find that when he changes his thoughts towards things and people, those around him also begin to respond differently.
④ The proof of this truth is already inside everyone, so it’s easy to find by thinking deeply and looking at yourself. If a person completely changes the way they think, they will be surprised how quickly their life begins to change. People may believe that their thoughts can be kept secret, but they can’t. Thoughts quickly turn into habits, and habits become the reality of your life.
以下英訳は文構造のみを平易に整え、読解を助けることを意図しています。語彙は原文の精神性を損なわぬようそのまま保持し、必要に応じて語注を付けました。
Animal-like thoughts lead to habits of drinking and sensuality. After that, circumstances result in poverty and disease. Impure thoughts lead to habits that weaken the mind and cause confusion. After that, circumstances result in distraction and adversity. Thoughts of fear, doubt, and indecision lead to habits of weakness and lack of resolve. After that, circumstances result in failure, poverty, and dependence. Lazy thoughts lead to habits of uncleanliness and dishonesty. After that, circumstances result in foulness and beggary. Hateful and condemnatory thoughts lead to habits of accusation and violence. After that, circumstances lead to injury and persecution. Selfish thoughts lead to habits of self-seeking. After that, circumstances become more or less distressing.
sensuality（官能的な快楽） distraction（注意散漫） adversity（逆境） indecision（優柔不断） resolve（決意・決断力） dependence（依存） uncleanliness（不潔） dishonesty（不正直） foulness（汚さ、卑しさ） beggary（物乞い状態） condemnatory（非難するような） accusation（非難） persecution（迫害） self-seeking（利己的な） distressing（苦しめるような）
Beautiful thoughts make habits of grace and kindliness. After that, circumstances turn genial and sunny. Pure thoughts make habits of temperance and self-control. After that, circumstances result in repose and peace. Thoughts of courage, self-reliance, and decision make manly habits. After that, circumstances lead to success, plenty, and freedom. Energetic thoughts make habits of cleanliness and industry. After that, circumstances become pleasant. Gentle and forgiving thoughts make habits of gentleness. After that, circumstances become protective and preservative. Loving and unselfish thoughts make habits of self-forgetfulness for others. After that, circumstances become true and abiding prosperity and riches.
grace（優美） kindliness（親切心） genial（快活な） sunny（明るい） temperance（節制） repose（安らぎ） manly（毅然とした） plenty（豊かさ） freedom（自由） industry（勤勉） protective（保護的な） preservative（保存的な） self-forgetfulness（自己忘却） abiding（永続的な） prosperity（繁栄） riches（富）
Effect of Thought on Circumstances-5(Original text)
(Based on As a Man Thinketh by James Allen)
① Indigence and indulgence are the two extremes of wretchedness. They are both equally unnatural and the result of mental disorder. A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer, of the man with his surroundings.
indigence（極貧） indulgence（甘やかし、ふけること） wretchedness（惨めさ） extremes（極端） unnatural（不自然な） disorder（混乱、障害） conditioned→condition（適した状態にする） prosperous（繁栄している） harmonious（調和のとれた） adjustment（調整） surroundings（環境）
② A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And as he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of discovering the hidden powers and possibilities within himself.
cease（やめる） whine（泣き言を言う） revile（ののしる） commence（始める） regulate（支配する、調整する） adapt（適応させる） accuse（非難する） noble（高潔な） kick against（反抗する、逆らう）
③Law, not confusion, is the dominating principle in the universe; justice, not injustice, is the soul and substance of life; and righteousness, not corruption, is the moulding and moving force in the spiritual government of the world. This being so, man has but to right himself to find that the universe is right; and during the process of putting himself right he will find that as he alters his thoughts towards things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.
confusion（混乱） dominating（支配的な） principle（原理） substance（本質、実体） righteousness（正しさ、正義） corruption（堕落、腐敗） moulding（形づくる） spiritual（精神的な） government（統治） process（過程） alter（変える、変わる）
④The proof of this truth is in every person, and it therefore admits of easy investigation by systematic introspection and self-analysis. Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life. Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallizes into habit, and habit solidifies into circumstance.
systematic（体系的な） introspection（内省） self-analysis（自己分析） radically（根本的に） astonished（驚いた） transformation（変化） crystallize（結晶化する） solidify（固まる、固定化する）
Bestial thoughts crystallize into habits of drunkenness and sensuality, which solidify into circumstances of destitution and disease: impure thoughts of every kind crystallize into enervating and confusing habits, which solidify into distracting and adverse circumstances: thoughts of fear, doubt, and indecision crystallize into weak, unmanly, and irresolute habits, which solidify into circumstances of failure, indigence, and slavish dependence: lazy thoughts crystallize into habits of uncleanliness and dishonesty, which solidify into circumstances of foulness and beggary: hateful and condemnatory thoughts crystallize into habits of accusation and violence, which solidify into circumstances of injury and persecution: selfish thoughts of all kinds crystallize into habits of self-seeking, which solidify into circumstances more or less distressing.
bestial（獣のような） sensuality（官能） destitution（極貧） impure（不純な） enervating（気力を奪う） distracting（気を散らす） adverse（不利な、逆の） indecision（優柔不断） unmanly（男らしくない） irresolute（優柔不断な） indigence（貧困） slavish（奴隷のような） foulness（不潔さ） beggary（物乞い） condemnatory（非難的な） accusation（非難） persecution（迫害） self-seeking（利己的な追求） distressing（苦しめる）
On the other hand, beautiful thoughts of all kinds crystallize into habits of grace and kindliness, which solidify into genial and sunny circumstances: pure thoughts crystallize into habits of temperance and self-control, which solidify into circumstances of repose and peace: thoughts of courage, self-reliance, and decision crystallize into manly habits, which solidify into circumstances of success, plenty, and freedom: energetic thoughts crystallize into habits of cleanliness and industry, which solidify into circumstances of pleasantness: gentle and forgiving thoughts crystallize into habits of gentleness, which solidify into protective and preservative circumstances: loving and unselfish thoughts crystallize into habits of self-forgetfulness for others, which solidify into circumstances of sure and abiding prosperity and true riches.
temperance（節制） repose（休息） self-reliance（自立） cleanliness（清潔） industry（勤勉） preservative（保存的な） abiding（長続きする） drunkenness（酩酊） genial（親切な） sunny（陽気な） protective（防御的な） forgetfulness（無私）
和訳の要約
現代英語版は、中学レベルの英語ですが、分かりにくい部分があるかもしれません。
ここでアウトラインを掴んでおくとスッと頭に入るはずです！
これは名言と思える箇所は太字にしておきます。
心と宇宙の調和
この世界は、混乱や不正によって動いているのではありません。
法則と正義、そして正しさが、見えないところで万物を導いています。
ですから、人は自分の内を正すことで、外の世界が本来正しく整っていることに気づくのです。
思いの力を信じなさい
泣き言や他人を責めることをやめ、見えざる正しさを求めるとき、人は真に成長します。
心の向きを変えるごとに、まわりの人や状況も静かに応えてくれるでしょう。
あなたの思いが、あなたの世界を形づくっているのです。
思いは習慣となり、やがて現実になる
思いを根本から変えると、人生の状況も驚くほど早く変化します。
思いは隠せず、すぐに習慣となり、やがて環境として現れるのです。
| 思考 ➡️ | 習慣 ➡️ | 環境 |
|---|---|---|
| 粗野で本能的な思い | 酒と快楽に溺れる習慣 | 貧困と病に満ちた生活 |
| 不浄で濁った思い | 気力を奪い心を乱す習慣 | 混乱と不運に包まれた環境 |
| 恐れ・疑い・迷いの思い | 弱く決断できない習慣 | 失敗と貧困、依存に縛られた境遇 |
| 怠け心 | だらしなさと不正直の習慣 | 汚れと物乞いのような生活 |
| 憎しみや非難の心 | 人を責め暴力に走る習慣 | 争いや迫害のある世界 |
| 利己的な思い | 自分本位な行動の習慣 | 不安と苦しみに満ちた現実 |
| 思考 ➡️ | 習慣 ➡️ | 環境 |
|---|---|---|
| 美しい思い | やさしさと思いやりの習慣 | 明るくあたたかな人間関係 |
| 清らかな思い | 節度と自制の習慣 | 落ち着きと平和のある暮らし |
| 勇気・自立・決断の思い | 力強く誠実な習慣 | 成功と豊かさ、自由にあふれる日々 |
| 前向きで活発な思い | 清潔さと勤勉さの習慣 | 快適で整った生活 |
| 穏やかで赦す心 | やさしさの習慣 | 守られ支えられる環境 |
| 愛と思いやりの思い | 人のために尽くす習慣 | 確かな繁栄と本物の豊かさの人生 |
まとめ
本ブログのポイントは、原文を読みやすい現代英語でリライトした英訳版です。
現代英語版は英語勉強に最適です。覚えるぐらい繰り返し読んで欲しいです。
これをしっかり読み込めば自己啓発の根本である「思考は現実化する」「人は考えた通りの人になる」が理解できるようになります。
2-6に続きます。
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