Coffee Reggiegram : Have you ever felt betrayed and disappointed by a good friend?
Did you know that Judas was once a tribal hero?
曾叔叔短短信：你曾经被好朋友出卖过吗？你的好朋友让你失望过吗？
你知道有一个部落曾经把犹大看作英雄吗？
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URS: Betrayed
曾叔叔说故事：背叛出卖 (Edison 翻译)
Betrayed, Part 1: A strange story
出卖，第一部：一个奇妙的故事
Anguish
痛苦
Your trusted friend betrayed you! He turned against you, let you down. Your friend, your confidant, the person you respected. An anguish much more painful than your enemy doing something evil to you, definitely a devastating experience.
你被信任的朋友出卖了！他背叛了你，让你失望了。他是你的尊重的好友，知己。这种痛苦比被敌人迫害更加锥心，是一种压倒性的苦痛。
A legend
一个传奇
I got to know Don Richardson and his wife Carol personally for over a decade. His life story is truly legendary. In his early twenties, with his young wife and new baby, they ventured into the wilds of present-day Indonesia, to live among a cannibal tribe, the Sawis. He tried to reach the tribe with actions and messages of God’s love, but they consistently rejected him. And when he told them about how Jesus came to die for everyone, there was a startling response.
我认识唐.理查森(Don Richardson) 和他的夫人卡罗尔 (Carol) 超过十年了。他的经历是一个传奇。他在二十岁出头的时候和年轻的妻子和襁褓中的婴孩冒险深入印尼丛林里，到一个猎头族群“沙威”（Sawis）中间生活。他尝试用他的行为和神爱的信息去接触沙威族人，不过他们始终不愿接受。但是当他讲述耶稣如何为人而死后，他看到了惊人的反应。
The Judas story
犹大的故事
Don told them the history of how Judas, one of Jesus’ trusted disciples, betrayed Jesus, which led to Jesus being cruelly crucified on the cross. But what was most shocking to Don was that the Sawis marveled in astonishment, not at Jesus, but at the genius of Judas to be able to fool and trap his master! They basically shouted out cries of applause for this master betrayer, who became the hero, to them!
唐告诉他们耶稣信任的门徒犹大出卖了耶稣，使耶稣被残酷的钉在十字架上。让唐感到震惊的是沙威对耶稣不为所动，反而是惊叹于犹大能够欺骗并陷害他的主的才智！他们高声欢呼，那个背弃主的叛徒对他们来说是个英雄！
The plot
阴谋
How was Judas able to get so close to the master, for 3 years, that the master didn’t even seem to suspect him, and how was he able to fool all the other disciples, who also didn’t seem to realize what he was doing? And how was he able to trap Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, with the most famous kiss of history? So that Jesus was arrested in the middle of night, when no one else knew about it. So that he could be taken illegally, then tortured, then nailed on a dirty barbaric wooden cross. That was a brilliant plot, the Sawis thought.
犹大是如何在三年里亲近主，让主看起来不怀疑他，蒙骗所有的门徒，让门徒们想不到他要做的事？他又是如何在客西马尼园用历史上最著名的亲吻把耶稣困住，使耶稣在夜深人静时被兵丁逮捕？他使得耶稣被非法逮捕，拷打，最后被钉在肮脏野蛮的木制十字架上。沙威人认为这是神机妙算。
Upside down logic
颠倒是非的逻辑
Don was totally flabbergasted. His hero, acknowledged as some kind of hero in the whole world, for thousands of years of world history, had become suddenly the poor duped victim, whereas the evil person, the conniving betrayer, was the Sawi’s hero. What a total reversal! It depressed and puzzled him tremendously.
唐瞠目结舌了。他的英雄，也是几千年来普世公认的英雄，在沙威人看来只是一个可怜被骗的受害人，而那个作恶的人，那个叛徒反而是一位英雄。这太颠倒是非了！这让唐感到极度困惑和失望。
Indeed, for the Sawis, they often loved to devise complicated and devious plots. They liked to make friends, even best friends, for evil ulterior motives. They selected these friends, inviting them to feast with them, in order to “fatten them up” ……. to ultimately kill, and eat them, their “friends,” now fresh victims. The grand finale, was when they came together and suddenly jumped on the victim, unannounced and in a horrifying surprise!
是的，沙威人惯于设计错综复杂的陷阱。他们喜欢交朋友，但是背后常有邪恶的目的。他们选择朋友，请他们一起用餐，把他们“养胖”，最终会杀了他们并且把他们吃了。他们的“朋友”最后成了新鲜的被害人。故事的结局是他们会聚在一起，在被害人毫无预警的情况下跳到惊恐不备的受害人身上。
Finale
结局
Indeed, their adrenaline seemed to shoot up, on the expectation that when they surrounded the victim to slaughter him, they would vividly witness his sudden surprise, the shock of betrayal, and the abject horror in his eyes. The rush and thrill of the devious murder was followed by killing and happy feasting on the victim. All this, and much more is in one of the greatest books in mission history, written by Don Richardson, “Peace Child.” Everyone should read this classic.
沙威人期待看见被害人被包围，在即将被屠杀时的惊慌，遭出卖的震撼，和眼里的极度恐惧。这让沙威人的肾上腺素高涨。在感受到杀人的冲动激情之后，他们就快乐的吃了被害人。这些经历和更多在这里没提到的都记录在唐所写的“和平之子Peace Child”这本伟大宣道历史著作。每个人都应该读一读这本经典巨作。
Evil
邪恶
So yes, Judas was indeed their kind of great hero, for creating a most devious plot that they could admire. By winning the heart of even the Master teacher, by being a key member of his first disciples group, and by ultimately selling Jesus to the highest authorities of the land. Such evil thinking shocks us, and we think, what savages these are, to think like that! But think carefully, even in so-called civilized societies, there are gangs and mafia, American or Asian, and corrupt politicians and lawyers, that we can easily think of, who are even more devious than that, who commit more vicious murders than that. They might not eat their victims, but they are equally evil in their plans and actions!
因此，犹大确实是沙威人理想的英雄，设计了他们所仰慕最狡猾的诡计。犹大赢得了主的心，成了最早的门徒之一，但是最后把耶稣卖给了当地最有权势的官员。我们讶异于这种恶行，觉得是灭绝人性的野蛮人才能想到做到！但是我们如果细想，在所谓的文明世界里也有我们耳熟能详的亚洲或者美国的黑手党帮派，贪腐的政客和律师。这些人往往更为险恶，做过更为残暴的杀人罪行。他们可能不会真的把被害人吃了，但是他们的计划于行动的更是吃人不吐骨头！
To be continued…
未完待续
Betrayed, Part 2: An even stranger story
出卖，第二部：一个更奇妙的故事
A strange man
一个奇妙的人
The history of Jesus is actually a very strange history anyway. It is a history of a strange rebel, who boldly spoke out against the religious authorities of the day, in very stark bold terms, yet he was considered the most kind and gentle person in the world. Many people are very surprised, but he is even considered one of the 5 greatest prophets of Islam; possibly even a Buddha, according to the Dalai Lama; likely a god among the Hindu gods. A great man indeed, from all views of history and faiths.
耶稣历史经历事实上也真的是很奇异的。这是一个有关一个奇异的反抗者的历史。他大胆无畏的挑战当时有最高权势的宗教领袖，但是他又被认为是世上最温和亲切的人。很多人不知道的是他也被伊斯兰教认为是五位伟大的先知之一。达赖喇嘛也认为他可能是一位菩萨，又或者是印度教里的众神之一。不管是从历史或者信仰角度来看，他都是一位伟人。
Love versus evil
爱对抗邪恶
This very strange rebel reached out to those who were downtrodden, neglected, and despised. He touched those who were not touchable, like those with leprosy, and the eyes of those who were blind, to heal them. He preached love, and love, repeatedly, but they beat him, and beat him, and hung him up to die because he dared to be messenger, and message, of a startlingly unconditional love. Betrayed by his evil disciple, who is reviled by most in the world, but… admired at least by this one fierce tribe of people.
这位奇异的反抗者向那些被压抑，被遗忘，被鄙视的人伸出了手。感动了人们避之唯恐不及的贱民，像是麻风病患，也接触医治瞎眼的人。他宣扬爱，但是人们鞭打他，把他吊起来等死 – 只因为他勇敢的宣扬那无条件的爱。他被邪恶的门徒出卖。这个门徒虽然在普世被人唾骂，但是至少有一个凶猛的族群仰慕着他。
Worst betrayer as hero
最恶劣背信弃义的人被看成英雄
Judas Iscariot indeed is usually portrayed as one of the worst betrayers in all of history. And yet, shockingly, he was personally selected by Jesus, who was all-knowing and wise. So, Jesus clearly trusted him. Even to give him a most trusted job, to hold the money bag, for the entire group of master and disciples. He had the sacred task to count and protect the income they received from supporters, and to spend the money carefully. The Sawis noted with growing fascination how Judas could become so trusted by Jesus. If they had realized that it was recorded Judas even secretly stole from the bag, they would have been even more “impressed.”
猶大经常被描写为世上最恶劣的弃信忘义的人之一，但是很令人讶异的是他是全知全能耶稣亲自拣选的门徒。因此，耶稣肯定是信任他的。耶稣更把掌管所有门徒的钱袋这项最需要信任的工作交给他。他负责数算，保护，和谨慎的使用他们支持者捐献的金钱。沙威人被犹大如何取得耶稣的信任所吸引。他们若知道圣经里记载了犹大暗地里偷了袋里的钱，他们肯定会更加“佩服”。
For 3 years he had close contact with Jesus, heard all the great talks, saw all the astonishing miracles, and observed his overwhelming love of people from all walks of life. I’m guessing he imagined himself as some kind of agent for Jesus, and might even have dreamt of profit-making ventures from his master’s healings, or from miracles like feeding of the 5,000. But ultimately, his lust for money resulted in betraying and selling his master to jealous and murderous authorities.
在犹大跟随耶稣的三年里，他听了所有有意义的对话，看到了所有惊人的奇迹，也观察到耶稣对所有人的无比的爱。我猜想他可能想象自己是耶稣的经纪人，也可能梦想着从耶稣医治人的行为或者喂饱五千人的奇迹里获利。最后，他对金钱的欲望使他把耶稣出卖给那些嫉妒耶稣和生性残暴的权威手里。
Shocking beyond story
更奇妙的故事
And he succeeded. He did it well. This is where the Sawis felt so excited by the story, that the deviousness was so successful. And, to the rest of the world, if this was just a detective story, or “just a religious story,” at this point, some miracle would happen, Jesus would be saved, and somehow Judas would be killed, satisfying the reader’s conscience. But reality was much more mysterious and astonishing, breaking all the norms of storytelling.
他成功了，非常成功。狡诈的人成功了，这是为什么沙威人热衷于这个故事。对于其他人来说，如果这只是一个悬疑小说或者“只是一个宗教故事”，那么这时候应该有些奇迹出现，是耶稣脱离危险，而犹大也也会因为种种原因而死亡以满足读者邪不胜正的道德心。但是现实是奇妙，惊人，而且不能用小说中的常理来看待。
Jesus’ betrayal and cruel death sounded like total disaster for his cause, but instead, a shocking resurrection, attested by overwhelming scholarship (1), precipitated the beginning of a totally new history. A total plot twister happened, unimagined by any story teller. Nobody would have predicted that! From an ugliest betrayal to a most beautiful love story. From a band of 12 very ordinary people as followers, Jesus’ message of love exploded into over 2 billion followers today, over one third of the world’s population, in every continent and country, and even many little tribes in far off jungles. Including the Sawis.
耶稣被卖和被残酷地处死乍听之下像是他的努力彻底失败了，但是之后被众多学者认证令人震惊的复活开启了一个全新的历史。一个任何作家无法想象，没人能预见到的完全转折情节发生了！一个丑恶背叛的故事变成了一个最美的爱的故事。耶稣爱的信息从十二个普通的跟随者“暴涨”到今天超过二十亿，超过全球人口三分之一的跟随者。这些人分布在地球上所有的大陆，国家，许多的偏远地方的族群，当然也包括沙威人。
Hatred into love
从仇恨走入爱里
Indeed, the great devious betrayers themselves, the Sawis, who had all these upside-down concepts, amazingly, dramatically changed their own thinking, converting their hatred into love. Read the book by Don Richardson, I won’t (!) reveal the secret here! All I will say is the message of love finally sank in, and they became followers of the betrayed One, even taking this strange message of love to other tribes of the region, even their traditional enemies. A practically impossible history. No longer cannibals, no longer admirers of betrayers, and no longer betrayers themselves. What happened?
是的，沙威人，那个狡诈颠倒是非的出卖人者族群，戏剧性的反转了他们的思想，从仇恨中走到了爱里。请读Don Richardson写的书，我在这里是不会透露细节的！我只说爱的信息最后沉入他们心中，他们成为了那个被出卖的追随者，并且把这个奇妙的爱的信息带到当地其他族群里，包括一直于他们敌对的族群。这基本上是一个不可能的故事。他们不再猎头，不再仰慕背叛出卖者，也不再出卖别人。究竟发生了什么？
Post script: If you are dying of curiosity, write me and I will let you in on the full history… it is a great history, repeated in different ways all over the world… and it will be my privilege to share that with you…Or get the ultra-famous book, Peace Child, by Don Richardson…. Or even watch me act out the story on Uncle Reggie VBS stories on YouTube, on reggietales.org.
后记：如果你很想知道发生了什么，写封信给我，我会溯本求源地告诉你。。。这是一个在世界各地不断的重复着的伟大历史。我不论何时都会很荣幸的和你分享。你也可以去读和平之子这本 Don Richardson 写的非常出名的书。又或者你可以在 YouTube 和 reggietales.org上看我怎么在曾叔叔假期圣经学校演出这个故事。
(1)Josh McDowell: Evidence that demands a verdict. Thomas Nelson Incorporated.
Photo 2: Don Richardson in life, before his death of brain tumor in 2018. A great friend and story teller. A personal messenger and message of love, in the footsteps of his Master, the betrayed One.
照片2：Don Richardson 本人摄于他在2018年脑瘤离世前。一位非常好的朋友和说故事的人。一位亲身追随主 – 就是那位被出卖的人 – 的爱的信息。
