hepilgrim’sprogress

《天路历程》开始是作者的一个梦，梦中有个“基

督徒”在诵读《圣经》，当他从书中得知他的城市将

要毁于大火时，他将这个灾难告知别人，但是人们都

不予理睬。最后他和“柔顺”先行逃走，在路上，他

们跌入“绝望深渊”。“柔顺”无法坚持，打道回府了。

后来，“基督徒”被“万事通”误导，被“福音传道”

带回正路。后来他又与“忠诚”一同前行。在经历一

番激烈的搏斗后，他们来到名利场，在这里“忠诚”

被判处死刑，“基督徒”想办法逃了出来，并得到“希

望”的帮助，由于厌倦了艰辛的旅途，他们选择了一

条轻松的路，却不幸落入“绝望”之手。最后他们终

于抵达天国，永享长生不老和上帝的福音。

[英]约翰·班扬（johnbunyan）

henisawinmydream，hawhenheyweregoouofhe

wilderness，heypresenlysawaownbeforehem，andhename

ofhaownisvaniy；andaheownhereisafairkep，called

vaniyfair；iiskepallheyearlong；ibearhhenameofvaniy

fairbecauseheownwhereiiskepisligherhanvaniy；and

alsobecauseallhaisheresold，orhacomehhiher，isvaniy

asishesayingofhewise，“allhacomehisvaniy”

hisfairisnonewerecedbusiness，buahingofancien

sanding；iwillshowyouheoriginalofi

almosfivehousandyearsagone，herewerepilgrims

walkingohecelesialciy，ashesewohonespersonsare；

andbeelzebub，apollyon，andlegion，wihheircompanions，

perceivingbyhepahhahepilgrimsmade，haheirwayo

heciyyhroughhisownofvaniy，heyconrivedoseup

afair；afairwhereinshouldbesoldallsorsofvaniy，andha

ishouldsallheyearlonghereforeahisfairareallsuch

merchandisesold，ashouses，nds，rades，pces，honors，

prefermens，iles，counries，kingdoms，luss，pleasures，

anddelighsofallsors，aswhores，bawds，wives，husbands，

children，masers，servans，lives，blood，bodies，souls，silver，

gold，pearls，precioussones，andwhano

and，moreover，ahisfairhereisaallimesobeseen

jugglings，cheas，games，pys，fools，apes，knaves，and

rogues，andhaofeverykindhereareobeseen，oo，andha

fornohing，hefs，murders，aduleries，falseswearers，andha

ofabloodredcolour

andasinoherfairsoflessmomen，hereareheseveralrows

andsrees，underheirpropernames，wheresuchandsuch

waresarevended；soherelikewiseyouhaveheproperpces，

rows，srees(vizcounriesandkingdoms)，wherehewares

ofhisfairaresoonesobefoundhereishebriainrow，he

frenchrow，heialianrow，hespanishrow，hegerman

row，whereseveralsorsofvaniiesareobesoldbu，asin

oherfairs，someonecommodiyisashechiefofallhefair，so

hewareofromeandhermerchandiseisgrealypromoedin

hisfair；onlyourenglishnaion，wihsomeohers，haveakena

dislikeherea

now，asisaid，hewayohecelesialciyliesjushrough

hisownwherehislusyfairiskep；andhehawillgoohe

ciy，andyenogohroughhisown，musneedsgoouofhe

worldheprinceofprinceshimself，whenhere，wenhrough

hisownohisowncounry，andhauponafairday，oo，yea，

andasihink，iwasbeelzebup，hechieflordofhisfair，ha

inviedhimobuyofhisvaniies；yea，wouldhavemadehimlord

ofhefair，wouldhebuhavedonehimreverenceashewen

hroughheownyea，becausehewassuchamanofhonour，

beelzebubhadhimfromsreeosree，andshowedhimallhe

kingdomsofheworldinalileime，hahemigh，ifpossible，

allureheblessedoocheapenandbuysomeofhisvaniies；

buhehadnomindohemerchandise，andhereforelefheown，

wihouyingsomuchasonefarhinguponhesevaniieshisfair，

herefore，isanancienhing，oflongsanding，andaverygreafair

nowhesepilgrims，asisaid，musneedsgohroughhe

fairwell，soheydid；bubehold，evenasheyeneredinohe

fair，allhepeopleinhefairweremoved，andheowniselfas

iwereinahubbubabouhem；andhaforseveralreasons:for

firs，hepilgrimswereclohedwihsuchkindofraimenas

wasdiversefromheraimenofanyharadedinhefairhe

people，herefore，ofhefair，madeagreagazinguponhem:

somesaidheywerefools，someheywerebedms，andsome

heywereoundishmen

secondly，andasheywonderedaheirapparel，sohey

didlikewiseaheirspeech；forfewcouldundersandwhahey

said；heynaurallyspokehenguageofcanaan，buheyha

kephefairwerehemenofhisworld；soha，fromoneend

ofhefairoheoher，heyseemedbarbarianseachoheoher

hirdly，buhawhichdidnoalileamusehemerchandisers

washahesepilgrimsseverylighbyallheirwares；hey

carednosomuchasolookuponhem；andifheycalledupon

hemobuy，heywouldpuheirfingersinheirears，andcry，

“urnawaymineeyesfrombeholdingvaniy，”andlookupwards，