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First, I will read the words in silence when I arise.
清晨即起，默默誦讀；
Then, I will read the words in silence
午飯之后，
after I have partaken of my midday meal.
再次默讀；
Last, I will read the words again
夜晚睡前，
just before I retire at day's end,
我還會再朗讀一遍
and most important,
不同的是
on this occasion I will read the words aloud.
高聲朗讀。
On the next day I will repeat this procedure,
第二天的情形完全一樣。
and I will continue in like manner for thirty days.
這樣重復三十天后，
Then, I will turn to the next scroll
就可以打開下一卷了。
and repeat this procedure for another thirty days.
每一卷都依照同樣的方法讀上三十天，
I will continue in this manner
久而久之，
until I have lived with each scroll for thirty days and my reading has become habit.
它們就成為一種習慣了。
And what will be accomplished with this habit?
這些習慣有什么好處呢？
這里隱含著人類成功的秘訣。
As I repeat the words dally
當我每天重復這些話的時候，
they will soon become a part of my active mind,
它變成了我精神活動的一部分，
but more important,
更重要的是，
they will also seep into my other mind,
它們滲入我的心靈。
that mysterious source which never sleeps, which creates my dreams,
擁是個神秘的世界，永不靜止，創(chuàng)造夢境，
and often makes me act in ways I do not comprehend.
在不知不覺中影響我的行為。
As the words of these scrolls are consumed by my mysterious mind
當這些羊皮卷上的文字，被我奇妙的心靈完全吸收之后，
I will begin to awake, each morning, with a vitality I have never known before,
我每天都會充滿活力地醒來。我從來沒有這樣精力充沛過。
My vigor will increase,
我更有活力，
my enthusiasm will rise,
更有熱情，
my desire to meet the world will overcome every fear I once knew at sunrise,
要向世界挑戰(zhàn)的欲望克服了一切恐懼與不安。
and I will be happier than I ever believed it possible to be
在這個充滿爭斗和悲傷的世界里，
in this world of strife and sorrow.
我竟然比以前更快活。
Eventually
最后，
I will find myself reacting to all situations which confront me as I was commanded in the scrolls to react,
我會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己有了應付一切情況的辦法。
and soon these actions and reactions will become easy to perform, for any act with practice becomes easy.
不久，這些辦法就能運用自如。因為，任何方法，只要多練習，就會變得簡單易行。
Thus a new and good habit is born,
經過多次重復，一種看似復雜的行為就變得輕而易舉，
for when an act becomes easy through constant repetition
實行起來，
it becomes a pleasure to perform
就會有無限的樂趣，
and if it is a pleasure to perform
有了樂趣，
it is man's nature to perform it often.
出于人之天性，
When I perform it often
我就更樂意常去實行。
it becomes a habit
于是，一種好的習慣便誕生了。
and I become its slave
習慣成為自然。
and since it is a good habit
既是一種好的習慣，
this is my will.
也就是我的意愿。
Today I begin a new life.
今天，我開始新的生活．
And I make a solemn oath to myself
我鄭重地發(fā)誓，
that, nothing will retard my new life's growth.
絕不讓任何事情妨礙我新生命的成長。
I will lose not a day from these readings
在閱讀這些羊卷的時候，我絕不浪費一天的時間，
for that day cannot be retrieved nor can I substitute another for it.
因為時光一去不返，失去的日子是無法彌補的。
I must not, I will not, break this habit of daily reading from these scrolls and, in truth,
我也絕不打破每天閱讀的習慣。事實上，
the few moments spent each day on this new habit
每天在這些新習慣上花費少許時間，
are but a small price to pay for the happiness and success that will be mine.
相對于可能獲得的愉樂與成功而言，只是微不足道的代價。
As I read and re-read the words in the scrolls to follow,
當我閱讀羊皮卷中的字句時，
never will I allow the brevity of each scroll
絕不能出為文字的精煉
nor the simplicity of its words to cause me to treat the scroll's message lightly.
而忽視內容的深沉。
Thousands of grapes are pressed to fill one jar with wine,
一瓶葡萄美酒需要千百顆果子釀制而成，
and the grape skin and pulp are tossed to the birds.
果皮和渣子拋給小鳥。
So it is with these grapes of wisdom from the ages.
葡萄的智慧代代相傳，
Much has been filtered and tossed to the wind.
有些被過濾，有些被淘汰，隨風飄逝。
Only the pure truth lies distilled in the words to come.
只有純正的真理才是永恒的。
I will drink as instructed and spill not a drop.
它們就精煉在我要閱讀的文字中。
And the seed of success
我要依照指示，
I will swallow.
絕不浪費，飲下成功的種子。
Today my old skin has become as dust.
今天，我的老繭化為塵埃。
I will walk tall among men and they will know me not,
我在人群中昂首闊步，不會有人認出我來，
for today I am a new man,
因為我不再是過去的自己，
with a new life.
我已擁有新的生命。
