That I now lead as mayor I want to do something that has probably never been done before at this university.
而我現在則是這座城市的市長我的講法 可能在這座學校歷史上前無古人
I want to stand here as a Christian in all of my non-Jewish self and give you all a Dvar Torah.
我站在這里 作為一名基督徒 一名非猶太教徒而演講卻是摩西五經宣講
For those of you who have no idea what Dvar Torah is.
我稍微講一下免得有人不理解摩西五經宣講
It actually is to speak on a religious view from the Torah or many of you the Old Testament.
它也就是從摩西五經的宗教觀點來宣講摩西五經可以看作是舊約
And if those of you want some clarity for those Jews and Jew-curious people or those of you who are behind Jane seek Christian.
如果你對猶太教 或者好奇猶太教的人感興趣而自己又是基督教徒 對此不甚了解
We can have a conversation afterwards if you need some help or translation with this but actually I want just to go to the subject of vision.
演講后可以找我談談 我可以跟你講得更明白一些實際上 我這里是想強調"異象"這一主題
I was taught this in a black church in New Jersey and relearnt it studying Torah here at Yale.
我是在新澤西的黑人教會中學到這一點的之后在耶魯研讀摩西五經后 我又獲得了新的認識
There's this wonderful phrase many of you might know Without vision.
有一句話說得很好 你們很多人可能也都知道沒有異象
The people will perish and being that I saw no heads nod up-and-down that they knew that verse.
民就滅亡我沒有看到有人點頭 表示自己認得這句經典
I guess Rick Santorum is right. This is a godless university So I want to speak just very quickly of two stories.
我想里克.桑托勒姆是對的 這是一所無神主義大學我想快速講兩個故事
Two stories about this idea of vision and why I actually do believe without vision, the people will perish.
兩個故事都是關于異象的我會談到為什么我相信 沒有異象 民就滅亡
Now I'm going to borrow from two traditions in my family from the African-American aural tradition.
我將借由我的兩個家庭傳統來講這個這是非裔美國人的聽覺傳統
And now you have to understand that my tradition the aural tradition in my family strangely was very bifurcate.
我想讓你們理解我家的聽覺傳統 被奇怪地分為兩種
There was a tradition that my father and my grandfather upheld and there was one that my mother and my grandmother.
一種傳統來自我的父親和祖父另一種來自我的母親和祖母
A matriarchal tradition and a patriarchal tradition and I saw that actually in my last graduation right here at Yale university.
一邊是母系傳統 一邊是父系傳統我最后在耶魯畢業的時候 就經歷過這些