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雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第8章:地動之秋(4)

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‘Go wherever you want,’ he told my mother and cousin.

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想躲去哪裏你們就去吧,他對我的母親和堂弟說,我會留在這裏。

‘I am staying here. If you believe in God you will stay here.’

如果你和我一樣相信真主,你就會留下來。

I think when there is a great disaster or our lives are in danger we remember our sins and wonder how we will meet God and whether we will be forgiven.

我意識到,當巨大的災難降臨,或當我們的生命遭受威脅時,作爲信徒的我們就會想起自身曾犯下的罪行,並思索我們何時會遇見真主,而他是否會赦免我們的過錯。

But God has also given us the power to forget, so that when the tragedy is over we carry on as normal.

但同時,真主也賦予了我們遺忘的能力,因此當不幸的事件結束後,我們也能夠像一般人一樣繼續活下去。

I trusted in my father’s faith, but I also shared my mother’s very real concerns.

我不質疑父親的信念,但也能理解母親當時非常現實的考慮。

That earthquake of 8 October 2005 turned out to be one of the worst in history.

事後證實,2005年10月8日所發生的地震,是有史以來災情最慘重的一次。

It was 7.6 on the Richter Scale and was felt as far away as Kabul and Delhi.

它的強度達到里氏7.6,遠在喀布爾與德里的人都感受到了它的威力。

Our town of Mingora was largely spared – just a few buildings collapsed – but neighbouring Kashmir and the northern areas of Pakistan were devastated.

明戈拉小鎮多半安然無恙,只有幾棟建築物倒塌。但鄰近的克什米爾及巴基斯坦的北部地區則是災情慘重。

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