True Profitable Transaction
真正「有利可圖」的交易
Guru Nanaki ji father knew that Nanak ji likes to communicate with people. So he decided that if Nanak ji was to learn anyway to earn money, it can be done through trading.
納納吉的父親知道納納吉喜歡與人交流。所以他決定納納吉應該去學著做買賣來賺錢。
So one day, Guru Nanak’s father gave Bhai Bala twenty rupeesand said, 「Go with Nanaki and buy some goods from the market and then sell them at a profitable rate.」
所以有一天,納納吉的父親給了巴巴拉 20盧比說:「和納納吉一起去市場買一些好商品,然後以一個可以盈利的價格賣掉它們。」
So Bhai Bala and Nanak ji went to the market to buy some goods. As they had passed ten miles from their village, they come across a group of Hermitswho were sitting under a tree.
巴巴拉和納納吉去市場買了一些商品。當他們離開村莊十英裡時,遇到了一群坐在樹下的隱士。
Seeing them Nanak ji stopped Bhai Bala and said, 「Father asked us to make some profitable transaction and nothing can be more profitable than to feed these Hermits.
看到他們,納納吉停下和巴巴拉說:「父親讓我們做一些有利可圖的交易,那麼沒有比把錢饋贈這些隱士更有利可圖的了。
I can’t go forward leaving such a great opportunity to make a truly profitable transaction.」
我不能錯失一個這樣好的「有利可圖」的機會。「
Nanak ji took all the money from Bhai Bala and offered that money to them saying, 「I offer this at your service.」
納納吉從巴巴拉那拿走了所有的錢給了隱士們,他說:「我很樂意為你們提供這些。」
Head of that Hermit group replied, 「Son, this money is no use for us as we never go to any village or town.
隱士團首領回答說:「孩子,這筆錢對我們沒用,因為我們從來不去任何村鎮。
We always stay here in the jungle. If you offer us a meal, we will accept it.」
我們總是待在叢林中。如果你為我們提供餐點,我們願意接受。「
Then Nanak ji and Bhai Bala went to a nearby village to get meals for hermits and with the remaining money, he purchased clothes for hermits. Nanak ji offered all that to the group of hermits and left for home empty-handed.
然後納納吉和巴巴拉前往附近的村莊為隱士們買飯,用剩下的錢為隱士們買了衣服。 納納吉把這一切給了隱士們並空手而歸。
Moral:
Earning more Money can be Profitable but True Profit lies in doing Good Deeds and Helping Others.
寓意:
誠然賺更多錢是獲利之道,但真正的利卻在於做好事和幫助他人之中。
不過說實話,拿這筆錢先做個買賣,掙了再去做好事,虧了也是一個寶貴的社會經驗。
是不是我太世故了呢?
rupee 英 [rupi] 美 [rupi]
the basic monetary unit of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lankan.
n. 印度,模里西斯,尼泊爾,巴基斯坦,塞席爾和斯裡蘭卡的基本貨幣單位。
hermit 英[hmt] 美[hrmt] n. 隱士; 隱修者; 遁世者;
one that retires from society and lives in solitude especially for religious reasons
脫離社會,生活在孤獨中的人,特別是出於宗教原因。
單選|helmet和hermit哪個指的是頭盔的意思?