2010-02-05 13:04:53

沉默的代價

這是鐫刻在美國波士頓猶太人屠殺紀念碑上」上的,德國新教牧師馬丁·尼莫拉  Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) 的懺悔詩。尼莫拉曾是納粹的受害者,他在晚年為自己當年的道德污點寫下懺悔詩

 

First they came for the socialists
and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist.


Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.


Then they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.


Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.


Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak for me.


在德國,起初他們追殺共產主義者,
我沒有說話———因為我不是共產主義者;
接著他們追殺猶太人,
我沒有說話———因為我不是猶太人;
後來他們追殺工會成員,
我沒有說話———因為我不是工會成員;
此後他們追殺天主教徒,
我沒有說話———因為我是新教教徒;
最後他們奔向我來,
卻再也沒有人站出來為我說話。