Screwtape reveals Nothing: 마귀는 헛것을 계시한다
The Christians describe the Enemy as one //without whom Nothing is strong.
기독인들은 마귀의 원수인 하나님을 '안계시면 헛것이 강력하게되는 그분'이라고 설명한다
* the Enemy ; God
* Screwtape ; 마귀
* Nothing 고유명사로 쓰였기에 無무, 헛것
And Nothing is very strong: 무 無 헛것은 매우 강력하다
strong enough to steal away a man’s best years not in sweet sins
but in a dreary flickering of the mind over it () knows not what and knows not why,
in the gratification of curiosities so feeble /that the man is only half aware of them,
in drumming of fingers and kicking of heels,
in whistling tunes //that he does not like,
or in the long, dim labyrinth of reveries //that have not even lust or ambition to give them a relish,
but which, once [chance association] has started them,
the creature is too weak and fuddled to shake off.
* relish
명 : characteristic flavor, enjoyment of or delight in something that satisfies one's tastes, inclinations, or desires
동 1 : to add relish to ·2 : to be pleased or gratified by : enjoy 3 : to eat or drink with pleasure
4 : to appreciate with taste and discernment.
* LABYRINTH 1 : a place that has many confusing paths or passages maze
* reverie ; 1. A state of abstracted musing; daydreaming
* A chance association refers to an association that is random and fake,
You will say that these are very small sins;
and doubtless, like all young tempters, you are anxious to be able to report spectacular wickedness.
But do remember, [the only thing //that matters] is the extent //to which you separate the man from the Enemy.
It does not matter how small the sins are /provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light
and out into the Nothing.
Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick.
Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one
—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
* provided that : 1. if, or only
From The Screwtape Letters
Compiled in A Year with C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters. Copyright © 1942, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Copyright restored © 1996 C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. A Year With C.S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works. Copyright © 2003 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.