The Man Selling the Idol

賣神像的人

A man carves an idol and takes it to the fair. No one buys it, so he begins to shout in order to canvass the customer.?

有人雕刻了一個(gè)赫爾墨斯的木像，拿到市場(chǎng)上去賣。因?yàn)闆](méi)有一個(gè)買主上前。

He says that this idol can bring in wealth and good luck. One man says to the seller, “Hello, My friend, if this is so, you should have the advantages that the idol can bring, why do you want to sell it?” The seller says, “What I want is that I can get cash in at once. The profit from the idol is so slow.

他便大聲叫喊，想招攬生意，說(shuō)有賜福招財(cái)?shù)纳癯鍪邸＿@時(shí)旁邊有一個(gè)人對(duì)他說(shuō)道：“喂，朋友，既然這樣，你自己應(yīng)該享受他的好處哇，為什么還要賣掉他呢？” 他回答說(shuō)：“我要的是現(xiàn)在馬上可以兌現(xiàn)的利益，這個(gè)神的利益卻來(lái)得很慢哪。”

This story means: God will never respect people who make a profit by hook or crook.

這故事正是說(shuō)那種不擇手段地求利，連神也不尊敬的人。