Waiting Room

Atom: So, we waiting for what?
Atom：所以，我们在等待什么？
God: Excuse me?
God：你说什么？
Atom: So you sittin here telling me, this place is a waiting room, right? What are we waiting for?
Atom：你告诉我这地方是等候室，对吧？那我们到底在等什么呢？
God: Rebirth
God：等待重生
Atom: Rebirth?... like reincarnation?
Atom：重生？…像投胎转世那种？
God: If that's what you wanna call it
God：也可以这么说吧
Atom: What the fuck you mean “if that's what I wanna call it?” either this is what it is, or this is what it ain’t
Atom：什么叫“也可以这么说？”是就是，不是就不是
God: Sure
God：当然
Atom: Chu mean? Ughhh, this muhfucka (Atom sighs in frustration)
Atom：你什么意思？昂，这傻吊（Atom叹了口气）
Atom: Aight, lemme get this straight, every time I die, I come here, we talk, and you send me back to earth to be reborn?
Atom：好吧，那说得明白点，就是当我死了，来到这里和你交谈，然后你再把我带回人间重生？
God: You know the last time we had this conversation it was in mandarin and you were 13
God：而且我们最后一次交谈时用的是普通话，那时候你才13岁
Atom: Mandarin?
Atom：普通话？
God: And a girl!
God：你还是个女孩子哦！
Atom: What? Nah, bruh, you fuckin wit me. You’re... Like, Jesus Christ
Atom：啥？不不不，你一定是在逗我，你…好像耶稣
God: he was here too!
God：他也在这里！
Atom: What? Wait, wait, so the Christians got it right?
Atom：什么？等下，就是说基督徒都有这个权利咯？
God: Well I’m about to reincarnate you Atom. I’d say everyone kinda got it right
God：虽说我是要帮你转世，但其实每个人都拥有这个权利
Atom: This is a whole lot to take in!
Atom：这太棒了
God: I know trust me, I’ve been there
God：相信我吧，我一直在那里
Atom: Sooooooo, how many times have I been reincarnated?
Atom：那么，我被转世了多少次呢？
God: Many, many many many, MANY times
God：很多很多次
Atom: If it’s so many times, why don’t I remember?
Atom：如果是这样，那为什么我一点都记不起来？
God: If we stayed here long enough, the lives you have lived, and the knowledge from each of them would return
God：如果我们在这里待的足够久，你之前过得生活，包括你的思维和想法全都会消失
Atom: What?
Atom：啥？
God: I’m actually about to send you back to 1736 as Bryan Fairfax, the 8th lord Fairfax of Cameron
God：其实我要把你送回1736年（苏格兰牧师Bryan Fairfax出生于那一年。他的儿子Thomas Fairfax为解放奴隶做出很大贡献）
Atom: Word, ayy, that sounds important
Atom：听起来好像很厉害的样子
God: Oh yes you own 40,000 acres
God：是的你现在拥有40000英亩地
Atom: God damn!...oh, I’m sorry
Atom：卧槽！…噢不好意思
God: Ha, it's quite alright
God：哈哈，很棒吧
Atom: Well at least I’m not poor no more
Atom：至少我们再也不缺钱了
God: Well sure! with all that land and the hundreds of slaves you’ll own
God：是啊！这些土地和成百上千的奴隶都归你了
Atom: Slaves!?!? Aw hell nah, nononono, look look look: how you gonna take a black man, send him back in time, and now I gotta own slaves?
Atom：奴隶！？！？不行，绝对不行，听着：你怎么能把一个黑人带来又送走，还让他成为我的奴隶呢？
God: Well if it's any consolation, your son Tom, the 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron sets them free!
God：值得安慰的是，你的儿子汤姆九世最终解放了他们！
Atom: No! That does not make me feel better at all
Atom：不！这并没有让我觉得好受些
Atom: Wait hold up, I just realized... you said you’re gonna send me back in time?
Atom：等等，我刚意识到…你说你要把我带回人间？
God: Well, I’m not really sending you back in time. that doesn’t exist where I come from, only in your universe
God：嗯，但我不是真的要送你回去。我身处的地方其实是虚无的，而你只存在于你的时空
Atom: Well, where are you from?
Atom：好吧，那你来自哪里
God: Honestly Atom, even if I explained where I came from, or told you about the others like me, you just wouldn’t understand
God：说真的，就算告诉你我来自哪里，或者和你讲我身边和我一样的人，你也不会明白的
Atom: But if there's others like you, how can you be god?
Atom：但是如果有和你相似的人，你又怎么能成为上帝呢？
God: Atom, I said you wouldn’t understand!
God：我就说你不会懂吧！
Atom: So what's the point of doing all this?
Atom：所以做这些的意义在哪里？
God: Really?
God：真的吗？
Atom: What?
Atom：什么鬼？
God: A little cliche don’t you think? Essentially asking Me the meaning of life (God says with a chuckle)
God：你不觉得这些问题老掉牙吗？问我生命的意义是什么（上帝笑着说）
Atom: Well I figured I would ask before you send me back and I can’t remember none of this.
Atom：所以在你准备带我回去之前 你就知道我会问这些我根本不记得的事
God: Atom come here. the meaning of life... the reason I created this place...is so that you can grow, and mature
God：你过来。生命的意义…我创造这个地方的原因…是为了让你能成长并成熟
Atom: Like the human race? Like this is how the human race is supposed to grow and mature? mature into what? We can’t even get along
Atom：就像人类？像人类那样从长大到成熟？从成熟再到什么呢？我们甚至都没法和睦相处
(god interrupts)
（上帝打断我的话）
God: No Atom, you! It’s for you, YOU to mature
God：不，Atom，是你！只为你，为了让你走向成熟
Atom: I don't understand
Atom：我不明白
God: I created this place for you, Atom. This entire place was made for you. Every time I send you back, every life you live, you grow, and mature and understand the grand meaning behind all of this just a little more each time
God：我是为你创造了这个地方。这所见之处全是因你而在的。我把你送回人间的每一刻，你所生活的每一秒，都会让你在成长成熟的过程中明白这其中深意
Atom: Just me? Wait, what about everybody else?
Atom：只为我？等下，那其他人呢？
God: Atom, there is no one else
God：没有别人
Atom: I don't understand
Atom：我还是不懂
God: Atom, you are every human being who has ever existed since the dawn of your kind on earth
God：你可以是从地球有黎明开始就存在的任何人
Atom: Wait I’M EVERYONE!?!?!
Atom：慢着，我可以是任何人？！？！
God: Aaahhhhh yes, now you are beginning to see it
God：是的，现在你就可以看到了
Atom: So I’m like, everyone that ever existed on earth, ever?
Atom：所以我就像，永远都存在于地球的每个人？
God: EARTH? Ha, that’s cute. Earth was just YOUR birthplace. Let us not forget all the stars humanity will colonize over the millennia
God：地球？哈哈真可爱。地球是你的出生地，别忘了所有的星球在数千年后都会被人类统治哦
Atom: Wait, that is so much. Too much to take in! I’m every human being that ever lived?
Atom：那太夸张了，我也是曾经居住在这里的人类？
God: Or ever will live, yes!
God：对啊，也许你还会永生呢
Atom: I’m Jesus?
Atom：我也可以是耶稣吗？
God: And all of his disciples
God：还可以是他的门徒
Atom: I’m Hitler!?!?
Atom：那我也能是希特勒咯！？！？
God: And the millions he murdered
God：他屠杀了上百万人
Atom: That's deep
Atom：这背负的东西太沉重了
God: You see Atom, every act of hatred and violence you committed against another, you were committing against yourself and every act of love and hand of kindness, you also extended unto yourself
God：听着Atom，所有你对别人的仇恨和暴力行为，都是在违背自己的承诺，拒绝别人善意的爱，你会有报应的
Atom: God, why do all this?
Atom：上帝，为什么要做这些？
God: Someday, long from now, you will become like me. You will mature to become what I am.
God：有一天，你会变得像我一样。你会像我一样成熟。
Atom: I’m a god?
Atom：那我就是上帝了吗？
God: (chuckles) No, not yet. you see, I was once where you stand right now...it is not until you have lived every human life inside of your universe that I may take you from this place. Once you have walked in the shoes of every race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, loving and hateful person, it is only then that you will understand how precious life truly is
God：不，还不是，曾经我也站在你现在身处的位置。只有你认真活过你所存在的宇宙时空（现实生活），我才有可能带你走。一旦你走过种族，宗教，性别，性取向，和世俗的爱与恨，那时候的你才会明白人生有多珍贵。