Waiting Room

Atom: So, we waiting for what?
Atom：所以，我們在等待什麼？
God: Excuse me?
God：你說什麼？
Atom: So you sittin here telling me, this place is a waiting room, right? What are we waiting for?
Atom：你告訴我這地方是等候室，對吧？那我們到底在等什麼呢？
God: Rebirth
God：等待重生
Atom: Rebirth?... like reincarnation?
Atom：重生？ …像投胎轉世那種？
God: If that's what you wanna call it
God：也可以這麼說吧
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：什麼叫“也可以這麼說？”是就是，不是就不是
God: Sure
God：當然
Atom: Chu mean? Ughhh, this muhfucka (Atom sighs in frustration)
Atom：你什麼意思？昂，這傻吊（Atom嘆了口氣）
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，那說得明白點，就是當我死了，來到這里和你交談，然後你再把我帶回人間重生？
God: You know the last time we had this conversation it was in mandarin and you were 13
God：而且我們最後一次交談時用的是普通話，那時候你才13歲
Atom: Mandarin ?
Atom：普通話？
God: And a girl!
God：你還是個女孩子哦！
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…好像耶穌
God: he was here too!
God：他也在這裡！
Atom: What? Wait, wait, so the Christians got it right?
Atom：什麼？等下，就是說基督徒都有這個權利咯？
God: Well I'm about to reincarnate you Atom. I'd say everyone kinda got it right
God：雖說我是要幫你轉世，但其實每個人都擁有這個權利
Atom: This is a whole lot to take in!
Atom：這太棒了
God: I know trust me, I've been there
God：相信我吧，我一直在那裡
Atom : Sooooooo, how many times have I been reincarnated?
Atom：那麼，我被轉世了多少次呢？
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：如果是這樣，那為什麼我一點都記不起來？
God: If we stayed here long enough, the lives you have lived, and the knowledge from each of them would return
God：如果我們在這裡待的足夠久，你之前過得生活，包括你的思維和想法全都會消失
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：其實我要把你送回1736年（蘇格蘭牧師Bryan Fairfax出生於那一年。他的兒子Thomas Fairfax為解放奴隸做出很大貢獻）
Atom: Word, ayy, that sounds important
Atom：聽起來好像很厲害的樣子
God: Oh yes you own 40,000 acres
God：是的你現在擁有40000英畝地
Atom: God damn!...oh, I'm sorry
Atom：臥槽！ …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：至少我們再也不缺錢了
God: Well sure! with all that land and the hundreds of slaves you'll own
God：是啊！這些土地和成百上千的奴隸都歸你了
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：奴隸！ ？ ！ ？不行，絕對不行，聽著：你怎麼能把一個黑人帶來又送走，還讓他成為我的奴隸呢？
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，你的兒子湯姆九世最終解放了他們！
Atom: No! That does not make me feel better at all
Atom：不！這並沒有讓我覺得好受些
Atom: Wait hold up, I just realized... you said you're gonna send me back in time?
Atom：等等，我剛意識到…你說你要把我帶回人間？
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。我身處的地方其實是虛無的，而你只存在於你的時空
Atom: Well, where are you from?
Atom：好吧，那你來自哪裡
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：說真的，就算告訴你我來自哪裡，或者和你講我身邊和我一樣的人，你也不會明白的
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，你又怎麼能成為上帝呢？
God: Atom, I said you wouldn’t understand!
God：我就說你不會懂吧！
Atom: So what's the point of doing all this?
Atom：所以做這些的意義在哪裡？
God: Really?
God：真的嗎？
Atom: What?
Atom：什麼鬼？
God: A little cliche don’t you think? Essentially asking Me the meaning of life (God says with a chuckle)
God：你不覺得這些問題老掉牙嗎？問我生命的意義是什麼（上帝笑著說）
Atom: Well I figured I would ask before you send me back and I can't remember none of this.
Atom：所以在你準備帶我回去之前你就知道我會問這些我根本不記得的事
God: Atom come here. the meaning of life... the reason I created this place...is so that you can grow, and mature
God：你過來。生命的意義…我創造這個地方的原因…是為了讓你能成長並成熟
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：就像人類？像人類那樣從長大到成熟？從成熟再到什麼呢？我們甚至都沒法和睦相處
(god interrupts)
（上帝打斷我的話）
God: No Atom, you! It's for you, YOU to mature
God：不，Atom，是你！只為你，為了讓你走向成熟
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：我是為你創造了這個地方。這所見之處全是因你而在的。我把你送回人間的每一刻，你所生活的每一秒，都會讓你在成長成熟的過程中明白這其中深意
Atom: Just me? Wait, what about everybody else?
Atom ：只為我？等下，那其他人呢？
God: Atom, there is no one else
God：沒有別人
Atom: I don't understand
Atom：我還是不懂
God: Atom, you are every human being who has ever existed since the dawn of your kind on earth
God：你可以是從地球有黎明開始就存在的任何人
Atom: Wait I'M EVERYONE!?!?!
Atom：慢著，我可以是任何人？ ！ ？ ！
God: Aaahhhhh yes, now you are beginning to see it
God：是的，現在你就可以看到了
Atom: So I'm like, everyone that ever existed on earth, ever?
Atom：所以我就像，永遠都存在於地球的每個人？
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？哈哈真可愛。地球是你的出生地，別忘了所有的星球在數千年後都會被人類統治哦
Atom: Wait, that is so much. Too much to take in! I'm every human being that ever lived ?
Atom：那太誇張了，我也是曾經居住在這裡的人類？
God: Or ever will live, yes!
God：對啊，也許你還會永生呢
Atom: I’m Jesus?
Atom：我也可以是耶穌嗎？
God: And all of his disciples
God：還可以是他的門徒
Atom: I’m Hitler!?!?
Atom：那我也能是希特勒咯！ ？ ！ ？
God: And the millions he murdered
God：他屠殺了上百萬人
Atom: That's deep
Atom：這背負的東西太沉重了
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：聽著Atom，所有你對別人的仇恨和暴力行為，都是在違背自己的承諾，拒絕別人善意的愛，你會有報應的
Atom: God, why do all this?
Atom：上帝，為什麼要做這些？
God: Someday, long from now, you will become like me. You will mature to become what I am.
God：有一天，你會變得像我一樣。你會像我一樣成熟。
Atom: I’m a god?
Atom：那我就是上帝了嗎？
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 universethat 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，還不是，曾經我也站在你現在身處的位置。只有你認真活過你所存在的宇宙時空（現實生活），我才有可能帶你走。一旦你走過種族，宗教，性別，性取向，和世俗的愛與恨，那時候的你才會明白人生有多珍貴。