世界正义院

[the Universal House of Justice has] exclusive right and prerogative . . . to pronounce upon and deliver the final judgment on such laws and ordinances as Baha’u’llah has not expressly revealed. ——Shoghi Effendi.

对于巴哈欧拉未曾明确揭示的律法，世界正义院有绝对和特殊的权利，颁布其最后的判决。——守基‧阿芬第。

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 ……Inasmuch as this House of Justice hath power to enact laws that are not expressly recorded in the Book and bear upon daily transactions, so also it hath power to repeal the same . . .  ——Abdu’l-Baha..

……世界正义院有权对圣典没有明确阐明的事项和人与人之间日常交往的事务拟定条规，也有权撤消它。——阿博都-巴哈。

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True liberty consisteth in man’s submission unto My commandments, little as ye know it. Were men to observe that which We have sent down unto them from the Heaven of Revelation, they would, of a certainty, attain unto perfect  liberty. . . . The liberty that profiteth you is to be found nowhere except in complete servitude to God, the Eternal Truth. Whoso hath tasted of its sweetness will refuse to barter it for all the dominion of earth and heaven. ——Baha’u’llah 

人真正的自由包含在服从于我的诫命之中，你对此所知不多。你们若能遵守我从启示的天堂降赐予你们的诫命，你们必定可以获得彻底的自由……除了全心服务上天，那永恒的真理这一途径，在任何地方你都找不到这有益的自由。凡是品尝了这自由之美的人，将不愿以人间和天上所有的统治作为交换。——巴哈欧拉。

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……The members of the Universal House of Justice . . . are not . . . responsible to those whom they represent, nor are they allowed to be governed by the feelings, the general opinion, and even the convictions of the mass of the faithful, or of those who directly elect them . . . They may, indeed they must, acquaint themselves with the conditions prevailing among the community, must weigh dispassionately in their minds the merits of any case presented for their consideration, but must reserve for themselves the right of an unfettered decision. . . . They, and not the body of those who either directly or indirectly elect them, have thus been made the recipients of the divine guidance which is at once the lifeblood and ultimate safeguard of this Revelation. ——Shoghi Effendi. 

……世界正义院的成员们……并不向他们所代表的人们负责。他们不受信众或直接投选他们的人的感觉、普遍的见解，甚至坚持的信念所左右……当然，他们必须熟悉社群内的经常状况，对于每一个提呈上来，要求他们处理的事项，须平心静气地权衡它的轻重缓急，给自己保留做出不偏不倚的决定的权力。因此他们——而非那些直接或间接投选他们的人——成为上天指引的接受者。这是这个天启的生命之源和最终的保护。——守基‧阿芬第。

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To none is given the right to put forth his own opinion or express his particular convictions. All must seek guidance and turn unto the Center of the Cause and the House of Justice. And he that turneth unto whatsoever else is indeed in grievous error. 

无人有权发布自己的见解，或坚持一己之意见。所有的人都须朝向圣道的中心和——世界正义院，并向他们寻求指导。凡是朝向他处的人，实际上已经犯了可悲的错误。

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