子疾病。子路请祷。子曰，有诸。子路对曰，有之，诔曰，祷尔于上下神祇。子曰，丘之祷久矣。
Modern Chinese Guide
孔子病重，子路请求为他祈祷。孔子说：有这样的事吗？子路回答说：有的。诔文上说：为你向天地神灵祈祷。孔子说：我早就已经祈祷很久了。
James Legge Translation
The Master being very sick, Tsze-lu asked leave to pray for him. He said, "May such a thing be done?" Tsze-lu replied, "It may. In the Eulogies it is said, 'Prayer has been made for thee to the spirits of the upper and lower worlds.'" The Master said, "My praying has been for a long time."
Source: James Legge, public domain, 1893.
Notes
- 底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本（1893–1895）。
- 简体化：原文由繁体转为简体（OpenCC），与公版英译逐句对应。
- 白话参考底本：《白话论语读本》，张兆瑢、沈元起编译，上海广益书局1948 年新三版。