By Heather Clark on August 17, 2017

TORONTO — A Canadian pastor who had been sentenced to hard labor for life but was released last week on “sick bail,” outlined to his church on Sunday that he prayed without ceasing during the ordeal and stayed close to the Scriptures.

多伦多—一位加拿大籍牧师在朝鲜被判终身劳动监禁，上周因病保释，周日回到加拿大的教会中他分享在服役过程中，他不间断祷告，并时常读神的话。

“While I was laboring, I prayed without ceasing,” Hyeon Soo Lim, 62, pastor of Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, told those gathered.

62岁的林铉洙是多伦多韩光长老教会的牧师，他告诉会众：“在我劳动的时候，我一直在祷告”。

Lim, who served 2 1/2 years of his sentence, said that he spent his days digging holes and breaking up pieces of coal.

林铉洙说两年半的劳役当中，他每天都在挖洞和劈煤。

“During the winter, I had to dig holes that measured one meter wide and one meter deep. The ground was frozen. The mud was so hard that it took two days to dig one hole,” he recalled. “It was incredibly challenging. My upperbody was sweating, my fingers and toes were frost bitten. I also worked inside a coal storage facility, breaking apart coal.”

“冬天的时候，我要挖深一米，宽一米的洞。地面都结冰了。泥土非常硬，所以要两天才能挖一个洞。”他回忆说，“非常的难挖。我的上身在出汗，手指头和脚指头却被冻伤。我还在一个煤窑里将煤劈开。”

“In the spring and summer, I worked outside, eight hours a day, in the scorching sun,” Lim said.He also recalled being in solitary confinement and the “overwhelming loneliness” that he faced.

林铉洙说：“在春天和夏天，我要在外面工作，8个小时在炙热阳光的暴晒下。”他还回忆了自己被单独监禁的日子，以及他面对的那种“令人窒息的孤独感”。

“From the first day of my detainment to the day I was released, I ate 2,757 meals in isolation by myself,” Lim said. “It was difficult to see when and how the entire ordeal would end.”

“从第一天被监禁到被释放，我被隔离，独自吃了2，757顿饭，”林铉洙说，“很难看到什么时候以什么方式结束整个的磨难。”

During his first year in captivity, Lim had no Bible, so he spent any time not working reading books and watching the films that were available—but they were all about North Korea. When he was finally provided with Korean and English Bibles, he read through the entire Bible five times and memorized over 700 verses.

被监禁的第一年里，他没有圣经，所以不用干活的时候，他就读监狱里提供的书籍和电影，当然这些都是关于朝鲜的。当他最终得到韩英双语圣经后，他把正本圣经读了五遍，并背诵了700多个章节。

As previously reported, the pastor had traveled to the country two years ago to build an orphanage, nursery and nursing home. He had visited the nation over 100 times in the past 20 years.

据报道，林铉洙牧师两年前去朝鲜旅游是为了建立孤儿院和收容所。过去的20年间，他去过朝鲜超过上百次。

However, while carrying out his mission, he was taken into custody in February 2015 and accused of committing hostile acts against the North Korean regime. In December of that year, Lim was put on trial and sentenced to indefinite hard labor.

但是，带着这样的使命，他在2015年的二月份被拘留，被控告是朝鲜政府的敌人。同年12月份，林铉洙牧师被审判并判决终身监禁，劳动改造。

His health soon also began to decline as he complained of stomach pain and high blood pressure. Lim likewise lost a significant amount of weight through the ordeal. On Sunday, he noted that he lost approximately 50 pounds, but his condition improved after a time.

随着胃痛和高血压，他的身体健康开始下降。服刑期间，他瘦了非常多。周日的时候，他提到他几乎减少了50磅，但是一段时间后开始好转。

Lim said that as he prayed, his feelings of “discouragement, resentment and grumbling” became “courage, joy and thanksgiving.”

林铉洙牧师说当他祷告的时候，那些“沮丧，仇恨和抱怨”变成了“勇气，喜乐和感恩。”

“It’s a miracle for me to be here today,” he stated. “I always knew Canada was a very warm and compassionate nation, but through my ordeal I really began to grasp that very deeply.”

“对我来说，能在这里就是神迹，”他声明，“我一直都觉得加拿大是个非常温暖和富有同情心的国家，藉着这样的苦难我更深刻地体会到了这点。”

The pastor was released from North Korea last Wednesday and returned to Canada the following day.

林铉洙牧师上周三从朝鲜被释放，第二天就回到了加拿大。

整理：于姊妹