百喻经之五十: 医治脊偻喻

　　(50) TO CURE A HUNCHBACK

　　譬如有人，卒患脊偻，请医疗治。医以酥涂，上下著板，用力痛压，不觉双目一时并出。

　　Once there was a man who suddenly became a hunchback. He went to a physician who treated him first with ointment smeared on his back, and who then squeezed the hunchback between two pieces of woodblock. The doctor pressed the woodblock so hard that the hunchback's eyes popped out.

　　世间愚人，亦复如是。为修福故，治生估贩，作著非法，其事虽成，利不补害。将来之世，入于地狱，喻双目出。

　　So are the stupid in the world. In seeking for wealth, people try their hands in every possible trade. What they don't realize is that even if they commit crimes most furtively, they will make more injuries than profits, just like the doctor made the hunchback's eyes popped. They will one day go to Hell.

　　白话：

　　譬如有人突然患了佝偻病，请医生来疗治。医生把酥油涂在他身上，上下用板夹著，用力痛压，患者的双目不觉一下子都被压挤出来了。

　　世上的愚人也是这样，为了修福业，就做生意，利用了许多非法的手段，事情虽是做成了，但是所得抵不过所失，来世进入了地狱，就好比双目迸出一般。