美国语文第六册 第235期:伊万杰琳眼中的教堂景象(2)

（单词翻译）

To my natural make and my temper, painful the task is I do, which to you I know must be grievous.

就我的脾气而言，我的任务艰巨，我晓得你们必定伤心痛苦。

Yet must I bow and obey, and deliver the will of our monarch¹;

然而我必须屈膝服从，传达主上的旨意；

Namely, that all your lands, and dwellings², and cattle of all kinds forfeited³ be to the crown;

就是说你们所有被抄没的土地，房舍和牲畜都要归于王权；

and that you yourselves from this province be transported to other lands.

从这个行省来的你们要转到他地。

God grant you may dwell there ever as faithful subjects, a happy and peaceable people!

上帝准许你们在那里定居，永世为忠实的奴仆，快乐祥和的人们！

Prisoners now I declare you; for such is his Majesty's pleasure!”

现在我宣布你们是囚徒；因为这是陛下的意思！”

As, when the air is serene⁴ in the sultry solstice of summer, suddenly gathers a storm,

在湿热难耐的夏日里，空气宁静安谧，突然间暴风雨骤起，

and the deadly sling⁵ of the hailstones beats down the farmer's corn in the field and shatters his windows,

雹块如刀，将农夫地里的谷物砍倒，击打窗扉，

hiding the sun, and strewing⁶ the ground with thatch⁷ from the house roofs, bellowing⁸ fly the herds⁹, and seek to break their inclosure;

太阳躲起来了，将屋顶的茅草掀在地上，畜群仰天咆哮，极力冲破围栏；

So on the hearts of the people descended¹⁰ the words of the speaker.

喇叭里有几句话说到人们心坎。

Silent a moment, they stood in speechless wonder, and then rose louder and ever louder a wail¹¹ of sorrow and anger,

在无语的惊诧中人们默默站了一会儿，然后哀号和愤怒声越来越大，

And, by one impulse moved, they madly rushed to the doorway¹².

随着一人冲动地乱窜，他们疯了似的冲到门口。