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However, I was commanded to apply the principles of the scrolls to my own life,
我受命江羊皮卷里所寫的東西用到自己的生活中，
until one day
直到將來有一天，
someone would appear
出現(xiàn)那么一個人，
who had need for the help
他比少年時的我更需要幫助，
and guidance contained in these scrolls
更需要這羊皮卷的指引，
far more than I did when I was a youth.
那時我就把這些寶貝傳給他。
I was told that through some sign I would recognize the individual to whom I was to pass the scrolls
據(jù)說我將通過異象認(rèn)出那個我要找的人，
even though it was possible that the individual would not know
也許他并不知道
that he was seeking the scrolls.
自己在尋找這些羊皮卷。
"I have waited patiently,
“我一直耐心等待著，
and while I waited I applied these principles as I was given permission to do.
一面等，一面按上面教的去做，
With their knowledge I became what many call the greatest salesman in the world
結(jié)果我成了大家所說的最了不起的推銷員，
just as he who bequeathed these scrolls to me
就象給我羊皮卷的那個人一樣，
was acclaimed as the greatest salesman of his time.
他也是他那個時代最成功的推銷大師。
Now, Erasmus, perhaps you will understand, at last,
伊拉瑪，你現(xiàn)在大概可以體會出，
why some of my actions through tie years
為什么有時候我會做出你看來莫名其妙、毫無意義的舉動，
seemed peculiar and unworkable to you,
毫無意義的舉動
yet they proved successful.
而結(jié)果卻證明我是對的。
Always were my deeds and decisions guided by these scrolls;
我一直深受這些羊皮卷的影響，照它寫的去做，
therefore, it was not through my wisdom that we acquired so many gold talents.
也就是說，我們賺下的財(cái)富，并非出自我個人的智慧，
I was only the instrument of fulfillment."
我只是個執(zhí)行的工具而已?！?/div>
"Do you still believe that he who is to receive these scrolls from thee will appear after all this time?"
“過了這么多年，您還相信那個衣缽傳人終會出現(xiàn)？”
"Yes."
“不錯”
Hafid gently replaced the scrolls and closed the chest
海菲小心翼翼地把羊皮卷放回箱內(nèi)，然后把箱子蓋好。
He spoke softly from his knees,
他柔聲說道，
"Will you stay with me until that day, Erasmus?"
“老伊，你愿不愿意跟著我，知道我找到那個傳人為止？”
The bookkeeper reached through soft light until their hands clasped.
老總管在柔和的光線里伸出手去，終于和主人的手緊緊握在一起。
He nodded once and then withdrew from the room as if from an unspoken command from his master.
伊拉瑪忠厚地點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭，然后悄悄地推下，走出了閣樓。
Hafid replaced the leather strapping on the chest
海菲把箱子重新鎖好，用皮革裹住，
and then stood and walked to a small turret
又看了一會兒才直起身子，走出塔樓，
He stepped through it out onto the scaffold that surrounded the great dome.
站在環(huán)繞著巨大圓頂?shù)钠脚_上。
A wind from the East
微風(fēng)由東邊吹來，
blew into the old man's face
拂過老人的面頰，
carrying with it the smell of the lakes and the desert beyond.
風(fēng)中夾著遠(yuǎn)處湖水和沙漠的氣味。
He smiled as he stood high above the rooftops of Damascus
他居高臨下，站在那兒，往事也隨風(fēng)掠過了胸際，
and his thoughts leaped backwards through time....
老人遷動著雙唇，微微地笑了。
