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'Mark my words,' cried the beautiful Balan
"記下我的話"美麗的巴蘭叫喊著
We shall have a regular king in that young candidate '"
"我們將從年輕人中選出一個合格的國王"
So obviously true but also supposed to be prophetic
這是真的 但也被認為是預言的
Next morning in chapter 9, Kay wants to know where Wart's been
在第9章 第二天早上凱想知道沃特去哪兒了
Kay, even though he's 2 years older, he's bigger, he's stronger,
凱 他年長兩歲 更大更強壯
he's jealous of Wart
他嫉妒沃特
He's jealous of the attention Wart gets from Merlin
他嫉妒沃特在梅林那里得到的關注
Wart, the silly guy, he's just too sensitive
沃特這個傻孩子 他太敏感了
He'd be really popular
他很受大家的歡迎
He's a sensitive guy and so he hurries off to Merlin to complain,
他是個敏感的人 因此跑到梅林那里去抱怨
"Why are you doing all this stuff for me?"
"你為什么這樣對我"
Merlin says, "Sometimes, life seems unfair "
梅林說 "生活有時候看上去是不公平的"
To illustrate this, he tells him the story of the rabbi
為了闡釋這個說法 他給沃特講了有關法師的故事
The point of the story of the rabbi is that we might think
這個故事的重點在于我們可能會覺得
things on the surface might appear to be unfair
表面上的事情可能會表現出不公平
but if you knew, you realize how fair they were
但如果你知道真相的話 你會發現他們很公平
This gets back, I think maybe, to the question I said wanted to ask
我想這就回到了我之前想問的那個問題
and I didn't have a clear answer, but certainly implied here
對于那個問題 我還沒有確切的答案 但在此已有暗示
Who sent Merlin? Why does he have special magic or
梅林是誰派來的 他為什么會有特殊魔力
who gave him special magic to help Wart
或者說他幫助沃特的特殊魔力是誰賦予的
When you read this story, if you remember on the bottom of page 88,
當你讀到這個故事的時候 你如果還記得在88頁下面
"'This rabbi,' said Merlin, 'went on a journey with the prophet Elijah
梅林說 "這個法師和預言家以利亞踏上了一段旅程"
They walked all day and at nightfall they came
"他們走了一整天 晚上的時候他們來到了"
to the humble cottage of a poor man, who's only treasure was a cow
"一個窮人的寒舍 這個窮人唯一的財產是一頭牛"
'The poor man ran out of his cottage, and his wife ran too,
"這個窮人跑出房舍 他妻子也跑了出來"
to welcome the strangers for the night and to offer them
"迎接客人 晚上 他們在經濟條件允許的范圍內"
all the simple hospitality which they were able to give
"盡自己所能款待了"
in straitened circumstances
"來訪者"
'Elijah and the rabbi were entertained with plenty of the cow's milk,
"以利亞和法師接受了許多牛乳的款待"
sustained by home-made bread and butter, and
"還有很多的家制面包和黃油"
they were put to sleep in the best bed
"房主為他們提供了最好的床 供他們休息"
while their kindly hosts lay down before the kitchen fire
"而熱心的房主卻住在了廚房的炭火旁"
