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At worst, possession -- that he'd been seized by an evil jinn,
往壞處想，他被邪惡的神怪附身了
a spirit out to deceive him, even to crush the life out of him.
要來欺騙他，甚至來取他的性命
In fact, he was so sure that he could only be majnun, possessed by a jinn,
事實上，他非常肯定他只是惡魔附身，被神怪占有
that when he found himself still alive, his first impulse was to finish the job himself,
所以當他發現還活著時，心里的念頭就是了結生命
to leap off the highest cliff
從最高的懸崖跳下
and escape the terror of what he'd experienced by putting an end to all experience.
了結所有一切，來脫離恐怖的親身經歷
So the man who fled down the mountain that night
那夜他從山上摔下來
trembled not with joy but with a stark, primordial fear.
不是因為喜悅而顫抖，而是赤裸裸的原始恐懼
He was overwhelmed not with conviction, but by doubt.
他心中沒有堅定的信念，只有疑惑
And that panicked disorientation, that sundering of everything familiar,
正是那種起于恐慌的迷失，離開一切熟悉的事物
that daunting awareness of something beyond human comprehension, can only be called a terrible awe.
對超越人類理解范圍的事物令人怯步的覺察，才可令人敬畏三分
This might be somewhat difficult to grasp
這可能有點難理解
now that we use the word "awesome" to describe a new app or a viral video.
現在我們常用“真棒”來評價一款新應用程式，或一段熱門影片
With the exception perhaps of a massive earthquake, we're protected from real awe.
大地震的影片也許除外，我們免于受到真正的畏懼
We close the doors and hunker down, convinced that we're in control, or, at least, hoping for control.
我們關上門，蹲下來，相信一切都在掌控之中，或者至少希望受到控制。
