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"Take this, for example," he said, and in his deep voice once more began to read,
“就拿這一段為例，”他說，然后就以他那深沉的聲音念了起來，
A man grows old; he feels in himself that radical sense of weakness, of listlessness, of discomfort, which accompanies the advance of age;
人是要衰老的；他從內心強烈地感到衰弱、陰暗、煩惱，這種感覺是隨年齡的增長而增長的。
and, feeling thus, imagines himself merely sick, lulling his fears with the notion that this distressing condition is due to some particular cause,
最初有這種感覺時他以為是病了，以為這種痛苦處境是某種特殊原因造成的，用這種想法來減少恐懼。
from which, as from an illness, he hopes to recover.
他希望那病跟別的病一樣，能夠治好。
Vain imaginings! That sickness is old age; and a horrible disease it is.
這是幻想！那病叫做衰老，是一種令人毛骨悚然的病。
They say that it is the fear of death and of what comes after death that makes men turn to religion as they advance in years.
有人說對死亡和死亡后的恐懼使人到老年之后轉向宗教，
But my own experience has given me the conviction that, quite apart from any such terrors or imaginings,
但是我自己的體會使我深信：與這一類的恐懼或想象并無關系。
the religious sentiment tends to develop as we grow older; to develop because, as the passions grow calm, as the fancy and sensibilities are less excited and less excitable,
宗教情緒是隨著年齡的增長而增長的，宗教情緒會發展，因為那時激情平靜了，幻想和感受力隨之減弱，
our reason becomes less troubled in its working, less obscured by the images, desires and distractions, in which it used to be absorbed;
難于喚起，于是理智活動受到的干擾減少，能引起人們的想象、欲望和妄想的東西對理智的影響也減少，
whereupon God emerges as from behind a cloud; our soul feels, sees, turns towards the source of all light;
這樣上帝就出現了，宛如云開日出。我們的靈魂感覺到了，看見了，向諸般光明的源頭轉了過去
turns naturally and inevitably; for now that all that gave to the world of sensations its life and charms has begun to leak away from us,
很自然地，無可避免地轉了過去。因為現在給予感官世界以生命和勉力的東西已經被篩掉，離開了我們；
now that phenomenal existence is no more bolstered up by impressions from within or from without,
那驚人的存在現在已不再受到內在和外在印象的支持；
we feel the need to lean on something that abides, something that will never play us false–a reality, an absolute and everlasting truth.
我們感到需要依靠一種永恒的東西，一種永遠不會欺騙我們的東西——一種現實，一種絕對的永恒的真理。
Yes, we inevitably turn to God;
是的，我們無可逃避地要轉向上帝。
for this religious sentiment is of its nature so pure, so delightful to the soul that experiences it, that it makes up to us for all our other losses.
因為這種宗教情緒的本質是如此純潔，使能夠體會到它的靈魂如此愉悅，可以彌補我們在其他方面的損失。
Mustapha Mond shut the book and leaned back in his chair.
穆斯塔法蒙德合上書，身子往椅背上一靠。
