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the first thing that but offers to jump from this boat I stand in, that thing I harpoon. Ye are not other men, but my arms and my legs; and so obey me. — Where's the whale? gone down again?"
誰個先打我這只小艇跳出去，就叫誰嘗這標槍。你們都不是別的什么人，你們都只是我的手腳；所以要聽從我——大鯨在哪里？又下去了嘛？”
But he looked too nigh the boat; for as if bent upon escaping with the corpse he bore, and as if the particular place of the last encounter had been but a stage in his leeward voyage, Moby Dick was now again steadily swimming forward; and had almost passed the ship, — which thus far had been sailing in the contrary direction to him, though for the present her headway had been stopped. He seemed swimming with his utmost velocity, and now only intent upon pursuing his own straight path in the sea.
可是，莫比－迪克好像很迫近小艇了，不過，它仿佛是一心一意地要把它背著的死尸一起曳著逃走，又好像是把它上次會戰(zhàn)的那個地方當做它的后方似的，它這會兒又從容地向前游去；差不多擦過了大船——大船一直跟它背道而駛，不過，船的去路暫時給攔斷了。那條鯨似乎在以高速游去，而且現(xiàn)在只是一心一意向著它自己那條筆直的水路趕去。
Oh! Ahab, cried Starbuck, "not too late is it, even now, the third day, to desist. See! Moby Dick seeks thee not. It is thou, thou, that madly seekest him!"
亞哈！啊，斯達巴克叫道，“還不算太遲咧，哪怕現(xiàn)在是第三天，要斷這念頭，還是來得及呵。你瞧！莫比－迪克可不是要找你呀。而是你，你，在發(fā)狂地找它呀！”
Setting sail to the rising wind, the lonely boat was swiftly impelled to leeward, by both oars and canvas. And at last when Ahab was sliding by the vessel, so near as plainly to distinguish Starbuck's face as he leaned over the rail, he hailed him to turn the vessel about, and follow him, not too swiftly, at a judicious interval. Glancing upwards he saw Tashtego, Queequeg, and Daggoo, eagerly mounting to the three mast-heads;
那只孤零零的小艇迎著剛刮起的風扯上了帆，靠著槳子和風帆，迅疾地往下風駛?cè)?。最后，當大船掠過亞哈旁邊，近得可以清晰地認出倚著欄桿的斯達巴克的臉時，亞哈招呼他把大船掉過頭來，跟著他，別駛得太快，保持著適當?shù)木嚯x。亞哈抬頭一望，看到了塔斯蒂哥。魁魁格和大個兒三個人正在用勁地攀上那三根桅頂；
