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My dear Frodo: You asked me once if I had told you everything there was to know about my adventures.
我親愛的佛羅多：你曾經問我是否已告訴你歷險的所有細節。
And while I can honestly say I have told you the truth I may not have told you all of it.
過去告訴你的雖全部屬實，但某些部分卻未曾詳述。
I am old now, Frodo. I'm not the same Hobbit I once was.
我老了，佛羅多。已不再是以往的那個霍比特人了。
I think it is time for you to know what really happened.
我想現在該是讓你知道…全部真相的時候。
It began long ago...in a land far away to the east the like of which you will not find in the world today.
故事從很久以前開始，在遙遠東方的土地上一個今日已不復見的地方。
There was the city of Dale. Its markets known far and wide.
那里名叫河谷鎮，它的市集遠近馳名。
Full of the bounties of vine and vale. Peaceful and prosperous.
總有最好的蔬果和漁獲，祥和富裕。
For this city lay before the doors of the greatest kingdom in Middle-earth: Erebor.
此城市坐落于中土世界最偉大的伊魯伯王國前。
Stronghold of Thror King Under the Mountain. Mightiest of the Dwarf Lords.
那是山下國王索爾的堡壘矮人國王中最強盛者。
Thror ruled with utter surety never doubting his house would endure for his line lay secure in the lives of his son and grandson.
索爾鐵腕統治，他堅信王室命脈會得以延續，因為其后子孫亦有才俊傳承。
Ah, Frodo. Erebor. Built deep within the mountain itself the beauty of this fortress city was legend.
佛羅多啊，說到伊魯伯。這座建在山脈內部的堡壘城市之美謂為佳話。
Its wealth lay in the earth in precious gems hewn from rock and in great seams of gold running like rivers through stone.
珍寶深藏地下，從巖石中挖鑿出的寶石、巖層中的金脈像河流般綿延不絕。
The skill of the Dwarves was unequaled, fashioning objects of great beauty out of diamond, emerald, ruby and sapphire.
矮人的手藝無人能及，打造出極致的工藝品，鑲滿鉆石及紅藍綠各色寶石。
Ever they delved deeper down into the dark.
他們越掘越深直至黑暗之處。
And that is where they found it. The Heart of the Mountain. The Arkenstone.
他們也在那里找到了它：山之心，家傳寶鉆。
Thror named it "The King's Jewel." He took it as a sign, a sign that his right to rule was divine.
索爾將其命名為“王之珍寶”，視其為天授王權的象征。
All would pay homage to him. Even the great Elven King, Thranduil.
舉世皆應向他朝拜。包括偉大的精靈國王瑟蘭督伊。
