第67章 一个故事 A Story (第1/9页)

《一个故事》，1851 年

A Story, 1851

花园里所有的苹果树都开花了。

In the garden all the apple-trees were in blossom.

它们还没长出绿叶就急着开花了，院子里所有的小鸭都走来走去，猫也在：它在阳光下晒太阳，还舔着自己爪子上的阳光。

they had hastened to bring forth flowers before they got green leaves, and in the yard all the ducklings walked up and down, and the cat too: it basked in the sun and licked the sunshine from its own paws.

当人们望向田野，麦子长得多么漂亮，绿油油的，无与伦比！所有的小鸟都叽叽喳喳、飞来飞去，仿佛这一天是个盛大的节日；而事实上也的确如此，因为这天是星期日。

And when one looked at the fields, how beautifully the corn stood and how green it shone, without parison! and there was a twittering and a fluttering of all the little birds, as if the day were a great festival; and so it was, for it was Sunday.

所有的钟都在敲响，所有的人都去做礼拜了，他们看上去心情愉悦，穿着自己最好的衣服。

All the bells were ringing, and all the people went to church, looking cheerful, and dressed in their best clothes.

一切都洋溢着欢快的神情。

there was a look of cheerfulness on everything.

天气是如此温暖、如此美好，人们完全可以说：“上帝对我们人类的慈爱真是无边无际。”

the day was so warm and beautiful that one might well have said: “God’s kindness to us men is beyond all limits.”

但在教堂里面，牧师站在讲道坛上，大声且愤怒地讲着话。

but inside the church the pastor stood in the pulpit, and spoke very loudly and angrily.

他说所有人都是邪恶的，上帝会因为他们的罪孽惩罚他们，而且邪恶的人死后会被扔进地狱，永远受煎熬。

he said that all men were wicked, and God would punish them for their sins, and that the wicked, when they died, would be cast into hell, to burn for ever and eve