英語聽書《白鯨記》 第237期

Father Mapple rose, and in a mild voice ofunassuming authority ordered the scatteredpeople to condense.

梅普爾神甫站了起來,以一種謙遜的長者的柔和聲氣,命令四散的人群聚攏來。

Star board gangway, there! side away to larboard-larboard gangway to starboard! Midships! midships!

右舷走道的,喂!靠向左舷...左舷走道的靠向右舷!靠中間來,靠中間來!

There was a low rumbling of heavy sea-boots among the benches, and a still slighter shuffling ofwomen's shoes, and all was quiet again, and every eye on the preacher.

凳子間頓時發(fā)出一陣笨重的靴子的低沉的隆隆聲,和一陣更輕的女鞋的聲音,接著又是一片鴉靜,每只眼睛都望著那個傳道者。

He paused a little; then kneeling in the pulpit's bows, folded his large brown hands across hischest, uplifted his closed eyes, and offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneelingand praying at the bottom of the sea.

他歇了一忽;然后跪在講壇前頭,攔胸交叉起他那雙棕色的大手,抬起他那閉著的眼睛,那么深懷誠意地作起禱告,好象跪在海底作禱告。

This ended, in prolonged solemn tones, like the continual tolling of a bell in a ship that isfoundering at sea in a fog-in such tones he commenced reading the following hymn; butchanging his manner towards the concluding stanzas, burst forth with a pealing exultation andjoy.

禱告過后,他以曳長而莊嚴的聲調(diào),有如一只陷在迷霧的海上的船只那種不斷敲擊的鐘聲...他就以這種聲調(diào)朗誦起如下的圣詩來;但是,行將結(jié)束的時候,他卻態(tài)度一變,突然迸發(fā)出一陣興高采烈的狂歡聲來...

The ribs and terrors in the whale, Arched over me a dismal gloom, While all God's sun-litwaves rolled by, And lift me deepening down to doom.

大鯨的恐怖和肋骨,困我在陰森可怕中,神光普照的浪濤滾滾而過,把我高高舉起,重重拋進毀滅之都。

I saw the opening maw of hell, With endless pains and sorrows there; Which none but they thatfeel can tell-Oh, I was plunging to despair.

我見地獄大張著口,那兒有無邊苦痛愁傷;只有經(jīng)受過的人才會知道...啊,我正陷進絕望深淵。

In black distress, I called my God, When I could scarce believe him mine, He bowed his ear tomy complaints-No more the whale did me confine.

在兇險的災殃里,當我?guī)缀鯇?失去信心時,我叫喊我主,俯耳傾聽我的申訴...

With speed he flew to my relief, As on a radiant dolphin borne; Awful, yet bright, aslightning shone The face of my Deliverer God.

大鯨就不再禁閉我.騎著燦爛的海豚星,迅速趕來解救。