美國語文第六冊 第144期:洗禮(6)
其中一人向懸崖上眺望，大喊道：
"See, see! Humphrey, We have caught the whole tabernacle of the Lord in a net at last.
“看，看啊，漢弗萊，我們最終會將這些上帝的信徒一網(wǎng)打盡的。
There they are, praising God among the stones of the river Mouse.
他們在環(huán)繞那條小河的石頭中間贊美上帝呢。
These are the Cartland Craigs. A noble cathedral!"
這些是峭壁巖石，一座雄偉的大教堂!”
"Fling the lying sentinel over the cliffs.
“把那個撒謊的崗哨扔到懸崖上去。
Here is a canting Covenanter for you, deceiving honest soldiers on the very Sabbath day.
這家伙是你們偽善的盟約者，在這個特別的安息日欺騙最誠實的士兵。
Over with him, over with him; out of the gallery into the pit."
處死他，處死他，把他抬出走廊，扔到深坑里去。”
But the shepherd had vanished like a shadow, and, mixing with the tall, green broom and bushes, was making his unseen way toward a wood.
但是，牧羊人已經(jīng)像影子似的跑了，閃身躲進高高的綠色金盞花和樹叢中，順著一條他從前沒走過的路朝一片樹林跑去。
"Satan has saved his servant; but come, my lads, follow me.
“撒旦已經(jīng)饒恕了他的奴仆，孩子們，你們隨我來，
I know the way down into the bed of the stream, and the steps up to Wallace's Cave.
我曉得下到小溪河床底部的路，從那里就可以攀上華萊士的洞穴。
They are called, 'kittle nine stanes;' The hunt's up. We'll all be in at the death. Halloo! my boys, halloo!"
他們要是爬上來的話，我們都得死，快點!孩子們，快啊!”
The soldiers dashed down a less precipitous part of the wooded banks, a little below the "craigs," and hurried up the channel.
士兵們沖下木頭堤岸不那么陡峭的部分，在峭壁巖石下一小隊人向通道趕去。
But when they reached the altar where the old, gray-haired minister had been seen standing,
但是，當(dāng)他們到達祭壇時，只有年事已高、一頭灰白頭發(fā)的牧師站在那兒，
and the rocks that had been covered with people, all was silent and solitary; not a creature to be seen.
巖石已經(jīng)把教堂會眾遮擋起來，他們?nèi)寄蛔髀?，出奇地寂靜。
"Here is a Bible, dropped by some of them," cried a soldier, and, with his foot, he spun it away into the pool.
一個人影也不見了。“瞧，這兒有本圣經(jīng)，準(zhǔn)是他們中有人掉落的。”
