英語聽書《白鯨記》 第101期

Something of the salt sea yet lingered in old Bildad'slanguage, heterogeneously mixed with Scriptural anddomestic phrases.

比勒達(dá)的口音中夾雜著水手腔、家鄉(xiāng)土語和《圣經(jīng)》上的話，顯得有幾分刺耳。

Avast there, avast there, Bildad, avast now spoilingour harpooneer, cried Peleg.

行啦，比勒達(dá)，別念叨啦，別再糟蹋我們這位優(yōu)秀的標(biāo)槍手了!法勒船長(zhǎng)顯然有自己的看法，他接著說：

Pious harpooneers never make good voyagers—it takes the shark out of 'em; no harpooneer isworth a straw who aint pretty sharkish.

標(biāo)槍手虔誠(chéng)起來可不是什么好事，他會(huì)喪失膽量的!而一個(gè)沒有膽量的標(biāo)槍手是一文不值的。

There was young Nat Swaine, once the bravest boat-header out of all Nantucket and theVineyard; he joined the meeting, and never came to good.

記得以前那個(gè)小伙子納特·斯旺因吧，他是當(dāng)時(shí)這地方數(shù)一數(shù)二的標(biāo)槍手啊，可自從他聽了人家布道以后，他就完了!

He got so frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from whales,for fear of after-claps, in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.

他的靈魂不能再忍受殘忍，看見鯨魚就嚇破了膽，他怕，怕萬一出了事船沉入亡，大家都完蛋!

Peleg! Peleg! said Bildad, lifting his eyes and hands, thou thyself, as I myself, hast seen many aperilous time; thou knowest,

法勒，法勒!你別再褻瀆神靈地胡說八道了，恐怕你比任何一個(gè)人都更了解對(duì)死亡的恐懼的滋味吧!比勒達(dá)揮動(dòng)著手臂，開始大聲反擊。

Peleg, what it is to have the fear of death; how, then, can'st thou prate in this ungodly guise.Thou beliest thine own heart, Peleg.

這么說話對(duì)得起你自己的良心嗎?上回在日本海，三根桅桿都被臺(tái)風(fēng)吹到海里去了，你沒有想到死神和末日嗎?