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But in the morning the poor man's cow was dead

"但第二天早上 穷人的牛死了"

They walked all the next day, and came that evening

"第二天他们又走了一天 这天晚上他们"

to the house of a very wealthy merchant,

来到一个很富有的商人家

who's hospitality they craved

他们认为商人能提供丰盛的招待"

The merchant was cold and proud and rich '"

"这个商人冷漠 高傲 富有"

A lot of times we use this word proud

骄傲"这个词 我们用过很多次

Keep me on track, I know these clocks are wrong and

例如说我知道那些钟表显示的时间是错误的

even though I have it in my brain they're wrong, sometimes I forget

即使我脑子里记住了 有时候我还是会忘

Again, remember we mentioned this word "pride",

还记得我们刚才提到的词"骄傲"

we're really talking about "excessive pride"

我们真的说的是"过度骄傲"

We use the word "hubris" in English

在英语里我们用"傲慢"这个词

Whenever we use this word, try to think of hubris,

当我们用这个词的时候 试着想想傲慢

try to think of excessive pride

想想过度骄傲

So what is this guy?

那这个人是什么

The merchant was cold and proud and rich and

这个商人冷漠 骄傲 富有"

all they would do for the prophet and his companion was

"他为这位预言家和其同伴提供的却是"

to lodge them in a cowshed and feed them on bread and water

"牛棚 还有面包和水"

'In the morning, however, Elijah thanked him very much

然而早上 以利亚对主人的招待表达了

for what he had done and sent for a mason

自己的万分谢意 并派出一个泥瓦匠

to repair one of the walls which happened to be falling down

修缮了即将要倒的那堵墙

as a return for his kindness

作为回报

'The rabbi, unable to keep silence any longer, begged the holy man

法师无法继续保持沉默 祈求圣人

to explain the meaning of his dealings with human beings

解释为什么这样对待那位穷人和这位富人

'"In regard to the poor man who received us so hospitably," replied the prophet,

预言家答道 "对于那个盛情款待我们的穷人"

"it was decreed that his wife was to die that night,

"本来那晚他的妻子会死去的"

but in reward for his goodness, God took the cow instead of the wife

"但为了回报他 上帝让牛替她去死了"

"I repaired the wall of the rich miser because

"我修缮了那个富有的吝啬鬼家的墙是因为"

a chest of gold was concealed near the place and

"那堵墙附近有一箱金子"

if the miser had repaired the wall himself,

"如果他自己去修的话"

he would have discovered the treasure

"他会把金子占为己有"

"Say not therefore to the Lord: What doest thou?

"因此上帝说 你觉得怎么样呢"

But say in thy heart Must not the Lord of all the earth do right

"这回在你心里肯定觉得上帝做的是对的"

I guess, simplistically, what you've heard said 9 trillion times,

我单纯地想 你听过无数遍的话

God acts in mysterious ways

上帝总是以神秘的方式做事

It's not that they don't make sense if we stand back and know

如果我们袖手旁观 那他们做的没有任何意义

We just don't know

我们只是不知道

This kind of implies maybe that Merlin was sent by God

这可能就是上帝给梅林的暗示

It doesn't ever say that

它并没有这样说

Why is Merlin here?

梅林为什么在这里

He said this before: he's here so Wart can ask him questions and

他之前说过 他在这里 这样的话沃特就可以问他问题

he says specifically here, he was sent for Wart

他很明显地表示过 他是上帝派来帮助沃特的

He says, 15 lines at bottom of 89 "'I'm sorry,' said Merlin,

在89页下面第15行 对他说

'that you should be the only one to get my extra tuition,

"很抱歉你本应该是唯一一个获得我额外学费的学生"

but then, you see, I was only sent for that

"但我只是为了它"

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