But he did die. I know that.
我终于可以说了
At last I can say it.
我告诉你那个男孩死了但其实他没死
I told you that the boy had died,but he had not.
跟大家一样我也听说过约克夏的学校
I had heard, like most men,of Yorkshire schools.
于是我将小孩送到一家史奎尔经营的学校
So I took the child to onekept by a man named Squeers.
刚开始我可以自掏腰包但后来财物发生困难…
I was able to pay the fees myself,but then my troubles took over…
我被逐出国门
and I was sent away out of this country.
几乎八年后我才回来我找到了你
When I returned, nearly eight years later,I sought you out.
但你断然拒绝了我
But you repulsed me.
于是我找你的一位职员…
So I found out your clerk…
让他知道你有十足的理由来跟我交涉
and showed him there were good reasonsfor communicating with me.
我跟他说了我的故事
I told him my story.
为了证实我心里想的是同一个男孩
But just to be sure that the boyI was thinking of was the same boy…
我前往丹晃夏看一眼我就得到了证实
I went to Devonshire,and knew at once that it was.
史奎尔…
Did Squeers…
知不知道那孩子是谁?
know who the child was?
不知道
No.
我跟他说他叫史麦克
I told him his name was Smike.
这么说那个跛脚男孩…
Then the crippled boy…
是我儿子
is my son.
曾经是你儿子
Was your son.
那个男孩可爱、愉快温柔的一颗心…
That boy, whose loving cheerfulnessand sweetness of heart…
本来可以是你财务垮台后…
could have beenthe life-saving comfort you need…
最需要的救命慰藉
as all your fortune falls away…
那个男孩现在长眠在地底…
that boy now sleeps in the ground…
在我父亲身边
by my father.
时间越来越接近
Nearer and nearer draws the time
那时光必然是
the time that shall surely be
地球弃满上帝荣耀的时刻
when the Earth shall be filledwith the glory of God
一如海洋弃满着海水
as the waters cover the sea
继续敲吧
Ring on.
为了早夭的诞生…
For births that lead to early deaths…
为了地狱的婚礼…
for marriages made in hell…
为了年复一年到来…
and for the coming in of every year…
催促世界末日早日降临的诅咒
that brings this cursed worldcloser to its end.
我只希望它在…
Would that it had come…
今晚以前到来
before tonight.
我们该怎么执行上帝的工作
What can we do to work God’s work
使得人类的博爱精神
to prosper and increase
使得耶稣基♥督♥的德泽
the brotherhood of all mankind
日渐昌盛繁茂?
the reign of the Prince of Peace?
我们如何加快时间的到来
What can we do to hasten the time
那时光必然是
the time that shall surely be
地球弃满
when the Earth shall be filled
上帝荣耀的时刻
with the glory of God
一如海洋
as the waters
弃满着海水?
cover the sea?
每个人的生活,不管口袋里有钱没钱…
In every life, no matter how fullor empty one’s purse…
总是有悲剧发生
there is tragedy.
这是生活乐于实现的承诺
It is the one promise life always fulfills.
因此,快乐是份赠礼…
Thus, happiness is a gift…
秘诀是你不需要期待当它来时只管尽情陶醉其中
and the trick is not to expect it,but to delight in it when it comes…
并不忘增加他人的快乐
and to add to other people’s store of it.
万一太早失去…
What happens if, too early…
双亲之一会怎么样?
we lose a parent…
这个人供给我们一切所需
that party on whom we relyfor only everything?
他们失去家人时这些人怎么办?
What did these people dowhen their families shrank?
他们尽情的流泪然后做以下几件必须做的事…
They cried their tears,but then they did the vital thing:
一个接一个创造新家庭
They built a new family, person by person.
他们领悟到家人的定义不一定…
They came to seethat family need not be defined…
不一定仅限于有血缘关系的人
merely as thosewith whom they share blood…
而是他们为他愿意牺牲生命的人
but as those for whomthey would give their blood.
针对这种精神我们真诚的举杯祝福…
It is in that spiritthat we offer this heartfelt toast…
新娘与新郎
to the brides and grooms.
敬新娘与新郎
The brides and grooms.
我们又到老家来居住了
We are going to live in the old house again.
希望很快又可以带着小孩…
And we will walk and sit here every day…
每天到这儿走走、坐坐
soon, I hope, with our children.
我们永远陪着你们…
We will always be with you…
你们也陪着我们,亲爱的爸爸…
and you with us, dearest Father…
和堂弟
and cousin.

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