九版圣典节译：死亡连
On the eve of battle, the Blood Angels bend the knee and turn their thoughts to Sanguinius' sacrifice. Chaplains pace amongst the warriors, blessing each while chanting the moripatris - the mass of doom. They take careful note of which warriors slur their speech, are glazed of eye or appear overly excitable, for these are mostly likely to succumb to the Black Rage. Most do not, as much of their training has been dedicated to suppressing the strength of this affliction. For some, however, its call is too strong, and the memories of their Primarch too overwhelming. These warriors collapse into the Chaplains' arms and are inducted into the Death Company.
在战斗的前夜，圣血天使们屈膝下跪，将思绪转向圣吉列斯的牺牲。牧师们会在战士们之中来回度步，在吟咏亡者之经——关于毁灭的长篇经文的同时，他们会祝福每一位兄弟。牧师们会仔细留意那些些说话含糊不清、眼神呆滞或显得过于激动的战士们，因为这些人很可能屈服于黑色狂怒。大多数圣血天使不会出现这种状况，因为他们的大部分训练都致力于抑制这种痛苦的影响。但对某些人而言，这种召唤过于强烈，他们原体的记忆也太过具有压倒性。这些战士会(晕)倒在牧师的怀抱里，并被引入到死亡连。
In their minds, the Death Company have lost all knowledge of who they are, where they are, and even the time in which they are living. Their consciousnesses are thrust millennia into the past where they believe they are fighting in the cataclysmic battles of the Horus Heresy, whether it be on the walls of the Imperial Palace, on one of the myriad forgotten battlefields in which the Blood Angels undoubtedly fought or within the twisted and warped corridors of Horns' corrupted flagship, the Vengeful Spirit. Many believe they are Sanguinius himself, engaged in combat with the Arch-traitor. Though in reality they may be fighting lithe Tyranid horrors or hulking Ork brut, in their minds they are striking down Heretic Astartes. Regardless, they are lost to their brothers and Chapter forever, swept up by an unbreakable madness.
对死亡连修士而言，他们完全不知道自己是何人，身处何方，他们甚至不知道自己还在活着。他们的意识被推回到了数千年前——他们相信自己正在荷鲁斯叛乱时期灾难性的恶战中奋战，他们可能是身处帝国宫的高墙之上，也可能是身在圣血天使军团无疑战斗过的无数被遗忘的战场之一，或者是置身于荷鲁斯被腐化的旗舰——复仇之魂上某条被扭曲的走廊中。很多死亡连修士相信自己就是圣吉列斯本人，在与逆首荷鲁斯交战。尽管在现实中，他们可能是正在对抗身形长直的泰伦恶兽或者身躯粗笨的欧克兽人，但他们认为自己是在击倒异端阿斯塔特们。无论如何，他们的兄弟和战团都永远失去了他们，这些战士们陷入了不可破除的疯狂之中。
Though most of the time few brothers fall into the appalling embrace of the Black Rage, and on occasion none do at all, it has not been unheard of for entire strike forces to yield to it. These terrible moments are marks of shame in the Blood Angels' history, and names such as Nycoth, the Scadden Atrocity, the War of Broken Wings, the Stenarr Massacre and the Battle of Lenikhe Reach conjure a mournful silence in any gathering of Sanguinius' gene-sons.
虽然大多数时候只有很少的兄弟们会陷入黑色狂怒的可怕怀抱，有时甚至根本没有，但整个打击部队都屈服于其的情况也并非闻所未闻。这些恐怖的时刻是圣血天使战团历史中的耻辱标记，在圣吉列斯基因子嗣们的任何聚会上，诸如Nycoth、Scadden暴行、折翼战争、Stenarr大屠杀和Lenikhe延伸区之战等名称都会引出一阵悲哀的沉默。
The Blood Angels believe that giving the warriors of the Death Company the most glorious possible death is a responsibility of paramount importance. If they are to spend the lives of their brothers, it must come at greatest cost to the enemy. In their view, the Death Company went once heroic defenders of Humanity, and thus have earned a noble end. With great sadness the Death Company's armour is painted in the black of mourning and is adorned with crimson saltires to represent Sanguinius sacrifice. Parchments are hung from their plate, detailing the warriors battles and victories. Thus are their great deeds in life commemorated and their worth affirmed.
圣血天使们相信：尽可能给予死亡连战士们最为荣耀的死亡是最为重要的责任。如果他们将要消耗兄弟们的生命，那敌人就必须遭受最严重的损失。在他们看来，死亡连修士们也曾是英勇的人类保卫者，所以他们也值得一个高尚的终局。死亡连的动力甲会被极其悲伤地涂为（表示）哀悼的黑色，并用代表猩红的圣十字标志加以装饰，以此来代表圣吉列斯的牺牲。他们的动力甲上挂着羊皮卷，上面详细记载了这些勇士参加过的战斗和夺取过的胜利。这样一来，他们一生中的伟大事迹就会得到纪念，他们的价值就会得到肯定。
The Death Company are sent into fights no sane warrior would engage in, and they win. They hack monstrous beasts to death, smash through impenetrable lines that have resisted Imperial assault for months and lead savage boarding actions against enemy capital ships, flooding narrow corridors with the foe's blood. In great sieges that have lasted for years they serve as the forlorn hope, crashing over battlements to sweep them clear of enemies to snatch victory after victory from the jaws of defeat on Truatas, Antax, Hollonan. Armageddon and countless other worlds over the centuries.
没有哪个理智健全的战士会参与到死亡连被派去参战的战斗中，而且死亡连会在这些战斗中获胜。在战斗中，死亡连的战士们会砍死巨大的野兽，冲破抵抗帝国进攻数月之久的防线，领导对于敌军旗舰的残酷跳帮行动，用敌人的鲜血淹没狭窄的走廊。在已经持续数年之久的大规模围城战中，他们是绝望（中）的希望。几个世纪以来，在Truatas, Antax, Hollonan,阿玛吉顿和其他无数个世界上，死亡连冲上城垛击溃敌人，从失败的口中夺取一个又一个胜利。
In their fury, the Death Company demonstrate frightening strength and incredible resilience. Some believe that, in their madness, these battle-brothers possess a portion of Sanguiniu's power, though in the view of many more these traits are simply the products of their unrelenting insanity. Regardless, Death Company warriors fight on through the most brutal of circumstances, from losing limbs to having their chests blown out, or even being set alight. All the while their eyes remain filled with frantic killing light, and terrifying roars pour forth from their VOX grills.
死亡连在狂怒中表现出了惊人的力量和令人难以置信的恢复力。有些人相信：这些处于疯狂中的战斗兄弟们拥有了一部分圣吉列斯的力量，但在更多人看来，这些特征仅仅是他们无情疯狂的产物。无论如何，死亡连的战士们都是在最残酷的环境中战斗，这些战场轻则令他们损失肢体，重则让他们胸腔被炸开，甚至被点燃。但他们的眼睛始终充满疯狂的杀戮凶光，他们的发声格栅中涌出的也是可怕的咆哮声。
The onerous duty of guiding the enraged Death Company into the hell of war falls to the Chaplains, their bellicose oaths and zealous commitment exhorting their deranged brothers to even greater acts of violence. Nonethless, particularly strong-willed scions of Sanguinius - such as members of the Sanguinary Guard - have been known to lead the Death Company, despite not belonging to the Reclusiam. Lucien Gallani of the Blood Drinkers Sanguinary Guard insisted on painting one of his shoulder guards black in their honour after seeing their sacrifice and accomplishments first-hand during the war for Malakion's Hope.
牧师们肩负着引导暴怒的死亡连进入战争地狱的艰巨职责，他们的好战誓言和狂热承诺怂恿他们的疯狂兄弟做出更残酷的暴力行为。不过，某些意志尤为坚定的圣吉列斯子嗣们——比如圣血卫队的成员们也因领导死亡连作战而著称，尽管他们并不属于隐修会。在目睹了马拉基翁希望号之战中死亡连的牺牲和成就后，饮血者战团的圣血卫队成员卢西恩·盖兰尼坚持要把他的一块肩甲涂成黑色以示纪念。
It is an unfortunate reality for the sons of Sanguinius that, on occasion, not every member of the Death Company will fall in battle. Most will die in the aftermath, finally slain by their horrendous wounds or by a merciful axe blow from the Redeemer of the Lost, whose solemn duty it is to end their suffering. For those who cannot be released from their curse in these ways, the Red Thirst almost always awaits them, their berserk fury somehow made worse by an insatiable thirst for blood and hunger for flesh. Those unfortunate souls are locked away, deep within the Tower of Amareo on Baal, for their own safety as well as that of their brothers. Howls echo throughout the tower, and those who hear these screams are filled with pity, hoping that when their own time comes they will meet death in battle rather than suffer such an ignoble fate.
但对圣吉列斯的子嗣们而言，也有一个不幸的事实：有时并非所有的死亡连修士都能在战斗中倒下。大多数死亡连修士在战后都会死亡，他们最终的死因要么是可怕的伤口，要么是就是由迷失之人的救赎者（机仆：阿斯托瑞斯）用巨斧赐予仁慈的处决——终结他们所遭受的痛苦是阿斯托瑞斯的庄严使命。至于那些不能依靠这些方式从诅咒中解脱的战士们，红渴也几乎总是在等待着他们，对于鲜肉和鲜血的无尽饥渴会以某种方式加剧他们狂战士一般的暴怒。这些不幸的灵魂会被锁在巴尔上苦楚之塔的深处，这是为了保护他们自己与他们的兄弟们双方共同的安全。这些不幸者咆哮声在塔内回荡，听到尖叫声的人心中则会充满怜悯，希望当自己也陷入黑怒时，自己将会牺牲在战斗中，而不必遭受如此卑贱可耻的命运。
