达斯·摩尔的日记 第十二篇
For me,patience has never been easy.To calm my mind,I concentrate on the battle I know is ahead.When I reach out to gather the dark side of the Force around me,it is unsettled,turbulent.I know my enemy is near.
对我来说，忍耐是很困难的。为了将头脑冷静下来，我将精力集中在接下来必定会发生的战斗中。当我探出原力投入黑暗面的怀抱中时，它很不安定，狂暴混乱。我知道敌人已经临近了。
My first blow will entice you,Qui-Gon Jinn.My second blow will be the true blow,the one that will stagger you.I know your fighting style now.I know how quickly you can move,and how strong your stroke is.I know that your instincts are good,and that you are fast.None of this will save you.I will push you until you weaken,just as I did before.And when your guard slips for just a fraction of a moment,I'll strike the death blow.
我的第一击会是佯攻你，奎刚·金。我的第二击才是货真价实的，会让你一个踉跄。我现在知道你的战斗风格。我知道你能达到的速度，你攻击的力度。我知道你的直觉非常好，你的速度飞快。但这些都不会保住你的命。我会将你逼到筋疲力尽，就像我之前做过的那样。当你的防御稍有疏忽的时候，我将给予你致命的一击。
My hatred is as cold and hard as the stone of the palace floor.It lies inside my chest.I animate it,feed it so that it grows.
我的心如同宫殿的石质地面一样坚硬冰冷。它躺在我的胸膛里。我鼓动它，养育它，让它成长。
A voice pounds in my head,the voice of my Master.It reminds me not to fail.
一个声音在我脑中击打着，是师父的声音。它提醒我，不要失败。
I remember the gray-blue eyes of the Jedi.There was fierceness there,but distance,too.He saw me,but he also saw through me.He fought me,but he did not hate me.
我记得绝地灰蓝色的眼睛。它透露着凶猛，但却也很遥远。他看到了我，也看穿了我。他与我战斗，却不憎恨我。
I will make him hate me.
我会使他憎恨我。
Nute runs toward me.I am annoyed at the interruption.I turn to him angrily.
纽特朝我跑来。我对于这一打断感到烦躁。我生气地转向他。
"She is assembling an army!"he cries.
“她带着一支军队！”他喊道。
At least the Neimoidian patrols do some good.They discover that Queen Amidala has contacted the primitives in the swamp.
至少内莫伊迪亚巡逻队干了点正经事。他们发现阿米达拉女王与沼泽里的居民们接触过。
I point out to Nute that he told us the primitives had all been rounded up.
我质问纽特，他曾说原住民全都被逮起来了。
"They went into hiding!"he exclaims."They know the terrain better than we do..."
“他们是藏着的！”他大声辩解着。“他们比我们更了解地形……”
I silence him with a look.Explanations are excuses.I see that now.
我瞪了他一眼，让他安静下来。解释就是借口。我现在知道了。
The Gungans are assembling an army.Nute and Rune aren't worried so much about this.The primitives are no match for the Trade Federation forces.The droid army and its weaponry are invincible.
冈根人集合了一支军队。纽特和卢恩对此并不太担心。原住民无法抵抗贸易联盟的军队。他们优良武装的机器人是所向披靡的。
What Queen Amidala is planning is less clear.Is she planning to fight?Will she ride at the head of the Gungan army?That thought makes me laugh.She will last ten seconds in such a battle.Naboo has no forces to speak of.All of her starfighters have been captured.Her volunteer pilots and officers are in camps.What does she think she can accomplish,depending on primitives with their tiny brains?
阿米达拉女王的计划却仍无法猜测。她在计划着战斗吗？她会带领冈根军队进攻吗？这想法让我感到好笑。她最多只能在那样的战斗中存活十秒。纳布没有拿得出手的军队。她所有的星际战斗机都已被俘获。她的志愿飞行员和军官都被关押着。她认为自己仅仅依靠那些头脑简单的原住民能干成什么呢？
And what of the Jedi?Will they ride beside her?Do they really think they can protect her against thousands of battle droids?
那么绝地呢？他们会为她保驾吗？他们真的认为他们能从数千个战斗机器人手中保护她吗？
I contact my Master.This is news he must hear.
我联系了师父。这是个他必须知道的消息。
Lord Sidious doesn't flinch as I report the news.He is somewhat surprised at the Queen's foolishness.
西迪厄斯大人毫无退缩。他似乎为女王的愚蠢感到惊讶。
But now I wonder if she is being manipulated by the Jedi.Perhaps they have some plan in mind.I don't think the young Queen is wise enough to plot her own strategy.They must be involved.
但现在我怀疑是绝地在操控着她。也许他们另有一套计划。我不认为年轻的女王能自己制定策略。他们一定有所涉足。
Lord Sidious rejects my speculation.The Jedi are forbidden to engage in a conflict.They are advisors and protectors,nothing more.And Qui-Gon Jinn would not violate his covenant.
西迪厄斯大人驳回了我的猜测。绝地们被禁止参与任何冲突。他们只是顾问与保护者。奎刚·金不会违反他们的承诺。
"This will work to our advantage,"he says.
“这将成为我们的优势，”她说。
My Master sees farther than I can.The pieces fall into place for him.Of course he is right.The Jedi always abide by their rules.That will be their downfall.They cannot win against the Sith,who have no rules but domination.
师父比我看得要远。事情的残片在他眼前逐渐齐整起来。他当然是对的。绝地总是被他们的条条框框束缚着。这将会成为他们失败的根源。他们无法在与西斯的较量中取胜，西斯没有除了支配之外的法则。
"Wipe them out,"Lord Sidious tells us."All of them."
“把他们消灭，”西迪厄斯大人对我们说。“全部消灭。”
We will.
我们会的。
I feel the movement of the dark side as a wave that begins as a ripple and gathers momentum until it towers and crashes against my body,sucking the oxygen from my lungs.
我感到黑暗面中的一股波动，如同阵阵涟漪敲打着我的身体般，汲取着我肺里的氧气。
Qui-Gon Jinn is here.He is in Theed.
奎刚·金在这里。他就在希德。
At last I shall meet my enemy.
我终于要与我的敌人相逢了。
Should I kill him first,or kill his apprentice before his eyes?Will I grind his face in sorrow before I finish him?
我应该先杀了他，还是先当着他的面杀了他的学徒？我应该在结果他之前让他在悲伤中痛苦吗？
I will let the battle dictate.I will not plan too much.
我会让战斗来决定。我不会过多策划。
I rise smoothly.I activate both ends of my lightsaber,double-checking my equipment,making a few passes to test it.Then I return the lightsaber to my belt.
我轻巧地站起来。我启动了光剑的两头，检查着我的武器，试着挥舞了几下。然后我将光剑收回腰带。
I close my eyes and focus on the image of my enemy.I have time.Either sensors or the Trade Federation troops will locate the Jedi.
我闭上眼睛将精神集中在我的敌人身上。我还有时间。传感器或贸易联盟军队将发现绝地。
All my life I have waited.All my life I have trained.And here is the moment.My experiences,my knowledge,my instincts--they have all converged on this day,on this world,for my ultimate test.
我一生的等待，我一生的训练，只为了这个时刻。我的阅历，我的知识，我的天性——它们全部在这一天，在这个世界，在这个终极考验中汇聚。
Even my failure to kill the Jedi on Tatooine only serves as a step toward his defeat.I will use everything I have.
即使我在塔图因没能杀死绝地，我却向着他的失败迈出了一步。我将利用所有的一切。
Since I was a boy,I have done everything my Master asked.I have fulfilled task after task,completed mission after mission.Yet I know nothing else matters in the face of this.Today is the day I shall truly prove myself.
当我还是个孩子时，我对师父事事顺从。我经历了一个又一个的考验，完成了一个又一个的任务。然而，我知道没有什么比面对今天更重要。今天是我真正证明自己的时候。
I will tear Qui-Gon Jinn apart.My Master will see that I am indeed invincible.He will have no need to punish me,to doubt me,ever again.
我将把奎刚·金撕碎。我的师父将看到我真正变得无敌。他不再需要惩罚我，质疑我，永远不再需要。
Because I do not doubt myself.I know I will not fail.Sith do not fail.It is not overconfidence I feel,but certainty.
因为我对自己充满自信。我知道我不会失败。西斯不会失败。这并不是自负，我清楚地看到了胜利。
The sensors have reported back.They have been spotted in the spaceport central hangar.Nute and Rune have barricaded themselves in the palace.They are cowards,but even I imagine they can hold the palace against the puny assault of the Queen.
探测器回报了。他们在太空港中心机库被发现。纽特和卢恩将自己置于宫殿的重重防守之下。他们是懦夫，但连我都认为他们能顶住女王可怜的攻击。
I am ready.Know this: I will seal Qui-Gon Jinn's fate,and the fate of his apprentice,Obi-Wan Kenobi.I will stand over their dead bodies.I will spill their blood.Their defeat will taste like honey in my mouth.And then I will bring their lightsabers back to my Master and lay them at his feet.He will see what I can do.
我准备好了。这些我全都知道：我将主宰奎刚·金的命运，以及他的学徒欧比旺·克诺比的命运。我将站在他们的尸体上。我将让他们喋血。他们的失败将如蜂蜜般甘甜无比。然后我将把他们的光剑带给师父，让它们躺在他的脚下。他将看到我能做到的一切。
And then we shall rule the galaxy together,side by side.We are Sith Lords.No one can defeat us.
然后我们将肩并肩地统治银河系。我们是西斯尊主。我们无人能敌。
