【原神双语阅读】千壑沙地部分碑文/故事/书信
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=====利露帕尔讲的故事=====
【1】
月光将砂砾照得苍白，夜风清冷，扰得营火劈啪作响……应和着沙丘遥远的夜鸣，镇灵将古老的故事娓娓道来……
As the moonlight paints the stones white, and night wind blows chill, causing the tendrils of the campfire to snap and crackle... Amidst the calls of nocturnal birds winding across the distant sand dunes, the Jinni begins her tale...
jinni (单数) / jinn (复数): A Jinni, in Arabic mythology, is a spirit inhabiting the earth but unseen by humans, capable of assuming various forms and exercising extraordinary powers. In common folklore, jinn are capable of assuming human or animal form... Jinn delight in punishing humans for any harm done to them, intentionally or unintentionally, and are said to be responsible for many diseases and all kinds of accidents. However, those human beings knowing the proper magical procedure can exploit the jinn to their advantage. (摘自：britannica.com/topic/jinni)
那是千年前的往事了，那时沙漠尚未变得如此荒芜，绿洲如宝石般星点其上……
Thousands of years have passed since the events told of in this tale. The desert had yet to become so desolate, and the oases spread out across the land like glittering jewels...
那时的大地上遍布镇灵，寓居于银色的夜风与流沙中、海洋难测的旋纹中、雨林泉流的叮咚声中……
In those days, the Jinn walked the earth in great numbers, and they lived within the silver night wind and the flowing sands, in the ripples of the unknowable ocean, and in the pattering of the rainforest springs...
walk the earth = to exist, be alive
我等镇灵并非凡物，而是花之女主人的眷族。
We Jinn were not ordinary creatures, but we were the servants of the mistress of flowers.
不为凡俗的贪婪所扰，也不被物欲饥渴所困，却对「生命」有着更加执着的兴趣……
We were untroubled by basic want, nor were we shackled by material thirst. It was "life" itself that greatly fascinated us...
花开与花谢，飞鸟的聚散，左右着我们的感情……
The blooming and wilting of flowers, the gathering and scattering of birds — these were the things that held us in thrall.
in thrall = [literary] in a state of being controlled or strongly influenced by someone or something
除此之外，唯有「真名」能够约束我等……
Apart from that, only our "true names" could bind us.
花之女主人尚在的年岁里，我们无忧无虑，享受着无终的葱郁乐园，享受着神明的爱护与抚慰……
We were carefree so long as our mistress walked the earth, and we enjoyed her eternal paradise, her love, and her comfort...
但后来，灾祸来临，乐园随主人的离去而崩毁……一切欢乐化作了哀恸，一切美好的和善在痛悔中化作了乖张暴戾……
But tragedy would come, and our paradise crumbled as the mistress departed... Our revelry turned to mourning, and all that was good and lovely was violently perverted in that anguish...
pervert = to change sth so that it is not what it was or should be
于是。我们向阿赫玛尔献出真名，成为了他的奴仆……只因他做出承诺，将为我们寻回永恒的伴侣，我们真正的主人。
And so we gave Al-Ahmar our true names, and became his servants... For he promised to find us our eternal companion, our true master.
Al-Ahmar [Arabic] = "The Red"
我们怀着虚妄的希望与信赖，自愿以自由为代价，以银瓶为牢笼，臣服于他的国度……
Deluded hope and trust did we harbor in our hearts, and so forsook our freedom, accepting imprisonment within silver bottles and servitude to his realm...
and so = and therefore
servitude [n.] = the condition of being enslaved or of being completely under the control of someone else
但业已失去的，已经永远失去，不可复回了。
But what was lost was forever lost, never again to return.
然而，不要以为我等镇灵都是些轻贱的奴才。
But do not think that the Jinn were wanton servants.
只有疯狂的爱意，才会驱使镇灵自愿献出「真名」。
Only a love bordering upon madness could make the Jinn give their "true names" willingly.
border on/upon sth = 接近于，近乎
对花之大主人的深爱，令他们委身沙漠。
For it was their deep love for the mistress of flowers that drove them to embrace the desert from the first.
而醒来再次面对这荒芜世界的诸多蠢蠢碌碌，却使乖戾的镇灵不可救药地爱上了牧童……
Yet, waking to face the tomfoolery of this barren world caused a surly Jinni to fall incurably in love with the shepherd...
【2】
沙漠的暗夜格外清冷，镀银的月牙状沙丘不时轻声呢喃着远古的秘密……
The cold of the desert nights bears a heft to its chill, and murmurs of secrets whisper over the midnight dunes basked beneath the silvery fang of a crescent moon...
细语之间，镇灵将过去的故事娓娓道来……
With a low voice, the Jinni breathes life into a tale from an age long past...
过去，曾有镇灵与凡人的藩王相爱，生下子女……
Once, a Jinni and a mortal king found themselves entwined in love, and from their union came children...
但后来，凡人终于没能逃脱追逐权力与虚荣，背叛了镇灵的爱意……
But as time flowed, the mortal could not break the chains of power and ambition that clung to him, betraying the love of the Jinni...
于是……出于复仇的执念，她便扭曲了子女的命运，令他们同陷奸谋，毁却了父亲和王国的命运……
Hence, on the path of revenge, she twisted the fates of her children, wreathing them in a plot to unmake their father and kingdom...
再后来，再后来呀……
And time sailed ever onward...
镇灵的子女成为了王国的君主和王后，却又陷入了同样的阴谋与咒诅……直至王国崩塌在乱暴的结局之中。
The children of the Jinni grew to become king and queen, yet fell to the same schemes, to the same curse... Until their kingdom was finally shattered upon reaching calamity's end.
而这结局正是镇灵从一开始所编织好的……
Such an ending, then, was that which the Jinni had orchestrated from the very beginning...
orchestrate = to arrange sth carefully, and sometimes unfairly, so as to achieve a wanted result 精心安排；用心策划
=====利露帕尔的碎片=====
【1】
你从镇灵恍惚的目光中，看到了褴褛的牧童，与月光下蓝宝石般剔透的舞女……
Through the Jinni's entranced eyes, you see a ragged shepherd boy along with a dancing maiden, her presence resplendent like a limpid gem beneath the moon's gaze...
resplendent = shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid
你感到疯狂的憎恨，忽然化成了潜藏的激烈爱意……
Festering hatred assails your senses, before alchemizing into primal, burning love in a sudden instant...
任何凡人无法承受的、吞没人心的爱意。
Such love cannot be contained by the vessel of a mortal. It is an emotion that can swallow one whole.
contain = to control or hide a strong emotion
「那么，凡人……我能为您实现什么样的愿望呢？」
"Then, mortal... What desire of yours can I make manifest?"
【2】
从镇灵恍惚的目光中，你看到了饥肠辘辘的牧童，与鲜红闪亮的石榴……
Through the Jinni's entranced eyes, you see a ravenous shepherd boy and a bright red pomegranate...
ravenous = extremely hungry
你看到石榴汁肆意漫流，如暴君的酒、恋人的狂爱，如无辜受难者的鲜血……
You see the pomegranate juice flowing freely, like the wine of tyrants, the infatuation of lovers, and the fresh blood of innocent victims...
你看到饱满的石榴被递到牧童手中……
You see the plump pomegranate being handed to the shepherd boy...
「咬一口吧，用它来镇压你的饥渴。但小心，不要让它在你手中爆裂……」
"Take a bite and use it to quench your thirst. But be careful not to let it burst in your hands..."
【3】
从镇灵恍惚的目光中，你看到了烈火与刀光……
Through the Jinni's entranced eyes, you see flaring flames and blunt blades...
你看到冰冷的月光，粘稠的蜜……
You see the freezing moonlight and viscous honey...
透过黄金的蜂蜜，你看到掩藏其下的阴谋……
Through the golden honey, you see the underlying scheme...
公主眼见无心罪愆所致的错果，心神陷入狂乱，失却了灵智……
The princess sees the consequences of her innocuous error, her sanity giving way to madness...
常胜的驸马被悲剧激动，贪婪的心被狂喜蒙蔽……
Her invincible husband is shaken by the tragedy, his greedy heart blinded by ecstasy...
一切悲喜与疯狂，终于化作了镇灵母亲吞噬的食粮……
All the sorrow, joy, and madness are finally turned into food for the Jinn-Mother to devour...
「『蜜之夜』的狂欢谢幕——镇灵的爱人，如此的下场……」
"It is curtains for the carnivorous Night of Honey — Such is the end of the Jinni's lover..."
【4】
从镇灵恍惚的目光中，你看到了衰败与背叛的旋涡……
Through the Jinni's entranced eyes, you see a vortex of decay and betrayal...
「胜利之灵」因其漆黑的印戒陷入疯狂，王后希琳在一连串悲剧中酿成蜜色的惨祸，从此将神智交托给迷乱.……
The Spirit of Victory fell into madness due to a signet ring most dark, and in a series of tragedies, Queen Shirin brewed the honey-colored catastrophe before her mind yielded to hysteria...
人民相残，镇灵破碎……崩裂的魂魄为庞大的机械供能，无智性的仙灵后裔化为力量无穷的奴隶……
The people turned against each other, and the Jinn scattered across the lands... Broken souls became fuel to a titanic machine, and the mindless descendants of the Seelie were degraded into slaves of infinite power...
于是，「胜利之灵」的残酷盛世降临……疯狂的君王与贵胄为人的时代弹冠相庆……
Then, the merciless era of the Spirit of Victory began... The crazed king and the nobles rejoiced in their superiority...
却浑然未知，居尔城的世事皆在「镇灵之母」阴险的算计之中……
Yet none were aware that all the happenings within Gurabad were created by the scheming hands of the Mother of the Jinn...
abad = [Persian] city (例如 Allahabad = the city of Allah)
Gur：波斯萨珊王朝开创者阿尔达希尔一世建造了一座大城，城附近有个大湖，但被山隔开，阿尔达希尔命令劳工开凿上百条水渠，将水引入城中。国王死后，这座城便被人称为"Gur"，意为王陵城。波斯诗人菲尔多西在他的史诗《列王纪》中也讲述了这件事。
【5】
「希鲁伊，正是胡拉姆丁。]
"Shiruyeh is Khorramdin."
头戴黄铜面具者如是说。
Thus says the man in the brass mask.
「你名下的人必不留后；我必从你神的庙中除灭诸多偶像；我必因你卑鄙，使你归于坟墓。」
"There will be no heirs to your name. I will do away with the many idols your temples. I will consign you to your grave, for such does one as despicable as you deserve."
圣经《那鸿书（Nahum）》1:14，"There will be no more children born to carry on your name. I will cut out the graven and molten images from the temples of your gods. I myself will dig your grave, because you are vile." (International Standard Version) / "你名下的人必不留后。我必从你神的庙中，除灭雕刻的偶像和铸造的偶像，我必因你鄙陋，使你归于坟墓。（中文和合本）。讲的也是一座不义之城覆灭的故事。
头戴黄铜面具者如是说。
Says the man in the brass mask.
从镇灵恍惚的目光中，你望见了居尔城被黑暗吞没时的景象……
Through the Jinni's entranced eyes, you bear witness to Gurabad as it is engulfed in darkness...
居尔城自古如蓄水大池，如今住民却如洪流般四散奔逃。
The city of Gurabad has long been a reservoir of water, but now its inhabitants scatter like a torrent.
《那鸿书》2:8，Nineveh was like a pool of water from its first day on. But now its people are fleeing. (GOD'S WORD Translation) / "尼尼微自古以来充满人民，如同聚水的池子；现在居民却都逃跑。"（和合本）
毫无智性的镇灵从冷酷的机械、兵士们的武器之中喷涌……朱红的酒，石榴的汁液随之而至，爆散而出……
The Jinn, devoid of intellect, pour out from cold machine husks, from the soldiers' weapons... And the scarlet wine, the juice of the pomegranate, bursts forth...
石榴翻滚开裂，又被践踏成泥、混作一团……饱满或萎缩、富贵或卑贱……猩红的果实纷纷呼号着胡拉姆丁的到来——生命的欢乐，复仇的欢欣。
The pomegranates are crushed and cracked, and they are trampled into a mass of mud... Plump or withered, rich or humble... The scarlet fruits, with hue and cry, tell of the Khorramdin's coming — the joy of life and the joy of vengeance.
hue and cry = a loud clamor or public outcry
汁液的滋味甜美醇厚如醴，泉涌满城，化作红色的汪洋大海……
The juice tastes as sweet and mellow as sweet wine, and flows through the city, turning the reservoir into a vast red sea...
大海先淹没奴隶，然后主子才漂浮在黑夜的汪洋中哀嚎。
The sea first drowns the slaves, and then their masters howl as they flounder amidst the roiling waves of night.
出自德国诗人Bertolt Brecht的诗"Fragen eines lesenden Arbeiters"（一个工人读书时的疑问）："Selbst in dem sagenhaften Atlantis / Brüllten in der Nacht, wo das Meer es verschlang / Die Ersaufenden nach ihren Sklaven."，看了几个英译本和一篇德文解析（grin.com/document/277648）似乎都理解为即使在城被大海淹没的时候，溺水之人还在呼叫他们的奴隶（例：Even in fabled Atlantis, the night that the ocean engulfed it / The drowning still cried out for/screamed for/bawled for their slaves.）。游戏里这个中文版本网传译者是冯至先生，但在1959年人民文学出版社的《布莱希特试选集》中，冯至先生的译文是"在大海把它吞没的夜里，沉溺的人们都喊叫他们的奴隶"，并不是现在这个版本……不过话说回来，游戏里既然用了这个版本，原意是什么大概也无所谓了（bushi）。千壑沙地的一块碑文上也出现了这句话，但"大海"改成了"砂海"。
最后，你望见黄铜面具的王。他遁入阴影，遁入希琳的怀抱……
Finally, you see the brass-masked king. He flees into the shadows — into Shirin's arms...
她的容颜苍老模糊，生命与理智的痕迹如夜风中的尘埃般消逝了。
Her face is old and dim, all traces of life and reason having vanished from it like dust in the night's wind.
还有那化为黑色魔兽的基斯拉王……他们皆是你的血脉，但你却为此欣喜不已——你为报应而狂喜。
And then there is King Kisra, who turned into a dark monster... they all are your flesh and blood, yet you rejoice, and you exult in that retribution.
居尔城啊，你的创伤无法救治，你的羞耻为众目所观……
O Gurabad, you are mortally stricken, your shame shown to all...
听见这消息的人必鼓掌欢呼——
All who receive these tidings shall clap and shout for joy...
因为谁没受过你无休止的暴虐呢？
For is there anyone who has not felt your unending tyranny?
《那鸿书》3:6，“……为众目所观。”（和合本） / "I will hurl abominable filth upon you, making you look foolish, and making an example of you." (International Standard Version)
《那鸿书》3:19，"你的损伤无法医治；你的伤痕极其重大 。凡听你信息的必都因此向你拍掌。你所行的恶谁没有时常遭遇呢？"（和合本）/ "There is no healing for your injury — your wound is fatal. Everyone who hears about you will applaud, because who hasn’t escaped your endless evil?" (ISV)
【6】
从镇灵恍惚的目光中，你看到了红玉堆砌的宫阙与花园……千万种花儿盛开，万千鸟儿鸣啭。
Through the Jinni's entranced eyes, you see a palace shaped by bricks of crimson jade bound to a garden, flourishing with a multiplicity of vibrant plants that bask in infinite bird-song.
镇灵们是女主人富有灵性的仆从，是她的乐师与斟酒者。
The Jinn are the most intelligent servants of the Mistress of Flowers, and to her they are minstrels and cupbearers both.
她的花园中，发疯的僧人与破落的旅人伴着萨吉的水仙旋舞，啜饮着葡萄藤女儿的鲜血……
In her garden, addled monks and ragged wanderers dance, spiraling in step with the daffodils, supping the lifeblood of the daughters of the vine...
addled = confused, especially mentally
萨吉：波斯语中指斟酒人，菲茨杰拉德在他的鲁拜集英译本中音译为"saki"，郭沫若将它译为"酾客"；波斯诗人哈菲兹的诗歌中多次要求萨吉为他斟酒，例如"萨吉啊，请用清爽的美酒，把我的郁金香杯斟满！"（湖南文艺出版社《哈菲兹抒情诗全集》，邢秉顺译）（萨吉可以是女性，也可以是男性，但中译本里似乎一律默认是女性了……）
萨吉的水仙：根据上面提到的中译本《哈菲兹抒情诗全集》的注释，水仙是代指"眼睛"；例如其中有诗句“看到你两只醉人的水仙，任何人都不会躲躲闪闪，那又何必以饰物，去遮盖你的双眼”。
葡萄藤女儿/葡萄的女儿，菲茨杰拉德的鲁拜集英译本译为"the Daughter of the Vine“，喻葡萄酒。
这是世上无二的花园，曾是花之女主人的居所，如今是她长眠的陵墓……
Here is a garden unlike any other, the place where the Lord of Flowers once lived, the place where she now sleeps...
「玫瑰绽放如火，将夜莺的生命点燃。蜡烛灿然微笑，却给飞蛾带来灾难。」
"The roses blossom like crackling flames, setting the lives of nocturnal birds aflame. And though the candles smile gently, they offer the approaching moths only ruin."
出自波斯诗人哈菲兹的诗，英译版本："The fire of the cheek of the rose consumed the nightingale’s harvest: The moth’s calamity, the laughing face of the candle, became."（译者：Henry Wilberforce Clarke）
你看见她伸出手来，肤色如月光般透明。你望见她的脸庞，难以言喻的美丽。仿佛每一个美妙的镇灵都是她的花瓣，每一缕馨香都来自她一般……
You see her reach out and behold her skin gleaming with lunar sheen. You gaze upon her mien and witness ineffable beauty. Her appearance is like the totality of her Jinn, their wondrous aspects only mere petals to her complete flower, her being the quintessence to every last scent in existence...
mien [literary] = a person's appearance, especially the typical expression on their face
然后，你对上了她的目光——
And then, you meet her gaze—
那里什么都没有。
And face nothingness.
只有无垠的虚空，令你坠落其中，恐惧不已……
You greet the endless void, falling into its embrace, mind afire with constant terror...
=====利露帕尔的自述=====
奥尔玛兹曾是利露帕尔的爱人，他因镇灵的爱而从牧羊人成为人中之王。
Ormazd was once the lover of the one called Liloupar. It was by the Jinni's love that he rose from a lowly shepherd to become a king amongst mortals.
我曾以为他会是超越凡人的伴侣，我愚蠢地爱上他的双眼……但为王的虚荣与自私终究攫住了他……
l once believed that he was no mere mortal companion. Foolishly, I fell for those eyes of his... But the vanity and selfishness that kings are wont to have seized him in the end.
be wont to do sth = to often do something
他与朝生暮死的凡人诸王没有任何区别……只知徜徉在征服与迫害的迷梦之中，以流沙为基搭建宫阙。
He turned out to be no different from those mortal rulers who live one day and die the next, wandering amidst dreams of conquest and persecution, building their palaces upon quicksand.
我说过，我惩罚了他。由父及子，直至三代。
Like I said, I punished him — handed ruin down from father to son, across three generations.
基斯拉·帕维兹拉万，希琳，皆是我的血脉……我用血的阴谋、蜜的极刑，与狂暴的野心，惩罚了他们所有人。
Kisra Parvezravan, Shirin, they are my blood... It was by schemes of blood, honeyed execution, and raging ambition that I punished them all.
Parvez [Persian] = victorious；ravan [Persian] = soul, spirit
虚荣的帕维兹拉万，我的爱子……他想要无穷的权力，我便给了他。
Vain Parvezravan, my dear child... He wanted unlimited power, and so I gave it to him.
我为他设计了用镇灵残魄驱使的机械，在深黑的梦中启发他建立起流水般吞吐人工造物的庞大机械……
l designed for him machines driven by the remnants of Jinn spirits, and in a dream of pitch-black darkness, I inspired him to build a colossal machine that could swallow up and spit out a torrent of artificial objects...
它们带来了无穷的财富，却也夺走了劳役者的生命力，剥夺了农人的财产。
They brought him untold wealth, but they also robbed the laborers of their lives and the farmers of their property.
王公与富商们纷纷含泪激赏——这是凡人的凯旋，这是奴役的结束。但我明知，只有我明晓……
Thus the lords and the rich men wept, crying: "Verily this is the triumph of mortals, the end of slavery!" But only I knew. Only I understood...
奴隶的取缔，正是无穷残虐奴役的开始——奴隶主被解脱了抚养奴隶的义务，而奴隶被剥夺了免于饥馁的小小恩惠……
This abolition of slavery was itself the beginning of endless and cruel servitude — slave owners were freed from the obligation to raise their slaves, and the slaves were deprived even of small mercies like a full stomach...
贫苦伴生仇恨，仇恨催化野心……富裕蔓生贪婪，贪婪亦燃发野心。
Poverty is accompanied by hatred, and hatred begets ambition... Riches lead to greed, and greed also fuels ambition.
野心令他逼迫王后希琳——亦是他的亲生姐姐产出无智性的畸形镇灵……而她的痛苦取悦了我，也给我力量……
It was ambition that drove him to force his queen, Shirin — his elder sister by blood — to create Jinn, mindless and malformed... And her suffering pleased me... it empowered me...
……令我得以将他们的骨肉抚养长大。
...And I was thus able to foster their flesh and blood.
【对话选项：你是说希鲁伊…… / You refer to Shiruyeh...】
希鲁伊，就是「黄铜面具」胡拉姆丁。贱民与奴隶视他为女主人的使者，视他如苦难中降临的拯救者。
Yes, Shiruyeh, brass-masked Khorramdin. The smallfolk and the slaves saw him as an emissary of my mistress, as a savior to them in their misery.
于是，他引导他们拥抱正义……拥抱灭亡。
So he led them to embrace justice... To embrace death.
【对话选项：「黄铜面具」…… / "The Brass Mask"...】
啊……胡拉姆丁，就是戴黄铜面具的希鲁伊王。「女主人的使者」、「穷困者与奴隶的拯救者」，哈哈，高明的骗子。
Ah, yes... Khorramdin, brass-masked King Shiruyeh. "The Emissary of the Mistress"! "Savior of the Commoners and Slaves"! Haha. A gifted charlatan.
终究，他引导那些追随他的人归于漆黑的灭亡……连同这整座居尔城，被大地吞入漆黑的裂口。
And in the end, he led those who followed him to their doom... The earth swallowed them whole, and they fell into a dark chasm together with the entire city.
=====依稀可以辨认的铭文=====
【1】
……居尔城的奥尔马兹……协助……赤王陛下……与众镇灵……
...Ormazd of Gurabad... aid... His Majesty King Deshret... with the Jinn...
……为永眠的花之女主人……在达马山建立陵寝……
...To build a mausoleum for the mistress of flowers, who slumbers eternally... Mt. Damavand...
……赤王陛下恩准……以众镇灵之力……为辉煌的居尔城及其周边区域……提供源源不绝的流水……
...His Majesty King Deshret in His infinite mercy permits... by the power of the Jinn... shining Gurabad and its surrounding areas... provided endless flowing waters...
【2】
……图莱杜拉城、月女城……城、萨勒赫城，遣使献上年贡……
....Tulaytullah, the City of the Moon Maiden, the City... Saleh, sent envoys to pay the annual tribute...
……尊居尔之王帕维兹拉万陛下……为沙海众王之王陛下的钦使……
...Honoring His Majesty Parvezravan, King of Gurabad... as the rightful envoy of the king over all desert kings...
……为凡人唯一的合法之王……
...The only rightful king of mortals...
【3】
……赤王陛下的宏伟身姿退隐后，人王帕维兹拉万……黄金般的时代……
...After His Majesty King Deshret's mighty form faded from mortal eye, the human king Parvezravan... an age like gold...
不再有奴役与征战，分邦裂土的众国俯伏称臣……
...No longer was there slavery or war, and the scattered tribes and nations paid homage...
homage = respect shown towards sb/sth you admire, or to a person in authority
……居尔城的神迹，当为众目所观……
...The miracle of Gurabad shall be open for all to see...
【4】
……王后希琳……为王城民众分发……
...Queen Shirin... held for the people of the capital...
……盛大节日……金币如雨……
...Great festival day... gold fell like rain...
……不论贵胄或平民……纷纷为花神诞日的恩赐而欢乐……
...Noble or commoner... All rejoiced for the blessing of the Sabzeruz Festival...
【5】
……赤王的钦使，奥尔马兹之子帕维兹拉万宣布：王城居尔就此永久废除蓄奴制度……
...King Deshret's envoy, Parvezravan son of Ormazd declares: Slavery shall no longer be practiced in the capital, Gurabad...
……从此之后，赤王的臣民、花神的遗民……
...Henceforth, the subjects of King Deshret, the émigrés from the Goddess of Flowers'...
……将沐浴在共同的阳光之下，平等而自由地劳动，赚取……诚实的报酬……
...Shall bathe under the same sunlight, and be free to pursue labor and profit equally... honest gain...
【6】
……因「黄铜面具」之乱，宣布民间愈演愈烈的花神崇拜为违法……
...As a result of the Brass Mask revolts, the worship of the Goddess of Flowers that grows ever more fervent amongst the people each day has been outlawed...
……其信众将遭遇花之女王正信的神官审问与训诫，异端将……之刑……
...These followers were questioned and admonished by the orthodox priests of the mistress of flowers, and those found heterodox were... punishment...
……隐匿的「妖后」希琳……自然有她的报应……
...The Demon Queen Shirin, though she has gone into hiding, will receive her just deserts...
just deserts = a punishment or reward that is considered to be what the recipient deserved
【7】
……砂海先淹没奴隶，然后那些主子才漂浮在黑夜的汪洋中哀嚎……
...The gilded sea first drowned the slaves, then their masters howled and cried out as they floated on the ocean of night...
【8】
……赤王陛下……归来……为居尔城的命运而震怒……
...His Majesty King Deshret... return... enraged by the fate of Gurabad...
……分裂……镇灵之母的……神魂为……份……
... Split... the Jinn-Mother... divine spirit... parts...
……由七位贤者……分别藏于……
... The seven sages... hid them separately...
……令无穷的时间给予她……救赎的希望……
...To her was given infinite time... the hope of salvation...
=====「黄铜面具」的教导=====
【其一】
「最初，被奴役的生活是痛苦的。你会感到屈辱，苦累，尊严就像鲜血一样逐渐从你的四肢，从你的心脏流失，这感觉让你寒冷，让你隐隐作痛……」
"At first, a life of slavery is pure suffering. You will feel humiliation and exhaustion. Your dignity will flow from your limbs, from your heart like fresh blood. You will grow cold and you will ache..."
「你想要抱怨，想要反抗，但血淋淋的手脚，带倒钩的皮鞭让你疲惫，让你噤声——你想要活，你恐惧死亡……」
"You will wish to complain, to resist, but your bloodied hands and feet and the barbed whips that strike exhaust you and silence you yet you crave life and fear death..."
「于是，你变得胆怯，顺从，你仍然期待着自由，但自由通向奴隶市场的展台，通向你未曾见过的、随吆喝喧嚷闪动不已的出价板……」
"And so you become cowardly and subservient. You still desire freedom, of course, but that freedom leads you to the slave market exhibition, to the gleaming bidding boards and an endless clamor that you've never seen before..."
「凶恶的主人命令你在人群中显露自己的身体，展示自己的天赋。在屈辱的浪潮中，你竭力去做，只为了过得不再像是兽栏里蜂拥抢食的牲畜……」
"And your wicked master shall order you to expose your body, display your talents. And you will do your best, even amidst an ocean of shame, for you no longer wish to live like an animal in a cage, swarming and snatching for every last scrap of food..."
【其二】
「你看到炫目的舞娘扭动腰肢；你看到雄伟的力士举起巨石；你听到诗人与学者高亢的歌与雄辩……」
"You see the glamorous dancing girls and their gyrations, the valiant strongmen lifting large rocks, the poets and scholars with their songs and rhetoric..."
「于是你竭力去做，直到众人的品评成为你的标准，直到闪动的出价板变成了你的价值，直到嫉妒的奴隶与商人在你的耳后窃窃私语……」
"And so you give it your all, until the crowds' ratings become your standard — until that which is displayed on the bidding boards becomes your values. Until jealous slaves and merchants whisper behind your back."
「你竭力去做，直到贵胄们为你的腰肢颔首，直到埃米尔们称赞你武艺超群，直到诗人倾倒在你灵动的歌喉与机智的言辞之间……从被展示的屈辱中，你产生了一丝骄傲的欣喜……」
"Till the nobles' eyes follow the movement of your hips, till the emirs praise your surpassing martial skills, till the poets fall before your agile voice and your brilliant words... And even in the ignominy of being displayed, you shall glean the comfort of pride..."
emir = in certain Muslim countries, a ruler, prince, or commander
「『啊，他们需要我……』你想着，『我为他们带来了勇壮与强力，带来了快乐与美。如果没有我，他们会怎样空虚呀！』你从被奴役的生活中，寻到了一丝高贵的品味……」
"'Ah, they need me...' So you think, 'I bring them bravery and strength, joy and beauty. How very empty their lives shall be without me!' You will have a taste of nobility amidst your slavery..."
「于是，你视他们的目光为自己的尊严，你视出价板的闪烁为自己的价值。在看不清面目的阿谀者中间，你放手让奴隶市场为你挑选真正适合自己的主人……」
"And so you view their gaze as your honor. You measure your value by the glimmering bidding board. Amidst the faceless flatterers, you allow the slave market to decide the best master for you..."
【其三】
「终于，你如愿以偿。你离开了恶臭的畜栏，过上了锦衣玉食的生活。你衣来伸手，饭来张口，买下你的主人，同时也是伺候你的奴隶……」
"And finally, your wishes come true. You will leave that filth that corralled you, and you will lead a comfortable life. You shall not want for food or clothing, and the master who bought you shall also be your attendant slave..."
not/never want for anything = to have all the basic things you need to lead a satisfactory life
「『幸福』，就这样，成为了精妙的欺骗……」
"Thus will 'happiness' become to you an ingenious deception..."
「但你骗不了自己，你的内心在尖叫着，一直在尖叫着：『若你死去，主人依然是主人，但若主人死去，你将变成失去主人的奴隶！』」
"But you cannot fool yourself! Your heart screams within you, yes, even now it screams: 'Even if you die, your master remains master still. But if your master dies, then you shall become a masterless slave!'"
「直到某天，你会领悟，自己一直恐惧的死亡，实际上是『主人的死亡』。你会发现，自己从卑贱更堕落至卑贱……」
"And one day, you will realize that the death you have always feared is, in truth, 'your master's death.' You will find that you have fallen from degradation to true abjection..."
「或许现在，你还留恋着脚踝上绣着银钱的金链，留恋它们的丁零作响。但在那天，你会明白，如何从主人的手中夺回生而自由的自己……」
"Perhaps now, you still love the gold chains, laced as they are with silver coin, wrapped about your ankles. Perhaps you even miss their jingle. But on that day, you will understand how you will tear yourself, you who were once born free, from your master's grasp..."
「当他们带着死亡的威胁，毁坏你美丽的身体，为你留下瞽盲的眼、嘶哑的喉，不可消除的烙印与伤疤时……」
"When they come with threats of death, and ruin your beautiful body, leaving you with blinded eyes, rasping throats, indelible brands, and lasting scars..."
「当你砸碎他的头颅，扼杀他的妻子，捂死他的婴孩时，当你克服对死的恐惧，重新体会到仇恨的甜美时……」
"When you crush his head, strangle his wife, smother his children — when you conquer your fear of death and taste again the sweetness of vengeance..."
「你终将明晓，为自己而死的价值。」
"Only then shall you understand the value of dying for yourself."
=====无名的石碑=====
【其一】
「我儿基斯拉，我儿……」
"My son, my child... Kisra..."
「基斯拉，基斯拉·帕维兹拉万，自我所出，因我而亡的孩子……」
"Kisra. Kisra Parvezravan. Child of my engendering... Child doomed by my hands to die..."
「你曾以为王权能够令人脱离奴役的枷锁，令凡人脱离诸神的藩篱……」
"You who once thought your rulership could liberate people from slavery, and unburden mortals from the shackles of the gods..."
「你曾用尖啸的机械建起齐天的宫阙，化绿洲为阡陌交通的耕地……」
"You once forged a mighty palace with whistling machines, turned this oasis into expanses of farmland..."
「但以名为自由的奴役建起的帝国，终将覆灭于同一个谎言……」
"But an empire of slaves who claim to be free will find itself unmade by the very lies it utters..."
「愿千百种骄傲充斥你心，直到天地翻覆，令至卑至贱者翻转到你的头上……」
"May unquenchable arrogance flood your heart, until the heavens and earth themselves are overturned, and the meek and base are flipped over your head..."
「到那日，奥尔玛兹的野心终得获应报。」
"That day, retribution for Ormazd's ambitions shall come."
【其二】
「希琳，我的女儿，我未尝得享一日幸福的女儿……」
"Shirin, my daughter. My dearest daughter, who has not known joy even for a day..."
「居尔城的兴衰因你而起，因你而终，你无辜而受难，疯狂成为归宿……」
"Gurabad's rise and fall found their beginning and end in you. In innocence you have suffered, and madness became your refuge..…."
「你无辜受难，疯狂破碎的心智也被胞兄抽离，用以制造破碎无心智的奴隶……」
"In innocence you have suffered, and your mind, shattered and wild, was ripped away by your kin to create slaves equally mutilated in thought..."
「你无辜受难，最终比任何人都更完整地见证了居尔城疯狂的结局……」
"In innocence you have suffered, and thus, none bore witness to the calamitous end of Gurabad more completely than you..."
「请原谅我，希琳。」
"Please forgive me, Shirin."
【其三】
「赤砂之王，威权的大主人，若您尚能听到……」
"O Lord of the Sands, almighty master, if you hear me still..."
「若您还能听到月女城守护菲莉吉丝的呼求，请您让一切恶意与灾祸远离这座城邦，远离我们女主人沉眠的地方……」
"If you can still hear Ferigees, guardian of the City of the Moon Maiden, as she beseeches you, please shield this city from malice and calamity. Please keep that which is evil away from the place where our mistress slumbers..."
「请您令这些渺小的、不幸的人也体会哪怕一瞬的幸福，正如我的女主人所带来的时代那样吧……」
"Please grace these insignificant, unfortunate souls with but a moment of bliss, just as my mistress once did, in that blissful era she once ushered in..."
「赤砂之王，慈悲的大主人，若您尚能听到，请您回应我的呼求……」
"O Lord of the Sands, almighty master, if you hear me still, please answer my prayers."
「正如女主人的牺牲那般，愿我的牺牲能够不辜负这片土地之上的国度……」
"May my sacrifice be worthy of this great realm, just as my mistress' was."
【其四】
「回家吧，接受我的引导，接受我的欢爱，希鲁伊，基斯拉之子希鲁伊……」
"Return home and accept my guidance. Accept my love, oh, Shiruyeh, son of Kisra..."
「你将在这里戴上黄铜面具，你将在这里赢得真正的名字，你将看到母亲真正的爱意……」
"Here shall you don a mask of brass. Here shall you claim your true name, and you shall see your mother's true affections..."
「『胡拉姆丁』，『欢乐之信仰』。」
"'Khorramdin,' 'The Joyous Faith.'"
「然后，去找你的父亲吧，石榴的汁液已经倾洒而出……去找你的父亲，结束这一切闹剧……」
"Then, seek your father out, for the pomegranate's nectar has flowed out with the spilling of liquor... Seek your father out and bring an end to this farce...."
「去居尔城找你的父亲，我会在那边等你……」
"Go to Gurabad and seek your father. I will await you there..."
【其五】
「……我，奥尔玛兹，曾经不过沙漠中一个小小的牧童，幸得赤王陛下恩宠，才集结兄弟人民，推翻暴君胡瓦斯特拉……」
"...I, Ormazd, was once a humble shepherd in the desert. 'Twas by King Deshret's grace that I could muster my forces and overthrow Huvashtra the Tyrant..."
「赤王陛下自月女城遣大镇灵助我建立此城，收拢沙漠流民，自此众民、众权贵各安企业，共同追随赤王引导……」
"King Deshret sent the great Jinni from the City of the Moon Maiden to assist me in building Gurabad and in gathering the wandering tribes of the desert. Since then, the common folk and the powerful alike have led prosperous lives under King Deshret's guidance..."
「愿将我心爱的王国之半，我信托的人民之半，我拥有的奴隶之半，永远献予不死的伴侣利露帕尔，另半献予赤王陛下。」
"I hereby half dedicate my beloved kingdom, my trusted subjects, and my obedient slaves to my immortal partner, Liloupar, to be hers in perpetuity, and the other half, I submit to my lord, King Deshret."
「待那日子近了，我将舍王国与民众而去——仅身披一袭白袍，献上一千奴隶的祭品……」
"When the time comes, I shall leave my kingdom and people behind — in white vestments I shall clad myself, as I offer a sacrifice of a thousand slaves..."
【其六】
「我曾以为奥尔玛兹将为沙漠带来全新的秩序，令沙海的渺小世界告别奴役，但他令我失望了。」
"I thought Ormazd would bring about a new order and purge this tiny desert world of slavery... yet he failed me."
「于是，我惩治了他——彻底毁灭了他的王国，由父及子，三代而亡。」
"And so I punished him, destroying his kingdom utterly, and passing ruin from father unto son, unto the third generation."
「……粉饰为『幸福』的奴役，尚不如暴烈的死亡……」
"...Slavery dressed up as 'happiness' is worse than a brutal death..."
【其七】
「……大镇灵利露帕尔，心肠歹毒，常怀颠覆之意，望僭主基斯拉多加警惕……」
"...The great Jinni Liloupar is of vile nature. She seeks naught but subversion. Kisra my lord, I beg of you, be wary of her..."
「……这是菲莉吉丝最终的警告。」
"...Such is the final warning of Ferigees."
=====居尔城记事=====
【其一】
……致骑兵将军霍卑鲁兹殿下，
...To Lord Hibehrous, General of the Cavalry,
经妥善商议，显贵会议驳回了您的经费请求……
After much deliberation, the Council of Nobles has decided to reject your request for funding...
显然，当地绿洲的萎缩与水利设施退化并未影响到整体工农业生产，其所造成的负面影响亦可凭借长期工商业运行的自行调节功能加以疏导解决……
It is apparent that the shrinking of the local oases and degradation of irrigation facilities has had no impact on overall agricultural production, and that any negative consequences can be resolved via the self-regulating nature of long-term commercial and industrial operations.
……考虑到「五绿洲」长期以来贫困与叛逆之状况，及新兴「黄铜面具」信徒之频繁活动，财库以为任何形式的赏赐与工商投资皆为徒劳，甚至损及诸贵胄权益……
...Considering the long-term state of poverty and rebellion in Panjvahe, and the increased activity of the adherents of the "Brass Mask," the Treasury believes that any sort of monetary reward, industrial or commercial investment will prove futile, and indeed, will damage the interests of the nobility...
panj [Persian] = five；vahe [Persian] = oasis（存疑）
……将军殿下理当谨记，贵胄及其产业乃国家之柱梁。您的责任应当是以铁腕镇压逆贼与邪教徒，鞭策民众努力寻求富足之道……而非擅自越权请求国帑，资助怠惰叛逆的恶氓……
...Do recall, Sir General, that the noble estates are the pillars of the nation. Your duty is to put these rebels and heretics down with an iron fist and to spur the people unto hard work and prosperity... not to arbitrarily request funding with which to aid the indolent and the insurgent.
奉「胜利之灵」帕维兹拉万陛下之命，显贵会议将再度调拨镇暴用构装体三十台，附有镇灵碎片的刀剑枪弩等武器四百柄……全供霍卑鲁兹殿下您调遣……
In the name of His Majesty, Parvezravan the Spirit of Victory, the Council of Nobles once again hereby transfers thirty riot control constructs and four hundred weapons of various types (swords, spears, crossbows among them) infused with Jinn fragments... to you, General Hibehrous, for your judicious use.
judicious = having or showing reason and good judgment in making decisions
【其二】
……致好友，梅赫拉克……
...To my dear friend, Mehrak...
……霍卑鲁兹三次要求调拨资金，名曰「安抚灾区」、「重修绿洲水利」，叫嚷得厉害，但其居心未必良善……
... Three times has Hibehrous requested that funds be sent out in the name of "alleviating the situation in disaster-stricken areas" and "repairing the oases and irrigation systems," and has indeed made much ado about it, though perhaps not out of goodwill, I fear...
……根据祭司演算，此举将为财库增加许多无谓的负担，而无法带来任何实质的回报……
The priests' calculations indicate that such a motion would add much unnecessary burden upon the treasury without any concrete benefit in return.
……此人出身卑贱，在显贵会议全无根基，全赖帕维兹拉万陛下委托平乱才得居高位。如今求取金帛、损人生路、哗众取宠，实是蔑视贵胄之举……
...This person is of mean birth and has no backing in the Council of Nobles. Only by the request of His Majesty Parvezravan that he quell rebellions has he attained high rank. And now, he asks for gold and silks, ruins honest folk, and rouses the rabble! Truly does he hold us nobles in contempt...
……我等谦卑臣民，全赖祖辈相传的高贵秉性服务王上，我等勤恳劳获的财产，如何能让懒汉与恶氓窃取呢？难道保卫自己的家产，不是人最基本的权利吗？……
...We are but humble subjects who serve our great king out of the nobility handed down to us by our forebears. How can we hand our hard-earned fortunes over to these indolent louts and rogues? Is not the protection of one's property the most basic of rights?
……另，此人出身山区牧民，本性叛逆残暴、惯于逞勇斗狠……
...Moreover, this fellow was born to mountain shepherds, making him by nature rebellious and cruel, given to bold-faced violence.
given to = used to say that a person often behaves in a specified way
虽身为骑兵将军，深受帕维兹拉万陛下宠信……但以其损公肥私、纵容怠惰之行径判断，难保非「黄铜面具」之同党……
Though he may be a General of the Cavalry and may have His Majesty Parvezravan's ear... But with how he ruins the greater body to enrich himself, and how he indulges in sloth and lapsing judgment, one cannot say for sure that he is not one of Brass Mask's accomplices...
have someone's ear = have access to and influence with someone
……以上，望诸贵胄察之，慎之！
...I urge all my fellow nobles to look into this matter and stay on your guard!
……随信附上凭证，三十万枚银钱，小小心意稍后奉上……
...Enclosed in this letter is a certificate for 300,000 silvers, as a small token on my part...
【其三】
……「胜利之灵」帕维兹拉万陛下近来对于赤王至高信仰颇为疏忽，神殿与雕像缺乏维护已久……
His Majesty Parvezravan, the Spirit of Victory, has been lax of late in the practice of his faith in King Deshret. The temples and the carvings have not been maintained in some time.
of late = recently
我等神官以为，近来绿洲萎缩、农田衰退、「黄铜面具」异端横行之事，皆由对信仰的疏忽所致……无信仰则无道德，无道德则国事昏乱，望大神官及时向帕维兹拉万陛下提出谏言……
As priests, we believe that the shrinking of the oases, the deterioration of the harvests, and the rise of the Brass Mask heresy all find their roots in this lapse in faith... Failing in one's faith is tantamount to a failure of morality, and moral rot leads a nation to chaos. We urge the High Priest to remonstrate with His Majesty in time...
tantamount = being almost the same or having the same effect as sth, usually sth bad
……至于不满的民众，各级神官应当多多劳心劳力，教导他们去爱身边的人，自觉维护身边的秩序，而非追逐不知所谓的妄想……以免无事生非，横生暴乱。
...As for the dissatisfied citizenry, clergy of all levels should spare more time and effort to teach them to love their neighbor and help to maintain order, rather than pursue these baseless fantasies... to prevent the stirring of trouble from nothing and the destabilization of society.
【中间的许多内容模糊残缺了，已然无法辨认。】
(Much of the content in the middle has either become blurred or is missing altogether. Either way, these sections are indecipherable.)
……赤王已然不再回应大神官的呼求，此实不祥……
...King Deshret no longer answers the cries of the High Priest. This bodes ill...
……希琳王后久已不视朝事，帕维兹拉万陛下亦未尝提起她的去向，恐怕坊间有关「妖后」之议论为实……或可假借民间流言，夸大其词，以压制「黄铜面具」之异端邪说的传播……
...Queen Shirin has ceased to be seen at court, and His Majesty Parvezravan does not ask after her whereabouts. Perhaps the folk tales of the "Demon Queen" may yet be true... Or perhaps it maybe possible to exaggerate that title and turn folk-gossip to better ends, such as suppressing the spread of this Brass Mask heresy...
【其四】
……致显贵会议，
...To the Council of Nobles,
……军用构装体自组装设施已充分安置在神殿、王宫、「永恒绿洲」供水调节库……等关键区域。
...The self-assembly facilities for military constructs have been sufficiently placed within the temples, the palace, the Orchard of Pairidaeza's water supply storage areas... and other key sites.
pairidaeza = a Avestan word deriving from the Zoroastrian culture, simply means "walled around"（详细：heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/garden/）
……改建赤王神殿前场地为集结演习场，以便构装体镇抚及……所需，及快速集结机动需要……
...The threshold of King Deshret's temple has been modified to serve as an assembly practice site to better meet the constructs... needs, and to facilitate quick assembly...
……附有镇灵碎片的武器与构装体产量进一步扩大，同时凡人军役并不削减……
...The production of Jinn fragment-infused weaponry and constructs has been expanded further, while the hiring of mortal troops has not decreased...
需要从安全隐患地区征取兵役，剥夺其与逆反者的任何联系，并提供妥善训练与生活待遇，消弭其认同……
... We must draw manpower for military use from areas that pose a security risk, cut off any contact they might have with the rebels, and provide suitable training and living conditions such that any identification with the insurgency may be eliminated...
【其五】
……第三旗队、第四旗队很久没有信使前来了，放出的瞑彩鸟也没有回来过……
...The third and fourth honor guards have not sent word for a long while, and the Dusk Birds sent to them have not returned...
……可能是因为浓烟，浓烟到处都是，把它们全吓跑了……
...Perhaps this is due to the ubiquitous and thick smoke. It must have scared them all away...
……大叛乱的第十三天……神殿卫队今天之内就抵挡了四次冲击……
...It is the thirteenth day of the Great Revolt... The temple guards have resisted 4 charges this day alone...
……这些人衣衫褴褛、却都戴着黄铜面具，有的人戴着木制的、纸质的面具，也给漆成黄铜色……
...These people were dressed in rags, but they bore brass masks. Some of them wore masks made of wood or paper painted that color...
……一些神像被破坏了，帕维兹拉万陛下的所有雕像都被推倒了……即使无情的构装体一次又一次击倒他们……
...Some holy statues were destroyed, and all the statues of His Majesty Parvezravan were toppled... Despite the construct forces defeating them time and time again...
……他们暂时退却了，但一定还会再来……
...They have retreated for now, but will almost certainly be back...
……赤王陛下是战争与秩序的神，但他的神殿如今正在被愤怒的人群动摇……
...King Deshret is the god of war and order, but his temple now trembles under the footsteps of these furious people...
……侧殿正在燃烧，大神官被掳走了……
... The annex temple is burning, and the High Priest was dragged away...
……哈卜伯在侦查时发现了他，没能完全收拢回来，一些部分已经……
...Habba found him while investigating the area, but not all his parts could be recovered...
……他们太饿了，又或许太气愤了……
...Perhaps they were fueled by overwhelming hunger, or anger...
……霍卑鲁兹将军前去面见陛下了，这可能是帕维兹拉万陛下最后一次亲自下达王命……
...General Hibehrous has gone to see His Majesty. Perhaps this is the last time we shall see mighty Parvezravan give a royal order in person...
=====古绿洲记事=====
【其一】
……近来沙暴愈发频繁，望村民各家各户能各尽责任，一同疏通河道，以免砂砾壅阻……
...Sandstorms have become more common recently. We hope that all villagers will work together to dredge the river and thus avoid its blockage by sand and gravel...
……大造币厂、皇家船坞与构装体装配局招工：需吃苦耐劳、熟悉流水工作及生活环境者，每月工钱三十至五十枚铜钱——视工种而定。
...The Grand Mint, the Royal Docks, and the Construct Assembly Bureau want you if you are: Hardworking and familiar with pipeline work and the associated living conditions. Monthly wages: 30 to 50 bronze coins, depending on job scope.
……有关「镇灵利露帕尔」的一切流言传说皆为妄谈，希望村民乡亲多多注意，不要受到蛊惑！
...All talk of "the Jinni Liloupar" are but baseless rumors. Take note and take care! Do not be ensnared!
【其二】
……向花神殿下的祈祷收到了成效，她的使者从月光中降下，赠予我们救命的药物和干净的水……
...Our prayers to the Goddess of Flowers have borne fruit. Her envoy came to us in a moonbeam, granting us life-saving medicine and clean water...
……她说自己是睡莲中诞生的利露帕尔，向花神的子民散布最后的警告……
...She called herself Liloupar, born of the lilies, and she gave a final warning to us, the people of the Goddess...
……她抱着我的女儿睡了一夜，早上时离开了，没有碰我们的供品……现在她不再发烧了……
...She embraced my daughter in her sleep before leaving in the morning, and did not touch our offerings... And now my daughter's fever has abated...
幸好只是小病而已，并不影响第二天的工作，帕维兹拉万陛下的怜悯不会施与得重病的人……
Fortunately, the illness was not a serious one, and would not affect work the next day, for His Majesty Parvezravan's mercy does not extend to the seriously ill...
……
……月升时分，她警告我们，运河的水可能携带着疾病。达马山那边的水源出了问题……
...At moonrise, she warned us that the water from the canal may carry disease. Something terrible has happened to the water source at Mt. Damavand...
……必须警告其他人才行……
...The others must be warned...
……帕维兹拉万陛下兴建了新的宫殿与厂房，工钱开得很高，应该能够偿还此前拖欠的税款，但必须要去工地居住。我如果去了，妻子和女儿该怎么办……
...His Majesty Parvezravan has built a new palace and factory, and the pay is high indeed. With that, we should be able to pay our delinquent taxes, but we must go to live at the work site. And if I go, who shall take care of my wife and daughter...?
……那里的水都是干净的吗？
...Is the water there clean?
【其三】
……他们说，那些庞大的迷宫里到处都是镇灵驱动的机械……
... They say that Jinn-powered machines fill that giant labyrinth...
……人们从早到晚，用九尾的皮鞭抽策着尖叫的镇灵……于是镇灵拼命拉磨，拼命旋转，万物从机械中如流水般涌出……
...From morning till night, they drive the screaming Jinn with nine-tailed whips... and so the Jinn pull, grind, and turn, and so do all things flow from the machines like water...
九尾鞭："A cat o'nine tails is a whip with nine knotted lashes. Its origin is believed to date back to ancient Egypt, where the domestic cat was sacred and, even then, was said to have nine lives. The Egyptians believed that when beaten with cat hide, the victim gained virtue from the whip."
……但那些人们呢？那些拿着鞭子终日终夜守在机械边的人，他们会尖叫吗？
...But what of those people? Do those who stand guard by the machines day and night, whips in hand, scream too?
……抽策他们的人，拿的是什么样的鞭子呢？
...And what sorts of whips do those who drive the guards on carry?
【其四】
……因近日镇灵碎片构装体技术发展突飞猛进，工矿收入足以支撑国家运转开销……
...The arts of Jinn Fragment constructs have progressed much of late, and the income from industry and mines are enough to support the nation's expenses...
……慈悲的帕维兹拉万陛下宣布废除十取一之人头税……
...His Merciful Majesty, Parvezravan, has announced that his people shall have amnesty from poll taxes...
【其五】
……税务承包商变更……夜莺茴香酒厂……
...Tax contractor changes... Nightingale Arak Distillery...
……产六取一，分毫不贪，不饮酒者及未适龄者加收手续费……
...Six of one, without greed, those who do not drink or are underage must pay additional fees...
……望村民莫忘前往治安站变更税务合同……
...Villagers must remember to change their tax contracts at the security station...
【其六】
……机械运行得太快，有时会伤到人，把人伤得很重，很痛。但机械很贵重，人是随时可以更换的……
...The machines operate too quickly and will wound people at times, and badly, too. Yet machines are valuable, while manpower can simply be replaced...
……又是一夜没有睡着，玛拉克说她听到厂房传来的呼啸声整夜不停，老人说那是镇灵破碎的嚎叫……
...Another night without sleep. Mahrak says that she heard screaming from the factory. The old folks say that it's the howling of shattered Jinn...
……镇灵也会感到苦累吗？也会像我们一样厌烦流水般的劳作吗……
...Can Jinn feel agony too? Do they hate this labor that runs like water just as we do?
……玛拉克说她在夜半的厂房里看到一个女人，就像花神诞祭的舞女，又像是镇灵们的母亲……她一来，机械便安静了……
...Mahrak claims that she met a woman in the factory at midnight, dressed like the dancing girls of the Sabzeruz Festival, and yet appearing like a Jinn-Mother... and the machines fell silent at her arrival...
..…
……「利露帕尔」，那是她的名字。她来到我们中间，为我们唱歌，安静地陪我们……
...Liloupar, she called herself. She came amongst us and sang for us, and she stayed with us in silence...
……她能治愈人的劳累和伤痛，甚至能治好那些被暴虐的机械咬掉手指、卷走肢体的人……
...She could cure our exhaustion and hurts, and she could even heal those who had their fingers bitten off or limbs churned away by berserk machines.
…她还说，她只能在有月光的时候偷偷地来到我们中间，否则，治愈的祝福就不灵了……
...She also said that she could only come to us in secret when there was moonlight, or her healing benediction would not work...
benediction = a blessing / an invocation of divine blessing, esp. at the end of a religious service
……玛拉克被穿盔甲的人带走了，全怪她自己大嘴巴……
...Mahrak was taken away by armored people. Her and her big mouth...
【其七】
……工伤赔偿下来了，这次是现钱……足够家里一整年的开销，早知道应该试试把自己搞伤残……
...The compensation for work-related injuries has arrived. It is in hard currency... enough to feed the family for a whole year... Ha, perhaps I should have gotten injured right from the start...
……他们说受伤是因为操作不当，但我明白，我早就听到了……
...They said that the injury was due to an operational error, but I know. I've already heard this one...
……就像利露帕尔在每个夜里给大家讲的那样，那些机械里面是嗜血的怪胎……
...It is just as Liloupar told us every night! Those machines contain bloodthirsty, misbegotten creatures...
……它们被囚禁在里面，被疼痛和仇恨驱使，被世界离弃遗忘……
...They have been trapped within, and are driven by pain and hatred, forgotten and abandoned by the world...
……只有解放它们，才有可能解放自己，从漠然残酷的「自由」中解放自己……
...Only by freeing them can we free ourselves... Yes, free ourselves from our cruel, indifferent "freedom"...
但她让我不要胡思乱想了，好好养伤，明天还有活要做，每天都有活要做……
...But she asked me not to think all manner of wild thoughts and take care of myself, for there is work to do tomorrow. There is work to do every day...
【其八】
……必须再度向工人普及机械原理与维护手段，加强安全操作之意识。所谓「复仇镇灵」等闹鬼传说、无稽之谈，如今在劳工中四处蔓延，已发展至影响生产的程度……
...We must universalize mechanical principles and maintenance measures amongst the workers and increase their awareness of safe operating procedures. These silly "vengeful Jinn" stories and other senseless talk have permeated amongst the laborers, to the point where it is affecting productivity...
……
……视情况限制非必要集会，以避免「利露帕尔」、「黄铜面具」，或「流放王子」之类愚昧迷信流言传播，并杜绝因而生乱之可能……
...Considering the constraints of the current situation, we must hold a meeting to prevent the further spread of wild rumors such as this talk of "Liloupar,""Brass Mask," or "The Exiled Prince," and thus curb the potential for unrest in such avenues...
【其九】
……半个月来的第三次，厂房的大火被扑灭了……
...For the third time in this half-month, a great fire in the factory was put out...
……穿盔甲的信使同意了大家的要求，承诺会延长假期，改用现钱结算工钱……但似乎妥协得太轻易了。毕竟她可穿着盔甲呢……
...The armored envoy agreed to everyone's request and promised to both extend the vacation and pay us our wages in hard currency... But it seems that this compromise was struck too easily. Well, she was wearing armor...
strick = to reach or make an agreement
……他们说一些区域被封锁了，里面徘徊着沉默的机械构装体……
...They say that some areas have been locked down, and that silent mechanical constructs roam those areas...
……机械不像士兵，它们不会讲道理……
...Machines are not like soldiers... They do not listen to reason...
……
……停工三天，他们说那边惨不忍睹……
...Work has ceased for three days. They say things are terrible beyond words over there...
……
……那些幸存的人没有获得工伤补贴。利露帕尔说，她无法复活已经死去的人，她哭得很伤心……
...Those who were fortunate to survive were not compensated for the damages. Liloupar said that she is unable to revive those who have died. She cried ever so sadly...
【其十】
……利露帕尔和我们说「日子近了」，戴面具的信使也在夜半来传递消息……
...Liloupar told us that "the day draws near," and the masked messengers have also sent word to us in the middle of the night...
得想办法叫大家多多警惕，报应就像家贼一样，说不定哪一夜就要来到……
...I must remind everyone to be vigilant. Vengeance comes like a thief! Who knows when it shall arrive...
但白天还要上工，如果报应的到来能不打扰休息就好了……
...But day comes all the same, and then we must work. If only vengeance's coming wouldn't disturb our rest...
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