Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 7
Now, this has the form of a myth, but really signifies a declination of the bodies moving around the earth and in the heavens, and a great conflagration of things upon the earth recurring at long intervals of time:
Nun hat dies die Form eines Mythos, bedeutet aber eigentlich eine Abweichung der Körper, die sich um die Erde und am Himmel bewegen, sowie eine große Feuersbrunst der Dinge auf der Erde, die sich in langen Zeitabständen wiederholt:
when this happens, those who live upon the mountains and in dry and lofty places are more liable to destruction than those who dwell by rivers or on the sea-shore;
wenn dies geschieht, sind diejenigen, die auf den Bergen und an trockenen und hochgelegenen Orten leben, dem Untergang stärker ausgesetzt als jene, die an Flüssen oder an der Meeresküste wohnen;
and from this calamity the Nile, who is our never-failing savior, saves and delivers us.
und vor diesem Unheil rettet und bewahrt uns der Nil, der unser niemals versagender Retter ist.
When, on the other hand, the gods purge the earth with a deluge of water, among you herdsmen and shepherds on the mountains are the survivors, whereas those of you who live in cities are carried by the rivers into the sea;
Wenn hingegen die Götter die Erde mit einer Wasserflut reinigen, sind unter euch die Hirten und Schäfer auf den Bergen die Überlebenden, während diejenigen von euch, die in Städten leben, von den Flüssen ins Meer getragen werden;
but in this country neither at that time nor at any other does the water come from above on the fields, having always a tendency to come up from below, for which reason the things preserved here are said to be the oldest.
aber in diesem Land kommt das Wasser weder zu jener Zeit noch zu irgendeiner anderen von oben auf die Felder, da es stets die Neigung hat, von unten aufzusteigen, weshalb die hier bewahrten Dinge als die ältesten gelten.
The fact is, that wherever the extremity of winter frost or of summer sun does not prevent, the human race is always increasing at times, and at other times diminishing in numbers.
Die Tatsache ist, dass überall dort, wo die Strenge des Winterfrosts oder der Sommersonne es nicht verhindert, das Menschengeschlecht zeitweise stets zunimmt und zu anderen Zeiten an Zahl abnimmt.
Vocabulary
- Nun
- now; well; at this point in time
- hat
- has (auxiliary verb, present tense)
- dies
- this; this thing or matter
- die
- the (feminine/plural article)
- Form
- form; shape; structure or configuration
- eines
- of a; one (genitive masculine/neuter)
- Mythos
- myth; traditional story or legend
- bedeutet
- means; signifies; has significance
- aber
- but; however; nevertheless
- eigentlich
- actually; really; in fact; essentially
- eine
- a; an (feminine/indefinite article)
- Abweichung
- deviation; departure; divergence from norm
- der
- the (masculine/genitive article)
- Körper
- body; physical form or structure
- sich
- themselves; oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- um
- around; about; concerning; for sake of
- Erde
- earth; ground; soil; planet Earth
- und
- and (conjunction)
- am
- at the; on the (contraction)
- Himmel
- sky; heaven; celestial realm
- bewegen
- move; set in motion; to stir
- sowie
- as well as; and also; likewise
- große
- great; large; big (adjective)
- Dinge
- things; objects; matters or affairs
- auf
- on; upon; at; in (preposition)
- in
- in; into; within (preposition)
- langen
- long; lengthy; protracted (adjective)
- wiederholt
- repeated; recurring; happens again
- wenn
- if; when; whenever (conditional)
- geschieht
- happens; occurs; takes place
- sind
- are (plural present tense of sein)
- diejenigen
- those; the ones; those people
- den
- the (masculine accusative article)
- Bergen
- mountains; hills (plural dative)
- an
- at; on; by (preposition)
- trockenen
- dry; arid; desiccated (adjective)
- Orten
- places; locations; sites or spots
- leben
- live; dwell; exist; reside
- dem
- the (masculine/neuter dative article)
- Untergang
- downfall; ruin; destruction; decline
- stärker
- stronger; more strongly; to greater degree
- ausgesetzt
- exposed; subjected; at mercy of
- als
- than; as; while (comparative)
- jene
- those; that; those people or things
- Flüssen
- rivers (plural dative)
- oder
- or (conjunction)
- wohnen
- live; dwell; reside; inhabit
- vor
- before; in front of; ago
- diesem
- this (masculine/neuter dative demonstrative)
- rettet
- rescues; saves; delivers from danger
- bewahrt
- preserves; protects; keeps; guards safe
- uns
- us; ourselves (accusative pronoun)
- unser
- our (possessive adjective)
- niemals
- never; not ever; at no time
- versagender
- failing; disappointing; not functioning
- Retter
- rescuer; savior; one who saves
- Wenn
- if; when; whenever (conditional)
- hingegen
- on the other hand; however; conversely
- Götter
- gods; deities (plural nominative)
- mit
- with; by means of (preposition)
- einer
- a; an (feminine/dative indefinite article)
- reinigen
- clean; purify; cleanse; make pure
- unter
- under; beneath; among (preposition)
- euch
- you (plural accusative/dative pronoun)
- Hirten
- shepherds; herders; pastoral workers
- Schäfer
- shepherds; sheep herders; pastoral workers
- Überlebenden
- survivors; those who survive disaster
- während
- while; during; whereas; as
- von
- from; of; by (preposition)
- Städten
- cities; towns (plural dative)
- ins
- into the (contraction of in das)
- Meer
- sea; ocean (body of water)
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