Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 12
As if it were less cruel to reduce a human being to the condition of a thing, than to give him a severe flagellation, or to deprive him of necessary food and clothing!
人間を物の状態にまで貶めることが、激しい鞭打ちを与えることや、必要な食物と衣服を奪うことよりも、残酷さが少ないとでも言うのか！
As if whips, chains, thumb-screws, paddles, blood-hounds, overseers, drivers, patrols, were not all indispensable to keep the slaves down, and to give protection to their ruthless oppressors!
鞭、鎖、親指絞り器、パドル、血追い猟犬、監督者、追い立て役、巡回隊などが、奴隷たちを抑え込み、冷酷な抑圧者たちを守るために、すべて不可欠なものではないとでも言うのか！
As if, when the marriage institution is abolished, concubinage, adultery, and incest, must not necessarily abound; when all the rights of humanity are annihilated, any barrier remains to protect the victim from the fury of the spoiler; when absolute power is assumed over life and liberty, it will not be wielded with destructive sway!
婚姻制度が廃止されれば、妾制度、姦通、近親相姦が必然的に蔓延らずにはいられないとでも言うのか。人間のあらゆる権利が抹消されたとき、被害者を略奪者の怒りから守る障壁が残るとでも言うのか。生命と自由に対して絶対的な権力が行使されれば、それが破壊的な支配をもって振るわれないとでも言うのか！
Skeptics of this character abound in society.
このような性質の懐疑論者が社会に数多く存在する。
In some few instances, their incredulity arises from a want of reflection; but, generally, it indicates a hatred of the light, a desire to shield slavery from the assaults of its foes, a contempt of the colored race, whether bond or free.
ごく少数の場合には、彼らの不信は思慮の欠如から生じているが、概して、それは光への憎悪、奴隷制度をその敵の攻撃から守ろうとする欲求、奴隷であれ自由人であれ、有色人種に対する軽蔑を示している。
Such will try to discredit the shocking tales of slaveholding cruelty which are recorded in this truthful Narrative; but they will labor in vain.
そのような人々は、この真実の物語に記録されている奴隷所有者の残酷さに関する衝撃的な話を信用させまいとするだろうが、彼らの努力は徒労に終わるだろう。
_Mr. Douglass_ has frankly disclosed the place of his birth, the names of those who claimed ownership in his body and soul, and the names also of those who committed the crimes which he has alleged against them.
ダグラス氏は、自らの出生地、彼の肉体と魂に対する所有権を主張した者たちの名前、そして彼が彼らに対して申し立てた犯罪を犯した者たちの名前を、率直に明かしている。
His statements, therefore, may easily be disproved, if they are untrue.
したがって、彼の陳述が虚偽であるならば、それを反証することは容易なはずである。
Vocabulary
- 人間
- ningen — Human being; person
- 状態
- jōtai — State; condition; situation
- まで
- made — Until; up to; as far as
- 貶め
- otosime — To disparage; to demean; to degrade
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact; circumstance
- 激しい
- hageshii — Intense; violent; fierce; severe
- 与える
- ataeru — To give; to grant; to bestow
- 必要
- hitsuyō — Necessary; essential; needed
- 食物
- shokumotsu — Food; foodstuff; provisions
- 衣服
- ifuku — Clothing; garments; apparel
- 奪う
- ubau — To seize; to rob; to deprive of
- より
- yori — Than; more than; from
- 残酷
- zankoku — Cruelty; brutality; atrocity
- 少ない
- sukunai — Few; little; scarce; small in number
- でも
- demo — But; however; even; though
- 言う
- iu — To say; to speak; to tell
- 親指
- oyayubi — Thumb; the largest digit
- 監督者
- kantokusha — Overseer; supervisor; manager; inspector
- など
- nado — Etcetera; and so on; such as
- 奴隷
- dorei — Slave; enslaved person; bondsman
- たち
- tachi — Plural marker; group of; party of
- 冷酷
- reikoku — Cold-heartedness; cruelty; heartlessness
- 抑圧
- yokuatsu — Oppression; suppression; repression
- 守る
- mamoru — To protect; to guard; to defend
- ため
- tame — For; in order to; for the sake of
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; the whole; entirety
- 不可欠
- fukaketsu — Indispensable; essential; necessary; vital
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; one who
- ない
- nai — Not; without; have not; non-existent
- 婚姻
- kon'in — Marriage; matrimony; wedlock
- 制度
- seido — System; institution; organization; scheme
- 廃止
- haishi — Abolition; repeal; discontinuation
- 必然的
- hitsuzenteki — Inevitable; necessary; unavoidable; certain
- 権利
- kenri — Right; entitlement; privilege; authority
- 抹消
- masshō — Obliteration; cancellation; deletion; erasure
- 被害者
- higaisha — Victim; sufferer; injured party
- 怒り
- ikari — Anger; rage; wrath; fury
- から
- kara — From; since; because; out of
- 障壁
- shōheki — Barrier; obstacle; impediment; wall
- 残る
- nokoru — To remain; to be left; to stay
- 生命
- seimei — Life; existence; vitality; livelihood
- 自由
- jiyū — Freedom; liberty; independence
- 対し
- taishi — Against; toward; facing; to; versus
- 絶対
- zettai — Absolute; unconditional; definite; sure
- 権力
- kenryoku — Power; authority; might; influence
- 行使
- kōshi — Exercise; practice; use; application
- それ
- sore — That; it; that thing; that one
- 破壊
- hakkai — Destruction; demolition; ruin; damage
- 支配
- shihai — Control; rule; domination; command
- この
- kono — This; this one; these; the present
- よう
- yō — Like; similar to; manner; way
- 性質
- seishitsu — Nature; quality; character; property
- 懐疑
- kaigi — Doubt; skepticism; suspicion; distrust
- 論者
- ronsha — Theorist; advocate; proponent; arguer
- 社会
- shakai — Society; community; social group
- 数多く
- kazuoōku — Numerous; many; countless; a great number
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence; being; presence; entity
- する
- suru — To do; to make; to perform; to act
- ごく
- goku — Very; quite; extremely; just
- 少数
- shōsū — Minority; small number; few; handful
- 場合
- baai — Case; occasion; circumstance; instance
- 彼ら
- karera — They; them; those people; that group
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