On the Method of Zadig: Essay #1 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition" — Page 4
'我没有见过那匹马，以前也从未听说过它，'扎迪格回答道。
'I have not seen anything of the horse, and I never heard of him before,' replied Zadig.
"大猎官和总管太监认定扎迪格偷了国王的马和王后的猎犬，便将他押送至德斯特汉高等法院，法院当即判处他笞刑，并处以终身流放西伯利亚。然而判决刚刚宣布，那匹失踪的马和猎犬便被找到了。
The grand huntsman and the chief eunuch made sure that Zadig had stolen both the King's horse and the Queen's spaniel, so they haled him before the High Court of Desterham, which at once condemned him to the knout, and transportation for life to Siberia. But the sentence was hardly pronounced when the lost horse and spaniel were found.
于是法官们不得不痛苦地重新考虑他们的裁决；但他们以扎迪格声称看见了他实际上并未见到之物为由，罚他缴纳四百盎司黄金。
So the judges were under the painful necessity of reconsidering their decision: but they fined Zadig four hundred ounces of gold for saying he had seen that which he had not seen.
首先须缴清罚款；此后扎迪格方获准向法庭陈述辩护意见，他以如下言辞进行了申辩：
The first thing was to pay the fine; afterwards Zadig was permitted to open his defence to the court, which he did in the following terms:
'正义之星，知识之渊，真理之镜，诸位威严如铅之重，刚正如铁之坚，清澈可与钻石媲美，且与黄金不无亲近之处；既蒙允准，得以向诸位崇高的议会陈情，我以奥尔穆兹达之名起誓，我从未见过王后那位可敬的爱犬，也未曾见过万王之王那匹神圣的骏马。
'Stars of justice, abysses of knowledge, mirrors of truth, whose gravity is as that of lead, whose inflexibility is as that of iron, who rival the diamond in clearness, and possess no little affinity with gold; since I am permitted to address your august assembly, I swear by Ormuzd that I have never seen the respectable lady dog of the Queen, nor beheld the sacrosanct horse of the King of Kings.
'事情经过如下。我正在那片小树林附近散步，正是在那里，我随后有幸遇见了德高望重的总管太监和最尊贵的大猎官。
'This is what happened. I was taking a walk towards the little wood near which I subsequently had the honour to meet the venerable chief eunuch and the most illustrious grand huntsman.
Vocabulary
- have
- 拥有或持有某物
- not
- 否定词，表示否认或反对
- seen
- 看到或观察到某事物
- anything
- 任何东西或任何事物
- of
- 表示所有关系或从属关系
- the
- 定冠词，表示特定的人或物
- horse
- 四腿动物，用于骑乘或拉车
- and
- 连接词，表示并列或添加
- never
- 从不或从未曾做过某事
- heard
- 用耳朵听到声音
- him
- 代词，指男性人物的宾格形式
- before
- 在某事发生之前的时间
- replied
- 回答或作出口头应答
- grand
- 宏伟的、重要的或高级的
- chief
- 最高的或最重要的领导者
- made
- 制造或创作某物
- sure
- 确定或肯定无疑
- stolen
- 偷窃或非法夺取他人财产
- both
- 两个人或两件事物
- King
- 国家的最高统治者男性
- Queen
- 国家的最高统治者女性
- High
- 位置高的或等级最高的
- Court
- 审判案件的法律机构
- condemned
- 宣判有罪或表示强烈反对
- transportation
- 被流放或运送到远方
- for
- 表示目的、时间或理由
- life
- 人的生存时间或终身
- sentence
- 法院宣判的刑罚
- hardly
- 几乎不或刚刚才
- pronounced
- 正式宣布或清晰地发音
- lost
- 找不到或失去了某物
- found
- 寻找到或发现某物
- judges
- 主持法庭并做出判决的人
- under
- 在下方或在某状态之下
- painful
- 造成疼痛或令人不快的
- necessity
- 必要的事物或被迫的情况
- reconsidering
- 重新思考或重新审视某事
- fined
- 因违法被罚款金钱
- four
- 数字四
- hundred
- 数字一百
- ounces
- 重量单位，等于约28克
- gold
- 贵重的黄色金属
- saying
- 说话或陈述
- pay
- 给予金钱作为报酬
- fine
- 罚款或处罚金钱
- afterwards
- 在之后或随后的时间
- permitted
- 允许或授权做某事
- open
- 打开或阐述论点
- defence
- 为自己辩护的论证
- did
- 过去式助动词或做某事
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