Second Treatise of Government — Page 4
I should not speak so plainly of a gentleman, long since past answering, had not the pulpit, of late years, publicly owned his doctrine, and made it the current divinity of the times.
Ich würde nicht so offen über einen Herrn sprechen, der längst keine Antwort mehr geben kann, hätte nicht die Kanzel in den letzten Jahren seine Lehre öffentlich anerkannt und sie zur geltenden Theologie der Zeit gemacht.
It is necessary those men, who taking on them to be teachers, have so dangerously misled others, should be openly shewed of what authority this their Patriarch is, whom they have so blindly followed, that so they may either retract what upon so ill grounds they have vented, and cannot be maintained; or else justify those principles which they preached up for gospel; though they had no better an author than an English courtier:
Es ist notwendig, dass jene Männer, die sich als Lehrer ausgaben und andere so gefährlich in die Irre geführt haben, offen gezeigt bekommen, welche Autorität dieser ihr Patriarch besitzt, dem sie so blind gefolgt sind, damit sie entweder das zurücknehmen, was sie auf so schlechten Grundlagen verkündet haben und was nicht aufrechterhalten werden kann, oder aber jene Grundsätze rechtfertigen, die sie als Evangelium gepredigt haben, obwohl sie keinen besseren Verfasser hatten als einen englischen Höfling:
for I should not have writ against Sir Robert, or taken the pains to shew his mistakes, inconsistencies, and want of (what he so much boasts of, and pretends wholly to build on) scripture-proofs, were there not men amongst us, who, by crying up his books, and espousing his doctrine, save me from the reproach of writing against a dead adversary.
denn ich hätte nicht gegen Sir Robert geschrieben oder mir die Mühe gemacht, seine Irrtümer, Widersprüche und den Mangel an (dem, womit er so sehr prahlt und worauf er vorgibt, sich vollständig zu stützen) Schriftbeweisen aufzuzeigen, gäbe es nicht Männer unter uns, die mich, indem sie seine Bücher anpreisen und seine Lehre vertreten, vor dem Vorwurf bewahren, gegen einen toten Widersacher zu schreiben.
They have been so zealous in this point, that, if I have done him any wrong, I cannot hope they should spare me.
Sie waren in diesem Punkt so eifrig, dass ich, wenn ich ihm irgendein Unrecht getan habe, nicht hoffen kann, dass sie mich verschonen werden.
I wish, where they have done the truth and the public wrong, they would be as ready to redress it, and allow its just weight to this reflection, viz.
Ich wünschte, dass sie dort, wo sie der Wahrheit und der Öffentlichkeit Unrecht getan haben, ebenso bereit wären, es wiedergutzumachen und dieser Überlegung ihr gebührendes Gewicht beizumessen, nämlich:
Vocabulary
- Ich
- First person singular pronoun; I.
- würde
- Conditional auxiliary verb; would.
- nicht
- Negation particle; not.
- so
- Adverb indicating manner or degree; so.
- offen
- Adjective meaning open or frank; openly.
- über
- Preposition meaning about or over; concerning.
- einen
- Accusative masculine singular indefinite article; a.
- Herrn
- Dative/accusative singular noun; gentleman or sir.
- sprechen
- Verb meaning to speak or talk; speak.
- der
- Definite article nominative masculine singular; the.
- längst
- Adverb meaning long ago or for long.
- keine
- Negative article feminine nominative singular; no.
- Antwort
- Noun feminine; answer or response.
- mehr
- Adverb meaning more or anymore; more.
- geben
- Verb meaning to give; give.
- kann
- Present tense third person singular; can or able.
- hätte
- Conditional past form of haben; would have.
- die
- Definite article feminine nominative/accusative singular; the.
- in
- Preposition indicating location or time; in.
- den
- Definite article accusative masculine or dative plural; the.
- letzten
- Adjective superlative form; last or latest.
- Jahren
- Dative plural of Jahr; in years.
- seine
- Possessive pronoun masculine nominative singular; his.
- Lehre
- Noun feminine; doctrine or teaching.
- öffentlich
- Adjective meaning public; publicly or openly.
- anerkannt
- Past participle of anerkennen; recognized or acknowledged.
- und
- Conjunction joining words or clauses; and.
- sie
- Personal pronoun feminine singular or plural; she or they.
- zur
- Contraction of zu and der; to the.
- Zeit
- Noun feminine; time or era.
- gemacht
- Past participle of machen; made or done.
- Es
- Personal pronoun neuter nominative singular; it.
- ist
- Present tense third person singular of sein; is.
- notwendig
- Adjective meaning necessary or required; necessary.
- dass
- Subordinating conjunction; that.
- jene
- Demonstrative pronoun feminine nominative; those or that.
- Männer
- Noun masculine plural; men.
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun third person; oneself or themselves.
- als
- Conjunction or preposition meaning as; as.
- Lehrer
- Noun masculine; teacher or instructor.
- andere
- Adjective or pronoun meaning other; other or others.
- gefährlich
- Adjective meaning dangerous; dangerous or perilous.
- geführt
- Past participle of führen; led or guided.
- haben
- Verb meaning to have; have or possess.
- gezeigt
- Past participle of zeigen; showed or demonstrated.
- bekommen
- Verb meaning to get or receive; get.
- welche
- Interrogative or relative pronoun; which or what.
- Autorität
- Noun feminine; authority or jurisdiction.
- dieser
- Demonstrative pronoun masculine nominative singular; this.
- ihr
- Possessive pronoun feminine singular or plural; her or their.
- besitzt
- Present tense third person singular of besitzen; possesses.
- dem
- Definite article dative masculine or neuter singular; to the.
- blind
- Adjective meaning sightless; blindly or without questioning.
- gefolgt
- Past participle of folgen; followed or obeyed.
- sind
- Present tense plural of sein; are.
- damit
- Adverb or conjunction meaning therewith; so that or thereby.
- entweder
- Conjunction meaning either; either or one of two.
- das
- Definite article neuter nominative/accusative singular; the.
- was
- Interrogative or relative pronoun neuter; what or which.
- auf
- Preposition meaning on or upon; on or up.
- schlechten
- Adjective meaning bad or poor; bad or inferior.
- Grundlagen
- Noun feminine plural; foundations or grounds.
- werden
- Verb meaning to become; become or be.
- aber
- Conjunction meaning but; but or however.
- Grundsätze
- Noun masculine plural; principles or fundamentals.
- rechtfertigen
- Verb meaning to justify; justify or defend.
- obwohl
- Conjunction meaning although; although or even though.
- keinen
- Negative article accusative masculine singular; no or none.
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