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.
近年、教壇が公然と彼の教義を認め、それを時代の主流神学としていなければ、すでに反論もできない紳士についてこれほど率直に語るべきではなかった。
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:
教師を自任しながら他者を危険なほど誤った方向へ導いてきた人々には、彼らが盲目的に従ってきたその始祖がいかなる権威に基づくものであるかを公然と示す必要がある。それによって、彼らは根拠の乏しい主張を撤回するか、さもなくば福音として説いてきた原則を正当化するかのいずれかを選ばなければならない。たとえその著者がイギリスの廷臣に過ぎなかったとしても。
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.
なぜなら、ロバート卿に反論し、彼の誤り、矛盾、そして彼が大いに誇り完全にその上に構築すると称する聖書的証拠の欠如を示す労を取ることはなかっただろう。もし我々の中に、彼の著作を称賛し彼の教義を支持することによって、死んだ論敵に反論するという非難から私を救ってくれる者たちがいなければ。
They have been so zealous in this point, that, if I have done him any wrong, I cannot hope they should spare me.
彼らはこの点において非常に熱心であるため、もし私がロバート卿に何らかの不当な扱いをしたとすれば、彼らが私を見逃してくれるとは期待できない。
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.
彼らが真実と公益に対して不当なことをしてきた場合においても、それを是正する用意があり、次の考察に相応の重みを認めてくれることを私は望む。
Vocabulary
- 近年
- kinnen — In recent years; lately
- 教壇
- kyōdan — Pulpit or lectern; teaching platform
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 公然
- kōzen — Openly; publicly; without concealment
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and' or quotation marker
- 彼
- kare — He; him; third-person masculine pronoun
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle in Japanese
- 教義
- kyōgi — Doctrine; religious or ideological teaching
- を
- wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 認め
- mitome — To acknowledge; recognize; admit something
- それ
- sore — That; it; referring to something previously mentioned
- 時代
- jidai — Era; age; period of history
- 主流
- shuryū — Mainstream; dominant trend or current
- 神学
- shingaku — Theology; academic study of religion
- し
- shi — Verb stem of suru (to do); connector
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- い
- i — Stem of iru; indicates ongoing state or action
- な
- na — Negative or adjectival particle; negation form
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'
- すでに
- sudeni — Already; by now; at this point
- 反論
- hanron — Counterargument; rebuttal; objection to a claim
- も
- mo — Also; too; inclusive particle in Japanese
- でき
- deki — Stem of dekiru; able to do something
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; not; does not exist
- 紳士
- shinshi — Gentleman; man of good breeding and manners
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or target
- つい
- tsui — Unintentionally; accidentally; just now
- これ
- kore — This; referring to something close to speaker
- ほど
- hodo — To the extent of; as much as; about
- 率直
- sotchoku — Frank; candid; straightforward in expression
- 語る
- kataru — To speak; to tell; to narrate something
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; expressing obligation or expectation
- で
- de — Particle indicating location, means, or context
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese sentences
- か
- ka — Question particle at end of a sentence
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb in Japanese
- 教師
- kyōshi — Teacher; instructor; educator in formal setting
- 自任
- jinin — Self-appointment; regarding oneself as something
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneously; conjunctive particle
- 他者
- tasha — Others; other people; third parties
- 危険
- kiken — Danger; risk; hazardous situation or condition
- 誤っ
- ayamatte — Having erred; mistaken; incorrect (te-form)
- 方向
- hōkō — Direction; course; orientation of movement
- へ
- e — Directional particle indicating movement toward something
- 導い
- michibi-i — Led; guided; directed someone toward something
- 人々
- hitobito — People; various individuals; the general populace
- 彼ら
- karera — They; them; third-person plural pronoun
- 盲目的
- mōmokuteki — Blindly; without critical thought or discernment
- 従っ
- shitagatte — Following; obeying; in accordance with something
- その
- sono — That (adjective); referring to something nearby contextually
- 始祖
- shiso — Founder; originator; founding ancestor of movement
- いかなる
- ikanaru — Whatever kind of; any sort of; whatsoever
- 権威
- ken'i — Authority; power; credibility backed by expertise
- 基づく
- motozuku — To be based on; to be grounded in
- もの
- mono — Thing; something; substantive noun nominalizer
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be; to have (inanimate)
- 示す
- shimesu — To show; to indicate; to demonstrate clearly
- 必要
- hitsuyō — Necessity; need; something required or essential
- よっ
- yotte — By means of; due to; because of (te-form)
- 根拠
- konkyo — Basis; grounds; evidence supporting a claim
- 乏しい
- toboshii — Scarce; lacking; insufficient in quantity or quality
- 主張
- shuchō — Claim; assertion; argument put forward strongly
- 撤回
- tekkai — Withdrawal; retraction of a statement or claim
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb in Japanese
- さも
- samo — Otherwise; or else; if not so
- なく
- naku — Without; not being; negative conjunctive form
- 福音
- fukuin — Gospel; good news; evangelical Christian message
- 説い
- toi-i — Preached; explained; advocated a doctrine or belief
- 原則
- gensoku — Principle; fundamental rule or guideline
- 正当化
- seitōka — Justification; rationalizing an action as legitimate
- いずれ
- izure — Either; eventually; one of these options
- 選ば
- eraba — Choose (conditional stem); to select between options
- なら
- nara — If; conditional particle assuming a premise
- たとえ
- tatoe — Even if; even though; supposing that
- 著者
- chosha — Author; writer of a book or document
- イギリス
- Igirisu — England; Britain; the United Kingdom
- 廷臣
- teishin — Courtier; attendant serving at a royal court
- 過ぎ
- sugi — Merely; nothing but; just; only (suffix)
- なかっ
- nakatte — Was not; past negative auxiliary (te-form)
- なぜ
- naze — Why; for what reason; interrogative adverb
- 卿
- kyō — Lord; noble title of address for aristocracy
- 誤り
- ayamari — Error; mistake; inaccuracy in reasoning or fact
- 矛盾
- mujun — Contradiction; inconsistency; logical conflict
- 大い
- ōi-i — Greatly; to a large degree (classical form)
- 誇り
- hokori — Pride; honor; sense of self-worth
- 完全
- kanzen — Perfect; complete; without flaw or deficiency
- 上
- ue — Above; on top of; based upon something
- 構築
- kōchiku — Construction; building up; systematic establishment
- 称する
- shōsuru — To call oneself; to claim to be something
- 聖書的
- seishoteki — Biblical; relating to or based on Scripture
- 証拠
- shōko — Evidence; proof; supporting facts for a claim
- 欠如
- ketsujo — Lack; absence; deficiency of something needed
- 労
- rō — Labor; trouble; effort taken for something
- 取る
- toru — To take; to pick up; to obtain something
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for verb phrases
- だろ
- daro — Probably; I suppose; volitional or conjecture form
- もし
- moshi — If; supposing; conditional opener in sentences
- 我々
- wareware — We; us; formal first-person plural pronoun
- 中
- naka — Inside; among; in the middle of something
- 著作
- chosaku — Written work; literary or scholarly publication
- 称賛
- shōsan — Praise; admiration; commendation for achievement
- 支持
- shiji — Support; endorsement; backing of a position
- 死ん
- shinde — Having died; dead (te-form of shinu)
- だ
- da — Copula; is; informal assertion of identity or state
- 論敵
- ronteki — Opponent in debate; intellectual adversary
- いう
- iu — To say; to call; to name something
- 非難
- hinan — Criticism; blame; accusation directed at someone
- から
- kara — From; because; since; starting point particle
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- 救っ
- sukutte — Having saved; rescued (te-form of sukuu)
- くれる
- kureru — To give (to me); to do a favor for me
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; one who; individual with a role
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- この
- kono — This (adjective); referring to something near speaker
- 点
- ten — Point; aspect; specific matter under consideration
- おい
- oite — Regarding; at; in (te-form of oku/iru compound)
- 非常
- hijō — Extremely; very; extraordinary degree of something
- 熱心
- nesshin — Enthusiastic; zealous; eager and devoted
- ため
- tame — For the sake of; because of; purpose or cause
- 何らか
- naniraka — Some kind of; any sort of; certain unspecified
- 不当
- futō — Unjust; unfair; improper treatment or action
- 扱い
- atsukai — Treatment; handling; how someone is dealt with
- 見逃し
- minogashi — Overlooking; missing; failing to notice something
- 期待
- kitai — Expectation; anticipation; hope for an outcome
- 真実
- shinjitsu — Truth; reality; what is genuinely the case
- 公益
- kōeki — Public interest; common good; societal benefit
- 対し
- taishi — Toward; against; in relation to something
- 場合
- baai — Case; situation; circumstance; instance of something
- 是正
- zesei — Correction; rectification; fixing what is wrong
- 用意
- yōi — Preparation; readiness; being prepared for something
- あり
- ari — Existence; there is; classical form of aru
- 次
- tsugi — Next; following; the subsequent item or step
- 考察
- kōsatsu — Examination; consideration; careful analytical inquiry
- 相応
- sōō — Appropriate; suitable; commensurate with something
- 重み
- omomi — Weight; gravity; importance or significance of something
- 望む
- nozomu — To hope; to wish; to desire an outcome
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