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.
Eu não deveria falar tão claramente de um cavalheiro, há muito tempo incapaz de responder, se o púlpito, nos últimos anos, não tivesse publicamente abraçado a sua doutrina e a tornado a teologia corrente dos tempos.
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:
É necessário que esses homens, que se incumbindo de ser mestres, tão perigosamente desencaminharam os outros, sejam abertamente mostrados de que autoridade é este seu Patriarca, a quem tão cegamente seguiram, para que possam ou retratar o que em tão frágeis fundamentos proferiram e que não pode ser sustentado, ou então justificar os princípios que pregaram como evangelho, embora não tivessem melhor autor do que um cortesão inglês:
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.
pois eu não teria escrito contra Sir Robert, nem me dado ao trabalho de mostrar os seus erros, inconsistências e falta de (aquilo de que tanto se vangloria e pretende construir inteiramente sobre) provas das escrituras, se não houvesse homens entre nós que, ao exaltar os seus livros e abraçar a sua doutrina, me poupam da censura de escrever contra um adversário morto.
They have been so zealous in this point, that, if I have done him any wrong, I cannot hope they should spare me.
Eles têm sido tão zelosos neste ponto, que, se lhe causei algum prejuízo, não posso esperar que me poupariam.
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.
Desejo que, onde tenham prejudicado a verdade e o público, estivessem igualmente dispostos a corrigi-lo e a conceder o justo peso a esta reflexão, a saber.
Vocabulary
- Eu
- I; first-person singular pronoun
- não
- No; negation particle used in sentences
- deveria
- Should; conditional form of dever
- falar
- To speak; to talk or communicate verbally
- tão
- So; such; indicates degree or intensity
- claramente
- Clearly; in a clear or evident manner
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- um
- A; one; indefinite article or numeral
- cavalheiro
- Gentleman; a man of noble birth or courtesy
- há
- Ago; there is; indicates time elapsed
- muito
- Much; a lot; indicates large quantity
- tempo
- Time; period or duration of events
- incapaz
- Incapable; unable to do something
- responder
- To answer; to reply to a question
- se
- If; whether; conditional conjunction
- nos
- In the; us; contraction of preposition
- últimos
- Last; final; most recent in sequence
- anos
- Years; plural of year; passage of time
- tivesse
- Had; past subjunctive of ter
- publicamente
- Publicly; in a public manner openly
- abraçado
- Embraced; adopted or accepted something
- sua
- His; her; your; possessive pronoun
- doutrina
- Doctrine; a set of beliefs or principles
- corrente
- Current; prevalent; chain; flowing
- dos
- Of the; contraction of de os
- tempos
- Times; periods; seasons; plural of time
- necessário
- Necessary; required; needed for something
- que
- That; which; interrogative or relative pronoun
- esses
- Those; these; demonstrative pronoun masculine
- homens
- Men; plural of man; adult males
- ser
- To be; fundamental verb of existence
- mestres
- Masters; teachers; experts in field
- perigosamente
- Dangerously; in a dangerous or risky way
- os
- The; masculine plural definite article
- outros
- Others; the rest; different persons
- sejam
- Are; subjunctive form of ser
- abertamente
- Openly; frankly; in an open manner
- mostrados
- Shown; displayed; revealed to public
- autoridade
- Authority; power; official right to command
- este
- This; these; near demonstrative pronoun
- seu
- His; her; your; possessive adjective
- quem
- Who; whom; interrogative or relative pronoun
- cegamente
- Blindly; without sight or understanding
- seguiram
- Followed; went after; came after
- para
- For; to; in order to; preposition
- possam
- Can; may; subjunctive of poder
- ou
- Or; alternative choice between options
- retratar
- To retract; to paint portrait; recant
- em
- In; on; inside; preposition of location
- frágeis
- Fragile; delicate; easily broken or damaged
- fundamentos
- Foundations; basis; fundamental principles underlying
- pode
- Can; is able; third person singular
- sustentado
- Sustained; supported; maintained or upheld
- então
- Then; at that time; therefore
- justificar
- To justify; to provide reasons for
- princípios
- Principles; fundamental truths or beliefs
- pregaram
- Preached; delivered sermon or religious message
- como
- How; as; in what manner
- evangelho
- Gospel; Christian scripture about Jesus Christ
- embora
- Although; though; even if; despite
- tivessem
- Had; past subjunctive of ter
- melhor
- Better; superior; improved quality or condition
- autor
- Author; writer; creator of written work
- do
- Of the; contraction of de o
- inglês
- English; relating to England language
- pois
- Because; for; since; introduces reason
- teria
- Would have; conditional of ter
- escrito
- Written; past participle of escrever
- contra
- Against; in opposition to; preposition
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