The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 5
Now all the rest, as many as fled from sheer destruction, were at home, and had escaped both war and sea, but Odysseus only, craving for his wife and for his homeward path, the lady nymph Calypso held, that fair goddess, in her hollow caves, longing to have him for her lord.
さて、滅びを逃れて故郷に帰り着き、戦争と海の両方から免れた者たちはみな家にいたが、オデュッセウスだけは、妻と帰路を切望しているにもかかわらず、美しき女神である妖精カリュプソーが、彼を夫として手元に置こうと熱望しながら、その洞窟の奥深くに引き留めていた。
But when now the year had come in the courses of the seasons, wherein the gods had ordained that he should return home to Ithaca, not even there was he quit of labours, not even among his own; but all the gods had pity on him save Poseidon, who raged continually against godlike Odysseus, till he came to his own country.
しかし、神々が彼をイタカへ帰らせると定めた年が、季節の巡りの中でやって来たとき、そこにおいてさえ彼は労苦から解放されず、自分の家族のもとにあってさえもそうであった。ポセイドンを除くすべての神々は彼を哀れんでいたが、そのポセイドンは、神にも似たオデュッセウスが故国にたどり着くまで、絶え間なく彼に怒りをぶつけ続けた。
Howbeit Poseidon had now departed for the distant Ethiopians, the Ethiopians that are sundered in twain, the uttermost of men, abiding some where Hyperion sinks and some where he rises.
しかしながら、ポセイドンは今や遠くのエチオピア人のもとへ赴いていた。エチオピア人とは二つに分かれた、人類の果てに住む者たちであり、ある者はヒュペリオンが沈む地に、またある者は彼が昇る地に住んでいる。
There he looked to receive his hecatomb of bulls and rams, there he made merry sitting at the feast, but the other gods were gathered in the halls of Olympian Zeus.
そこで彼は牡牛と牡羊の百頭の供え物を受け取ることを期待し、そこで宴の席に座って陽気に楽しんでいたが、その間、他の神々はオリュンポスのゼウスの館に集まっていた。
Then among them the father of men and gods began to speak, for he bethought him in his heart of noble Aegisthus, whom the son of Agamemnon, far-famed Orestes, slew.
そのとき、人と神々の父が彼らの中で語り始めた。なぜなら彼は心の中で、アガメムノンの息子である名高いオレステスが殺した高貴なアイギストスのことを思ったからである。
Thinking upon him he spake out among the Immortals: 'Lo you now, how vainly mortal men do blame the gods! For of us they say comes evil, whereas they even of themselves, through the blindness of their own hearts, have sorrows beyond that which is ordained.
彼のことを思いながら、ゼウスは不死なる神々の中でこう語った。「見よ、今や何と人間たちは空しくも神々を責めることか。彼らは我々から悪がもたらされると言うが、実は彼ら自身が、己の心の盲目さゆえに、定められた分を超えた悲しみを自ら招いているのだ。」
Vocabulary
- さて
- sate — Well; now; used to shift topic or begin
- 滅び
- horobi — Ruin, destruction, downfall of something
- を
- wo — Particle marking the direct object
- 逃れ
- nogare — To escape, flee from, avoid danger
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- 故郷
- furusato — Hometown, birthplace, one's native land
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or time
- 帰り着き
- kaeritsuki — To finally arrive back, return safely home
- 戦争
- sensou — War, armed conflict between nations or groups
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and' or 'with'
- 海
- umi — Sea, ocean, large body of water
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle between nouns
- 両方
- ryouhou — Both sides, both parties, the two together
- から
- kara — Particle meaning 'from' or 'because'
- 免れ
- manukaре — To be spared from, escape, avoid misfortune
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending
- 者
- mono — Person, individual, one who does something
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or living beings
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese sentences
- みな
- mina — Everyone, all, everybody together
- 家
- ie — House, home, one's household or family
- い
- i — Stem of verb 'iru', to exist (animate)
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese sentences
- だけ
- dake — Only, just, merely, no more than
- 妻
- tsuma — Wife, one's own spouse (female)
- 帰路
- kiro — Return journey, the way back home
- 切望
- setsubou — To yearn deeply, earnestly desire something
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form; also 'and' listing
- いる
- iru — To exist, to be (for animate beings)
- も
- mo — Particle meaning 'also', 'even', 'too'
- かかわらず
- kakawarazu — Despite, regardless of, notwithstanding something
- 美しき
- utsukushiki — Beautiful, lovely (classical adjectival form)
- 女神
- megami — Goddess, female deity in mythology
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action
- ある
- aru — To exist, to be (for inanimate things)
- 妖精
- yousei — Fairy, sprite, nymph, supernatural being
- 彼
- kare — He, him, that male person
- 夫
- otto — Husband, one's own male spouse
- 手元
- temoto — At hand, nearby, within one's reach
- 置こう
- okou — Volitional form of 'to place, keep'
- 熱望
- netsubou — To ardently desire, passionately long for
- ながら
- nagara — While doing, even though, despite doing
- その
- sono — That (near the listener), the said
- 洞窟
- doukutsu — Cave, cavern, grotto underground space
- 奥深く
- okufukaku — Deep inside, far within, in the depths
- 引き留め
- hikitome — To detain, hold back, keep someone
- しかし
- shikashi — However, but, nevertheless, on the contrary
- 神々
- kamigami — Gods, deities, divine beings collectively
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning 'toward, to'
- 帰らせる
- kaeraseru — To make or let someone return home
- 定め
- sadame — Fate, destiny, decree, ordained outcome
- 年
- toshi — Year, age, annual cycle of time
- 季節
- kisetsu — Season, one of the four annual seasons
- 巡り
- meguri — Going around, cycling, revolving of seasons
- 中
- naka — Inside, middle, among, in the midst
- やって来た
- yatte kita — Came along, arrived, turned up eventually
- とき
- toki — Time, moment, occasion, when something happens
- そこ
- soko — There, that place, that location
- おいて
- oite — At, in, regarding a place or situation
- さえ
- sae — Even, as long as, if only something
- 労苦
- rouku — Toil, hardship, labor, suffering and effort
- 解放
- kaihou — Liberation, release, freedom from constraint
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix or passive auxiliary element
- れ
- re — Passive auxiliary verb stem form
- ず
- zu — Negative auxiliary meaning 'without doing'
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself, one's own self, myself
- 家族
- kazoku — Family, one's household members
- もと
- moto — Beside, with, under care of someone
- あって
- atte — Being, existing (conjunctive form of aru)
- そう
- sou — So, that way, it seems, I see
- あっ
- a' — Exclamatory particle expressing sudden realization
- 除く
- nozoku — To exclude, except for, leave out
- すべて
- subete — All, everything, entirely, without exception
- 哀れん
- awarен — To pity, feel compassion for someone
- 神
- kami — God, deity, divine spirit or being
- 似
- ni — Resembling, similar to, like something
- 故国
- kokoku — Homeland, native country, fatherland
- たどり着く
- tadoritsuku — To finally reach after a difficult journey
- まで
- made — Until, up to, as far as something
- 絶え間なく
- taemanaku — Ceaselessly, without interruption, continuously
- 怒り
- ikari — Anger, rage, wrath, fury directed at
- ぶつけ
- butsuke — To hurl, direct, throw at someone
- 続け
- tsuzuke — To continue, keep doing something ongoing
- 今
- ima — Now, at this moment, currently
- や
- ya — Particle meaning 'and/or', or exclamatory
- 遠く
- tooku — Far away, distant, in a remote place
- 人
- hito — Person, people, human being
- 赴い
- omomui — To go to, proceed toward a place
- 二つ
- futatsu — Two, a pair, two items or parts
- 分かれ
- wakare — To divide, split, branch into parts
- 人類
- jinrui — Humanity, humankind, the human race
- 果て
- hate — Edge, end, the furthest extremity somewhere
- 住む
- sumu — To live, reside, dwell somewhere
- あり
- ari — Classical form of 'to exist, to be'
- 沈む
- shizumu — To sink, set (sun), go under water
- 地
- chi — Land, earth, ground, region, place
- また
- mata — Also, again, moreover, and furthermore
- 昇る
- noboru — To rise, ascend, go up (sun rises)
- 住ん
- sunde — Living, dwelling (conjunctive form of sumu)
- 牡牛
- oushi — Bull, male cattle, ox
- 牡羊
- ohitsuji — Ram, male sheep used as offering
- 百頭
- hyakutou — One hundred head of animals, hecatomb
- 供え物
- sonaemono — Offering, sacrifice presented to a deity
- 受け取る
- uketoru — To receive, accept, take something offered
- こと
- koto — Thing, matter, fact, nominalizer for verbs
- 期待
- kitai — Expectation, anticipation, hope for something
- 宴
- utage — Feast, banquet, celebratory gathering meal
- 席
- seki — Seat, place, position at a gathering
- 座っ
- suwatte — Sitting down, being seated (conjunctive form)
- 陽気
- youki — Cheerful, merry, in high spirits
- 楽しん
- tanoshinde — Enjoying, having fun (conjunctive form)
- 間
- aida — While, during, interval between two points
- 他
- hoka — Other, another, the rest, elsewhere
- 館
- yakata — Hall, mansion, great house or palace
- 集まっ
- atsumatte — Gathered, assembled together (conjunctive form)
- 父
- chichi — Father, one's own male parent
- 彼ら
- karera — They, them, those people (plural)
- 語り
- katari — Narrating, telling, speaking about something
- 始め
- hajime — Beginning, start, to begin doing something
- なぜなら
- nazenara — Because, the reason being, for the reason
- 心
- kokoro — Heart, mind, spirit, innermost feelings
- 息子
- musuko — Son, one's own male child
- 名高い
- nadakai — Famous, renowned, well-known, celebrated person
- 殺し
- koroshi — Killing, murder (noun or conjunctive form)
- 高貴
- kouki — Noble, aristocratic, of high standing
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjective to noun
- 思っ
- omotte — Thinking, feeling (conjunctive form of omou)
- 思い
- omoi — Thought, feeling, emotion, deep sentiment
- 不死
- fushi — Immortality, deathlessness, undying existence
- なる
- naru — To become, turn into, come to be
- こう
- kou — Thus, in this way, like this
- 語っ
- katatte — Spoke, narrated (conjunctive form of kataru)
- 見よ
- miyo — Look! Behold! Imperative form of 'to see'
- 何
- nani — What, something, anything unspecified
- 人間
- ningen — Human being, person, mankind generally
- 空しく
- munashiku — In vain, emptily, fruitlessly, without result
- 責める
- semeru — To blame, reproach, criticize, accuse someone
- か
- ka — Question particle, or expressing doubt
- 我々
- wareware — We, us, our group (formal/literary)
- 悪
- aku — Evil, wickedness, bad deed or wrongdoing
- もたらさ
- motarasa — Brought about, caused (passive base form)
- れる
- reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb ending
- 言う
- iu — To say, speak, tell, express in words
- 実
- jitsu — In truth, actually, in reality, truly
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself, one's own self, personally
- 己
- onore — Oneself, self (literary/classical form)
- 盲目
- moumoku — Blindness, being blind, unable to see
- ゆえ
- yue — Because, due to, for the reason that
- られ
- rare — Passive/potential auxiliary verb element
- 分
- bun — One's portion, share, station, measure
- 超え
- koe — Exceeding, surpassing, going beyond limits
- 悲しみ
- kanashimi — Sadness, grief, sorrow, deep emotional pain
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself, personally, by one's own hand
- 招い
- maneki — Invited, beckoned, brought upon oneself
- だ
- da — Copula meaning 'is, am, are' (plain form)
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