“And there is a weighty import in what my young brother hath spoken,”“ added the Reverend Mr. Wilson. ”“What say you, worshipful Master Bellingham? Hath he not pleaded well for the poor woman?”

“而且,我这年轻兄弟的话里的重要意义还满有分量呢,”威尔逊牧师先生补充说。“你怎么看,尊敬的贝灵汉老爷?他为这可怜的女人所作的请求满好吧?”

“Thanks be to Him who hath led me hither”“ answered the minister.”

“感谢上帝指引我来到了这里!”牧师回答说。

“Hester Prynne,”“ said he, fixing his naturally stern regard on the wearer of the scarlet letter, ”“there hath been much question concerning thee, of late.”

“海丝特·白兰,”他说着,把生来严峻的目光盯住这戴红字的女人,“最近,关于你的事议论得不少。

“Nevertheless,”“ said the mother calmly, though growing more pale, ”“this badge hath taught me-it daily teaches me-it is teaching me at this moment-lessons whereof my child may be the wiser and better, albeit they can profit nothing to thyself.”

“可是,”母亲平静地说,不过面色益发苍白了,“这个牌牌已经教会了我--它每日每时都在教育我,此时此刻也正在教育我,我要接受教训,让我的孩子可以变得更聪明。更美好,尽管这一切对我本人已毫无好处了。”

“Oh, not so!-not so!”“ continued Mr. Dimmesdale. ”“She recognises, believe me, the solemn miracle which God hath wrought, in the existence of that child.”

“噢,并非如此!--并非如此!”丁梅斯代尔先生继续说。“请相信我,她已经认识到了上帝在这个孩子的存在上所创造的神圣的奇迹。

“Indeed hath he,”“ answered the magistrate, ”“and hath adduced such arguments, that we will even leave the matter as it now stands; so long, at least, as there shall be no further scandal in the woman.”

“确实不错,”那长官回答,“并且还引证了这些论据,我们只好让事情依旧如此喽,至少,只要没有人说这女人的闲话就行。

“Relish the moment ”is a good motto, especially when coupled with psalm 11824“This is the day which the Lord hath made

“享受现在”是句很好的箴言,尤其是当它与《圣经·诗篇》中第118页24行的一段话相映衬的时候,更是如此:“今日乃主所创造

“For thee and Pearl, be it as God shall order,”“ said the minister; ”“and God is merciful! Let me now do the will which He hath made plain before my sight. For, Hester, I am a dying man. So let me make haste to take my shame upon me!”

“至于你和珠儿,听凭上帝的旨意吧,”牧师说;“而上帝是仁慈的!上帝已经在我眼前表明了他的意愿,我现在就照着去做。海丝特,我已经是个垂死的人了。那就让我赶紧承担起我的耻辱吧!”

Every man hath his faults.

[谚] 人非圣贤, 孰能无过。

Since sorrow hath shut me safe in love’s divine,;And to spread wing and fly in the outer air

哀怨把我密封在圣洁的爱情中，;想张开双翼，扑向外面的空间、

Lyke as a ship that through the Ocean wydeby conduct of some star doth make her wayWhenas a storme hath dimd her trusty guydeOut of her course doth wander far astray

爱是一只行驶在汪洋中的小船，在星辰的指引下航行,当风暴暗淡了为它导航的星光，小船将远远地偏离航向。

He hath ill neighbours that is fain to praise himself

爱自夸的人没有好邻居

Hath put a spirit of youth in everything, That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped with him

把活泼的春心给万物灌注遍，连沉重的土星也跟着笑和跳。

Whether we, that are of authority and influence, do well discharge our consciences by trusting an immortal Soul, such as there is in yonder child, to the guidance of one who hath stumbled and fallen amid the pitfalls of this world.

把一个不朽的灵魂,比如说那边那孩子,交付给一个跌进现世的陷阱中的人来指导,我们这些有权势的人能够心安理得吗?

He hath repented him of his sins.

彼已悔罪。

He hath no leisure who use the it not.--George Herbert

不去运用他的余暇时间的人，是不曾有余暇时间的--赫伯特

HE THAT hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune;For they are impediments to great enterprises,either of virtue or mischief.

成了家的人，可以说对命运之神付出了抵押品。因为家庭难免拖累事业，而无论这种事业的性质如何。

He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs

聪明的人有足够的才智处理自己的事情

Whereas contrariwise, persons of worth and merit are most envied, when their fortune continueth long. For by that time, though their virtue be the same, yet it hath not the same lustre; for fresh men grow up that darken it

但与此相反，品质优秀者则是在他们的好运赓续不断时遭妒最甚，因此时他们的优点虽依然如故，但已不如当初那样耀眼，后起之秀已使其黯然失色。

This passion hath his floods,in very times of weakness;which are great prosperity,and great adversity;though this latter hath been less observed:both which times kindle love,and make it more fervent,and therefore show it to be the child of folly.

当人心最软弱的时候，爱情最容易入侵，那就是当人得意春风，忘乎所以和处境窘困孤独凄零的时候，虽然后者未必能得到爱情。人在这样的时候最急于跳入爱情的火焰中，由此可见，“爱情”实在是“愚蠢”的儿子。

Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with/ And that your Grace hath screen’d and stood between/ Much heat and him

对他说他这种狂妄的态度，实在叫人忍无可忍，倘没有您娘娘替他居中回护，王上早已对他大发雷霆了。

How long ago hath been,and is.

多久以前已经是，现在也是。

My son is my son, till he hath got him a wife; But my daughter’s my daughter all the days of her life

儿子只有在娶妻前是儿子,女儿则终生是女儿

Neither is it merely in the phrase;for whereas it hath been well said,that the arch-flatterer,with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence,is a man’s self;certainly the lover is more.

而在其他场合，同样的词令只能招人耻笑。古人有一句名言:“最大的奉承，人总是留给自己的”。--只有对情人的奉承要算例外。

What god hath joined together no man shall ever put asunder,god will take care of that.

凡是上帝结合起来的东西，谁人也不应使之分离，上帝将会照料他们。

“Our Pearl is a fitful and fantastic little elf, sometimes. Especially, she is seldom tolerant of emotion, when she does not fully comprehend the why and wherefore. But the child hath strong affections! She loves me, and will love thee!”“ ”

海丝特轻声说。“我们的珠儿有时候是个一阵阵让人捉摸不定的小精灵。尤其是在她不大明白缘由的时候,很难接受别人的激情。不过,这孩子有着强烈的爱!她爱我,而且也会爱你的!”

Many a good father hath but a Bad son

好父亲偏生不肖子

Many a good cow hath a bad calf.

好母牛难免产劣犊。

Though the fox run, the chicken hath wings

狐狸虽会跑,小鸡有翅膀

Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go. Comfort’s a cripple and comes very slow.-- M. Drayton

坏消息长有翅膀，随风飞扬。安慰却是个跛子，姗姗来迟。--德莱顿