Name: 古代凱爾特德魯伊的一天生活--菲利普-弗里曼。 (A day in the life of an ancient Celtic Druid - Philip Freeman)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:42:15.000Z
Duration: 4 min 31 s

As the sun rises on a  fall morning in 55 BCE,

Camma lays two pigeons on the altar  at the center of her village.

在村中央的祭壇，金瑪奉上兩只鴿

She offers a prayer to Matrona  mother goddess of the Earth,

and cuts them open to examine their  entrails for divine messages.

but she also serves as a judge, healer,  and scholar,

teaching children and mediating conflict  between Celtic tribes.

教導幼小，在凱爾特部族之間解紛

memorizing the countless details  necessary to perform her many roles,

記住各個角色所需數之不盡的細節

since the druids' knowledge is considered  too sacred to record in writing.

德魯伊的知識神聖，只口傳不筆錄

Like many druids, she spent years  studying in Britain.

如許多德魯伊般在不列顛研習多年

Now, she is a resident Druid  of the Veneti tribe

學成歸來留駐威尼蒂 (Veneti) 部族

in a small farming village near the  western coast of Gaul,

近高盧 (Gaul) 西岸的一個小農村

Since returning to Gaul, she has received  many offers of marriage–

回到高盧後，她收到許多人求婚

but she has decided to devote herself  to her work, at least for now.

但她仍潛心工作，至少目前如是

They tell of war and strife, as they often have in recent months.

預示紛爭戰亂，數月來都預兆如此

have raided their village and stolen  cattle in broad daylight twice this fall.

入秋以來已兩次光天化日掠村奪牛

The children have gathered around  to watch her work.

She weaves stories of the powerful kings  who once ruled their land –

故事編捏許多曾治領土的強大君王

brave warriors who were slain naked  in combat but who will be reborn,

英勇義士赤膊上陣戰死沙場後重生

When the children go off  to help in the fields,

Camma heads across the village to visit an old woman with an eye infection.

金瑪走過村莊，造訪患眼疾的老婦

she passes men salting pigs for the  winter food supply

and women weaving clothing from dyed wool.

She delivers a remedy for the injured eye–

it's made from mistletoe,  a sacred healing plant,

草藥用了槲寄生這神聖的療治植物

From there, Camma visits the chieftain  to discuss the omens.

之後，她拜會酋長商討不祥之兆

She convinces him to go and talk through  their problems with their neighbors.

they head through the forest and demand  a meeting

他們穿過叢林，來到雷東尼族村外

The Redones' representatives bring  their own druid,

雷東尼族代表帶來其駐村德魯伊

who Camma recognizes from the annual  gathering in central Gaul

金瑪似曾相識，高盧中部年度聚會

推選德魯伊首領時大家曾碰過面

The chieftains immediately begin to argue  and threaten each other.

酋長甫見面便惡言相向、語帶威嚇

Camma steps between the opposing sides to stop them from fighting—

Finally, the Redones agree to pay  Camma's tribe several cattle.

雷東尼族最終同意付給部族數隻牛

In spite of this resolution, Camma still  feels uneasy on the long walk home.

儘管言和，漫長歸途上金瑪依然不安

As they approach the village walls,  a bright streak shoots across the sky—

回到村口圍牆，天空掠過一道長光

Back home, Camma sits among the elders  for her evening meal of porridge,

While they were out during the day,  an intercepted parchment arrived.

早上不在時，曾截獲一份羊皮紙信

Camma recognizes the writing immediately.

Although the druids are forbidden from  recording their knowledge,

she and many other young druids  can read Latin.

她和許多年輕德魯伊看得懂拉丁文

From the message, she learns that the  Romans are drawing closer to their lands.

從信中她得悉羅馬軍正迫近這土地

Some of the elders say that the tribe  should flee to the nearby hills and hide,

好些長老認為部族應逃進附近山中

but Camma counsels them to trust  in the gods and remain in their home.

金瑪安撫他們託賴神祇，留在家中

Should the Romans reach them,  her power to help might be limited.

羅馬軍一旦壓境，她襄助也有心無力

Roman legions have no regard for  the druids' sacred role as peacemakers.

不屑一顧德魯伊神聖的睦鄰角色

she observes the course of the planets  and consults her charts,

trying to make sense of the  meteor she saw earlier.

The signs are converging on a larger  threat than their neighbors.

種種徵象，遙指比鄰族更甚的威脅