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来对比一下乌尔班二世在Council of Clermont上的演讲片段,看得更清楚 :)
(此演说有多个版本,这里是Fulcher of Chartres记录的版本)
...o quantum dedecus, si gens tam spreta, degener et daemonum ancilla, gentem omnipotentis Dei fide praeditam et Christi nomine fulgidam sic superaverit! o quanta improperia vobis ab ipso Domino imputabuntur, si eos non iuveritis qui professione Christiana censentur, sicut et vos... quinimmo hic tristes, hic pauperes, illic antem laeti et locupletes, hic inmici Domini, illic autem amici eius erunt...
Thatcher的英译:
...O what a disgrace if such a despised and base race, which worships demons, should conquer a people which has the faith of omnipotent God and is made glorious with the name of Christ! With what reproaches will the Lord overwhelm us if you do not aid those who, with us, profess the Christian religion!... Behold! on this side will be the sorrowful and poor, on that, the rich; on this side, the enemies of the Lord, on that, his friends...
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