Chapter 33

When it was day they came into my house and said, ‘We shall only take the smallest room here.’
 
They said, ‘We shall help you in the worship of your God and humbly¹ accept only our own share in his grace’; and then they took their seat in a corner and they sat quiet and meek².
 
But in the darkness of night I find they break into my sacred shrine³, strong and turbulent, and snatch with unholy greed the offerings from God’s altar.
 
白天的时候，他们来到我的房子里说：＂我们只占用最小的一间屋子．＂
 
他们说：＂我们要帮忙你礼拜你的上帝，而且只谦恭地领受我们应得的一份恩典＂；他们就在屋角安静谦柔地坐下．
 
但是在黑夜，我发现他们强暴地冲进我的圣堂，贪婪第攫取了神坛上的祭品.

1 humbly   

adv. 恭顺地，谦卑地

参考例句：

• We humbly beg Your Majesty to show mercy. 我们恳请陛下发发慈悲。
• "You must be right, Sir,'said John humbly. “你一定是对的，先生，”约翰恭顺地说道。

2 meek   

adj.温顺的，逆来顺受的

参考例句：

• He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布。
• The little girl is as meek as a lamb.那个小姑娘像羔羊一般温顺。

3 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。