Aragorn led them to the right arm of the River. Here upon its western side under the shadow of Tol Brandir a green lawn ran down to the water from the feet of Amon Hen. Behind it rose the first gentle slopes of the hill clad with trees, and trees marched away westward along the curving shores of the lake. A little spring fell tumbling down and fed the grass. “Here we will rest tonight,” said Aragorn.
阿拉贡领着众人来到大河的右边分岔口。在托尔布兰达山的西边陰影中，有块广大的草原，一路从水边延伸到阿蒙汉山脚下，在那之后是阿蒙汉和缓的山坡，上面长满了树木，这些树木也一路生长到湖边。一条涓涓细流的泉水从山上落下，滋养这座草地。
They drew up their boats on the green banks, and beside them they made their camp. They set a watch, but had no sight nor sound of their enemies. If Gollum had contrived to follow them, he remained unseen and unheard.
他们将小舟拖上绿色的河岸，在小舟旁扎营。他们设下了守夜的哨兵，但没有看到任何的敌人。如果咕鲁还是坚持跟踪他们，那它一定还躲得好好的。
“This is the lawn of Parth Galen: a fair place in the summer days of old. Let us hope that no evil has yet come here.”
“我们今晚在此休息，”阿拉贡说：“这就是帕斯加兰草原，远古的美景之一，希望还没有邪恶入侵此地。”
Nonetheless as the night wore on Aragorn grew uneasy, tossing often in his sleep and waking. In the small hours he got up and came to Frodo, whose turn it was to watch.
不过，阿拉贡今晚十分不安，不管是醒着或是睡着的时候都翻来覆去。不久之后，他就醒了过来，跑来找正好轮值夜哨的佛罗多讲话。
“Why are you waking?” asked Frodo. “It is not your watch.”
“你为什么还醒着？”佛罗多问道：“这不是轮到你值夜的时间。”
“I do not know,” answered Aragorn; “but a shadow and a threat has been growing in my sleep. It would be well to draw your sword.”
“我不知道，”阿拉贡回答道：“但是我觉得有种威胁和陰影，在我睡着的时候一直潜伏在我们身边，你应该拔出剑来比较安全。”
“Let us see what Sting may show,” answered Aragorn.
“让我们看看刺针会有什么反应，”阿拉贡回答。
“Why?” said Frodo. “Are enemies at hand? “
“为什么？”佛罗多说：“附近有敌人吗？”
Frodo then drew the elf-blade from its sheath. To his dismay the edges gleamed dimly in the night. “Orcs!” he said. “Not very near, and yet too near, it seems.”
佛罗多将精灵的宝剑从剑鞘中抽出，他惊讶地发现刀刃边缘在黑暗中闪动光芒。“半兽人！”他说。“不是非常靠近，但看来还是近得让人担心。”
“I feared as much,” said Aragorn. “But maybe they are not on this side of the River. The light of Sting is faint, and it may point to no more than spies of Mordor roaming on the slopes of Amon Lhaw. I have never heard before of Orcs upon Amon Hen. Yet who knows what may happen in these evil days, now that Minas Tirith no longer holds secure the passages of Anduin. We must go warily tomorrow.”
“我也很担心，”阿拉贡说：“不过，或许他们不在河的这一边，刺针的光芒很弱，或许只是指出阿蒙罗山脉上有魔多的间谍活动着。我从来没听说过有半兽人胆敢入侵阿蒙汉山脉。但是，谁知道在乱世中会发生什么事情呢？连米那斯提力斯都无法守住安都因河的入口，还有什么不会发生的！我们明天必须特别提高警觉。”
The day came like fire and smoke. Low in the East there were black bars of cloud like the fumes of a great burning. The rising sun lit them from beneath with flames of murky red; but soon it climbed above them into a clear sky. The summit of Tol Brandir was tipped with gold. Frodo looked out eastward and gazed at the tall island. Its sides sprang sheer out of the running water. High up above the tall cliffs were steep slopes upon which trees climbed, mounting one head above another; and above them again were grey faces of inaccessible rock, crowned by a great spire of stone. Many birds were circling about it, but no sign of other living things could be seen.
第二天一早，他们以为自己陷入火焰与浓烟的包围中。东方的乌云如同大火中伸出的浓烟一般乌黑，太陽从山后升起照在浓烟上，发出火红的光芒，托尔布兰达的山顶沾染着金色的光芒。佛罗多再度往东看着那孤高的山峰，它的四边都在奔流江水的包围之下，峭壁上依旧生长着许多树木，一个接一个的插在绝壁上，在其上则是无法攀登的山壁，夹杂着参差不齐的奇诡山峰。许多飞鸟环绕着山峰飞翔，但除此之外别无其他生物居住的痕迹。
“Well, Frodo,” said Aragorn at last. “I fear that the burden is laid upon you. You are the Bearer appointed by the Council. Your own way you alone can choose. In this matter I cannot advise you. I am not Gandalf, and though I have tried to bear his part, I do not know what design or hope he had for this hour, if indeed he had any. Most likely it seems that if he were here now the choice would still wait on you. Such is your fate.”
“好吧，佛罗多，”阿拉贡最后终于说：“看来这重担落到你肩上了，你是之前会议中所指派的魔戒持有者，你必须选择自己的道路，在这件事上我无法给予你任何的建议。虽然我试着继承他的责任，但我依旧不是甘道夫，我不知道他究竟在这个时刻准备怎么做。多半，他可能还是要观察你的作法，关键可能还是在于你的选择，这就是你的命运。”
When they had eaten, Aragorn called the Company together. “The day has come at last,” he said: “the day of choice which we have long delayed. What shall now become of our Company that has travelled so far in fellowship? Shall we turn west with Boromir and go to the wars of Gondor; or turn east to the Fear and Shadow; or shall we break our fellowship and go this way and that as each may choose? Whatever we do must be done soon. We cannot long halt here. The enemy is on the eastern shore, we know; but I fear that the Orcs may already be on this side of the water.”
当他们用完餐之后，阿拉贡召集众人：“这一天终于到了！”他说：“我们之前一直拖延这做出抉择的一天。经历这么多事情、越过这么远距离的远征队，到底要如何继续下去？我们应该和波罗莫向西走，参加刚铎的战争吗？或者是向东走，投入恐惧和魔影之下；或者我们必须分散，照着个人的意志拆散成小队？无论如何，我们都必须赶快决定。我们知道敌人在东岸，但是，我担心半人可能也已经进入了河的这一岸。”
There was a long silence in which no one spoke or moved.
众人陷入沉默，没有人开口。
Frodo sat for a moment with his head bowed. Sam, who had been watching his master with great concern, shook his head and muttered: “Plain as a pikestaff it is, but it’s no good Sam Gamgee putting in his spoke just now.”,
佛罗多低头沉思了片刻。山姆一直用关切的眼光看着主人，最后还是摇了摇头，嘀咕着，“其实答案很明显了，但这里没有山姆插嘴的份。”
Aragorn looked at him with kindly pity. “Very well, Frodo son of Drogo,” he said. “You shall have an hour, and you shall be alone. We will stay here for a while. But do not stray far or out of call.”
阿拉贡同情地看着他：“好的，德罗哥之子佛罗多，”他说：“就给你一个小时的时间独处，我们全部留在这里，但是别走得太远，免得听不见我们的呼唤。”
Presently Frodo got up and walked away; and Sam saw that while the others restrained themselves and did not stare at him, the eyes of Boromir followed Frodo intently, until he passed out of sight in the trees at the foot of Amon Hen.
佛罗多站起身，走了开来。山姆看着其他人刻意别开目光，不敢注视他。波罗莫的视线一直紧跟着佛罗多，直到他走入阿蒙汉山脚的树林中。
Frodo did not answer at once. Then he spoke slowly. “I know that haste is needed, yet I cannot choose. The burden is heavy. Give me an hour longer, and I will speak. Let me be alone! “
佛罗多没有立刻回答，他缓缓地说：“我知道不能再拖延，但是我一时之间无法做出选择。这责任太重大了。给我一个小时的时间考虑，请让我独处吧！”
Wandering aimlessly at first in the wood, Frodo found that his feet were leading him up towards the slopes of the hill. He came to a path, the dwindling ruins of a road of long ago. In steep places stairs of stone had been hewn, but now they were cracked and worn, and split by the roots of trees. For some while he climbed, not caring which way he went, until he came to a grassy place. Rowan-trees grew about it, and in the midst was a wide flat stone. The little upland lawn was open upon the East and was filled now with the early sunlight. Frodo halted and looked out over the River, far below him, to Tol Brandir and the birds wheeling in the great gulf of air between him and the untrodden isle. The voice of Rauros was a mighty roaring mingled with a deep throbbing boom.
开始，佛罗多在森林中漫无目的走着，但最后他发现自己的脚一直领着他往山坡上走。他来到一条小径，那是许多年前道路留下的废墟。在陡峭的地方有残留许多的石阶梯，在经过多年的风吹雨打之后，这些阶梯都因为年久失修而变得破碎不堪，在树根的扩张之下变得分崩离析。他爬了一段时间，最后来到一块草地上。四周长着许多的花楸树，中间是块平坦的大石头。这块小草地面对着东方，充分沐浴在陽光的照耀之下，给人一种生机勃勃的感觉。佛罗多停下脚步，俯瞰着底下的大河，看着和那壮丽孤绝的托尔布兰达山，以及在天空中盘旋的鸟儿。拉洛斯瀑布的声音现在成为有节奏的轰隆声，毫不止息地敲打着。
He sat down upon the stone and cupped his chin in his hands, staring eastwards but seeing little with his eyes. All that had happened since Bilbo left the Shire was passing through his mind, and he recalled and pondered everything that he could remember of Gandalf’s words. Time went on, and still he was no nearer to a choice.
他坐在那块岩石上，一手支着下巴，朝着东方发呆，自从比尔博离开夏尔之后，一切的事情都流过他的脑海，他回忆着甘道夫所说过的所有忠告。时间慢慢的流逝，但他依旧找不出答案来。
Suddenly he awoke from his thoughts: a strange feeling came to him that something was behind him, that unfriendly eyes were upon him. He sprang up and turned; but all that he saw to his surprise was Boromir, and his face was smiling and kind.
突然间，他恍若大梦初醒的警觉起来，有什么东西出现在他背后，有什么不友善的生物就在附近。他跳了起来，猛然回过头；却吃惊的发现原来只是一笑容，看来心情很好的波罗莫。
“I was afraid for you, Frodo,” he said, coming forward. “If Aragorn is right and Orcs are near, then none of us should wander alone, and you least of all: so much depends on you. And my heart too is heavy. May I stay now and talk for a while, since I have found you? It would comfort me. Where there are so many, all speech becomes a debate without end. But two together may perhaps find wisdom.”
“我替你担心，佛罗多，”他走向前说：“如果阿拉贡说的没错，半兽人的确就在附近，那么没有任何人应该离群独处。特别是你更应该小心，许多人的命运都和你息息相关，我的心情也跟着沉重起来。既然都找到你了，方不方便和你坐下来谈一谈？这会让我感觉好一点。我们底下那边只要一讲话，就会为了前途而争吵不休，不过，或许两个人可以在彼此身上找到智慧。”
“You are kind,” answered Frodo. “But I do not think that any speech will help me. For I know what I should do, but I am afraid of doing it, Boromir: afraid.”
“你真体贴，”佛罗多回答：“但是，我不认为谈话现在能够帮得上我，因为我知道该做什么，但我却不敢做。波罗莫，我不敢！”
Suddenly Boromir came and sat beside him. “Are you sure that you do not suffer needlessly?” he said. “I wish to help you. You need counsel in your hard choice. Will you not take mine? “
波罗莫突然在他身边坐了下来。“你确定这不是杞人忧天吗？”他说：“我希望能帮助你，你需要他人给你不同的看法，你愿意接受我的忠告吗？”
“I think I know already what counsel you would give, Boromir,” said Frodo. “And it would seem like wisdom but for the warning of my heart.”
“波罗莫，我想我已经知道你要说什么了，”佛罗多说：“如果不是我内心一直觉得不安，我的确会觉得这是很好的忠告。”
“Warning? Warning against what?” said Boromir sharply.
“不安？对什么不安？”波罗莫猛然转过头来瞪着佛罗多。
Boromir stood silent. Rauros roared endlessly on. The wind murmured in the branches of the trees. Frodo shivered.
波罗莫沉默地站着，拉洛斯继续的发出雷鸣声。微风吹过树梢，佛罗多不由自主地打了个寒颤。
“Against delay. Against the way that seems easier. Against refusal of the burden that is laid on me. Against-well, if it must be said, against trust in the strength and truth of Men.”
“对拖延的不安，对那显然轻易多了的道路的不安，对拒绝承担责任的不安……好吧，我必须实话实说，我对于信任人类的力量和真实面貌有所不安。”
“I do not doubt the valour of your people. But the world is changing. The walls of Minas Tirith may be strong, but they are not strong enough. If they fail, what then? “
“我并不是质疑你同胞的勇敢，但世界在改变。米那斯提力斯的城墙或许是铜墙铁壁，但它依旧不够坚固，如果它失守了，又该怎么办？”
“Yet that strength has long protected you far away in your little country, though you knew it not.”
“但是，在你不知道的状况下，人类的力量自古以来，都保护你那小小的家园不受黑暗侵袭。”
“We shall fall in battle valiantly. Yet there is still hope that they will not fail.”
“我们都会在战斗中壮烈牺牲，但是，我们还是有希望会获胜。”
“As you wish. I care not,” said Boromir. “Yet may I not even speak of it? For you seem ever to think only of its power in the hands of the Enemy: of its evil uses not of its good. The world is changing, you say. Minas Tirith will fall, if the Ring lasts. But why? Certainly, if the Ring were with the Enemy. But why, if it were with us? “
“随你便，我不在乎。”波罗莫说：“但是，难道我连提都不能提吗？因为你们都只有想到它在魔王手中所会造成的破坏：只有想到它为恶的一面，却忽略了它为善的一面。你说世界在改变，如果魔戒继续存在，米那斯提力斯将会陷落。但，为什么呢？如果魔戒在魔王的手上，我可以理解，可是，如果它在我们的手上呢？”
“No hope while the Ring lasts,” said Frodo.
“只要魔戒还在，就一点希望也没有。”佛罗多说。
Frodo looked up. His heart went suddenly cold. He caught the strange gleam in Boromir’s eyes, yet his face was still kind and friendly. “It is best that it should lie hidden,” he answered.
佛罗多抬起头。他突然觉得浑身冰寒。他注意到波罗莫眼中的奇异光芒；但他的表情依旧友善、依旧体贴。“最好还是不要把它拿出来。”他回答道。
“Ah! The Ring!” said Boromir, his eyes lighting. “The Ring! Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing! And I have seen it only for an instant in the House of Elrond. Could I not have a sight of it again? “
“啊！魔戒！”波罗莫的眼中闪动着光芒：“魔戒！为了这么小的一个东西，我们竟然大费周章、恐惧不已，这不是很奇怪吗？这么小的东西！我在爱隆的居所中只看过它一次，我可以再看看它吗？”
Boromir got up and walked about impatiently. “So you go on,” he cried. “Gandalf, Elrond — all these folk have taught you to say so. For themselves they may be right. These elves and half-elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps. Yet often I doubt if they are wise and not merely timid. But each to his own kind. True-hearted Men, they will not be corrupted. We of Minas Tirith have been staunch through long years of trial. We do not desire the power of wizard-lords, only strength to defend ourselves, strength in a just cause. And behold! in our need chance brings to light the — Ring of Power. It is a gift, I say; a gift to the foes of Mordor. It is mad not to use it, to use the power of the Enemy against him. The fearless, the ruthless, these alone will achieve victory. What could not a warrior do in this hour, a great leader? What could not Aragorn do? Or if he refuses, why not Boromir? The Ring would give me power of Command. How I would drive the hosts of Mordor, and all men would flock to my banner!”
波罗莫站了起来，不耐烦的踱步：“你尽管狡辩吧！”他大喊着：“甘道夫、爱隆，这些家伙一遍一遍地教你这么说。或许他们是对的，或许这些精灵、半精灵和巫师们都不能使用他；但是，我常常怀疑，这些人到底是睿智还是食古不化，或许每个人都受困于自己的盲点而不自知。真心诚意的人类不会被腐化，我们米那斯提力斯的居民，经过重重的考验才能够生存下来，我们不想要巫师的法力，只想要拥有自卫的机会，拥有执行正义的力量。你想想看！就在我们最需要帮助的时候，力量之戒现世了。我认为，这是个礼物，这是赐给魔多之敌的礼物。不把握机会，不利用魔王的力量消灭他是愚蠢的。光是靠着无惧、无畏就足以赢得胜利吗？在这个时候，伟大的领袖、伟大的战士应该怎么做？为什么阿拉贡不能做？如果他拒绝这样做，为什么不交给波罗莫来做？魔戒将会赐给我统御天下的力量。我将会驱逐魔多的黑暗军团，全世界爱好自由与正义的人们将会望风披靡！”
“Were you not at the Council?” answered Frodo. “Because we cannot use it, and what is done with it turns to evil.”
“难道你没参加那次会议吗？”佛罗多回答道：“因为我们不能够使用它，任何使用它的意图都会被转为邪恶。”
Boromir strode up and down, speaking ever more loudly: Almost he seemed to have forgotten Frodo, while his talk dwelt on walls and weapons, and the mustering of men; and he drew plans for great alliances and glorious victories to be; and he cast down Mordor, and became himself a mighty king, benevolent and wise. Suddenly he stopped and waved his arms.
波罗莫焦躁地走着，一句话比一句话更大声。他几乎已经忘记了佛罗多的存在，一心一意描述着他的城墙、武器和战略。他描绘着伟大的胜利和前所未有的盟约，他击垮了魔多且成为伟大的国王、睿智而又为民所爱戴。突然间，他停下来，挥舞着双手。
“And they tell us to throw it away!” he cried. “I do not say destroy it. That might be well, if reason could show any hope of doing so. It does not. The only plan that is proposed to us is that a halfling should walk blindly into Mordor and offer the Enemy every chance of recapturing it for himself. Folly!
“他们竟然告诉我们放弃这一切！”他大喊着：“他们提出这意见或许是有道理的，只要我能够看出这其中的希望在哪里。我看不出来。我们手中唯一的计划，就是让一个矮子拿着魔戒盲目地走进魔多，给予魔王重新获得魔戒的机会。愚蠢！”
“Then you will come to Minas Tirith?” cried Boromir. His eyes were shining and his face eager.
“那么，你将会前往米那斯提力斯？”波罗莫大喊着，他的眼中闪动着光芒，脸上露出渴望的表情。
“No, I am afraid,” said Frodo. “Simply afraid. But I am glad to have heard you speak so fully. My mind is clearer now.”
“恐怕不是，”佛罗多说：“我只是害怕而已，但是，我很高兴听到你说出内心的想法，你让我下定了决心。”
“Surely you see it, my friend?” he said, turning now suddenly to Frodo again. “You say that you are afraid. If it is so, the boldest should pardon you. But is it not really your good sense that revolts?”
“你应该明白了吧，吾友？”他猛然转过身面对佛罗多：“你说你很害怕，如果是这样，勇敢的人应该原谅你的行为。但是，让你感到不安的应该不是你的理性吧？”
“You misunderstand me,” said Frodo.
“你误会我了。”佛罗多说。
“But you will come, at least for a while?” Boromir persisted. “My city is not far now; and it is little further from there to Mordor than from here. We have been long in the wilderness, and you need news of what the Enemy is doing before you make a move. Come with me, Frodo,” he said. “You need rest before your venture. if go you must.” He laid his hand on the hobbit’s shoulder in friendly fashion; but Frodo felt the hand trembling with suppressed excitement. He stepped quickly away, and eyed with alarm the tall Man, nearly twice his height and many times his match in strength.
“但是，你至少愿意来一下子吧？”波罗莫不肯放弃：“我的城市距离这里不远，从那边去魔多更近。我们已经在荒野中待了很长的一段时间，你必须要知道有关魔王的消息才能够决定下一步该怎么做。佛罗多，跟我来！”他说：“如果你坚持要走，至少之前先休息一下”他为了表示善意，将手放在哈比人的肩膀上；但佛罗多可以感觉到他的手，因为强自压抑的兴奋而微微颤抖。他立刻避了开来，警觉地看着这高大的人类；对方几乎是他的两倍高，力气又比大上很多倍。
“No! no!” cried Frodo. “The Council laid it upon me to bear it.”
“不！不行！”佛罗多大喊：“是那场会议决定让我持有它的！”
“Why are you so unfriendly?” said Boromir. “I am a true man, neither thief nor tracker. I need your Ring: that you know now; but I give you my word that I do not desire to keep it. Will you not at least let me make trial of my plan? Lend me the Ring! “
“为什么你还要猜疑我？”波罗莫说：“我是个真诚的人，不是骗子也不是强盗，我需要魔戒，你现在也知道了。但我对你保证，我绝对不会把它据为己有。至少让我试试我的计划吧？把魔戒借给我！”
“It is by our own folly that the Enemy will defeat us,” cried Boromir. “How it angers me! Fool! Obstinate fool! Running wilfully to death and ruining our cause. If any mortals have claim to the Ring, it is the men of Numenor, and not Halflings. It is not yours save by unhappy chance. It might have been mine. It should be mine. Give it to me! “
“魔王也是藉着我们的愚行来击败我们，”波罗莫大喊着：“这让我好生气！愚蠢！自以为是的傻瓜！自寻死路，破坏我们的最后希望。如果有任何生灵应该拥有魔戒，那也该是努曼诺尔的子孙，而不是你这个矮子。你只是运气好罢了，它可能会是我的，它本来就应该是我的，把它给我！”
Frodo did not answer, but moved away till the great flat stone stood between them. “Come, come, my friend!” said Boromir in a softer voice. “Why not get rid of it? Why not be free of your doubt and fear? You can lay the blame on me, if you will. You can say that I was too strong and took it by force. For I am too strong for you, halfling,” he cried; and suddenly he sprang over the stone and leaped at Frodo. His fair and pleasant face was hideously changed; a raging fire was in his eyes.
佛罗多没有回答，他小心地往后移动，直到那块大石头成了两人之间唯一的屏障为止。“听话，朋友，听话！”波罗莫用更委婉的声音说：“为什么不丢掉它呢？为什么不舍弃你的怀疑和恐惧？如果你愿意的话，可以把责任推到我身上，你可以说是我硬是要把它抢走的。矮家伙，因为我真的比你强太多了。”他大喊着，猛然跃过岩石，想要抓住佛罗多。他原先英俊友善的脸孔变得十分丑恶，眼中冒着熊熊的怒火。
“Miserable trickster!” he shouted. “Let me get my hands on you! Now I see your mind. You will take the Ring to Sauron and sell us all. You have only waited your chance to leave us in the lurch. Curse you and all halflings to death and darkness!” Then, catching his foot on a stone, he fell sprawling and lay upon his face. For a while he was as still as if his own curse had struck him down; then suddenly he wept.
“该死的家伙！”他大喊着：“最好别让我抓到！我现在知道你在想什么了。你想要把魔戒送到索伦门前，出卖我们每个人，你一直在找机会抛弃我们全部的人。所有的矮个子都去死吧！”然后，他不小心踢到那块岩石，咕咚一声摔倒在地上。他楞楞地趴着，彷佛被自己的诅咒所害。突然间，他开始大声啜泣。
Frodo dodged aside and again put the stone between them. There was only one thing he could do: trembling he pulled out the Ring upon its chain and quickly slipped it on his finger, even as Boromir sprang at him again. The Man gasped, stared for a moment amazed, and then ran wildly about, seeking here and there among the rocks and trees.
佛罗多躲了开来，再度利用岩石挡住对方。他只剩下一个选择：佛罗多颤抖着手掏出魔戒，很快地戴上它。此时波罗莫甚至又再度跃向他，那人吃了一惊，不知所措地看着眼前的景象，接着开始四处乱窜，搜索着岩石和树林。
He rose and passed his hand over his eyes, dashing away the tears. “What have I said?” he cried. “What have I done? Frodo, Frodo!” he called. “Come back! A madness took me, but it has passed. Come back! “
他站了起来，抹去眼泪：“我刚刚说了什么？”他大喊着：“我刚刚做了什么？佛罗多，佛罗多！”他大喊着：“快回来！我刚刚是失心疯了，现在已经过去了。快回来！”
There was no answer. Frodo did not even hear his cries. He was already far away, leaping blindly up the path to the hill-top. Terror and grief shook him, seeing in his thought the mad fierce face of Boromir, and his burning eyes.
没有任何的回答，佛罗多甚至没有听见他的呼唤，在盲目的恐惧中，他已经跑上了山丘。波罗莫疯狂的话语和那张狰狞的面孔，一直出现在他面前，逼得他不停往前跑。
At first he could see little. He seemed to be in a world of mist in which there were only shadows: the Ring was upon him. Then here and there the mist gave way and he saw many visions: small and clear as if they were under his eyes upon a table, and yet remote. There was no sound, only bright living images. The world seemed to have shrunk and fallen silent. He was sitting upon the Seat of Seeing, on Amon Hen, the Hill of the Eye of the Men of Numenor. Eastward he looked into wide uncharted lands, nameless plains, and forests unexplored. Northward he looked, and the Great River lay like a ribbon beneath him, and the Misty Mountains stood small and hard as broken teeth. Westward he looked and saw the broad pastures of Rohan; and Orthanc, the pinnacle of Isengard, like a black spike. Southward he looked, and below his very feet the Great River curled like a toppling wave and plunged over the falls of Rauros into a foaming pit; a glimmering rainbow played upon the fume. And Ethir Anduin he saw, the mighty delta of the River, and myriads of sea-birds whirling like a white dust in the sun, and beneath them a green and silver sea, rippling in endless lines.
一开始他什么也看不见，他似乎处在一团充满陰影的迷雾中，因为他戴着魔戒。然后，慢慢地，有许多地方的迷雾渐渐散开，让他看见大量的影像。这些影像都很小，让他觉得好像是在阅读桌上的书籍，但却又距离遥远，没有丝毫的声音，只有不停变动的影像，整个世界似乎都缩小了，变得无比沉默，他坐在全观之位上，古时被称作努曼诺尔之眼的山丘上。他看着东边许多无人知晓的土地、无人居住的荒原、未经探勘的森林，他看着北边，大河像是他脚下的缎带，迷雾山脉细小的像是野兽断折的牙齿；往西看去他可以看见洛汗国一望无际的草原，还有如同黑色刺针的欧散克塔，位在艾辛格的正中央；他在南边看见了大河如同波浪一般落下拉洛斯瀑布底下的深坑，水气中飘浮着美丽的彩虹；他还看见了伊瑟安都因，安都因大河壮观的巨大三角洲，海鸟如同太陽下的白色灰尘一般四处飞舞，在它们之下则是湛蓝与碧绿色交错，波涛汹涌的大海。
Soon he came out alone on the summit of Amon Hen, and halted, gasping for breath. He saw as through a mist a wide flat circle, paved with mighty flags, and surrounded with a crumbling battlement; and in the middle, set upon four carven pillars, was a high seat, reached by a stair of many steps. Up he went and sat upon the ancient chair, feeling like a lost child that had clambered upon the throne of mountain-kings.
他很快就跑到了阿蒙汉的山顶，停下脚步，开始不断地喘息。他在迷雾中彷佛看见了一个由许多面旗子所构成的圆圈，中间则是一个崩塌的防御工事；在中央的四根柱子之上，有个一个高大的王座，可以透过许多层阶梯来抵达。他头也不回地走上去，坐在那王座上面发呆，彷佛是迷途的孩子，无意间来到山之王的宝座上一般不知所措。
Horsemen were galloping on the grass of Rohan; wolves poured from Isengard. From the havens of Harad ships of war put out to sea; and out of the East Men were moving endlessly: swordsmen, spearmen, bowmen upon horses, chariots of chieftains and laden wains. All the power of the Dark Lord was in motion. Then turning south again he beheld Minas Tirith. Far away it seemed. and beautiful: white-walled, many-towered, proud and fair upon its mountain-seat; its battlements glittered with steel, and its turrets were bright with many banners. Hope leaped in his heart. But against Minas Tirith was set another fortress, greater and more strong. Thither, eastward, unwilling his eye was drawn. It passed the ruined bridges of Osgiliath, the grinning gates of Minas Morgul. and the haunted Mountains, and it looked upon Gorgoroth, the valley of terror in the Land of Mordor. Darkness lay there under the Sun. Fire glowed amid the smoke. Mount Doom was burning, and a great reek rising. Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black, immeasurably strong, mountain of iron, gate of steel, tower of adamant, he saw it: Barad-dur, Fortress of Sauron. All hope left him.
骑兵在洛汗的草原上奔驰，恶狼从艾辛格往外涌出。战船从哈拉德的港口中蜂拥出港，东方的部队不停的调动：剑客、槍兵、骑马的弓箭手、酋长的马车和满载补给品的马车。黑暗魔君的一切势力倾巢而出，他包围了米那斯提力斯。远远看来它十分的美丽，白色高墙、许多高塔，骄傲的座落在易守难攻的山脚下，它的城墙上闪动着守军钢铁的光芒，战塔上插着许多各色各样的旗帜。他感觉到一丝希望，但是，对抗米那斯提力斯的是另一个更为坚强的要塞。他的眼光不由自主的往东边移动，它越过了奥斯吉力亚斯的断桥，进入米那斯魔窟的狰狞大门，穿越恐怖的山脉，进入葛哥洛斯盆地，也就是魔多的正中心，末日山冒出大量的浓烟。最后，他的目光终于定了下来。一层层的城墙、一道道的护城河、黑色的恐惧、刀山剑林、钢铁的堡垒、精金的高塔，这就是要塞巴拉多，索伦的根据地，一切的希望都被剥夺了。
But everywhere he looked he saw the signs of war. The Misty Mountains were crawling like anthills: orcs were issuing out of a thousand holes. Under the boughs of Mirkwood there was deadly strife of Elves and Men and fell beasts. The land of the Beornings was aflame; a cloud was over Moria; smoke rose on the borders of Lorien.
但是，每个地方都有战争的迹象，迷雾山脉像是被惊扰的蚁穴一样，无数的半兽人从成千上百个洞穴中往外爬；在幽暗密林的精灵、人类，正在和邪恶的妖兽进行殊死搏斗；比翁族的家园陷入火海，云雾遮避了摩瑞亚；罗瑞安的边境燃起狼烟……
He heard himself crying out: Never, never! Or was it: Verily I come, I come to you? He could not tell. Then as a flash from some other point of power there came to his mind another thought: Take it off! Take it off! Fool, take it off! Take off the Ring!
他听见自己大喊着：绝不，绝不！或者是：臣服，我向您臣服！他根本分不清楚。然后，从另外一个强大的力量传来了一股思念波进入他的脑海：脱掉它！拿下它！愚蠢！脱掉它！拿下魔戒！
And suddenly he felt the Eye. There was an eye in the Dark Tower that did not sleep. He knew that it had become aware of his gaze. A fierce eager will was there. It leaped towards him; almost like a finger he felt it, searching for him. Very soon it would nail him down, know just exactly where he was. Amon Lhaw it touched. It glanced upon Tol Brandir he threw himself from the seat, crouching, covering his head with his grey hood.
突然间，他感觉到魔眼在蠢动，邪黑塔中有一只永不休息的眼睛，他知道对方发现了他的瞪视，那是股饥渴、强大的意志。那意志朝向他奔来，几乎像是只实体的手指一般搜寻着他，很快地，它就会锁定这个目标，知道佛罗多位在何处。它碰触了阿蒙罗，扫过了托尔布兰达山……佛罗多立刻从座位上跃下，用斗篷遮住自己的身体。
The two powers strove in him. For a moment, perfectly balanced between their piercing points, he writhed, tormented. Suddenly he was aware of himself again. Frodo, neither the Voice nor the Eye: free to choose, and with one remaining instant in which to do so. He took the Ring off his finger. He was kneeling in clear sunlight before the high seat. A black shadow seemed to pass like an arm above him; it missed Amon Hen and groped out west, and faded. Then all the sky was clean and blue and birds sang in every tree.
两种力量在他身体内搏斗。有那么短短的一瞬间，两种力量彼此平衡着，佛罗多在其间受尽煎熬，突然，他又恢复了意识。他是佛罗多，不是那声音，也不是那魔眼；在这短暂的一瞬间，他拥有选择自己命运的权力。他脱下魔戒之后，发现自己跪在光天化日下的王座前。似乎有一道黑影掠过他头上，跳过了阿蒙汉，伸向西方，然后，天空恢复了原先的蔚蓝，鸟儿开始在每株树上鸣叫。
He went quickly down the path and came back to the lawn where Boromir had found him. Then he halted, listening. He thought he could hear cries and calls from the woods near the shore below.
他很快地走回波罗莫找到他的地方，然后他停下脚步侧耳倾听着，他觉得自己可以听见底下湖岸边和森林中传来呼喊的声音。
Frodo rose to his feet. A great weariness was on him, but his will was firm and his heart lighter. He spoke aloud to himself. “I will do now what I must,” he said. “This at least is plain: the evil of the Ring is already at work even in the Company, and the Ring must leave them before it does more harm. I will go alone. Some I cannot trust, and those I can trust are too dear to me: poor old Sam, and Merry and Pippin. Strider, too: his heart yearns for Minas Tirith, and he will be needed there, now Boromir has fallen into evil. I will go alone. At once.”
佛罗多站起身。他觉得非常疲倦，但已经下定了决心，内心甚至觉得轻松多了。他大声地对自己说，“我必须为所应为！”他说：“至少我可以确定这件事，魔戒的力量也开始影响远征队中的成员，它必须在造成更多伤害之前离开，我必须一个人走。有些人我不能够信任，能够信任的人又不能够失去他们。可怜的山姆，还有梅里和皮聘，还有神行客，他想要去米那斯提力斯，连波罗莫都已经投身邪恶，现在那边的确需要他的力量。我会单独离开，马上出发。”
“They’ll be hunting for me,” he said. “I wonder how long I have been away. Hours, I should think.” He hesitated. “What can I do?” he muttered. “I must go now or I shall never go. I shan’t get a chance again. I hate leaving them, and like this without any explanation. But surely they will understand. Sam will. And what else can I do?”
“他们应该在找我，”他说：“不知道我已经失踪多久了？我想大概有几个小时吧。”他迟疑了片刻：“我能怎么办呢？”他喃喃自语：“如果现在不走，就永远走不了，我将来不会再有这样的机会。我不想离开他们，更不想像这样告而别，但他们一定会谅解，山姆就会，不然我还能怎么办呢？”
The others remained long by the river-side. For some time they had been silent, moving restlessly about; but now they were sitting in a circle, and they were talking. Every now and again they made efforts to speak of other things, of their long road and many adventures; they questioned Aragorn concerning the realm of Gondor and its ancient history, and the remnants of its great works that could still be seen in this strange border-land of the Emyn Muil: the stone kings and the seats of Lhaw and Hen, and the great Stair beside the falls of Rauros. But always their thoughts and words strayed back to Frodo and the Ring. What would Frodo choose to do? Why was he hesitating?
其他人在河边等了很久的时间，他们沉默了一段时间，不安地四下走动。但是，现在，他们绕成一圈讨论着。虽然他们试着想要讨论别的东西，像是他们漫长的旅途和冒险，询问阿拉贡有关刚铎的远古历史，以及在艾明莫尔附近依旧可以看到的伟大遗迹、岩石雕刻的国王巨像、阿蒙汉和阿蒙罗上的王座、拉洛斯瀑布旁的阶梯等等，但他们的思绪总是会转回到佛罗多和魔戒之上，佛罗多会怎么选择？为什么他还有所迟疑？
“He is debating which course is the most desperate, I think,” said Aragorn. “And well he may. It is now more hopeless than ever for the Company to go east, since we have been tracked by Gollum, and must fear that the secret of our journey is already betrayed. But Minas Tirith is no nearer to the Fire and the destruction of the Burden.
“我想，他可能正在思索到底那条路比较紧急。”阿拉贡说：“这也是理所当然的，远征队现在要往东方的旅程变得更为绝望；既然我们被咕鲁追踪，恐怕这趟理应秘密的冒险已经被揭露了；但是，米那斯提力斯并不是比较轻松、距离毁灭比较远的地方。”
Slowly he drew out the Ring and put it on once more. He vanished and passed down the hill, less than a rustle of the wind.
他慢慢地拿出魔戒，再度戴上它。他立刻消失在凡人的视线中，如同微风一般跑下山坡。
“We may remain there for a while and make a brave stand; but the Lord Denethor and all his men cannot hope to do what even Elrond said was beyond his power: either to keep the Burden secret. or to hold off the full might of the Enemy when he comes to take it. Which way would any of us choose in Frodo’s place? I do not know. Now indeed we miss Gandalf most.”
“我们或许可以在那边死守一阵子，但迪耐瑟王和他所有的部下也无法做到爱隆无力达成的事情：保守这秘密，或者是阻止魔王夺取魔戒。如果我们在佛罗多的位置上，我们会做出什么选择？我不知道。我们现在真的最需要甘道夫的引导。”
“And so should I,” said Gimli. “We, of course, were only sent to help the Bearer along the road, to go no further than we wished; and none of us is under any oath or command to seek Mount Doom. Hard was my parting from Lothlorien. Yet I have come so far, and I say this: now we have reached the last choice, it is clear to me that I cannot leave Frodo. I would choose Minas Tirith, but if he does not, then I follow him.”
“我也是这么觉得，”金雳说：“当然，我们只是被派来沿路协助魔戒持有者，最后去我们想去的地方，没有任何的誓言或是命令强迫我们一定要去末日裂隙，光是离开罗斯洛立安就让我十分难过。但我都已经来到这么远的地方，我必须这样说：到了最后抉择的时刻，我很清楚地明白自己不能够舍弃佛罗多。我会选择米那斯提力斯，但如果佛罗多拒绝，我会跟随他。”
“Grievous is our loss,” said Legolas. “Yet we must needs make up our minds without his aid. Why cannot we decide, and so help Frodo? Let us call him back and then vote! I should vote for Minas Tirith.”
“我们的确损失了很多，”勒苟拉斯说：“但是我们必须要在没有他的协助之下做出抉择。为什么不能由我们做出决定，再来协助佛罗多呢？让我们找他回来，进行投票！我投米那斯提力斯一票。”
“And I too will go with him,” said Legolas. “It would be faithless now to say farewell.”
“我也愿意跟随他，”勒苟拉斯说：“现在离开实在太不够朋友了。”
“We must stop him,” said Pippin. “And that is what he is worrying about, I am sure. He knows we shan’t agree to his going east. And he doesn’t like to ask anyone to go with him, poor old fellow. Imagine it: going off to Mordor alone!” Pippin shuddered. “But the dear silly old hobbit, he ought to know that he hasn’t got to ask. He ought to know that if we can’t stop him, we shan’t leave him.”
“我们必须阻止他，”皮聘说：“这就是他担心的事情，我很确定。他知道我们一定不同意他往东走。他也不想要求任何人和他一起走，可怜的家伙。你想想看：孤身前往魔多！”皮聘打了个寒颤。“这个笨哈比人，他应该知道根本不需要开口的。如果我们阻止不了他，也不会离开他。”
“It would indeed be a betrayal, if we all left him,” said Aragorn. “But if he goes east, then all need not go with him; nor do I think that all should. That venture is desperate: as much so for eight as for three or two, or one alone. If you would let me choose, then I should appoint three companions: Sam, who could not bear it otherwise; and Gimli; and myself. Boromir will return to his own city, where his father and his people need him; and with him the others should go, or at least Meriadoc and Peregrin, if Legolas is not willing to leave us.”
“如果我们都舍弃他，这应该叫作背叛才对，”阿拉贡说：“但如果他往东走，那就不需要每个人都跟着他走。那是非常绝望的旅程，不管八个、三个或是两个人、甚至是一个人去都一样。如果你要让我做出选择，那么我会挑选三个成员：山姆，因为他不能够忍受离开佛罗多；金雳和我自己。波罗莫必须回到他的故乡，他的父亲和同胞需要他；其他人应该跟着走，至少，如果勒苟拉斯不愿意跟他走，皮聘和梅里也该跟他一起去。”
“That won’t do at all!” cried Merry. “We can’t leave Frodo! Pippin and I always intended to go wherever he went, and we still do. But we did not realize what that would mean. It seemed different so far away, in the Shire or in Rivendell. It would be mad and cruel to let Frodo go to Mordor. Why can’t we stop him?”
“这一点也不公平！”梅里说道：“我们不能够舍弃佛罗多！皮聘和我愿意跟随他到天涯海角，现在还是一样。虽然当初我们并不知道这样的承诺代表什么意思，当我们在遥远的夏尔或是在瑞文戴尔的时候，这样的承诺并没有那么沉重。但是，听任佛罗多一个人前往魔多实在太残酷了。为什么我们不能阻止他？”
“Now where’s he got to?” cried Sam, looking worried. “He’s been a bit queer lately, to my mind. But anyway he’s not in this business. He’s off to his home, as he always said; and no blame to him. But Mr. Frodo, he knows he’s got to find the Cracks of Doom, if he can. But he’s afraid. Now it’s come to the point, he’s just plain terrified. That’s what his trouble is. Of course he’s had a bit of schooling, so to speak-we all have-since we left home, or he’d be so terrified he’d just fling the Ring in the River and bolt. But he’s still too frightened to start. And he isn’t worrying about us either: whether we’ll go along with him or no. He knows we mean to. That’s another thing that’s bothering him. If he screws himself up to go, he’ll want to go alone. Mark my words! We’re going to have trouble when he comes back. For he’ll screw himself up all right, as sure as his name’s Baggins.”
“这家伙到哪里去了？”山姆担心地大喊：“我觉得他最近好像有点奇怪，但是，总之，他和我们的讨论没有多大关系。就像他讲的一样，他必须要回家，我们也不怪他。可是，佛罗多先生知道自己只要有机会，一定要找到末日裂隙。可是他害怕。这才是重点——他就是害怕。当然，他像我们一样，都从这趟旅程中学到不少；否则他可能早就把魔戒丢到大河里面，找个地方躲起来了。但他还是很害怕，没办法下定决心出发。他也不替我们担心，不管我们愿不愿意和他一起走。他知道我们会和他一起走的。这也是让他担忧的另一个原因。如果他下定决心，他会想要一个人去。记住我说的话！当他回来的时候，我们都会犹豫不决的，因为他一定会下定决心的。”
“Begging your pardon,” said Sam. “I don’t think you understand my master at all. He isn’t hesitating about which way to go. Of course not! What’s the good of Minas Tirith anyway? To him, I mean, begging your pardon, Master Boromir,” he added, and turned. It was then that they discovered that Boromir, who at first had been sitting silent on the outside of the circle, was no longer there.
“请容我插嘴，”山姆说：“我不认为你们了解我的主人，他并不是犹豫不决、无法决定该走那条路。当然不是！他去米那斯提力斯能有什么帮助？我是说对他啦，抱歉，波罗莫先生。”他补充道，并且转过头来致歉。这个时候，他们才发现一开始沉默坐在外缘的波罗莫已经不见了。
At that moment Boromir reappeared. He came out from the trees and walked towards them without speaking. His face looked grim and sad. He paused as if counting those that were present, and then sat down aloof, with his eyes on the ground.
就在那一刻，波罗莫回来了，他走出树林，一言不发地走向众人。他的表情看来凝重、哀伤。他暂停下来，彷佛清点着在场的每个人；然后盯着地面，垂头丧气地坐下来。
“I wonder?” said Aragorn. “He is the Bearer, and the fate of the Burden is on him. I do not think that it is our part to drive him one way or the other. Nor do I think that we should succeed, if we tried. There are other powers at work far stronger.”
“不知道这样做对不对？”阿拉贡说：“他是魔戒的持有者，注定要扛起这重担，我不认为我们应该逼着他做出任何决定。即使我们试着这样做，我也不认为我们会成功，有许多远比我们强大的力量在运作。”
“Well, I wish Frodo would “screw himself up” and come back. and let us get it over,” said Pippin. “This waiting is horrible! Surely the time is up? “
“好吧，我希望佛罗多回来的时候会下定决心，让大家都不要继续烦心，”皮聘说：“等待真让人心焦！时间应该快到了吧？”
Boromir hesitated for a second. “Yes, and no,” he answered slowly. “Yes: I found him some way up the hill, and I spoke to him. I urged him to come to Minas Tirith and not to go east. I grew angry and he left me. He vanished. I have never seen such a thing happen before. though I have heard of it in tales. He must have put the Ring on. I could not find him again. I thought he would return to you.”
波罗莫迟疑了片刻：“是，也不是，”他慢慢地回答：“是，我的确发现他在山坡上，我也和他说了话。我请求他前往米那斯提力斯，不要去魔多。我忍不住发怒了，他就离开了我，他消失了。虽然我在传说中听过，但从来没亲眼看过这景象，他一定是戴上了魔戒，我再也找不到他了，我以为他会回来找你们。”
“Stop him! Don’t let him go!” cried Pippin.
“阻止他！别让他走！”皮聘大喊着。
“I believe you speak more wisely than any of us, Sam,” said Aragorn. “And what shall we do, if you prove right? “
“山姆，你分析得比我们任何一个人都更透彻，”阿拉贡说：“万一你说的没错，我们又该怎么办？”
“Yes,” said Aragorn. “The hour is long passed. The morning is wearing away. We must call for him.”
“是的，”阿拉贡说：“一个小时的时间早就过了，都已经快中午了，我们必须去找他了。”
“Where have you been, Boromir?” asked Aragorn. “Have you seen Frodo? “
“波罗莫，你刚刚到哪里去了？”阿拉贡着急问道：“你看见佛罗多了吗？”
“This is bad!” cried Sam, jumping up. “I don’t know what this Man has been up to. Why should Mr. Frodo put the thing on? He didn’t ought to have; and if he has, goodness knows what may have happened!”
“这真糟糕！”山姆跳了起来：“我不知道这个人类到底有什么用意，为什么佛罗多先生会戴上魔戒？他根本不需要啊！如果情况紧急到让他戴上魔戒，天知道发生了什么事情！”
“Is that all that you have to say?” said Aragorn, looking hard and not too kindly at Boromir.
“这就是你的说法吗？”阿拉贡毫不留情的看着波罗莫。
“How long is it since you saw Frodo last, Boromir?” asked Aragorn.
“波罗莫，你上次看到佛罗多是什么时候？”阿拉贡问道。
“Yes,” he answered. “I will say no more yet.”
“是的，”他回答：“暂时就这样了。”
“But where did he go? Where is he?” cried Pippin. “He’s been away ages now.”
“但他会去哪里？他人在哪里？”皮聘六神无主地大喊：“他已经不见很久了。”
“But he wouldn’t keep it on”” said Merry. “Not when he had escaped the unwelcome visitor, like Bilbo used to.”
“但是，他不需要一直戴着，”梅里说：“就像老比尔博一样，当他躲过不速之客后，他就会把魔戒取下。”
“Half an hour, maybe,” he answered. “Or it might be an hour. I have wandered for some time since. I do not know! I do not know!” He put his head in his hands, and sat as if bowed with grief.
“半小时吧！”他回答道：“或许是一小时，我后来又到处乱走了一阵子。我不知道！别问我！”他双手抱头，彷佛极端难过地晃动着身体。
“An hour since he vanished!” shouted Sam. “We must try and find him at once. Come on! “
“他已经失踪了一小时！”山姆大喊出声：“我们得立刻想办法找到他才行，大家快来！”
“Wait a moment!” cried Aragorn. “We must divide up into pairs, and arrange-here, hold on! Wait! “
“等等！”阿拉贡也跟着大声说：“我们必须要两人一组去搜索，等等，先别急啊！等等！”
It was no good. They took no notice of him. Sam had dashed off first. Merry and Pippin had followed, and were already disappearing westward into the trees by the shore, shouting: Frodo! Frodo! in their clear, high hobbit-voices. Legolas and Gimli were running. A sudden panic or madness seemed to have fallen on the Company.
一点用都没有，他们根本不理他。山姆第一个冲了出去，梅里和皮聘紧跟在后。几秒钟之内，他们就已经冲进树林内，开始扯开嗓门大喊：佛罗多！佛罗多！勒苟拉斯和金雳也迈步狂奔，远征队的成员似乎突然间都疯狂了起来。
Aragorn sprang swiftly away and went in pursuit of Sam. Just as he reached the little lawn among the rowans he overtook him, toiling uphill, panting and calling, Frodo!
阿拉贡拔腿就跑，意图追上山姆；当对方冲进花楸树丛的时候，阿拉贡正好赶上他。山姆当时还正在气喘吁吁地爬坡，一边大喊着佛罗多！
“We shall all be scattered and lost,” groaned Aragorn. “Boromir! I do not know what part you have played in this mischief, but help now! Go after those two young hobbits, and guard them at the least, even if you cannot find Frodo. Come back to this spot, if you find him, or any traces of him. I shall return soon.”
“我们这样会都分散开来，会迷路的！”阿拉贡于事无补地大喊道：“波罗莫！我不知道你到底做了些什么，但你最好来帮忙！去追那两个哈比人，就算你找不到佛罗多，至少也确保这两人的安全。如果你找到他、或是发现任何的蛛丝马迹，赶快回到这里来，我马上就回来。”
“Come with me, Sam!” he said. “None of us should be alone. There is mischief about. I feel it. I am going to the top, to the Seat of Amon Hen, to see what may be seen. And look! It is as my heart guessed, Frodo went this way. Follow me, and keep your eyes open!” He sped up the path.
“山姆，跟我来！”他说：“我们不可以落单，这里面一定有陰谋，我可以感觉得到。我准备到山顶，到阿蒙汉的王座去，看看到底发生了什么事情。你看！跟我猜的一样，佛罗多往这边走了。跟我来，眼睛放亮点！”他边往山坡上狂奔，边说道。
“Whoa, Sam Gamgee!” he said aloud. “Your legs are too short, so use your head! Let me see now! Boromir isn’t lying, that’s not his way; but he hasn’t told us everything. Something scared Mr. Frodo badly. He screwed himself up to the point, sudden. He made up his mind at last to go. Where to? Off East. Not without Sam? Yes, without even his Sam. That’s hard, cruel hard.”
“等等！山姆—詹吉！”他大声地说：“你的腿太短了，所以用用大脑吧！让我想想！波罗莫没有说谎，他不会说谎；但是他没告诉我们全部的实情。有什么事情让佛罗多先生大吃一惊，让他突然间下定决心，。他最后终于决定要走了。去哪呢？往东方走！没有山姆的陪伴？没错，他匆忙得连山姆都不愿意带。这太狠心了，真是太狠心了！”
Sam did his best, but he could not keep up with Strider the Ranger, and soon fell behind. He had not gone far before Aragorn was out of sight ahead. Sam stopped and puffed. Suddenly he clapped his hand to his head.
山姆尽了全力，但是他的脚程实在比不上飞毛腿神行客，很快就开始落后。过不了多久，阿拉贡的背影就消失在他眼前。山姆上气不接下气地停下来，他突然一巴掌打上自己的脑袋。
“Coming, Mr. Frodo! Coming!” called Sam, and flung himself from the bank, clutching at the departing boat. He missed it by a yard. With a cry and a splash he fell face downward into deep swift water. Gurgling he went under, and the River closed over his curly head.
“我来了，佛罗多先生！我来了！”山姆从河岸边一跃而下，试图抓住船舷，他差了好几码没抓到。山姆惨叫一声，头朝下的栽入深水中，河水毫不留情地淹过他的小脑袋。
Sam turned and bolted back down the path. He fell and cut his knees. Up he got and ran on. He came to the edge of the lawn of Parth Galen by the shore, where the boats were drawn up out of the water. No one was there. There seemed to be cries in the woods behind, but he did not heed them. He stood gazing for a moment. stock-still, gaping. A boat was sliding down the bank all by itself. With a shout Sam raced across the grass. The boat slipped into the water.
山姆转过身，拼老命的往回跑。他摔倒了好几次，连膝盖都割伤了，最后，终于来到河岸边的帕斯加兰草原，也就是船只被拖上岸的地方，看起来似乎一个人都没有。身后的树林里面有人呼喊的声音，但他头也不回，他呆呆地瞪着眼前的景象，喘着气，有艘船自顾自地往河里滑。山姆大喊一声，冲向湖边，小船落入河中。
Sam passed his hand over his eyes, brushing away the tears. “Steady, Gamgee!” he said. “Think, if you can! He can’t fly across rivers, and he can’t jump waterfalls. He’s got no gear. So he’s got to get back to the boats. Back to the boats! Back to the boats, Sam, like lightning! “
山姆擦掉脸上的泪水：“克制情绪，山姆！”他说：“赶快动脑筋！他不可能飞过大河，他也不可能跳下瀑布。他没有任何的装备，所以，他一定会回到船边去。回到船边！山姆，赶快给我跑回船边去！”
An exclamation of dismay came from the empty boat. A paddle swirled and the boat put about. Frodo was just in time to grasp Sam by the hair as he came up, bubbling and struggling. Fear was staring in his round brown eyes.
空船上发出了一声惊呼，一根奖把船转过头来。佛罗多在千钧一发之际抓住山姆的头发，把拼命挣扎和吐水的忠仆从水中捞出来。山姆的眼中充满了恐惧。
“Of all the confounded nuisances you are the worst, Sam!” he said.
“山姆，你真是最会拖累我的麻烦大王了！”他说。
“Safely on my way.”
“安全地离开这里。”
With a few strokes Frodo brought the boat back to the bank. and Sam was able to scramble out, wet as a water-rat. Frodo took off the Ring and stepped ashore again.
佛罗多划了几下之后就让船重新回到岸边，山姆终于浑身湿淋淋地爬上岸。佛罗多脱下魔戒，再度踏上岸。
“Save me, Mr. Frodo!” gasped Sam. “I’m drownded. I can’t see your hand.”
“救我啊，佛罗多先生！”山姆大声惨叫：“我快淹死了。我看不见你的手！”
“Up you come, Sam my lad!” said Frodo. “Now take my hand! “
“马上就上来啦！好小子山姆！”佛罗多说：“抓住我的手！”
“It would be the death of you to come with me, Sam,” said Frodo and I could not have borne that.”
“山姆，如果你和我一起走，你才真的会死。”佛罗多说：“我才不能容许这样的事情发生。”
“Here it is. Don’t pinch, lad! I won’t let you go. Tread water and don’t flounder, or you’ll upset the boat. There now, get hold of the side, and let me use the paddle! “
“在这里，别捏我，臭小子！我不会放手的。不要乱踢，不然你会把船弄翻的。来，抓住船舷，让我用桨划水！”
“Oh, Mr. Frodo, that’s hard!” said Sam shivering. “That’s hard, trying to go without me and all. If I hadn’t a guessed right, where would you be now? “
“喔，佛罗多先生，你这样说太狠心了！”山姆浑身发抖地说：“竟然不准备带我走？如果不是我机灵，你现在会怎么样？”
“Safely!” said Sam. “All alone and without me to help you? I couldn’t have a borne it, it’d have been the death of me.”
“安全？”山姆说：“孤身一人，没有我的帮助？我不能容许这样的事情发生，我会担心死的。”
“I know that well enough, Mr. Frodo. Of course you are. And I’m coming with you.”
“佛罗多先生，我当然知道。你本来就要去魔多，还会带我一起去。”
“Not as certain as being left behind,” said Sam.
“我宁愿死也不愿意被留下来。”山姆说。
“But I am going to Mordor.”
“可是我要去魔多耶！”
Frodo actually laughed. A sudden warmth and gladness touched his heart. “Leave one! “he said. “We’ll need it. But you can’t come like this without your gear or food or anything.”
佛罗多忍不住哈哈大笑，他突然间觉得有股暖流冲进他心底。“至少留一船下来！”他说：“我们会需要船的，不过，你可不能连食物和装备都不带就准备跟来啊。”
“Of course it is,” answered Sam. “But not alone. I’m coming too, or neither of us isn’t going. I’ll knock holes in all the boats first.”
“当然应该这样，”山姆回答：“但不是一个人走，我一定要跟你走，如果你不让我跟，我就把每艘船都打洞。”
“Now, Sam,” said Frodo, “don’t hinder me! The others will be coming back at any minute. If they catch me here. I shall have to argue and explain, and I shall never have the heart or the chance to get off. But I must go at once. It’s the only way.”
“山姆，”佛罗多说：“别惹麻烦了！其他人随时都会回来。如果他们发现我人在这里，我又必须要大费周章的辩解和解释，恐怕就再也狠不下心舍弃大家，但是，我必须立刻离开，这是唯一的选择。”
“Just hold on a moment, and I’ll get my stuff!” cried Sam eagerly. “It’s all ready. I thought we should be off today.” He rushed to the camping place, fished out his pack from the pile where Frodo had laid it when he emptied the boat of his companions’ goods grabbed a spare blanket, and some extra packages of food, and ran back.
“等我一秒钟，我把东西全部都收好！”山姆兴高采烈地大喊：“一切都准备好了，我本来就以为今天大家会出发的。”他冲到营地旁边，从佛罗多清出来的行李中找到他的背包，多拿了一条毯子，以及一些食物，又跑了回来。
“So all my plan is spoilt!” said Frodo. “It is no good trying to escape you. But I’m glad, Sam. I cannot tell you how glad. Come along! It is plain that we were meant to go together. We will go, and may the others find a safe road! Strider will look after them. I don’t suppose we shall see them again.”
“这样我的计画全完蛋了！”佛罗多说：“恐怕躲不过你了。但是，山姆，我真的很高兴，我没办法解释我有多高兴。来吧！很明显我们注定要在一起。我们一起走，希望其他人能够平安！神行客会照顾他们的，我想我们这辈子可都不会再见了。”
At length they came to land again upon the southern slopes of Amon Lhaw. There they found a shelving shore, and they drew the boat out, high above the water, and hid it as well as they could behind a great boulder. Then shouldering their burdens, they set off, seeking a path that would bring them over the grey hills of the Emyn Muil, and down into the Land of Shadow.
最后，他们好不容易才停靠在阿蒙罗山的斜坡旁，他们在那里找到了一个平坦的河岸，上岸之后尽可能隐密地将小舟藏在大石头后面。然后，他们扛起背包，开始寻找能够让他们穿越艾明莫尔光秃的山丘，进入魔影之地的道路。
Here ends the first part of the history of the War of the Ring.
魔戒圣战历史的第一部曲就此完结。
“Yet we may, Mr Frodo. We may,” said Sam.
“话不要说得太早，佛罗多先生，未来充满各种可能的！”山姆说。
The second part is called THE TWO TOWERS, since the events recounted in it are dominated by ORTHANC, the citadel of Saruman, and the fortress of MINAS MORGUL that guards the secret entrance to Mordor; it tells of the deeds and perils of all the members of the now sundered fellowship, until the coming of the Great Darkness.
第二部分被称作「双城奇谋」，因为故事环绕著萨鲁曼的堡垒欧散克，和守护魔多秘密入口的暗黑之城米那斯魔窟。第二部曲描述的，是分崩离析的魔戒远征队，如何在黑暗降临之前努力对抗邪恶的故事。
So Frodo and Sam set off on the last stage of the Quest together. Frodo paddled away from the shore, and the River bore them swiftly away. down the western arm, and past the frowning cliffs of Tol Brandir. The roar of the great falls drew nearer. Even with such help as Sam could give, it was hard work to pass across the current at the southward end of the island and drive the boat eastward towards the far shore.
佛罗多和山姆，就这样一起踏上了任务的最后一阶段。佛罗多划离岸边，大河就带著他们漂向溪边的支流，越过托尔布兰达的峭壁。瀑布声越来越接近，即使在山姆的帮助下，他们还是使尽浑身解数才越过孤峰南边的激流，航到东岸去。
The third part tells of the last defence against the Shadow, and the end of the mission of the Ring-bearer in THE RETURN OF THE KING.
第三部分则是描述对抗魔影的最后防御，以及魔戒持有者的最后考验，它被称为「王者再临」。
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