The Good Book - 好书

The Good Book - 好书

Originally performed by Tim Minchin

Covered by ETsai

Life is like an ocean voyage and our bodies are the ships

人生就像是在海洋上的旅行，我们的身体是船只

And without a moral compass we would all be cast adrift

如果没有道德做指南针，我们都会迷失

So to keep us on our bearings, the Lord gave us a gift

为了让人们举止得当，上帝给了我们一个礼物

And like most gifts that you get, it was a book

就像你收到的大部份礼物一样，它是一本书

I only read one book, but it's a good book, don't you know

我只读过一本书，但它是一本很好的书

I act the way I act because the Good Book tells me so

我平时言行都依照好书的教导

If I wanna known how to be good, it's to the Good Book that I go

如果我想知道如何成为好人，我就去翻翻我的好书

'Cos the Good Book is a book and it is good and it's a book

因为好书是本书，它很好且是本书

I know the Good Book's good because the Good Book says it's good

我知道好书很好，因为好书说它是好的

The Good Book knows it's good because a really good book would

好书知道自己是好的，因为真正的好书都这样

You wouldn't cook without a cookbook and I think it is understood

你没有菜谱就无法做饭，我想这不言而喻

You can't be good without a Good Book 'cos it's good and it's a book

你没有好书就不是好人，因为它很好且是本书

And it is good for cookin'

它对你做饭也有好处

or anything like that

或是其他任何事

I tried to read some other books, but I soon gave up on that

我曾尝试读其他书，不过我很快就放弃

The paragraphs ain't numbered and they complicate the facts

它们的段落没有标号，而且让事情更复杂

I can't read Harry Potter 'cos they're worshipping false gods and that

我不读哈利波特，因为他们崇拜伪神

And Dumbledore's a poofter and that's bad, 'cos it's not good

邓布利多是个同性恋，这是坏事，因为它不好

Morality is written there in simple white and black

道德就白纸黑字写在那里

I feel sorry for you heathens, got to think about all that

我真为你们这些异教徒遗憾，还需要思考这些问题

Good is good and evil's bad and goats are good and pigs are crap

好就是好，坏就是坏，山羊是好的，猪很恶心

You'll find which one is which in the Good Book

在好书里都写得明明白白

'cos it's good，and it's a book, and it's a book

因为它很好，且是本书，是本书

I had a cat, she gave birth to a litter

我有一只猫，她生了一窝崽子

The kittens were adorable and they made my family laugh

小猫很可爱，它们让我的家人充满欢乐

As they grew up they started misbehavin'

可当他们长大了，就开始不听话

So I drowned the little ******s in the bath

所以我把这些小混账都淹死在了浴缸

When the creatures in your care start being menaces

当你照看的生物开始举止不端

The answers can be found right here in Genesis!

答案可以在《创世纪》中找到！

Chapter 6, Verse 5-7!

第六章，5-7段！

Swing your partner by the hand

用手摆弄你的伴侣

Have a baby if you can

尽量多生小孩

But if the voices your head

但如果你脑子里的声音

Say to sacrifice your kid

告诉你将你的孩子献祭

To satiate your loving God's

满足你慈爱的神

Fetish for dead baby blood

对婴儿血浴的特殊爱好

It's simple faith, the Book demands

“这是简单的信仰问题”，好书说

So raise that knife up in your hand!

“所以高举起你手里的刀！”（出自圣经里亚伯拉罕献祭头生子）

Before the Good Book made us good, there was no good way to know

在好书使我们变成好人之前，没有什么好方法

If a thing was good or not that good or kind of touch-and-go

知道一个东西是好是坏，还是不确定

So God decided he'd give writing allegoric prose a go

所以上帝决定试一试寓言散文

And so he wrote a book and it was generally well-received

所以他写了一本广受好评的书

The Telegraph said, "This God is reminiscent of the Norse."

《电讯报》评论道：“这个神有点怀旧北欧诸神的味道。”

The Times said, "Kind of turgid, but I liked the bit with horses."

《泰晤士报》评论道：“有点浮夸，但我喜欢马那一段。”

The Mail said, "Lots of massacres, a violent tour de force.

《邮报》评论道：“充满了大屠杀，一本暴力代表作

If you only read one book this year, then this one is a book

如果你今年只读一本书，那你得读这本书

And it is good, and it's a book!"

它很好,且是本书!"

Swing your daughter by the hand

用手摆弄你的女儿

But if she gets raped by a man

但如果她被一个男人强暴

And refuses then to marry him

却拒绝嫁给他

Stone her to death!

那就投石砸死她！

If you close your eyes and block your ears

如果你闭上眼睛，捂住耳朵

To the accumulated knowledge of the last two thousand years

对过去两千年积累的知识视而不见

Then morally, guess what? You're off the hook

那么，在道德上，你猜怎么样？你不用担忧了

And thank Christ you only have to read one book!

感谢基督你只用读一本书！

Just because the book's contents

仅仅因为这书的内容

Were written generations hence

在若干年前

By hairy desert-dwelling gents

由毛发浓密，住在沙漠蹲在他们满是

Squatting in their dusty tents

灰尘的帐篷里的绅士们写就

Just because what Heaven said

只因为天堂之言

Was said before they'd leavened bread

在发酵面包出现之前说出（犹太教/基督教认为发酵与罪恶关联）

Just 'cos Jesus couldn't read

仅仅因为耶稣不识字

Doesn't mean that we should need

不意味着我们需要其他书

When manipulating human genes

当操控人类基因

To alleviate pain and fight disease

或是减轻痛苦，与疾病斗争

When deciding whether it's wrong or right

或决定帮助濒死者放弃生命

To help the dyin' let go of life

是对是错

Or stop a pregnancy when it's

或是当胎儿还是一个胚囊时

Just a little blastocyst

能否中止孕程

You don't need to look at any other book

你不需要看其他书一眼

But the Good Book

只需要好书

'Cause it's good, and it's a book

因为它很好，且是本书

Good is good and evil's bad

好就是好，坏就是坏

And kids get killed when God gets mad

当上帝生气，孩子们就被杀

And you'd better take a good look

你最好好好看看

At the Good Book

这本好书