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論聖地 第 1 章
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Incipit prologus Petri diaconi Casinensis ad Guibaldum Casinensem et Stabulensem abbatem in libro de locis sanctis. Domino suo ac patri in Christo uenerabili. Guibaldo, dei gratia sacri Casini montis abbati, Petrus Casinensis diaconus debitae obedientiae famulatum. Quanto cupiditatis igne, pater in Christo uenerande, exarserim ac quali quantoue desiderio, ut uos omnipotens deus de aduersis eriperet, exoptauerim, ipsum deum inuoco testem, quem mentis abdita, quem conscientiae occulta non fallunt, qui et de ipsis animi motibus generis arbiter creditur futurus humani.
卡西諾山的執事彼得致卡西諾與斯塔沃洛的院長維巴爾德，論聖地之書的序言由此開始。致他在基督裏可敬的主與父維巴爾德，蒙神恩典作神聖卡西諾山院長者，卡西諾的執事彼得獻上當盡之順服的服事。在基督裏可敬的父啊，我以何等渴慕之火燃燒，又以何等何其大的願望，切望全能的神將你從患難中救拔出來，我呼籲神自己作見證——心思的隱密、良心的暗處都瞞不過祂，並且祂被信為將要從靈魂那些活動本身來審判人類的審判者。
Here begins the prologue of Peter the Deacon of Monte Cassino to Wibald, abbot of Monte Cassino and Stavelot, in the book on the holy places. To his lord and father, venerable in Christ, Wibald, by the grace of God abbot of the sacred mountain of Cassino, Peter, deacon of Cassino, offers the service of due obedience. With how great a fire of longing I have burned, venerable father in Christ, and with what and how great a desire I have wished that almighty God might snatch you from adversities, I call to witness God Himself, whom the recesses of the mind, whom the secrets of the conscience do not deceive, who is believed to be the future judge of the human race from those very motions of the soul.
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Sed quia iuxta prophetae elogium in manu hominum non est uia eius, nec ab homine, sed a domino gressus hominis diriguntur, nostris id facinoribus exigentibus non est factum, quod humana auiditas concupiuit, sed quae deus arbiter meritis humanis competere iudicauit; nam cum omnium prauorum grassante impietate ecclesiae dei status cotidie labefactari cernatur et fere, ut ita dicam, nullus aduersus eos insurgit pro domo Israhel partim amore, partim timore saecularium potestatum:
但因為照先知所言，人的道路不由自己，人的腳步不由人定，乃由耶和華所引導，所以人的熱望所貪求的並未成就——這是我們的罪行所招致的——成就的乃是審判者神所判定與人之功過相稱的事；因為當一切惡人的不敬虔肆虐之際，神教會的光景眼見日漸動搖，並且，可以說，幾乎無人為以色列家奮起抵擋他們，一面是出於對屬世權勢的愛，一面是出於對它的懼怕：
But because, according to the prophet's saying, the way of man is not in his own hand, nor by man, but by the Lord are the steps of man directed, that has not come to pass which human eagerness coveted—our misdeeds demanding it—but what God the judge has judged to befit human merits; for when, with the impiety of all the wicked raging, the state of the Church of God is seen to be daily shaken, and almost, so to speak, no one rises up against them on behalf of the house of Israel, partly through love, partly through fear of secular powers:
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idcirco augustae memoriae dominus noster imperator Lotharius uestram beatitudinem in Casinensi cenobio abbatem instituit, ut ea, quae ad correctionem malorum et salutem bonorum attinent, sollicite ac diligenter pertractares et effrenatos refrenares ac superbos humiliares, quatenus recuperata iustitia et restaurata religione coetus ecclesiasticus sibi iuste ac misericorditer seruire ac pro Romani imperii statu dei omnipotentis clementiam exorare queat. Unde non immerito ab omnibus probis ac sapientibus diligeris ac ueneraris. Nam quis tanti uiri familiaritatem spernat, affabilitatem contempnat, industriam fugiat?
因此我們的主、可敬之念的皇帝洛泰爾，立你為卡西諾修道院的院長，叫你殷勤謹慎地處理那些關乎糾正惡人、拯救善人之事，並轄制那放縱不羈的，謙抑那驕傲的，好叫公義既得恢復、虔敬既得復興，教會的聚會便能公義而憐憫地服事自己，並為羅馬帝國的光景祈求全能神的施恩。因此你受一切正直智慧之人的愛戴與敬重，並非無故。因為誰會輕看如此偉大之人的友誼，藐視他的和藹，躲避他的勤勉呢？
therefore our lord the emperor Lothair, of august memory, appointed your beatitude abbot in the monastery of Cassino, that you might carefully and diligently treat those things which pertain to the correction of the wicked and the salvation of the good, and might bridle the unbridled and humble the proud, so that, righteousness being recovered and religion restored, the ecclesiastical assembly might be able justly and mercifully to serve itself and to entreat the clemency of almighty God for the state of the Roman empire. Whence not undeservedly are you loved and venerated by all upright and wise men. For who would spurn the friendship of so great a man, scorn his affability, flee his diligence?
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Nam ut omittam cetera maxima et egregia uestri ingenii monumenta insignia, cunctos praecellentes Romani imperii sapientes Tulliana eloquentia superas et antecessorum uestrorum largam munificentiam omnibus horis momentisque praecellis. Tantis, inquam, et talibus uos cernens sertis redimitum et laureis decoratum itinerarium de locis sanctis a nobis utcunque exaratum et ex omnibus, ut ita dicam, libris collectum uestrae paternitati destinare curaui poscens id a uestra eminentia roborari;
因為——姑且略過你天才其餘極偉大、卓越而顯赫的諸多明證——你以西塞羅般的口才勝過羅馬帝國一切超群的智者，並且時時刻刻勝過你前任那慷慨的施與。我說，看見你戴著如此偉大的花冠、佩著桂冠，我便用心將一卷聖地行程記寄給你為父者；這行程記是我們勉力編成，可以說，是從一切書中蒐集而來的，求它得你尊位的確認；
For, to pass over the other very great and excellent and illustrious monuments of your genius, you surpass all the wise men of the Roman empire who excel in Ciceronian eloquence, and at all hours and moments you surpass the lavish munificence of your predecessors. Beholding you, I say, crowned with such and so great garlands and adorned with laurels, I have taken care to send to your paternity an itinerary of the holy places, somehow composed by us and collected, so to speak, from all the books, asking that it be confirmed by your eminence;
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in quo rogo non dictantis ignauiam, sed materiam adtendatis utillimam, nec noui uos et incogniti hactenus aliquid in hoc itinerario ediscituros, sed ea quae iam uiua uoce illis referentibus, qui ad sepulchrum Domini perrexerunt, edidicistis, uel ea, quae per uolumina diuersa librorum legistis, nos hic noueritis collegisse. Quae autem indeclinabilia et immania impedimenta a perfidis et scelestis utroque genu claudicantibus nobis obstiterint, non iam deum, uerum uos ipsos conscios, uos ipsos fideles inde clamauerim testes.
在這行程記中，我求你不要注意作者的懶惰，而要注意這至有益的內容；也不是說你在此行程記中要學到甚麼於你新奇、迄今未知之事，乃是要你知道，我們在此蒐集了那些你已從往主墓朝聖之人口傳而學得的事，或是你已從各種書卷中讀到的事。至於那些行不正、兩膝瘸腿之不信不義的人，曾以何等頑固可怖的阻礙攔阻我們，我如今不該呼籲神，倒該呼籲你們自己作見證，呼籲你們自己作那知情而忠信的見證人。
in which I ask that you attend not to the sloth of the writer, but to the most useful matter; nor that you will learn anything new and hitherto unknown to you in this itinerary, but that you may know we have here collected those things which you have already learned by living voice from those relating them, who journeyed to the Sepulchre of the Lord, or those things which you have read through the various volumes of books. But what unbending and monstrous hindrances, from the faithless and wicked who limp on both knees, have stood in our way, I should call not now God, but you yourselves as witnesses, you yourselves as faithful and conscious witnesses thereof.
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Ceterum ad tantillum spatii, quod e largitate diuinae indulgentiae relictum est, istud opusculum caelesti munificentia edidi confidens nichilominus de deo de nostris aemulis quandoque nobis uictoriam collaturum. Sicut enim nunquam fit opus solidum, si artifex omnia, prout ratio poscit, non aptet, sic omnis scriptor manans multimoda uerbositate nullam habebit ualentiam edendi scripturam dulcedine refertam, prout Oratius strenuissimus orator in scriptis suis reliquid dicens: Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci, si postquam scribere conetur, materiam non rimetur. Iam uero Christo auspice huius proemii iste sit finis. Explicit prologus. Incipit liber de locis sanctis.
至於其餘，在神聖寬容之豐厚所留下的那一點點篇幅裏，我藉著屬天的豐厚作成了這小小的著作，並且深信神終有一日要將勝過我們仇敵的得勝賜給我們。因為正如一件作品，若工匠不照道理所需把每樣都安置妥當，便永不堅固，照樣，凡作者以繁雜的多言滔滔不絕，便無力作出滿有甘甜的著作，正如那至為勤奮的演說家賀拉斯在其著作中所留下的話：「凡將有益與甘甜調和者，便贏得了每一分」——倘若他在嘗試寫作之後，不細察其題材。如今，有基督作引導，願這序文就此為止。序言完。論聖地之書開始。
For the rest, to the little space that has been left from the bounty of divine indulgence, I have set forth this little work by heavenly munificence, trusting nonetheless that God will one day confer upon us the victory over our rivals. For just as a work is never solid if the craftsman does not fit everything as reason demands, so every writer flowing with manifold verbosity will have no power of producing a writing filled with sweetness, as Horace, that most strenuous orator, has left in his writings, saying: 'He has won every point who has mingled the useful with the sweet'—if, after he attempts to write, he does not search out his material. But now, with Christ as our auspice, let this be the end of this preface. The prologue ends. The book on the holy places begins.
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Bedae de locis sanctis libri cap. 1 et II usque ad uerba: Per- paucae illic cisternae sunt.\' Anonymus: Sepulcrum uero Domini, de quo supra retulimus, est fabricatum in medio templi, templum uero in media ciuitate contra aquilonem non longe a porta Dauid. Post resurrectionem autem est ortus, in qua sancta Maria cum domino locuta est. Foris ecclesiam retro est medietas orbis, < de> quo loco dicit Dauid: \'Operatus es salutem in medio terrae\'. Alius etiam propheta dicit: \'Haec dicit dominus: ista est Hierusalem in medio gentium posui eam\'. .In Golgotha autem est pars ligni salutiferae crucis, in qua confixus est dominus, et titulum, quod est repositum in locello argenteo.
摘自比德論聖地之書，第一章與第二章，直到這話：「那裏的水池甚少。」無名氏：我們上面所提的主之墓，建在聖殿的正中，聖殿則在城的正中，朝北，離大衛門不遠。然而在復活之後，有一園子，聖馬利亞曾在其中與主說話。在教堂之外、其後面，是世界的中心，論到這地方，大衛說：「你在地的中間施行拯救。」另一位先知也說：「主如此說：這是耶路撒冷，我把她安置在列國中間。」此外，在各各他有那拯救之十字架的一段木頭，主曾被釘在其上，還有那牌子，存放在一個小銀匣中。
From Bede's books on the holy places, chapters 1 and 2, as far as the words: 'There are very few cisterns there.' Anonymous: The Sepulchre of the Lord, of which we spoke above, is built in the middle of the temple, and the temple in the middle of the city, toward the north, not far from the gate of David. After the resurrection, however, there is a garden, in which holy Mary spoke with the Lord. Outside the church, behind it, is the middle of the world, of which place David says: 'Thou hast wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.' Another prophet also says: 'Thus says the Lord: this is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations.' In Golgotha, moreover, is a part of the wood of the saving cross, on which the Lord was fastened, and the title, which is laid up in a little silver casket.
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Est illic et cornu, unde ungebantur reges, et annulum Salomonis. Non longe autem a medietate mundi est carcer; ibi uero est alligatio, ibi prope et flagellatio ibique prope et spinis coronatio, ibi prope est dispolatio et uestimenti diuisio. In Caluaria autem, ubi crucifixus est Dominus, est mons scissus, et in ipso monte Caluariae ascenditur per gradus decem et septem, et ibi pendent lampades nouem cum singulis nappis argenteis. Subtus uero est Golgotha, ubi cecidit sanguis Christi super petram scissam. Subtus autem monte Caluariae contra orientem est templum Domini ex alia parte ciuitatis, quem Salomon aedificauit. Quattuor portas habet:
那裏也有膏立君王所用的角，以及所羅門的戒指。此外，離世界的中心不遠處是監牢；那裏確有捆綁，那附近也有鞭打，那附近也有戴荊棘冠冕；那附近是剝衣與分衣。此外，在主被釘十字架的髑髏地，有那裂開的山，在那髑髏地的山上，人沿十七級臺階上去，那裏掛著九盞燈，各帶銀碗。下面確是各各他，基督的血曾滴在那裂開的磐石上。然而在髑髏地之山下、朝東之處，是城另一邊主的殿，乃所羅門所建。它有四個門：
There too is the horn from which kings were anointed, and the ring of Solomon. Not far, moreover, from the middle of the world is the prison; there indeed is the binding, there nearby also the scourging, and there nearby also the crowning with thorns; there nearby is the stripping and the division of the garment. In Calvary, moreover, where the Lord was crucified, is the cleft mountain, and on that very mount of Calvary one ascends by seventeen steps, and there hang nine lamps with their several silver bowls. Beneath, indeed, is Golgotha, where the blood of Christ fell upon the cleft rock. Beneath the mount of Calvary, however, toward the east, is the temple of the Lord on the other side of the city, which Solomon built. It has four gates:
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prima ab oriente, secunda ab occidente, tertia a meridie, quarta ab aquilone, quae habent significationem quattuor partium mundi, de foris uero octo angulos habet, per unumquodque angulum duodecim passus uoluitur. In medium templi est mons magnus circumdatus parietibus, in quo tabernaculum, illic et archa testamenti fuit, quae a Vespasiano imperatore destructo templo Romae delata est. A latere uero sinistro tabernaculi super saxum posuit dominus Iesus pedem suum, quando eum Symeon accepit in ulnis, et ita remansit pes sculptus, ac si in cera positus esset. Ab alio uero latere saxi est tabernaculus apertus, in quo per gradus uiginti duo descendunt.
第一處朝向東方，第二處朝向西方，第三處朝向南方，第四處朝向北方，這四處象徵世界的四方；而在外面，它有八個角，每一個角處旋轉延伸十二步。在聖殿中央有一座大山，四圍以牆環繞，其中曾安置會幕，約櫃也在那裡；當聖殿被毀後，約櫃被韋斯巴薌皇帝擄往羅馬。在會幕的左側，於一塊磐石之上，主耶穌曾踏下祂的腳印，那時西面將祂抱在懷中；於是那腳印雕刻般地留存，彷彿是踏在蠟上一般。在磐石的另一側有一敞開的密室，下去須經由二十二級台階。
the first toward the east, the second toward the west, the third toward the south, the fourth toward the north, which signify the four quarters of the world; on the outside, moreover, it has eight angles, and at each angle it turns through twelve paces. In the middle of the temple is a great mount surrounded by walls, in which was the tabernacle, and there too was the Ark of the Covenant, which, when the temple had been destroyed, was carried off to Rome by the emperor Vespasian. On the left side of the tabernacle, upon a rock, the Lord Jesus set his foot when Simeon received him in his arms, and so the footprint remained engraved, as if it had been set in wax. On the other side of the rock there is an open chamber, into which one descends by twenty-two steps.
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Ibi Dominus orabat, ibi et Zacharias sacrificabat. Extra templum locus est, ubi Zacharias filius Barachiae interfectus est. Super saxum in medio templi pendet candela aurea, in qua est sanguis Christi, qui per petram scissam descendit. Contra meridiem autem non longe templum Salomonis, in quo habitauit, constructum est, in quo sunt portae uiginti quinque; intus habet columpnas trecentas sexaginta duo, et subtus non longe cunabula Christi et balneum eius et lectum sanctae dei genitricis. Subtus templum Domini ab oriente est porta speciosa, unde Dominus intrauit sedens super pullum asinae. Ibi et Petrus claudum sanauit.
主曾在那裡禱告，撒迦利亞也在那裡獻祭。在聖殿之外有一處地方，就是巴拉加的兒子撒迦利亞被殺之地。在聖殿中央的磐石之上懸著一盞金燈，其中盛有基督的寶血，這血曾從裂開的磐石中流下。向南不遠處，建有所羅門的宮殿，他曾住在其中，那裡有二十五座門；裡面有三百六十二根柱子，下面不遠處有基督的搖籃、祂的浴池，以及神聖母的床榻。在主的聖殿之下，東面有美門，主曾騎著驢駒從這門進入。彼得也在那裡治好了瘸腿的人。
There the Lord used to pray, and there too Zechariah used to offer sacrifice. Outside the temple is the place where Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, was slain. Upon the rock in the middle of the temple hangs a golden lamp, in which is the blood of Christ, which ran down through the cleft rock. Toward the south, not far off, was built the temple of Solomon, in which he dwelt, which has twenty-five gates; within it has three hundred and sixty-two columns, and below, not far away, are the cradle of Christ, his bath, and the bed of the holy Mother of God. Below the temple of the Lord, on the eastern side, is the Beautiful Gate, through which the Lord entered seated upon the foal of a donkey. There also Peter healed the lame man.
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Contra aquilonem est ecclesia sanctae Annae, ubi tribus annis beata Maria nutrita fuit. Prope uero est probatica piscina, quae . quinque porticus habet. Beda c. II a uerbis: (In uicinia templi Bethsaida piscina) usque ad uerba: 1 Unde putant ibi mediam esse terram.\' Anonymus: In ecclesia uero, quae dicitur sancta Syon, est thronus Iacobi fratris domini, qui iuxta templum sepultus est; in eo autem loco fundata est, ubi cenantibus apostolis post passionem hostiis clausis abparuit dominus. Prope uero illic est porta, de qua angelus Petrum eduxit.
向北是聖亞拿的教堂，蒙福的馬利亞曾在那裡受養育三年。附近有畢士大池，它有五個廊子。（出自比德第二章，從「在聖殿附近的畢士大池」這幾個字，直到「因此他們認為大地的中心就在那裡」這幾個字。）佚名作者：在那稱為聖錫安的教堂中，有主的兄弟雅各的座位，他被葬在聖殿附近；這教堂建立的地方，正是受難之後門徒用餐、門戶關著時，主向他們顯現之處。附近又有一道門，天使曾從這門領彼得出來。
Toward the north is the church of Saint Anne, where the blessed Mary was nourished for three years. Nearby is the Pool of Bethesda, which has five porches. (From Bede, chapter II, from the words: 'In the vicinity of the temple, the pool of Bethsaida,' down to the words: 'Whence they suppose the middle of the earth to be there.') Anonymous: In the church which is called holy Sion is the throne of James the brother of the Lord, who was buried near the temple; and it was founded in the place where, after the Passion, with the doors shut, the Lord appeared to the apostles as they were dining. And nearby is the gate through which the angel led Peter out.
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De templo uero, quem Salomon aedificauit, duae tantum pinnae permanent, quarum una, quae altior ualde est, ipsa est, in qua dominus temptatus est a diabolo, reliqua autem destructa sunt. In area uero Orne Iebusei templum constructum fuit. Prope autem portam effusus est sanguis Zachariae, filii Barachiae. Bedae c. III et IIII usque ad uerba: Habebat autem longi- tudinis octo pedes.\' Anonymus: Sudarium uero, cum quo Christus faciem suam extersit, quae ab aliis Veronyca dicitur, tempore Tiberii Caesaris Romae delatum est.
至於所羅門所建的聖殿，如今只剩下兩座尖頂；其中一座極高的，正是主被魔鬼試探之處，其餘的都已被毀。聖殿建在耶布斯人阿珥楠的禾場上。在門附近，巴拉加的兒子撒迦利亞的血曾傾流而出。（出自比德第三、四章，直到「它有八呎之長」這幾個字。）佚名作者：基督用以拭面的那塊手帕，別人稱之為「韋羅尼加」，曾在提庇留該撒的時代被帶往羅馬。
Of the temple which Solomon built, only two pinnacles remain, of which one, which is very high, is the very one on which the Lord was tempted by the devil; the rest, however, were destroyed. On the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite the temple was built. Near the gate the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, was poured out. (From Bede, chapters III and IV, down to the words: 'And it had a length of eight feet.') Anonymous: The cloth with which Christ wiped his face, which by others is called the Veronica, was brought to Rome in the time of Tiberius Caesar.
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Arundo uero, cum qua caput eius percussum est, et sandalia eius et lora, cum quibus ligatus est, et circumcisio eius et sanguis eius in basilica Constantiniana Romae uenerabiliter honorantur. Bedae c. IIII a uerbis: Aliud quoque aliquanto maius linteum\' usque ad finem, c. V, c. VL Anonymus: Trans torrentem Cedron est spelunca et super eam ecclesia in eo loco, ubi quinta feria post cenam Saluatorem ludaei comprehenderunt, qui locus est in capite uallis Iosaphat. In eadem uero ualle stetit palma unde pueri ramos tulerunt, quando clamauerunt Hosanna.
用以擊打祂頭的蘆葦，祂的鞋，以及捆綁祂的繩索，並祂受割禮的遺物與祂的血，都在羅馬君士坦丁的大殿中受到敬重的尊崇。（出自比德第四章，從「還有另一塊稍大的細麻布」這幾個字，直到末尾，第五、六章。）佚名作者：在汲淪溪對岸有一個洞穴，其上有一座教堂，地點是在受難後那一週第五日晚餐之後，猶太人捉拿救主之處；此地位於約沙法谷的盡頭。就在那山谷中曾立著一棵棕樹，孩童們高喊「和散那」時，從那樹上折下枝子。
The reed with which his head was struck, and his sandals, and the thongs with which he was bound, and the relic of his circumcision and his blood, are venerably honoured in the Constantinian basilica at Rome. (From Bede, chapter IV, from the words: 'Also another somewhat larger linen cloth,' down to the end, chapters V and VI.) Anonymous: Across the brook Kidron is a cave, and over it a church on the spot where, on the fifth day of the week after supper, the Jews seized the Saviour; this place is at the head of the valley of Jehoshaphat. In that same valley stood the palm tree from which the children took branches when they cried out 'Hosanna.'
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Item in monte Oliueti est spelunca et in ea altarium, bene lucida, in qua solebat Dominus docere discipulos suos, supra quam speluncam est sancta ecclesia grandis et non longe est martyrium sancti Stephani. Inde non longe est locus, ubi orauit dominus, quando factus est sudor eius sicut guttae sanguinis. In itinere autem Bethaniae uicus est, de quo adducta est asina. Bedae c. VII exceptis ultimis uerbis: Titulo nominis eius usque hodie designatum.\' Anonymus: Piscina uero, ubi exprobrauit Rabsaces, iuxta Bethleem est. Iuxta ostium autem speluncae puteus est, unde aquam concupiuit Dauid. In ualle etiam, quae in Bethleem est, sunt memoriae regum Iuda.
同樣在橄欖山上有一個洞穴，其中有一座非常明亮的祭壇，主常在那裡教導祂的門徒；在這洞穴之上有一座宏大的聖教堂，不遠處有聖司提反的殉道堂。離那裡不遠，就是主禱告之處，那時祂的汗如同血滴。在往伯大尼的路上，有一個村莊，那驢駒就是從那裡牽來的。（出自比德第七章，但末尾「直到今日仍以祂名號的銘記為標誌」這幾個字除外。）佚名作者：拉伯沙基出言侮辱之處的水池在伯利恆附近。在洞口旁有一口井，大衛曾渴望那井裡的水。在伯利恆的山谷中，也有猶大列王的紀念碑。
Likewise on the Mount of Olives is a cave, and in it a very bright altar, in which the Lord was wont to teach his disciples; above which cave is a great holy church, and not far off is the martyrium of Saint Stephen. Not far from there is the place where the Lord prayed when his sweat became like drops of blood. And on the road to Bethany is the village from which the donkey was brought. (From Bede, chapter VII, except the last words: 'Marked by the title of his name down to this day.') Anonymous: The pool where Rabshakeh reviled is near Bethlehem. And by the mouth of the cave is the well from which David longed for water. In the valley also which is at Bethlehem are the memorials of the kings of Judah.
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Non longe autem inde est ecclesia, quae appellatur Ad Pastores, ubi nunc est uiridarium grande, clausum parietibus diligenter per girum et est ibi spelunca lucidissima habens altarium in eo loco, ubi pastoribus, cum uigilias haberent, apparens angelus annunciauit eis Christi natiuitatem. In Anatho autem est turris, in qua lamentauit Ieremias propheta, distat autem ab Hierusalem miliario quarto. Miliario uero ab Hierusalem duodecimo est sepulcrum sancti Amos prophetae, qui locus appellatur Thecue. In quo itinere contra mons est, quem excauauit Erodes et fecit sibi palatium super heremum contra mare mortuum. In Thamnatsare est sepulcrum sancti Iesu filii Naue;
離那裡不遠，有一座稱為「在牧人處」的教堂，如今那裡有一座大園子，四圍以牆精心圍著，又有一個極其明亮的洞穴，在那洞中有一座祭壇，正設在牧人們守夜時，天使向他們顯現、宣告基督降生之處。在亞拿突有一座塔，先知耶利米曾在那裡哀哭，距耶路撒冷第四里程碑之遠。在離耶路撒冷第十二里程碑處，有聖先知阿摩司的墳墓，那地方稱為提哥亞。在這條路上，對面有一座山，希律曾將它鑿空，在曠野之上、面向死海，為自己建造宮殿。在亭拿西拉有聖約書亞、嫩的兒子的墳墓；
Not far from there is the church called 'At the Shepherds,' where there is now a great garden, carefully enclosed with walls all around, and there is a most luminous cave having an altar in the very place where, as the shepherds were keeping watch, an angel appearing announced to them the nativity of Christ. At Anathoth is a tower in which the prophet Jeremiah lamented; it is distant from Jerusalem by the fourth milestone. At the twelfth milestone from Jerusalem is the tomb of the holy prophet Amos, the place which is called Tekoa. On this road, opposite, is a mountain which Herod hollowed out and made himself a palace upon the wilderness over against the Dead Sea. At Timnath-serah is the tomb of the holy Joshua, son of Nun;
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ibi sunt et gladii petrini, unde circumcisi sunt filii Israel secundo; ecclesia uero ibi constructa est, distat autem ab Hierusalem miliariis uiginti. In alio autem monte ad miliarium secundum est ecclesia, ubi requiescunt corpora sanctorum Eleazari et Finees. Miliario uero nono ab Hierusalem in loco, qui dicitur Cariathiarim, ubi fuit archa domini, ecclesia illuc constructa est. Bedae c. VIII . Anonymus: In uicesimo autem quarto miliario ab Hierusalem iuxta Ebron est fons, in quo baptizauit Philippus apostolus et euangelista eunuchum Candacis reginae.
那裡也有那些火石刀，以色列人曾第二次用它們受割禮；那裡建有一座教堂，距耶路撒冷二十里程碑之遠。在另一座山的第二里程碑處，有一座教堂，聖以利亞撒和非尼哈的遺體安息在那裡。在離耶路撒冷第九里程碑、稱為基列耶琳之處，就是主的約櫃曾安放之地，那裡建了一座教堂。（比德第八章。）佚名作者：在離耶路撒冷第二十四里程碑、希伯崙附近，有一泉源，使徒兼傳福音者腓利曾在那裡為甘大基女王的太監施洗。
there also are the flint knives with which the children of Israel were circumcised the second time; a church was built there, and it is distant from Jerusalem by twenty milestones. On another mountain at the second milestone is a church where rest the bodies of the saints Eleazar and Phinehas. At the ninth milestone from Jerusalem, in the place called Kiriath-jearim, where the Ark of the Lord once was, a church has been built there. (Bede, chapter VIII.) Anonymous: At the twenty-fourth milestone from Jerusalem, near Hebron, is the fountain in which the apostle and evangelist Philip baptized the eunuch of Candace the queen.
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In loco uero, qui appellatur Terebinthus, ubi apparuerunt tres angeli Abrahae, est puteus Abrahae optimus et speluncae duae lucidissimae, ubi habitauit; nam et altarium ibi positum est et ante se ecclesiam habet. Non longe autem inde mons est, usque quo deduxit Abraham angelos euntes in Sodomis. Intus uero in Ebron domus consistit Dauid, unde adhuc aliqua pars stat; nam cubiculum, ubi mansit, usque hodie ibi ad orationem curritur. Non longe autem ab Ebron ad passus trecentos in loco, qui dicitur Abramiri, est domus Iacobi, ubi ecclesia sine tecto constructa est. Inde uero ad passus quinquaginta est sepulchrum sancti Chaleph.
在稱為篤耨香樹之處，就是三位天使向亞伯拉罕顯現的地方，有亞伯拉罕極好的井，以及他曾居住的兩個極其明亮的洞穴；那裡也設有一座祭壇，祭壇前有一座教堂。離那裡不遠有一座山，亞伯拉罕曾送那些往所多瑪去的天使到那山為止。在希伯崙城內，立著大衛的房屋，至今尚有一部分存留；因為他居住過的內室，直到今日人們仍前往那裡禱告。離希伯崙不遠，約三百步之處，在稱為亞伯拉米里的地方，有雅各的房屋，那裡建有一座無頂的教堂。從那裡再走五十步，有聖迦勒的墳墓。
In the place called Terebinth, where the three angels appeared to Abraham, is Abraham's excellent well and two most luminous caves where he dwelt; for there too an altar is set, and before it there is a church. Not far from there is the mountain as far as which Abraham escorted the angels as they went to Sodom. Within Hebron stands the house of David, of which some part still stands; for the chamber in which he stayed is still resorted to there for prayer to this day. And not far from Hebron, at three hundred paces, in the place called Abramiri, is the house of Jacob, where a roofless church has been built. And from there, at fifty paces, is the tomb of the holy Caleb.
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Item Abramiri uinea est, in qua est spelunca, ubi requiescunt corpora undecim filiorum Iacob; ossa autem Ioseph separatim sepulta in sua ecclesia sunt. Non longe uero ab Ebron est sepulchrum Abner filii Ner. Bedae c. VIIII, X, XI, XII, XIII . Anonymus: Qui autem ad Iordanem ire ab Hierusalem desiderat, per montem Oliueti descendit. A monte Oliueti Christus ascendit ad celum et ibi fecit Pater noster. Mons autem Syon a meridie est; ibi obiit sancta Maria et ibi dominus coenauit cum discipulis suis et ibi misit spiritum sanctum super discipulos. In ecclesia uero, quae est in Bethleem, est mensa, in qua comedit sancta Maria cum tribus regibus Christum dei filium requirentibus.
同樣在亞伯拉米里有一個葡萄園，園中有一個洞穴，雅各十一個兒子的遺體安息在那裡；但約瑟的骨頭則另葬於他們自己的教堂中。離希伯崙不遠，有尼珥的兒子押尼珥的墳墓。（比德第九、十、十一、十二、十三章。）佚名作者：凡想從耶路撒冷往約旦河去的人，須經橄欖山下去。基督從橄欖山升天，並在那裡作了「我們的父」這禱告。錫安山在南面；聖馬利亞在那裡離世，主在那裡與門徒共進晚餐，並在那裡將聖靈降在門徒身上。在伯利恆的教堂中，有一張桌子，聖馬利亞曾與三位尋找神子基督的君王在那桌上同席。
Likewise at Abramiri is a vineyard, in which is a cave where rest the bodies of the eleven sons of Jacob; but the bones of Joseph are buried separately in their own church. Not far from Hebron is the tomb of Abner, son of Ner. (Bede, chapters IX, X, XI, XII, XIII.) Anonymous: Whoever desires to go from Jerusalem to the Jordan descends by the Mount of Olives. From the Mount of Olives Christ ascended to heaven, and there he made the 'Our Father.' Mount Sion is on the south; there holy Mary died, and there the Lord supped with his disciples, and there he sent the Holy Spirit upon the disciples. In the church which is at Bethlehem is the table at which holy Mary ate with the three kings who sought Christ the Son of God.
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Columpnae sunt intus ipsam ecclesiam sexaginta quadtuor; ibi requiescunt pueri pro Christo ab Erode interfecti. Fundamenta uero murorum urbis Iericho, quos subuertit Iesus filius Naue adhuc ex parte parent. Arbor uero sycomori, in qua ascendit Zacheus, stat iuxta domum Raab. Non longe autem ab Iericho est locus, unde Helias raptus est in celum. Trans Iordanem uero sunt montes excelsi ualde, inter quos est altior unus, qui uocatur Nabau, in quo ascendit Moyses, quando uidit terram repromissionis, et mortuus est. Gabaon non longe est ab Hierusalem, quam expugnauit Iesus. Emmaus autem, ubi dominus cum discipulis suis post resurrectionem comedit, sexaginta stadiis ab Hierusolimis distat.
在這教堂裡有六十四根柱子；那些被希律為基督的緣故所殺的孩童安息在此。耶利哥城牆的根基，就是嫩的兒子約書亞所傾覆的，至今仍有部分顯現。撒該所爬上的那棵桑樹，立在喇合的房屋旁邊。離耶利哥不遠，有一處地方，以利亞曾從那裡被提到天上去。在約旦河對岸有極高的山，其中有一座更高的，名叫尼波，摩西曾登上那山，看見應許之地，然後死去。約書亞所攻取的基遍離耶路撒冷不遠。至於以馬忤斯，就是主復活後與門徒同席用飯之處，距耶路撒冷六十斯塔德之遠。
Within the church itself are sixty-four columns; there rest the children slain for Christ by Herod. The foundations of the walls of the city of Jericho, which Joshua, son of Nun, overthrew, still appear in part. The sycamore tree into which Zacchaeus climbed stands beside the house of Rahab. And not far from Jericho is the place from which Elijah was caught up into heaven. Across the Jordan are very high mountains, among which one is higher, called Nebo, onto which Moses climbed when he saw the land of promise, and died. Gibeon, which Joshua conquered, is not far from Jerusalem. And Emmaus, where the Lord ate with his disciples after the resurrection, is distant sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
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In turre autem Cades domus fuit Iacob, cuius fundamenta usque hodie parent. In Galilea autem est uilla Some, de qua fuit Abisac Sunamitis et mulier, in cuius domo mansit Elyseus, quae domus usque hodie permanet. A monte uero Hermon, qui excelsus ualde est, omnis Galilea uidetur, * in quibus nichil pulchrius est; nam cum sit planities grandis, aliud nichil est nisi uineae et oliueta. Ibi autem ager est, in quo Dominus cum discipulis suis comedit; ibi lapis est, in quo cubitum fixit Dominus, qui usque hodie uidetur. Non longe uero ab eodem monte fons est, quem Saluator benedixit, qui fons ad omnes infirmitates ualet.
在基低斯的塔中曾有雅各的房屋，其根基至今仍顯現。在加利利有書念的村莊，書念婦人亞比煞即出自那裡，以利沙曾住在某婦人家中，那房屋至今仍存留。從極高的黑門山，可以望見整個加利利，沒有甚麼比它更美麗的了；因為它雖是一片大平原，那裡卻別無他物，唯有葡萄園與橄欖園。那裡有一塊田地，主曾與門徒在其中用飯；那裡有一塊石頭，主曾將肘倚在其上，至今仍可看見。離那同一座山不遠，有一泉源，是救主所祝福的，這泉對一切疾病都有功效。
In the tower of Kedesh was the house of Jacob, whose foundations still appear to this day. In Galilee is the village of Shunem, from which came Abishag the Shunammite, and the woman in whose house Elisha stayed, which house remains to this day. From Mount Hermon, which is exceedingly high, all Galilee can be seen, than which nothing is more beautiful; for though it is a great plain, there is nothing else there but vineyards and olive-groves. There is a field in which the Lord ate with his disciples; there is a stone on which the Lord pressed his elbow, which can be seen to this day. And not far from that same mountain is a spring which the Saviour blessed, which spring avails against all infirmities.
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In uilla uero Naym in domo uiduae, cuius filius resuscitatus est, nunc ecclesia est; sepultura autem, in qua ponere eum uolebant, usque hodie est. In Nazara uero est hortus, ubi Dominus fuit, postquam reuersus est de Egypto. Bedae c. XIII . Anonymus: Duo autem miliaria ecclesia ista distat ab eadem uilla, quae olim dicta est Sychem. A longe uero ab eadem ecclesia passus quingentos est ecclesia, in qua requiescit sanctus Ioseph. Bedae c. XV . Anonymus: Spelunca uero, in qua habitauit, magna est et lucidissima, ubi est positum altarium, et ibi intra ipsam speluncam est locus, unde aquam tollebat. In eadem autem ciuitate, ubi fuit synagoga, nunc est ecclesia, ubi dominus legit librum Ysaiae.
在拿因村，那寡婦的兒子被救活的房屋中，如今有一座教堂；他們曾想將他安放的那墳墓，至今仍存留。在拿撒勒有一座園子，主從埃及回來之後曾在那裡。（比德第十三章。）佚名作者：那座教堂距曾名為示劍的同一村莊有兩里之遠。離那教堂稍遠、約五百步處，有一座教堂，聖約瑟安息在其中。（比德第十五章。）佚名作者：他所居住的洞穴宏大而極其明亮，那裡設有一座祭壇；就在那洞穴之內，有一處他曾從那裡取水之地。在那同一座城中，會堂曾在之處，如今有一座教堂，主曾在那裡讀以賽亞的書卷。
In the village of Nain, in the house of the widow whose son was raised up, there is now a church; and the tomb in which they wished to lay him still exists to this day. At Nazareth is a garden where the Lord was after he returned from Egypt. (Bede, chapter XIII.) Anonymous: That church is distant two miles from the same village which was once called Shechem. And far from that church, at five hundred paces, is a church in which rests Saint Joseph. (Bede, chapter XV.) Anonymous: The cave in which he dwelt is great and most luminous, where an altar is set; and there, within the cave itself, is the place from which he drew water. And in that same city, where the synagogue was, there is now a church where the Lord read the book of Isaiah.
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Foris autem castellum fons est, unde aquam sumebat Maria. Bedae c. XVI . Anonymus: Valde autem est excelsior et altior quam Hermon; nam et Galilea omnis et mare Tyberiadis inde apparet; contra se uero positi sunt montes utrique. In Endor est domus pythonissae, ad quam fuit Saul nocte, de qua domo adhuc fundamenta parent. In Tyberiadis in eo loco nunc ecclesia est, in qua domus fuit apostolorum Iacobi et Iohannis. Ibi etiam iuxta mare Tyberiadis est, super quam dominus pedibus ambulauit. In Capharnaum autem ex domo apostolorum principis ecclesia facta est, cuius parietes usque hodie ita stant, sicut fuerunt. Ibi paraliticum Dominus curauit.
村外有一泉源，馬利亞常從那裡取水。（比德第十六章。）佚名作者：它比黑門山遠為崇高、遠為高聳；因為從那裡可望見整個加利利和提比哩亞海；對面兩側都立著群山。在隱多珥有那行巫術婦人的房屋，掃羅曾在夜間到她那裡去，那房屋的根基至今仍顯現。在提比哩亞，如今在使徒雅各和約翰的房屋曾在之處，有一座教堂。在提比哩亞海旁也有一處，主曾用腳行走在水面上。在迦百農，使徒之首的房屋已改建成一座教堂，其牆壁至今仍如原樣站立。主曾在那裡治好癱子。
Outside the village is a spring from which Mary used to draw water. (Bede, chapter XVI.) Anonymous: It is far loftier and higher than Hermon; for from there appear all Galilee and the Sea of Tiberias; and over against it on both sides are set mountains. At Endor is the house of the witch, to whom Saul came by night, of which house the foundations still appear. At Tiberias there is now a church in the place where the house of the apostles James and John was. There also, beside the Sea of Tiberias, is the place upon which the Lord walked with his feet. At Capernaum, out of the house of the prince of the apostles, a church has been made, whose walls stand to this day just as they were. There the Lord healed the paralytic.
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Illuc est et synagoga, in qua Dominus daemoniacum curauit, ad quam per gradus multos ascenditur; quae synagoga ei lapidibus quadratis est facta. Non longe autem inde cernuntur gradus lapidei, super quos Dominus stetit. Ibidem uero super mare est campus herbosus, habens foenum satis et arbores palmarum multas et iuxta eas septem fontes, qui singuli infinitam aquam emittunt, in quo campo Dominus de quinque -Į>panibus et duobus piscibus populum satiauit. Sane lapis, super quem Dominus panem posuit, est factum altarium, de quo lapide nunc frustra tollunt uenientes pro salute sibi et prodest omnibus. Iuxta cuius ecclesiae parietes uia publica transit, ubi Mattheus apostolus theloneum habuit.
那裡也有一座會堂，主曾在其中治好被鬼附的人，要登上去須經許多台階；這會堂是用方石為祂所建。離那裡不遠，可見一些石階，主曾站立其上。在同一處、海面之上，有一片青草地，乾草充足，棕樹眾多，旁邊有七個泉源，各湧出無盡的水；主曾在這片田地上用五個餅、兩條魚使眾人吃飽。主曾將餅放在其上的那塊石頭，確已被造成一座祭壇，前來的人如今從這石頭上掰下碎塊，為自己的得救，這對眾人都有益處。在這教堂的牆旁有公路經過，使徒馬太曾在那裡設稅關。
There too is the synagogue in which the Lord healed the demoniac, to which one ascends by many steps; this synagogue is built for him of squared stones. Not far from there one sees stone steps upon which the Lord stood. In the same place, above the sea, is a grassy field with plenty of hay and many palm trees, and beside them seven springs, each of which pours out boundless water; in this field the Lord satisfied the people with five loaves and two fishes. Indeed the stone upon which the Lord set the bread has been made an altar, and from this stone those who come now break off fragments for their salvation, and it profits all. Beside the walls of this church passes the public road, where the apostle Matthew had his toll-booth.
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Inde in montem, qui iuxta est, est specula, in qua ascendens beatitudines dixit Saluator. Non longe autem inde est synagoga, quam Saluator maledixit; nam cum transiret Saluator et illam ludaei fabricarent, interrogauit eos dicens: \'Quid facitis?\' et illi: \'Nihil\'. Et Dominus: (Ergo si nihil est, quod facitis, nihil erit semper\\ Quod usque hodie ita permanet. Postmodum enim, quotiens uoluerunt illam Iudaei fabricare, quidquid per diem faciebant, per noctem diruebatur et mane semper in ea mensura inueniebatur fabrica eius, in qua fuerat tunc, quando maledicta est. Inde autem non longe sunt montes Gelboe, ubi est et uicus Gebus, ubi mortui sunt Saul et Ionathas.
從那裡到附近的山上，有一座瞭望台，救主曾登上其上，講說八福。離那裡不遠，有一座會堂，是救主所咒詛的；因為當救主經過、猶太人正在建造它時，祂問他們說：「你們在做甚麼？」他們說：「沒甚麼。」主便說：「那麼，既然你們所做的算不得甚麼，它就永遠算不得甚麼。」於是直到今日仍是如此。因為此後，猶太人無論幾次想要建造它，他們白天所造的，到夜間就被拆毀，到了早晨，那建築總是停留在被咒詛時的同樣尺寸。離那裡不遠，是基利波山，那裡也有基比亞村，掃羅和約拿單就死在那裡。
From there, on the mountain which is nearby, is a watchtower upon which, ascending, the Saviour spoke the Beatitudes. Not far from there is the synagogue which the Saviour cursed; for when the Saviour was passing by and the Jews were building it, he asked them, saying: 'What are you doing?' and they: 'Nothing.' And the Lord said: 'Therefore, if it is nothing that you are doing, it shall be nothing forever.' And so it remains to this day. For afterward, however often the Jews wished to build it, whatever they made by day was torn down by night, and in the morning the building was always found in the same measure as it had been then, when it was cursed. And from there, not far off, are the mountains of Gilboa, where also is the village of Gibea, where Saul and Jonathan died.
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In Iezrael autem uinea, quae fuit Naboth, nunc puteus tantum est; ibi et fundamenta turris usque hodie apparent. Sepulchrum uero Iezabel usque hodie ab omnibus lapidatur. Non longe autem a ciuitate est mons, in quo sedit Helias propheta, quando eum persequebatur Iezabel. A longe autem est pars montis Carmeli; est locus, ubi Helias altarium Domini consecrauit. Sebastia, quae olim Samaria dicta est, continet ecclesiam, in qua requiescit corpus sancti Iohannis baptistae et Helisei et Abdiae. In secundo autem miliario mons est altissimus, in quo sunt duae speluncae lucidissimae, in quarum una absconditi sunt prophetae sub Iezabel, in altera autem sedit sanctus Helias.
在耶斯列，那曾屬拿伯的葡萄園如今只剩一口井；那裡塔樓的根基至今仍顯現。耶洗別的墳墓直到今日仍被眾人投以石塊。離城不遠有一座山，先知以利亞曾在耶洗別逼迫他時坐在其上。遠處是迦密山的一部分；那裡有以利亞為主獻立祭壇之處。撒瑪利亞曾名撒瑪利亞、今名西巴斯提，其中有一座教堂，施洗約翰的遺體、以利沙與俄巴底亞的遺體都安息在那裡。在第二里程碑處有一座極高的山，山上有兩個極其明亮的洞穴，其一是眾先知在耶洗別手下藏匿之處，另一處則是聖以利亞曾坐之地。
At Jezreel the vineyard which had been Naboth's is now only a well; there too the foundations of the tower appear to this day. The tomb of Jezebel is stoned by all even to this day. Not far from the city is a mountain on which the prophet Elijah sat when Jezebel was persecuting him. Far off is part of Mount Carmel; there is the place where Elijah consecrated an altar to the Lord. Sebaste, which was once called Samaria, contains a church in which rest the body of Saint John the Baptist, and of Elisha, and of Obadiah. At the second milestone is a very high mountain on which are two most luminous caves, in one of which the prophets were hidden under Jezebel, and in the other holy Elijah sat.
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Miliario autem uigesimo a Sychem est templum destructum in Silo, ubi est et sepulchrum Heli sacerdotis. In Bethel autem, ubi constructa est ecclesia in eo loco, ubi Iacob, dum iret in Mesopotamiam, uidit scalam in celum usque tendentem, ibi est etiam et sepulchrum prophetae, qui prophetauit aduersus Ieroboam. Miliario autem uicesimo secundo ab Hierusolimis inter Socchot Iudaeae et inter Zecara Mahel occidit Dauid Goliam Philisteum. In Eleutheropoli autem loco Bycoyca, in qua est sepulchrum Abacuc prophetae.
在離示劍第二十里程碑處，有一座被毀的聖殿，在示羅，那裡也有祭司以利的墳墓。在伯特利，那裡建有一座教堂，正在雅各往美索不達米亞去時看見直通到天的梯子之處；那裡也有那向耶羅波安說預言的先知的墳墓。在離耶路撒冷第二十二里程碑處，在猶大的梭哥與瑪黑的亞西加之間，大衛擊殺了非利士人歌利亞。在以流特羅波利，在比可益卡之處，有先知哈巴谷的墳墓。
At the twentieth milestone from Shechem is the temple, destroyed, at Shiloh, where also is the tomb of Eli the priest. At Bethel, where a church has been built in the place where Jacob, as he was going into Mesopotamia, saw the ladder stretching up to heaven, there too is the tomb of the prophet who prophesied against Jeroboam. At the twenty-second milestone from Jerusalem, between Socoh of Judaea and Azekah of Mahel, David slew Goliath the Philistine. At Eleutheropolis, in the place Bycoyca, is the tomb of the prophet Habakkuk.
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Ab Eleutheropoli autem quintodecimo miliario est sepulchrum sancti Hesdrae prophetae in loco, qui dicitur Asoa, et in miliario tertio in loco, qui dicitur Chariassati, quod ante dictum est autem Morastites, est sepulchrum sancti Micheae prophetae. Taphnis est posita super ripam fluminis Nili; ibi est palatium Pharaonis, ubi sanctus Moyses pro filio filiae Pharaonis habebatur; ibi etiam et capitanei sunt, ubi sanctus Moyses coram Pharaone mirabilia fecit. Bedae c. XVIII . Anonymus: Memphis uero adhuc palatium continet, ubi sanctus Ioseph frequenter ingrediebatur. Inde ad miliarium sextum contra ripam fluminis Nili est thronus Moysi et Aaron;
在離以流特羅波利第十五里程碑處，有聖先知以斯拉的墳墓，在稱為亞索亞之地；又在第三里程碑、稱為迦利亞撒提之處（此處從前名叫摩利沙），有聖先知彌迦的墳墓。瑣安設在尼羅河岸上；那裡有法老的宮殿，聖摩西曾在那裡被當作法老女兒的兒子；那裡也有眾首領，聖摩西曾在法老面前行神蹟之處。（比德第十八章。）佚名作者：孟斐斯至今仍有一座宮殿，聖約瑟曾常進入其中。從那裡到第六里程碑、尼羅河岸對面，有摩西和亞倫的座位；
And at the fifteenth milestone from Eleutheropolis is the tomb of the holy prophet Ezra, in the place called Asoa; and at the third milestone, in the place called Chariassati, which formerly was called Morasthi, is the tomb of the holy prophet Micah. Tanis is set upon the bank of the river Nile; there is the palace of Pharaoh, where holy Moses was held as the son of Pharaoh's daughter; there too are the chief men, where holy Moses worked wonders before Pharaoh. (Bede, chapter XVIII.) Anonymous: Memphis still contains a palace, into which holy Joseph frequently entered. From there, at the sixth milestone, over against the bank of the river Nile, is the throne of Moses and Aaron;
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sunt autem praedicti throni in monte excelso, ubi sunt duae turriculae, quae per gradus plurimos ascenduntur; una earum habuit tectum, alia autem sine tecto est. Ibi ascendebat Moyses, quando loquebatur filiis Israhel, cum deprimerentur, in alia uero orabat. Subtus autem in circuitu campus est, ubi filii Israhel lateres faciebant. Inde autem ad mille passus uilla est supra ripam fluminis, ubi sancta Maria cum Domino fuit, quando in Egyptum perrexit. Inter Memphis uero et Babilonia milia sunt duodecim, ubi sunt pyramides plurimae, quas fecit Ioseph ad frumenta recondenda. Eliopolis distat a Babilonia milia duodecim. In medio autem huius ciuitatis est campus ingens.
上述的座位是在一座高山上，那裡有兩座小塔，要登上去須經許多台階；其中一座有屋頂，另一座則無屋頂。摩西當以色列人受欺壓、他向他們說話時，常登上那有頂的塔，而在另一座塔上禱告。下面四圍是一片平原，以色列人曾在那裡做磚。從那裡到一千步處，在河岸上方有一個村莊，聖馬利亞往埃及去時曾與主在那裡停留。孟斐斯與巴比倫之間有十二里，那裡有許多金字塔，是約瑟為儲存糧食所造。希利波利距巴比倫十二里。在這城的中央有一片廣大的田地，
and these aforesaid thrones are on a high mountain, where there are two little towers, which are ascended by very many steps; one of them had a roof, but the other is without a roof. There Moses used to ascend when he spoke to the children of Israel as they were being oppressed, and in the other he prayed. Below, round about, is a plain where the children of Israel made bricks. And from there, at a thousand paces, is a village above the bank of the river, where holy Mary stayed with the Lord when she went into Egypt. Between Memphis and Babylon there are twelve miles, where there are very many pyramids which Joseph made for storing grain. Heliopolis is distant from Babylon twelve miles. In the middle of this city is a huge field,
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in quo est templum Solis, et ibi est domus Petefrae. Inter domum autem Petefrae et templum est domus Asennec. Murus autem interior intra ciuitatem est antiquior lapideusque * tantummodo templum cum domo Asennec et domo Petefrae. Ibi uero est et uiridarium Solis, ubi columna est grandis, quae appellatur Bomon, in qua Phoenix post quingentos annos residere consueuit. Egyptus autem cum sit ubertissima, loca tamen, quae tenuerunt filii Israhel, sunt meliora. Pars Arabiae, quae iungitur Palestinae, inaccessibile iter habet; nam licet mansionibus quindecim a... eat, loca tamen ipsa sine aqua sunt. Ab Hierusalem autem usque ad montem sanctum Syna sunt mansiones uiginti duo.
其中有太陽神廟，那裡也有波提乏的房屋。在波提乏的房屋與神廟之間，有亞西納的房屋。城中的內牆較為古老，是石造的，只圍著那神廟、亞西納的房屋與波提乏的房屋。那裡也有太陽的園子，園中有一根大柱，名叫波蒙，那不死鳥每隔五百年常停棲其上。埃及雖然極其肥沃，以色列人所佔之地卻更為美好。亞拉伯與巴勒斯坦相連的那一部分，道路難以通行；因為人雖可走十五個驛站，那些地方卻沒有水。從耶路撒冷到聖山西奈，有二十二個驛站。
in which is the temple of the Sun, and there is the house of Potiphar. Between the house of Potiphar and the temple is the house of Asenath. The inner wall within the city is more ancient and of stone, enclosing only the temple together with the house of Asenath and the house of Potiphar. There too is the garden of the Sun, where there is a great column called Bomon, on which the Phoenix was wont to alight after five hundred years. Although Egypt is most fertile, yet the places which the children of Israel held are better. The part of Arabia which is joined to Palestine has an inaccessible road; for although one may travel fifteen stages, yet those very places are without water. From Jerusalem to the holy mount Sinai there are twenty-two stages.
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Pelusius uero metropolis est prouinciae Augustamnicae, Augustamnica autem prouincia in Egypto est. A Pelusio autem usque ad montem Syna sunt mansiones duodecim. Antequam uero peruenias ad\' montem sanctum Syna, occurrit castrum Clesma super mare rubrum, ubi filii Israhel sicco pede transierunt mare. Vestigia autem currus Pharaonis in mediis arenis parent usque in sempiternum. Rotae autem ipsae inter se multo plus habent quam currus temporis nostri, qui nunc in Romano imperio fiunt; nam inter rotam et rotam uiginti et quatuor pedes seu amplius fuerunt, orbitae autem ipsae habent binos pedes in lato.
比路西是奧古斯坦尼加省的省會，而奧古斯坦尼加省位於埃及。從比路西到西奈山有十二個驛站。但你尚未到達聖山西奈之前，會在紅海邊遇見克勒斯瑪堡壘，以色列人曾在那裡腳不沾水地過海。法老戰車的轍跡至今永遠顯現在沙中。那些車輪彼此相距，比我們這時代如今在羅馬帝國所造的戰車寬闊得多；因為輪與輪之間有二十四呎或更多，而車轍本身有兩呎之寬。
Pelusium is the metropolis of the province of Augustamnica, and the province of Augustamnica is in Egypt. From Pelusium to Mount Sinai there are twelve stages. But before you reach the holy mount Sinai, you come upon the fort of Clysma upon the Red Sea, where the children of Israel crossed the sea dry-shod. The tracks of Pharaoh's chariot appear in the midst of the sands forever. The very wheels are much wider apart from one another than the chariots of our time which are now made in the Roman empire; for between wheel and wheel there were twenty-four feet or more, and the ruts themselves are two feet in width.
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Vestigia uero currus Pharaonis usque ad mare accedunt, ubi tamen ingressus est in mare, dum uult filios Israhel comprehendere. In eo autem loco, in quo ingressi sunt filii Israhel in mare, id est, quousque Pharaonis orbitae parent in hodie, duo signa posita sunt, unum in dextro et aliud in sinistro, item ac si columellae factae sunt. Locus autem ipse non longe a castro est, id est de Clesma. Clesma autem ipsa in ripa est, id est super mare; nam portus est ibi clausus, qui intro castro ingreditur mare, qui portus mittit ad Indiam uel excipit uenientes naues de India; alibi enim nusquam in Romano solo accessum habent naues de India nisi ibi. Naues autem ibi et multae et ingentes sunt;
法老戰車的轍跡一直延伸到海邊，正是他想要捉拿以色列人而進入海中之處。在以色列人進入海中之處——即直到今日法老的車轍仍顯現之處——立有兩個記號，一個在右，一個在左，造得彷彿小柱一般。這地方離堡壘——就是克勒斯瑪——不遠。克勒斯瑪本身在岸上，即在海邊；因為那裡有一個封閉的港口，海水經由它進入堡壘之內，這港口將船隻送往印度，或接收從印度來的船；因為在羅馬領土上，從印度來的船除了那裡之外，別無他處可以通達。那裡的船既多且巨；
The tracks of Pharaoh's chariot reach as far as the sea, at the very point where he entered into the sea while wishing to seize the children of Israel. In the place where the children of Israel entered the sea, that is, as far as Pharaoh's ruts appear to this day, two signs have been set up, one on the right and the other on the left, made as it were like little columns. The place itself is not far from the fort, that is, from Clysma. And Clysma itself is on the shore, that is, upon the sea; for there is an enclosed harbour there, through which the sea enters into the fort, which harbour sends ships to India or receives ships coming from India; for nowhere else on Roman soil do ships from India have access except there. And the ships there are both many and huge;
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quare portus famosus est pro aduenientibus ibi mercatoribus de India. Nam et ille agens in rebus, quem logotetem appellant, id est, qui singulis annis legatus ad Indiam uadit iussu imperatoris Romani, ibi ergo sedes habet, et naues ipsius ibi stant. Hic est locus, ubi peruenerunt filii Israhel fugientes a Faraone, quando de Egypto profecti sunt; hoc autem castrum postmodum ibi positum est pro defensione et disciplina pro incursione Saracenorum. Locus autem ipse talis est, ubi totum heremi sint, id est campi arenosi, excepto monte illo uno, qui incumbit in mari, in cuius montis latere ex aduerso conligitur marmor porphyreticum;
因此這港口因從印度來此的商人而著名。因為連那位他們稱為「邏各特」的官員——即奉羅馬皇帝之命每年往印度去的使節——也在那裡設有他的駐所，他的船隻也停在那裡。這就是以色列人從法老面前逃跑、從埃及出發時所到達之處；而這堡壘是後來設在那裡，為要防禦並維持秩序，抵擋撒拉森人的侵襲。這地方的情形是全然曠野，即沙質的平原，唯有那一座俯臨海面的山例外，在那山的另一側可採集斑岩大理石；
wherefore the harbour is famous on account of the merchants coming there from India. For even that official whom they call the logothete, that is, the legate who every year goes to India by command of the Roman emperor, has his seat there, and his ships stand there. This is the place where the children of Israel arrived as they fled from Pharaoh, when they set out from Egypt; and this fort was afterward set there for defence and good order against the incursion of the Saracens. The place itself is such that it is all wilderness, that is, sandy plains, except for that one mountain which overhangs the sea, on the side of which, opposite, porphyry marble is gathered;
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nam ex eo dicitur appellari mare rubrum, quod hic mons, qui per spatium grande super mare rubrum iacet, rosseum lapidem habeat uel porphyreticum, nam et ipse mons quasi rosseo colore est. Qui tamen mons fuit in dextro filiis Israhel fugientibus de Egypto, ubi tamen coeperunt se ad mare appropinquare; nam uenientibus de Egypto ad dexteram partem ipse mons est erectus ualde et excelsus satis ac si paries, quem putes manu hominum excisum esse. Ipse autem mons aridus est penitus, ita ut nec fruticem in se habeat. Filii autem Israhel exeuntes de Ramesse primum per medias arenas errando ambulauerunt;
因為據說紅海之名即由此而來，蓋這座橫亙在紅海之上廣大地帶的山，有紅色的石頭，或斑岩，而這山本身彷彿是紅色的。然而這山位於以色列人從埃及逃跑時的右邊，正是他們開始接近海處；因為對於從埃及來的人，在右側這山極其陡峭地聳起，相當高聳，宛如一道牆，你會以為是人手所鑿。這山本身全然乾旱，以致連一棵灌木都沒有。以色列人從蘭塞出來，起初在沙地之中迷途而行；
for from this, it is said, the Red Sea takes its name, because this mountain, which lies over a great expanse above the Red Sea, has reddish stone, or porphyry, for the mountain itself is as it were of a reddish colour. This mountain, however, was on the right of the children of Israel as they fled from Egypt, where they had begun to approach the sea; for to those coming from Egypt, on the right side, this mountain rises up very steeply and is high enough, like a wall, which you would think had been cut by the hand of men. The mountain itself is utterly barren, so that it has not even a shrub upon it. But the children of Israel, going out from Rameses, first wandered through the midst of the sands;
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cum uero ad mare rubrum appropiauerunt, tunc mons, de dextro illis qui apparebat, in proximo factus est; et iungentes se ipsi monti perueniunt ad mare, latus autem montis illius excelsi de dextro illis ueniebat et mare de sinistro; tunc subito euntibus eis ante ipsos apparuit locus ipse, ubi mons in mare iungebat, immo ingrediebatur, ut promontoria faciunt. Campus autem ipse, ubi filii Israhel nocte illa manserunt cum Moyse. infinitus est et planities eius ingens. Distat uero locus, ubi incumbit mons in mare, a castro Clesma passus quingentos. Inter castrum autem et ipsum montem medius est locus a promontorio montis, ubi ingressi sunt filii Israhel in mare et Pharao post eos.
但當他們接近紅海時，那在他們右邊顯現的山就臨近了；他們緊靠著那山，到了海邊，那高山的側面從他們右邊延伸過來，海則在他們左邊；於是他們行走間，忽然在他們面前出現了那山與海相接、或更確切地說伸入海中之處，正如岬角一般。以色列人那一夜與摩西停留的那片田地是無邊無際的，其平原極為廣闊。那山倚入海中之處，距克勒斯瑪堡壘五百步之遠。在堡壘與那山之間，由山的岬角算起，是以色列人進入海中、法老隨後而入的中間地帶。
but when they had approached the Red Sea, then the mountain which appeared to them on the right drew near at hand; and joining themselves to the mountain, they come to the sea, while the side of that high mountain came on their right and the sea on their left; then suddenly, as they went, there appeared before them that very place where the mountain joined the sea, or rather entered into it, as headlands do. And the field itself, where the children of Israel stayed that night with Moses, is boundless, and its plain is vast. The place where the mountain leans into the sea is distant five hundred paces from the fort of Clysma. Between the fort and the mountain itself is the place midway from the headland of the mountain, where the children of Israel entered the sea, and Pharaoh after them.
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Traiectus autem, ubi transierunt sicco pede mare rubrum, habet octo milia passus in lato. Mare autem rubrum non ob hoc habet nomen, quia rubra est aqua aut turbulenta, sed adeo est limpidus et perlustris et frigidus ac si mare Oceanus. Ibi elecesse nimii saporis et suauitatis sunt. Omne autem genus piscium in eodem mare sunt tanti saporis ut pisces maris Italici. Deinde omnia, quaecunque de mare desiderari solent, illic ad cibum habundant. Ibi sunt bucchinae et conchylii diuersa genera, sfondili uero et cocleae diuersae et ingentes; per litus autem eius diuersae res iacent, sed maiores et pulchriores quam in nullo mari.
他們腳不沾水地過紅海之處，寬有八里。紅海得名並非因為它的水是紅的或渾濁，反倒它是如同大洋海一般清澈、明亮而清涼。那裡的魚味道與甘美都極為出眾。那海中各樣的魚，味道之美如同義大利海中的魚。此外，凡人們通常向海所求作食物之物，那裡都豐豐富富。那裡有海螺與各種貝類，又有海筍與各樣巨大的蝸螺；沿岸躺臥著各樣之物，但都比任何別的海所有的更大、更美。
And the crossing, where they passed the Red Sea dry-shod, is eight miles in width. The Red Sea does not have its name because the water is red or turbulent, but rather it is as limpid and bright and cold as the Ocean sea. There the fish are of exceeding flavour and sweetness. Every kind of fish in that same sea are of as great a flavour as the fish of the Italian sea. Moreover, all the things which are usually desired from the sea abound there for food. There are whelks and various kinds of shellfish, and spondyli and various and huge snails; and along its shore lie various things, but larger and more beautiful than in any other sea.
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Corallum uero in eodem littore plurimum est, ipse autem mare rubrum pars Oceani est. Desertum uero Sur heremus est infinitae magnitudinis, quantum potest unquam homo conspicere, et arena solitudinis illius inaestimabilis, ubi triduo ambulauerunt sine aqua. A deserto autem Sur usque ad Maran est mansio una per ripas maris. In Maran uero arbores palmarum paucissimi sunt; sunt illic et duo fontes, quos indulcauit sanctus Moyses. Inde autem per triduum de sinistro heremus est infinitus usque in locum, qui dicitur Arandara; Arandara autem est locus, qui appellatus est Helim. Ibi fluuius currit, qui tamen tempore aliquo siccatur, sed per ipsius alueum siue iuxta ripam ipsius inueniuntur aquae.
在那同一海岸上有極多珊瑚，而紅海本身是大洋的一部分。書珥的曠野是浩瀚無邊的曠野，遠至人目力所能及，那荒涼之地的沙無可計量，他們曾在那裡走了三天沒有水。從書珥的曠野到瑪拉，沿海岸有一個驛站。在瑪拉，棕樹極少；那裡也有兩個泉源，是聖摩西使之變甜的。從那裡走三天，左邊是無邊的曠野，直到稱為亞蘭達拉之處；亞蘭達拉就是曾名以琳之地。那裡有一條河流，然而在某個季節會乾涸，但在它的河床中或沿其岸邊仍可找到水。
And there is very much coral on that same shore, and the Red Sea itself is a part of the Ocean. The desert of Shur is a wilderness of boundless extent, as far as a man can ever behold, and the sand of that solitude is beyond reckoning, where they walked for three days without water. From the desert of Shur to Marah there is one stage along the shores of the sea. At Marah there are very few palm trees; there too are two springs which holy Moses sweetened. From there, for three days, on the left is a boundless wilderness as far as the place called Arandara; and Arandara is the place which was called Elim. There a river runs, which however at some season dries up, but in its channel or along its bank waters are found.
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Herba uero illic satis habundat, arbores autem palmarum illic plurimae sunt. A transitu autem maris rubri, id est Sur, non inuenitur tam amoenus locus cum tanta et tali aqua et tam habundante nisi istum. Inde ergo media mansio iuxta mare est. Demum uero apparent duo montes excelsi ualde, a parte uero sinistra, antequam ad montes uenias, locus est, ubi pluit Dominus manna filiis Israhel; montes uero ipsi excelsi et erecti ualde sunt. Ab alia uero parte montium uallis planissima est ac si porticus, ducentos passus uallis ipsa in latitudine habens. Ab utroque autem latere uallis montes ipsi excelsi et erecti sunt.
那裡的青草極其茂盛，棕樹也甚多。自過紅海之後，即從書珥起，再找不到如此宜人、有如此豐沛佳水的地方，唯有此處。從那裡起，沿海有半個驛站之程。終於有兩座極高的山顯現；在左側，你尚未到那兩山之前，有一處地方，就是主將嗎哪降在以色列人身上之處；那兩山極高而陡峭。在那兩山的另一側，有一極為平坦的山谷，宛如柱廊，這山谷本身寬有二百步。山谷兩側的群山都高聳而陡峭。
Grass abounds there abundantly, and palm trees are very many there. From the crossing of the Red Sea, that is from Shur, no place is found so pleasant, with such great and such water and so abundant, except this one. From there, then, a half-stage lies beside the sea. At length two very high mountains appear; and on the left side, before you come to the mountains, is the place where the Lord rained down manna upon the children of Israel; and those mountains are very high and steep. On the other side of the mountains is a most level valley, like a portico, the valley itself having two hundred paces in width. And on either side of the valley the mountains are high and steep.
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Ubi autem montes aperti sunt, est uallis sex milibus passibus lata, longitudinis autem satis plus habet. Montes uero toti per girum excauati sunt, taliter autem factae sunt criptae illae, ut, si suspendere uolueris uela, cubicula pulcherrima sint; unumquodque autem cubiculum est descriptum litteris hebraeis. Aquae etiam ibi bonae et habundantes satis in extrema ualle sunt, sed non quales in Helim. Locus uero ipse uocatur desertus Pharan, unde missi sunt exploratores a Moyse, qui considerarent terram; ab utrisque uero partibus locus ille munitus est montibus. Non fert autem locus ille agros aut uineas nichilque aliud illic est nisi aqua et arbores palmarum.
在群山豁然開展之處，有一個寬六里的山谷，其長則更多。四圍的群山都被鑿空，那些洞窟造得如此精巧，以致你若想要懸掛帷幔，它們便成為極美的房間；每一間房都刻有希伯來文字。那裡的水在山谷盡頭也夠好、夠豐沛，卻不如以琳的水。這地方名叫巴蘭的曠野，摩西曾從這裡差派探子去窺察那地；這地方兩側都有群山環護。這地方既不出產田地，也不出葡萄園，那裡別無他物，唯有水和棕樹。
Where the mountains open out, there is a valley six miles wide, and considerably more in length. The mountains all around have been hollowed out, and those grottoes have been so fashioned that, if you wished to hang up curtains, they would be most beautiful chambers; and each chamber is inscribed with Hebrew letters. The waters there too are good and abundant enough at the far end of the valley, but not such as at Elim. The place itself is called the desert of Paran, whence the spies were sent by Moses to survey the land; and on both sides that place is fortified with mountains. That place bears neither fields nor vineyards, and there is nothing else there but water and palm trees.
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Prope uero ad uicum Faram ad mille quingentos passus coangustantur montes illi, ut uix triginta passibus lata ibi sit uallis illa. Ibi appellatur locus ille Raphidin, ubi Amalech occurrit filiis Israhel, et ubi murmurauit populus pro aqua, et ubi lethro socer Moysi ei occurrit. Locus uero, ubi orauit Moyses, quando Iesus expugnauit Amalech, mons excelsus est ualde et erectus, imminens super Faran; ubi autem orauit Moyses, ecclesia nunc constructa est. Locus autem ipse, quemadmodum sedit et quemadmodum lapides sub cubitum habuit, hodie paret. Ibi etiam Moyses deuicto Amalech altare Domino aedificauit.
在法蘭村附近，約一千五百步處，那些山相互逼近，以致那裡的山谷僅約三十步之寬。那地方稱為利非訂，亞瑪力曾在那裡與以色列人交戰，百姓曾在那裡為水發怨言，摩西的岳父葉忒羅也曾在那裡迎見他。摩西禱告之處——就是約書亞與亞瑪力爭戰之時——乃是一座極高而陡峭的山，俯臨法蘭；摩西禱告之處如今建有一座教堂。那地方，他如何坐著、如何將石頭墊在肘下，至今仍可看見。摩西在那裡擊敗亞瑪力之後，也為主築了一座壇。
Near the village of Pharan, at fifteen hundred paces, those mountains narrow so that the valley there is scarcely thirty paces wide. There that place is called Rephidim, where Amalek met the children of Israel, and where the people murmured for water, and where Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, met him. And the place where Moses prayed, when Joshua fought against Amalek, is a very high and steep mountain, overhanging Pharan; and where Moses prayed, a church has now been built. The place itself, how he sat and how he had stones under his elbow, appears to this day. There too Moses, having conquered Amalek, built an altar to the Lord.
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In tantum autem locus iste [quo]usque ad quingentos passus erectus est, ac si per parietem subeas. De Faran uero usque ad montem sanctum Syna milia triginta quinque. Porro in Aseroth adhuc apparet, quemadmodum fuit de lapide uallum ipsum, ubi habitauerunt filii Israhel, cum reuerterentur a monte dei. Throni etiam tres ibi sunt de lapidibus facti modice in editiori loco, unus Moysi, reliqui uero Aaron et Iethro. Cella autem, ubi separata fuit Maria Moysi soror, usque hodie super terram duos pedes eminet. Ab Aseroth autem usque ad montem sanctum Syna inter montes ad dexteram et sinistram totum per uallem ipsam monumentis plenum est.
這地方如此陡峭地聳起，直到五百步處，彷彿你是沿著一道牆往上行。從法蘭到聖山西奈有三十五里。此外，在哈洗錄至今仍可見那石造的壁壘是如何築成，正是以色列人從神的山回程時所居之處。那裡也有三個用石頭造的座位，設在稍高之處：一個是摩西的，其餘兩個是亞倫和葉忒羅的。摩西的姊姊米利暗被隔離之處的那間小室，至今仍高出地面兩呎。從哈洗錄到聖山西奈，在左右群山之間，整條山谷都滿是紀念碑。
And so steeply does this place rise, up to five hundred paces, as if you were going up along a wall. From Pharan to the holy mount Sinai is thirty-five miles. Furthermore, at Hazeroth there still appears how the rampart itself was made of stone, where the children of Israel dwelt when they were returning from the mount of God. There too are three thrones made of stones, somewhat in a more elevated place: one of Moses, the others of Aaron and Jethro. And the cell where Miriam, the sister of Moses, was set apart, still stands out two feet above the ground to this day. From Hazeroth to the holy mount Sinai, between the mountains on right and left, the whole valley itself is full of monuments.
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Prope uero montem sanctum in loco, qui appellatur sepulcra concupiscentiae, totum sepulcris plenum est. Antequam uero peruenias ad montem Syna, sunt sex montes, qui faciunt uallem infinitam, planissimam et ualde pulchram. Trans uallem uero ipsam apparet mons sanctus Syna. Locus autem, ubi se montes aperiunt, iunctus est cum eo loco, ubi sunt sepulcra concupiscentiae. A loco autem, unde uidetur, usque ad montem Syna sunt per uallem ipsam quatuor milia passuum. Vallis autem ipsa ingens ualde est, iacens sub pedibus montis dei, quae habet in longitudine passus sedecim milia, in latitudine autem quatuor milia. Qui uult ergo ad montem sanctum pergere, per transuersum ad uallem illam deambulat.
在聖山附近，在稱為「貪慾的墳墓」之處，整片地都滿是墳墓。但你尚未到西奈山之前，有六座山形成一個無邊的山谷，極為平坦而甚是美麗。越過那山谷便顯出聖山西奈。群山豁然開展之處，與「貪慾的墳墓」所在之處相連。從可望見它的地方，直到西奈山，經過那山谷有四里。那山谷本身極為廣大，橫臥在神的山腳下，長有一萬六千步，寬有四千步。所以凡想前往聖山的人，都要橫穿那山谷而行。
Near the holy mountain, in the place called the Graves of Craving, the whole is full of graves. But before you reach Mount Sinai, there are six mountains which make a boundless valley, most level and very beautiful. Across that valley appears the holy mount Sinai. The place where the mountains open out is joined with the place where the Graves of Craving are. From the place where it is seen, as far as Mount Sinai, there are through that valley four miles. The valley itself is very vast, lying beneath the feet of the mount of God, which has in length sixteen thousand paces, and in width four thousand. Whoever therefore wishes to go to the holy mountain walks crosswise through that valley.
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Haec est autem uallis ingens et planissima, in qua filii Israhel commorati sunt, quando Moyses fuit in montem quadraginta diebus et quadraginta noctibus. Locus autem, ubi factus est uitulus, usque hodie ostenditur, nam lapis grandis ibi fixus stat. Haec ergo uallis ipsa est, in cuius capite ille locus est, ubi sancto Moysi locutus est deus in rubo de igne. Ab uno autem latere optimus est ascensus in montem et ab alio descensus; per medium autem uallis transuersatur et sic ad montem dei peruenitur. Mons uero ipse in giro quidem unus esse uidetur, intus autem plurimi sunt, sed omnes illi unus mons Syna appellatur.
這就是那廣大而極為平坦的山谷，以色列人曾在其中停留，那時摩西在山上四十晝夜。鑄造金牛犢之處至今仍被指明，因為那裡立著一塊大石。所以這正是那山谷，在其盡頭有那地方，就是神在火的荊棘中向聖摩西說話之處。一面有極佳的上山之路，另一面則是下山之路；人從山谷中央橫穿過去，便來到神的山。那山在其環周看來雖似是一座，內中卻有許多座；然而那一切都稱為同一座西奈山。
This is the vast and most level valley in which the children of Israel tarried while Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. The place where the calf was made is shown to this day, for a great stone stands fixed there. This therefore is that very valley, at the head of which is that place where God spoke to holy Moses in the bush of fire. On one side there is an excellent ascent up the mountain, and on the other a descent; and through the middle of the valley one crosses, and so comes to the mount of God. The mountain itself indeed seems to be one in its circuit, but within there are very many; yet all of them are called the one mount Sinai.
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Specialis autem ille mons est, in cuius summitate est ille locus, ubi descendit maiestas dei, qui mons in medio omnium montium est. Et cum omnes, qui per girum sunt, excelsissimi sint, tamen ipse ille medianus. in quo descendit maiestas dei, tanto altior est omnibus illis, ut, cum quis ascenderit in illo, prorsus omnes illi montes, quos excelsissimos uiderit, ita sub monte uidentur Syna ac si colliculi. Mons autem cum omnibus altior sit ille medianus, qui specialiter Syna dicitur, tamen uideri non potest, nisi ad propriam radicem illius ueneris, ante tamen quam eum subeas; nam posteaquam ex eo descenderis, inde et de contra illum uides, quod, anteaquam in eum ascendat, facere non poterit.
但那特殊的山乃是那座，在其峰頂有神的威嚴降臨之處的山，這山位於眾山之中。雖然四圍的眾山都極其高聳，那中央的山——就是神的威嚴所降臨之處——卻比它們全都高出許多，以致人登上其上時，他先前所見極其高聳的那一切山，竟全都顯得低於西奈山，宛如小丘一般。然而那中央、特別稱為西奈的山，雖比眾山都高，卻除非你來到它的山腳、在你登它之前，否則不能看見它；因為你從它下來之後，你便也從對面看見它，而這是在他登上之前所不能做到的。
But that special mountain is the one on whose summit is that place where the majesty of God descended, which mountain is in the midst of all the mountains. And although all those round about are exceedingly high, yet that central one, on which the majesty of God descended, is so much higher than all of them that, when one has ascended upon it, absolutely all those mountains which he had seen as exceedingly high appear so far beneath the mount Sinai as if they were little hills. But although that central one, which is specially called Sinai, is higher than all, yet it cannot be seen unless you come to its very base, before you climb it; for after you have descended from it, then you also see it from over against it, which, before he ascends upon it, he could not do.
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Montes uero, qui in circuitu sunt, cum maximo labore ascenduntur, quoniam non ascenduntur per girum in cocleis, sed directe ascenduntur ac si per parietem et directe descenduntur. In uertice autem montis Sina, ubi lex Moysi data est, ecclesia parua constructa est. In summitate uero montis illius nullus habitat, nichil est enim ibi aliud nisi sola ecclesia et spelunca, in qua habitauit sanctus Moyses. Mons uero ipse totus petrinus est, ita ut nec fruticem habeat. De summitate uero montis mediani ita subtus uidentur esse illi montes excelsissimi quasi colliculi.
但四圍的群山要登上去須費極大的勞力，因為它們不是沿盤旋之路上去，而是如同攀牆般筆直上去，又筆直下來。在西奈山頂、律法賜給摩西之處，建有一座小教堂。在那山的頂上沒有人居住，因為那裡別無他物，唯有那一座教堂與聖摩西曾居住的洞穴。那山本身全是岩石，以致連一棵灌木都沒有。從那中央之山的峰頂望下去，那些極其高聳的群山顯得彷彿小丘一般。
But the mountains which are round about are climbed with the greatest labour, since they are not ascended in winding spirals, but are climbed straight up as if up a wall, and are descended straight down. On the summit of Mount Sinai, where the law was given to Moses, a small church has been built. On the top of that mountain no one dwells, for there is nothing else there but the church alone and the cave in which holy Moses dwelt. The mountain itself is wholly of rock, so that it does not even have a shrub. From the summit of the central mountain those exceedingly high mountains appear below to be as it were little hills.
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A uertice autem montis Syna Egyptus, Palestina, mare rubrum, mare parthenicum, quod mittit Alexandriam, nec non et fines Saracenorum uidentur. In monte uero Choreb, qui eidem monti coniunctus est, est ecclesia et ante ecclesiam spelunca, in qua latuit sanctus Helias sub Achab. Ostenditur ibi etiam altarium lapideum, quem posuit ipse sanctus Helias ad offerendum deo. Non longe autem inde est locus, ubi stetit sanctus Aaron cum septuaginta senioribus. In eo loco tectum non est, petra tamen ingens per girum habens planitiem supra se, ubi illi steterunt; in medio autem lapideum altarium est.
從西奈山的峰頂可望見埃及、巴勒斯坦、紅海，以及通往亞歷山大的帕特尼亞海，並撒拉森人的邊界。在何烈山，就是與這同一座山相連之處，有一座教堂，教堂前有一個洞穴，聖以利亞曾在亞哈手下藏匿其中。那裡也指出一座石壇，是聖以利亞親自設立、為要獻給神的。離那裡不遠，有一處地方，就是聖亞倫與七十位長老站立之處。那地方沒有屋頂，卻有一塊巨石，其上四圍有平坦的面，他們曾站在其上；中央有一座石壇。
From the summit of Mount Sinai are seen Egypt, Palestine, the Red Sea, and the Parthenian sea which leads to Alexandria, as well as the borders of the Saracens. On Mount Horeb, which is joined to this same mountain, is a church, and before the church a cave in which holy Elijah hid under Ahab. There is shown also a stone altar which holy Elijah himself set up to offer to God. Not far from there is the place where holy Aaron stood with the seventy elders. In that place there is no roof, but a huge rock having all around it a level surface on top, where they stood; and in the middle is a stone altar.
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In capite uero uallis, quae monti subiacet, ibi ecclesia est in eo loco, ubi locutus est Dominus Moysi in rubo, qui rubus usque hodie uiuit et mittit uirgulta; ibi ergo aqua est optima. Ostenditur etiam in ipsa ualle, qualiter unusquisque habitationes habuerant, de quibus habitationibus usque in hodiernum diem fundamenta parent, quemadmodum fuerunt lapidibus circumdata. Ibi etiam est locus, ubi tabernaculum foederis primitus fixum est. Ab alia uero parte inter montes exitur et incipitur iam iuxta mare ambulari, ita ut subito per aquam maris ambules, subito etiam in quingentos passus per arenam ambulatur heremi;
在那橫臥於山下的山谷盡頭，有一座教堂，正在主於荊棘中向摩西說話之處，那荊棘至今仍活著並發出嫩枝；那裡也有極佳的水。在那同一山谷中，也指明各人從前如何安置住處，那些住處的根基直到今日仍顯現，正如它們從前用石頭圍著一般。那裡也有約的會幕最初支搭之處。從另一側，人在群山之間出去，便開始沿海而行，以致你忽然走在海水之中，又忽然在五百步間走在曠野的沙地上；
At the head of the valley which lies beneath the mountain, there is a church in the place where the Lord spoke to Moses in the bush, which bush lives to this day and puts forth shoots; there too is excellent water. It is also shown in that same valley how each one had his dwellings, of which dwellings the foundations appear to this present day, just as they were surrounded with stones. There too is the place where the tabernacle of the covenant was first set up. On the other side one goes out between the mountains and begins now to walk beside the sea, so that suddenly you walk through the water of the sea, and suddenly also for five hundred paces one walks through the sand of the wilderness;
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uia enim illic penitus non est, sed qui ibidem ambulant, in locis et locis signa ponunt, ad quae signa per diem ambulant, nocte autem signa cameli attendunt. A mare autem rubro usque ad Arabiae ciuitatem mansiones quatuor sunt. Filii autem Israhel, quando egressi sunt de Egypto, quantum ibant dextra, tantum redibant sinistra; quantum denuo in ante ibant, tantum denuo retro reuertebantur, et sic fecerunt ipsi .....
因為那裡根本沒有路，而是行走在那裡的人逐處設立記號，他們白天憑著這些記號而行；但夜間則由駱駝留意那些記號。從紅海到亞拉伯的城有四個驛站。以色列人從埃及出來時，他們往右走多遠，就往左折回多遠；他們再往前走多遠，就再往後退多遠，他們自己便如此行……
for there is no road there at all, but those who walk there set up signs from place to place, by which signs they walk during the day; but at night the camels heed the signs. From the Red Sea to the city of Arabia there are four stages. And the children of Israel, when they had gone out of Egypt, as far as they went to the right, so far they returned to the left; as far as they again went forward, so far they again turned back, and so they did themselves...