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The growing up of the corn,as is hinted in my Journal,had at first some little influence upon me,and began to affect me with seriousness,[qh]
前面我在日记中已经提到过，在大麦刚刚长出来时，我曾一度想到上帝，并深受感动，[qh]
as long as I thought it had something miraculous in it;[qh]
因为我最初认为那是上帝显示的神迹。[qh]
but as soon as ever that part of the thought was removed,all the Impression which was raised from it,wore off also,as I have noted already.[qh]
但后来发现这并非是上帝的神迹，我感受的印象也就随之消失了。关于这一点，我前面已记过了。[qh]
Even the Earthquake,tho'nothing could be more terrible in its Nature,[qh]
地震该是大自然最可怕的景象了吧，[qh]
or more immediately directing to the invisible Power which alone directs such Things,[qh]
而且，这往往使人想到冥冥中的那种神力，这种神力往往又与上帝或天意联系在一起。[qh]
yet no sooner was the first Fright over,but the Impression it had made went off also.[qh]
可是，在最初的一阵恐惧过去之后，关于神力和上帝的印象也马上随之消失。[qh]
I had no more Sense of God or his Judgments,much less of the present Affliction of my Circumstances being from his Hand,[qh]
我既不觉得有什么上帝，也不认为有所谓上帝的审判，也没有想到我目前可悲的处境是出于上帝的意旨，[qh]
than if I had been in the most prosperous Condition of Life.[qh]
好像我一直生活得十分优裕舒适似的。[qh]
But now when I began to be sick,and a leisurely View of the Miseries of Death came to place itself before me;[qh]
可是现在，我生病了，死亡的悲惨境遇渐渐在我面前呈现。[qh]
when my Spirits began to sink under the Burthen of a strong Distemper,and Nature was exhausted with the Violence of the Feaver;[qh]
由于病痛，我精神颓丧；由于发热，我体力衰竭。[qh]
Conscience that had slept so long,begun to awake,and I began to reproach my self with my past Life,[qh]
这时，我沉睡已久的良心开始苏醒，并开始责备自己过去的生活。[qh]
in which I had so evidently,by uncommon Wickedness,provoked the Justice of God to lay me under uncommon Strokes,[qh]
在此之前，我罪大恶极，冒犯了上帝，所以现在上帝来惩罚我，给我以非同寻常的打击，[qh]
and to deal with me in so vindictive a Manner.[qh]
用这种报应的手段来对待我。[qh]
