質問: 日本語訳を! 5-(1) 番号で分けているのでお願いします。 (1) the ancient egyptians had a god for everything. that palm tree set back from the nile sprouting on the rise behind your cousin's house? it had a god. the make-up your father applied from his palette in the morning? it had a god, too. more than 2,000 names of gods have been found written in limestone, on papyrus, and scratched on mud-brick walls. some gods were powerful and worshipped by many, and some were wispy spirits known to just a few. there were gods whose spirits lived inside real things, such as the nile, the sun , the sky, and the earth. and there were gods for protection against dangers, such as the bites of crocodiles, scorpions, and snakes. there were gods who stood for learning―the art of music and medicine; and there were gods who stood for the learned―the scribes and the architects. you name it, the egyptians had a god for it. (2) there were good gods and bad gods, and fierce gods to protect you from the bad gods. there were gods for the living and gods for the dead. some gods were human, some were animal, and some were a little of both. the bulls of one breed were so sacred that they lived like kings, and when they died the egyptians mummified them, just like they would a pharaoh. they covered the bulls in jewels and placed them in coffins carved out of solid blocks of granite each weighing 80 tons. these sacred bulls even had their own cemeteries. at a burial site at saqqara archaeologists have found 24 bulls, each in an elaborately carved coffin. (3) the most important god in egypt was the sun god. the egyptians pictured the sun god pushing the sun across the sky just as the scarab beetles pushed tiny dirt balls across the ground. every morning the egyptians were grateful when the sun was born again like the tiny scarab eggs hatching in the dirt ball. and every evening when the sun set, they worried that an evil snake would swallow the sun as it passed through the underworld.
回答: (1) the ancient egyptians had a god for everything. 古代エジプト人は、すべてのものに神を配していました。 that palm tree set back from the nile sprouting on the rise behind your cousin's house? あのナイル河からちょっと奥に入ったところの、あなたの従兄弟の家の後の小高い丘に生えている棕櫚の樹はどうかですって? it had a god. それにも(ちゃんと)神がいたのです。 the make-up your father applied from his palette in the morning? あなたのお父さんが朝に行うメーキャップはどうですかって? it had a god, too. (もちろん)それにも神がいたのですよ。 more than 2,000 names of gods have been found written in limestone, on papyrus, and scratched on mud-brick walls. 2,000を超える神々の名前が、石灰岩やパピルスの上に記されたり、泥を固めたレンガの壁に刻まれているのが発見されてきています。 some gods were powerful and worshipped by many, and some were wispy spirits known to just a few. ある神々は勢力があり多くの人に崇められており、またある神々は霞のような精霊でほんの少数の人々に知られているだけです。 there were gods whose spirits lived inside real things, such as the nile, the sun , the sky, and the earth. また、ナイル河や太陽、空、大地といった現実のモノにその霊を宿す神々もいれば、 and there were gods for protection against dangers, such as the bites of crocodiles, scorpions, and snakes. ワニやサソリや蛇に噛まれるといった危難に対して守ってくれる神々もいれば、 there were gods who stood for learning―the art of music and medicine; 音楽や医学の技術といった学芸・学問を守護する神々もいれば、 and there were gods who stood for the learned―the scribes and the architects. 書記や建築家といった学芸・学問を積んだ人々を守護する神々もいました。 you name it, the egyptians had a god for it. あなたが挙げるどんなことに対しても、エジプト人たちは、その神を持っていたのです。 (2) there were good gods and bad gods, and fierce gods to protect you from the bad gods. いい神々もいれば悪い神々もおり、また悪い神々からあなたを守ってくれる荒々しい神々もいました。 there were gods for the living and gods for the dead. 生者のための神々もいれば、死者のための神々もいました。 some gods were human, some were animal, and some were a little of both. ある神々は人間の姿をしており、ある神々は動物の、そしてある神々は人間と動物の両方から少しずつ取った姿をしていました。 the bulls of one breed were so sacred that they lived like kings, and when they died the egyptians mummified them, just like they would a pharaoh. ある種類の雄牛は非常に神聖視されており、王のような生活を送り、死ぬと、エジプト人たちは、その雄牛を、ちょうどファラオをそうするように、ミイラにしました。 they covered the bulls in jewels and placed them in coffins carved out of solid blocks of granite each weighing 80 tons. 彼らは雄牛の身体全体を宝石で飾り尽くし、1個が80トンもの重さのある御影石の角石をくり貫いて作った石棺に遺体を安置しました。 these sacred bulls even had their own cemeteries. こうした神聖な雄牛は、墓所さえもまた、特別の場所が決められていました。 at a burial site at saqqara archaeologists have found 24 bulls, each in an elaborately carved coffin. サッガラの墓所では、考古学者たちは24体の雄牛(が埋葬されているの)を発見しました。1体1体が、入念にくり貫かれた石棺に入っていました。 (3) the most important god in egypt was the sun god. 古代エジプトで最も重要な神は太陽神でした。 the egyptians pictured the sun god pushing the sun across the sky just as the scarab beetles pushed tiny dirt balls across the ground. 古代エジプト人は、太陽神は、ちょうど黄金虫が小さな土の玉を地面を押しころがしていくように、太陽を押して空を渡らせているのだと想像しました。 every morning the egyptians were grateful when the sun was born again like the tiny scarab eggs hatching in the dirt ball. 毎朝、エジプト人たちは、ちょうど黄金虫の卵が土の玉から生れてくるように、太陽が、再び生れてくるのに感謝しました。 and every evening when the sun set, they worried that an evil snake would swallow the sun as it passed through the underworld. そして太陽が沈んで訪れる毎晩、エジプト人たちは、太陽が冥界を通過している間に、邪悪な蛇が太陽を呑み込んでしまうのではないかと心配しました、