《简·爱》 Chapter 37 第三十七章（25）（在线收听）

"Because you delight in sacrifice."

“因为你乐意作出牺牲。”

"Sacrifice! What do I sacrifice?

“牺牲！我牺牲了什么啦？

Famine for food, expectation for content.

牺牲饥饿而得到食品，牺牲期待而得到满足。

To be privileged to put my arms round what I value -- to press my lips to what I love -- to repose on what I trust: is that to make a sacrifice?

享受特权搂抱我珍重的人——亲吻我热爱的人——寄希望于我信赖的人。那能叫牺牲吗？

If so, then certainly I delight in sacrifice."

如果说这是牺牲，那当然乐于作出牺牲了。”

"And to bear with my infirmities, Jane: to overlook my deficiencies."

“还要忍受我的体弱，简，无视我的缺陷。”

"Which are none, sir, to me.

“我毫不在乎，先生。

I love you better now, when I can really be useful to you, than I did in your state of proud independence,

现在我确实对你有所帮助了，所以比起当初你能自豪地独立自主，

when you disdained every part but that of the giver and protector."

除了施主与保护人，把什么都不放在眼里时，要更爱你了。”

"Hitherto I have hated to be helped -- to be led: henceforth, I feel I shall hate it no more.

“我向来讨厌要人帮助——要人领着，但从今起我觉得我不再讨厌了。

I did not like to put my hand into a hireling's, but it is pleasant to feel it circled by Jane's little fingers.

我不喜欢把手放在雇工的手里，但让简的小小的指头挽着，却很愉快。

I preferred utter loneliness to the constant attendance of servants; but Jane's soft ministry will be a perpetual joy.

我不喜欢佣人不停地服侍我，而喜欢绝对孤独。但是简温柔体贴的照应却永远是一种享受。

Jane suits me: do I suit her?"

简适合我，而我适合她吗？”

"To the finest fibre of my nature, sir."

“你与我的天性丝丝入扣。”

"The case being so, we have nothing in the world to wait for: we must be married instantly."

“既然如此，就根本没有什么好等的了，我们得马上结婚。”

He looked and spoke with eagerness: his old impetuosity was rising.

他的神态和说话都很急切，他焦躁的老脾气又发作了。

"We must become one flesh without any delay, Jane:

“我们必须毫不迟疑地化为一体了，简。

there is but the licence to get -- then we marry."

只剩下把证书拿到手——随后我们就结婚——”