史上最伟大的十大预言大师编辑本段回目录
史上最伟大的预言大师：十大预言（其中前九个一一应验，那么第十个呢？）
Michel de Nostredame (aka Nostradamus) was a 16th-century French "seer." We don't have many seers these days.
诺查丹玛斯是十六世纪法国的大预言家。如今我们的社会却没有那么多的预言家。诺查丹玛斯学习研究占星术以及玄幻科学还有那些能用来预测未来的东西。他最为著名的预言便是在1555年爆发的法国大革命。难道这些预言果真能预测未来吗？还只是含糊不清的观察之后对过去类似事件爱你的变形呢？
译者注：
诺查丹玛斯（拉丁文名字：Nostradamus），亦翻译为诺斯特拉达姆士。原名米歇尔·德·诺斯特罗达姆（法语原名：Michel de Nostredame），原姓吉素力（Gassonet），生于1503年12月14的法国，死于1566年7月2日。他影响深远，连法王亨利二世都召请入宫，请他为国家预言吉凶祸福。五年之后，离开宫廷，来到了沙隆，花了四年的时间完成一本奇书，就是《百诗集》。有研究者从这些短诗中「看到」对不少历史事件（如法国大革命、希特勒之崛起）及重要发明（如飞机、原子弹）的预言。因诺斯特拉达姆士的预言，无论他生前死后，仍吸引了世界各地崇拜者。《百诗篇》出版后，直到现在依然非常畅销。许多热心者，将他的预言与世界主要事件分折，并找到应验的地方。相比之下，大多学者认为诺斯特拉达姆士四行诗体预言模煳不清，预言的「应验」是它的描写太广泛，没有证据证明预言诗的真确性，也没有证据证明预言诗确实描述某一件事上。然而，诺斯特拉达姆在法国文艺复兴时期被受重视，而现今特别是在媒介和普遍的文化，并且和同等出名的预言圣经密码预言相比较。
No. 10 - French Revolution
No.10——法国大革命
"From the enslaved populace, songs,
Chants and demands
While princes and lords are held captive in prisons.
These will in the future by headless idiots
Be received as divine prayers"
“受奴役者放声歌唱吧
怒吼出苦难的心声
王侯贵族被投入牢狱
无头的狂徒
祈祷吧未日即将到来”
You remember the French Revolution, right? The peasants ("the enslaved populace") rising to power, the aristocracy taken down and beheaded (the "headless idiots," now "princes and lords ... held captive in prisons"). In another verse, the "great wall" falling is said to mean the storming of the Bastille. It's a bit of a stretch, right? It's possible that Nostradamus saw the coming of a peasant uprising through completely non-astrological or occult means, but through his own eyes as he saw the contrast between aristocrat and commoner in 16th-century France. Or not.
你还记得法国的大革命吧？农民夺得了政权（“被奴役的人民”），封建王权被推翻，路易十六送上了断头台（“无头的狂徒”，不就是指的是那些“王侯贵族被投入牢狱”）。在另一首散文诗里面，“长城”倒下据说是意味着攻占巴士底狱。这可能有点差强人意，没关系。或许诺查丹玛斯亲身经历了农民起义而不是完全通过占星术或者其他占卜术预知得到的，但是在十六世纪的法国他确实通过自己的眼睛看到了贵族与平民之间的对比。或许不是。
No. 09 - London Fire
No. 09 - 伦敦大火案
The blood of the just will commit a fault at London,
Burnt through lighting of twenty threes the six:
The ancient lady will fall from her high place,
Several of the same sect will be killed.
正义的之靴在伦敦铸下大错
大火点亮了夜晚
古老的城市一下子便从高台落下
几个同派人被杀
Look, just because you've never heard of the Great London Fire of 1666 doesn't mean it wasn't a really big deal. It pretty much obliterated all of medieval London ("the ancient lady") within the old Roman walls. Only six deaths were recorded (hence "the six" in the second line), though commoners' deaths may not have been recorded at the time. The fire, which started in a baker's shop, burned for three days straight. If only someone had passed along a copy of Nostadamus' book, maybe Londoners might have known it was coming
瞧吧，正是因为你从未听说过1666年伦敦大火案但并不意味着这没有什么大不了的。中中世纪的伦敦早已被古老的罗马城墙的锋芒所掩盖。根据预言只有六人死亡（“六人”在第二行），尽管平民的死亡在当时可能没有被记录。这次大火是由一家面包房引起的，燃烧了整整三天。如果有人有诺斯特拉达姆书的拷贝本，也许伦敦人会提前知道灾难的到来。
No. 08 - Princess Diana's Death
No. 08 - 戴安娜王妃之死
The penultimate of the surname of Prophet
Will take Diana [Thursday] for his day and rest:
He will wander because of a frantic head,
And delivering a great people from subjection.
跟先知名字同一的人其幼子将会
给戴安娜【星期四】的安息日
因为头脑不清他随处游荡
OK, pay careful attention here: The father of Princess Diana's boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed, was named Mohamed ("the Prophet" - it wasn't his surname, but never mind that). Did Diana's death deliver "a great people from subjection"? Maybe not, but we can all agree that the British are a great people, right? The fact alone that Diana's name is in the text speaks a lot to Nostradamus followers -- specific names are, in general, a rarity in Nostradamus' works.
嗨，把注意力集中到这吧：戴安娜王妃男朋友的父亲，法耶德又名叫默罕默德（“先知”—不就是他的名字吗，但是没关系）。戴安娜的死表达了“一位名人的征服”？或许不是，但是我们可以认为英国是一个伟大的民族，不是吗？而事实上唯有戴安娜的名字出现在该书中——尤其是确切的名字，这在诺查丹姆斯书中极为罕见的
No. 07 - Katrina
No. 07 - 卡特里娜飓风
The cities of Tours, Orleans, Blois, Angers, Reims and Nantes
Are troubled by sudden change.
Tents will be pitched by (people) of foreign tongues;
Rivers, darts at Rennes, shaking of land and sea.
图尔市、奥尔良、布罗瓦、昂热、兰斯还有南特这些城市
都被突如其来的剧变所困扰
来自国外的帐篷会铺天盖地
河流冲向雷恩，大陆与海都在颤抖
译者注：图尔市、奥尔良、布罗瓦、昂热、兰斯、南特以及雷恩都是法国的城市。
Did he really mean NEW Orleans? Hmm...The shaking of land and sea might describe the hurricane (well, the shaking of the sea would). Could the people with foreign tongues be aid workers from other parts of the world, or other parts of the country? But what are Tours, Blois, Angers, Reims and Nantes doing there? Pre-Katrina, this prophecy was originally thought to refer to France. Maybe it still should.
他这是在暗指新奥尔良吗？哦...“大陆与海都在颤抖”可能就是在描述飓风（是的，原文中有这句“摇摆的大陆与海”）来自世界其他地区的人可能成为了救援人员，他们来自世界其他地方，或者美国的其他州。但是原文中的“图尔市、奥尔良、布罗瓦、昂热、兰斯还有南特又指的是什么？卡特里娜飓风之前，他的预言起初被认为指的是法国。或许这个预言还在继续。
No. 06 - JFK & RFK Assassinations
No.06 - 肯尼迪遇刺事件
The great man will be struck down in the day by a thunderbolt,
An evil deed foretold by the bearer of a petition.
According to the prediction, another falls at night time.
Conflict at Reims, London and a pestilence in Tuscany.
在白昼伟人被雷击中倒下
一封请愿书预示着恶行
根据预言，还有伟人在深夜倒下
兰斯、伦敦的冲突还有托斯卡纳的瘟疫
Thunderbolts and gunshots: not terribly dissimilar. And the great man was struck down in the day, as John F. Kennedy was. The other falling at nighttime would be Bobby Kennedy (five years later). Now, it can work if you want it to, but do you really think a Secret Service agent reading that passage in November 1963 would have cause to be concerned? Probably not. And what of Reims, London and Tuscany?
“被雷击中”和“枪杀”：不是很相似。“在白昼伟人被雷击中倒下”，不就是说约翰肯·F·尼迪吗？“还有伟人在深夜倒下”那就是鲍勃·肯尼迪（那是五年之后的事了）。现在，如果你愿意相信他的预言，那么确实被证实了，但是你真的认为在1963年11月，一名特工在读到这则预言会引起关注吗？或许不会。但“兰斯”、“伦敦”还有“托斯卡纳”又指的是什么？
No. 05 - Louis Pasteur
No. 05 - 巴斯德在医学上的伟大成就
The lost thing is discovered, hidden for many centuries.
Pasteur will be celebrated almost as a God-like figure.
This is when the moon completes her great cycle,
But by other rumors he shall be dishonored.
藏匿几个世纪终于发现失去的东西，
巴斯德被世人如上帝般的人物所敬重
就在月亮月圆之时
但是谣言又会使他蒙羞
Like many surnames, Louis Pasteur's probably once indicated a profession. Pasteur, in French, could also mean pastor, so some argue that this bit of Nostradamian prose could just be about any old priest. Others call it a shout-out to the man who studied microbial decay, brought you spoilage-resistant milk and found a vaccine for rabies. No one doubts he deserved the props. You be the judge.
像很多姓氏一样，巴斯德的姓氏在过去暗指专业。巴斯德在法国或许也指代“牧师”，所以一些观点就是认为诺查丹玛斯的散文诗也有可能与某些古老的牧师有关。还有人认为把这认为是巴斯德的一种留言或者是警示，而巴斯德研究微生物衰变，并为我们研究出了抗腐败牛奶以及发现了狂犬疫苗。没有人怀疑他应该得到这些奖赏。你可以做出自己的判断。
No. 04 - Atomic Bomb
No.04 - 原子弹大爆炸
Near the gates and within two cities
There will be scourges the like of which was never seen,
Famine within plague, people put out by steel,
Crying to the great immortal God for relief.
门前，在两座城市间
这会有前所未有的苦难降临
饥荒伴随着瘟疫，人们用钢铁灭火
向伟大的上帝哭诉期望得到救济
OK, this one is hard to dispute. Let's face it. It's an accurate description of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "Scourges the like of which was never seen," people "crying to the great immortal God." With that said, this verse is accurate because it cheats a bit on the specifics. Critics charge that it's so vague that it could also be used to describe a whole host of wartime atrocities during any of many wars that took place between Nostradamus' time in the 16th century and today ... or even the future.
好吧，那就看看这一个预言吧，这应该没有什么争议了吧。让我们来见证一下。它对广岛和长崎的原子弹爆炸做出了精准的描述。“前所未有的苦难降临，”人们“向伟大的上帝哭诉期望得到救济”。根据预言所说的，散文诗够准确的了因为它忽略了一些细节。批评家指控预言太木糊不清了，以至于它能够描述一大堆关于战争暴行的事件，这些战争可以是发生在16世纪诺查丹玛斯时代也可以是今天...或者是将来也说不定。
No.03 - World War II/Hitler
No.03 - 第二次世界大战/希特勒
The two greatest ones of Asia and of Africa,
From the Rhine and Lower Danube they will be said to have come,
Cries, tears at Malta and the Ligurian side.
Also ... From the depths of the West of Europe,
A young child will be born of poor people,
He who by his tongue will seduce a great troop;
His fame will increase towards the realm of the East.
伟人在亚非两洲
据说他们来自莱茵河和多瑙河下游
哭泣，撕碎了马其他和利古里亚
还有...来自西欧深处的...
一位小男孩出生在穷苦人家
他将会利用他的演说指导一支伟大的军队
他也会在东方王国名声大噪
These two verses may in fact describe World War II and Hitler ... or not. Was the most notable bit about Hitler his impoverished upbringing? What about the genocidal, megalomaniacal tendencies? Don't those deserve something? Much of the talk of Nostradamus' prophecy of Hitler may come from his use, in the original text, of the Latin word "Hister" to describe the Danube. Trust us, he was talking about a river, not a dictator: no self-respecting prophet would make such an egregious spelling error.
事实上，这些散文诗可能描述的便是而二战和希特勒了...或许也不是。最值得注意的一点不就是希特勒的出生吗？那种族大屠杀，以及狂妄自大，怎么没提呢？这些证据足以说明？更多的关于诺查丹玛斯对希特勒的预言或许可以从他曾经使用的早期文本，文中用“Hister”来描述多瑙河。相信我们吧，他说的就是一条河，而不是什么大独裁者：不自重的预言者就会用一些错误的拼写预知未来。
No. 02 - Sept. 11, 2001
No. 02 - 9·11
Earthshaking fire from the center of the Earth
Will cause tremors around the New City.
Two great rocks will war for a long time,
Then Arethusa will redden a new river.
源于地之心的惊天动地之火
使新城颤抖不止
战争的带来的两个灾难会持续很长时间
到时阿瑞梭莎在新河也会脸红
译者注：
阿瑞梭莎：古希腊神话里面一位住在山林里的仙女，因为不愿意接受河神Alpheus的追求，
逃跑，月神Artemis 怜悯其处境，又感于情况的急迫，遂助她化为泉水，以摆脱河神的纠缠。
Well, two great rocks could be two towers, right? But would you say those towers were warring? If you read this verse before Sept. 11, you might assume it referred to an earthquake or volcanic eruption. Earthshaking fire, tremors, rocks warring (in other words, continental plates colliding), but who really knows. Back when Nostradamus wrote those lines, skyscrapers like the Twin Towers, jumbo jets like the ones that hit them and cities like modern-day New York were probably unthinkable and unimaginable, so if he foresaw these events, would he have even known what he was seeing?
好的，“两个灾难”应该就是“两个塔”了吧，应该是吧？但是你可能会说这些塔是处在战争中吗？如果你是在9月11日之前阅读这些散文诗的话，你可能会以为这一预言指的是一场地震什么的或者火山爆发之类的。“惊天动地之火”、“颤抖”、“灾难战争”（换句话说，应该是大陆板块碰撞），但是谁又知道呢？让我们回到诺查丹姆斯写着这些散文诗的时代吧，摩天大楼就像世贸中心双塔大楼、大型喷气式飞机应该就是那些袭击双塔大楼的，城市就是像纽约一样现代化的城市，这些在过去都是不敢想的、也是意想不到的。所以如果他能预知这些事件，他甚至知道将要发生的吗？
No. 01 - The End of the World
No. 01 - 世界末日
Remember when the world was going to end in 1994? What about 1998? Or 2000? The doomsayers always warn that Nostradamus said the world was going to end and he NEVER GOT ANYTHING WRONG. These days, 2012's the trendiest day for end-of-world prophecies. Specifically, it's Dec. 21, 2012. Believe it if you want. One thing is clear: Nostradamus himself wrote that his prophecies only went as far forward as the year 3797. Does that mean the world will end late in the 38th century? Only time will tell.
还记得有人说1994年便是世界末日吗？或者1998年？再或者2000？那些预言家总是警告说诺查丹姆斯说世界将会灭亡，他的语言从来都没错过。最近，“2012”成为当下最为流行的世界末日的预言。特别是，在2010年12月12日。信不信由你。有件事你要知道，诺查丹姆斯他自己曾这样写道，他的预言能力只能预言到3797年之前的事件。难道这就意味着世界末日在38世纪？好吧，时间会告我们真相。
