The Greeks used to worship several gods.

过去,希腊人奉好几种神。

When I was eight years old,my parents were faultless gods.

八岁时,我视父母为完美无拜偶像。

The ephors, Priests to the old gods.

五长老是古代天神祭祀。

Money is the god of the bosses.

老板们拜就是金钱。

The early Romans referred to these gods as numina.

早期罗马提到这些神为守护神。

Men have ascribed their own characteristics to their gods.

人们认为他们特性属于诸神。

The school captain was a god to the younger boys.

校队队长被低年级男孩子奉若神明。

Ganesa was the god of wisdom and success in Hindu mythology.

在印度神话中，象头神是智慧和成功之神。

The outcome of the experiment is in the lap of the gods.

实验结果尚难预料。

He then ordered another god to come downtake the two high mountains away.

玉帝被愚公坚韧不拔精神所感动，便派大力神把两座大山背走了。

We aren’t gods: we must accept our mortality.

要死就得死。

These people pray to many gods.

这些人向众神祈祷。

They consecrated a temple to their god.

他们把庙奉献给神。

This shrine is sacred to the Hindu god Vishnu.

这座神殿是供奉印度教神毗瑟拏。

Before the battle, the commanders ordered the sacrifice of two bullocks to the god of war.

打仗之前, 指挥官下令给战神供奉两只公牛。

But medicine is science after all, face congenital god, any make a stand against are infructuous.

但医学究竟是科学,面对先天造物主,任何抗争都是徒劳。

This was an airy and unplastered cabin, fit to entertain a travelling god, and where a goddess might trail her garments.

我风良好没抹外墙灰，适于敬奉过往周游神明，可能会有女神流连，拂衣而过。

I don’t know what’s going to happen— it’s in the lap of the gods now. All we can do is wait.

我也不知道会发生什么事情，现在一切都听天由命，我们只能等待。

Your heart is mad wild be like fire, ignite a bundle of hot blaze to make god general time firing and cindery.

我心静谧似水，捧起一掬清泉翘首等待一场宿命爱情。

They thought the Pinfold voice was a god: Apollo, say, or Astarte or Yahweh or, more probably, a minor household god, offering them advice or orders.

他们以为平弗尔德声音来自一个神，比如阿波罗，阿施塔特（译者注：腓尼基人拜丰饶和爱女神），或者耶和华，更可能是一个比较日常神，在给予他们建议或命令。