ELEVEN LIVES AS A COW

　　十一世做牛

　　In about 1815， a man named Lin Ziqi died. His family and friends were sad， because he had been such a nice person.

　　1815年的時候，一個叫林子奇死了。他的家人朋友都很傷心，因為他是一個非常善良的人。

　　Lin found himself in Hell. There is a court there， presided over by the King of Hell. The bailiffs are demons with bulls' heads and horses' faces. Other demons are waiting eagerly to go get the next to die. The walls are hung with terrifying instruments of torture. These are all created by our own wicked thoughts and evil acts， not by any gods or devils.

　　林發現自己已經身在地府了。那里有一個法庭，由閻王管理。那里的監守是牛頭馬面。其他的鬼怪正在急切地等著去讓下一個人死掉。墻上掛滿了各種刑具，它們都是由我們自己的邪思惡行造成的，不是由什么鬼神造成的。

　　A doctor， Yin Zhi， was dragged into the court. "Oh no， I've just died！ Then this must be the court where I'll be judged." Just thinking about it horrified him.

　　一個叫殷志的醫生，被拖到法庭里。"哦，不，我死了！這個一定就是我要受審的法庭了。"一想到他就覺得害怕。

　　"On your knees， scum！" roared the bailiffs. Yin knelt， and noticed someone else kneeling beside him. Then he realized he knew the other prisoner ―― it was his friendly local butcher， Li Pi.

　　"跪下，壞東西！"監守們喊道。殷志跪下，然后看到自己身邊也跪了一個人。然后他發現他認識這個人，是他的一個朋友，一個叫李皮的當地屠夫。

　　Li Pi was in no friendly mood now. When he saw Dr. Yin， he stuck his finger in his face and told the king， "It's all his fault！ He's the one！ If he didn't eat beef， I wouldn't kill any cattle！ Take him， and let me go！"

　　李皮現在可沒有什么友好的態度。當他看到殷醫生，就戳著他的臉，告訴閻王："全是他的錯！就是他！如果他不吃牛肉，我就不會殺牛了！抓住他，放了我！"

　　Yin wouldn't have any of that！ He said， "Your honor， if he didn't kill cattle， I wouldn't eat beef." Li was furious when he heard that， and the bailiffs had to drag them apart.

　　殷志一點都沒想到！他急忙辯解說，"大人，如果他沒殺牛，我怎么吃呢？"李聽到后大怒，監守們只好把他們拉開。

　　The King slammed his fist on his desk. "SILENCE！ One killed and the other ate. You're both equally guilty！

　　閻王用拳頭砸了一下桌子。"肅靜！一個殺，一個吃，兩人都有罪！"

　　"Don't you have a conscience？ Cows and bulls plow fields to grow grain to feed you， but you don't have any gratitude； you eat these innocent beasts. If people eat a lot of beef， a lot of cows die. If people eat a little beef， few cows die.If people eat no beef， no cows die. Do you two understand that？" They nodded submissively.

　　"你們都沒有良心的嗎？牛為了養活你們辛苦耕作，但是你們一點感激都沒有，還吃這些無辜的畜生。如果人們吃很多牛肉，許多牛就必須死。如果人們吃得少一點，牛死的就少一些。如果人們不吃，就沒有牛會死了。你們倆明白嗎？" 他們順從地點點頭。

　　"Li Pi！ For your crimes against living creatures and against your conscience， Is entence you to Hell， where you will suffer until you have learned your lesson. Take him away！" The demons gleefully dragged the howling butcher away， kicking him as they went.

　　"李皮！你違背天良，殺了很多生命，所以你被判入地獄，你將會在哪里苦苦煎熬，直到你得到教訓為止。把他帶走！"那些鬼怪高興地把號叫著的屠夫帶走了，還一邊走一邊踢他。

　　"Dr. Yin Zhi！ You have eaten too much beef. Every time a patient invited you to dinner， you insisted on eating beef. Do you have any idea of how many cows you have eaten？ Do you admit your guilt？" Dr. Yin hung his head and nodded.

　　"印志醫生！你吃了太多的牛肉。每次有病人請你吃飯，你都一定要吃牛肉。你知道你吃了多少頭牛嗎？你是否認罪？"印醫生垂下頭，點了一點。

　　"Not only that， but eleven of your patients died due to your stupidity and carelessness.

　　"不僅如此，你的糊涂大意還讓十一個病人送了命。"

　　"For your crimes， I sentence you to eleven lives as a cow， wherein you will pay back your debts to those victims of your malpractice. You will end each life in suffering under the butcher's knife， as just compensation for the torments you caused innocent living creatures. Take him away！" Dr. Yin screamed as the demons pulled him out of the court.

　　"因為你的罪行，我要判你當十一世的牛，你要償還那些因為你的玩忽職守而死的人。你每一世都會痛苦地在屠刀下死去，這是你造成那些無辜動物死亡的報應。把他帶走！"當魔鬼把他推出法庭時，印醫生尖叫起來。

　　"As for you，" the King turned to Lin， speaking in a different tone， "You have been good to your parents and loyal to your country. It's not your time yet， so you can go back. But be sure to tell everyone what you saw here， so they do not end up in this predicament."

　　"至于你，"閻王轉向林，換了一種語氣，"你孝敬父母，忠于國家。現在還不是你的死期，你可以回去了。但是記得將你在這里的 所見所聞告訴別人，這樣他們就不至于死后到這種困境中來了。"

　　And with that， Lin Ziqi came back to life.

　　說完后，林子奇死而復生了。

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