The Sun and How It Was Made by Divine Will

The Sun is thirty times the size it appears: looks very small because it is very high up from the earth.

太阳实际的大小是它看起来的三十倍：它看起来很小，是因为它离地球非常高远。

The Sun has an apparel and a crown which would befit a Tsar, and fifteen thousands of angels of the Lord accompany him and deck him every day. And when the Sun wanes to the West, then the angels strip off from him that garb and crown which would befit a Tsar, and lay it on the throne of the Lord.

太阳有一身衣裳和一顶王冠，配得上一位沙皇的身份，每天都有一万五千位主的天使陪伴左右，为他装扮打点。等到太阳西沉之时，天使们便从他身上脱下那身配得上沙皇的衣裳和王冠，放到主的宝座上。

Three angels remain with the Sun and make him ready, and God has consigned one hundred angels to enrobe the Sun in an apparel and a crown meet for a Tsar.

留下三位天使继续陪伴太阳，为他做准备；而主已经派遣了一百位天使，专门负责为太阳穿上那身配得上沙皇的衣裳和王冠。

And when the Sun arises from the East crossing to the West, then fiery phoenixes and the Ksálavy of paradise fly in front of the Sun, but first wet their wings in the waters of the ocean and asperse with their wings the Sun that he may not sear them with his golden rays.

当太阳从东方升起、横越天空前往西方时，炽烈的凤凰和天堂的克萨拉维鸟便飞在太阳前面，但它们会先把翅膀浸湿在大海的水中，再用翅膀向太阳洒水，免得太阳那金色的光芒把它们灼伤。

But from the fire of the Sun the feathers even of these birds are consumed, because they are scorched away. And they again bathe in the ocean and are renewed.

可即便如此，太阳的火焰仍会把这些鸟儿的羽毛烧掉，因为它们终究还是被灼烤殆尽了。于是它们又回到大海中沐浴，重新焕然一新。

For this reason the cock is a prophet, and it has under its wings a white feather belonging to the other birds.

正因如此，公鸡才是一位先知，它的翅膀下藏着一根属于其他鸟类的白色羽毛。

And when the Sun wanes to the West, then the cock’s feathers warp.

而当太阳西沉之时，公鸡的羽毛便会卷曲起来。

But when the Lord’s angels take the dress and the crown from the throne of the Lord, the cock awakens, lifts up his voice, flutters with his wings, the first time to announce the resurrection to the world and to tell the angels of the law; then to say: “O Christ, Giver of Light, look down on us and bestow on the world Thy light”; and the third time to sing: “Christ is the Life and accomplishes all things.” And thus the cock sings to the light, magnifies its Creator, and announces joy to the just. Amen.

可是当主的天使们把那身衣裳和王冠从主的宝座上取下时，公鸡便会醒来，引吭高歌，扑打翅膀，第一次是向世人宣告复活，并向天使们讲述律法；接着说道：“哦，基督，赐光者啊，请垂顾我们，把你的光赐予这个世界”；第三次则唱道：“基督就是生命，成就万事万物。”于是公鸡便向着光明歌唱，颂扬他的造物主，向义人宣告喜讯。阿门。