So here I am washing two and a half thousand dead, big, bloody cow bones.

这是我在清洗2500根巨大的、血迹斑斑的牛骨。

This is called the Valley of the Dry Bones, and God's command – God's will – will make those dead bones come alive.

这被称为枯骨谷，上帝的命令——上帝的旨意——将使那些死去的骨头复活。

New life breathed into a long-forgotten tradition, just as 9,000 years ago, our ancestors breathed life into the dead bone of a bird and produced the sound.

被遗忘已久的传统被注入了新的生命，就如同9000年前，我们的祖先将生命注入了一只鸟的死骨，发出了乐声。

And, indeed, it seemed small matter for wonder, that for all his pervading, mad recklessness, Ahab, did at times give careful heed to the condition of that dead bone upon which he partly stood.

事实上，这似乎不值得大惊小怪，虽然亚哈始终是疯癫鲁莽，他有时却对那条他赖以支撑起半边身子的死骨头非常谨慎在意。