it pained me, very badly pained me, to see him now so deplorably foolish about this ridiculous Ramadan of his.  只是在这件事上又成了不可救药的野人，实在让我痛心！

Besides, argued I, fasting makes the body cave in; hence the spirit caves in; and all thoughts born of a fast must necessarily be half-starved.  我告诉他，这种损害身体的斋戒肯定会损害精神，而且所有起源于斋成过程中的思想也必定是不健康的、没有生命力的。

This is the reason why most dyspeptic religionists cherish such melancholy notions about their hereafters.  这就是那些悲观的宗教领袖们患消化不良症的原因。 

In one word, Queequeg, said I, rather digressively; hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling;  我不得不直截了当地告诉他，所谓地狱就是你在消化不良时的一种心像，这种心像的根源，

and since then perpetuated through the hereditary dyspepsias nurtured by Ramadans.  这种消化不良的根源就在于你这种毫无道理的斋戒。 

I then asked Queequeg whether he himself was ever troubled with dyspepsia; expressing the idea very plainly, so that he could take it in.  我问他得没得过消化不良症，

He said no; only upon one memorable occasion.  他说没有。只有一次，那是在他父王的筵席上。

It was after a great feast given by his father the king, on the gaining of a great battle wherein fifty of the enemy had been killed by about two o'clock in the afternoon,  那个下午，他们杀死了五十个敌人，

and all cooked and eaten that very evening.  晚上煮了煮就吃了。