For, once it is sold, the power goes and the protection
(потому что, как только она продана, власть уходит, и защита /тоже/); and unless a man remain content with what he has, ill will befall him (и если человек не довольствуется: «не остается довольным» тем, чем он владеет, его постигнет беда;Napoleon
[n'pln], Hawaii [h'wa], power ['pa], contentNapoleon had this bottle, and by it he grew to be the king of the world; but he sold it at the last, and fell.
Captain Cook had this bottle, and by it he found his way to so many islands; but he, too, sold it, and was slain upon Hawaii.
For, once it is sold, the power goes and the protection; and unless a man remain content with what he has, ill will befall him.”
“And yet you talk of selling it yourself
(и все же вы говорите о том, чтобы самому продать ее)?” Keawe said.“I have all I wish, and I am growing elderly
(у меня есть все, чего я желаю, и я старею: «становлюсь пожилым»),” replied the man (ответил мужчина). “There is one thing the imp cannot do – he cannot prolong life (есть одна вещь, которую чертенок не может выполнить: он не может продлить жизнь); and, it would not be fair to conceal from you (и было бы нечестно скрыть это от вас;prolong
[pr'l], fair [fe], conceal [kn'si:l]“And yet you talk of selling it yourself?” Keawe said.
“I have all I wish, and I am growing elderly,” replied the man. “There is one thing the imp cannot do – he cannot prolong life; and, it would not be fair to conceal from you, there is a drawback to the bottle; for if a man die before he sells it, he must burn in hell forever.”
“To be sure, that is a drawback and no mistake
(нечего сказать, это /действительно/ изъян, никаких сомнений: «и никакого заблуждения»;