" The jester thought for a minute and said, "Well,they are all wise men, but have different ideas about the moon.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

Milton wants to arrive in Bethlehem to hand Christ his poem before the wise men are able to bring their gold and their frankincense and their myrrh.

他想到达伯利恒把他的诗歌亲手交给基督,在术士们拿走他们的黄金,乳香精油和没药树之前。

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For men, being all the workmanship of one omnipotent, and infinitely wise maker," Namely God, "They are His property, whose workmanship they are, made to last during His, " not one another's pleasure."

既然人类都是无所不能和无限智慧的，创世主的创造物“，也就是上帝，“他们就是他的财产，是他的创造物，他要他们存在多久就存在多久，由不得他们自己作主“

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The magi were wise men--wonderfully wise men-- who brought gifts to the Baby Jesus.

VOA: special.2010.12.25

Milton wants his ode to make it to Bethlehem before the Three Wise Men do.

弥尔顿想把他的颂歌在术士们到达之前,带到伯利恒。

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Milton wants to beat the Three Wise Men to the scene.

弥尔顿想把术士们放进这一幻景中。

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Three wise men or kings visited the Baby Jesus.

三位智者或国王探望了。

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we don't know -- Milton tells someone to hurry up think of this -- to hurry up with the inspiration of the ode, because Milton can see the Three Wise Men bearing their gifts as they dutifully follow the Star of Bethlehem to the manger.

我们不知道-弥尔顿告诉某个人赶紧,用颂歌中的灵感想一下，因为弥尔顿能看到术士们正在贡献馨香,当他们忠实得追随伯利恒明星来到马槽的时候。

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with thy humble ode," he's also saying that the wise men should be prevented from making it to the manger at all, that somehow the wise men need to be headed off at the pass and precluded from presenting any gifts to the Infant God that may compete with the so-called humble ode of John Milton.

要尽先把你们卑微的歌辞献上“,他同时也在说应该阻止那些术士们,不让他们到达马槽那里，不管用什么方式，都要在途中阻拦住那些术士们,不让他们把与弥尔顿所谓的谦逊的颂歌,相竞争的礼物,放在圣婴的脚下。

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