He's able to justify the ways of God to men here on the physical - on this intimately bodily earth.

弥尔顿得以从这具体的物质的人间的角度,证明了上帝待人之法。

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To justify the ways of God to men is essentially to put God on trial for the actions that he performs.

证明上帝待人之法相当于是,就上帝的所作所为对他进行审判。

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To the extent that Lycidas' body has been recovered, that it's been redeemed, Milton is able -- perhaps successfully, Milton is able to justify the ways of God to men.

利西达斯的身体最终愈合了，被救赎了，这样弥尔顿就得以--或许是成功的，证明了上帝待人之法。

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How then can we justify the ways of God to men? How can we justify the fact that the abstinent Orpheus, the virtuous Orpheus, ? was so brutally assaulted and without any aid from the higher powers?

如何证明上帝待人之法？，如何解释俄耳甫斯这样一个,节制欲望，贞洁自守的人竟会遭到如此残忍的谋害，却得不到任何更高力量的援助这样一个事实？

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And so, to use the words with which Milton would begin Paradise Lost, " a theodicy is an attempt "to justify the ways of God to men."

因此，用弥尔顿在《失乐园》开头的话说，斯奥迪斯就是试图“证明上帝待人之法“

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