祭司

They used their priestly office for their own selfish gain and desires of the flesh.

他们利用祭司的职位满足一己的私欲和肉体的欲望。

That is when he would have normally taken up his priestly duties.

按照规定，当他二十岁的时候，就是担任祭司职务的年龄。

His proconsulship in Asia15 he conducted in such a fashion that he alone excelled his grandfather; and in this proconsulship, too, he received another omen foretelling his rule; for at Tralles a priestess, being about to greet him after the custom of the place (for it was their custom to greet the proconsuls by their title), instead of saying "Hail, proconsul," said "Hail, imperator"; at Cyzicus, moreover, a crown was transferred from an image of a god to a statue of him.

在亚洲总督任上（15），他的管理如此适宜，以致于，惟有他胜过了他的祖父；而且在那期间，他也接受了另外一个关于他的统治的预言；特拉雷斯的一个女祭司，在用当地的风俗欢迎他之后（他们习惯以他们的称呼来欢迎总督），没有说"总督万岁"，而是说"皇上万岁"；而且在基济科斯，有个王冠从一座神像上移到了他的雕像上。

If Apollo was a musician, then his priestess, the Pythia, was his instrument.

如果阿波罗是音乐家，那么他的女祭司皮提亚就是他的乐器。

A priestess called the Pythia would, for a fee, make public predictions for the future.

一个名叫皮提亚的女祭司为公众提供关于未来的预测并籍此牟利。

The only notable exception was Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.

唯一引人注目的特例是另一个名字派西亚，她是德尔菲的供奉阿波罗神的女祭司。

Many of the questions asked of the Pythia have survived inscribed on lead tablets but none of the answers were recorded by the priests.

许多问题问的pythia有存活者对铅片，但没有答案均录得由祭司。

The name Sibyll was applied in the ancient world to many women who were inspired by the god Apollo with the gift of prophecy. The only notable exception was Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi .

许多受到阿波罗（阿波罗是预言之神，译注）神示，拥有预言的天赋的女性，都被叫做西比尔，唯一的例外是特尔斐（此地是阿波罗的圣地，有保存得最好的阿波罗神殿，译注）的阿波罗神庙中的女祭司，皮提亚。

And when this was done, Pius designated him as his colleague in the consulship, though he was still only quaestor, gave him the title of Caesar,38 appointed him while consul-elect one of the six commanders of the equestrian order39 and sat by him when he and his five colleagues were producing their official games, bade him take up his abode in the House of Tiberius40 and there provided him with all the pomp of a court, though Marcus objected to this, and finally took him into the priesthoods41 at the bidding of the senate.

此事以后，皮乌斯在执政官的职位中指定他为自己的同事，虽然他仍然只是一个财务官；并授予他恺撒称号（38），在从骑士阶层的指挥官中挑选六位执政官时任命他为执政官（39），而在官方选举他和那五个同事的时候他袖手旁观；给他买了一座台伯河（40）上的住宅，还提供一座豪华的庭院；尽管马尔库斯反对，最后元老院还是命令他接受祭司之职（41）。

My parents wanted me to be a rabbi.

我父母希望我可以成为一位犹太祭司。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！