長老埋怨 The Master Complains
那長老淚眼雙垂,怨他三個徒弟道:「你等闖出禍來,卻帶累我在此受罪,這是怎的起?」行者道:「且休報怨,打便先打我,你又不曾吃打,倒轉嗟呀怎的?」唐僧道:「雖然不曾打,卻也綁得身上疼哩。」沙僧道:「師父,還有陪綁的在這裡哩。」行者道:「都不要嚷,再停會兒走路。」那长老泪眼双垂,怨他三个徒弟道:「你等闯出祸来,却带累我在此受罪,这是怎的起?」行者道:「且休报怨,打便先打我,你又不曾吃打,倒转嗟呀怎的?」唐僧道:「虽然不曾打,却也绑得身上疼哩。」沙僧道:「师父,还有陪绑的在这里哩。」行者道:「都不要嚷,再停会儿走路。」
逐句解 Line by line
That elder, tears streaming from both eyes, reproached his three disciples: "You have stirred up this calamity, and dragged me into suffering punishment here—how has it come to this?"
淚眼雙垂 (lèi yǎn shuāng chuí) "tears streaming from both eyes." 闖出禍來 (chuǎng chū huò lái) "to blunder into disaster." 帶累 (dàilěi) "to implicate, drag into."
The Pilgrim said, "Now, no reproaches—if there was a beating, it was I who was beaten first; you were not beaten at all, so what is there to sigh and moan about?"
且休報怨 (qiě xiū bào yuàn) "now, no complaining." 倒轉嗟呀 (dào zhuǎn jiē yā) "to turn round and sigh," 倒 (dào) "on the contrary," 嗟 (jiē) "to sigh."
The Tang Monk said, "Though I was not beaten, still my body aches with the binding."
綁得身上疼 (bǎng de shēnshang téng) "bound so that the body aches," with the degree-complement 得 (de).
Wujing said, "Master, there are those bound along with you here too."
還有陪綁的 (hái yǒu péi bǎng de) "there are also those bound alongside," 還 (hái) "also, besides"—Wujing wryly reminds the master he is not alone.
The Pilgrim said, "All of you, stop your clamour—rest a while longer, and then we'll be on our way."
都不要嚷 (dōu bú yào rǎng) "all of you, do not clamour," 都 (dōu) "all." 再停會兒 (zài tíng huì'r) "wait a little while more," suffix 兒 (er).
The bound pilgrims squabble in the dark—Sanzang tearful and reproachful, Wukong brushing him off, Wujing dryly noting that they too hang from the pillars. The bickering is domestic comedy, but it also sets up Wukong's promise of escape: as before, the ropes and locks that hold an ordinary captive are no obstacle to him.