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六月十七日我把那大鳖拿来煮了吃。在它的肚子里，我还挖出了六十只蛋。当时，我感到鳖肉鲜美无比，是我平生尝到的最佳菜肴。因为自从我踏上这可怕的荒岛，除了山羊和飞禽，还没有吃过别的动物的肉呢！ June 18. Rain'd all Day, and I stay'd within. I thought at this Time the Rain felt Cold, and I was something chilly, which I knew was not usual in that Latitude. 六月十八日整天下雨，没有出门。我感到这回的雨有点寒意，身子感到有点发冷。我知道，在这个纬度上，这是不常有的事。 June 19. Very ill, and shivering, as if the Weather had been cold. 六月十九日病得很重，身子直发抖，好像天气太冷了。 June 20. No Rest all Night, violent Pains in my Head, and feaverish. 六月二十日整夜不能入睡，头很痛，并发热。 June 21. Very ill, frighted almost to Death with the Apprehensions of my sad Condition, to be sick, and no Help: Pray'd to GOD for the first Time since the Storm off of Hull, but scarce knew what I said, or why; my Thoughts being all confused. 六月二十一日全身不舒服。想到自己生病而无人照顾的惨状，不禁怕得要死。自从在赫尔市出发遭遇风暴以来，我第一次祈祷上帝。至于为什么祈祷，祈祷些什么，连自己也说不清楚，因为思绪混乱极了。 
六月二十二日身子稍稍舒服一点，但因为生病，还是害怕极了。 June 23. Very bad again, cold and shivering, and then a violent Head-ach. 六月二十三日病又重了，冷得直发抖，接着是头痛欲裂。 June 24. Much better. 六月二十四日病好多了。 June 25. An Ague very violent; the Fit held me seven Hours, cold Fit and hot, with faint Sweats after it. 六月二十五日发疟疾，很厉害。发作一次持续七小时，时冷时热，最后终于出了点汗。 June 26. Better; and having no Victuals to eat, took my Gun, but found my self very weak; however I kill'd a She-Goat, and with much Difficulty got it Home, and broil'd some of it, and eat; I wou'd fain have stew'd it, and made some Broath, but had no Pot. 六月二十六日好了一点。因为没有东西吃，就带枪出门。身体十分虚弱，但还是打到了一只母山羊。好不容易把山羊拖回家，非常吃力。烤了一点山羊肉吃。很想煮些羊肉汤喝，可是没有锅子。 
六月二十七日疟疾再次发作，且来势很凶。在床上躺了一整天，不吃不喝。口里干得要命，但身子太虚弱，连爬起来弄点水喝的力气都没有。再一次祈祷上帝，但头昏昏沉沉的；等头昏过去后，我又不知道该怎样祈祷，只是躺在床上，连声叫喊："上帝，保佑我吧！上帝，可怜我吧！上帝，救救我吧！"这样连续喊了两三小时，寒热渐退，我才昏昏睡去，直到半夜才醒来。醒来后，觉得身子爽快了不少，但仍软弱无力，且口里渴得要命。可是家里没有水，只得躺下等第二天早晨再说。于是，我又睡着了。这一次，我做了一个恶梦。 I thought, that I was sitting on the Ground on the Outside of my Wall, where I sat when the Storm blew after the Earthquake, and that I saw a Man descend from a great black Cloud, in a bright Flame of Fire, and light upon the Ground: He was all over as bright as a Flame, so that I could but just bear to look towards him; his Countenance was most inexpressibly dreadful, impossible for Words to describe; when he stepp'd upon the Ground with his Feet, I thought the Earth trembl'd, just as it had done before in the Earthquake, and all the Air look'd, to my Apprehension, as if it had been fill'd with Flashes of Fire. 我梦见我坐在围墙外面的地上，就是地震后刮暴风雨时我坐的地方，看见一个人从一大片乌云中从天而降，四周一片火光。他降落到地上，全身像火一样闪闪发光，使我无法正眼看他。他面目狰狞可怖，非言语所能形容。当他两脚落到地面上时，我仿佛觉得大地都震动了，就像地震发生时一样。更使我惊恐的是，他全身似乎在燃烧，空中火光熠熠。 He was no sooner landed upon the Earth, but he moved forward towards me, with a long Spear or Weapon in his Hand, to kill me; and when he came to a rising Ground, at some Distance, he spoke to me, or I heard a Voice so terrible, that it is impossible to express the Terror of it; all that I can say, I understood, was this, Seeing all these Things have not brought thee to Repentance, nom thou shalt die: At which Words, I thought he lifted up the Spear that was in his Hand, to kill me. 他一着地，就向我走来，手里拿着一根长矛样的武器，似乎要来杀我。当他走到离我不远的高坡上时，便对我讲话了，那声音真可怕得难以形容。他对我说的话，我只听懂了一句："既然所发生的一切事情都不能使你忏悔，现在就要你的命。"说着，他就举起手中的矛来杀我。 No one, that shall ever read this Account, will expect that I should be able to describe the Horrors of my Soul at this terrible Vision, I mean, that even while it was a Dream, I even dreamed of those Horrors; nor is it any more possible to describe the Impression that remain'd upon my Mind when I awak'd and found it was but a Dream. 任何人读到我这段记述时，都会感到，这个可怕的梦境，一定把我吓得灵魂出窍，根本无法描绘当时的情景。虽然这仅仅是一个梦，但却十分恐怖。即使醒来后，明知是一场梦，在脑海里留下的印象，也还可怕得难以言传。 I had alas! no divine Knowledge; what I had received by the good Instruction of my Father was then worn out by an uninterrupted Series, for 8 Years, of Seafaring Wickedness, and a constant Conversation with nothing but such as were like my self, wicked and prophane to the last Degree: I do not remember that I had in all that Time one Thought that so much as tended either to looking upwards toward God, or inwards towards a Reflection upon my own Ways: But a certain Stupidity of Soul, without Desire of Good, or Conscience of Evil, had entirely overwhelm'd me, and I was all that the most hardened, unthinking, wicked Creature among our common Sailors, can be supposed to be, not having the least Sense, either of the Fear of God in Danger, or of Thankfulness to God in Deliverances. 天哪！我不信上帝。虽然小时候父亲一直谆谆教诲我，但八年来，我一直过着水手的生活，染上了水手的种种恶习；我交往的人也都和我一样，邪恶缺德，不信上帝。所以，我从父亲那儿受到的一点点良好的教育，也早就消磨殆尽了。这么多年来，我不记得自己曾经敬仰过上帝，也没有反省过自己的行为。我生性愚蠢，善恶不分。即使在一般水手中，我也算得上是个邪恶之徒：冷酷无情，轻率鲁莽，危难中不知敬畏上帝，遇救时也不知道对上帝感恩。 
从我前面的自述中，读者可以知道，至今我已遭遇了种种灾难，但我从未想到这一切都是上帝的意旨，也从未想到这一切都是对我罪孽的惩罚，是对我背逆父亲的行为，对我当前深重的罪行，以及对我邪恶生涯的惩罚。当我不顾一切，冒险去非洲蛮荒的海岸，我从未想到这种冒险生涯会给我带来什么后果，也没有祈祷上帝为我指引一条正路，保佑我脱离身边的危险，免遭野兽或野人的袭击。我完全没有想到上帝，想到天意；我的行为完全像一个畜生，只受自然规律的支配，或只听从常识的驱使，甚至连常识都谈不上。 When I was deliver'd and taken up at Sea by the Portugal Captain, well us'd, and dealt justly and honourably with, as well as charitably, I had not the least Thankfulness on my Thoughts: When again I was shipwreck'd, ruin'd, and in Danger of drowning on this Island, I was as far from Remorse, or looking on it as a Judgment; I only said to my self often, that I was an unfortunate Dog, and born to be always miserable. It is true, when I got on Shore first here, and found all my Ship's Crew drown'd, and my self spar'd, I was surpriz'd with a Kind of Extasie, and some Transports of Soul, which, had the Grace of God assisted, might have come up to true Thankfulness; but it ended where it begun, in a meer common Flight of Joy, or as I may say, being glad I was alive, without the least Reflection upon the distinguishing Goodness of the Hand which had preserv'd me, and had singled me out to be preserv'd, when all the rest were destroy'd; or an Enquiry why Providence had been thus merciful to me; even just the same common Sort of Joy which Seamen generally have after they are got safe ashore from a Shipwreck, which they drown all in the next Bowl of Punch, and forget almost as soon as it is over, and all the rest of my Life was like it. 当我在海上被葡萄牙船长救起来时，受到他优厚、公正和仁慈的待遇，但我心里没有对上帝产生一点感激之情。后来我再度遭受船难，并差一点在这荒岛边淹死，我也毫无忏悔之意，也没有把此当作对我的报应。我只是经常对自己说，我是个"晦气鬼"，生来要吃苦受罪。确实，我一上岸，发现其他船员全都葬身大海，唯我一人死里逃生，着实惊喜了一番；在狂喜中，我若能想到上帝，就会产生真诚的感恩之情。但我仅仅欣喜一阵子而已，高兴过了也就算了。我对自己说，我庆幸自己能活下来，却没有好好想一下，别人都死了，单单我一人幸免于难，岂不是上帝对我的特殊恩宠；也没有深入思考一下，上天为什么对我如此慈悲。我像一般船员一样，沉船之后，侥幸平安上岸，当然欣喜万分；然后就喝上几杯甜酒，把船难忘得一干二净。我一生就过着这样的生活。 Even when I was afterwards, on due Consideration, made sensible of my Condition, how I was cast on this dreadful Place, out of the Reach of humane Kind, out of all Hope of Relief, or Prospect of Redemption, as soon as I saw but a Prospect of living, and that I should not starve and perish for Hunger, all the Sense of my Affliction wore off, and I begun to be very easy, apply'd my self to the Works proper for my Preservation and Supply, and was far enough from being afflicted at my Condition, as a Judgment from Heaven, or as the Hand of God against me; these were Thoughts which very seldom enter'd into my Head. 后来，经过了一番思考，对自己的状况有了清醒的认识，知道自己流落到这个可怕的荒岛上，远离人烟，毫无获救的希望。尽管自己知道身陷绝境，但一旦我发现还能活下去，不致饿死，我的一切苦恼也随之烟消云散了。我又开始过着无忧无虑的生活，一心一意干各种活儿以维持自己的生存。我一点也没有想到，我目前的不幸遭遇，是上天对我的惩罚，是上帝对我的报应。说实话，这种思想很少进入我的头脑里。 The growing up of the Corn, as is hinted in my Journal, had at first some little Influence upon me, and began to affect me with Seriousness, as long as I thought it had something miraculous in it; but as soon as ever that Part of the Thought was remov'd, all the Impression which was rais'd from it, wore off also, as I have noted already. 前面我在日记中已经提到过，在大麦刚刚长出来时，我曾一度想到上帝，并深受感动，因为我最初认为那是上帝显示的神迹。但后来发现这并非是上帝的神迹，我感受的印象也就随之消失了。关于这一点，我前面已记过了。 Even the Earthquake, tho' nothing could be more terrible in its Nature, or more immediately directing to the invisible Power which alone directs such Things, yet no sooner was the first Fright over, but the Impression it had made went off also. I had no more Sense of God or his Judgments, much less of the present Affliction of my Circumstances being from his Hand, than if I had been in the most prosperous Condition of Life. 地震该是大自然最可怕的景象了吧，而且，这往往使人想到冥冥中的那种神力，这种神力往往又与上帝或天意联系在一起。可是，在最初的一阵恐惧过去之后，关于神力和上帝的印象也马上随之消失。我既不觉得有什么上帝，也不认为有所谓上帝的审判，也没有想到我目前可悲的处境是出于上帝的意旨，好像我一直生活得十分优裕舒适似的。
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