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至于世界上所发生的一切有关宗教的争执、纠缠、斗争和辩论，无论是教义上微细的分别，还是教会行政上的种种计谋，对我们来说，都毫无用处。并且，在我看来，对世界上其他人也毫无用处。我们走向天堂最可靠的指南就是《圣经》--上帝的语言。感谢上帝，上帝的圣灵用上帝的语言教导我们，引导我们认识真理，使我们心悦诚服地服从上帝的指示。所以，即使我们十分了解造成世界上巨大混乱的那些宗教上的争执，在我看来对我们也毫无用处。现在，我还是把一些重要的事情，按发生的先后顺序，继续讲下去吧。 After Friday and I became more intimately acquainted, and that he could understand almost all I said to him, and speak fluently, though in broken English to me; I acquainted him with my own Story, or at least so much of it as related to my coming into the Place, how I had liv'd there, and how long. I let him into the Mystery, for such it was to him, of Gunpowder, and Bullet, and taught him how to shoot: I gave him a Knife, which he was wonderfully delighted with, and I made him a Belt, with a Frog hanging to it, such as in England we wear Hangers in; and in the Frog, instead of a Hanger, I gave him a Hatchet, which was not only as good a Weapon in some Cases, but much more useful upon other Occasions. 我和星期五成了好朋友，我说的话，他几乎都能听懂；他自己的英语尽管说得不太地道，但已能相当流利地与我交谈了。这时，我就把自己的身世告诉了他，特别是我怎样流落到这小岛上来，怎样在这儿生活，在这儿已多少年了等等。我又把火药和子弹的秘密告诉了他，因为，在他看来，这确实是个秘密，并教会了他开枪。我还给了他一把刀，对此他高兴极了。我又替他做了一条皮带，皮带上挂了一个佩刀的搭环，就像在英国我们用来佩刀的那种搭环。不过，在搭环上，我没有让他佩腰刀，而是给他佩了把斧头，因为斧头不仅在战斗时可以派用场，而且在平时用处更多。 I describ'd to him the Country of Europe, and particularly England, which I came from; how we liv'd, how we worshipp'd God, how we behav'd to one another; and how we traded in Ships to all Parts of the World: I gave him an Account of the Wreck which I had been on board of, and shew'd him as near as I could, the Place where she lay; but she was all beaten in Pieces before, and gone. 我把欧洲的情况，特别是我的故乡英国的情况，说给他听，告诉他我们是怎样生活的，我们怎样崇拜上帝，人与人之间又怎样互相相处，以及怎样乘船到世界各地做生意。我又把我所乘的那条船出事的经过告诉他，并指给他看沉船的大致地方。至于那条船，早已给风浪打得粉碎，现在连影子都没有了。 I shew'd him the Ruins of our Boat, which we lost when we escap'd, and which I could not stir with my whole Strength then; but was now fallen almost all to Pieces: Upon seeing this Boat, Friday stood musing a great while, and said nothing; I ask'd him what it was he study'd upon, at last says he, me see such Boat like come to Place at my Nation. I did not understand him a good while; but at last, when I had examin'd farther into it, I understood by him, that a Boat, such as that had been, came on Shore upon the Country where he liv'd; that is, as he explain'd it, was driven thither by Stress of Weather: I presently imagin'd, that some European Ship must have been cast away upon their Coast, and the Boat might get loose, and drive a Shore; but was so dull, that I never once thought of Men making escape from a Wreck thither, much less whence they might come; so I only enquir'd after a Description of the Boat. 我又把那只小艇的残骸指给他看，也就是我们逃命时翻掉的那只救生艇。我曾经竭尽全力想把它推到海里去，但怎么使劲小艇都分毫不动。现在，这小艇也已差不多烂成碎片了。星期五看到那只小艇，站在那里出神了好一会儿，一句话也不说。我问他在想些什么。他说，"我看到过这样的小船到过我们的地方。"我好半天都不明白他的意思。最后，经过详细追问，我才明白他的意思：曾经有一只小艇，同这只一模一样，在他们住的地方靠岸，而且，据他说，小艇是给风浪冲过去的。由此，我马上联想到，这一定是一只欧洲的商船在他们海岸附近的海面上失事了，那小艇是被风浪打离了大船，飘到他们海岸上。当时，我的头脑真是迟钝极了，我怎么也没有想到有人也许从失事的船只上乘小艇逃生，到了他们那边。至于那是些什么人，我当然更是想都没有想过。因此，我只是要星期五把那只小艇的样子详详细细地给我描绘一番。 Friday describ'd the Boat to me well enough; but brought me better to understand him, when he added with some Warmth, we save the white Mans from drown: Then I presently ask'd him, if there was any white Mans, as he call'd them, in the Boat; yes, he said, the Boat full white Mans: I ask'd him how many; he told upon his Fingers seventeen: I ask'd him then what become of them; he told me, they live, they dwell at my Nation. This put new Thoughts into my Head; for I presently imagin'd, that these might be the Men belonging to the Ship, that was cast away in Sight of my Island, as I now call it; and who after the Ship was struck on the Rock, and they saw her inevitably lost, had sav'd themselves in their Boat, and were landed upon that wild Shore among the Savages. 星期五把小艇的情况说得很清楚。后来，他又很起劲地补充说："我们又从水里救出了一些白人。"这才使我进一步了解了他的意思。我马上问他小艇上有没有白人。他说："有，满满一船，都是白人。”我问他有多少白人，他用手指头扳着告诉我，一共有十七个。我又问他们现在的下落。他回答说："他们都活着，他们就住在我们的部落里。"他的话马上使我产生了新的联想。我想，那些白人一定是我上次在岛上看到出事的那条大船上的船员。他们在大船触礁后，知道船早晚会沉没，就上小艇逃生了。他们到了野人聚居的蛮荒的海岸上了岸。 
因此，我更进一步仔仔细细地打听了那些白人的下落。星期五再三告诉我，他们现在仍住在那里，已经住了四年了。野人们不去打扰他们，还供给他们粮食吃。我问他，他们为什么不把那些白人杀了吃掉呢？星期五说："不，我们和他们成了兄弟。"对此，我的理解是，他们之间有一个休战协议。接着，他又补充说： "他们只是打仗时吃人，平时是不吃人的。"这就是说，他们只吃战争中所抓到的俘虏，平时一般是不吃人的。 It was after this some considerable Time, that being upon the Top of the Hill, at the East Side of the Island, from whence as have said, I had in a clear Day discover'd the Main, or Continent of America; Friday, the Weather being very serene, looks very earnestly towards the Main Land, and in a kind of Surprise, falls a jumping and dancing, and calls out to me, for I was at some Distance from him: I ask'd him, What was the Matter? O joy! Says he, O glad! There see my Country, there my Nation! I observ'd an extraordinary Sense of Pleasure appear'd in his Face, and his Eyes sparkled, and his Countenance discover'd a strange Eagerness, as if he had a Mind to be in his own Country again; and this Observation of mine, put a great many Thoughts into me, which made me at first not so easy about my new Man Friday as I was before; and I made no doubt, but that if Friday could get back to his own Nation again, he would not only forget all his Religion, but all his Obligation to me; and would be forward enough to give his Countrymen an Account of me, and come back perhaps with a hundred or two of them, and make a Feast upon me, at which he might be as merry as he us'd to be with those of his Enemies, when they were taken in War. 此后过了很久，有一天，天气晴朗，我和星期五偶然走上岛东边的那座小山顶。在那儿，也是在一个晴朗的日子里，我曾看到了美洲大陆。当时，星期五全神贯注地朝大陆方向眺望了一会儿，忽然出乎意外地手舞足蹈起来，还把我叫了过去，因为我恰好不在他身边，离开他还有几步路。我问他是怎么回事。他说： "噢，真高兴！真快活！我看到了我的家乡，我看到了自己的部落了！"这时，我只见他脸上现出一种异乎寻常的欣喜。他双眼闪闪发光，流露出一种热切兴奋和神往的神色，仿佛想立刻返回他故乡去似的。看到他这种心情，我胡思乱想起来。我对星期五不由起了戒心，因而与他也不像以前那样融洽了。我毫不怀疑，只要星期五能回到自己的部落中去，他不但会忘掉他的宗教信仰，而且也会忘掉他对我的全部义务。他一定会毫不犹豫地把我的情况告诉他部落里的人，说不定还会带上一两百他的同胞到岛上来，拿我来开一次人肉宴。那时，他一定会像吃战争中抓来的俘虏那样一样兴高采烈。 But I wrong'd the poor honest Creature very much, for which I was very sorry afterwards. However as my Jealousy encreased, and held me some Weeks, I was a little more circumspect, and not so familiar and kind to him as before; in which I was certainly in the Wrong too, the honest grateful Creature having no thought about it, but what consisted with the best Principles, both as a religious Christian, and as a grateful Friend, as appeared afterwards to my full Satisfaction. 我的这些想法实在大大冤枉了这个可怜的老实人。为此，我后来对他感到十分歉意。可是，当时我的疑虑有增无已，一连好几个星期都不能排除。我对他采取了不少防范的措施，对待他也没有像以前那样友好，那样亲热了。这样做，我又大大地错了。其实，他和从前一样，既忠实，又感恩，根本就没有想到这些事情上去。后来的事实也证明，他既是一位虔诚的基督徒，又是一位知恩图报的朋友。他的这种品质实在使我非常满意。 While my Jealousy of him lasted, you may be sure I was every Day pumping him to see if he would discover any of the new Thoughts, which I suspected were in him; but I found every thing he said was so Honest, and so Innocent, that I could find nothing to nourish my Suspicion; and in spight of all my Uneasiness he made me at last entirely his own again, nor did he in the least perceive that I was Uneasie, and therefore I could not suspect him of Deceit. 可是，在我对他的疑惧没有消除之前，我每天都要试探他，希望他无意中会暴露出自己的思想，以证实我对他的怀疑。可是我却发现，他说的每一句话都那么诚实无瑕，实在找不出任何可以让我疑心的东西。因此，尽管我心里很不踏实，他还是赢得了我的信任。在此期间，他一点也没有看出我对他的怀疑，我也没有根据疑心他是在装假。 One Day walking up the same Hill, but the Weather being haizy at Sea, so that we could not see the Continent, I call'd to him, and said, Friday, do not you wish your self in your own Country, your own Nation? Yes, he said, he be much O glad to be at his own Nation. What would you do there said I, would you turn Wild again, eat Mens Flesh again, and be a Savage as you were before? He lookt full of Concern, and shaking his Head said, No no, Friday tell them to live Good, tell them to pray God, tell them to eat Corn bread, Cattleflesh, Milk, no eat Man again: Why then said I to him, They will kill you. He look'd grave at that, and then said, No, they no kill me, they willing love learn: He meant by this, they would be willing to learn. He added, they learn'd much of the Bearded-Mans that come in the Boat. Then I ask'd him if he would go back to them? He smil'd at that, and told me he could not swim so far. I told him I would make a Canoe for him. He told me, he would go, if I would go with him. I go! says I, why they will Eat me if I come there! No, no, says he, me make they no Eat you; me make they much Love you: He meant he would tell them how I had kill'd his Enemies, and sav'd his Life, and so he would make them love me; then he told me as well as he could, how kind they were to seventeen White-men, or Bearded-men, as he call'd them, who came on Shore there in Distress. 有一天，我们又走上了那座小山。但这一次海上雾蒙蒙的，根本看不见大陆。我对星期五说："星期五，你不想回到自己的家乡，回到自己的部族去吗？"他说： "是的，我很想回到自己的部族去。"我说："你回去打算做什么呢？你要重新过野蛮生活，再吃人肉，像从前那样做个食人生番吗？"他脸上马上显出郑重其事的样子，拼命摇着头说："不，不，星期五要告诉他们做好人，告诉他们要祈祷上帝，告诉他们要吃谷物面包，吃牛羊肉，喝牛羊奶，不要再吃人肉。"我说："那他们就会杀死你。"他一听这话，脸上显出很庄重的神色说："不，他们不会杀我。他们爱学习。"他的意思是说，他们愿意学习。接着，他又补充说他们已经从小艇上来的那些有胡子的人那儿学了不少新东西。然后，我又问他是否想回去。他笑着对我说，他不能游那么远。我告诉他，我可以给他做条独木舟。他说，如果我愿意跟他去，他就去。"我去？"我说，"我去了他们不就把我吃掉了？""不会的，不会的，"他说，"我叫他们不吃你。我叫他们爱你，非常非常爱你！"他的意思是说，他会告诉他们我怎样杀死了他的敌人，救了他的命。所以，他会使他们爱我。接着，他又竭力描绘他们对待那十七个白人怎么怎么好。那些白人是在船只遇难后上岸到他们那儿的，他叫他们"有胡子的人"。 
从这时期，我得承认，我很想冒险渡海过去，看看能否与那些有胡子的人会合。我毫不怀疑，那些人不是西班牙人，就是葡萄牙人。我也毫不怀疑，一旦我能与他们会合，就能设法从这儿逃走。因为，一方面我们在大陆上；另一方面，我们成群结伙，人多势众。这要比我一个人孤立无援，从离大陆四十海里的小岛上逃出去容易多了。所以，过了几天之后，我又带星期五外出工作，谈话中我对他说，我将给他一条船，可以让他回到自己的部族那儿去。为此，我把他带到小岛另一头存放小船的地方。我一直把船沉在水底下，所以，到了那儿，我先把船里的水排干，再让船从水里浮上来给他看，并和他一起坐了上去。
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