6 56 Hope Road

CHAPTER 6 56 Hope Road By the mid-1970s, the Wailers were big stars. Songs from their two Island Records albums climbed the charts in the UK and the US. As a way to congratulate the band and show them he wanted to help them record more albums, Chris gave them a home he owned at 56 Hope Road.

到20世纪70年代中期，威勒一家已经是大明星了。 他们的两张Island Records专辑中的歌曲登上了英国和美国的排行榜。 为了向乐队表示祝贺，并向他们表示他想帮助他们录制更多的专辑，克里斯把他在希望路56号的房子送给了他们。

56 Hope Road was a big white house in a wealthy neighborhood of Kingston. It became a hangout for friends of the band. Any hour of the night or day, musicians came and went. They wrote songs, played soccer, shared a meal, and talked about their Rastafari faith. By this time, Bob lived strictly by the Rasta way of life. He woke up early every morning to run. He kept a strict vegetarian diet, never eating any meat. He also

希望路56号是金斯敦富人区的一幢白色大房子。 它成了乐队朋友们的聚会场所。 无论白天黑夜的任何时候，乐手们都来来往往。 他们写歌，踢足球，一起吃饭，谈论他们的拉斯塔法里信仰。 此时，鲍勃严格按照印度教教徒的生活方式生活。 他每天早起跑步。 他严格吃素，从不吃肉。 他还

studied the Bible the way Rastas understood it. Parts of the house at 56 Hope Road were even painted the colors of the Ethiopian flag. Bob was on a mission to carry the Rasta message of harmony and goodwill to the world. 56 Hope Road was a great place for Bob to work and relax. The trouble was that his family had no place there. There was always noise and ganja smoke in the air. So Bob's family lived in an apartment far from Hope Road. Bob visited them sometimes, and Rita and the children visited him, too. Green, Gold, and Red

以拉斯塔派教徒理解圣经的方式研究圣经 这座位于希望路56号的房子甚至被漆成了埃塞俄比亚国旗的颜色。 鲍勃的使命是将拉斯特教的和谐和善意的信息传递给世界。 希望路56号是鲍勃工作和放松的好地方。 问题是他的家人在那里没有容身之处。 空气中总是有噪音和大麻烟。 鲍勃一家住在离希望路很远的公寓里。 鲍勃有时去看望他们，丽塔和孩子们也去看望他。 绿色，金色和红色

The flag of Ethiopia is an important Rastafarian symbol to those who live in Jamaica and other countries around the world. The green, gold, and red stripes of the flag have become symbolic colors of love and loyalty throughout the Rasta community. While on tour, Bob had children with women other than Rita. He had two sons born in 1972 to different mothers. Rita also had their second son, Stephen, in 1972. The next year, Bob had a new daughter born in England to yet another mother. Bob eventually had thirteen children, some adopted, with eight different mothers.

对于生活在牙买加和世界其他国家的人来说，埃塞俄比亚国旗是拉斯塔法里教的重要象征。 国旗上的绿色、金色和红色条纹已经成为整个拉斯塔社区爱和忠诚的象征颜色。 在巡演期间，鲍勃和丽塔以外的女人生了孩子。 他在1972年与不同的母亲有两个儿子。 1972年，丽塔生下了他们的第二个儿子斯蒂芬。 第二年，鲍勃又有了一个新女儿，她是另一位母亲。 鲍勃最终有了13个孩子，其中一些是收养的，有8个不同的母亲。

This was not easy for Rita. Soon, there was a rumor that Rita was dating another man. In 1974, she had her last child, Stephanie. Bob adopted Stephanie, but she wasn't his child. Through it all, Rita and Bob stayed married. Meanwhile, people were becoming very anxious about the political parties in Jamaica, as the JLP and the PNP fought for control. Some Jamaican citizens began working hard to elect one party or the other. This led to arguments over which party could provide more jobs, because most people in Jamaica were still very poor. The arguments turned violent, and many street gangs were formed. Suddenly it seemed as if everyone had guns. Bob had a lot of influence in Jamaica. Politicians knew he could get people to vote a certain way just by saying he liked one party better than the other. An old friend of his explained in that familiar Jamaican accent,

这对丽塔来说并不容易。 不久，有传言说丽塔在和另一个男人约会。 1974年，她生下了最后一个孩子斯蒂芬妮。 鲍勃收养了斯蒂芬妮，但她不是他的孩子。 尽管经历了这一切，丽塔和鲍勃还是保持了婚姻。 与此同时，人们对牙买加的政党感到非常焦虑，因为JLP和PNP在争夺控制权。 一些牙买加公民开始努力选举一个政党或另一个政党。 这导致了关于哪个政党可以提供更多就业机会的争论，因为牙买加的大多数人仍然很穷。 争论变成了暴力，许多街头帮派成立了。 突然间，好像每个人都有枪。 鲍勃在牙买加有很大的影响力。 政客们知道，只要他说自己更喜欢一个政党，就能让人们投票给他。 他的一个老朋友用熟悉的牙买加口音解释道，

"Everyone want Bob Marley [on] their team." But Bob didn't want to get involved in politics. Just like when he was younger, Bob only fought when he had to. But he couldn't stop the fighting from showing up at his own door. On December 3, 1976, a group of men with guns approached the back door of 56 Hope Road. They began

“每个人都希望鲍勃·马利（Bob Marley）加入他们的团队。” 但是鲍勃不想卷入政治。 就像他年轻的时候，鲍勃只在必要的时候打架。 但他无法阻止战斗出现在他家门口。 1976年12月3日，一群持枪男子逼近希望路56号的后门。 他们开始