3 Murder and Imprisonment

Chapter 2 Murder and Imprisonment Temujin's family survived by eating berries and roots. The boys made fishing hooks out of sewing needles. They made arrows from wood and bone and made clothing from the skins of mice and dogs. Occasionally, they shared campsites with other clans. A boy named Jamuka camped alongside Temujin's family every winter. He became Temujin's best friend. Temujin and Jamuka hunted and played together. They skated on the frozen Onon River. They threw knucklebones, small toys made from the anklebones of sheep.

铁木真一家靠吃浆果和树根活了下来。 男孩们用缝纫针做鱼钩。 他们用木头和骨头做箭，用老鼠和狗的皮做衣服。 偶尔，他们会与其他部族共用营地。 一个名叫Jamuka的男孩每年冬天都在铁木真的家人身边扎营。 他成了铁木真最好的朋友。 铁木真和Jamuka一起打猎和玩耍。 他们在结冰的奥农河上溜冰。 他们扔指关节骨，用羊的踝骨做的小玩具。

When they were eleven, they gave each other special knucklebones as gifts. The next year, they made arrowheads for each other. Then they sealed their friendship with a ceremony. By

当他们11岁时，他们互相赠送特殊的指关节骨作为礼物。 第二年，他们为彼此做了箭头。 然后他们举行了一个仪式来巩固他们的友谊。 通过

drinking a few drops of each other's blood, they became andas: blood brothers. One winter, Jamuka did not return. Would the blood brothers ever meet again? In steppe society, when no father was present, the oldest male in the family was in charge. In Temujin's family, that was his older half brother, Begter. Begter picked on Temujin. Once, he stole a fish Temujin had caught just to show Temujin who was in charge. But Temujin, now twelve or thirteen years old, wanted to be the boss. He decided to kill Begter.

他们互相喝了几滴血，就成了亲兄弟。 有一年冬天，Jamuka没有回来。 这对亲兄弟还会再见面吗？ 在草原社会，当没有父亲在场时，家庭中最年长的男性负责。 在铁木真的家族里，那个人是他同父异母的哥哥贝格特。 贝格挑了铁木真的茬。有一次，他偷了一条铁木真抓的鱼，只是为了让铁木真知道谁是老大。 但现在已经十二三岁的铁木真想当老板。 他决定杀了贝格。

One day, Temujin and his younger brother, Khasar, approached Begter. Khasar was better with a bow and arrow, so he stood in front of Begter. Temujin aimed his arrow at Begter's back. Begter knew he had been defeated. He knelt down to surrender and asked that Temujin let his younger brother, Belgutei, live. Temujin agreed. And with that, Temujin and Khasar shot their arrows and left Begter to bleed to death. Hoelun became angry. She called her sons

一天，铁木真和他的弟弟卡尔来到贝格特身边。 卡萨的弓箭比较好，所以他站在贝格的前面。 铁木真把箭对准了贝格的后背。 贝特知道他被打败了。 他跪下投降，并请求铁木真放过他的弟弟贝尔古特。 铁木真表示同意。说着，铁木真和卡尔射出了他们的箭，留下贝格特流血而死。 和伦生气了。她把儿子们叫来

murderers, animals, monsters. She told Temujin that his only companion now would be his shadow. Word of Temujin's actions traveled to his father's tribe that had abandoned him years earlier. They rode to Temujin's camp to punish him. Temujin hid but was soon discovered. A yoke—a wooden bar used to harness animals— was placed over his neck, and he was taken to their camp as a prisoner. Every day, he was moved to a different ger, where he would be guarded by a servant. One day, while his captors were celebrating a festival, Temujin made a break for it. He swung his yoke, knocking out the boy guarding him. Temujin ran to the river and hid in a clump of weeds. He was spotted by a man who told Temujin to remain there until dark, then run home.

杀人犯、动物、怪物。 她告诉铁木真，现在他唯一的同伴将是他的影子。 铁木真的行为传到了多年前抛弃他的父亲的部落。 他们骑马去铁木真的营地惩罚他。 铁木真藏了起来，但很快就被发现了。 他的脖子上套上了一根轭——一种用来束缚动物的木条，他被当作囚犯带到他们的营地。 每天，他被转移到一个不同的地方，在那里他会被一个仆人看守。 有一天，当他的俘虏正在庆祝一个节日时，铁木真逃走了。 他甩了甩轭，把看守他的男孩打倒了。 铁木真跑到河边，躲在一丛杂草中。 一个人发现了他，告诉铁木真呆在那里直到天黑，然后跑回家。

Instead, Temujin ran to the man's ger at nightfall. The man was angry at Temujin for putting his family in danger. But there was something special about Temujin, a fire in his eyes. The man wanted to help. He removed Temujin's yoke. The next day, the family hid Temujin in a cart of wool. At night, they gave him food and a horse. Temujin was grateful. His own clan had left his family for dead on the steppe. Years later they returned, only to imprison him. But a poor family with

相反，铁木真在夜幕降临时跑到了那个人的蒙古包里。 这名男子对铁木真让他的家人处于危险之中感到愤怒。 但是铁木真有特别的地方，他的眼睛里有火。 这个人想帮忙。他解开了铁木真的枷锁。 第二天，一家人把铁木真藏在一辆羊毛车里。 晚上，他们给了他食物和一匹马。 铁木真很感激。他自己的家族把他的家人留在大草原上等死。 多年以后，他们又回来了，结果把他关进了监狱。 但一个贫穷的家庭