9 The confession of Henry Jekyll

Chapter 9 The confession of Henry Jekyll My dear Utterson, Now that my life reaches its end, the time has come to tell you everything about Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. Of me you already know much. I strived to be a kind man and a good doctor. But more and more I grew troubled by the violence I witnessed in my work, the wounds from guns, knives, and bloody battles.

第九章亨利·杰基尔的自白我亲爱的厄特森，既然我的生命已经走到了尽头，现在是时候告诉你亨利·杰基尔和爱德华·海德的一切了。 关于我，你已经知道很多了。 我努力做一个善良的人，一个好医生。 但我越来越被我在工作中目睹的暴力所困扰，那些枪、刀和血腥战斗造成的伤口。

I became convinced that all men were not truly one, but truly two- good and evil. I was determined to find a way to separate the two characters. At night I experimented with chemicals, creating a potion that I hoped would rid man of his capacity for evil. One night, I drank it.

我开始相信，所有的人不是真正的一个，而是真正的两个——善与恶。 我下定决心要想办法把这两个角色分开。 晚上我用化学物质做实验，制作一种药剂，希望能让人类摆脱邪恶的能力。 一天晚上，我喝了它。

You have seen for yourself how the potion affected my body, Utterson, but you have not felt the indescribable pains. I felt a grinding in my bones, a sickness in my stomach. A terrible change came over me. When I finally looked in a mirror, it wasn't Henry Jekyll that I saw, but a hideous, grinning stranger. This man told me his name was Edward Hyde. I knew that Hyde was pure evil. So I quickly drank more of the potion, and again I became Henry Jekyll. It should have ended there, but I became fascinated with my creation. I drank the potion regularly, and am ashamed to say that I welcomed the change.

厄特森，你亲眼看到了这药水对我身体的影响，但你没有感到那种难以形容的痛苦。 我感到骨头在磨，胃里难受。 一种可怕的变化笼罩着我。 当我终于照镜子时，我看到的不是亨利·杰基尔，而是一个丑陋的、咧着嘴笑的陌生人。 这个人告诉我他叫爱德华·海德。 我知道海德是个十足的恶魔。 所以我很快又喝了一些药水，我又变成了亨利·杰基尔。 它应该就此结束，但我对我的创作着迷了。 我定期喝药水，很不好意思地说，我喜欢这种变化。

At night I stalked the streets as Edward Hyde. I felt alive, Utterson, I felt truly alive! But gradually, Hyde began to take control of me. I began to change into him without even taking the potion. Fearing he would consume me completely, I had you write that will leaving everything I owned to Hyde. I even bought him his own house.

晚上，我扮成爱德华·海德在街上溜达。 我觉得自己还活着，厄特森，我觉得自己还真正活着！但渐渐地，海德开始控制我了。 我开始变成他，甚至没有服用药剂。 我怕他会把我完全吞噬，所以让你写了遗嘱，把我所有的东西都留给海德。 我甚至给他买了自己的房子。

Hyde's evil grew worse and worse. He barged into men, cursed at women, and trampled that young girl in the street. I knew I should put an end to him, but it was as if I was addicted to the dark side of his nature. Then, one night, Hyde went too far- and murdered that poor man.

海德的邪恶越来越严重。 他在街上撞人，骂女人，还践踏那个年轻姑娘。 我知道我应该结束他，但我似乎沉迷于他本性的阴暗面。 后来，有一天晚上，海德做得太过分了——他杀了那个可怜的人。