the richest man in the world,you've heard all about him,

之前已经讲过他是世上最富有的人
decides it would be a nice thing to conquer the Persian Empire,

他觉得征服他东方的邻居波斯帝国
his neighbor to the east.

是一个不错的事
So, goes to --

因此他去了
he's a barbarian, but the barbarians came to the Delphic Oracle too,

虽然他是个暴君但是暴君也得去神示所
because you want to know what the gods want.

因为他想知道神想要什么
So, he came and he asked.

所以他去了然后问
He said, "If I cross the Halys River,

如果我跨过了哈吕斯河
that's the boundary between Lydia and Persia,

那是吕底亚和波斯的分界线
what will happen?" The oracle replied,

会有什么后果神谕回答说
"A great empire will be destroyed," And Croesus said,

一个伟大的帝国将被摧毁于是克洛伊索斯说
"Terrific that's what I have in mind."

太棒了正如我愿