And the reason is that even in the state of nature,

因为即使处在自然状态下
there is a kind of law.

仍受某种法的约束
It's not the kind of law that legislatures enact.

不是立法机关制定的法律
It's a law of nature.

而是一种自然法
And this law of nature constrains what we can do

这种自然法制约着我们的行为
even though we are free, even though we are in the state of nature.

即便我们是自由的即便是在自然状态下
Well what are the constraints?

它制约的是什么呢
The only constraint given by the law of nature

自然法唯一制约的
is that the rights we have, the natural rights we have

是我们拥有的这些自然权利
we can't give up nor can we take them from somebody else.

我们不能放弃也不能剥夺他人的
Under the law of nature,

根据自然法
I'm not free to take somebody else's life or liberty or property,

我不能随意剥夺他人的生命自由或财产