We can see that built into it, from the beginning,

我们可以在开始部分看到这种说法
was the idea that syphilis was best understood as the wages of sin.

认为梅毒最能报复那些违背习俗的人
And there's a further polemical thrust that's not made explicit

此外争论猛然推出尽管并不明晰
but is a subtle undertow in the poem.

但在诗中是一股微妙的回头浪
Remember, the poem was written in the 1530s,

记住这首诗是在1530年写的
in the midst of a religious schism with Martin Luther,

在马丁·路德引起的宗教分裂的中期
a devout adherent of orthodoxy--that is,

他是一位虔诚的新教拥护者
Fracastoro was--and of the Catholic Church.

而法兰卡斯特罗则是旧教的人物
He was a physician to bishops, archbishops and cardinals.

是主教主教长以及红衣主教们的医生
And Syphilis, as I've said,

而西佛普斯正如我说过的
was a shepherd, and in Latin the word for shepherd is pastor.

是一位牧羊人在拉丁语中与牧师同义
The man who was punished was a pastor, not a priest;

被惩罚的人是一位牧师而不是神父