about all of history, about its meaning, about its

来描述一切历史以及它们的意义来描述
structure, a book that can compel its readers,

一本书的结构该书可以促使读者
that can speak to life and death in the most ultimate way,

以最为根本的方式叙述生命和死亡
but because it's in the hand of an illiterate person it cannot be read?

但它在一个文盲的手中因此没有人能读懂它
So, what McCarthy is saying to us in that tiny detail,

所以说麦卡锡从这个小细节中向我们传达的
is that the Bible is important as an artifact,

是圣经作为一种工具很重要
as a literary artifact, proof that such narratives can

作为一种文学工具证明了这种叙述方法可以
exist.

存在
And McCarthy sets out to produce one, and, in keeping with the

麦卡锡制造出了一个与
illiterateness of the kid, one that has no moral content at all,

不识字的孩子一样的一个完全没有道德内容的
has only made claims about the material of the universe and not the

只与宇宙的物质有关的而不是
spiritual quality of the universe, and that persuades entirely by the

有关宇宙精神品质的并以健全的修辞与结构