It is not me who would injure them.

伤他们的不是我

How can I make such a choice when the stakes are so high?

这么危险的选择 你让我如何下得去手

Some spirits in the house are angry and vengeful,

凶宅里有些鬼魂满怀仇怨

But many of us are innocent, kind, blameless victims

但是大部分鬼魂是无辜 善良的冤魂

If we can't find the mother, we need to help.

要是找不到母亲 我们就得出手相助

Well, maybe it was my fate to find it.

也许命运注定让我发现他

You must leave Jerusalem immediately...

你必须立刻离开耶路撒冷

As well as the annual income,

除了每年的给你们的钱

It is Poseidon you have wronged,

你侵犯了波塞冬的威严

You are his servants.

你们是他的仆人

in this Joycean way, into something saved,

以乔伊斯的方式 达到拯救的目的

in Nabokov's own case, a father killed by assassination,

或者以纳博科夫本人为例 一个被暗杀的父亲