雙語(yǔ)新聞：震驚！南非9歲男童娶62歲“有夫之?huà)D”（圖）

雙語(yǔ)新聞：震驚！南非9歲男童娶62歲“有夫之?huà)D”（圖）

Sanele Masilela is now nine and his wife, Helen Shabangu, is 62 years old.
　　馬西萊拉現(xiàn)年9歲，他的妻子夏班固62歲。

Sanele, a Grade 4 pupil, claimed to have been having a series of visions of his late grandfather, which were interpreted as a sign that his grandfather, Busy Masilela, who never married, wanted Sanele to do so on his behalf.
　　馬西萊拉是一名4年級(jí)的小學(xué)生，他聲稱老是看見(jiàn)已經(jīng)去世的祖父，認(rèn)為這是因?yàn)樽娓干�前沒(méi)有結(jié)婚，希望馬西萊拉能夠?yàn)樗�結(jié)一次婚。

Sanele's mother, Patience Masilela, said the wedding attracted much international media interest last year. She said people who were not familiar with the ritual thought the couple were living together as husband and wife.
　　馬西萊拉的母親說(shuō)去年的婚禮吸引了國(guó)際媒體的大量注意。她表示那些對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)貍鹘y(tǒng)并不熟悉的人以為新郎新娘會(huì)像夫妻一樣一起生活。

　　Last year's Valentine's Day wedding had all the elements of a real one: R7000 lobolo was paid for Shabangu, who wore a white wedding gown, and they kissed before exchanging rings and vows. The ceremony, it was said at the time, was not binding but merely a ritual to appease the ancestors.
　　去年情人節(jié)的婚禮有著真實(shí)婚禮的一切要素：付給夏班固的7000蘭特(南非貨幣單位)聘禮，夏班固穿上白色的婚紗，他們交換戒指和誓詞，然后接吻。這個(gè)儀式是對(duì)先人的告慰，而非對(duì)新人的約束。

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　　Since that white wedding, the couple have returned to their normal lives - Sanele being just a schoolboy and his spouse a working woman.
　　婚禮后，這對(duì)新人回到了他們的正常生活中去——馬西萊拉上學(xué)，夏班固上班。

　　Before yesterday, they had not seen one another since November.
　　去年11月后，他們?cè)傥匆?jiàn)過(guò)彼此，直到昨天。

Yesterday's wedding was held to introduce the groom to the bride's family in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga.
　　昨天舉行的婚禮是為了將新郎介紹給居住在布希巴克里奇的新娘家庭。

　　According to an agreement between the two families, much of last year's formal wedding needed to be repeated before the couple changed into traditional gear for the second part of the ceremony.
　　根據(jù)2個(gè)家庭的協(xié)議，在新郎新娘換上傳統(tǒng)服裝進(jìn)行儀式的第二部分之前，去年舉行的正式婚禮中的很大一部分需要再進(jìn)行一次。

　　Shabangu's real husband, Abel Shabangu, was among the men who came to help to put up a tent and three gazebos. He also bought a three-tier wedding cake.
　　夏班固真正的丈夫，阿貝夏班固也在前來(lái)幫忙的男人中。他們搭起了1座帳篷和3個(gè)露臺(tái)。阿貝·夏班固還買(mǎi)了一個(gè)3層的結(jié)婚蛋糕。

　　"I'm here to support my wife. We all want this day to go well. Our children couldn't come, but they also wish us well today," said Abel.
　　阿貝說(shuō)：“我是來(lái)支持我的妻子的。我們都希望今天能夠順利。我們的孩子來(lái)不了，但是他們都祝我們能度過(guò)愉快的一天。”

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