一伙盜賊從古老的印度教神廟偷走16尊神像，后被噩夢所困

 Thieves steal 16 idols from ancient Hindu temple in India - and then return them begging for forgiveness after being 'haunted by scary dreams'

一伙盜賊從古老的印度教神廟偷走16尊神像，后被噩夢所困，遂將神像歸還，祈求寬恕

A gang of thieves have returned more than a dozen idols they stole from an ancient Hindu temple in India, saying they had been haunted by nightmares ever since the crime, according to police.

據警方稱，一伙盜賊歸還了他們從一座古老的印度教寺廟偷走的十幾尊神像，稱自從犯罪后他們一直被噩夢所困擾。

The group last week stole 16 statues from a 300-year-old temple of Lord Bji - an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu - police inspector Rajiv Singh told AFP.

警察督察拉吉夫·辛格告訴法新社，該團伙上周從一座有300年歷史的巴拉吉神廟偷走了16尊雕像，巴拉吉是印度教毗濕奴神的化身。

On Monday night they left 14 of them near the house of the temple's chief priest in Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh, he said.

他說，周一晚上，他們把其中14尊神像放在了北方邦奇特拉庫特地區寺廟首席祭司的房子附近。

'They also left behind a confession letter which said they were returning the idols because they were having scary dreams,' Singh said.

辛格說:“他們還留下了一封懺悔信，信中說由于噩夢困擾，他們要把神像歸還。”

The ne begged for forgiveness.

他們乞求原諒。

One of the idols was made of Asthadhatu, an alloy of eight metals and weighed around five kilos, and the haul also included silver ornaments used to decorate deities.

其中一尊神像是由Asthadhatu制成的，它是一種由八種金屬制成的合金，重約5公斤，還包括用來裝飾神像的銀飾品。

The thieves have not yet been identified.

盜賊的身份尚未確定。

In their Hindi-language confession letter, they said: 'We have not been able to sleep, eat and live peacefully.

在用印地語寫的懺悔信中，他們說:“我們無法安心地睡覺、吃飯、生活。

'We are fed up with the scary dreams and are returning your valuables.'

“我們受夠了噩夢，所以把這些貴重物品歸還。”

以下是英國每日郵報讀者的評論： 譯者：Jessica.Wu

Merlox, Macross Island, United States

Serves them . Don't steal or mess with ancient idols and you'll be fine. If they are disturbed bad things can happen. Luckily all they got were bad dreams and nothing more.

他們活該。不要偷古老的神像，你就沒事。如果他們感到不安，就會發生不好的事情。幸運的是，他們只是做噩夢，僅此而已。

Entropic col pse, EndoftheUniverse, United Kingdom

So the nightmares were no idol threat then?

這么說噩夢是神像威脅?

Old Guard, Columbus, United States

The Gods work in mysterious ways.

神的手法就是這么神秘。

nishiin, Everywhere, United States

Everyone should have scary dreams after they steal.

每個偷東西的人都該做噩夢。

JustAnotherVoice, Camp Geiger, United States

Oh if that was only true of all criminals to be haunted and tormented for their crimes.

如果所有罪犯都因為他們的罪行而被噩夢糾纏和折磨，那該有多好。

Lou Cherney, independence, United States

Never steal from God

永遠不要偷神的東西

Candid8, Lostintranslation, United States

Serves them . Prospect of Indian jails will make anyone lose sleep.

他們活該。想到印度監獄會讓任何人失眠。

Lona, Midwest USA, United States

That'll teach them to be more careful where they steal from.

這將教會他們偷東西之前要三思。

Zombie Hoxha, Durres, Albania

Steal from Satan, and he unleashes his demons on you!

偷撒旦的東西，他就會把他的惡魔釋放在你身上!

Andy2992, Hereford, United Kingdom

They still kept two of them it seems lol

他們好像還留了兩尊神像，哈哈

Wet rose petals, In A Valley, United Kingdom

Probably sold. Couldn't get them back. The new owners might be getting scary dreams. This doesn't surprise me at all.

可能賣了，拿不回來了。新主可能會做惡夢。這一點也不讓我驚訝。

No wonder , Down the shore NJ, United States

Sounds like a movie

聽起來像一部電影

cjsb12x, Leipzig, Germany

We don't even know what desecration means, let alone desacralisation.

我們甚至不知道褻瀆是什么意思

DorryChats, F, United States

Or.....the cops were closing in....that would give me nightmares lolz

警察來了，那會讓我做噩夢的

RubbishBullocks, Seattle, United States

"It belongs in a museum!!!"

這些神像應該進博物館!

Blastman, Kane, United States

That temple looks jumbled. Although I'm not an expert on temples.

那座寺廟看起來雜亂無章。雖然我不是寺廟方面的專家。

Ken Molestina, Dallas, United States

Looks older than 300yrs too

看起來也超過300年了

JoeMoer, Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

I nicked sixpence from the church collection when I was a kid. Anybody got Arch Welby's bank account number?

我小時候從教堂的收藏品里偷了六便士。有人知道教堂的銀行賬號嗎?

Gotti. , Londinium , United Kingdom

Man made idols man made re gion man made fake story

人造神像，人造宗教，人編假故事

Davidbm, Hadera, Israel

What did they expect, living in such a supersticious country?

生活在這樣一個迷信的國家里，他們還能指望什么呢?

Redwhiteandblue-21, Auburn, United States

Nonsense. Show me which country/society is not superstitious?

無稽之談。告訴我哪個國家/社會不迷信?

Screwloose23, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

What superstitious?. Do you know anything about Hinduism?. In fact, at least in Hinduism they test their theories on re gion practically to see if it works, unlike other re gions that blindly follow a book cause it was written by an old man hundreds of years ago.

迷信是什么?你了解印度教嗎?事實上，至少在印度教中，他們在宗教上測試自己的理論，看它是否有效，不像其他宗教，盲目地追隨一本書，就因為它是幾百年前一個老人寫的。

Coastal Cruiser, Metairie, United States,

What a quirky story with what appears to be a happy ending.

這是一個多么離奇的故事啊，結局似乎是好的。