Wherefore, this epistle is not so properly addressed to you as a religious, but as a political body, dabbling in matters, which the professed quietude of your Principles instruct you not to meddle with.
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En conseqüència, aquesta epístola no és dirigida pròpiament a vosaltres com a religiosos, sinó com a grup polític, que us interesseu superficialment en afers en què la professada quietud dels vostres principis us ensenya a no barrejar-vos.
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Wherefore, I reprobate the phrase of parent or mother country applied to England only, as being false, selfish, narrow and ungenerous.
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En conseqüència, reprove la frase de mare pàtria aplicada sols a Anglaterra, com a falsa, egoista, estreta i poc generosa.
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Sincerely wishing, that as men and Christians, ye may always fully and uninterruptedly enjoy every civil and religious right.
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Desitjant sincerament que com a homes i cristians, pugueu sempre plenament i ininterrompudament gaudir de tots els drets civils i religiosos.
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Thirdly. While we profess ourselves the subjects of Britain, we must, in the eye of foreign nations, be considered as rebels.
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Tercer.— Mentre nosaltres mateixos professem que som súbdits de Bretanya, als ulls de les nacions estrangeres, serem considerats com a rebels.
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But in countries where he is neither a judge nor a general, as in England, a man would be puzzled to know what is his business.
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Però en països on no és ni jutge ni general, com a Anglaterra, a males penes es podria saber quin és el seu ofici.
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Arms, as the last resource, decide the contest; the appeal was the choice of the king, and the continent hath accepted the challenge.
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Les armes, com a últim recurs, decidiran la disputa; el rei ha triat d’apel·lar-hi, i el continent ha acceptat el desafiament.
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Wherefore, hereditary succession in the early ages of monarchy could not take place as a matter of claim, but as something casual or complemental.
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En conseqüència, la successió hereditària en les primeres èpoques de la monarquia no es va poder donar com a exigència sinó com una cosa casual o de favor.
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Debts we have none; and whatever we may contract on this account will serve as a glorious memento of our virtue.
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De deutes, no en tenim; i qualsevol que en puguem contraure en aquest aspecte servirà com a gloriós recordatori de la nostra virtut.
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These very principles instruct you to wait with patience and humility, for the event of all public measures, and to receive that event as the divine will towards you.
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Aquests mateixos principis us ensenyen a esperar amb paciència i humilitat l’esdeveniment de qualsevol mesura pública i de rebre aquest esdeveniment com a voluntat divina envers vosaltres.
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Ye would not spend your partial invectives against the injured and the insulted only, but like faithful ministers, would cry aloud and spare none.
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No malgastaríeu les vostres invectives parcials sols contra els ferits i els ultratjats, sinó que, com a ministres fidels, cridaríeu fort i no n’estalviaríeu ningú.
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