1.Two kings ruled at once, counter-balanced by an elected board of ephors and a Council of Elders, aged 60 and above.

王同时统治，由选举产生的长老委员会和 60 岁及以上的长老委员会制 。

2.The ephors have spoken. There must be no march.

监督官说过我们不能出兵。

3.For no Spartan king has gone to war without the ephors' blessing.

只有在他们的祝巴达的王才能出征。

4.The ephors choose only the most beautiful Spartan girls to live amongst them as oracles.

监督官们会选择巴达最美丽的少女和他们一起住在神殿里，做为传递神谕的使者。