The Manichaeans were a religious sect that was extremely characteristic of late antiquity.

摩尼是一个极具古代晚期特征宗派。

Everything has become like Manichaean, this sort of good versus evil struggle.

一切变得像摩尼所说善恶斗争。

(spooky music) Founded in what is now modern Iran during the third century, Manichaeism was a religion which spread as far as China only to finally fade away by the 15th century.

（幽灵乐）摩尼于三世纪创立于现在现代伊朗，是一种传播到中国宗， 直到 15 世纪才最终消失。

Had the Manichean doctrine of Good and Evil as rival deities been orthodox, it would alone have accounted for this simultaneous victory of hostile powers.

如果摩尼将善恶视为对神灵义是正统，那么仅凭它就可以解释对势力同时胜利。

Of all theological systems, the most convincing is Manicheism, which, of course, under another name, was held by the Puritans themselves.

在所有神学体系中，最有说服力是摩尼，当然，摩尼是自己持有另一个名称。

But the fantasies of the Manicheans were not in any way like thee as thou hast spoken to me now.

但摩尼幻想与你现在对我所说完全不同。

Focusing on the battle between good and evil, the teachings of Manichaeism were based on the beliefs of the Iranian prophet, Mani.

摩尼义着眼于善与恶之间斗争，其义基于伊朗先知摩尼信仰。

For verses and poems I can turn into food for the mind, for though I sang about " the flying Medea" I never believed it, but those other things [the fantasies of the Manicheans] I did believe.

对于诗句和诗歌， 我可以把它变成心灵食粮，因为虽然我唱是“飞翔美狄亚” ，但我从来不相信它，但那些其他东西（摩尼幻想）我确实相信。

However, unlike other religions on this list, although Manichaeism eventually mysteriously disappeared, there is believe it or not now a growing interest in this ancient religion.

然而，与这份名单上其他宗不同，尽管摩尼最终神秘地消失了，但不管你信不信，现在人们对这个古老宗兴趣越来越大。

Notwithstanding this, if a fig was plucked, by not his own but another man's wickedness, some Manichean saint might eat it, digest it in his stomach, and breathe it out again in the form of angels.

尽管如此，如果一颗无花果被摘下，不是因为他自己， 而是因为另一个人邪恶，某个摩尼圣人可能会吃掉它，在胃里消化它， 然后以天使形式再次呼出它。

Manichaeism rejected belief in an omnipotent god.

摩尼拒绝相信全能神。

For how much better were the fables of the grammarians and poets than these snares [of the Manicheans]!

文法学家和诗人寓言比这些[摩尼]陷阱要好得多！