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河神訴冤 龍王庇甥
The River-God Pleads His Wrong; the Dragon-King Shields His Nephew
說不了，只見那下灣裡走出一個老人，遠遠的跪下，叫：「大聖，黑水河河神叩頭。」行者道：「你莫是那棹船的妖邪，又來騙我麼？」那老人磕頭滴淚道：「大聖，我不是妖邪，我是這河內真神。那妖精舊年五月間，從西洋海趁大潮來於此處，就與小神交鬥。奈我年邁身衰，敵他不過，把我坐的那衡陽峪黑水河神府就占奪去住了，又傷了我許多水族。我卻沒奈何，徑往海內告他。原來西海龍王是他的母舅，不准我的狀子，教我讓與他住。我欲啟奏上天，奈何神微職小，不能得見玉帝。今聞得大聖到此，特來參拜投生。萬望大聖與我出力報冤。」行者聞言道：「這等說，西海龍王都該有罪。他如今攝了我師父與師弟，揚言要蒸熟了，去請他舅爺暖壽。我正要拿他，幸得你來報信。這等，河神你陪著沙僧在此看守，等我去海中，先把那龍王捉來，教他擒此怪物。」河神道：「深感大聖大恩。」说不了，只见那下湾里走出一个老人，远远的跪下，叫：「大圣，黑水河河神叩头。」行者道：「你莫是那棹船的妖邪，又来骗我么？」那老人磕头滴泪道：「大圣，我不是妖邪，我是这河内真神。那妖精旧年五月间，从西洋海趁大潮来于此处，就与小神交斗。奈我年迈身衰，敌他不过，把我坐的那衡阳峪黑水河神府就占夺去住了，又伤了我许多水族。我却没奈何，径往海内告他。原来西海龙王是他的母舅，不准我的状子，教我让与他住。我欲启奏上天，奈何神微职小，不能得见玉帝。今闻得大圣到此，特来参拜投生。万望大圣与我出力报冤。」行者闻言道：「这等说，西海龙王都该有罪。他如今摄了我师父与师弟，扬言要蒸熟了，去请他舅爷暖寿。我正要拿他，幸得你来报信。这等，河神你陪着沙僧在此看守，等我去海中，先把那龙王捉来，教他擒此怪物。」河神道：「深感大圣大恩。」
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說不了，只見那下灣裡走出一個老人，遠遠的跪下，叫：「大聖，黑水河河神叩頭。」
说不了，只见那下湾里走出一个老人，远远的跪下，叫：「大圣，黑水河河神叩头。」
Before he had finished speaking, out of the bend below came an old man, who knelt at a distance and called, 'Great Sage — the river-god of the Black-Water River kowtows to you.'
行者道：「你莫是那棹船的妖邪，又來騙我麼？」
行者道：「你莫是那棹船的妖邪，又来骗我么？」
Pilgrim said, 'Are you not that boatman-fiend, come to trick me again?'
那老人磕頭滴淚道：「大聖，我不是妖邪，我是這河內真神。
那老人磕头滴泪道：「大圣，我不是妖邪，我是这河内真神。
The old man knocked his head and shed tears, saying, 'Great Sage, I am no fiend — I am the true god of this river.'
那妖精舊年五月間，從西洋海趁大潮來於此處，就與小神交鬥。
那妖精旧年五月间，从西洋海趁大潮来于此处，就与小神交斗。
'In the fifth month of last year that fiend came up on the great tide from the Western Ocean and fell to fighting with your humble god.'
奈我年邁身衰，敵他不過，把我坐的那衡陽峪黑水河神府就占奪去住了，又傷了我許多水族。
奈我年迈身衰，敌他不过，把我坐的那衡阳峪黑水河神府就占夺去住了，又伤了我许多水族。
'But I am old and my strength failing; I could not withstand him, and he seized and occupied my Hengyang Vale palace and harmed a great many of my water-kin.'
我卻沒奈何，徑往海內告他。
我却没奈何，径往海内告他。
'Having no recourse, I went straight into the sea to bring suit against him.'
原來西海龍王是他的母舅，不准我的狀子，教我讓與他住。
原来西海龙王是他的母舅，不准我的状子，教我让与他住。
'But it turned out the Dragon-King of the Western Sea is his maternal uncle, who would not grant my plaint and bade me yield the place to him.'
我欲啟奏上天，奈何神微職小，不能得見玉帝。
我欲启奏上天，奈何神微职小，不能得见玉帝。
'I would have laid it before Heaven, but my godhead is slight and my office low, and I could not gain audience with the Jade Emperor.'
今聞得大聖到此，特來參拜投生。
今闻得大圣到此，特来参拜投生。
'Now, hearing that the Great Sage has come, I have made bold to come and pay homage and beg your aid.'
萬望大聖與我出力報冤。」
万望大圣与我出力报冤。」
'I do most earnestly beg the Great Sage to exert himself and avenge my wrong.'
行者聞言道：「這等說，西海龍王都該有罪。
行者闻言道：「这等说，西海龙王都该有罪。
Hearing this, Pilgrim said, 'By that account, the Dragon-King of the Western Sea is also to blame.'
他如今攝了我師父與師弟，揚言要蒸熟了，去請他舅爺暖壽。
他如今摄了我师父与师弟，扬言要蒸熟了，去请他舅爷暖寿。
'This fiend has now carried off my master and my brother, and openly declares he will steam them and invite his uncle to a birthday feast.'
我正要拿他，幸得你來報信。
我正要拿他，幸得你来报信。
'I was just about to take him, and by good fortune you have come to bring word.'
這等，河神你陪著沙僧在此看守，等我去海中，先把那龍王捉來，教他擒此怪物。」
这等，河神你陪着沙僧在此看守，等我去海中，先把那龙王捉来，教他擒此怪物。」
'So then, river-god, keep watch here with Sha Monk while I go into the sea, seize that Dragon-King first, and make him capture this monster.'
河神道：「深感大聖大恩。」
河神道：「深感大圣大恩。」
The river-god said, 'I am deeply grateful for the Great Sage's boundless kindness.'
總評 Commentary
The true 黑水河 god emerges to tell his tale: the alligator-dragon rode up from the Western Ocean, drove him from his palace, and — being nephew to the Western Sea Dragon-King — was shielded when he sought justice. Pilgrim resolves to haul the Dragon-King himself to account, the plot's next hinge.