It happened eventually that the Danish people went with a fleet ravaging and attacking far and wide just as their custom is. In that fleet were the foremost leaders, Hinguar and Hubba, misled through the devil¹, and they landed their ships in Northumbria² and wasted that land and murdered the people. Then Hinguar went east with his ships and Hubba remained in Northumbria, having gained victory with cruelty…

    后来丹麦人出动舰队，四处劫掠攻伐，一如他们一贯的作风。这支舰队的首要首领是因瓜尔与胡巴，受魔鬼蛊惑。他们在诺森布里亚登陆，践踏国土，屠戮百姓。随后因瓜尔率领船队向东进发，胡巴则留在诺森布里亚，以残暴的手段取得胜利……

Then immediately afterwards, he sent a boastful message to the king that he should bow down in tribute³ if he valued his life. The messenger came to King Edmund and quickly delivered Hinguar’s message to him: “Hinguar, our king, keen⁴ and victorious on sea and on land, is power over many people and now comes quickly here with an army to land so that he might have winter quarters here with his troop. Now he commands you to share your secret treasure and wealth of your ancestors with him immediately, and you are to be his under‑king⁵ if you wish for any life, for you do not have enough power to be able to withstand him.”

    紧接着，他向国王送来一封狂妄的书信，声称如果国王想保全性命，就应当俯首称臣、纳贡臣服。使者来到埃德蒙国王面前，迅速转达因瓜尔的话：“我们的国王因瓜尔，海陆战锐不可当、战无不胜，统治众多部族。如今他率领大军即将登陆，要在此地驻军过冬。他命令你立刻把祖传秘藏与财富分给他；如果你还想活命，就做他的附庸国王。你的力量不足以抵抗他。”

Indeed, then King Edmund summoned the bishop who was nearest to him, and considered

    得知此言，埃德蒙国王立刻召来离自己最近的主教，一同商议