Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит

They were four days gone, and by that time they knew that the joined armies of the Lake-men and the Elves were hurrying towards the Mountain. But now their hopes were higher; for they had food for some weeks with care — chiefly cram, of course, and they were very tired of it; but cram is much better than nothing — and already the gate was blocked with a wall of squared stones laid dry, but very thick and high across the opening. There were holes in the wall through which they could see (or shoot) but no entrance. They climbed in or out with ladders, and hauled stuff up with ropes. For the issuing of the stream they had contrived a small low arch under the new wall; but near the entrance they had so altered the narrow bed that a wide pool stretched from the mountain-wall to the head of the fall over which the stream went towards Dale. Approach to the Gate was now only possible, without swimming, along a narrow ledge of the cliff, to the right as one looked outwards from the wall. The ponies they had brought only to the head of the steps above the old bridge, and unloading them there had bidden them return to their masters and sent them back riderless to the South. There came a night when suddenly there were many lights as of fires and torches away south in Dale before them.

“They have come (они пришли)!” called Balin. “And their camp is very great (и их лагерь очень велик). They must have come into the valley (они, должно быть, вошли в долину) under the cover of dusk (под покровом сумерек) along both banks of the river (вдоль обоих берегов реки). ”

That night the dwarves slept little (в ту ночь гномы спали мало). The morning was still pale (утро было все еще бледным) when they saw a company approaching (когда они увидели приближавшуюся группу). From behind their wall (из-за своей стены) they watched them come up to the valley’s head (они наблюдали, как те подошли к началу долины) and climb slowly up (и стали медленно взбираться вверх). Before long they could see (вскоре они могли видеть) that both men of the lake (что, как люди-с-озера; both — оба, обе, и тот и другой) armed as if for war (вооруженные, словно на войну: «для войны») and elvish bowmen (так и лучники-эльфы) were among them (были среди них). At length the foremost of these (наконец, самые первые из них) climbed the tumbled rocks (вскарабкались на разломанные скалы) and appeared at the top of the falls (и появились у вершины водопада); and very great was their surprise (и их удивление было очень велико) to see the pool before them (когда они увидели: «увидеть» водоем перед собой) and the Gate blocked with a wall (и Главные Ворота, загороженные стеной) of new-hewn stone (из только что вытесанных камней; to hew (hewed, hewn) — рубить, разрубать; тесать, гранить).

As they stood (пока они стояли) pointing and speaking to one another (показывая пальцами и разговаривая друг с другом; to point — указывать, показывать /пальцем, рукой/) Thorin hailed them (Торин окликнул их; to hail — окликать, привлекать внимание окликом, приветствовать):

“Who are you (кто вы такие), ” he called in a very loud voice (закричал он очень громким голосом), “that come as if in war (чтобы приходить, словно во