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

The dwarves are exceedingly strong for their height, but most of these were strong even for dwarves. In battle they wielded heavy two-handed mattocks; but each of them had also a short broad sword at his side and a round shield slung at his back. Their beards were forked and plaited and thrust into their belts. Their caps were of iron and they were shod with iron, and their faces were grim. Trumpets called men and elves to arms. Before long the dwarves could be seen coming up the valley at a great pace. They halted between the river and the eastern spur; but a few held on their way, and crossing the river drew near the camp; and there they laid down their weapons and held up their hands in sign of peace. Bard went out to meet them, and with him went Bilbo.

“We are sent from Dain son of Nain (нас послал: «мы посланы от» Дейн, сын Нейна), ” they said when questioned (сказали они, когда их спросили). “We are hastening to our kinsmen in the Mountain (мы торопимся к нашим родственникам в Горе), since we learn (как только мы узнали) that the kingdom of old is renewed (что старинное королевство возродилось; to renew — обновлять, восстанавливать). But who are you (но кто вы такие) that sit in the plain (что сидите здесь, в чистом поле) as foes before defended walls (словно враги перед обороняемыми стенами)?”

This, of course (это, конечно), in the polite and rather old-fashioned language (на вежливом и довольно старомодном языке) of such occasions (для таких случаев), meant simply (означало просто): “You have no business here (вам здесь делать нечего: «у вас здесь нет никакого дела»). We are going on (мы собираемся пройти дальше), so make way (так что пропустите нас; to make way — уступить дорогу, расчистить путь, расступиться /о толпе/) or we shall fight you (или мы будем сражаться с вами)!”

They meant to push on (они намеревались продвинуться вперед; to push on — спешить, /с усилием/ продвигаться вперед, возобновлять путь) between the Mountain and the loop of the river (между Горой и петлей, /что делала/ река), for the narrow land there (так как узкая земля там) did not seem to be strongly guarded (казалось, не так сильно охранялась).

kinsman ['knzmn] old-fashioned [ld'fae nd] occasion ['ke n]

“We are sent from Dain son of Nain, ” they said when questioned. “We are hastening to our kinsmen in the Mountain, since we learn that the kingdom of old is renewed. But who are you that sit in the plain as foes before defended walls?”

This, of course, in the polite and rather old-fashioned language of such occasions, meant simply: “You have no business here. We are going on, so make way or we shall fight you!” They meant to push on between the Mountain and the loop of the river, for the narrow land there did not seem to be strongly guarded.