Predestination авторский перевод на английский

- Lord, have you watched the news today?
- There was no time, something worthwhile?
- Well, they predicted the end of the world again…
- Well, yes, again without our knowledge. - God winced and plunged into his contemplation.
-Yes, but something serious is brewing here.
-Uriel, leave me alone, fly over to Raguel, get busy.
-Lord, I beg you, look, or it will be too late!
-Get out of here, I said!

The Lord was left alone: "What a nuisance, always coming up with pseudo problems. He has been convinced many times that all this is nonsense, and again he believes everything that is said." And He rushed to the Big Dipper, where an exchange of opinions on controlling the spread of Dark Matter throughout the Universe was soon planned. He returned after six weeks. Confusion reigned in the chambers. The Archangels averted their faces, not daring to look Him in the eyes. Michael approached first:

- My God, something strange is happening in our world. According to scientists, a giant space object is rushing towards the Solar System, scientists have calculated the trajectory, determined the speed. It will be captured by the gravitational field of the Sun and very soon there will be a collision...

- It's Uriel again sowing panic! My Own Divine Majesty is My witness - I will punish the windbag today! - He exclaimed in anger, - I know nothing about this, I would have received information from the appropriate channels in advance! After all, there is the Universal Security Service, and their direct duty is to notify the leadership about such dangers threatening their creations. Most of all, journalists speak on behalf of scientists, and this is the second ancient profession - and you still believe them?

Michael lowered his head and asked permission to leave. God waved his hand and went to his bedchambers. However, some vague doubts remained in his mind. "There is enough work for today, tomorrow we will do it. Even if such a thing flies, it will not cost us anything to break it into pieces." And he dozed off. And there was evening and there was morning.

In the morning He looked closely at the sun. Yes, its temperature had increased significantly recently, but the thermonuclear reaction was proceeding normally.
He opened a portal of prayers... A number of petitions for saving lives caught his eye. These were people who believed in God, but also in science. The essence of the petitions was to avert some kind of disaster from the Earth. The end of the world again? And, of course, We don't know anything about it?

- Get me Uriel! - He ordered.
Uriel appeared suspiciously quickly.
- Uriel, have you been waiting in the vestibule all this time? - He asked.
- Lord, I knew that you would call me when you read the last prayers offered to You. The learned among humans are already talking about a collision with a high probability, the world is doomed if You do not take action. The object is huge, if it collides, it will cause such a surge in the Sun that Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars will burn up in an instant. It will be a catastrophe that will eclipse the Great Flood, when You decided to destroy them, but then promised them life.

- Yes, I had to exterminate their race once, and their life teaches them nothing. And I promised that this would not happen again. But how could it happen that I did not receive messages from the Main Council, I need to get an explanation for this and advice from them on how to act.

- Lord, hurry, every minute brings the catastrophe closer! - Uriel begged.
-You can go, I have realized the extent of the danger and will not let this disaster destory Our creation.

Uriel bowed and left the chamber.
God again rushed to the Big Dipper, where the Main Council was located, and met with the Secretary of the Council Tal.

- Glad to see you again, - Tal began the conversation, - of course, I know the reason for your visit. It just so happened that creation in one place can be the cause of destruction in another. It can be said that it is predestined that your world would be a sacrifice that must be made in the name of creation. This asteroid arose as a fragment as a result of the formation of a new beautiful star system with sixteen planets, where an interesting experiment on the emergence of carbon-free life is supposed to take place. I used the word “predestined,” because unfortunately the laws of celestial mechanics have decreed that it moves in the direction of the Solar System. The fate of the Earth is predetermined. By the way, they themselves are successfully destroying their world, you will agree, because they have almost exhausted the planet's resources, littered it, destroyed the flora and fauna, perverted everything: family, friendship, love.

-Listen to me, Tal, this star system was created a long time ago, and the fragment has been wandering for more than a million years, longer than the development time of the Earth civilization. Therefore, you cannot claim that this is a punishment for their sins.

- Of course not. It's all a chain of coincidences, I just wish that you, one of my beloved friends, would not worry about it too much.

- Tal, but this is a whole world, it has its own mind, there are beautiful creations, they have advanced in understanding the world, there is love, art, literature, music...

- Don't be burdened by their fate, forget about them, you will certainly create an even better world, - Tal said with some indifference, showing that discussing this topic with him was rather useless.
God left the hall of the Main Council and stopped in thought in the middle of a beautiful alley of unearthly trees.

"What could have happened, why did they decide to sacrifice the Earth?" He thought, walking slowly along the alley.

The Creator of the world of the Epsilon Eridani system approached him.
- Peace to your creation, Shegar, - God greeted him.
- I reciprocate, - Shegar said, - I have heard about the misfortune that has befallen your world. I would like to warn you about some not entirely clear decisions concerning your creation that have reached me. The fact is that this experiment was considered unsuccessful and therefore no measures are expected to prevent the cataclysm, on the contrary, it is believed that observing the destruction of your world will provide information that will confirm several theories of destruction that need empirical confirmation.
- However, why exactly my creation? - God exclaimed.
- Your world is already one of the oldest, the Council considers observing it uninteresting, all the material has been studied and is already being used to create new worlds. As I learned quite by accident, this was already obvious about a thousand years ago, so now everything seems like something predetermined. I am infinitely sad to say this, my friend, but these are the facts. - continued Shegar. - They also do not have sufficient resources to prevent the catastrophe, in a word, they decided not to spend money on it. Preventing this will require enormous strength and willpower.” God returned with heavy feelings.

"This world, so fragile, so long, so much suffered by him, will be destroyed? Yes, destroyed, because with their silent consent this stone is rushing through space towards the Sun."

"How can this be stopped? By what means and instruments? The laws of mechanics are inexorable and dispassionate. The law of nature do not know good and evil."
Silence reigned in the chambers. Upon his return, everyone seemed to be waiting to gather in the great hall.

"Greetings to you all," God began, "I think everyone is not indifferent to the fate of the world We created and loved. A huge asteroid is rushing towards the Sun, it will be gravitated by it and there will be an explosion that will burn Our world, dear to the heart and the delight of Our gaze. We have no way to prevent the catastrophe, even if we sacrifice ourselves, our strength will still not be enough. But I urge you not to give up, rush forward and still try to stop it!" There was silence in the hall, then a choir of voices rose singing about unanimity and readiness to sacrifice themselves.

And then a host of angels rushed towards the giant asteroid. Their faces were stern and silent. Everyone understood that their strength was insufficient, but their common determination could become an additional force. Suddenly, someone called to look back. A black cloud was rushing behind them. These were the Legion of the Fallen. They learned about the upcoming battle and also wanted to apply their strength to prevent the catastrophe. So, shoulder to shoulder, the light and dark army led by Him rushed towards the soulless fragment of matter at the same speed.

The collision caused a release of monstrous energy, all matter annihilated, nothing remained, not a molecule, not an atom.

On Earth, they felt nothing and continued their living. Only scientists registered some strange flash, which they took for the birth of a supernova. And the strange thing was that after the flash, there was no supernova in this place. Winter gave way to summer, people rejoiced and were sad, loved and hated, wars were followed by peace and peace was followed by new wars.
The Earth lived without God, now it was truly a completely material world. However, people continued to believe in Him, for how could they know that God had sacrificed himself again for the sake of people.

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