Though dreading the tortures, as He dreaded death still more which would consign him to eternal torments, the Abbot asserted his purity in a voice bold and resolute.

虽然害怕酷刑， 正如他更害怕死亡， 因为他更害怕将他置于永恒的折磨中， 但方丈以大胆而坚决的声音宣称他的纯洁。