If in early days some peculiarities of his life gave occasion for laughter or ridicule, laughter and ridicule had long since died away.

如果说早年他生活中的一些怪癖引起了人们的嘲笑或嘲笑，那么嘲笑和嘲笑早就消失了。

Nor are the priests in greater veneration among them than they are among their neighbouring nations, as you may imagine by that which I think gives occasion for it.

祭司在他们中间也没有比他们在邻国中更受尊敬，正如你可以想象的那样，我认为这是有必要的。