Thieves steal 16 idols from ancient Hindu temple in India - and then return them begging for forgiveness after being 'haunted by scary dreams'

一伙盗贼从古老的印度教神庙偷走16尊神像，后被噩梦所困，遂将神像归还，祈求宽恕

A gang of thieves have returned more than a dozen idols they stole from an ancient Hindu temple in India, saying they had been haunted by nightmares ever since the crime, according to police.

据警方称，一伙盗贼归还了他们从一座古老的印度教寺庙偷走的十几尊神像，称自从犯罪后他们一直被噩梦所困扰。

The group last week stole 16 statues from a 300-year-old temple of Lord Balaji - an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu - police inspector Rajiv Singh told AFP.

警察督察拉吉夫·辛格告诉法新社，该团伙上周从一座有300年历史的巴拉吉神庙偷走了16尊雕像，巴拉吉是印度教毗湿奴神的化身。

On Monday night they left 14 of them near the house of the temple's chief priest in Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh, he said.

他说，周一晚上，他们把其中14尊神像放在了北方邦奇特拉库特地区寺庙首席祭司的房子附近。

'They also left behind a confession letter which said they were returning the idols because they were having scary dreams,' Singh said.

辛格说:“他们还留下了一封忏悔信，信中说由于噩梦困扰，他们要把神像归还。”

The note begged for forgiveness.

他们乞求原谅。

One of the idols was made of Asthadhatu, an alloy of eight metals and weighed around five kilos, and the haul also included silver ornaments used to decorate deities.

其中一尊神像是由Asthadhatu制成的，它是一种由八种金属制成的合金，重约5公斤，还包括用来装饰神像的银饰品。

The thieves have not yet been identified.

盗贼的身份尚未确定。

In their Hindi-language confession letter, they said: 'We have not been able to sleep, eat and live peacefully.

在用印地语写的忏悔信中，他们说:“我们无法安心地睡觉、吃饭、生活。

'We are fed up with the scary dreams and are returning your valuables.'

“我们受够了噩梦，所以把这些贵重物品归还。”

以下是英国每日邮报读者的评论： 译者：Jessica.Wu

Merlox, Macross Island, United States

Serves them right. Don't steal or mess with ancient idols and you'll be fine. If they are disturbed bad things can happen. Luckily all they got were bad dreams and nothing more.

他们活该。不要偷古老的神像，你就没事。如果他们感到不安，就会发生不好的事情。幸运的是，他们只是做噩梦，仅此而已。

Entropic collapse, EndoftheUniverse, United Kingdom

So the nightmares were no idol threat then?

这么说噩梦是神像威胁?

Old Guard, Columbus, United States

The Gods work in mysterious ways.

神的手法就是这么神秘。

nishiin, Everywhere, United States

Everyone should have scary dreams after they steal.

每个偷东西的人都该做噩梦。

JustAnotherVoice, Camp Geiger, United States

Oh if that was only true of all criminals to be haunted and tormented for their crimes.

如果所有罪犯都因为他们的罪行而被噩梦纠缠和折磨，那该有多好。

Lou Cherney, independence, United States

Never steal from God

永远不要偷神的东西

Candid8, Lostintranslation, United States

Serves them right. Prospect of Indian jails will make anyone lose sleep.

他们活该。想到印度监狱会让任何人失眠。

Lona, Midwest USA, United States

That'll teach them to be more careful where they steal from.

这将教会他们偷东西之前要三思。

Zombie Hoxha, Durres, Albania

Steal from Satan, and he unleashes his demons on you!

偷撒旦的东西，他就会把他的恶魔释放在你身上!

Andy2992, Hereford, United Kingdom

They still kept two of them it seems lol

他们好像还留了两尊神像，哈哈

Wet rose petals, In A Valley, United Kingdom

Probably sold. Couldn't get them back. The new owners might be getting scary dreams. This doesn't surprise me at all.

可能卖了，拿不回来了。新主可能会做恶梦。这一点也不让我惊讶。

No wonder , Down the shore NJ, United States

Sounds like a movie

听起来像一部电影

cjsb12x, Leipzig, Germany

We don't even know what desecration means, let alone desacralisation.

我们甚至不知道亵渎是什么意思

DorryChats, Freedom, United States

Or.....the cops were closing in....that would give me nightmares lolz

警察来了，那会让我做噩梦的

RubbishBullocks, Seattle, United States

"It belongs in a museum!!!"

这些神像应该进博物馆!

Blastman, Kane, United States

That temple looks jumbled. Although I'm not an expert on temples.

那座寺庙看起来杂乱无章。虽然我不是寺庙方面的专家。

Ken Molestina, Dallas, United States

Looks older than 300yrs too

看起来也超过300年了

JoeMoer, Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

I nicked sixpence from the church collection when I was a kid. Anybody got Arch Welby's bank account number?

我小时候从教堂的收藏品里偷了六便士。有人知道教堂的银行账号吗?

Gotti. , Londinium , United Kingdom

Man made idols man made religion man made fake story

人造神像，人造宗教，人编假故事

Davidbm, Hadera, Israel

What did they expect, living in such a supersticious country?

生活在这样一个迷信的国家里，他们还能指望什么呢?

Redwhiteandblue-21, Auburn, United States

Nonsense. Show me which country/society is not superstitious?

无稽之谈。告诉我哪个国家/社会不迷信?

Screwloose23, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

What superstitious?. Do you know anything about Hinduism?. In fact, at least in Hinduism they test their theories on religion practically to see if it works, unlike other religions that blindly follow a book cause it was written by an old man hundreds of years ago.

迷信是什么?你了解印度教吗?事实上，至少在印度教中，他们在宗教上测试自己的理论，看它是否有效，不像其他宗教，盲目地追随一本书，就因为它是几百年前一个老人写的。

Coastal Cruiser, Metairie, United States,

What a quirky story with what appears to be a happy ending.

这是一个多么离奇的故事啊，结局似乎是好的。