彼らは敵の上に天罰が下ることを祈った。

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彼らは敵の上に天罰が下ることを祈った。

English Translation

They called down the wrath of God upon the heads of their enemies.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは敵(てき)の上(うえ)に天罰(てんばつ)が下(くだ)ることを祈(いの)った。

Romanji

Karera wa teki no ueni tenbatsu ga kudaru koto o inotta.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

敵 (てき)

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat; enemy

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

天罰 (てんばつ)

divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; nemesis; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

祈る (いのる)

to pray; to wish