The story of Lebanon’s last remaining church-bell maker begins with a rifle(步枪). In the 18th century, Youssef Gabriel, a local metalworker(金属工匠), was secretly making and equipping Arab revolutionaries with rifles to assist their revolt(反抗，起义) against the Ottoman empire(奥斯曼帝国), which controlled Lebanon at the time.
黎巴嫩最后一位教堂铸钟匠的故事，要从一把步枪说起。18世纪，当地金属工匠优素福·加布里埃尔秘密制造步枪并装备阿拉伯革命者，协助他们反抗当时统治黎巴嫩的奥斯曼帝国。
Then, one day, a Russian engineer came to the Lebanese town of Beit Chabab to make a church bell. Gabriel, intrigued(被吸引，好奇), shadowed(尾随，跟踪) the man and picked up the process on sight(一看就学会了).
后来有一天，一位俄罗斯工程师来到黎巴嫩小镇贝特沙巴布，要造一口教堂钟。加布里埃尔心生好奇，便暗中跟随，一看就学会了整个工艺。
Or, another story goes, the Maronite(马龙派) patriarch(宗主教) at the time, frustrated by the Ottoman empire blocking the import of church bells to Mount Lebanon, tasked(委派任务) Gabriel with making a bell. After several attempts he succeeded and decided to give up making arms, converting his gunsmithery(枪械作坊) into Lebanon’s first church-bell foundry(铸造厂).
另一种说法是，当时马龙派宗主教因奥斯曼帝国阻止教堂钟进口到黎巴嫩山而苦恼，便委托加布里埃尔造钟。几经尝试，他成功了，于是决定放弃造枪，将他的枪械作坊改造成黎巴嫩第一家教堂铸钟厂。