Translation of Yan Zi's exhortation and praying for rain

After a long drought in the state of Qi, the ministers were summoned and said, "It hasn't rained for a long time, and the people are starving. I ordered divination, and the fortune teller said that ghosts and gods were in the mountains and in the vast water. I want to collect some taxes to sacrifice to Lingshan. Do you think so? " None of the ministers answered. Yan Zi said, "No! It's no use sacrificing it. Lingshan itself is made of stone, and plants make hair; It hasn't rained for a long time. Lingshan's hair is burnt and his body is burning. Doesn't it want to rain by itself? Sacrifice is useless. "