上句见：Day134
The Story of Philosophy的第135句：第1章Plato第2节II. Socrates第8段第4句：

It was his reply to these questions that gave Socrates death and immortality. The older citizens would have honored him had he tried to restore the ancient polytheistic faith; if he had led his band of emancipated souls to the temples and the sacred groves, and bade them sacrifice again to the gods of their fathers. But he felt that that was a hopeless and suicidal policy, a progress backward, into and not “over the tombs.” He had his own religious faith: he believed in one God, and hoped in his modest way that death would not quite destroy him; but he knew that a lasting moral code could not be based upon so uncertain a theology.（2） If one could build a system of morality absolutely independent of religious doctrine, as valid for the atheist as for the pietist, then theologies might come and go without loosening the moral cement that makes of wilful individuals the peaceful citizens of a community.
（2）Cf. Voltaire’s story of the two Athenians conversing about Socrates:”That is the atheist who says there is only one God.” Philosophical Dictionary, art. “Socrates"
浙江大学译本：苏格拉底有自己的宗教信仰：他相信神只有一个，并以他那谦虚谨慎的态度期盼着死亡也不能将其摧毁；①但他也明白，一个持久有效的道德律令不可能建立在如此模糊不定的神学基础之上。(1)
(1)见伏尔泰记两个雅典人谈论苏格拉底的故事，“这就是那个声称只有一个神的无神论者”。（《哲学辞典》），艺术部分，“苏格拉底”。）

解析

这句阐述苏格拉底有关道德准则与宗教信仰的关系。
1、He had his own religious faith:
信仰：苏格拉底是有自己的宗教信仰。苏格拉底是有信仰的，不是无神论者。

2、 he believed in one God,
一神论者：他相信一个神。

3、and hoped in his modest way that death would not quite destroy him;
不惧死亡：以谦逊的态度希望死亡不能毁灭他。躯体可以毁灭，但灵魂永存。

4、but he knew that a lasting moral code could not be based upon so uncertain a theology.
道德与神无关：但是他知道持久的道德准则不能基于模糊不定的宗教信仰。
这个呼应前面智者学派所摧毁的基于怕神祇而形成的道德信仰。苏格拉底也是反对这种道德准则。
theology：当可数名词，表示“a system of religious beliefs or ideas”宗教信仰；当不可数名词时，表示神学
The bishop was opposed the group’s theology.主教反对这个团体的宗教信仰。

他有自己的宗教信仰：只信一个神，并以谦逊的态度希望死亡不能将其摧毁；但是他知道一个持久的道德准则不能基于模糊不定的宗教信仰。