Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.是什么意思？

Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.

40他们却不听从, 仍照先前的风俗去行.

howbeit

adv. 仍然，不过；

例句
And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
押沙龙再三请王,王仍是不肯去, 只为他祝福.

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；

例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

did

v. 做( do的过去式)，干，学习，研究；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

not

adv. 不，[用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等]不是，几乎不，未必，没有[用于否定后面的词或短语]；

例句
It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration, it was not just a single incident.
事实已经很清楚，这件事不是偶发的，它并不是一起孤立的事件。

hearken

vi. 倾听；

例句
Gate of the Vanquisher of all Evil Spells, Hearken and Open!
一切邪咒征服者之门, 聆听并开启!

but

conj. 但是，而是，除了，只因为；prep. 除…以外；adv. 只，不过，只是，另一方面；n. 借口，推辞，但是，反对；pron. [关系代词，意义相当于 who…not, which…not]；vt. 对…说“但是”；

例句
English food can be wonderful but the normal English diet is abominable.
英国也有美食，只是一般的日常饮食太过糟糕。

after

prep. …后的，（表示时间）在…以后，（表示位置、顺序）在…后面；conj. 在…以后；adv. 以后，继后；adj. 后来的，以后的；

例句
Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child.
她的情人在她打掉胎儿后甩了她。

their

pron. 他（她，它）们的，在提及性别不详的人时，用以代替 him 或 her；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。

former

adj. 以前的，从前的，在前的，前任的；n. 模型，样板，构成者，创造者，起形成作用的人，[无线]线圈架；

例句
A great deal of Jeff's money went in alimony to his three former wives.
杰夫的很大一部分钱都用在了向他的前三任妻子支付赡养费。

manner

n. 方式，方法，做法，态度，样子，举止，礼貌，规矩，风俗，习惯，惯例，生活方式；

例句
His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety...
他生硬粗暴的态度让他声名狼藉。