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Are you going somewhere, Helen? Are you going home?
你上哪兒去嗎，海倫？你要回家是不是？
Yes. To my long home - my last home.
是的，回到我永久的 - 我最后的家?！?/div>
No, no, Helen! I stopped, distressed.
不，不，海倫，我頓住了，心里很難過。
While I tried to devour my tears, a fit of coughing seized Helen.
我竭力咽下眼淚，這時海倫一陣咳嗽。
It did not, however, wake the nurse.
不過沒有吵醒護士。
When it was over, she lay some minutes exhausted;
咳完以后，她精疲力盡地躺了幾分鐘。
Then she whispered: "Jane, your little feet are bare; lie down and cover yourself with my quilt."
隨后輕聲說：“簡，你都光著你的小腳呢，躺下來吧，蓋上我的被子。”
I did so. She put her arm over me, and I nestled close to her.
我照她的話做了。她用胳膊樓住我，我緊偎著她。
After a long silence, she resumed, still whispering: "I am very happy, Jane, and when you hear that I am dead, you must be sure and not grieve.
在沉默了很久之后，她繼續低聲耳語著說：“我很愉快，簡，你聽到我已經死了的時候，你可千萬別悲傷。”
There is nothing to grieve about.
沒有什么可以感到悲傷的。
We all must die one day, and the illness which is removing me is not painful.
總有一天我們大家都得死去。現在正奪去我生命的疾病并不痛苦。
it is gentle and gradual. My mind is at rest.
既溫和而又緩慢，我的心靈已經安息。
I leave no one to regret me much.
我不會讓任何人感到太悲痛。
I have only a father; and he is lately married, and will not miss me.
我只有一個父親，他新近剛結婚，不會思念我。
By dying young, I shall escape great sufferings.
我那么年紀輕輕就死去，可以逃脫大苦大難。
I had not qualities or talents to make my way very well in the world.
我沒有會使自己在世上發跡的氣質和才能。
I should have been continually at fault.
要是我活著，我會一直錯下去的。
But where are you going to, Helen? Can you see? Do you know?
可是你到哪兒去呢，海倫？你能看得見嗎？你知道嗎？
I believe; I have faith. I am going to God.
我相信，我有信仰，我去上帝那兒。
Where is God? What is God?
上帝在哪兒？上帝是什么？
My Maker and yours, who will never destroy what He created.
我的創造者，也是你的。他不會永遠毀壞他所創造的東西。
I rely implicitly on His power, and confide wholly in His goodness.
我毫無保留地依賴他的力量，完全信任他的仁慈。
I count the hours till that eventful one arrives which shall restore me to Him, reveal Him to me.
我數著鐘點，直至那個重要時刻到來，那時我又被送還給他，他又再次顯現在我面前。
You are sure, then, Helen, that there is such a place as heaven, and that our souls can get to it when we die?
海倫，那你肯定認為有天堂這個地方，而且我們死后靈魂都到那兒去嗎？
I am sure there is a future state;
我敢肯定有一個未來的國度。
I believe God is good; I can resign my immortal part to Him without any misgiving.
我相信上帝是慈悲的。我可以毫無憂慮地把我不朽的部分托付給他，
God is my father; God is my friend. I love Him. I believe He loves me.
上帝是我的父親，上帝是我的朋友，我愛他，我相信他也愛我。
