Visit of Saint Hermenegilde, Prince and Martyr
王子和殉道者圣赫门尼吉尔德的造访
Ecstasy of December 2, 1878
1878年12月2日的神魂超拔
Saint Herménégilde was the son of Leovigild,King of the Visigoths of Spain in the sixth century.
圣赫门尼吉尔德是六世纪西班牙西哥特国王莱奥维吉尔德的儿子。
He was raised an Arian at the court of Seville.Despite his father's opposition, he became a Catholic when he married the daughterof King Sigebert of Austrasia, (then King of the Franks).
他是在属于亚略教派的塞维利亚宫廷里长大的。尽管他的父亲反对，当他娶了澳大拉西亚国王西格伯特(当时的法兰克国王)的女儿为妻后，他成为了一名天主教徒。
After his conversion, his father disinheritedhim. Hermenegild took up arms to reclaim his rightful inheritance, was defeated,captured, and when he refused to give up his Catholic faith, was martyred at theinstigation of his stepmother in 586 AD. Feast Day, April 13.
他改宗后，他的父亲剥夺了他的继承权。赫门尼吉尔德拿起武器要回他应得的遗产，被打败，被俘，当他拒绝放弃他的天主教信仰时，于公元586年在他继母的鼓动下殉道了。瞻礼日是4月13日
"I am Saint Herménégilde, I sufferedmartyrdom for God and His Holy Cause. I was born to a high condition, a family ofnobility. There are penalties and crosses everywhere, in the homes of the rich asin the homes of the poor.
「我是圣赫门尼吉尔德，我为天主和他的神圣事业而殉道。我出身高贵，出生在贵族家庭。无论在富人的家里还是穷人的家里，到处都有刑罚和十字架。
They tried to shake my faith and couragein threatening me with torture and death.
他们用折磨和死亡来威胁我，试图动摇我的信仰和勇气。
I stood up and I told my tormentors: "Iam a Christian and a soldier of Jesus Christ.
我立场坚定，告诉那些折磨我的人：『我是基督徒，是耶稣基督的战士。
My life is in your power, but my soul willnever deny my faith and my God!"
我的性命在你手中，我的心却绝不否认我的信仰和我的天主。 』
It was decided to pronounce my death andI heard my conviction. I remained inflexible, my faith and my courage inspired meand strengthened me.
我听到了对我的定罪，我被宣布死罪。我坚定不移，我的信念和勇气鼓舞了我，使我坚强。
I was bound and dragged on the pavement andwas torn apart by blows and instruments of torture.
我被绑起来，拖在路上，被殴打，被刑具撕成碎片。
Then, this demand was made to me: "Haveyou decided to obey to save your life? You are from a high scion, we hope that youwill hold on to your title."
然后，有人向我提出这样的要求：『为了救你的命，你决定服从命令吗？你来自一个高贵的血统，我们希望你能保住你的头衔。』
Immediately, I opened my tunic, I took theCrucifix that I had since my youth and I told them: "This is my title! My Glory!Here is my Good!
我立刻打开我的外衣，拿起我从小就有的十字架，对他们说：『这是我的头衔！我的光荣！这是我的益处！ 』
These three words strongly irritated thetyrant and he ordered that my head be cut off.
这三个字激怒了暴君，他下令砍掉我的头。
I climbed to the scaffold and singing inmy heart about the departure from this life and the entrance into glory.
我爬上了断头台，在心里歌唱着生命的消逝和进入光荣。
I received several blows on my body thatwere very terrible and on the most sensitive parts.
我身上挨了几拳，打得很厉害，最敏感的地方也挨了几拳。
Nothing shook me, I persevered and I dieda Christian, a child of God and of His Church.
没有什么能动摇我，我不屈不挠，我身为一个基督徒，一个天主和祂的教会的孩子而死。
I was beheaded amidst blaspheming and mocking.But all these blasphemies and ridicules could not give me any thought of distraction.
我在亵渎和嘲笑中被斩首。但所有这些亵渎和戏弄都不能让我分心。
They let fall the instrument of death andmy head was separated from my body. Never was there a joy and a happiness so sweet.Never had so much peace reigned in my soul.
他们放下了死亡的刑具，我的头和我的身体分离了。从来没有一种快乐和幸福如此甜蜜。我的心灵从来没有这样平静过。
The hang man and the chief of my executionersordered that my body be cast out of this place because he looked upon me like afoul poison.
刽子手和刽子手的首领命令把我的尸体扔出这个地方，因为他把我看作是一种污秽的毒药。
My body was dragged to a remote place andthere I remained for weeks, when an unknown and disguised traveller passed thisplace. O Sweet Providence!
我的尸体被拖到一个偏远的地方，我在那里呆了几个星期，这时一个陌生的伪装的旅行者经过这里。啊，甜蜜的上主临在！
He collected my body, wrapped it in someof his clothes and laid it to rest under a stone that was in this place. This iswhere the Lord had manifested His glory more than once.
他收了我的尸身，用自己的衣服裹好，安放在这地方的一块石头底下。这是上主过去不止一次彰显他光荣的地方。
Later, when all these times of confusionhad passed, my body was taken away by the hands of Christians and laid in consecratedground in the place where they bury all Christians.
后来，当所有这些混乱的时候过去了，我的身体被基督徒的手带走，放在祝圣过的地方，在他们埋葬所有基督徒的地方。
The Lord rewarded my martyrdom by makingsigns and wonders about my courage and my faith.
天主奖赏了我的殉道，为我的勇气和信德行了奇事和神迹。
Now a word on behalf of Our Lord.
现在我代表天主说句话。
Dear brothers and sisters, that still liveon this earth, keep your courage, die rather than deliver your soul that is a DivineTemple.
仍然活在世上的亲爱兄弟姐妹们，你们要坚守勇气，宁死而不交付你的灵魂，那是神圣的殿宇。
（评注：耶稣在玛16:25说：“因为谁若愿意救自己的性命，必要丧失性命；但谁若为我的原故，丧失自己的性命，必要获得性命。”）
Oh! He who draws sublime strength in theChristian Faith! ...
哦！在基督信仰中汲取崇高力量的人!…
Oh! He who draws sublime rewards and richesin the suffering of this life! It is a crowning glory of this mortal life! ...
哦！在今生的苦难中得到崇高奖赏和财富的人，这是今生人间生命至高的光荣！……
Suffering is a fountain that washes us andcleanses us, and it develops the immortal seed that death can not destroy.
苦难是清泉，它洗涤我们，净化我们，它孕育出死亡不能摧毁的不朽种子。
This immortal seed that death will not takeis holiness produced by suffering.
死亡不能带走的这颗不朽的种子，是由苦难产生的圣洁。
All of you, dear brothers and sisters, youare prisoners of Calvary, the prisoners of the word of Mary, the prisoners of thedew of the fertile Sacred Wounds of the Saviour.
亲爱的弟兄姐妹们，你们所有人都是加尔瓦略山的囚徒，是圣母玛利亚话语的囚徒，是救主丰盛圣伤之露珠的囚徒。
Your jail is not built of stones and earth.It is built of pearls mixed with diamonds.
你们的监牢不是用石头和泥土建造的，它是由珍珠和钻石合成的。
These are the walls of your prison. It isclosed and covered by the Supreme and Divine Will of God. It is furnished as suffering,hardship, persecution and sacrifice and of merits ...
这些是你们监狱的墙，它是封闭的，被天主至高无上的神圣旨意所覆盖，充满了苦难、困苦、迫害和牺牲，以及德性……
Your prison is paved by the thoughts, wordsof Our Divine Lord.
你们的监牢是由我们神圣的上主的思想和话语铺成的。
It is fragrant with the perfume of the Heartof Mary and the fire that warms you is not produced by the wood of the earth, itis the Love of Jesus that is the foyer of your jail, it is the love of Cross thatis wood to the wood of the flame, it is the love for the Heart of Mary that embalmsthis asylum after Jesus ...
它是玛利亚圣心的芬芳；它是温暖你的火焰，那火不是来自地上之木材；它是耶稣的爱，那是你监牢的门厅它是十字架的爱，那是火焰之木的柴；它是对玛利亚圣心的爱，那是耶稣之后不朽坏的庇护.....
At the foot of the Cross, it is there asat all times the Divine appoints you, where all souls receive the preparation ofthe immortal crown.
在十字架的脚下，随时都有天主的指引，所有的灵魂都在那里准备接受不朽冠冕。
It is at the foot of the Cross that the crownis given. I leave you, courage! ...”
冠冕是在十字架的脚下被赐予的。我要离开你了，要刚强壮胆！……」
（殉道者–圣赫门尼吉尔德，為我等祈！）
