7.How Silent Mary Lived

Jesus said of Silent Mary: “She is not without understanding, but her soul is not of this world. She sees not this world, and this world comprehends her not. She is happy. She knows no sin.”

7.沉默的玛利亚是如何生活的

耶稣谈到沉默的玛利亚时说：“她并非没有悟性，但她的灵魂不属于这个世界。 她看不到这个世界，这个世界也不理解她。 她很快乐。 她不认识罪。”

Silent Mary, the simple sister of Lazarus, did not make her appearance. Before others she never uttered a word; but when alone in her room or the garden, she talked aloud to herself and to all the objects around her, as if they had life. It was only before others that she was perfectly mute and still; her eyes cast down, she looked like a statue. On being saluted, however, she inclined and was very polite in all her bearing. When alone, she busied herself in various occupations, attending to her own wardrobe, and keeping all things in order. She was very pious, though she never appeared in the school. She prayed in her own chamber. I think she had visions and conversed with apparitions. Her love for her brother and sisters was unspeakable, especially for Magdalen. From her earliest years she had been what she now was. She had a female attendant, but she was perfectly neat in her person and surroundings with no trace of insanity to be found about her.

沉默的玛利亚，拉匝禄单纯的妹妹，没有出现。在别人面前，她从不说一句话；但当独自一人在她的房间或花园里时，她会对自己和周围的所有物体大声说话，就好像它们有生命一样。只有在其他人面前，她才完全沉默和静止；她的眼睛垂下，看起来就像一尊雕像。然而，在受到问候时，她会用前倾回应并非常有礼貌。一个人的时候，她忙于各种家务，整理自己的衣橱，把所有的东西都收拾得井井有条。她非常虔诚，虽然她从未上过学。她在自己的房间里祈祷。我认为她有神视并与显现者交谈。她对兄弟姐妹的爱是难以言表的，尤其是对玛达肋纳。从她年幼时她就是这样。她有一个女侍从，但她个人和周围环境都非常整洁，没有发现她有任何精神错乱的迹象。

She prayed most piously and devoutly, and endured a kind of expiatory suffering for the sins of others, for her soul was often oppressed as if the weight of the whole world was upon her. Her dwelling was comfortably fitted up with sofas and different kinds of furniture. She ate little and always alone. She died of grief at the immensity of Jesus’ Passion, which in spirit she foresaw.  (Vol. 1, pp. 400, 401, 404)

她祈祷得最虔诚，为他人的罪孽忍受一种赎罪的痛苦，因为她的灵魂经常受到压迫，仿佛整个世界的重量都压在她身上。她的住处舒适地配备了沙发和各种家具。她吃得很少，而且总是一个人。她因耶稣的巨大苦难而悲痛而死，她在灵里预见到了这一点。 （第 1 卷，第 400、401、404 页）