83.At the Foot of the Cross

The Pharisees mock Jesus and are joined in their insults by some of the soldiers and by Gesmas, the thief who is crucified on His left side, but Dismas defends Him and begs forgiveness of Him for the evil life he has led. Jesus blesses Dismas, saying: "Amen, I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with Me in

Paradise!"

83. 在十字架脚下

法利赛人嘲笑耶稣，一些士兵和被钉在十字架上的左盗贼

盖斯马斯也加入了他们的侮辱行列，但右盗贼狄斯马斯为主辩护，

并为自己所过的罪恶生活请求主宽恕。

耶稣降福右盗贼，说：「我实在告诉你，今天你就要与我一同在乐园里！」

The  Mother  of  Jesus,  Mary Cleoph,   Mary Magdalen, and John were standing around Jesus ' cross, between it and those of the thieves, and looking up at the Lord. The Blessed Virgin, overcome by maternal love, was in her heart fervently imploring Jesus to let her die with Him. At that moment, the Lord cast an earnest and compassionate glance down upon His Mother and, turning His eyes toward John， said to her: "Woman, behold, this is thy son! He will be  thy son more truly than if thou hadst given him birth." Then He praised John, and said: "He has always been innocent and full of simple faith. He was never scandalized excepting when his mother wanted to have him elevated to a high position." 

圣母，玛利亚·克罗帕，玛利亚.玛达肋纳，和若望站在耶稣的十字架脚下，在主的十字架和盗贼的十字架之间，仰望主。 圣母被母爱所迫，心里热切地恳求耶稣让她与祂同死。 就在这时，主向祂的母亲投去恳切而同情的一瞥，然后转眼看向若望，对自己的母亲说：「女人，看，这是你的儿子！他要比你生了他更真实地成为你的儿子。」然后主称赞若望说：「他一直纯洁无罪，充满了单纯的信仰。除了他的母亲想让他升到高位之外，他从未使自己蒙羞。」

To John,  He said: "Behold, this  is thy Mother!''  and John reverently and like a filial son embraced beneath the cross of the dying Redeemer Jesus' Mother, who had now become his Mother also. After this solemn bequest of her dying Son, the Blessed Virgin was so deeply affected by her own sorrow and the gravity of the scene that the holy women, supporting her in their arms, seated her for a few moments on the earthen rampart opposite the cross, and then took her away from the circle to the rest of the holy women. (Vol. 4, pp. 284-285)

主对若望说：「看，这是你的母亲！」若望像孝子一样虔诚地拥抱着垂死的救赎主十字架下的母亲，耶稣的母亲，现在成了他的母亲。圣母在垂死的爱子这样庄严的遗赠之后，被自己的悲伤和这沉重的场面压夸，以至于圣妇们必须搀扶着她，让她在十字架对面的土墩上坐一会儿，然后把她带离刑场，到其他圣妇那里。（第 4 卷，第 284-285 页）