曼德拉病情依然危重 去世後安葬地亟待確定

Nelson Mandela on Thursday remained critically ill, nearing a month in the hospital, as a family feud over the exhumed remains of some of the former president's children was resolved.

南非前總統納爾遜•曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)的病情週四依然危重，他目前入院治療已接近一個月。與此同時，其家族圍繞曼德拉幾個孩子被掘出的遺骨產生的爭執得到了解決。

President Jacob Zuma visited Mr. Mandela in the hospital Thursday and repeated that his condition remained critical but stable. 'Madiba is receiving the best medical care from a multidisciplinary team of health professionals who are at his bedside around the clock,' President Zuma said, referring to Mr. Mandela by his clan name. 'He is well looked after.'

南非總統祖馬(Jacob Zuma)週四到醫院看望了曼德拉，並再次表示曼德拉的病情雖然危重但仍穩定。祖馬說，馬迪巴（曼德拉的部落名）正在接受由多位醫學教授組成的多學科醫療團隊的最佳治療，這些醫生夜以繼日地守候在他牀邊；他得到了很好的照料。

Mr. Zuma's spokesman later denied a report that Mr. Mandela had fallen into a vegetative state and that doctors had urged the family to switch off a life support system.

祖馬的發言人馬哈拉傑(Mac Maharaj)後來否認了一篇報道的說法，這篇報道稱，曼德拉已處於植物人狀態，醫生們已經敦促曼德拉的家人切斷曼德拉的生命支持系統。

'There clearly is not a vegetative state,' said Mac Maharaj, Mr. Zuma's spokesman. He said the question of removing life support 'hasn't come up at all.' He added that he couldn't confirm Mr. Mandela was on life support, citing doctor-patient confidentiality.

馬哈拉傑說，曼德拉顯然並未處於植物人狀態。他說根本就未提及什麼撤除生命支持系統的問題。馬哈拉傑還以醫生需要爲病人的隱私保密爲由說，他無法證實曼德拉是否需要靠生命支持系統維持生命。

Speaking at a fundraiser in Johannesburg on Thursday, Mr. Mandela's wife Graça Machel said that he has been uncomfortable, but seldom in pain during his hospitalization, the Associated Press reported.

據美聯社(Associated Press)報道，曼德拉的妻子馬謝爾(Graca Machel)週四在約翰內斯堡的一個籌款活動上發表講話時說，曼德拉入院治療期間一直感到不適，但很少感到痛苦。

The comments came as his grandson said Thursday he would abandon a fight to keep the exhumed remains of the ailing leader's children, after a court ruled he had tampered with the family graves.

在馬謝爾發表這番講話之際，曼德拉的孫子週四說，他將放棄爲保留曼德拉幾個孩子被挖掘出的遺骨而繼續鬥爭，此前一家法庭做出了他損壞曼德拉家族墳墓的判決。

'This is a sad moment for this family,' the grandson, Mandla Mandela, told a group of journalists gathered in a thatched-roof meeting hall in the village of Mvezo. Mandla Mandela has been building a Nelson Mandela heritage center in Mvezo, and had hoped to draw tourists to the village where he is chief.

曼德拉這個名叫曼德拉•曼德拉(Mandla Mandela)的孫子對聚集在姆維佐村(Mvezo)一座茅草屋頂會議廳裏的一羣新聞記者說，對這個家族而言這是個悲傷時刻。曼德拉•曼德拉一直在他擔任村長的姆維佐村建造一座納爾遜•曼德拉遺產中心，並希望吸引遊客來這座村莊旅遊。

On Wednesday, a judge at the Eastern Cape High Court in nearby Mthatha ruled that Mr. Mandela's grandson must return the remains because he exhumed them without permission. He had moved Mr. Mandela's children─including his father─in 2011 from their original location in nearby village of Qunu. On Thursday, the remains were returned to Mr. Mandela's Qunu home and reburied, after they were identified as his children.

本週三，設在姆維佐村附近烏姆塔塔(Mthatha)的南非東開普省高等法院的一名法官裁定，曼德拉的這名孫子必須歸還曼德拉幾個孩子的遺骨，因爲他未獲得允許就把這些遺骨挖了出來。曼德拉•曼德拉在2011年將包括他父親在內的曼德拉幾個孩子的遺骨從庫努村(Qunu)附近的原埋葬地遷了出來。週四，遺骨被送回了曼德拉在庫努村的家並被重新埋葬，此前已確認這是曼德拉孩子們的遺骨。

The case against Mandla Mandela was brought by his aunt Makaziwe Mandela and 14 other family members and close friends of the family, including Ms. Machel, Mr. Mandela's current wife.

曼德拉•曼德拉這次是被他的姑姑馬卡茲維•曼德拉(Makaziwe Mandela)以及14名曼德拉家族的其他成員和密友告上法庭的，這其中包括曼德拉的現任妻子馬謝爾。

The fight over where the family remains be buried is viewed as a precursor to a bigger battle over Mr. Mandela's future gravesite. The final resting place of South Africa's first black president, who spent about 27 years in prison opposing white minority rule, is expected to become a global tourist attraction.

這場圍繞曼德拉家族成員的遺骨應被葬在何處而產生的較量，被外界看作是圍繞曼德拉過世後其墓地選擇在哪裏這場更大爭鬥的前哨戰。這位南非首位黑人總統的最終長眠之地預計將成爲一個全球性旅遊景點。曼德拉因反對只佔南非人口少數的白人統治這個國家而在監獄裏度過了27個春秋。

The issue of Mr. Mandela's burial has taken on urgency as he lies critically ill in a Pretoria hospital, where he was admitted June 8 with a recurring lung infection.

由於目前住在比勒陀利亞一家醫院的曼德拉病情危重，確定曼德拉身後的安葬地已經成了一個緊迫問題。曼德拉因再度發生肺部感染於6月8日住進這家醫院。

The affidavit filed last Friday by Makaziwe Mandela, the eldest surviving daughter of the former statesman, said the family wants to bury Mr. Mandela beside other deceased family members. Ms. Mandela's affidavit also said that Mr. Mandela is breathing with the assistance of a life support machine and described his condition as 'perilous.'

曼德拉目前在世的最年長女兒馬卡茲維•曼德拉上週五提交的宣誓書說，曼德拉家族想把曼德拉安葬在家族內其他已過世成員旁邊。這份宣誓書還說，曼德拉要靠生命支持機器協助才能呼吸，宣誓書還說曼德拉的生命處於“危險”狀態。