10 Chapter 9 On Trial

CHAPTER 9 On Trial Bishop Cauchon was an important man in the church who had been to law school. Joan was just a poor farm girl. She couldn't read or

高雄主教是教会里的重要人物，上过法学院。 琼只是一个贫穷的农家女孩。 她不识字

write except her own name. She had never studied God or religion in school. She didn't even have her own lawyer to represent her. Cauchon didn't think Joan stood a chance against his Inquisition. He offered to let Joan choose someone in the court to defend her, but only her enemies were present. Once Joan was facing him, the bishop discovered this peasant girl was a lot tougher than he had counted on. Even though she'd spent months in prison, she was still strong. She still believed in her saints and in all the things she'd done for Charles VII. The lead prosecutor—the man who would try to prove that Joan was a witch—yelled at Joan in the court and called her names. He tried to forbid her from praying.

只写她自己的名字。 她在学校里从来没有学过上帝或宗教。 她甚至没有自己的律师为她辩护。 高雄认为贞德没有机会对抗他的宗教裁判所。 他提议让琼在宫廷里选择一个人来保护她，但在场的只有她的敌人。 当贞德面对他时，主教发现这个农家女孩比他想象的要坚强得多。 尽管她在监狱里待了几个月，但她仍然很坚强。 她仍然相信她的圣徒以及她为查理七世所做的一切。 首席检察官——那个试图证明琼是个女巫的人——在法庭上对琼大吼大叫，骂她的名字。 他试图禁止她祈祷。

The trial lasted from February 21 to May 23. The church did everything it could to prove that Joan was working with the devil. They brought up local customs in Domrémy like the fairy tree and tried to prove Joan believed in magic. One of Joan's worst crimes, as far as they were concerned, was that she dressed in men's clothing. They tried to convince her to put on a dress for the trial, but Joan felt safer dressed as a boy surrounded by male guards. She explained that she wouldn't change into women's clothing until the saints told her to.

审判于2月21日至5月23日进行。 教会想尽一切办法证明琼在为魔鬼卖命。 他们提到了多姆萨梅的当地习俗，比如仙女树，并试图证明琼相信魔法。 在他们看来，琼最大的罪行之一，就是她穿着男人的衣服。 他们试图说服她在审判时穿上衣服，但琼觉得打扮成男孩更安全，周围都是男警卫。 她解释说，除非圣人告诉她，否则她不会换女人的衣服。

The most dangerous questions for Joan were the ones about her faith. Bishop Cauchon hoped to trick her. He wanted her to say something that made it seem like she thought she was better than God. He wanted to prove she was lying. She was asked about the voices she heard and the visions she saw: What did the saints and angels look like? Did they have hair? Were they wearing clothes? What language did they speak?

对琼来说，最危险的问题是关于她的信仰的问题。 高雄主教希望骗过她。 他想让她说些让人觉得她比上帝更高尚的话。 他想证明她在撒谎。 有人问她关于她所听到的声音和看到的异象:圣徒和天使是什么样子? 他们有头发吗?他们穿衣服了吗? 他们说什么语言?

Joan answered their questions directly. Sometimes she even made them seem silly. When asked if the archangel Michael was naked when he spoke to her, Joan said, "Do you think that God can't find him clothes?" Sometimes Joan flat out refused to answer, because, she said, the saints and therefore God didn't allow it. Cauchon was furious at this young girl telling him that there were things that were none of his business. Once he ordered Joan to recite the Lord's Prayer. This was a test to see if she was a witch. He thought a witch would not be able to recite such holy words. One day her questioners—agents of the church—asked Joan: Did she know if she was in the grace of God? This was a tricky question. They were asking Joan if she knew if God was pleased with her and whether she would go to heaven. Both answers—yes or no—would be wrong. If she answered yes, Joan would be claiming to know things that only God could know, and that would show too

琼直接回答了他们的问题。 有时她甚至让他们看起来很傻。 当被问及天使长迈克尔对她说话时是否赤身裸体时，琼说:“你认为上帝找不到他的衣服吗?”有时琼直截了当地拒绝回答，她说，因为圣徒和上帝不允许这样做。 这个年轻姑娘告诉他有些事与他无关，这使高雄大为光火。 有一次他命令琼背诵主祷文。 这是一个测试，看她是不是女巫。 他认为一个女巫是不可能背诵出如此神圣的话语的。 一天，她的提问者——教会的代理人——问琼:她知道她是否在上帝的恩典中吗? 这是一个棘手的问题。 他们问琼是否知道上帝是否喜欢她，她是否会去天堂。 两个答案——是或否——都是错的。 如果她的回答是肯定的，那么琼就会声称她知道只有上帝才能知道的事情，这也会显示出来

much pride. If she said no, she would be admitting to being bad. Joan gave an answer that avoided both traps. She said, "If I am not, may God place me there. If I am, may God so keep me." Without a legal degree, Joan probably didn't know this was a trick question. But her simple, honest faith led her to an answer that stumped the clever judges. As brave and strong as Joan was, the months of the trial took a toll on her. On April 16, 1431, Joan got very sick. The prosecutor went to see her in her cell and told her that her illness was her own fault. Eventually Joan was well enough to go back for the next part of the trial, called "the Admonitions." The church agents were going to pressure Joan to

太多的骄傲。如果她说不，她就等于承认自己很坏。 琼的回答避开了这两个陷阱。 她说:“如果我没有，愿上帝把我安置在那里。 如果我是，愿上帝保佑我。” 没有法律学位的琼可能不知道这是一个刁钻的问题。 但她单纯、诚实的信念让她找到了一个让聪明的评委们难倒的答案。 尽管琼很勇敢，很坚强，但几个月的审判对她造成了伤害。 1431年4月16日，琼病得很重。 检察官到她的牢房里去看她，告诉她，她的病是她自己造成的。 最后，琼恢复了健康，可以回去参加下一部分的试验，叫做“训诫”。 教会的特工们要给琼施压