11 Chapter 10 Saint Joan

CHAPTER 10 Saint Joan On May 24, 1431, Joan was led to a cemetery where two wooden platforms had been built. Surrounded by Bishop Cauchon and his agents, and crowds of English onlookers, she was told she was guilty of being a heretic, a liar, and a witch. They said that King Charles VII was also a heretic for believing in her. Joan told them not to say anything against her king, which made them furious.

第十章圣女贞德1431年5月24日，贞德被带到一个墓地，那里有两个木制的平台。 在高雄主教和他的代理人，以及成群的英国旁观者的包围下，她被告知她有罪，罪名是异教徒、骗子和女巫。 他们说国王查理七世也是异教徒，因为他相信她。 琼告诉他们不要说任何反对她的国王的话，这使他们非常愤怒。

The Inquisition judges asked her if she was ready to admit she had been wrong. Only by doing that would she save herself from being burned alive. "Do you want to be burned alive?" the judges asked. The crowd pressed

宗教裁判所的法官问她是否愿意承认自己错了。 只有这样她才不会被活活烧死。 “你想被活活烧死吗?” 人群拥挤起来。

forward, yelling, "Hurry up!" when she didn't answer. At this moment, and for the first time, Joan lost her nerve. Faced with a horrible death, she signed a note promising to stop wearing men's clothes, to never fight in a war again, and to say the voices she heard were all a lie. Then Bishop Cauchon announced she would be imprisoned for life. He had her head shaved as punishment. Joan hoped that now she would finally be put in a church prison with nuns, but Cauchon sent her right back to the tower, this time wearing a dress.

当她没有回答时，他朝前大喊:“快点!” 在这一刻，琼第一次失去了勇气。 面对可怕的死亡，她签了一张纸条，承诺不再穿男人的衣服，再也不参加战争，并说她听到的声音都是谎言。 然后，高雄主教宣布她将被终身监禁。 他把她的头剃光作为惩罚。 琼希望现在她终于能和修女们一起被关进教堂监狱，但高雄马上把她送回了高塔，这次她穿着裙子。

Joan quickly regained her courage. Three days later she was back in men's clothes—perhaps because her guards themselves had stolen her dress to get her in trouble. Joan told Cauchon that the saints said she had done a terrible thing by signing the false confession. She took it all back. And in so doing, she condemned herself to death. She was only nineteen years old.

琼很快恢复了勇气。 三天后，她又穿上了男人的衣服——也许是因为她的卫兵自己偷走了她的衣服，给她找麻烦。 琼告诉高雄，圣徒们说她签署了虚假的供词，做了一件可怕的事。 她把这一切都收回了。她这样做，等于判了自己的死刑。 她只有19岁。

On May 30, at dawn, three doctors came to Joan's cell to tell her she would soon be burned to death. "I would rather be beheaded seven times than burned," Joan cried. When Cauchon himself appeared at her cell to walk her outside, Joan let him know she blamed him for her death. "Bishop, I die through you," she said.

5月30日，黎明时分，三名医生来到琼的牢房，告诉她她很快就会被烧死。 “我宁愿被砍头七次，也不愿被烧死，”琼哭着说。 当高雄亲自出现在她的牢房里送她出去时，琼让他知道她把自己的死归咎于他。 “主教，我因你而死，”她说。