曼德拉病情依然危重 去世后安葬地亟待确定

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.

南非前总统纳尔逊•曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)的病情周四依然危重，他目前入院治疗已接近一个月。与此同时，其家族围绕曼德拉几个孩子被掘出的遗骨产生的争执得到了解决。

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.'

南非总统祖马(Jacob Zuma)周四到医院看望了曼德拉，并再次表示曼德拉的病情虽然危重但仍稳定。祖马说，马迪巴（曼德拉的部落名）正在接受由多位医学教授组成的多学科医疗团队的最佳治疗，这些医生夜以继日地守候在他床边；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.

祖马的发言人马哈拉杰(Mac Maharaj)后来否认了一篇报道的说法，这篇报道称，曼德拉已处于植物人状态，医生们已经敦促曼德拉的家人切断曼德拉的生命支持系统。

'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.

马哈拉杰说，曼德拉显然并未处于植物人状态。他说根本就未提及什么撤除生命支持系统的问题。马哈拉杰还以医生需要为病人的隐私保密为由说，他无法证实曼德拉是否需要靠生命支持系统维持生命。

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.

据美联社(Associated Press)报道，曼德拉的妻子马谢尔(Graca Machel)周四在约翰内斯堡的一个筹款活动上发表讲话时说，曼德拉入院治疗期间一直感到不适，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.

在马谢尔发表这番讲话之际，曼德拉的孙子周四说，他将放弃为保留曼德拉几个孩子被挖掘出的遗骨而继续斗争，此前一家法庭做出了他损坏曼德拉家族坟墓的判决。

'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.

曼德拉这个名叫曼德拉•曼德拉(Mandla Mandela)的孙子对聚集在姆维佐村(Mvezo)一座茅草屋顶会议厅里的一群新闻记者说，对这个家族而言这是个悲伤时刻。曼德拉•曼德拉一直在他担任村长的姆维佐村建造一座纳尔逊•曼德拉遗产中心，并希望吸引游客来这座村庄旅游。

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.

本周三，设在姆维佐村附近乌姆塔塔(Mthatha)的南非东开普省高等法院的一名法官裁定，曼德拉的这名孙子必须归还曼德拉几个孩子的遗骨，因为他未获得允许就把这些遗骨挖了出来。曼德拉•曼德拉在2011年将包括他父亲在内的曼德拉几个孩子的遗骨从库努村(Qunu)附近的原埋葬地迁了出来。周四，遗骨被送回了曼德拉在库努村的家并被重新埋葬，此前已确认这是曼德拉孩子们的遗骨。

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•曼德拉这次是被他的姑姑马卡兹维•曼德拉(Makaziwe Mandela)以及14名曼德拉家族的其他成员和密友告上法庭的，这其中包括曼德拉的现任妻子马谢尔。

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.

这场围绕曼德拉家族成员的遗骨应被葬在何处而产生的较量，被外界看作是围绕曼德拉过世后其墓地选择在哪里这场更大争斗的前哨战。这位南非首位黑人总统的最终长眠之地预计将成为一个全球性旅游景点。曼德拉因反对只占南非人口少数的白人统治这个国家而在监狱里度过了27个春秋。

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.

由于目前住在比勒陀利亚一家医院的曼德拉病情危重，确定曼德拉身后的安葬地已经成了一个紧迫问题。曼德拉因再度发生肺部感染于6月8日住进这家医院。

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长女儿马卡兹维•曼德拉上周五提交的宣誓书说，曼德拉家族想把曼德拉安葬在家族内其他已过世成员旁边。这份宣誓书还说，曼德拉要靠生命支持机器协助才能呼吸，宣誓书还说曼德拉的生命处于“危险”状态。