雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第21章:主啊 我將她託付給你(14)
Despite my mother's prayers, my father thought ninety per cent of the people waiting outside were just waiting for the news of my death.
Some of them, his friends and sympathisers, were very upset, but he felt that others were jealous of our high profile and believed we had got what was coming to us.
當然，這些人之中有他的朋友，還有一些懷抱同情心的人，他們都感到很難過，但父親認爲，有些人嫉妒我們的知名度，認爲我們被攻擊是罪有應得。My father was taking a short break from the intensity of the operating theatre and was standing outside when a nurse approached him.
父親離開手術室外的緊張氛圍，站在外面稍做休息時，一位護士走向他，問道：
'Are you Malala's father?' Once again my father's heart sank.
“你是馬拉拉的父親嗎？”父親的心再次往下一沉。The nurse took him into a room.
護士帶他來到一個房間裏。He thought she was going to say, 'We're sorry, I'm afraid we have lost her.'
他以爲她要告訴他：“很遺憾，我們失去她了。”But once inside he was told, 'We need someone to get blood from the blood bank.'
但到了房間裏，對方卻告訴他：“我們需要有人去血庫帶血漿過來。”He was relieved but baffled. Am I the only person who can fetch it? he wondered. One of his friends went instead.
他鬆了一口氣，但感到很疑惑，“難道只有我可以去嗎？”後來，他的一位朋友替他去了。It was about 5.30 a.m. when the surgeons came out.
大概早上五點半時，手術結束了。Among other things, they told my father that they had removed a piece of skull and put it in my abdomen.
他們告訴父親，已經切下我一塊頭骨，並暫時安置在我的腹部，還有其他手術方面的情況。In our culture doctors don't explain things to patients or relatives, and my father asked humbly,
在我們的文化裏，醫生不會向患者或家屬做過多的解釋。於是，父親很客氣地問道：'If you don't mind, I have a stupid question. Will she survive – what do you think?'
“如果你不介意的話，我有個很愚蠢的問題想請教，她撐得過去嗎？你們的看法如何？”'In medicine two plus two does not always make four,' replied Colonel Junaid.
“在醫學的世界裏，二加二並不一定就等於四。”朱奈德上校答道，'We did our job – we removed the piece of skull. Now we must wait.'
“我們盡力了，我們移除了一塊頭骨，現在我們只能等待了。”'I have another stupid question,' said my father. 'What about this bone? What will you do with it?'
“我還有另一個愚蠢的問題，”父親說，“那這塊骨頭呢？你們要怎麼處置？”'After three months we will put it back,' replied Dr Mumtaz. 'It's very simple, just like this.' He clapped his hands.
“三個月後我們會把它放回去。”墨姆塔茲醫生回答，“這很簡單，就像這樣。”他雙手一拍。
