By "Those" he meant the many

他指的是那些
fallen women that we see around us every day,

我们时常见到的风尘女子
and their offspring, many who rely on this hospital today.

以及她们的子女他们都指望着这座医院
I replied,

而我说道
"The two grim nurses, poverty and sickness,

"贫穷与疾病这两个冷酷的护士
"bring these children before you and preside over their births,

"将这些儿童接生到人世
"rock their wretched cradles, nail down their little coffins,

"给他们破碎的童年早早地让他们夭折
"pile up the earth above their graves.

"在他们的坟墓上添土
"Their unnatural deaths form one

"在这座伟大城市每年横死的人
third of the annual deaths in this great town."

有三分之一是这些儿童"
"But what of God?" He piously replied.

"那上帝呢" 他虔诚地问道
"What of Him?" I said.

"他又如何" 我说