1 Adão e Eva 16

1Depois disto, continuaram Adão e Eva em pé na caverna, orando e chorando, até que a manhã lhes alvoreceu.

1After this, Adam and Eve continued to stand in the cave, praying and crying, until the morning dawned on them.

2E, vendo que a luz lhes havia retornado, refrearam o medo e fortaleceram os seus corações.

2And when they saw the light returned to them, they retrained from fear, and strengthened their hearts.

3Então começou Adão a sair da caverna. E, chegando à entrada dela, parou e voltou a sua face para o oriente, e vendo o sol nascer em raios resplandecentes, e sentindo o seu calor sobre o seu corpo, temeu-o, e pensou em seu coração que aquela chama saía para atormentá-lo.

3Then Adam began to come out of the cave. And when he came to the mouth of it, and stood and turned his face towards the east, and saw the sunrise in glowing rays, and felt the heat thereof on his body, he was afraid of it, and thought in his heart that this flame came forth to plague him.

4Ele então chorou e bateu no peito, e caiu com o rosto em terra e fez a sua súplica, dizendo:—

4He then cried and beat his chest, then he fell on the ground on his face and made his request, saying:—

5"Ó Senhor, não me atormentes, nem me consumas, nem tires a minha vida da terra."

5"O Lord, plague me not, neither consume me, nor yet take away my life from the earth."

6Porque pensava que o sol fosse Deus.

6For he thought the sun was God.

7Porquanto, enquanto estivera no jardim e ouvira a voz de Deus e o som que Ele fazia no jardim, temendo-O, Adão jamais vira a luz resplandecente do sol, nem o seu calor abrasador lhe tocara o corpo.

7Because while he was in the garden and heard the voice of God and the sound He made in the garden, and feared Him, Adam never saw the brilliant light of the sun, neither did its flaming heat touch his body.

8Portanto, temeu o sol quando os raios abrasadores o atingiram. Pensou que Deus pretendia atormentá-lo com ele por todos os dias que lhe determinara.

8Therefore he was afraid of the sun when flaming rays of it reached him. He thought God meant to plague him therewith all the days He had decreed for him.

9Pois também disse Adão em seus pensamentos: visto que Deus não nos atormentou com as trevas, eis que fez nascer este sol para nos afligir com calor ardente.

9For Adam also said in his thoughts, as God did not plague us with darkness, behold, He has caused this sun to rise and to plague us with burning heat.

10Mas, enquanto assim cogitava em seu coração, veio a ele a Palavra de Deus e disse:—

10But while he was thinking like this in his heart, the Word of God came to him and said:—

11"Ó Adão, põe-te em pé. Este sol não é Deus; mas foi criado para dar luz durante o dia, do qual te falei na caverna dizendo: 'que a alvorada viria, e haveria luz de dia.'

11"O Adam, get up on your feet. This sun is not God; but it has been created to give light by day, of which I spoke to you in the cave saying, 'that the dawn would come, and there would be light by day.'

12Mas Eu sou Deus, que te consolei na noite."

12But I am God who comforted you in the night."

13E cessou Deus de falar com Adão.

13And God ceased to commune with Adam.