1 Adão e Eva 51

1Ouvindo Adão estas palavras de Deus, tomou a Eva e foi da extremidade norte do jardim para o sul dele, junto ao rio de água onde outrora jejuaram.

1When Adam heard these words from God, he took Eve and went from the northern end of the garden to the south of it, by the river of water where they once fasted.

2Mas, enquanto iam pelo caminho, e antes que lá chegassem, Satanás, o maligno, ouvira a Palavra de Deus falando com Adão a respeito de sua cobertura.

2But as they were going on their way, and before they got there, Satan, the wicked one, had heard the Word of God communing with Adam respecting his covering.

3Isso lhe causou grande pesar, e ele se apressou para ir ao lugar onde estavam as peles de ovelha, com o intento de tomá-las e arremessá-las ao mar, ou queimá-las com fogo, para que Adão e Eva não as encontrassem.

3It grieved him, and he hastened to the place where the sheep-skins were, with the intention of taking them and throwing them into the sea, or of burning them with fire, so that Adam and Eve would not find them.

4Mas, estando ele prestes a tomá-las, veio a Palavra de Deus do céu e o atou junto àquelas peles até que Adão e Eva se aproximaram dele. Contudo, ao se achegarem a ele, temeram-no por causa de seu aspecto medonho.

4But as he was about to take them, the Word of God came from heaven, and bound him by the side of those skins until Adam and Eve came near him. But as they got closer to him they were afraid of him, and of his hideous look.

5Veio então a Palavra de Deus a Adão e Eva, e disse-lhes: «Este é aquele que estava oculto na serpente, e que vos enganou, e vos despiu da vestimenta de luz e de glória em que estáveis.

5Then came the Word of God to Adam and Eve, and said to them, "This is he who was hidden in the serpent, and who deceived you, and stripped you of the garment of light and glory in which you were.

6Este é aquele que vos prometeu majestade e divindade. Onde está, pois, a formosura que sobre ele havia? Onde está a sua divindade? Onde está a sua luz? Onde está a glória que sobre ele repousava?

6This is he who promised you majesty and divinity. Where, then, is the beauty that was on him? Where is his divinity? Where is his light? Where is the glory that rested on him?

7Agora sua figura é horrenda; tornou-se abominável entre os anjos; e veio a ser chamado Satanás.

7Now his figure is hideous; he is become abominable among angels; and he has come to be called Satan.

8Ó Adão, ele quis tirar de vós esta vestimenta terrena de peles de ovelhas, e destruí-la, para não permitir que vos cobrísseis com ela.

8O Adam, he wished to take from you this earthly garment of sheep-skins, and to destroy it, and not let you be covered with it.

9Qual é, pois, a sua formosura para que o tivésseis seguido? E que ganhastes por lhe obedecer? Vede as suas más obras, e depois olhai para Mim; para Mim, o vosso Criador, e para as boas obras que vos faço.

9What, then, is his beauty that you should have followed him? And what have you gained by obeying him? See his evil works and then look at Me; at Me, your Creator, and at the good deeds I do you.

10Eis que Eu o atei até que viésseis e o vísseis, e contemplásseis a sua fraqueza, de modo que nenhum poder lhe restou».

10See, I bound him until you came and saw him and beheld his weakness, that no power is left with him."

11E Deus o soltou de suas amarras.

11And God released him from his bonds.