1 Adão e Eva 52

1Depois disto, nada mais disseram Adão e Eva, mas choraram diante de Deus por causa de sua criação e de seus corpos que requeriam uma cobertura terrena.

1After this Adam and Eve said no more, but cried before God on account of their creation, and of their bodies that required an earthly covering.

2Disse então Adão a Eva: «Ó Eva, esta é a pele dos animais com a qual seremos cobertos; mas, quando a vestirmos, eis que estaremos levando sobre os nossos corpos um penhor de morte. Assim como os donos destas peles morreram e se corromperam, assim também nós morreremos e passaremos».

2Then Adam said to Eve, "O Eve, this is the skin of beasts with which we shall be covered, but when we put it on, behold, we shall be wearing a token of death on our bodies. Just as the owners of these skins have died and have wasted away, so also shall we die and pass away."

3Tomaram então Adão e Eva as peles e retornaram à Caverna dos Tesouros; e, estando nela, puseram-se de pé e oraram conforme o seu costume.

3Then Adam and Eve took the skins, and went back to the Cave of Treasures; and when in it, they stood and prayed as they were accustomed.

4E cogitavam como poderiam fazer vestimentas daquelas peles; pois não tinham perícia alguma para isso.

4And they thought how they could make garments of those skins; for they had no skill for it.

5Enviou-lhes então Deus o Seu anjo para lhes mostrar como trabalhá-las. E disse o anjo a Adão: «Sai e traze alguns espinhos de palmeira». Saiu então Adão e trouxe alguns, como o anjo lhe ordenara.

5Then God sent to them His angel to show them how to work it out. And the angel said to Adam, "Go forth, and bring some palm-thorns." Then Adam went out, and brought some, as the angel had commanded him.

6Começou então o anjo diante deles a trabalhar as peles, à maneira de quem prepara uma túnica. E tomou os espinhos e os cravou nas peles, perante os olhos deles.

6Then the angel began before them to work out the skins, after the manner of one who prepares a shirt. And he took the thorns and stuck them into the skins, before their eyes.

7Pôs-se então o anjo novamente em pé e rogou a Deus que os espinhos naquelas peles ficassem ocultos, como se tivessem sido costurados com um só fio.

7Then the angel again stood up and prayed God that the thorns in those skins should be hidden, so as to be, as it were, sewn with one thread.

8E assim se fez, por ordem de Deus; tornaram-se vestimentas para Adão e Eva, e Ele os vestiu com elas.

8And so it was, by God's order; they became garments for Adam and Eve, and He clothed them therewith.

9Daquele tempo em diante, a nudez de seus corpos ficou coberta da vista dos olhos de ambos.

9From that time the nakedness of their bodies was covered from the sight of each other's eyes.

10E isso sucedeu ao término do quinquagésimo primeiro dia.

10And this happened at the end of the fifty-first day.

11Estando já cobertos os corpos de Adão e Eva, puseram-se de pé e oraram, suplicando misericórdia do Senhor e perdão, e renderam-Lhe graças por ter tido compaixão deles e coberto a sua nudez. E não cessaram de orar durante toda aquela noite.

11Then when Adam's and Eve's bodies were covered, they stood and prayed, and sought mercy of the Lord, and forgiveness, and gave Him thanks for that He had had mercy on them, and had covered their nakedness. And they ceased not from prayer the whole of that night.

12E, raiando a manhã ao nascer do sol, fizeram suas orações segundo o costume; e saíram da caverna.

12Then when the morning dawned at the rising of the sun, they said their prayers after their custom; and then went out of the cave.

13Disse então Adão a Eva: «Visto que não sabemos o que há ao ocidente desta caverna, saiamos hoje para vê-lo». Saíram então e foram em direção ao limite ocidental.

13And Adam said to Eve, "Since we don't know what there is to the west of this cave, let us go out and see it today." Then they came forth and went toward the western border.