Atos de Xantipa e Polixena 23

1Tendo Xantipa dito isto a Polixena e feito uma cruz de madeira, dirigiu-se a Paulo; ficando Polixena sozinha no aposento, por ter a sua ama acompanhado Xantipa.

1Xanthippe, having said this to Polyxena, and having made a cross of wood, went to Paul, but Polyxena remained alone in the bed-chamber, her nurse having gone together with Xanthippe.

2E por volta da meia-noite, certo homem poderoso em riquezas e aliados, encontrando as portas abertas e valendo-se de artes mágicas, entrou, desejando levar Polixena.

2And about the middle of the night, a certain man, powerful in wealth and assistance, finding the doors open and using magical arts, entered within, desiring to carry away Polyxena.

3Percebendo ela a trama, fugiu para o moinho da casa; mas os feiticeiros, guiados pelos demônios, encontraram-na.

3She discovering this fled into the mill, but the magicians led by the demons found her.

4E, não achando porta por onde escapar, disse: Ai de mim, entregue a este destruidor! Pois ouvira que ele era inimigo de seu pretendente e fazia isso para atacá-lo e afligi-lo, sendo um homem ladrão e extremamente cruel.

4And she, not finding any door to escape by, said, Alas that I am given over to this destroyer; for she had heard that he was at enmity with her suitor, and he did this to assail and vex him, being a man who was a robber and exceeding cruel.

5Então, agarrando-a, saíram da cidade e arrastaram-na até o mar.

5Therefore seizing her they went out of the city, dragging her to the sea.

6Olhava ela para um e outro lado sem achar socorro, e gemia dizendo: Ai de mim, irmã Xantipa, enviaste setecentas moedas de ouro a Roma para adquirir livros a fim de profetizares sobre mim; pois esta tarde lias: 'Olhei para a minha direita e vi, mas não havia quem me conhecesse; fugiu-me o refúgio e ninguém cuida da minha alma'.

6She looked round this way and that, but there was none to deliver her, and groaning she said, Alas, my sister Xanthippe, you sent seven hundred pieces of gold to Rome and buy books, that through them you might prophesy by me; for this evening you read, I looked to my right hand and beheld, but there was no one that knew me; flight perished from me and there is no one that seeks out my soul.