Pastor de Hermas 85

1O Pastor então me disse: 'Vamos e trabalhemos nestas pedras. Veja estas pedras pretas, talvez se as lavarmos elas se tornem brancas.'

1The Shepherd then said to me: 'Let us go and work on these stones. See these black stones, perhaps if we wash them they will become white.'

2Mas quando as lavamos, elas continuaram pretas. O Pastor disse: 'Estas não têm lugar na torre. Lance-as fora.'

2But when we washed them, they remained black. The Shepherd said: 'These have no place in the tower. Cast them out.'