Evangelho do Pseudo-Mateus 20

1Capítulo.

1Chapter.

2Leões e panteras também O adoraram e os acompanharam no deserto.

2Lions and panthers adored Him likewise, and accompanied them in the desert.

3Aonde quer que José e a bem-aventurada Maria iam, iam adiante deles, mostrando-lhes o caminho e inclinando a cabeça; e mostrando sua submissão abanando o rabo, eles O adoraram com grande reverência.

3Wherever Joseph and the blessed Mary went, they went before them showing them the way, and bowing their heads; and showing their submission by wagging their tails, they adored Him with great reverence.

4Agora, a princípio, quando Maria viu os leões e as panteras, e vários tipos de animais selvagens, aproximando-se deles, ela ficou com muito medo.

4Now at first, when Mary saw the lions and the panthers, and various kinds of wild beasts, coming about them, she was very much afraid.

5Mas o menino Jesus olhou-a com rosto alegre e disse: Não tenha medo, mãe; pois eles não vêm para te fazer mal, mas se apressam em servir tanto a ti como a mim.

5But the infant Jesus looked into her face with a joyful countenance, and said: Be not afraid, mother; for they come not to do thee harm, but they make haste to serve both thee and me.

6Com estas palavras Ele expulsou todo o medo do coração dela.

6With these words He drove all fear from her heart.

7E os leões andavam com eles, e com os bois, e com os jumentos, e com os animais de carga que carregavam as suas bagagens, e não feriram a nenhum deles, embora permanecessem ao lado deles; mas eles eram mansos entre as ovelhas e os carneiros que trouxeram consigo da Judéia e que tinham consigo.

7And the lions kept walking with them, and with the oxen, and the asses, and the beasts of burden which carried their baggage, and did not hurt a single one of them, though they kept beside them; but they were tame among the sheep and the rams which they had brought with them from Judaea, and which they had with them.

8Eles andavam entre lobos e não temiam nada; e nenhum deles foi ferido por outro.

8They walked among wolves, and feared nothing; and no one of them was hurt by another.

9Então se cumpriu o que foi dito pelo profeta: Os lobos pastarão com cordeiros; o leão e o boi comerão palha juntos.

9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet: Wolves shall feed with lambs; the lion and the ox shall eat straw together.

10Estavam juntos dois bois puxando uma carroça com provisões para a viagem, e os leões os orientaram em seu caminho.

10There were together two oxen drawing a waggon with provision for the journey, and the lions directed them in their path.