Evangelho do Pseudo-Mateus 38

1Capítulo.

1Chapter.

2Ora, José era carpinteiro e não fazia nada de madeira além de cangas de boi, arados, utensílios agrícolas e camas de madeira.

2Now Joseph was a carpenter, and used to make nothing else of wood but ox-yokes, and ploughs, and implements of husbandry, and wooden beds.

3E aconteceu que certo jovem ordenou-lhe que fizesse para ele uma cama de seis côvados de comprimento.

3And it came to pass that a certain young man ordered him to make for him a couch six cubits long.

4E José ordenou ao seu servo que cortasse a lenha com uma serra de ferro, conforme a medida que ele havia enviado.

4And Joseph commanded his servant to cut the wood with an iron saw, according to the measure which he had sent.

5Mas ele não cumpriu a medida prescrita, mas fez um pedaço de madeira mais curto que o outro.

5But he did not keep to the prescribed measure, but made one piece of wood shorter than the other.

6E José ficou perplexo e começou a considerar o que deveria fazer a respeito.

6And Joseph was in perplexity, and began to consider what he was to do about this.

7E quando Jesus o viu neste estado de cogitação, vendo que para ele era uma questão de impossibilidade, dirigiu-lhe palavras de conforto, dizendo: Vem, seguremos as pontas dos pedaços de madeira, e vamos juntá-los, ponta a ponta, e vamos encaixá-los exatamente um no outro, e desenhar para nós, pois poderemos torná-los iguais.

7And when Jesus saw him in this state of cogitation, seeing that it was a matter of impossibility to him, He addresses him with words of comfort, saying: Come, let us take hold of the ends of the pieces of wood, and let us put them together, end to end, and let us fit them exactly to each other, and draw to us, for we shall be able to make them equal.

8Então José fez o que lhe foi ordenado, pois sabia que poderia fazer o que quisesse.

8Then Joseph did what he was bid, for he knew that He could do whatever He wished.

9E José pegou as pontas dos pedaços de madeira, e os juntou contra a parede próxima, e Jesus pegou as outras pontas dos pedaços de madeira, e puxou o pedaço mais curto para Ele, e o fez do mesmo comprimento que o mais longo.

9And Joseph took hold of the ends of the pieces of wood, and brought them together against the wall next himself, and Jesus took hold of the other ends of the pieces of wood, and drew the shorter piece to Him, and made it of the same length as the longer one.

10E Ele disse a José: Vai e trabalha, e faz o que prometeste fazer.

10And He said to Joseph: Go and work, and do what thou hast promised to do.

11E José fez o que havia prometido.

11And Joseph did what he had promised.