And Annas the scribe came to him, and said: Why hast thou not appeared in our assembly?
2And Joseph said to him: Because I was weary from my journey, and rested the first day.
3And he turned, and saw that Mary was with child.
4And he ran away to the priest, and said to him: Joseph, whom thou didst vouch for, has committed a grievous crime.
5And the priest said: How so?
6And he said: He has defiled the virgin whom he received out of the temple of the Lord, and has married her by stealth, and has not revealed it to the sons of Israel.
7And the priest answering, said: Has Joseph done this?
8Then said Annas the scribe: Send officers, and thou wilt find the virgin with child.
9And the officers went away, and found it as he had said; and they brought her along with Joseph to the tribunal.
10And the priest said: Mary, why hast thou done this? and why hast thou brought thy soul low, and forgotten the Lord thy God?
11Thou that wast reared in the holy of holies, and that didst receive food from the hand of an angel, and didst hear the hymns, and didst dance before Him, why hast thou done this?
12And she wept bitterly, saying: As the Lord my God liveth, I am pure before Him, and know not a man.
13And the priest said to Joseph: Why hast thou done this?
14And Joseph said: As the Lord liveth, I am pure concerning her.
15Then said the priest: Bear not false witness, but speak the truth.
16Thou hast married her by stealth, and hast not revealed it to the sons of Israel, and hast not bowed thy head under the strong hand, that thy seed might be blessed.
17And Joseph was silent.