Pastor de Hermas 4

1Quando ela terminou a sua leitura, levantou-se da cadeira, e quatro jovens vieram, levaram a cadeira e se foram para o oriente.

1When she had ended her reading, she rose from the chair, and four young men came and carried off the chair and went away to the east.

2E ela me chamou a si, tocou o meu peito e me disse: “Agradou-te a minha leitura?” E lhe digo: “Senhora, as últimas palavras me agradam, mas as primeiras são cruéis e duras.” Então ela me disse: “As últimas são para os justos: as primeiras são para os pagãos e apóstatas.” E enquanto ela falava comigo, apareceram dois homens, que a ergueram sobre os seus ombros e foram para onde estava a cadeira, no oriente.

2And she called me to herself and touched my breast, and said to me, “Have you been pleased with my reading?” And I say to her, “Lady, the last words please me, but the first are cruel and harsh.” Then she said to me, “The last are for the righteous: the first are for heathens and apostates.” And while she spoke to me, two men appeared and raised her on their shoulders, and they went to where the chair was in the east.

3Com semblante alegre ela partiu; e ao partir, disse-me: “Comporta-te como homem, Hermas.”

3With joyful countenance did she depart; and as she went, she said to me, “Behave like a man, Hermas.”