Pastor de Hermas 5

1Ao ir ao campo, mais ou menos na mesma época do ano anterior, durante o passeio recordei a visão daquele ano. E de novo o Espírito me arrebatou e me levou ao mesmo lugar onde eu estivera no ano anterior. Ao chegar a esse lugar, dobrei os joelhos e comecei a orar ao Senhor e a glorificar o seu nome, porque ele me julgara digno e me dera a conhecer os meus pecados anteriores.

1As I was going to the country about the same time as on the previous year, in my walk I recalled to memory the vision of that year. And again the Spirit carried me away, and took me to the same place where I had been the year before. On coming to that place, I bowed my knees and began to pray to the Lord, and to glorify His name, because He had deemed me worthy, and had made known to me my former sins.

2Ao levantar-me da oração, vejo diante de mim aquela mulher idosa, que eu vira no ano anterior, caminhando e lendo algum livro.

2On rising from prayer, I see opposite me that old woman, whom I had seen the year before, walking and reading some book.

3E ela me diz: “Podes levar um relato destas coisas aos eleitos de Deus?” Digo-lhe: “Senhora, tanto não posso reter na memória; mas dá-me o livro e o transcreverei.” “Toma-o,” diz ela, “e me o devolverás.” Então o tomei e, indo para uma certa parte do campo, transcrevi-o todo, letra por letra; mas as sílabas dele eu não captei.

3And she says to me, “Can you carry a report of these things to the elect of God?” I say to her, “Lady, so much I cannot retain in my memory, but give me the book and I shall transcribe it.” “Take it,” says she, “and you will give it back to me.” Thereupon I took it, and going away into a certain part of the country, I transcribed the whole of it letter by letter; but the syllables of it I did not catch.

4Mal, porém, terminei de escrever o livro, de repente ele me foi arrebatado das mãos; mas quem foi que o arrebatou, não vi.

4No sooner, however, had I finished the writing of the book, than all of a sudden it was snatched from my hands; but who the person was that snatched it, I saw not.