Pastor de Hermas 80

1Vi seis homens chegarem, altos e distintos e semelhantes no aspecto, e convocaram uma multidão de homens. E os que vieram eram também homens altos e belos e poderosos; e os seis homens lhes ordenaram que construíssem uma torre sobre a rocha. E grande era o ruído daqueles homens que vieram construir a torre, correndo de cá para lá ao redor da porta. E as virgens que estavam ao redor da porta disseram aos homens que se apressassem em construir a torre.

1I saw six men come, tall, and distinguished, and similar in appearance, and they summoned a multitude of men. And they who came were also tall men, and handsome, and powerful; and the six men commanded them to build a tower above the rock. And great was the noise of those men who came to build the tower, as they ran hither and thither around the gate. And the virgins who stood around the gate told the men to hasten to build the tower.

2Ora, as virgens tinham estendido as mãos, como se fossem receber algo dos homens. E os seis homens ordenaram que pedras subissem de um certo poço e fossem para a construção da torre. E subiram dez pedras resplandecentes e retangulares, não talhadas em pedreira. E os seis homens chamaram as virgens e mandaram-nas carregar todas as pedras destinadas à construção e passar pela porta e dá-las aos homens que iam construir a torre.

2Now the virgins had spread out their hands, as if about to receive something from the men. And the six men commanded stones to ascend out of a certain pit, and to go to the building of the tower. And there went up ten shining rectangular stones, not hewn in a quarry. And the six men called the virgins, and bade them carry all the stones that were intended for the building, and to pass through the gate, and give them to the men who were about to build the tower.

3E as virgens puseram sobre umas e outras as dez primeiras pedras que tinham subido do poço e as carregaram juntas, cada pedra por si.

3And the virgins put upon one another the ten first stones which had ascended from the pit, and carried them together, each stone by itself.