Evangelho do Pseudo-Mateus 38

1Ora, José era carpinteiro e não fazia nada de madeira além de cangas de boi, arados, utensílios agrícolas e camas de madeira.

1Now Joseph was a carpenter, and used to make nothing else of wood but ox-yokes, and ploughs, and implements of husbandry, and wooden beds.

2E aconteceu que certo jovem ordenou-lhe que fizesse para ele uma cama de seis côvados de comprimento.

2And it came to pass that a certain young man ordered him to make for him a couch six cubits long.

3E José ordenou ao seu servo que cortasse a madeira com uma serra de ferro, conforme a medida que ele havia enviado.

3And Joseph commanded his servant to cut the wood with an iron saw, according to the measure which he had sent.

4Mas ele não cumpriu a medida prescrita, mas fez um pedaço de madeira mais curto que o outro.

4But he did not keep to the prescribed measure, but made one piece of wood shorter than the other.

5E José ficou perplexo e começou a considerar o que deveria fazer a respeito.

5And Joseph was in perplexity, and began to consider what he was to do about this.

6E 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 puxemos para nós, pois poderemos torná-los iguais.

6And 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.

7Então José fez o que lhe foi ordenado, pois sabia que poderia fazer o que quisesse.

7Then Joseph did what he was bid, for he knew that He could do whatever He wished.

8E 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.

8And 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.

9E Ele disse a José: Vai e trabalha, e faz o que prometeste fazer.

9And He said to Joseph: Go and work, and do what thou hast promised to do.

10E José fez o que havia prometido.

10And Joseph did what he had promised.