Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
[1, 1] The parents of Mary. In those days there was in Jerusalem a man named Joachim, of the tribe of Judah. Grazed his sheep and he feared the Lord with simplicity and goodness. Outside of his flocks had no concern and they had all the God-fearing, and offered twice to those who served him struggling in the doctrine. Lambs, sheep, wool and all the other things he had, he was three parts: one part he gave to the orphans, widows, pilgrims and the poor, the second part he gave to the people consecrated to the worship of God and the third part of the reserve for himself and for his house.
[2] While he was acting so, the Lord multiplied the flocks, so that the people of Israel there was no man like him. He had begun to behave like the age of fifteen. At twenty, he married Anna, daughter of Achara of his tribe, that tribe of Judah, descended from David. But despite having lived with her for twenty years, she had no sons, or daughters.
[2, 1] And it came to pass that on feast days, among those who burned incense to the Lord there is also Joachim to prepare your bids in the presence of the Lord. A priest named Reuben came and said, "It is not lawful to be among those offering sacrifices to God, for God has blessed you not giving up seed in Israel. "Filled with shame before the people went away crying from the temple of the Lord, and did not return home, but he went by his animals carrying, in the mountains, the shepherds in the land away, and so for five months, Anna, his wife, he could not hear from him.
[2] She said crying in his prayer: "Lord, holy God of Israel, I have no children, and why have you taken her husband? That's already two months since I saw my husband. Do not even know if he's dead! If I knew I would give the dead buried. "As she wept profusely, he entered the garden of his home, prostrated himself in prayer, and raised petitions before the Lord. Then arose from prayer, he looked up to God and saw a nest of sparrows on a tree, laurel sigh, raised his voice to the Lord, saying: "Lord God Almighty who gave children to all creatures, beasts and beasts , domestic animals, birds and fish, and all rejoice in their children, only I have excluded from the gift of your kindness. God You know my heart and know that at the beginning of my marriage I vowed that if you God, I had given a son or a daughter, I offered them to you in your holy temple. "
[3] As she said these things, suddenly appeared in front of an angel of the Lord, saying: "Fear not, Anna, for your offspring is in the counsel of God: for what will come from you, excite the admiration of all the centuries until the end. "That said, walked away from his eyes. Trembling and frightened by this vision he saw and heard the speech, he entered in the room, threw himself on the bed half-dead and was day and night in prayer and in great fear.
[4] Then he called his girlfriend and told her: "You see me disappointed and distressed by his widow, and did not want come to me? ". With a soft whisper she said:" If God has closed the uterus and her husband took away from you, what can you do?. "Hearing this, Anna let out a scream and cried.
[3, 1] At the same time, while Joachim the mountains where he was feeding his sheep, he saw a young man and said, "Why do not you return to your wife?". He replied: "I've had for twenty years and God would give me children by her. I then, after it was reproached me, I walked away from the temple of the Lord with great shame. Why should I come back to her once I was rejected and despised?'ll stay here with my own until the God of this world will give me the light. For half of my servants will give generously to the poor, orphans, and persons engaged in the worship of God. "
[2] When he finished speaking, the young man replied, "I'm an angel of God appeared and are now crying to your wife and praying, and I consoled; know that a child conceived out of your suit and you have left by ignoring it. This will be in the temple of God rest upon you the Holy Spirit, his happiness will be greater than that of all the holy women, no one can say that before you there was another equal, and in this world, after there will be another of her. So come down from the mountains, back from your wife and you will find that it is pregnant. God has awakened in her a seed, which you must thank him. His seed shall be blessed, and she will be blessed and will consist of a mother's eternal blessing. "
[3] After having adored the angel, Joachim said," If I have found favor before you sit down a bit 'in my tent, and bless thy servant. "The angel replied," Do not say servant, but I retain, we are in fact servants of the same Lord. But my food is invisible and my drink can not be seen by any mortal. So I do not have to pray to come into your tent. If you're going to give me something, offer it as a burnt offering to the Lord. "
Joachim picked up a spotless lamb and the angel said:" I would not have dared to offer a burnt offering to the Lord your order if I had not given the power to offer priestly ". The angel replied:" I would not have asked to offer, if I had not known the Lord's will. "While Joachim was offering the sacrifice to God, went up to heaven and the angel is the perfume of sacrifice.
[4] Joachim then fell on his face, and stood in prayer from the sixth hour until evening. The servants and mercenaries who were with him, seeing him and knowing why they lay, they thought he was dead, came to him, hardly lifted him up off the ground. After he told them the angelic vision, driven by awe and admiration urged him to, without delay, bring to fruition the vision of the angel returned promptly to his wife. While Joachim
pondered in his heart whether or not to return, was taken from a doze and saw the angel in a dream, which had appeared to him when he was awake, and he said: "I am the angel God has given to the guardian: Secure Disk and go back to Anna, as the works of mercy that you did you and your wife Anna have been reported to Almighty God. God will give you a fruit from the very beginning the prophets have never had and never will be any saint. "Woke Joachim summoned all the servants and mercenaries, and showed them his dream. They worshiped the Lord and said, "Look not to neglect over the words of the angel. Rather than get up, let's start from here and come back slowly making graze their flocks. "
[5] After the thirty days were going to come back and approaching arrival, the angel of the Lord appeared to Anna while she was standing in prayer, and said, "Go now to the port that is called Golden, made to meet your husband, it will come to you today." It quickly ran up with her girls, and beg the Lord, remained a long wait at the door. Just when the prolonged waiting she was failing, he looked up and saw Joachim afar who came with the animals. Running up, hung around his neck, giving thanks to God and saying: "I was a widow and no longer are here, I was sterile and here I have already conceived." So after having worshiped the Lord came. At this news, great was the joy of all his neighbors and friends, so that all the land of Israel rejoiced at this news.
[4, 1] Nativity of Mary and children. Past nine months, Anna gave birth to a daughter and named her Mary. In the third year, after he weaned, Joachim and Anna his wife went together to the temple of the Lord to give to God victims and entrusted the little girl named Mary in the college of virgins remained virgins here day and night in praise to God Giunta front of the facade of the temple, Mary ascended the fifteen steps quickly without even looking back or - as they used to make the children - perhaps thinking of his parents. Therefore, the parents rushed both amazed, and tried the baby until they found her in the temple. Even the chief priests of the temple were amazed.
[5, 1] \u200b\u200bThen Anna, filled with Holy Spirit, the presence of all said: "The Lord God of hosts, remember his words, has visited his people with a visit to make good and holy humble their hearts and turn them to himself. He opened his ears to Our prayers and away from us the joy of all our enemies. The barren and became the mother gave birth to the exultation and joy of Israel.'s gifts to offer to my Lord, my foes could not be proscribed. God turned their hearts to me and gave me an everlasting joy. "
[6, 1] Maria aroused the admiration of all the people of Israel. At the age of three years, walked with a step so mature, she spoke in a way so perfect, was applied the praise of God so closely that everyone remained amazed and wondered about her. It was not considered a little girl, but an adult, he was so devoted to prayer, which seemed a person of thirty years. His face was so pretty and bright that it could hardly watch. He was assiduous in the work of the wool, and in his tender age, he explained that older women could not understand.
[2] This regulation was imposed, from morning until the third hour waiting for the prayer; Dall'Ora third to ninth dealt in textile work, then wait again in the ninth to prayer. Not desist from prayer until it seemed to her the angel of God, by whose hand he took food: as more and better progress in the service of God In addition, while the older virgins rested from the praises of God, it never rests, so that the praises and vigils there was not any before her, no more educated in the knowledge of law, no more humble humility, more graceful in their songs, most perfect in every virtue. It was constant, steady, unchanging and progressed for the better every day.
[3] Neither heard nor saw her angry curse. Each of his talk was so full of grace on his lips as he understood God was devoted to prayer and meditation of the Law, the speech was careful not to miss her friends. Shall further not to miss in any way with the rice, with the beautiful tone of voice, with some injury, haughtily towards his peers. Bless God without ceasing, and not to desist from praising God even in his greeting, he was greeted replied: "Deo gratias". Every day he ate only the food we received from the hand of, the food we gave her the popes distributed to the poor. Frequently saw the angels of God talking to her and obey her diligently. If any ill touched, at the same time she returned home safe.
[7, 1] priest Abiathar presented to the Popes an infinite number of gifts for her as the wife of his son. Maria rejected them, saying: "It can not I know that being a man or a man that knows me. "popes and all his relatives by saying," God is worshiped and adored the children in their offspring, as has always been in Israel. "Maria, however, responded by saying:" God is worshiped in purity as is evidenced from the beginning. Before Abel was among those men there was no right and he appealed to God for the sake of offers and was ruthlessly killed by the man who did not like him. He received two crowns, therefore, that the offer and that of virginity, having never accepted a spot on his flesh. Elijah, however, being in the flesh, was hired in the flesh, for he had kept his virgin flesh. I then went from my childhood, in the temple of God, I learned that virginity can be very pleasing to God because I can offer something pleasing to God in my heart I know absolutely determined not to man. "
[8, 1] Maria is married to Joseph. It happened that at the age of fourteen, The Pharisees had the chance to point out that, by custom, a woman of that age could no longer stay in the temple. He was then taken the decision to send a herald of all the tribes of Israel, in order that the third day, all gathered in the temple of the Lord.
As all the people were gathered, the Pope stood up and Abiathar went up on the top step to be heard and seen by all the people. But when it was a great silence, he said: "Children Israel to hear me, give ear to my words. Since this temple was built by Solomon, there we were virgin daughters of daughters of kings and prophets, the chief priests and popes: they grew large and admirable. But when he reached her husband took office following the custom of those who had preceded them, and I am pleased God Only Mary has found a new way of life promised to God to remain a virgin. I therefore feel that through our question and answer of God we might know to whom we entrust the care. "
[2] This speech pleased the whole of the meeting. And the priests threw the lot over the twelve tribes and the lot fell on the tribe of Judah. \u200b\u200bThe priest then said: "Whoever has no wife, being tomorrow and carrying a stick." It so happened that Joseph, along with the young, took a stick. They gave their sticks to the Supreme Pontiff, they offered a sacrifice to the Lord God and questioned him. The Lord replied, "Enter all the sticks in the holy of holies, the poles remain there. He also ordered them to come to you tomorrow to resume their staffs, from the top of a stick will come out a dove and fly in the sky. Maria will held in trust to the person in whose hands the stick back will sign this. "
[3] The next day all came very quickly. The pontiff has made the offering of incense, he entered the Holy of Holies and took sticks out. Distribuitili all, no stick to the dove was released. The pontiff then overlaid with the twelve bells and the priestly robe, entered the Holy of Holies, he lit the sacrifice and great value. The angel of the Lord appeared and said, 'Here is a small stick, which you have not noticed any, did you put it with others, but have not pulled out with them. When you pulled out and given to the person to whom it belongs, it will come true in the sign of which I spoke. " That was the stick of Joseph, who, being old, it was miserable that he is unable to take, so even he would seek his stick. While he was humble and finally, the pontiff voice clear shouted: "Joseph, come and get your stick, For you are expecting. Joseph, fearful that the high priest called him with much fanfare, approached. Do not just put out his hand and received the stick from the top came out a dove whiter than snow and extraordinarily beautiful: After flying for a long time for the top of the temple, he launched into the sky.
[4] All the people then congratulated the old saying, "In your old age you have been blessed fact, father Joseph, while God is worthy to receive you stated Mary." When the priests said, 'Take it! In all the tribe of Judah, in fact, you alone have been chosen by God, "Joseph took to worship them with shame, saying: "I am old and have kids, because I entrusted this little girl whose age is less than that of my grandchildren?". Then, the Supreme Pontiff Abiathar told him: "Remember, Joseph, who Dathan Abiron, Core and died because they despised the will of God so well happen to you if you despise what is ordained by God." Joseph replied, "I do not despise the will of God, I shall be kept as long as I know, according to the will of God, which of my children could have a wife. The virgin will give some of her companions, with whom the meantime can pass the time. " Abiathar the pontiff said: "To pass the time, will be given five virgins until the day in which the catch: can not, in fact, join others in marriage. "
[5] Then Joseph took Mary with the five virgins who were to reside with her in Joseph's house. These virgins were: Rebecca, Sephora, Susanna, Rustler and Cael. The pontiff gave them silk, hyacinth, fine linen, and scarlet, purple and linen. Between them, they drew lots for what each had to do: to Mary touched the purple for the veil of the temple of Lord. When taken, the other virgins, saying, "Since we're the last one, humble and least of all you deserve to get the purple." So saying, just for fun, started to call her queen of virgins. While each they did This appeared among them the angel of the Lord and said: "This expression is not a game, but the expression of a prophecy most true." Frightened by the presence of the angel and his words, please forgive and pray for them.
[9, 1] Annunciation - Mary pregnant. The next day, while Mary was at the fountain to fill the jug, there came an angel of the Lord, who told her: "You are blessed, O Mary, for in your womb you have prepared a house for the Lord. Is that the sky will come the light and dwell in you and through you, will shine all over the world. "
[2] Again, the third day, while her fingers worked the purple, he entered a young man from her inexpressible beauty. Seeing him, Mary was afraid and trembled. But he said: "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb." Heard this, he trembled and was afraid. Then the angel of the Lord continued: "Fear not, Maria. You have found favor with God here who conceive in the womb and creates a king who fills not only the earth but also heaven, and reigns for ever and ever" .
[10, 1] While these things were happening, Joseph was intent on the construction of pavilions in the regions near the sea was, in fact, a carpenter. After nine months he returned to his house and found Mary pregnant. Deeply distressed trembled and cried, saying, "Lord God, take my spirit. For me, in fact, it is better to die than to live." The virgins who were with Mary said to him: "What are you saying, Mr. Joseph? We know that no man has touched, we are witnesses to remain in her purity and integrity. We have watched over her: he was always with us in prayer ; angels of God speak to her every day and every day received food from the hand of the Lord. We do not know her like there may be some sin. If you want me to confess our suspicion, no one else made it if not pregnant ' angel of the Lord. "
[2] Joseph replied: "Why am flattered that I believe that the angel of the Lord he made pregnant? It may be that someone has cheated by pretending angel of the Lord. "So saying, she wept, and added:" With what face I will dare to look at the temple of the Lord, and how do I see the priests of God? What shall I do?. "So saying, he thought to escape or away.
[11, 1] While I move away, hide and live in the wilderness, the night appeared to him in a dream an angel of the Lord, and said: "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, in fact, what is in her uterus, from the Holy Spirit. Bear a son and his name shall be Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. " Joseph arose from sleep, gave thanks to God and told his vision. Rejoiced about Mary, saying: "I have sinned feeding suspicions about you."
[12, 1] "The water of jealousy." After that spread the news of Mary's pregnancy. Joseph was then taken by the servants of the temple, and Mary was brought to the pope who, together with priests, began to rebuke him, saying, "Why did you deceive a virgin so excellent, that was fed by angels in the temple of God, who never wanted see or have a man who had an excellent education in the law of God? If you had not used violence, she remained in her virginity. " Joseph assured, with oath that he had never even touched it. Abiathar the pontiff replied, "How true God, I will now bring the water in the drink of the Lord, and immediately reveal your sin."
[2] He then gathered a great multitude of people, and Mary was taken to the temple. Priests, in-laws and relatives, crying, saying to Mary: "Confess your sins to priests. For you were like a dove in the temple of God, and receive food from the hand of an angel."
Again Joseph was called to the altar and was given the drink water of the Lord: if he had enjoyed a liar, having completed seven laps around the altar, he would have received from God a few marks on the face. Joseph drank so sure, he completed seven laps around the altar, and he appeared no sign of sin. Then all the priests, the attendants and the crowd just declared it, exclaiming: "You have been beatified because you is not no fault was found."
[3] then called Mary and told her: "And what excuse have you?" What sign can appear in you is greater than that of pregnancy on your belly? This betrays you. Because Joseph is pure about, you ask confess that those who betrayed you. Because it is better that you reveal it with your confession rather than the wrath of God will manifest infidel among the people by impressing a mark on your face. " Maria then, fearless, "he said firmly:" Lord God, king of all, you know the secrets, if in me there is some blemish or sin, lust or lewdness, manifestalo the sight of all people for all that I might become an example of amendments. " So saying, he confidently approached the altar of the Lord, drank the water of the beverage, made seven laps around the altar, and she did not appear in any spot.
[4] The people were beside themselves with astonishment: he saw the pregnant belly and could see no sign on her face, then began a stir and a varied and talk excitedly. Some said, is holy and immaculate, while others it is poor and polluted. Maria then seeing suspected by the people and not considered fully at fault, said in a clear voice to be heard by all: "How the Lord Adonai liveth, the Lord of hosts, before whom I am, I have never known a man, are known from one to whom I dedicated my mind the age of my childhood. From my childhood I did vow to God to remain intact for the one who created me. I have confidence to live only for him, and serve only him. As long as I live, I will stay in it without any stain. " Everyone then began to kiss his feet and embrace his knees, begging her to forgive their bad suspicions. The crowd, the priests and all the virgins took her to his house with great joy and gladness, crying and saying: "Blessed be the name of the Lord forever, for he has manifested thy holiness to all his people Israel."
[13, 1] Birth of Jesus after a while it happened that you did a census because of an edict of Caesar Augustus, and the whole earth was made to enter, each in his own country. This census was made by the president of Syria, Cirino. It was therefore necessary that Joseph, Mary, did you enroll in Bethlehem, since Joseph and Mary were here, the tribe of Judah and the lineage of David.
While Joseph and Mary walked along the road to Bethlehem, Mary said to Joseph: "I see two peoples before me, a crying and the other is happy. "Joseph replied:" Stay sitting on your ass and say no superfluous words. "She then appeared before them a handsome young man dressed in white robes, and said to Joseph:" Why did you say those were superfluous words spoken by Mary about the two peoples? In fact, he saw the Jewish people crying, having departed from his God, and people pay to rejoice, because now you are pulled over and approached the Lord, as promised to our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in fact, the time has come in which, the offspring of Abraham, the blessing is granted to all nations. "
[2] That said, the angel ordered him to stop the beast, because the time has come to give birth, then commanded the blessed Mary to come down from the animal and to enter a cave in a cave in which the light never went but there were always dark, unable to receive the light of day. When the blessed Mary went into it, all lit up with splendor as if it was the sixth hour of the day. The divine light illuminated the cave so that by day or by night, until there was Mary, the light did not fail. Here fathered a son, born while surrounded by angels. When he was born stood upright on his feet, and they worshiped him, saying: "Glory to God in the highest heaven and on earth peace to men of good will."
[3] It was in fact came the birth of the Lord, and Joseph had gone looking for midwives. Find them, returned to the cave and found Mary with the child she had raised. Joseph said to the blessed Mary: "I led the midwives Zelomi and Salome, remained at the entrance of the cave, not daring to come here because of the great splendor." At these words the Blessed Virgin Mary smiled. Joseph said, "Do not smile, but be cautious, let go to see if by chance you need some care." Then he ordered them to enter. He entered Zelomi; Salome did not enter. Zelomi said to Mary: "Let me touch you." After she left to examine, the midwife cried with a loud voice saying, 'Lord, Lord large, have mercy. Never has and never heard it was suspected that the breasts may be full of milk because he was born a boy, and his mother remained a virgin. The baby is not there at any stain of blood and the mother has not felt any pain. Conceived virgin, virgin and virgin has been generated.
[4] On hearing this voice, Salome said, "May we touch and experience it is true what he said Zelomi." After the blessed Mary allowed to leave touch, Salome put his hand. But when he withdrew his hand touched the withered hand, and the great pain she began to cry and angustiarsi desperately crying, "Lord God, you know that I have feared ever, and I took care of the poor without reward, I've never taken anything from the ORF and widows, the needy and I never let you go away from me empty-handed. But now I am become miserable because of my disbelief, because I wanted no good reason to try your virgin.
[5] While he spoke he appeared beside her a young man of great splendor, and said, "Come on baby , worship Him, touch it with your hand and he will save, because he is the Savior of the world and all those who hope in him. "Now she approached the child, worshiping Him, and touched a piece of cloth which was wrapped in, and once his hand was restored. Leaving the outside began shouting wonderful things he had seen and experienced, and how she was healed and many believed because of his preaching.
[6] Even the shepherds claimed to have seen the angels who, in the middle of the night, singing a hymn, praising the God of heaven and said she was born the Savior of all, who is Christ the Lord, which will given back to the salvation of Israel.
[7] A huge star shining in the morning from the night above the cave, so great had never seen from the creation of the world. The prophets who were in Jerusalem said that this star signaled the birth of Christ, who would fulfill his promise not only to Israel but to all nations.
[14, 1] Three days after the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Blessed Mary left the cave and went into a stall, he placed the baby in a manger, where the ox and ass worship. So was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, in the words: "The ox recognized his master, and the ass his master's crib." The same animals, the ox and the ass, they had in their midst and loved it all the time. So was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Habakkuk, with the words: "You'll know in the midst of two animals."
Joseph and Mary remained in the same place for three days.
[15, 1] \u200b\u200bOn the sixth day they entered Bethlehem, where they spent the seventh day. Circumcised on the eighth day the boy and gave him the name "Jesus" as it was given him before he was conceived. Once the days of purification of Mary, under the Law of Moses, Joseph took the child to the temple of the Lord. When the child received the "peritom" ("peritom means circumcision), offered a pair of turtle doves or two children.
[2] In the temple there was a certain man of God, perfect and just, whose name was Simeon, aged one hundred and twelve. He had received from God the promise that he would not tasted death without having first seen live in the flesh, Christ, the Son of God As a child, he cried with a loud voice: "God visited his people, and Lord fulfilled his promise. "And at once worshiped him. After he took his cloak and kissed his feet, he said:" Now, O Lord, let your servant go in peace for mine eyes have seen your salvation that you prepared before the face of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory of thy people Israel. "
[3] In the temple there was also a prophetess named Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity, and it was already a widow eighty-four. He had never departed from the temple of the Lord, and was dedicated to fasting and prayer. She adored the child stating that he is redemption of the world.
[16, 1] The Magi and the flight into Egypt. After the second year of the Magi from the East came to Jerusalem, bringing great gifts. And immediately questioned the Jews, saying: "Where is the king who was born? In fact, the East have seen his star and have come to worship him." This item came to King Herod and frightened him so much that assembled scribes, Pharisees and teachers of the people for questioning where, according to the prophets, Christ was born. They said, "In Bethlehem of Judah. \u200b\u200bIt is written:" And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means the least among the princes of Judah. From you, indeed, the born leader that will hold my people Israel. " Then Herod summoned the wise men to Himself and they diligently inquired when the star had appeared to them. Then sending them into Bethlehem, said: "Go and search diligently on the child. When you find it, please let me know so that I too may go and worship him."
[2] While the wise men went away, by the way the star appeared to them that, preceding them until they came was when the child was almost their guidance. Seeing the star the wise men rejoiced with great joy, and entered the house, they found the child Jesus sitting on his mother's womb. Then they opened their treasures and give great gifts to the blessed Mary and Joseph. The child then offered each a gold coin, so also offered a gold, frankincense another, the third myrrh.
wanted to return to Herod the king, but were warned in a dream by an angel not to return to Herod. Another way they returned to their region.
[17, 1] Herod saw that he was mocked of the wise men, swelled in his heart, and sent to every street wanting to take them and kill them. Not finding them, sent back in Bethlehem and in all its borders to kill all children who were down by two years, according to the time of which he was informed by the Magi.
[2] One day this before it happened, Joseph was warned in a dream by an angel of the Lord who told him: "Take Mary and the baby and goes to Egypt for the way of the wilderness." Joseph, the order angel, he left.
[18] and wonders in the trip to Egypt. Once in a cave took a rest. The Blessed Virgin Mary, descended from the beast and, sitting, holding the baby Jesus on her lap. With three boys were Joseph and Mary were a girl the same way. Suddenly emerged from the cave many dragons: the boys, seeing them, they were terrified and cried. Then Jesus came down from the womb of his mother, stood upright on his feet before the dragons but they worshiped Jesus and then went away. So was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet David, in the words of the earth praise the Lord, or dragons and all depths. But he, the Holy Child Jesus, walking before them, ordered them not to do more harm to anyone. Mary and Joseph were afraid that the child was bitten by the dragon, but Jesus said, "Be not afraid, and do not think that I have a child. For I have always been perfect and I still: you must have before me all the wild animals become tame. "
[19, 1] lions and leopards adored him and accompanied them in the wilderness, wherever they went, Joseph and Mary, in front, showing the way, bowing their heads, giving them the service, did the parties with the tail and adored him with great reverence. The first time Mary saw the lions, leopards and other species of fairs being around them is greatly alarmed. Watching her in the face with face peaceful, he said, "Mom, do not worry. They are not to hurt you, but hasten to pay their respects you and me." With these words the fear away from her heart.
[2] The lions were walking with them, with oxen, donkeys and pack animals carrying the necessary items, and, while being together, not hurt anyone, but remained tame among the sheep and the sheep that had brought with him from Judea, and had with them. They walked among wolves, and were not afraid of anything, and no one was harassing another. Came true, then what was said by the prophet: Wolves shall feed with lambs. The lion and the ox shall eat straw together. For there were two oxen and a wagon which carried the necessary things along the way and guided them to the lions.
[20, 1] On the third day of travel, others walked, but the Blessed Virgin Mary, too tired with the heat of the desert sun and seeing a palm tree said to Joseph: "I'll rest a little shadow of this' tree ". Joseph then led her from the palm considerate and had come down from the ass. Sat, Blessed Mary looked at the canopy of palm, he saw her full of fruit and said to Joseph: "I would like, if possible, take the fruits of this palm." Joseph replied, "I'm surprised you say this and that, seeing how high this palm, you think you can eat of its fruit. I think rather the lack of water has already failed in the skins, and we did not order us refreshment and beasts. "
[2] Then the child Jesus, who rested with serene face on his mother's womb, he said to the palm:" Tree, fold your arms and refreshes my mom with your fruit. "At these words the palm bent down once his hair to the foot of the Blessed Mary, which it has gathered all the fruits with which you refresh. After they had collected all the palm rest angled waiting for straighten up, the command of him to whose will was skewed. Jesus said unto her, "Palma, get up, get strong and be the companion of my trees that are in heaven with my father. Open with your roots a vein of water that is hidden in the earth, so that water to flow from it to our satiety. "palm immediately erected, and its roots began to emerge as a source of clear water very fresh and clear. Seeing the spring water they rejoiced greatly, and they quenched their thirst with beasts and also all the beasts. They made so thank God
[21] The next day went from there. When they began the journey, Jesus turned to the palm and said: "Palma, I give you the privilege, that one of your branches is carried by my angels, and planted in the paradise of my father. We bestow the blessing to all those who fight and win, you say you came to the palm of victory. "As she said this, the angel of the Lord appeared straight on the palm and, taking one of its branches, flew to heaven with the branch in his hand. Seeing this, all fell on their faces, and remained as dead. Jesus turned to them and said, "Why fear has gripped your heart? Do not you know that the palm that I did move to paradise, will be in the place of delights available to all holy men, as it was at our disposal in this lonely place? ". Those, then, all filled with joy, became stronger, and rose.
[22, 1] After that, while they were traveling, Joseph said to Jesus: "Lord, this heat is cooking us. If you like, follow the road along the sea so that we can rest in the ports." Jesus replied: "Fear not, Joseph. So I will shorten the way, how much progress you would route in thirty days, let him do this in one day."
While they spoke thus, pushed forward and his eyes began to see the mountains of Egypt and its cities.
[2] They reached the outskirts of Hermopolis happy, and entered a town in Egypt called Sotin. And because in it there was no knowing to whom they could ask hospitality, they went into a temple that was said capitol of Egypt. In this temple there were three hundred fifty-five idols, which were bestowed every day, so profane, divine honors. The Egyptians in the same city entered the Capitol where the priests began to warn that every day, as was required by the honor of God, would offer their sacrifices.
[23, 1] it happened that, entered the temple the Blessed Mary with the baby, all the idols prostrated themselves on the ground, so that all lay with their faces completely ruined and broken, thus showing that they were not anything. So was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "Behold, the Lord will come upon a swift cloud, come to Egypt and his presence will be all shook-made works of the Egyptians."
[24, 1] The news was told Affrodisio, governor of that city, and he came to the temple with all his army. Since Affrodisio had come to the temple with all his army, thought that the popes had come only to retaliate against those who had been due to the fall of the idols. Instead, he entered the temple, having regard to all the idols lying prostrate on their faces, approached the Blessed Virgin Mary, who bore the Lord in his lap, I love it and said to all his army and all his friends: "If these was not the God of our gods, our gods would not have fallen face down in front of him, nor lay prostrate before him. We all, therefore, more carefully if we do not do what we see from our gods, we incur the danger of His indignation at the meeting and all go death, as happened to Pharaoh king of Egypt who, not having believed in many miracles, was drowned at sea with all his army. "All the people of that city believed, then, in the Lord God through Jesus Christ.
[25] The Return from the early wonders. Not long after, an angel said to Joseph: "Return to your land of Judah. Those who sought the life of the child are dead. "
[26, 1] After the return of Jesus from Egypt, while he was in Galilee, even at the beginning of the fourth year of age, a Sabbath day of playing with children at the bed of the Jordan. Jesus sat down and made seven pools of mud, he endowed each of channels through of which, at his command, brought water from the river to the lake and brought back again. One of those children, a son of the devil, a spirit of envy, shut the mouths of canals that carried water in ponds and sent to air what Jesus had done Then Jesus said to him: "Woe to you, son of death, the son of Satan. dare you destroy what I have done? ". The man who had done so, just died.
[2] They raised his voice then the parents of the dead against Mary and Joseph said to them: "Your son has cursed our son and died." Joseph and Mary went to Jesus now because of the tumult of the boy's parents and dell'assembramento of the Jews. Joseph said in secret to her: "I dare not speak. admonish you, saying, because you raised up against us the hatred of the people, and we have to endure the hatred of harassing people?". Came from his mother begged him saying: "My Lord, that he ever made to die?". He said: "It was worthy of death, having upended what I had done."
[3] The mother then begged him, saying, "No, my Lord, because all rise up against us." Not wanting to grieve her mother, with his right foot he touched the butt of the dead, saying: "Arise, son unfairly. You're not worthy, in fact, to enter the peace of my father, since you have upended what I had done ' . Then one who died and rose again went away.
Jesus, through a channel leading to his command, the waters in the lakes.
[27, 1] happened after that, the sight of all, Jesus took mud from lakes that had formed and with it twelve sparrows. When Jesus said this was a Saturday and there were many children with him. A Jew, seeing him do this, said to Joseph: "Do not you see, Joseph, that the child Jesus did on Saturday that he may not do? With the mud, fashioned twelve sparrows." Hearing this, Joseph rebuked him, saying, "Why are you doing Saturday things that we are not allowed to do?". Hearing the words of Joseph and beating a hand against each other, said to his sparrows: "Fly." And under his command began to fly. While everyone was there and saw and heard, said the birds: "Go and fly to the earth and throughout the world, and live." These
seeing these wonders, were filled with amazement. Some praised and admired, but others blamed. Some people went to the chief priests and leaders of the Pharisees and told them how Jesus son of Joseph, had done great wonders and miracles in front of all the people of Israel.
This was announced during the twelve tribes of Israel.
[28, 1] Once again it happened that a son of the priest of the temple, Anna, came with Joseph at the sight of all, holding a stick in anger destroyed the ponds that Jesus had with his hands and scattered the water that had collected from the stream. Closed and destroyed the same channels from which he entered the water. This is seen, Jesus said to the guy who sent his air ponds: "O poor scion of iniquity, the son of death, Satan's workshop, the fruit of thy seed will really not strong, your roots without mood, your branches dry and do not bear fruit. " And the sight of all, the boy remained stiff and died. Then Joseph trembled, took Jesus, returned to her home with him.
[29, 1] With him was his mother.
Suddenly, from the contrary, another boy, also a worker of iniquity, he threw himself running on the shoulder of Jesus with the intention of mocking him or harm him if he could. Jesus said, "That you can not return healthy from the street on which you walk." And he fell and died.
The parents of the deceased, who saw the incident, exclaimed: "Where did this guy? It 'obvious that every word he says is true, and often occurs even before the ruling." His parents came to Joseph and said, "Take Jesus out of this place! Can not live with us in this town. Or at least teach him to bless and not curse." Joseph approached Jesus and the warning, saying: "Why do these things? are already many who complain about you, because you hate us and endure, because of you, the harassment of men."
Jesus said unto Joseph, saying: "No child is not wise for one who was trained by his father according to the science of this time, and the curse of the father only harms those who do evil."
They gathered against Jesus and then accused him at Joseph. Upon seeing this, Joseph was extremely frightened, fearing violence and sedition of the people of Israel. But at that moment Jesus took to his ear the dead child, held him suspended from the ground in the presence of all, and they saw Jesus talking to him like a father to his son. His spirit returned to him, and he revived. And they were all amazed.
[30, 1] Jesus in school. A Jewish teacher named Zach heard that Jesus uttered these words, and seeing that he was an unsurpassed knowledge of virtue, he was distressed and began to speak out against Joseph so indiscreet, foolish, and without fear. He said: "I do not want you to entrust your child to be educated in the humanities and fear? Maria and I see you love your child more than the traditions of the elders of the people. And 'in fact more necessary that we honor the priests of the whole church Israel, and worry that he has love for children, and we both trained in the Jewish doctrine. "
[2] But Joseph said to him:" And who is never one who can keep and teach this child? If you can keep him and educate, we are not opposed to instruct you in all those things that everyone should learn. "Hearing what he had said Zach, Jesus said:" The precepts of the Law, of which you spoke just now ' and indeed all the things they told you you need to be observed by those who are educated in the humanities, but I have nothing to do your courts, and I have a carnal father. You who read the Act and are educated in the law is, but I was before the Law. While you feel that you have not no equal in the doctrine, you will be instructed by me, nobody else, in fact, can teach the things that you have mentioned, it can only he who is worthy. When I will be exalted from the earth, end all mention of your genealogy. You do not know when you were born: I alone know when you were born and how long your life on earth. "
[3] All who heard these words clearly, you amazed, and exclaimed:" Oh, oh, oh, this is a wonderfully great and wonderful mystery. We never heard anything like that. Never by any other, nor by prophets, nor by the Pharisees, nor the scribes, has been heard or said something similar. We know where he was born; and still has not reached five years and never know how to say such things? ". The Pharisees said," We have never heard such words from a child of his age ".
[4] Jesus answered them," You be surprised that a child say things like that? So why not believe me for those things that I just mentioned? As I said I know when you were born, all you wonder: I'll tell you greater things, and it'll be even more amazed. I saw Abraham, who you say is your father, I spoke with him and he saw me. "
hearing this, they were silent and none of them dared to speak. Jesus said to them:" I was in the middle with you children, and do not know me. I have spoken to people as wise, and you do not separate my voice because you are younger than me, and of little faith. "
[31, 1] Master Zach said again to Joseph and Mary," Give me the boy and I entrust to the master Levi to teach him letters and instructed him. "So Joseph and Mary, patting Jesus led him to school to be educated in the letters from the old Levi. Revenue was, Jesus was silent. The teacher said to Levi Jesus starting with the first letter, the letter alef and said: "Reply." But Jesus was silent and did not answer. The preceptor Levi was angry, picked up a rod and struck him on the head storax.
[2] But Jesus said to the master Levi: "Why do you strike me? Know that, in truth, I have beaten that teaches him that strikes me much more than I can be taught. I, in fact, I can teach those things that you yourself say. But all these people who speak are blind and listen as sounding brass or tinkling cymbal, where there are things of which means the sound. "
Jesus then said to Zach: "Every letter, dall'alef until tet, is distinguished by it. First, then, you say what is the tet, and then I'll tell you what the alef" . He also told them, 'Those who do not know the alef, how can they teach tet, hypocrites? First say what it is the alef and then I will believe it when you talk of the bet. "Jesus began to demand that the names of individual letters, and asked:" The master of the law say what the first letter, because it has graduated many triangles, subacute, divided in half, opposite, oblong, erect, lying and cornering. "heard it, Levi stood amazed at such varied arrangement of the names of the letters.
[3] then began to cry out to those who heard him, saying, "How can he live on earth? On the contrary, it is worthy of being hung from a large cross. May, in fact, put out the fire escape and other torments. I believe that he existed before the cataclysm, and it is born before the flood. What ever led belly? Or what has generated the mother? Or what have breast fed? I flee before him, unable to resist the word of his mouth, and my heart is still amazed at hearing such words. I believe that no man can hear his word, unless God is with him. Right I, unhappy, I gave myself at the mercy of his ridicule. While I thought I had a disciple, I met my teacher, I did not know. What shall I say? Can not stand the words of this boy flee from this town, unable to understand these things. I am old, I was won by a child, because I can not find neither the beginning nor the end of the things he says. E ', indeed, difficult for themselves, find the beginning. I do not lie, saying that in my view, the work of this guy, the beginning of his speech and the purpose of his intentions have nothing in common with men. I do not know if this is a magician or a god, or, indeed, an angel of God speaks in him. Hence it is, whence come, what will become of him, I do not know. "
[4] And Jesus, his face serene, smiled at him and said with authority to all these children of Israel, listen:" The unsuccessful fruttifichino, the blind see, the lame walk straight, the poor enjoy property, and the dead may live so that each return to its original state and remains in it, this is the root of life and of perpetual sweetness. "After the child Jesus had thus spoken, now healed all who were killed in malignant disease. And most did not dare say anything or listen to it.
[32, 1] Other miracles of Jesus After that Joseph and Mary went to Jesus in the city of Nazareth, and there he stayed with his parents. One Sabbath day, Jesus was playing with the children on the terrace of a house, and that was one of the children threw another from the terrace down to earth, and that he died.'s parents died, not having seen it, cried out against Joseph and Mary, saying: "Your son fell for our earth, and died."
Jesus was silent and answered nothing. Joseph and Mary came running to Jesus and his mother begged him, saying: "My Lord, tell me if you were to throw it on the ground." Now Jesus came down from the terrace on the ground and called the boy by name, Zeno. And he replied: "Sir." Jesus said, "Is it me who bring you down to earth from the terrace?". And he answered: "No, sir." The parents of the boy who had been killed were astonished, and as a result of this miracle made to honor Jesus
Joseph and Mary and Jesus went thence to Jericho.
[33, 1] Jesus was six years old and his mother sent him with a pitcher to draw water from a fountain together with the children. It happened, after having drawn the water, one of the children gave him a push and the pitcher threw breaking it. But Jesus reached out his cloak which he used, and picked up the mantle contain as much water as the jug and brought it to her mother. At this sight she was taken by surprise: he meditated to himself, and puts everything in his heart.
[34, 1] One day he took some 'wheat from the barn of his mother and sowed in a field: the corn was born, grew and multiplied in large quantities and at the end, as he Miet,, they picked the fruits, he made three choirs and gave them to his many disciples.
[35] There is a road that comes out of Jericho and goes to the river Jordan went where the children of Israel: it is said that there has stopped the ark of the covenant. Jesus was eight years old when he came out of Jericho and went to the Jordan, along the road near the banks of the Jordan, there was a cave where a lioness had her babies, so no one could walk safely to the street. Jesus, therefore, coming from Jericho, he knew that the cave was a lioness with her young, but he entered the presence of all. As soon as the lions saw Jesus, he went to meet and worship, Jesus sat in the cave lions and ran here and there around his feet, caressed him and joked with him. The older lions did they deviate headlong, adoring and making party with the tail.
Then the people who was distant, not seeing Jesus, said: "If this man or his parents, had not made some serious sins would not be offered to the lions." As the people believed these things and was in the throes of great fear here is that, before all, Jesus left the cave before the lions and the lions were playing between his feet. The parents of Jesus, with his head down, and a little 'apart, if they were to observe, even the people, because of the lions, he was distant, but did not dare to join them.
Then Jesus said to the people: "The beasts are better than you! They know their And glorify the Lord and you, men who are made in the image and likeness of God, I ignored. The animals are tame and I recognize the men see me and recognize me. "
[36, 1] Then Jesus, under the eyes of all, crossed the Jordan with the lions and the water of the Jordan was divided on the right and left. Then said to the lions, but they all felt: "Go in peace and do not hurt anyone, but man does not disturb you until you back whence you came." They saluted him not only with voice, but also with the body, and then they left in their places. And Jesus went back to his mother.
[37, 1] Joseph, being a carpenter, made tools wooden yokes for oxen, plows, tools for moving the earth and are suited to crops, wooden beds, and one day he went to a young man who commissioned him to a bed of six cubits. Joseph ordered his servant to cut the wood with an iron saw, according to the measure being driven. But they did not follow all the standard prescribed, and made a part of the wood shorter than the other. Joseph, all worried, he began to figure out what suited him to do.
[2] When Jesus saw him so worried, because it made it seemed hopeless, gave him a consoling words: "Come," he said, keep the heads of the axles, accostiamole together again with his head, and pulling pareggiamole toward us so we can make them equal. "Joseph obeyed the man who commanded: he knew that he could do whatever he wanted. Joseph took the heads of the axles and leaned against a wall, with him, Jesus gave the two opposite ends of those boards, and pulled him the shortest axis, matching the longest axis. Then he said to Joseph: "Now go to work, and do all that you promised to do." Joseph did as he had promised.
[ 38, 1] Jesus in school. It happened that, for the second time, Joseph and Mary were asked by the people that sent Jesus to school for instruction in letters. They suit this invitation and, according to the precept of old, they took him from a teacher to instruct him in the humanities. The teacher began with authority to teach him, saying, "alpha". But Jesus answered him: "You tell me what the first beta and I'll tell you what is alpha." Enraged by this, the teacher struck Jesus, but it struck shortly after he died.
[2] And Jesus went back home to his mother. Joseph was frightened, and called her Mary, said: "I am really sorry for this guy to death. May, in fact, happen that one day someone or other mischievously and smite him to death." Mary replied, "I do not think the man of God, that this can happen. Even think for sure that he who sent him to be born among men, the guard from any malignancy, and in his name, will preserve us from evil. "
[39 1] The Jews, for the third time, they pleaded Mary and Joseph to lead it, with the their coaches, to study by another teacher. Fearing the people, the insolence of the principles and the threats of the priests, Joseph and Mary took him back to school, knowing that he could not learn anything from the men of God who alone had a perfect science.
[2] He joined the school, Jesus, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, from the hand of the master who was teaching the law in front of all the people who saw and heard, he took the book and began to read not what was written in their book, but to speak in the spirit of the living God, as if from a living spring gushes a torrent of water and the source is always full. He taught the people the greatness of the living God with such force that the same teacher fell down and worshiped him. The heart of the people who sat there and had heard him say those things was taken by surprise.
Joseph, hearing this, ran to Jesus to die for fear that the same teacher, but when she saw him, the man said, "You do not have given me a disciple, but a master who can withstand his words?" .
was accomplished then what was said by the Psalmist: "The river of God was full of water. You have prepared their food, because this is his preparation. "
[40] After this, Joseph went on from there with Mary and Jesus to go to sea Capernaum, due to the malice of men his opponents.
While Jesus lived in Capernaum in the city was a very rich man named Joseph because of his lingering illness, he died on his bed. Jesus, having heard the cries, the tears and cries from people high on the dead, said to Joseph "Why not offer the help of your kindness to this man who has your same name?." Joseph said, "What power and right have I to offer kindness to this man?". Then Jesus said to him: "Take the handkerchief Your head should be to place him on the face of the dead and say, "Christ save you." And immediately the dead will be saved and will rise from his bed. "Hearing this, Joseph, Jesus' command, immediately went running into the house of the deceased, took the handkerchief he had on his head and put him on the face of the man who lying on the bed, saying, "Jesus save you." And immediately the dead man rose from bed and asked who was Jesus
[41, 1] And they went away from Capernaum in the city of Bethlehem, Joseph was at his house with Mary and Jesus with them.
One day Joseph called to him his eldest son, James, and sent him into the garden to pick vegetables to prepare a vegetable dish. Jesus followed his brother James in the garden, without Joseph and Mary did not know it. While James picked vegetables, a viper came out of a hole and bit his hand of James, that the excruciating pain began to scream. He was passing out, and said with a bitter voice: "Oh, oh, a snake bit me the infamous hand."
[2] Jesus, who was on the other side, hearing that voice bitter race by James, took his hand, and did nothing more than blowing it, and refreshed: James now healed, but the snake died . Joseph and Mary did not know what had happened, but the cry of James and Jesus' command ran and found the snake in the garden James dead and healed well.
[42, 1] Jesus in the family. When Joseph went to a feast with his sons James, Joseph, Judas, Simon and his two daughters, went there as well Jesus and Mary, his mother, his sister Mary of Cleophas - given by the Lord God to her father Cleophas and her mother Anna Maria because they had offered to the Lord, the mother of Jesus -: This Mary was called by the same name "Mary", to comfort the parents.
[2] When they were together, Jesus sanctified and blessed them, and he was the first who began to eat and drink. None of them dared, in fact, eat or drink, or sit at the table to break bread, until he had not done this for first, sanctifying them. If, by chance, was absent, waited until he did. Then, when he would not eat if they also abstained Joseph, Mary and his brothers, the sons of Joseph. These brothers, having before their eyes his life, like a beacon, respected him and feared him. When Jesus was sleeping, it was day or night, the glory of God shone upon him. To whom be all praise and glory for ever and ever. Amen. Amen.
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