Passage 5

In English

's birth in prison

In 's seventh pregnancy, the Lord had the foetus transferred to 's womb and was informed that had an abortion. made His advent in her eighth pregnancy Apprehending danger from , arranged to send to 's home. was a sister of . Expecting mortal danger to himself from the eighth child of , kept and in a heavily guarded prison. He kept the key of the' prison lock with himself. gave birth to a son on an (eighth day after the New Moon) in the asterism . The Child that was born was the Lord Himself with all His effulgence and all the insignia of . On the child's chest was the mole. The ornament shone brilliantly. and folded their hands in adoration, blinded by the effulgence of the Divine Child. They felt that their lives had been redeemed by the birth of the Lord, whom they saw with their own eyes. Approaching the baby and caressing his palms and feet, they prayed to the Lord: "Thanks to our good fortune, you have taken birth as our son. But we are not in a position to protect you. You must use your divine potency to get away from this prison by any means.