NEUOFFENBARUNG← The Childhood and Youth of Jesus · Part 1 · Contents
Cyrenius tries to pacify Joseph through Tullia. Joseph's friendly words. The extinction of the fire through the willpower of the two youths. 27 January 1844
01] Joseph's most solemnly spoken words made a powerful impression on Cyrenius, and he did not know how to respond to them;
02] he also did not dare utter another word to the visibly excited man.
03] He therefore said to Tullia: "Go to the wise man and relate to him my understandable distress and the resulting agitation of my spirits!
04] Ask him for forgiveness and assure him that I will never cause him such a moment in future!
05] But he should not abandon me this time and not refuse me his aid!"
06] Joseph, however, heard what Cyrenius had said to Tullia;
07] and he stood up, went to Cyrenius and spoke: "Noble friend and brother in the Lord God! Until now we have not needed an intermediary,
08] but have always openly acknowledged our mutual issues!
09] Why should you make your wife an intermediary, as if we both are not enough for each other?
10] Do you think that I too could become enraged about anything?
11] Oh see, in that case you would be greatly mistaken about me! – My severity is merely the consequence of my great love for you!
12] It is a bad friend, who does not allow his friend to hear a serious word in times of trouble!
13] Look, if there was anything to the matter that now troubles you so greatly, you may rest assured that I would be the first to tell you, as I have always done on every occasion!
14] However, here is nothing but the completely empty phantasmagoria of those evil spirits that were driven out from here!
15] They are now taking blind revenge and want to terrify us because we threw them out of their old shelter here.
16] Look, that is all there is to it! – If you had asked me earlier, before you became agitated, you would not even have needed to get up from the ground!
17] However, you immediately trusted your senses and became agitated over absolutely nothing!
18] Now sit very quietly and calmly look at the fires, and rest assured, that they will quickly be extinguished!"
19] This announcement from Joseph's was for Cyrenius as if from another world;
20] but he nevertheless believed what Joseph had said, although he did not understand anything of the matter.
21] Joseph spoke to the youths in Cyrenius' presence:
22] "You should also take a look at the places in which the displaced spirits are
perpetrating their wilfulness, so that there can be an end to it and my brother will calm down!"
23] And both did so, and look, right at that moment, the conflagration vanished without a trace!
24] Only now did Cyrenius comprehend better what Joseph had told him earlier, and he was again in happy spirits; he now felt an immense respect for the two youths and for Joseph.