9 Why hast thou thus debased
thy soul, who wast educated in the
Holy of Holies, and received thy
food from the hand of angels?
10 But she, with a flood of tears,
replied, I am innocent, and have
known no man.
11 Then said Joseph, How
comes it to pass you are with
child?
12 Mary answered, As the Lord
my God liveth, I know not by what
means.
13 Then Joseph was exceedingly afraid,
and went ay from her, considering
what he should do with her;
and he thus reasoned with himself:
14 If I conceal her crime, I shall
be found guilty by the law of the
Lord;
15 And if I discover her to the
children of Israel, I fear, lest
she being with child by an angel,
I shall be found to betray the life
of an innocent person.
16 What therefore shall I do?
I will privately dismiss her.
17 Then the night was come
upon him, when behold an angel
of the Lord appeared to him in a
dream, and said,
18 Be not afraid to take that
young woman, for that which is
within her is of the Holy Ghost,