R.H. Charles (1913)

TESTAMENT OF JOSEPH 6

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6 1And afterwards she sent me food mingled with enchantments. 2And when the eunuch who brought it came, I looked up and beheld a terrible man giving me with the dish a sword, and I perceived that (her) scheme was to beguile me. 3And when he had gone out I wept, nor did I taste that or any other of her food. 4So then after one day she came to me and observed the food, and said unto me: Why is it that thou hast not eaten of the food? 5And I said unto her: It is because thou hast filled it with deadly enchantments; and how saidst thou: I come not near to idols, but to the Lord alone. 6Now therefore know that the God of my father hath revealed unto me by His angel thy wickedness, and I have kept it to convict thee, if haply thou mayst see and repent. 7But that thou mayst learn that the wickedness of the ungodly hath no power over them that worship God with chastity, behold I will take of it and eat before thee. And having so said, I prayed thus: The God of my fathers and the angel of Abraham, be with me; and ate. 8And when she saw this she fell upon her face at my feet, weeping; and I raised her up and admonished her. 9And she promised to do this iniquity no more.
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