Infancy Gospel of Thomas 13

1Now his father was a carpenter and made at that time ploughs and yokes. And there was required of him a bed by a certain rich man, that he should make it for him. And whereas one beam, that which is called the shifting one was too short and Joseph knew not what to do, the young child Jesus said to his father Joseph: Lay down the two pieces of wood and make them even at the end next unto thee ( MSS . at the middle part). And Joseph did as the young child said unto him. And Jesus stood at the other end and took hold upon the shorter beam and stretched it and made it equal with the other. And his father Joseph saw it and marvelled: and he embraced the young child and kissed him, saying: Happy am I for that God hath given me this young child.

Ὁ δὲ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ τέκτων ἦν, καὶ ἐποίει ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἄροτρα καὶ ζυγούς. ἐπετάγη αὐτῷ κράββατος παρά τινος πλουσίου ὅπως ποιήσει αὐτῷ. τοῦ δὲ ἑνός κανόνος τοῦ καλουμένου ἐναλλάκτου ὄντος κολοβωτέρου, μὴ ἔχοντες τί ποιῆσαι, εἶπεν τὸ παιδίον ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰωσήφ· θὲς κάτω τὰ δύο ξύλα, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ μέσου μέρους ἰσοποίησον αὐτά. Καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἰωσὴφ καθὼς εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ παιδίον. ἔστη δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐκ τοῦ ἑτέρου μέρους καὶ ἐκράτησεν τὸ κολοβώτερον ξύλον, καὶ ἐκτείνας αὐτὸ ἴσον ἐποίησεν τοῦ ἄλλου. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἐθαύμασε, καὶ περιλαβὼν τὸ παιδίον κατεφίλει λέγων· μακάριός εἰμι, ὅτι τὸ παιδίον τοῦτο δέδωκέ μοι ὁ θεός. (64453)