Book V - Snyder Bible

The Preaching of Simeon Kefa 299
even so did Kefa consent, until the daughter of those people
who asked him, who had been for a long time vexed with an
unclean spirit, and bound with chains, who had been shut up
in a closet, having had the demon expelled from her, and the
door of the closet opened, came with her chains and fell down
aster, that you keep my
deliverance-feast here today, and not sadden me or my par-
chains and of her words, her parents, gladdened beyond hope
by the recovery of their daughter, were, as it were, thunderstruck
with astonishment, and could not speak; but the ser-
possessed of a demon from her seventh year, and used to cut,
and bite, and even to tear in pieces, all who attempted to approach
her, and this she has never ceased to do for twenty
years till the present time. Nor could any one heal her, or even
approach her, for she rendered many helpless, and even destroyed
some; for she was stronger than any man, being
doubtless strengthened by the power of the demon. But now,
as you see, the demon has fled from your presence, and the
doors which were shut with the greatest strength have been
opened, and she herself stands before you in her sound mind,
asking of you to make the day of her recovery joyful both to
of the servants had made this statement, and the chains of
their own accord were loosened from her hands and feet, Kefa,
being sure that it was by his means that soundness was restored
to the girl, consented to remain with them. And he ordered
those also who had remained in the lodging, with his
wife, to come over; and every one of us having got a separate
bedchamber, we remained; and having taken food in the usual
manner, and given praises to Yahweh, we went to sleep in our
individual apartments.