But yearning for his former solitude, he returned to Palestine, and settled at Bethlehem in a monastery built by the Roman lady Paula, near our Lord’s Crib. Here he led a heavenly life; and though much afflicted with sickness and sufferings, he devoted himself, in spite of his bodily weakness, to works of piety and to ceaseless study and writing.
Lakini shauku kwa ajili ya upweke wake wa zamani, alirudi Palestina, na makazi huko Bethlehemu katika utawa kujengwa na mwanamke Kirumi Paula, karibu Bwana wetu Crib. Hapa aliishi maisha ya mbinguni; na ingawa mengi na kuumizwa kwa ugonjwa na mateso, yeye kujitoa mwenyewe, licha ya udhaifu wake kimwili, kwa matendo ya huruma na ya utafiti ceaseless na kuandika.