William Miller is perhaps
[William Miller é talvez] the most famous
[o mais famoso] false prophet
[falso profeta] in history
[na história]. In the 1840s
[No ano 1840] he began to preach
[ele começou a pregar] about the world's end
[sobre o fim do mundo], saying Jesus Christ
[dizendo que Jesus Cristo] would return
[iria retornar] for the long-awaited
[para sua tão esperada] Second Coming
[Segunda Volta] and that Earth
[e que a terra] would be engulfed
[seria consumida] in fire
[em fogo] sometime between
[em algum momento entre] March 21, 1843, and March 21, 1844. He circulated
[Ele circulou] his message
[sua mensagem] in public gatherings
[em ajutamentos públicos] and by using
[por usar] the technologies of the day
[a tecnologia da época] — posters
[posters], printed newsletters
[cartas impressas] and charts
[cartazes]. Moved by those messages
[Movidos por aquelas mensagens], as many as
[tantos quantos] 100,000 “Millerites” sold their belongings
[venderam seus pertences] between 1840 and 1844
[entre 1840 e 1844] and took to the mountains
[e subiram as montanhas] to wait for the end
[para esperar o fim]. When that end didn’t come
[Quando o fim não veio], Miller changed the date to Oct. 22
[Miller mudou a data para 23 de Outubro]. When Oct. 23 rolled around
[Quando chegou 23 de Outubro], his loyal followers
[seus seguidores reais] explained it away
[justificaram] yet again
[mais uma vez] and went on
[e continuaram] to form the Seventh-day Adventist movement
[até formar o momento dos Adventistas do Sétimo dia].
FONTE: Times Magazine
