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And as for what you did say regarding those who have drawn near and those who have withdrawn this in the word.

As for those who were before subject, and afterwards withdrew and mingled themselves with the seed of mingled peoples, the time of these was the former, and was accounted as something exalted.

As for those who were before subject, and afterwards withdrew and mingled themselves with the seed of mingled peoples, the time of these was the former, and was accounted as something exalted.

And as for those who before knew not but afterwards knew life, and mingled (only) with the seed of the people which had separated itself, the time of these (is) the latter, and is accounted as something exalted.

And as for those who before knew not but afterwards knew life, and mingled (only) with the seed of the people which had separated itself, the time of these (is) the latter, and is accounted as something exalted.

'Do you therefore so far as you are able instruct the people, for that labor is ours.

And my son and the elders of the people answered and said unto me: 'Has the Mighty One humiliated us to such a degree As to take you from us quickly?

You instruct created things in the understanding of you, And you make wise the spheres so as to minister in their orders.

But with you hours are as a time, And days as generations.

But with you hours are as a time, And days as generations.

But I will speak now before you, And I will say as my heart thinks.

In you do we trust, for lo! Your law is with us, And we know that we shall not fall so long as we keep Your statutes.

For this is as follows: he that is corrupted is not at all; he has both wrought iniquity so far as lie could do anything, and has not remembered My goodness, nor accepted My long-suffering.

For this is as follows: he that is corrupted is not at all; he has both wrought iniquity so far as lie could do anything, and has not remembered My goodness, nor accepted My long-suffering.

Therefore you shall surely be taken up, as I before told you.

For you did of old command the dust to produce Adam, and you know the number of those who are born from him, and how far they have sinned before you, who have existed and not confessed you as their Creator.

And as regards all these their end shall convict them, and Your law which they have transgressed shall requite them on Your day.'

For assuredly as in a little time in this transitory world in which you live, you have endured much labor, So in that world to which there is no end, you shall receive great light.']

Will they then resume this form of the present, And put on these entrammelling members, Which are now involved in evils, And in which evils are consummated, Or will you perchance change these things which have been in the world As also the world?"

For the earth shall then assuredly restore the dead, [Which it now receives, in order to preserve them]. It shall make no change in their form, But as it has received, so shall it restore them, And as I delivered them unto it, so also shall it raise them.

For the earth shall then assuredly restore the dead, [Which it now receives, in order to preserve them]. It shall make no change in their form, But as it has received, so shall it restore them, And as I delivered them unto it, so also shall it raise them.

For the aspect of those who now act wickedly shall become worse than it is, as they shall suffer torment.

Also (as for) the glory of those who have now been justified in My law, who have had understanding in their life, and who have planted in their heart the root of wisdom, then their splendor shall be glorified in changes, and the form of their face shall be turned into the light of their beauty, that they may be able to acquire and receive the world which does not die, which is then promised to them.

And as for the righteous, what will they do now?

And when I had said these things I fell asleep there, and I saw a vision, and lo! a cloud was ascending from a very great sea, and I kept gazing upon it) and lo! it was full of waters white and black, and there were many colors in those self-same waters, and as it were the likeness of great lightning was seen at its summit.

Now that lightning shone exceedingly, so as to illuminate the whole earth, and it healed those regions where the last waters had descended and wrought devastation.

(You) to whom the depths come as the heights, And whose word the beginnings of the ages serve:

For I know that as regards those things wherein I besought you, I have received a response, And as regards what I besought, you did reveal to me with what voice I should praise you, And from what members I should cause praises and hallelujahs to ascend to you.

For I know that as regards those things wherein I besought you, I have received a response, And as regards what I besought, you did reveal to me with what voice I should praise you, And from what members I should cause praises and hallelujahs to ascend to you.

For if my members were mouths, And the hairs of my head voices, Even so I could not give you the reward of praise, Nor laud you as is befitting, Nor could I recount Your praise, Nor tell the glory of Your beauty.

But now, as for you, you wicked that now are, turn you to destruction, because you shall speedily be visited, in that formerly you rejected the understanding of the Most High.

For as you did see a great cloud which ascended from the sea, and went and covered the earth, this is the duration of the world (= αιων) which the Mighty One made when he took counsel to make the world.

And as you did previously see on the summit of the cloud black waters which descended previously on the earth, this is the transgression wherewith Adam the first man transgressed.

For He showed him many admonitions together with the principles of the law and the consummation of the times, as also to you, and likewise the pattern of Zion and its measures, in the pattern of which the sanctuary of the present time was to be made.

And he made an image with five faces: four of them looked to the four winds, and the fifth on the summit of the image as ah adversary of the zeal of the Mighty One.

And then wrath went forth from the presence of the Mighty One to the intent that Zion should be rooted out, as also it befell in your days.

But also against the two tribes and a half went forth a decree that they should also be led away captive, as you have now seen.

For though his prayer was heard with the Most High, finally, when he was cast into the brazen horse and the brazen horse was melted, it served as a sign unto him for the hour.

Because so far as Zion is delivered up And Jerusalem laid waste, Shall idols prosper in the cities of the Gentiles, And the vapor of the smoke of the incense of the righteousness which is by the law is extinguished in Zion, And in the region of Zion in every place lo! there is the smoke of impiety.

Nevertheless, not fully as in the beginning.

For as to the enormities and the impieties which should be wrought before Him, He foresaw six kinds of them.

And He answered and said unto me: ['Inasmuch as the revelation of this vision has been interpreted to you as you requested], hear the word of the Most High that you may know what is to befall you after these things.

And He answered and said unto me: ['Inasmuch as the revelation of this vision has been interpreted to you as you requested], hear the word of the Most High that you may know what is to befall you after these things.

Now this shall befall after forty days. Go now therefore during these days and instruct the people so far as you are able, that they may learn so as not to die at the last time, but may learn in order that they may live at the last times.'

Now this shall befall after forty days. Go now therefore during these days and instruct the people so far as you are able, that they may learn so as not to die at the last time, but may learn in order that they may live at the last times.'

If, therefore, you direct your ways aright, Ye also shall not depart as your brethren departed, But they shall come to you.

And the whole people answered and said unto me: 'So far as we can recall the good things which the Mighty One has done unto us, we do recall them; and those things which we do not remember He in His mercy knows.

Nevertheless, as you said unto me, I will write also unto your brethren in Babylon, and I will send by means of men, and I will write in like manner to the nine tribes and a half, and send by means of a bird.'

Yea, also the ravens ministered to Elijah, bearing him food, as they had been commanded.

Solomon also, in the time of his kingdom, whithersoever he wished to send or seek for anything, commanded a bird (to go thither), and it obeyed him as he commanded it.

And now let it not weary you, and turn not to the right hand nor the left, but fly and go by a direct way, that you may preserve the command of the Mighty One, according as I said unto you.'

And truly I know that behold all we the twelve tribes are bound by one bond, inasmuch as we are born from one father.

For we have sinned against Him who made us, and we have not kept the commandments which he commanded us, yet he hath not chastened us as we deserved.

For assuredly I know that (the consolation of) the inhabitants of Zion consoles you: so far as you knew that it was prospered (your consolation) was greater than the tribulation which you endured in having to depart from it.

And we see the firmness of their might. Though they resist the Mighty One every hour, But they shall be accounted as spittle.

And we consider the glory of their greatness, Though they do not keep the statutes of the Most High, But as smoke shall they pass away.

And we meditate on the beauty of their gracefulness, Though they have to do with pollutions, But as grass that withers shall they fade away.

And we consider the strength of their cruelty, Though they remember not the end (thereof), But as a wave that passes shall they be broken.

And we remark the boastfulness of their might, Though they deny the beneficence of God, who gave (it) to them, But they shall pass away as a passing cloud.

And deliver this epistle and the traditions of the law to your sons after you, as also your fathers delivered (them) to you.

They made mock with their transgressions, as they themselves were wont to do; In the full light of day they revealed their iniquities. And the daughters of Jerusalem were defiled in accordance with Thy judgment,

And his hand is first upon him as (though he acted) in zeal, And (yet) he is himself guilty in respect of manifold sins and of wantonness.

By night and in secret he sinneth as though unseen, With his eyes he talketh to every woman of evil compacts.

He is swift to enter every house with cheerfulness as though guileless.

He never ceaseth from scattering (families) as though (they were) orphans, Yea, he layeth waste a house on account of (his) lawless desire.

For man and his portion (lie) before Thee in the balance; He cannot add to, so as to enlarge, what has been prescribed by Thee. O God,

The sound of much people as of an exceeding high wind, As a tempest with mighty fire sweeping through the Negeb.

The sound of much people as of an exceeding high wind, As a tempest with mighty fire sweeping through the Negeb.

They plundered the sanctuary of God, as though there was no avenger.

They trode the altar of the Lord, (coming straight) from all manner of uncleanness; And with menstrual blood they defiled the sacrifices, as (though these were) common flesh.

As a father (entereth) the house of his sons, (so) he entered (Jerusalem) in peace; He established his feet (there) in great safety.

They did according to their uncleanness, even as their fathers (had done):

Overlook us not, O our God, lest the nations swallow us up, as though there were none to deliver.

The hills fled at their entrance. The woods gave them shelter as they passed by;

Manifoldly twisted () are the words of the tongue of the wicked man, Even as among a people a fire that burneth up their beauty.

For He correcteth the righteous as a beloved son, And his chastisement is as that of a firstborn.

For He correcteth the righteous as a beloved son, And his chastisement is as that of a firstborn.

For they shall flee away from the pious as men pursued in war; But they shall pursue sinners and overtake (them), And they that do lawlessness shall not escape the judgment of God; As by enemies experienced (in war) shall they be overtaken,

For they shall flee away from the pious as men pursued in war; But they shall pursue sinners and overtake (them), And they that do lawlessness shall not escape the judgment of God; As by enemies experienced (in war) shall they be overtaken,

He pricked me, as a horse is pricked, that I might serve Him, My savior and helper at all times saved me.

How long are the days of man's life upon the earth As are his days, so is the hope (set) upon him.

And all things [whatsoever he did in] Jerusalem, As also the nations [in the cities to their gods.]

They that loved the synagogues of the pious fled from them, As sparrows that fly from their nest.

he shall thrust out sinners from (the) inheritance, He shall destroy the pride of the sinner as a potter's vessel. With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance,

And he shall purge Jerusalem, making it holy as of old:

So that nations shall come from the ends of the earth to see his glory, Bringing as gifts her sons who had fainted,

And Thy love (is) toward the seed of Abraham, the children of Israel. Thy chastisement is upon us as (upon) a first-born, only-begotten son,

Such as he had. And forthwith, from man's side

As the Almighty himself gave command,

But as subdued by sleep; most happy men

And the wives. Call as many as I bid,

And the wives. Call as many as I bid,

And in as many as I ordain for life

And in as many as I ordain for life

The other things, as many as God willed

The other things, as many as God willed

Of black wing, sent he forth as hastily;

As eighth, most just of men, when on the waters

Far aloof; they shall die as fallen on sleep,

One language, as of old from the first race