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For with Your counsel you do govern all the creatures which Your right hand has created And you have established every fountain of light beside you, And the treasures of wisdom beneath Your throne have you prepared.

For though Adam first sinned And brought untimely death upon all, Yet of those who were born from him Each one of them has prepared for his own soul torment to come, And again each one of them has chosen for himself glories to come.

For though Adam first sinned And brought untimely death upon all, Yet of those who were born from him Each one of them has prepared for his own soul torment to come, And again each one of them has chosen for himself glories to come.

For though Adam first sinned And brought untimely death upon all, Yet of those who were born from him Each one of them has prepared for his own soul torment to come, And again each one of them has chosen for himself glories to come.

[For assuredly he who believeth will receive reward.

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 His works have not taught you, Nor has the skill of His creation which is at all times persuaded you.]

For at the consummation of the world vengeance shall be taken upon those who have done wickedness according to their wickedness, And you will glorify the faithful according to their faithfulness.

For those who are amongst your own you rule, And those who sin you blot out from amongst your own.'

For if owing to the report which you have only heard of judgment you are so moved, What (wilt you be) when you shall see it manifestly with your eyes?

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.

For [since] when he transgressed Untimely death came into being, Grief was named And anguish was prepared, And pain was created, And trouble consummated, And disease began to be established, And Sheol kept demanding that it should be renewed in blood, And the begetting of children was brought about, And the passion of parents produced, And the greatness of humanity was humiliated, And goodness languished.

For he became a danger to his own soul: even to the angels

For, moreover, at that time when he was created, they enjoyed liberty.

For at that time the lamp of the eternal law shone on all those who sat in darkness, which announced to them that believe the promise of their reward, and to them that deny, the torment of fire which is reserved for them.

For at that time the lamp of the eternal law shone on all those who sat in darkness, which announced to them that believe the promise of their reward, and to them that deny, the torment of fire which is reserved for them.

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.

For when Sennacherib was stirred up in order that he might perish, and his wrath troubled him in order that he might thereby perish, for the multitude also of the nations which were with him.

For when Sennacherib was stirred up in order that he might perish, and his wrath troubled him in order that he might thereby perish, for the multitude also of the nations which were with him.

"Behold, for lo! Sennacherib is prepared to destroy us, and he will be boastful and uplifted when he has destroyed Zion."

And the Mighty One heard him, for Hezekiah was wise, And He had respect unto his prayer, because he was righteous.

For he wrought much impiety, and he slew the righteous, and he wrested judgment, and he shed the blood of the innocent, and wedded women he violently polluted, and he overturned the altars, and destroyed their offerings, and drove forth their priests lest they should minister in the sanctuary.

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.

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.

For he had not lived perfectly, for he was not worthy-but that thenceforward he might know by whom finally he should be tormented.

For he had not lived perfectly, for he was not worthy-but that thenceforward he might know by whom finally he should be tormented.

For he who is able to benefit is also able to torment.

And he was zealous with zeal for the Mighty One with all his soul, and he alone was firm in the law at that time, so that he left none that was uncircumcised, or that wrought impiety in all the land, all the days of his life.

For on his account and on account of those who are like him were the honorable glories, of which you were told before, created and prepared. These arc the bright waters which you have seen.

For after these things time will come when your people shall fall into distress, so that they shall all run the risk of perishing together.

'For the last waters which you have seen which were darker than all that were before them, those which were after the twelfth number, which were collected together, belong to the whole world.

For the Most High made division from the beginning, because He alone knows what will befall.

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

On his account there were not black waters with black, nor bright with bright; for it is the consummation.

For all the earth shall devour its inhabitants.

For I have come to tell you these things, because your prayer has been heard with the Most High.

'And it shall come to pass, when He has brought low everything that is in the world, And has sat down in peace for the age on the throne of His kingdom, That joy shall then be revealed, And rest shall appear.

For it is these very things which have filled this world with evils, And on account of these the life of man has been greatly troubled.

'And it shall come to pass in those days that the reapers shall not grow weary, Nor those that build be toil-worn; For the works shall of themselves speedily advance Together with those who do them in much tranquility.

For that time is the consummation of that which is corruptible, And the beginning of that which is not corruptible.

And I answered and said: 'Who can understand, O Lord, Your goodness? For it is incomprehensible.

For you shall surely depart from this earth, nevertheless not unto death, but you shall be preserved unto the consummation of the times.

For to you and to your fathers the Lord gave a law more excellent than to all peoples.

For He is merciful whom you worship, And He is gracious in whom you hope, And He is true, so that He shall do good and not evil.

Nevertheless, do this for us your people: write also to our brethren in Babylon an epistle of doctrine and a scroll of hope, that you may confirm them also before you do depart from us.

For the shepherds of Israel have perished, And the lamps which gave light are extinguished, And the fountains have withheld their stream whence we used to drink.

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.

He has decreed against you that you should be carried away captive-for what you have suffered is disproportioned to what you have done-in order that, at the last times, you may be found worthy of your fathers.

Therefore, if you consider that ye have now suffered those things for your good, that you may not finally be condemned and tormented, then you will receive eternal hope; if above all you destroy from your heart vain error, on account of which you departed hence.

For if you so do these things, He will continually remember you, He who always promised on our behalf to those who were more excellent than we, that He will never forget or forsake us, but with much mercy will gather together again those who were dispersed.

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 what befell you we also suffer in a preeminent degree, for it befell us also.

For what befell you we also suffer in a preeminent degree, for it befell us also.

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.

For I was mourning regarding Zion, and I prayed for mercy from the Most High, and I said:

For I was mourning regarding Zion, and I prayed for mercy from the Most High, and I said:

'How long will these things endure for us? And will these evils come upon us always?'

For know you that our Maker will assuredly avenge us on all our enemies, according to all that they have done to us, also that the consummation which the Most High will make is very nigh, and His mercy that is coming, and the consummation of His judgment, is by no means far off.

For lo! we see now the multitude of the prosperity of the Gentiles, Though they act impiously, But they shall be like a vapor:

[For the Most High will assuredly hasten His times, And He will assuredly bring on His hours.

For the ends of the times and of the seasons and whatsoever is with them shall assuredly pass by together.

Do you therefore prepare your hearts for that which before you believed, lest you come to be in bondage in both worlds, so that you be led away captive here and be tormented there.

For that which exists now or which has passed away, or which is to come, in all these things, neither is the evil fully evil, nor again the good fully good.

For all healthinesses of this time are turning into diseases,

Behold! I have therefore made known unto you (these things) whilst I live: for I have said (it) that you should learn the things that are excellent; for the Mighty One hath commanded me to instruct you: and I will set before you some of the commandments of His judgment before I die.

Behold! I have therefore made known unto you (these things) whilst I live: for I have said (it) that you should learn the things that are excellent; for the Mighty One hath commanded me to instruct you: and I will set before you some of the commandments of His judgment before I die.

And now Moses used to tell you before they befell you, and lo! they have befallen you: for you have forsaken the law.

Lo! I also say unto you after you have suffered, that if you obey those things which have been said unto you, you will receive from the Mighty One whatever has been laid up and reserved for you.

Moreover, let this epistle be for a testimony between me and you, that you may remember the commandments of the Mighty One, and that also there may be to me a defense in the presence of Him who sent me.

For if He judge us not according to the multitude of His mercies, woe unto all us who are born.

Suddenly the alarm of war was heard before me; (I said), He will hearken to me, for I am full of righteousness.

According to their sins hath He done unto them, For He hath left them in the hands of them that prevailed.

For they had done evil one and all, in not hearkening.

For no man upon it had done what they did,

They set the sons of Jerusalem to be mocked at in return for (the) harlots in her; Every wayfarer entered in in the full light of day.

Because they had defiled themselves with unnatural intercourse. I am pained in my bowels and my inward parts for these things.

(And yet) I will justify Thee, O God, in uprightness of heart, For in Thy judgments is Thy righteousness (displayed), O God.

For Thou hast rendered to the sinners according to their deeds, Yea according to their sins, which were very wicked.

For the nations reproached Jerusalem, trampling it down; Her beauty was dragged down from the throne of glory.

For they have made sport unsparingly in wrath and fierce anger;

For they have done it not in zeal, but in lust of soul,

And now behold, ye princes of the earth, the judgment of the Lord, For a great king and righteous (is He), judging (all) that is under heaven.

Bless God, ye that fear the Lord with wisdom, For the mercy of the Lord will be upon them that fear Him, in the Judgment;

So that He will distinguish between the righteous and the sinner, (And) recompense the sinners for ever according to their deeds;

And have mercy on the righteous, (delivering him) from the affliction of the sinner, And recompensing the sinner for what he hath done to the righteous.

For the Lord is good to them that call upon Him in patience, Doing according to His mercy to His pious ones, Establishing (them) at all times before Him in strength.

Blessed be the Lord for ever before His servants.

Sing a new song, Unto God who is worthy to be praised. Sing and be wakeful against His awaking, For good is a psalm (sung) to God from a glad heart.

The righteous stumbleth and holdeth the Lord righteous: He falleth and looketh out for what God will do to him;

He maketh atonement for (sins of) ignorance by fasting and afflicting his soul,

He falleth—verily grievous is his fall—and riseth no more. The destruction of the sinner is for ever,

This is the portion of sinners for ever.

For they have laid waste many houses of men, in dishonor, And scattered (them) in (their) lust;

Let God destroy them that insolently work all unrighteousness, For a great and mighty judge is the Lord our God in righteousness.

For Thou art good and merciful, the refuge of the poor;

For no man taketh spoil from a mighty man;

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,

when we are in distress we call upon Thee for help, And Thou dost not turn back our petition, for Thou art our God.

when we are in distress we call upon Thee for help, And Thou dost not turn back our petition, for Thou art our God.

For if I hunger, unto Thee will I cry, O God; And Thou wilt give to me.