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And the angel who conducted me [from this world was with me and] said unto me: 'Understand, Isaiah, and see how the transformation and descent of the Lord will appear.'

And there was much sorrow there, while they said: 'How did our Lord descend in our midst, and we perceived not the glory [which has been upon Him], which we see has been upon Him from the sixth heaven?'

Both worshipped Him and praised Him and said: 'How did our Lord escape us whilst descending, and we perceived not?'

And I saw how He ascended into the seventh heaven, and all the righteous and all the angels praised Him. And then I saw Him sit down on the right hand of that Great Glory whose glory I told you that I could not behold.

And the story was reported and repeated and spread abroad in every place of how Haiqar the Sage had been slain and was dead, and all the people of that city mourned for him.

And they wept and said: 'Alas for thee, O Haiqar! and for thy learning and thy courtesy! How sad about thee and about thy knowledge! Where can another like thee be found? and where can there be a man so intelligent, so learned, so skilled in ruling as to resemble thee that he may fill thy place?'

He took it and read it and gave it to his viziers and to the nobles of his kingdom, and they were perplexed and ashamed, and he was wroth with a great wrath, and was puzzled about how he should act.

Saying, 'O my grief! O Haiqar, who didst know the secrets and the riddles! woe is me for thee, O Haiqar! O teacher of my country and ruler of my kingdom, where shall I find thy like? O Haiqar, O teacher of my country, where shall I turn for thee? woe is me for thee! how did I destroy thee! and I listened to the talk of a stupid, ignorant boy without knowledge, without religion, without manliness.

Ah! O my grief for thee to all time! O Haiqar, how have I killed thee! and I tarried not in thy case till I had seen the end of the matter.'

And Haiqar said to him, 'O my lord! how shall we build a castle in the air? and if my lord the king were here, he would have built several castles in a single day.'

And Pharaoh said to him, 'O Haiqar, I see from all this that thou art growing old and art in thy dotage, for between Egypt and Nineveh there are sixty-eight parasangs, and how did she go this very night and cut off the head of thy cock and come back?'

And Haiqar said to him, 'O my lord! if there were such a distance between Egypt and Nineveh how could thy mares hear when my lord the king's horse neighs and cast their young? and how could the voice of the horse reach to Egypt?'

And Haiqar said to him, 'O my lord! if there were such a distance between Egypt and Nineveh how could thy mares hear when my lord the king's horse neighs and cast their young? and how could the voice of the horse reach to Egypt?'

And he said to him, 'Go in peace, O strength of his lord and pride of his Doctors! have any of the Sultans thy like? give my greetings to thy lord king Sennacherib, and say to him how we have sent him gifts, for kings are content with little.'

Then the king began to ask him how he had got on with Pharaoh from his first arrival until he had come away from his presence, and how he had answered all his questions, and how he had received the taxes from him, and the changes of raiment and the presents.

Then the king began to ask him how he had got on with Pharaoh from his first arrival until he had come away from his presence, and how he had answered all his questions, and how he had received the taxes from him, and the changes of raiment and the presents.

Then the king began to ask him how he had got on with Pharaoh from his first arrival until he had come away from his presence, and how he had answered all his questions, and how he had received the taxes from him, and the changes of raiment and the presents.

And its master said to it, "Thou being beside the water hast not borne fruit, how shalt thou bear fruit when thou art in another place?"

On one occasion when I was present he was asked, How many thousand books are there in the library? and he replied, 'More than two hundred thousand, O king, and I shall make endeavour in the immediate future to gather together the remainder also, so that the total of five hundred thousand may be reached. I am told that the laws of the Jews are worth transcribing and deserve a place in your library!

For when men from pure motives plan some action in the interest of righteousness and the performance of noble deeds, Almighty God brings their efforts and purposes to a successful issue)--the king raised his head and looking up at me with a cheerful countenance asked, 'How many thousands do you think they will number?'

Such is my opinion with regard to the character of the reservoirs and I will now show you how it was confirmed.

And one could observe how they loved Eleazar by their unwillingness to be torn away from him and how he loved them.

And one could observe how they loved Eleazar by their unwillingness to be torn away from him and how he loved them.

He bids men also, when lying down to sleep and rising tip again, to meditate upon the works of God, not only in word, but by observing distinctly the change and impression produced upon them, when they are going to sleep, and also their waking, how divine and incomprehensible the change from one of these states to the other is.

Taking an opportunity afforded by a pause in the banquet the king asked the envoy who sat in the seat of honour (for they were arranged according to seniority), how he could keep his kingdom unimpaired to the end?

The king praised the answer and then asked the next man, how he could do everything for the best in all his actions?

The king complimented this man, too, upon his answer and asked another, how he could have friends like-minded with himself?

He replied, 'If they see you studying the interests of the multitudes over whom you rule; you will do well to observe how God bestows his benefits on the human race, providing for them health and food and--all other things in due season.'

After expressing his agreement with the reply, the king asked the next guest, how in giving audiences and passing judgments he could gain the praise even of those who failed to win their suit?

The king praised the man warmly for his answer and asked the next in order, how he could be invincible in military affairs?

Welcoming this answer, he asked another how he might become. an object of dread to his enemies.

The king exclaimed that the man had answered well and then asked the next how he could keep all his possessions intact and finally hand them down to his successors in the same condition?

The king expressed his agreement with the answer and inquired of the next guest, how he could bear with equanimity whatever befell him?

When silence was established, he asked how he could continue to be rich?

The king bestowed praise upon him and then asked another how he could maintain the truth?

The king praised him and asked the next in order how he could be the friend of men?

The king praised him and asked another man, how his deliberations might be for the best?

Having praised him, the king asked the next, how he could be free from disturbing thoughts in his sleep?

The king bestowed praise on the man and said to another--'Since you are the tenth to answer, when you have spoken, we will devote ourselves to the banquet.' And then he put the question, how can I avoid doing anything unworthy of myself?

Pleased with these words, the king asked the next, how he could be free from envy?

The king praised the man in a long speech and then asked another, how he could despise his enemies?

Having praised this answer the king ordered the next man to reply to the question, how he could maintain his great renown?

The king in the most gracious way applauded the answer and asked another, how, if he were to fail, he could regain his reputation again in the same degree?

Delighted with these words, the king asked another, how he could be free from grief?

The king spoke kindly to the man and said to another, 'How can a man worthily pay the debt of gratitude to his parents?'

The king expressed agreement and asked the next, how he could become an eager listener?

The king praised him and asked the next How he could avoid doing anything contrary to law?

And having accorded to him the same praise as to the rest, the king asked another, how he could attain freedom from fear?

The king expressed his approval and asked another, how he could always maintain a right judgement?

The king gave a kindly reception to the man and asked the next to answer the question, how he could avoid a life of ease and pleasure?

And he replied, 'If he continually remembered that he was the ruler of a great empire and the lord of vast multitudes, and that his mind ought not to be occupied with other things, but, he ought always to be considering how he could best promote their welfare. He must pray, too, to God that no duty might be neglected.'

Having bestowed praise upon him, the king asked the tenth, how he could recognize those who were dealing treacherously with him?

The king said that he had spoken well and then asked another, how he could be patriotic?

After listening to this man, the king asked the next in order, how he could live amicably with his wife?

The king expressed his agreement and asked the next, how he could be free from error?

Delighted with these words, the king asked another, how he could be free from wrath?

The king signified his consent and asked another, how he could meet with recognition when traveling abroad?

Having expressed his approval at this reply, the king asked another, how he could build in such a way that his structures would endure after him?

For observing how God provides for the human race, granting them health and mental capacity and. all other gifts, he himself should follow His example by rendering to men a recompense for their arduous toil. For it is the deeds that are wrought in righteousness that abide continually!

And on the next day the banquet followed the same course as on previous occasions, and when the opportunity presented itself the king proceeded to put questions to the remaining guests, and he said to the first, 'How can a man keep himself from pride?'

The king said that he had given a good answer, and asked another, how he could live amicably with the many different races who formed the population of his kingdom?

The king said that he had given a fitting answer, and asked another, how is reputation lost?

The king graciously acknowledged the answer and asked the eleventh (since there were two more than seventy), how he could in time of war maintain tranquillity of soul?

When an opportunity occurred, the king asked the first of those who had not yet been questioned, how he could avoid being deceived by fallacious reasoning?

The king spoke enthusiastically to the man and asked another, how ought a man to occupy himself during his hours of relaxation and recreation?

The king, pleased with the words which had just been spoken, said to the ninth man, how ought a man to conduct himself at banquets?

I obtained therefore, as has been said, accurate information from the public records, and I have set forth the facts in proper order since I know how eager you are to obtain useful information.

And he said to Demetrius, 'How is it that none of the historians or 'the poets have ever thought it worth their while to allude to such a wonderful achievement?'

But we must define just what the Reason is and what passion is, and how many forms of passion there are, and whether the Reason is supreme over all of them.

Temperance, I take it, is the repression of the desires; but of the desires some are mental and some physical, and both kinds are clearly controlled by Reason; when we are tempted towards forbidden meats, how do we come to relinquish the pleasures to be derived from them?

How else, can a man, naturally gormandizing and greedy and drunken, be taught to change his nature, if the Reason be not manifestly the master of the passions?

Will you not awake from your preposterous philosophy? Will you not fling aside the nonsense of your calculations and, adopting another frame of mind befitting your mature years, learn the true philosophy of expediency, and how to my charitable counsel, and have pity on your own venerable age?

But he steadfastly enduring this agony said, 'How sweet is every form of death for the sake of the righteousness of our fathers!'

How can we do otherwise than admit right Reason's mastery over passion with these men who shrank not before the agonies of burning?

But consider how manifold are the yearnings of a mother's heart, so that her feeling for her offspring becomes the centre of her whole world; and indeed, here, even the irrational animals have for their young an affection and love similar to men's.

O how may I express the passionate love of parents for children? We stamp a marvellous likeness of our soul and of our shape on the tender nature of the child, and most of all through the mother's sympathy with her children being deeper than the father's.

How many and how great were the tortures with which the mother was tormented while her sons were being tortured with torments of rack and fire!

How many and how great were the tortures with which the mother was tormented while her sons were being tortured with torments of rack and fire!

For I should not have known how to love the Lord, if He had not loved me.

And they know not how to stand and be idle; and His heavenly hosts are subject to His word.

What, therefore, will there be after these things? for if you destroy Your city, and deliver up Your land to those that hate us, how shall the name of Israel be again remembered?

Or how shall one speak of Your praises? or to whom shall that which is in Your law be explained? Or shall the world return to its nature of aforetime), and the age revert to primeval silence? And shall the multitude of souls be taken away, and the nature of man not again be named? And where is all that which you did say regarding us?'

Who will be judge regarding these things? Or to whom shall we complain regarding that which has befallen us? O Lord, how have you borne (it)?

For how long? you will say to them: "Ye who have drunk the strained wine, Drink you also of its dregs, The judgment of the Lofty One Who has no respect of persons."

How long will that which is corruptible remain, and how long will the time of mortals be prospered, and until what time will those who transgress in the world be polluted with much wickedness?

How long will that which is corruptible remain, and how long will the time of mortals be prospered, and until what time will those who transgress in the world be polluted with much wickedness?

For how shall I lament for Zion, And how shall I mourn for Jerusalem?

For how shall I lament for Zion, And how shall I mourn for Jerusalem?

And I answered and said: 'For whom and for how many shall these things be? or who will be worthy to live at that time?

What therefore will be to them? or how will the last time receive them?

As for what you did say-"To whom will these things be, and how many (will they be)? "-to those who have believed there shall be the good which was spoken of aforetime, and to those who despise there shall be the contrary of these things.

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.

"In what shape will those live who live in Your day? Or how will the splendor of those who (are) after that time continue?

And I answered and said: 'How can we forget those for whom woe is then reserved?

And after these things I saw how that lightning which I had seen on the summit of the cloud, seized hold of it and hurled it to the earth.

And, if at the word of the announcement of the torment of those who have done foolishly you are so wholly distraught, How much more when the event will reveal marvelous things?

But regarding the Gentiles it were tedious to tell how they always wrought impiety and wickedness, and never wrought righteousness.

[But how will it serve towards His righteous judgment?]

'Hear, you children of Israel, behold how many you are who remain of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Now, my brethren, learn first what befell Zion: how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against us.