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And he replied, 'You have asked me a. question which is very difficult to answer, for we cannot bring our true selves into play during the hours for sleep, but are held fast in these by imaginations that cannot be controlled by reason. For our souls possess the feeling that they actually see the things that enter into our consciousness during sleep. But we make a mistake if we suppose that we are actually sailing on the sea in boats or flying through the air [*1] or travelling to other regions or anything else of the kind. And yet we actually do imagine such things to be taking place.
And he replied, 'To our parents continually, for God has given us a most important commandment with regard to the honour due to parents. In the next place He reckons the attitude of friend towards friend for He speaks of "a friend which is as thine own soul." You do well in trying to bring all men into friendship with yourself.'
And he said, 'If you recognize that it is God who has put the thoughts into the hearts of the lawgivers that the lives of men might be preserved, you will follow them.'
And he explained, 'To deliberate well in reference to any question that emerges and never to be carried away by impulses, but to ponder over the injuries that result from the passions, and to act rightly as the circumstances demand, practising moderation. But we must pray to God to instil into our mind a regard for these things.'
Apollonius having made inquiry into the details of the matter, praised Simon for his loyal service to the king, and hastening to the court of Seleucus, disclosed to him the valuable treasure; then, after receiving authority to deal with the matter, he promptly marched into our country, accompanied by the accursed Simon and a very powerful army, and announced that he was there by the king's command to take possession of the private deposits in the treasury.
Apollonius having made inquiry into the details of the matter, praised Simon for his loyal service to the king, and hastening to the court of Seleucus, disclosed to him the valuable treasure; then, after receiving authority to deal with the matter, he promptly marched into our country, accompanied by the accursed Simon and a very powerful army, and announced that he was there by the king's command to take possession of the private deposits in the treasury.
Apollonius, however, with threats, made his way into the temple.
There they cast him on it, burning him with cruelly cunning devices, and they poured broth of evil odour into his nostrils.
FOR the Reason of our father Eleazar, like a fine steersman steering the ship of sanctity on the sea of the passions, though buffeted by the threats of the tyrant and swept by the swelling waves of the tortures, never shifted for one moment the helm of sanctity until he sailed into the haven of victory over death.
But no such words escaped these young men at the prospect of the torture, nor did such thoughts enter into their minds.
And they made sharp skewers red-hot and ran them into his back, and piercing through his sides they burned away his entrails also.
AND when this one also died a blessed death, being cast into the cauldron, the seventh son, the youngest of them all, came forward.
And with this prayer he cast himself into the red-hot brazier, and so gave up the ghost.
You are not ignorant of the love of brethren, whereof the divine and all-wise Providence has given an inheritance to those who are begotten though their fathers, implanting it in them even through the mother's womb; wherein brethren do dwell the like period, and take their form during the same time, and are nourished from the same blood, and are quickened with the same soul, and are brought into the world after the same space, and they draw milk from the same founts, whereby their fraternal souls are nursed together in arms at the breast; and they are knit yet closer through a common nurture and daily companionship and other education, and through our discipline under the Law of God.
But the holy and God-fearing mother wailed not with this lamentation over any one of them, neither besought she any to escape death, nor lamented over them as dying men; but, as though she had a soul of adamant and were bringing forth the number of her sons, for a second time, into immortal life, she besought rather and entreated of them that they should die for religion's sake.
Remember that for the sake of God ye have come into the world, and have enjoyed life, and that therefore ye owe it to God to endure all pain for his sake; for whom also our father Abraham made haste to sacrifice his son Isaac, the ancestor of our nation; and Isaac, seeing his father's hand lifting the knife against him, did not shrink.
And Daniel, the just man, was cast to the lions, and Ananias, Azarias, and Mishael were flung into the furnace of fire, and they endured for God's sake.
'I was a pure maiden, and I strayed not from my father's house, and I kept guard over the rib that was builded into Eve.
And He who created me when yet I was not knew what I should do when I came into being:
For I know them, and before they came into being I took knowledge of them, and on their faces I set my seal:
And their alternations one to the other speak the beauty of God: IS And there is nothing that is without the Lord; for He was before any thing came into being:
And I sowed my fruits in hearts, and transformed them into myself: and they received my blessing and lived;
And they spake truth from the inspiration which the Most High breathed into them; Praise and great comeliness to His name Hallelujah.
But put on the grace of the Lord without stint; and come into His Paradise and make thee a garland from its tree,
And forsake the ways of that corruption and draw near unto me, and I will enter into you, and will bring you forth from perdition,
I went up to the light of truth as if into a chariot:
And I was made wise so as not to fall into the hands of the deceiver; and I congratulated myself because the Truth went with me,
And I said: 'O LORD, my Lord, have I come into the world for this purpose that I might see the evils of my mother? Not (so) my Lord.
And I answered and said: 'So then I am destined to grieve for Zion, For your enemies will come to this place and pollute Your sanctuary, And lead your inheritance into captivity, And make themselves masters of those whom you have loved, And they will depart again to the place of their idols, And will boast before them: And what will you do for Your great name?'
And I saw him descend into the Holy of Holies, and take from there the veil, and holy ark, and the mercy-seat, and the two tables, and the holy raiment of the priests, and the altar of incense, and the forty-eight precious stones, wherewith the priest was adorned and all the holy vessels of the tabernacle.
Or why, again, should mankind have sons? Or why should the seed of their kind again be named, Where this mother is desolate, And her sons are led into captivity?
Moreover, (you priests) take you the keys of the sanctuary, And cast them into the height of heaven, And give them to the Lord and say: "Guard Your house Thyself, For lo! we are found false stewards.
And you, you virgins; who weave fine linen And silk with gold of Ophir, Take with haste all (these) things And cast (them) into the fire, That it may bear them to Him who made them, And the flame send them to Him who created them, Lest the enemy get possession of them.
When a stupor shall seize the inhabitants of the earth, and they shall fall into many tribulations, and again when they shall fall into great torments.
When a stupor shall seize the inhabitants of the earth, and they shall fall into many tribulations, and again when they shall fall into great torments.
And He answered and said unto me: 'Into twelve parts is that time divided, and each one of them is reserved for that which is appointed for it.
"Look to this people till I go and make ready the rest of the brethren in Babylon against whom has gone forth the sentence that they should be led into captivity"?
But now our glorying has been made into dust, And the desire of our soul into sand.'
But now our glorying has been made into dust, And the desire of our soul into sand.'
Now that fountain came to the forest and was (stirred) into great waves, and those waves submerged that forest, and suddenly they rooted out the greater part of that forest, and overthrew all the mountains which were round about it.
And by it the truth will be hidden, and all those who are polluted with iniquity will flee to it, as evil beasts flee and creep into the forest.
[Which I before told you of; nor shall you fall into the torment, of which I testified to you before.'
With nods of fear and indignation You command the flames, And they change into spirits, And with a word you quicken that which was not, And with mighty power you hold that which has not yet come.
And take not account of our works; For what are we? For lo! by Your gift do we come into the world, And we depart not of our own will.
And honor shall be turned into shame, And strength humiliated into contempt, And probity destroyed, And beauty shall become ugliness.
And honor shall be turned into shame, And strength humiliated into contempt, And probity destroyed, And beauty shall become ugliness.
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.
When therefore they see those, over whom they are now exalted, (but) who shall then be exalted and glorified more than they, they shall respectively be transformed, the latter into the splendor of angels, and the former shall yet more waste away in wonder at the visions and in the beholding of the forms.
For in the heights of that world shall they dwell, And they shall be made like unto the angels, And be made equal to the stars, And they shall be changed into every form they desire, From beauty into loveliness, And from light into the splendor of glory.
For in the heights of that world shall they dwell, And they shall be made like unto the angels, And be made equal to the stars, And they shall be changed into every form they desire, From beauty into loveliness, And from light into the splendor of glory.
For in the heights of that world shall they dwell, And they shall be made like unto the angels, And be made equal to the stars, And they shall be changed into every form they desire, From beauty into loveliness, And from light into the splendor of glory.
And it came to pass when the word had gone forth from His presence, that the duration of the world had come into being in a small degree, and was established according to the multitude of the intelligence of Him who sent it.
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 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.
'Thus, moreover, did Manasseh act impiously, and thought that in his time the Mighty One would not inquire into these things.
[And the festivals and the Sabbaths he established in their sanctity], and their polluted ones he burnt in the fire, and the lying prophets which deceived the people, these also he burnt in the fire, and the people who listened to them when they were living, he cast them into the brook Kidron, and heaped stones upon them.
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.
And the many shall be delivered into the hands of the few, And those who were nothing shall rule over the strong, And the poor shall have abundance beyond the rich, And the impious shall exalt themselves above the heroic.
[And it shall come to pass that whoever of the victors and the vanquished gets safe out of and escapes all these things aforesaid will be delivered into the hands of My servant Messiah.]
And judgments, and abusive talk, and contentions, and revenges, And blood, and passions, and envy, and hatred, And whatsoever things are like these shall go into condemnation when they are removed.
Or who can search into your compassions, Which are infinite?
And because your brethren transgressed the commandments of the Most High, And He spared not the former, And the latter also He gave into captivity: And He left not a residue of them,
Thus says Baruch the son of Neriah to the brethren carried into captivity: 'Mercy and peace.' I bear in mind, my brethren, the love of Him who created us, who loved us from of old, and never hated us, but above all educated us.
Let none therefore of these present things ascend into your hearts, but above all let us be expectant, because that which is promised to us shall come.
For all healthinesses of this time are turning into diseases,
And all might of this time is turning into weakness, And all the force of this time is turning into impotence,
And all might of this time is turning into weakness, And all the force of this time is turning into impotence,
And every energy of youth is turning into old age and consummation. And every beauty of gracefulness of this time is turning faded and hateful,
And every proud dominion of the present is turning into humiliation and shame,
And every praise of the glory of this time is turning into the shame of silence, And every vain splendor and insolence of this time is turning into voiceless ruin.
And every praise of the glory of this time is turning into the shame of silence, And every vain splendor and insolence of this time is turning into voiceless ruin.
And every clamor of the pride of this time is turning into dust and stillness.
And every possession of riches of this time is being turned into Sheol alone,
And all the rapine of passion of this time is turning into involuntary death, And every passion of the lusts of this time is turning into a judgment of torment.
And all the rapine of passion of this time is turning into involuntary death, And every passion of the lusts of this time is turning into a judgment of torment.
And every artifice and craftiness of this time is turning into a proof of the truth,
And every sweetness of unguents of this time is turning into judgment and condemnation,
Delay not, O God, to recompense them on (their) heads, To turn the pride of the dragon into dishonour.
When Israel was led away captive into a strange land, When they fell away from the Lord who redeemed them,
High mountains hath He abased into a plain for them;
But sinners shall be taken away into destruction, And their memorial shall be found no more.
Truly how into being came the world.
The King most high, who brought into existence
Into Tartarean chamber terrible,
And battles sent some into Erebus,
Casting them into mighty Tartarus
Into one place. And then went Noah forth
To cease from wrath, and into other depths
Into the heavenly sky, and it shall be
And into unjust judgment come thou not.
And entrance into immortality,
And heavenly lights shall break up into one
And into outward form all-desolate.
For stars from heaven shall fall into all seas.
Of short lived men into the deep shall cast,
Into the world again, and therefore he
To mount aloft into the starry heaven;
Him into Phrygia to be reared apart
And sometime into Asia's prosperous land
And chiefs all flee into another land,