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Kebra Nagast
And Azaryas said unto them, "Do ye what I tell you, and we shall succeed.
And I will give him the dimensions of myself, and I will say unto him, "Prepare for me pieces of wood for a framework so that I may make a raft therefrom; for we are going to travel over the sea, and in the event of the ship sinking I shall be able to get up on the raft, and we shall be saved from the sea.
And I will give him the dimensions of myself, and I will say unto him, "Prepare for me pieces of wood for a framework so that I may make a raft therefrom; for we are going to travel over the sea, and in the event of the ship sinking I shall be able to get up on the raft, and we shall be saved from the sea.
And I will set them down in the habitation of Zion, and will drape them with the draperies of Zion, and I will take Zion, and will dig a hole in the ground, and will set Zion there, until we journey and take it away with us thither.
And I will not tell the matter to the king until we have travelled far."
For his mother said in [her] message by Tamrin her servant, `Give us some of the fringe of the covering of Zion, so that we may worship it, we and those who are in subjection unto us and all our kingdom.'
For his mother said in [her] message by Tamrin her servant, `Give us some of the fringe of the covering of Zion, so that we may worship it, we and those who are in subjection unto us and all our kingdom.'
And now, give it to him, and say unto him, `Take [and] worship this covering of Zion, for thy mother sent a message concerning this, and hath said unto thee thyself, "Give us some of the fringe of its covering, which we can worship, so that we may not, like the heathen, worship another [god]."
And now, give it to him, and say unto him, `Take [and] worship this covering of Zion, for thy mother sent a message concerning this, and hath said unto thee thyself, "Give us some of the fringe of its covering, which we can worship, so that we may not, like the heathen, worship another [god]."
But it must remain with us perpetually, although we have not paid it all the honour which is its due; and you, although it be not with you, must honour it, and revere it according to what is due to it and what is meet.
And they said unto their king, "Let us let down the wagons, for we have come to the water of Ethiopia.
And the sons of the warriors of Israel went and drove away all the people, and they said unto [David] their king, "Shall we tell thee a matter?
We wished, and God hath fulfilled [our wish]; we agreed concerning it, and God made it good; we held converse [concerning it], and God performed; we meditated [upon it], and God devised the plan; we spoke, and God was well pleased; we directed our gaze, and God directed it rightly; we meditated, and God hath justified.
We wished, and God hath fulfilled [our wish]; we agreed concerning it, and God made it good; we held converse [concerning it], and God performed; we meditated [upon it], and God devised the plan; we spoke, and God was well pleased; we directed our gaze, and God directed it rightly; we meditated, and God hath justified.
We wished, and God hath fulfilled [our wish]; we agreed concerning it, and God made it good; we held converse [concerning it], and God performed; we meditated [upon it], and God devised the plan; we spoke, and God was well pleased; we directed our gaze, and God directed it rightly; we meditated, and God hath justified.
We wished, and God hath fulfilled [our wish]; we agreed concerning it, and God made it good; we held converse [concerning it], and God performed; we meditated [upon it], and God devised the plan; we spoke, and God was well pleased; we directed our gaze, and God directed it rightly; we meditated, and God hath justified.
We wished, and God hath fulfilled [our wish]; we agreed concerning it, and God made it good; we held converse [concerning it], and God performed; we meditated [upon it], and God devised the plan; we spoke, and God was well pleased; we directed our gaze, and God directed it rightly; we meditated, and God hath justified.
We wished, and God hath fulfilled [our wish]; we agreed concerning it, and God made it good; we held converse [concerning it], and God performed; we meditated [upon it], and God devised the plan; we spoke, and God was well pleased; we directed our gaze, and God directed it rightly; we meditated, and God hath justified.
We wished, and God hath fulfilled [our wish]; we agreed concerning it, and God made it good; we held converse [concerning it], and God performed; we meditated [upon it], and God devised the plan; we spoke, and God was well pleased; we directed our gaze, and God directed it rightly; we meditated, and God hath justified.
With what shall we requite the Lord in return for all the good things which He hath done for us? there being with Him no glory and praise!
He hath crowned us with His grace, so that we may know upon earth His praise and may all serve Him according to His greatness.
For we are the work of His hands, and who shall rebuke us if He loveth us as Israel His people?
Be unto us a wall, and we will be unto thee a fence; be thou a king unto us and we will be thy people; be thou a guide unto us and we will follow after thee.
Be unto us a wall, and we will be unto thee a fence; be thou a king unto us and we will be thy people; be thou a guide unto us and we will follow after thee.
Be unto us a wall, and we will be unto thee a fence; be thou a king unto us and we will be thy people; be thou a guide unto us and we will follow after thee.
And be not impatient, and mark not closely, and be not angry at the multitude of our sins, for we are a people who have not the Law, and who have not learned Thy praise.
And from this time forward guide us, and teach us, and make us to have understanding, and make us to have wisdom that we may learn Thy praise.
Give us power that we may serve Thee.
We will draw nigh unto thee, and do not thou withdraw far from us; we will support ourselves upon thee, and do not thou let us slip away; we will supplicate thee, and do not thou be deaf to us; we will cry out to thee; hear thou our cry in all that we ask of thee, and desire not to withdraw thyself from us, until thy Lord cometh and reigneth over thee; for thou art the habitation of the God of heaven."
We will draw nigh unto thee, and do not thou withdraw far from us; we will support ourselves upon thee, and do not thou let us slip away; we will supplicate thee, and do not thou be deaf to us; we will cry out to thee; hear thou our cry in all that we ask of thee, and desire not to withdraw thyself from us, until thy Lord cometh and reigneth over thee; for thou art the habitation of the God of heaven."
We will draw nigh unto thee, and do not thou withdraw far from us; we will support ourselves upon thee, and do not thou let us slip away; we will supplicate thee, and do not thou be deaf to us; we will cry out to thee; hear thou our cry in all that we ask of thee, and desire not to withdraw thyself from us, until thy Lord cometh and reigneth over thee; for thou art the habitation of the God of heaven."
We will draw nigh unto thee, and do not thou withdraw far from us; we will support ourselves upon thee, and do not thou let us slip away; we will supplicate thee, and do not thou be deaf to us; we will cry out to thee; hear thou our cry in all that we ask of thee, and desire not to withdraw thyself from us, until thy Lord cometh and reigneth over thee; for thou art the habitation of the God of heaven."
We will draw nigh unto thee, and do not thou withdraw far from us; we will support ourselves upon thee, and do not thou let us slip away; we will supplicate thee, and do not thou be deaf to us; we will cry out to thee; hear thou our cry in all that we ask of thee, and desire not to withdraw thyself from us, until thy Lord cometh and reigneth over thee; for thou art the habitation of the God of heaven."
Some of our companions have gone to seek for them at the Sea of Eritrea, but we came back that we might report this to thee.
Some of our companions have gone to seek for them at the Sea of Eritrea, but we came back that we might report this to thee.
And we being sent forth by thee from Jerusalem, arrived on the day of the Sabbath.
And we came back to thee to-day [which is] the fourth day of the week.
And the King was wroth and said, "Seize the five of them, until we find out the truth of their words."
As for us, we thought that thou hadst, in thy wisdom, made them to travel in wagons above the winds."
And they said unto him, "We did not see anything."
For, according to what we hear, that Tabernacle used to deliver you out of the hand of your enemies, and the spirit of prophecy, which was therein, used to hold converse with you, and the God of heaven used to dwell in it in His Holy Spirit, and ye are called men of the house of God.
And until this present it was with us, and we did not minister unto it rightly, and for this reason Thou art angry with us, and Thou hast turned Thy face from us.
And the house was full of Thy glory, the whole world being filled with Thy Godhead, and we Thy people rejoiced at the sight of Thy glory therein.
For we have neglected the command of our God, and we have become rejected ones on the earth.
For we have neglected the command of our God, and we have become rejected ones on the earth.
As priests we have not acted well, and as Kings we have not done what is right in respect of judgement to the orphans.
As priests we have not acted well, and as Kings we have not done what is right in respect of judgement to the orphans.
What is right hath passed from us, and we are rebuked.
Our children have become the spoil and captives of those whom we recently had spoiled and made captives.
From this day to the end of our days [we must mourn], and our children likewise.
From being men of the household we have become men of the outside, and from being men of the inner chambers we have been driven out through our sins.
From being men of the household we have become men of the outside, and from being men of the inner chambers we have been driven out through our sins.
And the prophets rebuked us, but we would not accept rebuke, and they [wished to] make us hear, but we would not hear.
And the prophets rebuked us, but we would not accept rebuke, and they [wished to] make us hear, but we would not hear.
Through our sins we are rejected, and because of our defection we shall be punished.
Through our sins we are rejected, and because of our defection we shall be punished.
"O Queen, we have been negligent in respect of the Commandment of God.
We have loved the words of the fablemongers more than the word of the priests.
We have wished to gaze upon the face of our women rather than upon the face of God in repentance.
We have loved to look upon our children rather than to hear the word of God.
We have consoled ourselves more with the sardius stone than with the administering right judgement to the orphans.
We have loved to look upon our honour rather than to hear the voice of God.
We have loved the word of foolishness more than the words of the wise.
We have loved the words of fools more than hearing the words of the Prophets.
Of our own free will we have polluted our life.
The repentance and mercy which God loveth we have not done.
He gave us glory, and we have thrown it away.
He made us very wise, and of our own freewill we have made ourselves more foolish than the beasts.
He gave us riches, and we have beggared ourselves even [to asking for] alms.
We looked upon our horses, and forgot our coming back.
We have loved fleeting things, and we have not recognized those that abide.
We have loved fleeting things, and we have not recognized those that abide.
We have made our days to deride our life, we have preferred the luxuriousness of food, which becometh dung, to the food of life which endureth for ever. [We have put on] the garments of apparel which benefit not the soul, and have put off the apparel of glory which is for ever.
We have made our days to deride our life, we have preferred the luxuriousness of food, which becometh dung, to the food of life which endureth for ever. [We have put on] the garments of apparel which benefit not the soul, and have put off the apparel of glory which is for ever.
We have made our days to deride our life, we have preferred the luxuriousness of food, which becometh dung, to the food of life which endureth for ever. [We have put on] the garments of apparel which benefit not the soul, and have put off the apparel of glory which is for ever.
And the elders rose up and spake unto the King, saying, "Be not thou sorrowful concerning this thing, O our Lord, for we know, from first to last, that without the Will of God Zion will not dwell [in any place], and that nothing happeneth without the Will of God.
And they gathered together their priests, and magicians, and star-gazers, and they entreated them and said unto them, `How can we relieve ourselves of these sores and the tribulation which have come upon us, and upon our country?'
And we must by no means send her away empty, but must give her an offering, so that she may forgive you your sins, and do away your tribulation when she hath returned to her city.
"And their kings and governors said unto their priests, `What gift now say ye that we ought to give her, and how shall we send her back?
"And their kings and governors said unto their priests, `What gift now say ye that we ought to give her, and how shall we send her back?
Find out, and tell us what we must do.'
And again they said unto the priests, `How shall we send her away?
And if they march straight for Jerusalem we shall know that peradventure God hath had compassion on our land; but if they wander about, and go hither and thither, and wish to turn back to the place whence they started, then we shall know that God is [still] wroth with us, and that He will not remove His punishment until He hath blotted out ourselves and our city.'
And if they march straight for Jerusalem we shall know that peradventure God hath had compassion on our land; but if they wander about, and go hither and thither, and wish to turn back to the place whence they started, then we shall know that God is [still] wroth with us, and that He will not remove His punishment until He hath blotted out ourselves and our city.'
And now, let not thine heart be sad, but comfort thou thyself with what we have said unto thee.
If we do the Will of God and His good pleasure, God will be with us, and will deliver us out of the hand of our enemy, and out of the hand of all those who hate us; God's Will, and not our will, be done, and God's good pleasure, and not our good pleasure, be done.
As for us, none of us will transgress thy word, and we will not inform any other people that Zion hath been taken away from us."
But we worship none else than the Holy God of Israel and our Lady, the holy and heavenly Zion, the Tabernacle of the Law of God, whom He hath given us to worship, us and our seed after us."
And Solomon answered and said unto her, "Though thou speakest thus art thou not thyself of [that race] concerning which God hath not commanded us that we should take wives from it?
And God, having destroyed of the seed of Ham seven kings, hath made us to inherit this city, that we and our seed after us may dwell therein for ever.
And this seduction of men by women was caused by Eve, for we are all the children of Eve.
I and those who have been before me are unworthy to have mercy shown unto us because of the evil of our works, for we are a faithless generation.
Of what benefit (or, use) are we who are men?
We are created in vain, and after a little time we become as if we had never been created.
We are created in vain, and after a little time we become as if we had never been created.
We are created in vain, and after a little time we become as if we had never been created.
As for the breath which we breathe, if it cease for a short time, our soul passeth away, and if the beat of the spark of our heart which moveth in our mind passeth away we become dust, and our friends and acquaintances hold us to be a loathsome thing.
As for the breath which we breathe, if it cease for a short time, our soul passeth away, and if the beat of the spark of our heart which moveth in our mind passeth away we become dust, and our friends and acquaintances hold us to be a loathsome thing.
And the understanding of our mind which is above [in] our heads [is destroyed] when our soul is poured out, and we become worms and filth; and when the heat of our body hath passed away we become nothingness and we pass away like the dissolving of a cloud.
And the understanding of our mind which is above [in] our heads [is destroyed] when our soul is poured out, and we become worms and filth; and when the heat of our body hath passed away we become nothingness and we pass away like the dissolving of a cloud.