My LORD’s BibleKebra Nagast 90
1And Azariah rose up and said unto the Queen, "O our Lady, verily there is no one like unto thee in wisdom and understanding--the which have been given unto thee by God--except my lord the King, who hath brought us unto this land with our Lady Zion, the holy and heavenly Tabernacle of the Law of God.
2Now we and our fathers of olden time have said, God hath chosen none except the House of Jacob, us hath He chosen, us hath He multiplied, us hath He held to please Him, and He hath made us kings and made us members of His household, and councillors of His glory and of the Tabernacle of His covenant.
4And from the time that we arrived in your country everything that we have seen hath appeared good to us.
6And as for what we have seen there is nothing detestable, and there is nothing malign in what we hear, and in what we walk upon, and in what we touch, and in what we taste with our mouths.
8"And withdraw ye yourselves from meat that dieth of itself, and from blood, and from bodies torn by wild animals, and from fornication, and from everything that God hateth, so that we may rejoice in you when we see you fearing God and trembling at His word; even as God commanded our fathers and said unto Moses, `Give them commands about everything, and tell them to keep My Law and My Ordinance.81` And turn ye not aside, neither to the right hand nor to the left, from that which we command you this day; and now [we command] you that ye worship God, the Holy One of Israel, and do His good pleasure; for He hath rejected our nation even as our prophets prophesied, and hath chosen you.
9Doth not God your Creator belong to all of you?
10In what will God find it difficult if He loveth us and hateth them?
11For everything belongeth to Him, and everything is His handiwork, and there is nothing impossible for the Lord God of Israel.
12"And hearken ye unto His command, which I will declare unto you.
13Let not one overcome his fellow by violence.
14Plunder not the possessions of your neighbours.
15Ye shall not revile each other, and ye shall not oppress each other, and ye shall not quarrel with each other.
17And if ye do not know who is the owner of the property, take care of it for him, and as soon as one hath found out to whom it belongeth return his property to him.
19And if a man hath dug a well or hath built a tower (or, shelter), he shall not leave the well without a cover nor the tower without a roof.
20And if there is a man who is carrying a heavy load, or if the load hath slipped from the man who is carrying it, ye shall not pass on your way until ye have helped him to lift it up or to lighten it for him; for he is your brother.
27And ye shall not work impurity, and ye shall not judge with partiality, and ye shall not deal oppressively with one another in anything, so that ye may be blessed, and so that the fruit of your land may increase, and so that ye may be saved from the curse of the Law which God hath commanded, saying, `They shall curse the worker of evil.'
28And He wrote, saying, `He who leadeth the blind man out of his path is accursed.
29And he who addresseth vile words to a deaf (or, dumb) man is accursed.
31And he who beateth his neighbour with fraud is accursed.
33And he who treateth his father and his mother lightly is accursed.
34And he who maketh a filthy graven image of stone or smelted metal, the work of a man's hand, and setteth it up and hideth it in his house, and worshippeth it as a god, not believing that God is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who made Adam in His own image and likeness, and set him over everything which He had created, we all being His work--the man who doth not believe [this] accursed let him be!
35Amen.
36And he who lieth with a beast, let him be accursed.
37And he who lieth with a man as with a woman, let him be accursed.
38And he who slayeth a life, innocent blood, with fraud and violence, let him be accursed.'
39And over and above all these things ye shall worship no other gods, for God is jealous concerning those who despise Him and do thus, and He setteth His face upon them until He rooteth out their lives from the earth, and blotteth out their memory for ever.
40Blessed are those who hearken to the voice of God, and perform and keep [His commandments].
41And blessed are those who turn aside from those who do evil, so that none of the punishments which shall come upon sinners shall fall upon them.
42And if it be that thou wilt keep the word of God, withdraw thyself from the way of sinners, so that thou mayest not be beaten with the rod wherewith they shall be beaten.
43Even as David the grandfather of our lord David saith, `God will not let the rod of sinners [fall] upon the portion of the righteous,' so that the righteous may not lift up their hands in violence (or, oppression).
44When a man hath the power to do that which is good, and he watcheth himself and telleth his neighbour, he becometh as it were the owner of two talents, and yet other two talents are added to him, and he getteth abundant reward from God.
45For he hath done it himself and taught his neighbour to do it, and because of this his reward shall be exceedingly great.
46And again, blessed shall ye be if ye give your possessions, without usury and not as loans."