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Be not therefore wroth with man; for he is nothing

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 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.

For we said not to our parents, "Beget us, Nor did we send to Sheol and say, "Receive us."

For this is the nation which you have chosen, And these are the people, to whom you find no equal.

In you do we trust, for lo! Your law is with us, And we know that we shall not fall so long as we keep Your statutes.

For we are all one celebrated people, Who have received one law from One: And the law which is amongst us will aid us, And the surpassing wisdom which is in us will help us.'

For from your words I will answer you, And from your prayer I will speak to you.

For this is as follows: he that is corrupted is not at all; he has both wrought iniquity so far as lie could do anything, and has not remembered My goodness, nor accepted My long-suffering.

For that time shall arise which brings affliction; for it shall come and pass by with quick vehemence, and it shall be turbulent coming in the heat of indignation.

For that time shall arise which brings affliction; for it shall come and pass by with quick vehemence, and it shall be turbulent coming in the heat of indignation.

For there shall not be found many wise at that time, And the intelligent shall be but a few: Moreover, even those who know shall most of all be silent.

Therefore a fire shall consume their thoughts, And in flame shall the meditations of their reins be tried; For the Judge shall come and will not tarry.

For all this multitude are going to corruption, Nor is there any numbering of those whom the fire devours.

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.

And I will recount their blessedness And not be silent in celebrating their glory, which is reserved for them.

For assuredly as in a little time in this transitory world in which you live, you have endured much labor, So in that world to which there is no end, you shall receive great light.']

For the earth shall then assuredly restore the dead, [Which it now receives, in order to preserve them]. It shall make no change in their form, But as it has received, so shall it restore them, And as I delivered them unto it, so also shall it raise them.

For then it will be necessary to show the living that the dead have come to life again, and that those who had departed have returned (again).

For the aspect of those who now act wickedly shall become worse than it is, as they shall suffer torment.

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.

For over this above all shall those who come then lament, that they rejected My law, and stopped their ears that they might not hear wisdom or receive understanding.

For they shall first behold and afterwards depart to be tormented.

For they shall behold the world which is now invisible to them, And they shall behold the time which is now hidden from them:

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 there shall be spread before them the extents of Paradise, and there shall be shown to them the beauty of the majesty of the living creatures which are beneath the throne, and all the armies of the angels, who are now held fast by My word, lest they should appear, and are held fast by a command, that they may stand in their places till their advent comes.

For the first shall receive the last, those whom they were expecting, and the last those of whom they used to hear that they had passed away.

For they have been delivered from this world of tribulation, And laid down the burthen of anguish.

For what then have men lost their life, And for what have those who were on the earth exchanged their soul?

For what then have men lost their life, And for what have those who were on the earth exchanged their soul?

For then they chose (not) for themselves this time, Which, beyond the reach of anguish, could not pass away: But they chose for themselves that time, Whose issues are full of lamentations and evils, And they denied the world which ages not those who come to it, And they rejected the time of glory, So that they shall not come to the honor of which I told you before.'

For then they chose (not) for themselves this time, Which, beyond the reach of anguish, could not pass away: But they chose for themselves that time, Whose issues are full of lamentations and evils, And they denied the world which ages not those who come to it, And they rejected the time of glory, So that they shall not come to the honor of which I told you before.'

For then they chose (not) for themselves this time, Which, beyond the reach of anguish, could not pass away: But they chose for themselves that time, Whose issues are full of lamentations and evils, And they denied the world which ages not those who come to it, And they rejected the time of glory, So that they shall not come to the honor of which I told you before.'

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

And why therefore do we again mourn for those who die? Or why do we weep for those who depart to Sheol?

And why therefore do we again mourn for those who die? Or why do we weep for those who depart to Sheol?

Let lamentations be reserved for the beginning of that coming torment, And let tears be laid up for the advent of the destruction of that time.

Let lamentations be reserved for the beginning of that coming torment, And let tears be laid up for the advent of the destruction of that time.

And as for the righteous, what will they do now?

Rejoice you in the suffering which you now suffer: For why do you look for the decline of your enemies?

Rejoice you in the suffering which you now suffer: For why do you look for the decline of your enemies?

Make ready your soul for that which is reserved for you, And prepare your souls for the reward which is laid up for you.']

Make ready your soul for that which is reserved for you, And prepare your souls for the reward which is laid up for you.']

Make ready your soul for that which is reserved for you, And prepare your souls for the reward which is laid up for you.']

Make ready your soul for that which is reserved for you, And prepare your souls for the reward which is laid up for you.']

For in the first beginning they were black and many (Or a time, and afterwards I saw that the waters became bright, but they were not many, and after these things again I saw black (waters), and after these things again bright, and again black and again bright.

(You) for whom nothing is too hard, But who do everything easily by a nod:

(You) who reveal to those who fear you what is prepared for them, That thenceforth they may be comforted.

For I know that as regards those things wherein I besought you, I have received a response, And as regards what I besought, you did reveal to me with what voice I should praise you, And from what members I should cause praises and hallelujahs to ascend to you.

For if my members were mouths, And the hairs of my head voices, Even so I could not give you the reward of praise, Nor laud you as is befitting, Nor could I recount Your praise, Nor tell the glory of Your beauty.

For what am I amongst men, Or why am I reckoned amongst those who are more excellent than I, That I have heard all these marvelous things from the Most High, And numberless promises from Him who created me?

For I will not be silent in praising the Mighty One, And with the voice of praise I will recount His marvelous deeds.

For who doeth like unto Your marvelous deeds, O God, Or who comprehend Your deep thought of life.

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.