16.10.2013 Views

Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

ALEXANDER ADDRESSES RAHAMAN. 297<br />

"interpretation thereof is with him; and afterwards <strong>Alexander</strong>'s<br />

. , , - ,<br />

,<br />

11' address to<br />

"it neither returneth again to him, nor doth itRahamto.<br />

"come to him, nor doth he look upon its face<br />

"again. And it should be kept in memory, although<br />

"men do not imagine that it is ready for them,<br />

"or that it will find them, O my friend. For in<br />

"that day there shall be a mighty King Who shall<br />

"be just, O my friend. And in it there shall be<br />

"neither oppression, nor wrong-doing, nor beggary,<br />

"nor ' of any man, and to him that hath<br />

"done wickedly here, evil-speaking, or lying, or<br />

"deceit shall not be in that place, O my friend.<br />

"None of the beings who are in heaven or in<br />

"earth knoweth how long or how many^ are the<br />

"years until that time except the Creator thereof.<br />

"But I know and I have seen that the years will<br />

"be five hundred thousand, and my God knoweth<br />

"the number thereof O my friend. And all created<br />

"things shall stand upon their feet, and there shall<br />

"be no earthly being on all the face of earth which<br />

"shall not be beneath His footstool, and there<br />

"shall be no inhabitant therein, and there shall be<br />

"neither a resting-place nor a place of repose.<br />

"Then shall the King of power and might, the<br />

"[p. 172] only One, the Mighty, look upon them,<br />

"and they shall incline their ears unto His voice,<br />

"and the angels shall stand round about Him, and<br />

"they shall be gathered together to Him, and shall<br />

' The reading ffl^PAA ' is uncertain, for there is an<br />

erasure here in the MS.<br />

^ Read Kh^'i'U •<br />

pp

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!