衣索比亞馬加比一書 第 33 章

And further I fed them with manna in the wilderness, bread, even as David said, And man ate the bread of His angels. And all this I did for them, that they should worship Me in righteousness and uprightness.

But they did not worship Me; and I too despised them, says the Lord who rules over all; and they provoked Me and walked in a way that was not Mine.

And I too will requite them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands I despised them, because they grew weary of My worship and did not endure in My ordinance and in My counsel; and I will bring them down into the judgment of condemnation that is in the heavens.

And upon the earth too I will shorten their days, because they did not keep My commandment; and I too will be wroth with them.

And you also, O king, are you not a man who dies and is corrupted, who tomorrow shall become worms and maggots and ashes?

And now you boast and exalt yourself, as one who shall never die.

But you are a man, who now appears alive, and tomorrow is mortal, says the Lord who rules over all.

And if you keep My word and My commandment, I will give you to inherit the holy city, together with those who did My will, the honoured kings whose dwelling is bright and whose crowns are good, and their thrones of gold and of silver, who dwell upon them, being purified.

And you shall rejoice within His city, which is the dwelling near to the workers of good things.

But to the workers of evil it is not fitting that they should enter into that city into which the honoured kings enter.

Because they did not keep My word and My ordinance, says the Lord who rules over all.