衣索比亞馬加比二書 第 11 章

Out of their midst there remained neither their bones nor their garments, except the censers of bronze which they had brought into the house of the Lord by the commandment of the Lord; for He said: Their censers were hallowed by the burning of their flesh.

And as for me, Your servant who am a sinner, have mercy on me, for I have sinned before You; and to them also grant pardon, for You are merciful and forgiving.

And thus he made atonement for those who had spoken against him.

And because of this he was called meek.

And the Lord loved him exceedingly, more than all the Levites his brethren; and He made him like Himself among them, for He appointed them to be priests.

And as for the children of Korah who rebelled against him, He swallowed them up beneath the earth and brought them down into Sheol alive, in soul and in flesh, together with their tents and their cattle; and according to every word that he spoke, it was done for him as if by the Lord, for he loved the Lord his God and did not transgress His commandment.

And likewise you also, if you do not transgress the commandment of the Lord, the Lord will fulfill your desire for you, and will take pleasure in your word, and will keep your kingdom.

But the children of Korah and Asaph who transgressed against the commandment of Moses and murmured against him, because he said to them: Make right your souls toward the Lord.

And they said to him: Are not we also the sons of Levi, that we should do the work of the priesthood in the tent of meeting?

And they took their censers to offer incense, and they went and offered incense; but the Lord did not accept their prayer, and by the fire of their censers they were burned and consumed like a candle that is consumed in the fire, and nothing remained.

And because of this the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron: Gather up their censers into the tent, and let them be made for My house, even all that I have ordained for it, from without to within.

And he made good the furnishings of the holy tent—the mercy seat and the lavers and the cherubim and the basins.

And the laver and the bowls and the dishes and the courts and the walls of the tent, the dishes and the offerings which they offer in the tent of meeting.

And the freewill offering and the offering of salvation and the offering of the vow and that for sin and the offering that is according to His law.

And all that He commanded Moses to do in the tent of meeting, He commanded them.

And they did not cease to serve their God, that His name might be glorified over them in the tent of His law—the Lord their God, who promised them that He would give them the inheritance of their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, which He swore to Abraham.

And He made a covenant with Isaac, and established the testimony for Jacob.

And with Moses and with Aaron in the tent of the testimony.

And with Samuel and with Elijah in Jerusalem, in the tent, in the house of the sanctuary which Solomon built, that it might be the house of the Lord and the resting place of His name for the Most High, and the dwelling place of the Holy One of Israel.

For it is the place of supplication and of the forgiveness of sin, where He appears to His priests who walk in meekness.

And where He hears the prayer of those who do His will.

Where the law of the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, is ordained.

And where the continual offering and the incense for a sweet savor are made to the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

And He speaks from above the mercy seat in the tent of meeting, and He makes manifest His glory, the glory of the Lord, to His chosen ones, the children of Jacob, and to His holy ones who walk in the commandment and judgment of the Lord.

But those who rebel shall become like the children of Korah, whom the earth swallowed up; and likewise the wicked are destined to be cast into the judgment of the flame of fire, which has no exit for ever.