1 MeqabyanEthiopian Orthodox TewahedoAccepted by Some TraditionsGe'ez tradition, commonly transmitted through AmharicShare1 Meqabyan 5Wikisource community English translation - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableWikisource community English translationLanguageEnglishEspañol‹1 Meqabyan 11 Meqabyan 21 Meqabyan 31 Meqabyan 41 Meqabyan 51 Meqabyan 61 Meqabyan 7›1 Meqabyan 51 Meqabyan 5ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1"One of the sixty warriors was proud, but JAH made his body swell from his foot up to his head with a spoonful of sulfur, and he died in a plague. 2And again, Korah, who built an iron bed, was proud of his power and abundance, but JAH hid him in death. 3And again, Nebuchadnezzar was proud, saying, 'There is no other king besides me, and I am the creator who makes the sun rise in this world.' He spoke thus out of his arrogant abundance. 4And JAH separated him from people and sent him to the wilderness for seven years, and he made his fortune with the birds of heaven and the beasts of the wilderness until he knew that JAH was the one who had humbled him. 5And when he knew Him in worship, He returned him to his kingdom. Who is it that was not of the earth and was boldly proud of JAH, who humbled him? 6How about those who demolished His law and His order, and whom the earth did not swallow? 7And you, Zerubbabel, love that you might be proud of your Creator, but again, you have that He might destroy you like them and might lower you to the grave out of your arrogance. 8And again, after they entered Sheol, where there is grinding of teeth and mourning, that was the fulfillment of darkness, you have that He might lower you to the deep pit of Gehenna, where there are no exits forever. 9As for you, you are a man who will die and be destroyed tomorrow, like arrogant kings who were like you, who left this world living. 10As for me, I say, 'You are demolished ruins, but you are not JAH, for JAH is the one who created the earth and heaven and you.' 11He downbases the arrogant ones and honors those who are downbased. He gives firmness to those who are weary. 12He kills the well ones and raises up the persons who were on the earth, who were dead and buried in a grave. 13And He sends slaves forth free in life from sin rulership. 14O King Zerubbabel, why do you boast in your defiled idols who have no benefit? 15But JAH created the earth and heaven and the great seas. He created the moon and the sun, and He prepared the eras. 16Man grazes in his field, and he plows until it is dusk, and the stars of heaven remain firm by His word. 17And He calls all in heaven. There is nothing done without Jah knowing it. 18He commanded the angels in heaven to serve Him and to praise His glorified name. And the angels are sent to all persons who inherit life. 19Raphael, who was a servant, was sent to Tobit, and he saved Tobiah from death in Raguel's country. 20And Holy Michael was sent to Gideon, that he might draw his attention by money, that he might destroy idolatrous persons. And he was sent to the prophet Moses at the time he made Israel cross the Red Sea. 21As only JAH has said, He led them. There was no different idol with them. 22And He sent them forth to crops on the earth. 23And He fed them His plantation grain. As He totally loved them, He cherished them, feeding them honey that firmed up like a rock. 24And that you might totally keep His kindreds by what is due, and that you might do JAH's accord, who humbled you, He crowned you, giving you authority over the four kingdoms. 25For He has crowned you, making you loftier than all, and your Creator totally crowned you that you might love JAH. 26And it is proper that you might love your Creator JAH like He loved you, like He trusted you over all the people. And you, do JAH's accord that your era might abound in this world, and that He might live with you in support. 27And do JAH's accord that He might stand for you, being a guardian over your enemies, and that He might seat you on your throne, and that He might hide you in His wing of support. 28As for you, if you don't know, JAH chose and crowned you over Israel, like He chose Saul from Israel's children when he kept his father's donkeys. And He crowned him over his kindreds in Israel, and he sat with Israel on his throne. 29And He gave him a lofty fortune, separating him from his kindreds. JAH crowned you over His kindreds. As for henceforth onward, check and keep His kindreds. 30As JAH has appointed you over them, that you might kill and might save, keep them in evil things, those who work goodly things and those who work evil things on a goodly thing," He told him. 31"And as JAH has appointed you over all that you might do His accord, be it while you whipped or while you saved, pay them evil work, those who work goodly work and those who work goodly work and evil work. 32For you are a slave of JAH, who rules all in heaven, and you, do JAH's accord that He might do your accord for you in all you thought and in all you begged while you wheedled before Him. 33There is none who rules Him, but He rules all. 34There is none who appointed Him, but He appointed all. 35There is none who dismisses Him, but He dismisses all. 36There is none who reproaches Him, but He reproaches all. 37There is none who makes Him diligent, but He makes all diligent. As heaven and earth rulership are for Him, there is none who escapes from His authority. All are revealed alongside Him, yet there is none hidden from His face. 38He sees all, but there is none who sees Him. He hears the person's prayer who prays to Him, saying 'Save me,' for He has created man in His pattern, and He accepts his plea. 39As He is a king who lives until eternity, He feeds all from His unchanging nature." ‹Previous chapter1 Meqabyan 4Next chapter1 Meqabyan 6›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0