2 MeqabyanEthiopian Orthodox TewahedoAccepted by Some TraditionsGe'ez tradition, commonly transmitted through AmharicShare2 Meqabyan 20Wikisource community English translation - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableWikisource community English translationLanguageEnglishEspañol‹2 Meqabyan 12 Meqabyan 22 Meqabyan 32 Meqabyan 42 Meqabyan 52 Meqabyan 62 Meqabyan 72 Meqabyan 82 Meqabyan 92 Meqabyan 102 Meqabyan 112 Meqabyan 122 Meqabyan 132 Meqabyan 142 Meqabyan 152 Meqabyan 162 Meqabyan 172 Meqabyan 182 Meqabyan 192 Meqabyan 202 Meqabyan 21›2 Meqabyan 202 Meqabyan 20ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Believe me, all the work we did in this world will not remain hidden when we stand before Him in fear and trembling. 2In the hour when we have no provisions for our path and no clothes for our bodies... 3...in the hour when we have no staff for our hands or shoes for our feet... 4...and in the hour when we do not know the paths where the demons take us—whether it be slippery or smooth, dark, filled with thorns or nettles, or a depth of water or a pit—believe me, the works we did in this world will not remain hidden. 5We will not know the demons who take us, nor will we hear their words. 6As they are black ones and lead us toward darkness, we will not see their faces. 7As the prophet spoke, saying: "In the hour my soul was separated from my flesh—Lord, my Lord, You know my path. They hid a trap on the path where I went, and I looked to return to the right, but I lacked anyone who knew me; I have nothing there by which I will escape." As they take us toward darkness, we will not see their faces. 8Because he knows the demons ridicule him and will lead him toward a path he does not know, he speaks this. If he turns left or right, there is no one who knows him. 9He is alone among demons, and there is no one who knows him. 10Angels of Light, who are subtle, are sent to the righteous to receive their souls and take them toward a place of Light—toward the Garden where welfare is found. 11Demons and Angels of Darkness are sent to receive the sinners and take them toward Gehenna, which was prepared for them to receive hardship for the sins they committed. 12Woe to the souls of sinners who are taken toward destruction, who have no welfare or rest, no escape from the tribulation that finds them, and no departure from Gehenna for all eternity. 13Because they lived firmly in the work of Cain, perished by the price of Balaam’s iniquity, and lacked a plan—woe to the sinners. For their excuse was to receive interest and gifts, and in their transgression, they took a foreigner’s money that was not their own. 14They shall receive their hardship in Gehenna for the sins they committed. ‹Previous chapter2 Meqabyan 19Next chapter2 Meqabyan 21›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