1 And now, my children, do not say: Our father stands before GOD, and prays for us (to be released) from sin; for there is no person there to help any man who has sinned. 2. You see how I have written down all the works of every man before his creation, which is done in the case of all men for ever. 3. And no man can say or unsay what I have written with my hand. For GOD sees all things, even the thoughts of wicked men, which lie in the storeplaces of the heart. 4. And now, my children, pay attention to all the words of your father which I say to you: that ye may not grieve afterwards and say: Our father for some cause or other, never told them to us, in the time of this folly.