In the Name of the great God.

My measure in the world became full for me,

and my accounts were settled in the ages.

I left the world of darkness,

the mixing-bowl of death.

I went and came to the watch-house of the greedy, raging dogs, whose eyes are blinded so that they do not see, whose ears are stopped so that they cannot hear. I named to them the Name of God; the Name of God they did not understand. I named to them the name of death; the name of death they did not understand. In that watch-house I had anxiety and fear, I was afraid, and my whole body trembled in my garment. Then a man from the place of the world called to me and said: "O man, who calls upon God and to whom God answers. Have firm trust in God. You are like a man of a hundred and twenty years, a man who holds staff and rattle in his hand and walks behind the cattle. But suddenly they seize him, clothe him with honor, cover him with honor, bind a diadem on him, set him on a horse and make him king over the cities. Further, you are like a man who stands in a space of a hundred and sixty miles in a parched plain, thirsting for water, and then smells the fragrance of life. His soul is then like the good Enos in his glory."

I passed by that watch-house, and I told myself that anxiety, fear and terror were no longer before me. I went and came to the watch-house of the Deceiver, the daughter of her father, before whom sit her sixty-seven daughters. Their breasts are bared to their shame, and their sides are slit open for transgressions. They take captive the hearts of the unbelievers and the minds of the children of men. They said to me: "O man, hand over to us your name and your sign, which you brought from the waves of the water, from the treasures of splendor and from the great baptism of light."

I named to her my name and my sign. Then they were terrified, they feared and were afraid, they rose before me and said to me: "O man, on your path no one shall come, and your steps no one shall see." I answered them: "On my path the chosen shall come, my steps the faithful shall walk. To you, Deceiver, splinters shall sit in your eyes, and your eyes in your head shall grow dark. The Nasoraeans will then ascend and behold the great place of light and the bright dwelling."

I passed by that watch-house, and I told myself that anxiety, fear and terror were no longer before me. I went and came to another watch-house, that of Zan-Hazazban, the swift, the valiant, the king of fierce wrath and destruction. I asked and said: "Whose watch-house is this, whom does it guard and who is bound in it?"

I asked, and they said to me: "In this watch-house are bound those who shed blood and destroy their own kind." I asked further and said: "What do those souls resemble, with the ugly works that they practised in the world?" I asked, and they said to me: "Those souls resemble vessels of clay that takes on blackness, and vessels of copper that brings forth filth and rust. They are thrown into a vessel, into the stocks, into oppression and confinement, and they are trodden down. They are pounded, but do not become sweet; they are roasted, but do not become done. Those souls long for a second death in the world of darkness, but the second death does not come upon their spirit." Zan and Hazazban said to me: "O man, hand over to us your name and your sign, which you brought from the waves of the water, from the treasures of splendor and from the great baptism of light." I named to him my name and my sign, and Zan-Hazazban gave way before me.

I passed by that watch-house, and I told myself that anxiety, fear and terror were no longer before me. I went and came to the watch-house of Jur, Jahur and Arhum. I asked and said: "Whose watch-house is this, whom does it guard and who is bound in it?"

I asked, and they said to me: "In this watch-house is bound everyone who committed fornication and theft, who swore and lied in doing so." I asked further and said: "What do those souls resemble, with the ugly works that they practised in the world?" I asked, and they said to me: "Those souls: they are thinner than a stick and blacker than the hair on the head. They are thrown into a vessel, into the stocks, into oppression, confinement and torment, and they are trodden down. They are pounded, but do not become sweet; they are roasted, but do not become tender. Those souls long for a second death, but the second death does not come upon them. Jur, Jahur and Arhum said to me: "O man, hand over to us your name and your sign, which you brought from the waves of the water, from the treasures of splendor and from the great baptism of light." I named to him my name and my sign, and Jur, Jahur and Arhum gave way before me.

I passed by that watch-house, and I told myself that anxiety, fear and terror were no longer before me. I went and came to another watch-house, that of Pilpin-Pipin, whom the Deceiver has wrapped in dark clouds of mist. I asked and said: "Whose watch-house is this, whom does it guard and who is bound in it?"

I asked, and they said to me: "In this watch-house are bound the officials, judges and rulers who shift the boundaries and move the boundary stones. (There are) the women who sell their milk, who kill their children and keep alive the children of their companions, who beg for a fat morsel and for sweetened cups. The weeping, wailing and lamentation of their children rises up before God, the great, the First. The women who sell their milk are hung up by their breasts until the day, the Day of Judgement, until the hour, the hours of deliverance, because they kill their children and raise the children of their companions."

I asked and said: "What do those souls resemble, with the ugly works that they practised in the world?" I asked, and they said to me: "Those souls resemble fat he-goats that are suddenly seized and thrown on coals. They are thrown into a vessel, into the stocks, into oppression, confinement and torment, and they are trodden down. They are pounded, but do not become sweet; they are roasted, but do not become done. Those guilty souls long for a second death in the world of darkness, but the second death does not come upon them." Pilpin-Pipin said to me: "O man, hand over to us your name and your sign, which you brought from the waves of the water, from the treasures of splendor and from the great baptism of light." I named to him my name and my sign, and Pilpin-Pipin gave way before me.

I passed by that watch-house, and I told myself that anxiety, fear and terror were no longer before me. I went and came to another watch-house, that of those who took the Messiah, son of Mary, as a lord. I asked and said: "Whose watch-house is this and who is bound in it?"

I asked, and they said to me: "In this watch-house is bound everyone who denies God and associates the Messiah with Him." I asked further and said: "What do those souls resemble, with the ugly works that they practised in the world?" I asked, and they said to me: "Those souls resemble a great and numerous flock of sheep before the Messiah. The Messiah leads them to the sea and sets them at the sea. They ask him for water, but the shore of the sea is high and the water of the sea deep. They want to drink water, but they have none. Then the souls say to the Messiah: "Messiah, our lord! When we were still in that world, we clothed others with garments and wrapped them with coverings, we gave ransoms, alms and benefactions; why do we now wish to drink water and have none?"

Then the Messiah says to the souls: "In whose name did you clothe with garments and wrap with coverings, give ransoms, alms and benefactions?" Then the souls answer the Messiah: "In the name of the upper being and the name of the lower being, in the name of Jesus the Messiah, in the name of the Holy Spirit, in the name of the God of the Nazarenes and in the name of the Deceiver, the daughter of her father." Then the Messiah says to the souls: "The upper being is the heaven, the lower being is the earth. I am Jesus, son of Mary, a servant of God, and the Spirit is an angel of God. I never told you to take me as a lord. I told you only what God commanded me: Serve God, my Lord and your Lord. Your works were not for God's sake, and your hands are empty."

The man of tried righteousness passed by him and brought the whole company of souls that was with him past him. The Messiah then said to the man of tried righteousness: "O man, may your name and your sign be firm, which you brought from the waves of the water, from the treasures of splendor and from the great baptism of light." I named to him my name and my sign.

The souls then said to the Messiah: "Messiah, our lord! Did you not say, when we were in that world: There is none greater and stronger than I; I am the God of gods, the Lord of lords, I am the king of all worlds, I am the head of all works?" And the Messiah answered the souls: "I never said this. Whoever said it was a liar, and you followed the deceivers and Satan, who led you astray. The man who passed by me spoke the Name of the One God alone, and he did not name any of these: not the upper being, not the lower being, not the Spirit as a partner, not the Messiah as a lord, not the God of the Nazarenes as a rival, not the Deceiver, the daughter of her father."

Then the souls said to the Messiah: "Messiah, our lord, throw us back for three days into our bodies; then we shall sell all our possessions, go down to the Jordan and be baptized in the Name of the One God, in whose Name this man who passed by you has gone." But the Messiah answered the souls: "O you who have stumbled, who stumbled! When you were still in that world, did you ever see that a child that has left its mother's womb was brought back into its mother, that I should throw you back for three days into your bodies, so that you sell all your possessions, go down to the Jordan and be baptized in the Name of the One God?" The Messiah said further to the souls: "Do you not know, you who have stumbled? Satan is the cunning deceiver, ready in affliction, wise in evil, who alters the gates of sleep, twists the works of the spirit, deludes the pious and throws them into the mighty mist-clouds of darkness. When he showed you pegs and keys, he deluded you and made you greedy. Gold and silver he gave you, that you might keep him company in the darkness, in that place where we stand."

I passed by that watch-house, and I told myself that anxiety, fear and terror were no longer before me. I went and came to another watch-house, that of Jorabba. I asked and said: "Whose watch-house is this and who is bound in it?"

I asked, and they said to me: "In this watch-house are bound all the great ones and boasters; those who take with large measures and give with small measures, who take interest and interest upon interest, percentages and percentages upon percentages, who regard the poor only for his poverty and the king only for his royal rank, who drive the poor and needy from their door and give no alms."

I asked and said: "What do these souls resemble, with the ugly works that they practised in the world?" I asked, and they said to me: "Those souls resemble fat he-goats that are suddenly torn from their mother and roasted on coals. As they have done, so is done to them; as they have eaten, so they are eaten. One thing is multiplied for them sevenfold, and wrath comes upon them. Those guilty souls wish for a second death in the world of darkness, but it does not come upon them."

Jorabba said to me: "O man, hand over to us your name and your sign, which you brought from the waves of the water, from the treasures of splendor and from the great baptism of light." I named to him my name and my sign, and Jorabba gave way before me.

I passed by that watch-house, and I told myself that anxiety, fear and terror were no longer before me. I went and came to another watch-house, that of the Deceiver, who sits on the mouth of the devourer Karafiun. The harp of lust lies on her shoulder, and she laments with her six hundred and sixty offspring. A viper lies around her. She speaks with zithers and calls the twelve men, the merchants, who professed allegiance to her. These say to her: "Our mistress, why have you called us and what do you want of us?" She answers them: "I have called you, and you are wanted by me like the naphtha and pitch on the mouth of the devourer Karafiun." She holds a rattle in her hand and sits on the mouth of the devourer Karafiun. She rattles to the twelve gates that believe in her, and throws them in. She says to them: "Go, go, my children, I will close the gate and follow you." They go about in the throat of Karafiun and cannot find their way, grope and fumble to go and lean upon her.

The man of tried righteousness passed by him and brought with him the whole company of souls past. Then the devourer Karafiun awoke and said to the Deceiver: "Where were you? Why did you not hand over to me the man who passed by me?" She answered him: "At that time and in that hour your mouth was like an ant's crevice, which is stopped up when a wind comes and a leaf falls upon it."

The man of tried righteousness ascended and beheld the outer ether and the bright dwelling. Then God said to the man of tried righteousness: "What does the world from which you have come resemble? What do the Deceiver, the false claimants and the planets in their watch-houses resemble?" The man of tried righteousness answered Him: "The Deceiver, the false claimants and the planets resemble flies that sit on the rim of a pot. Their wings are struck by the steam that comes up to them, so that they fall into the pot."

God was pleased and clothed the man of tried righteousness with splendor. He brought light and covered him with it. He set him in the place of safety, the place where one seeks and finds, asks and it is granted.

Truth is victorious over all works, victorious is the company of the Nasoraeans, who held fast to the Name of God, and victorious is Manda dHaije and those who love His Name.

This is the book "My measure in the world became full for me."