In the name of the Great Living God

be glorified the exalted Light.

An exalted voice of the Living God calls,

an exalted voice of the mighty Living God.

An exalted voice of the Living God calls:

Let everyone take heed of himself.

Blessed is he who takes heed of himself,

and whose heart is a builder to him.

Blessed are the truthful;

they ascend and behold the place of light.

Woe to the counsellor

who has given himself no counsel.

Woe to the road-builder

who has levelled no road for himself.

He has levelled no road for himself;

when he goes on it, shall he not slip?

Woe to the builder

who has erected no building before himself.

Woe to you, envy,

that the wicked are never sated with this world.

Woe to the wide belly,

which, however much it eats, is not full.

Woe to the double tongue,

which passes two different judgements on the same case.

Woe to the learners

who are taught without wishing to learn.

Woe to the simple fools

who remain stuck in their foolishness.

Woe to the wise man

who has not taught his wisdom.

Woe to the rulers

who rule over the forsaken

and do no fine works;

they fall into the blazing fire.

With their hands they stoke the coals,

with their lips they fan the blaze.

Woe to the evil heart

that wickedness rules.

Wickedness rules it,

therefore it will end with the end of the world.

It will end with the end of the world

and will not behold the place of light.

Blessed is he who has done good;

woe to him who has done evil.

Blessed is he who does good;

"Woe, woe!" cries he who does evil.

Woe to him who had

and did no good from his possessions.

He has committed sins for himself

and heaped up stumbling-blocks before himself.

Blessed is the man who had

and did good from his possessions.

He has prepared a reward for himself,

his works go before him.

His works go before him

and form a support for him on the way.

May your hands practise righteousness

and your heart remain firm in faith.

Let this be your provision for the road,

let it be the provision on your way.

Let this be your provision for the road,

and ascend, behold the place of light.

The Living God is victorious, and victorious is Manda d-Haije and those who love His name.