Section 55
And [the people of Ethiopia] took flutes, and blew horns, and [beat] drums, and [played on] pipes, and the Brook of Mitsrayim was moved and astonished at the noise of their songs and their rejoicings; and with them were mingled outcries and shouts of gladness. And their idols, which they had made with their hands and which were in the forms of men, and dogs, and cats, fell down, and the high towers (pylons or obelisks?), and also the figures of birds, [made] of gold and silver, fell down also and were broken in pieces. For Tsiyon shone like the sun, and at the majesty of it they were dismayed. And they arrayed Tsiyon in her apparel, and they bore the gifts to her before her, and they set her upon a wagon, and they spread out purple beneath her, and they draped her with draperies of purple, and they sang songs before her and behind her. Then the wagons rose up ( that is resumed their journey) as beforehand they set out early in the morning, and the people sang songs to Tsiyon, and they were all raised up the space of a cubit, and as the people of the country of Mitsrayim bade them farewell, they passed before them like shadows, and the people of the country of Mitsrayim worshipped them, for they saw Tsiyon moving in the heavens 'like the sun, and they all ran with the wagon of Tsiyon, some in front of her and some behind her. And they came to the sea Al-Ahmar, which is the Sea of Eritrea {i.e. the Red Sea), which was divided by the hand of Mosheh, and the children of Yisra'el marched in the depths of it, going up and down. Now at that time the Tabot of the Torah of Elohim had not been given to Mosheh, and therefore the water only gathered itself together, a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left, and allowed Yisra'el to pass with their beasts and their children and their wives. And after they had crossed the sea Elohim spoke to Mosheh and gave him the Tabot of the Kidan with the Rook of the Torah. And when the qodesh Tsiyon crossed over with those who were in attendance on her, and who sang songs to the accompaniment of harps and flutes, the sea received them and its waves leaped up as do the high mountains when they are split asunder, and it roared even as a lien roareth when he is enraged, and it thundered as does the winter thunder of Damascus and Ethiopia when the lightning smiteth the clouds, and the sound of it mingled with the sounds of the musical instruments. And the sea worshipped Tsiyon. And whilst its billows were tossing about like the mountains their wagons were raised above the waves for a space of three cubits, and among the sound of the songs the [noise of the] breaking of the waves of the sea was wonderful. The breaking of the waves of the sea was exceedingly majestic and stupefying, and it was mighty and strong. And the creatures that were in the sea, those that could be recognized, and those that were invisible, came forth and worshipped Tsiyon; and the birds that were on it flapped their pinions and overshadowed it. And there was joy to the Sea of Eritrea, and to the people of Ethiopia, who went forth to the sea and rejoiced exceedingly, and with a greater joy than did Yisra'el when they came out of Mitsrayim. And they arrived opposite Mount Sinai, and dwelt in Kades, and they remained there whilst the Malakim sang praises; and the creatures of the spirit mingled their praises with [those] of the children of earth, with songs, and psalms, and tambourines joyfully. And then they loaded their wagons, and they rose up, and departed, and journeyed on to the land of Midyan, and they came to the country of Belontos, which is a country of Ethiopia. And they rejoiced there, and they encamped there, because they had reached the border of their country with glory and joy, without tribulation on the road, in a wagon of the spirit, by the might of heaven and of Mikha'el the Archangel. And all the provinces of Ethiopia rejoiced, for Tsiyon sent forth a light like that of the sun into the darkness wheresoever she came.