Section 89
And the Queen answered and said to them, “ Not as servants as you say, but as a father and a teacher will we treat you. For you are the guardians of the Torah of The cock crowing after St. Kepha’s denial of our Yahuah. The figures to the left are those of Miryam and Yochanan Elohim, and the guides of the Mitswah of the Elohim of Yisra'el, and the men of the house of Elohim, and the guardians of Tsiyon, the Tabot of the Torah of Elohim, and we do not wish to transgress your Mitswot, for you shall be to us a guide to the path of Elohim away from all evil. At your words we will withdraw from that wherewith Elohim is not well-pleased, and we will draw nigh to every good thing wherewith Elohim is well-pleased at your Mitswah. Only do you instruct all this people, and teach them the words of knowledge, for never before have they heard such things as they have heard this day. It is only those who have understanding in them that wisdom and understanding illumine like the light of the sun. As for me, up to this * present I have not drunk deeply of the water of knowledge. Now it is sweeter than honey, and quench-eth the thirst more than wine, and it satisfieth and makes wisdom to bubble up, and it stimulateth the understanding, and makes a man to pour forth words like a drunken man, and makes the unsteady man like one who flieth, and makes a man as hot as he that carrieth a heavy load on a difficult road in a parched land that is burnt up by a blazing sun. When the hearts of the wise are open to prophecy and to knowledge, they do not fear the king because of the greatness of his glory if he turneth himself aside from the way of Elohim. And mark this: The word of the’ Torah, which has been uttered, is indeed understanding to those who wish for it, and who drink it in and soak themselves within it. I pray you, O Yahuah Elohim of Yisra'el, you Holiest of the Qodesh, grant to me that I may follow wisdom, and may not become a castaway; grant to me that I may make her a wall to myself, and may never fall down; grant that I may make her a foundation for me, and may never be overthrown; grant that I may stand upon her as [firmly as] a pillar, and may never shake; grant that I may hide in her, and never have her stripped from me; grant that I may build myself upon her, and may not topple over; grant that I may become vigorous through her, and not suffer from exhaustion; grant that I may stand through her, and may not fall; grant that I may lay hold upon her, and may not slip away; grant that I may grasp her firmly, and may not slide; grant that I may dwell in her in her peace; [grant that] I may be satisfied at her table, and may not vomit, and drink her and not get drunk upon her, and may be satisfied with her and not spit her out.” “ I have drunk of her, but have not tottered; I have tottered through her, but have not fallen; I have fallen because of her, but have not been destroyed. Through her I have dived down into the great sea and have seized in the place of her depths a pearl by which I am rich. I went down like the great iron anchor by which men anchor ships for the night on the high seas, and I received a lamp which lighteth me, and I came up by the ropes of the boat of understanding. I went to sleep in the depths of the sea, and not being overwhelmed with the water I dreamed a dream. And it seemed to me that there was a star in my womb, and I marvelled thereat, and I laid hold upon it and made it strong in the splendour of the sun; I laid hold upon it, and I will never let it go. I went in through the doors of the treasury of wisdom and I drew for myself the waters of understanding. I went into the blaze of the flame of the sun, and it lighted me with the splendour of it, and I made of it a shield for myself, and I saved myself by confidence within it, and not myself only but all those who travel in the footprints of wisdom, and not myself only but all the men of my country, the kingdom of Ethiopia, and not those only but those who travel in their ways, the nations that are round about. For the Yahuah has given us seed in Tsiyon and a habitation in Yerushalayim. And moreover, there has come to Azaryahu praises the Queen and her City us a portion with those whom He has chosen, the seed of Ya'aqov, for He has set His habitation to abide with us. From this time forth they are set down, and from this time forth we are set upright. From this time forth they are despised and rejected, and from this time forth we shall be honoured and loved for ever and ever, and throughout all the generations that are to come. “ And you, O noble ones, hearken to me, and learn well what comes forth from my mouth and my words. Love you what is right and hate falsehood, for what is right is righteousness and falsehood is the head of iniquity^ And you shall not use fraud and oppression among yourselves, for Elohim dwells with you, and the habitation of His glory is among you; for you have become members of His household. And from this time onward cease you to observe your former customs, [namely] making auguries from birds, and from signs, and the use of charms, and incantations, and portents, and magic. And if after this day there be found any man who observeth all his former customs, his house shall be plundered, and he and his wife and his children shall be condemned.” And the Queen said to Azaryahu, “ Speak and declare how much you lovest our Lady with her Heavenly King.”