Section 90
And Azaryahu rose up and said to the Queen, “ O our Lady, verily there is no one like to you in wisdom and understanding - the which have been given to you by Elohim - except my Yahuah the King, who has brought us to this land with our Lady Tsiyon, the qodesh and heavenly Tabot of the Torah of Elohim. Now we and our fathers of olden time have said, Elohim has chosen none except the House of Ya'aqov, us has He chosen, us has He multiplied, us has He held to please Him, and He has made us kings and made us members of His household, and councillors of His glory and of the Tabot of His Kidan. And as for a country, we say that He has chosen no country except ours, but now we see that the country of Ethiopia is better than the country of Yehudah. And from the time that we arrived in your country everything that we have seen has appeared good to us. Your waters are good and they are given without price (or, payment), and [we have] air without fans, and wild honey is as [plentiful as] the dust of the market place, and cattle as the sand of the sea. And as for what we have seen there is nothing detestable, and there is nothing malign in what we hear, and in what we walk upon, and in what we touch, and in what we taste with our mouths. But there is one matter that we would mention: you are black of face, and I only mention this because I have seen it, and if Elohim lighteth up your hearts there is nothing that can do you harm.” “ And withdraw you yourselves from meat that dieth of itself, and from blood, and from bodies torn by wild animals, and from fornication, and from everything that Elohim hateth, so that we may rejoice in you when we see you fearing Elohim and trembling at His word; even as Elohim commanded our fathers and said to Mosheh, ‘ Give them commands about everything, and tell them to keep My Torah and My Ordinance. And turn you not aside, neither to the right hand nor to the left, from that which we command you this day; and now [we command] you that you worship Elohim, the Qodesh One of Yisra'el, and do His good pleasure; for He has rejected our nation even as our Nevi'im prophesied, and has chosen you. does not Elohim your Creator belong to all of you? In what will Elohim find it difficult if He loveth us and hateth them? For everything belongs to Him, and everything is His handiwork, and there is nothing impossible for the Yahuah Elohim of Yisra'el. Azaryahu praises the Queen and her City “ And hearken you to His command, which I will declare to you. Let not one overcome his fellow by violence. Plunder not the possessions of your neighbours. you shall not revile each other, and you shall not oppress each other, and you shall not quarrel with each other. And if by chance an animal belonging to your neighbour come among your property, be not blind to the fact but make it go back to him. And if you do not know who is the owner of the property, take care of it for him, and as soon as one has found out to whom it belongs return his property to him. And if the property of your neighbour has fallen into a pit, or into a well, or into a hollow or into a ravine, do not pass on and go not by it until you have told him and helped him to drag out the animal. And if a man has dug a well or has built a tower (or, shelter), he shall not leave the well without a cover nor the tower without a roof. And if there is a man who is carrying a heavy load, or if the load has slipped from the man who' is carrying it, you shall not pass on your way until you have helped him to lift it up or to lighten it for him; for he is your brother. you shall not cook a young animal in the milk of his mother. you shall not turn aside the right of the poor and the orphans. you shall not accept the person, and you shall not take bribes to turn aside the right and bear false witness. “ And when you find a bird in your land with her young ones, you shall spare her life and shall not take away her young, so that your days may be long upon the earth, and your seed may be blessed with (or, for) length of days. And when you reap the harvest of your food, you shall not be careful to reap all of it. Gather not up what falleth from it, and the sheaves which you have forgotten leave when you go back, and take them not up, but leave them for the stranger in your city, so that Elohim may bless the fruit of your land. And you shall not work impurity, and you shall not judge with partiality, and you shall not deal oppressively with one another in anything, so that you may be blessed, and so that the fruit of your land may increase, and so that you may be saved from the curse of the Torah which Elohim has commanded, saying, ‘ They shall curse the worker of evil.’ And He wrote, saying, ‘ He who leadeth the blind man out of his path is accursed. And he who addresseth vile words to a deaf (or, dumb) man is accursed. And he who defileth his father’s bed is accursed. And he who beateth his neighbour with fraud is accursed. And he who perver-teth justice for the alien so that he may slay innocent blood is accursed. And he who treateth his father and his mother lightly is accursed. And he who makes a filthy graven image of stone or smelted metal, the work of a man’s hand, and setteth it up and hideth it in his house, and worshippeth it as a Elohim, not believing that Elohim is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who made Adam in His own image and likeness, and set him over everything which He had created, we all being His work - the man who does not believe [this] accursed let him be l Amen. And he who lieth with a beast, let him be accursed. And he who lieth with a man as with a woman, let him be accursed. And he who slayeth a life, innocent blood, with fraud and violence, let him be accursed.’ “ And over and above all these things you shall worship no other gods, for Elohim is jealous concerning those who despise Him and do thus, and He setteth His face upon them until He rooteth out their lives from the earth, and blotteth out their memory for ever. Blessed are those who hearken to the voice of Elohim, and perform and keep [His Mitswot]. And blessed are those who turn aside from those who do evil, so that none of the punishments which shall come upon sinners shall fall upon them. And if it be that you will keep the word of Elohim, withdraw thyself from the way of sinners, This is what you shall eat so that you mayest not be beaten with the rod wherewith they shall be beaten. Even as Daviyd the grandfather of our Yahuah Daviyd says, c Elohim will not let the rod of sinners [fall] upon the portion of the righteous/ so that the righteous may not lift up their hands in violence (or, oppression). When a man has the power to do that which is good, and he watcheth himself and telleth his neighbour, he becometh as it were the owner of two talents, 1 and yet other two talents are added to him, and he getteth abundant reward from Elohim. For he has done it himself and taught his neighbour to do it, and because of this his reward shall be exceedingly great. And again, blessed shall you be if you give your possessions, without usury and not as loans.”