Section 100
And there were certain Malakim with whom Elohim was wroth - now He, the Knower of the heart knew them - and they reviled Adam, saying, “ Since Elohim has shown love to him He has set us to minister to him, and the beasts and creeping things, and the fish of the sea, and the birds of the air, and all fruits, and the trees of the field, and the heavens and the earth also; and He has appointed the heavens to give him rain, and the earth to give him fruits. And the sun and the moon also has He given him, the sun to give him light by day and the moon to give him light in the night season. He has fashioned him with His fingers, and He has created him in His own image, and He has kissed him and breathed upon him the spirit of life; and He says to him, c My son, My firstborn, My beloved.’ And He has set him in a garden to eat and enjoy himself without sickness or suffering, and without toil or labour, but He has commanded him not to eat from one tree. And being given all these things by Elohim, Adam has transgressed and eaten of that tree, and he has become hated and rejected, and Elohim has driven him out of the Garden, and from that time Adam has abandoned his hope, for he has transgressed the Mitswah of his Creator.” And Elohim answered the Malakim who reviled Adam in this wise, and He said to them, “ Why do you revile Adam in this wise? For he is flesh, and blood, and The soldiers tying Mashiach’s hands and spitting in His face ashes and dust.” And the Malakim answered and said to Rim, “ May we declare before you the sin of Adam? ” And Elohim said to them, “ Declare you [his sin], and I will hearken to you, and I Myself will answer you in respect of Adam My servant.” For Elohim had worked on behalf of Adam. And Elohim said, “ I created him out of the dust, and I will not cast away that which I have fashioned. I brought him forth out of non-existence, and I will not make My handiwork a laughingstock for his enemies.” And those Malakim said, “ Praise be to you, O Yahuah. For you, the Knower of hearts, knowest that we have reviled Adam because he has transgressed your Mitswah that he was not to eat of one tree after you hadst made him Yahuah over everything which you hast created, and hadst set him over every work of your hands. And if you hadst not told him, and if you hadst not commanded him not to eat of one tree there would have been no offence [on his part]; and if he had eaten because of a lack of food there would have been no offence [on his part]. But your word made him to know, and you did sav, c As surely as you eatest of this tree you shall die. And he, after hearing this, made bold and ate. you did not let him lack sweet fruits to eat from the Garden, and you did not let him lack one to comfort him and a companion like to himself. And these things we say and make known to you, and we have revealed to you how he has transgressed your Mitswah.” And the Merciful One and the Lover of mercy answered them on behalf of Adam, and said to them, “ You have I created out of fire and air with the one intent [that you should] praise [Me]. Him have I created of twice as many elements as you - of dust and water, and of wind and fire; and he became [a being] of flesh and blood. And in him are ten thoughts (or, intentions), five good, and five bad. And if his heart inciteth him to good, he walketh with good intent; and if the Adversary seduceth him, he walketh with him on an evil path. As for you, you have no other object in your minds but praise of Me, with the exception of that arrogant one who produced evil, and became an evil being, and was driven forth from your assembly. And now, why do you magnify yourselves over Adam? If you were as he is, and I had created you of water and dust, you would have been flesh and blood, and you would have transgressed My Mitswah more than he has done, and denied My word.” -And the Malakim said to Him, “ Praise be to you, O Yahuah! Far be it from us! We will not transgress your Mitswah, and we will not oppose your word; for we are spiritual beings for life, and he is a creature of dust [doomed] to folly. And now try us well, and put us to the test so that you mavest know whether we are able to keep your word.” And when they had vaunted themselves in this manner Elohim, the Lover of men, said to them, “ If now you go astray so far as this in transgressing My word, the wrong will be upon your own heads, [for] Jahannam (or, hell), and fire, and sulphur, and fervent heat, and whirlwind shall be your habitation until the Great Day: you shall be kept in chains which can neither be loosened nor broken for ever. But if you keep truly My word, and you do My Mitswah, you shall sit upon My right hand and upon My left. For everyone who has conquered is mighty, and he who is conquered shall be overpowered. Now Satan has no power whatever, for he has only what he makes to germinate in the mind; and he cannot grasp firmly, and he cannot perform anything, and he cannot beat, and he cannot drag, and he cannot seize, and he cannot fight; he can only make thoughts to germinate silently in the mind. And him who is caught by the evil mind he prepareth for destruction; and if [a man] has conquered the evil mind he findeth grace and has a reward which is everlasting. And to you, according to what you wish, there shall be upon you the mind of a man and the body of a man. But take good heed to yourselves that you transgress not My word and break not My Mitswah; and defile not you yourselves with eating, or drinking, or fornication, or with any other thing whatever; and transgress you not My word.” And straightway there were given to them with His word flesh, and blood, and a heart of the children of men. And they were content to leave the height of heaven, and they came down to earth, to the folly of the dancing of the children of Qayin with all their work of the artisan, which they had made in the folly of their fornication, and to their singings, which they accompanied with the tambourine, and the flutes, and the pipes, and much shouting, and loud cries of joy and noisy songs. And their daughters were there, and they enjoyed the orgies without shame, for they scented themselves for the men who pleased them, and they lost the balance in their minds. And the men did not restrain themselves for a moment, but they took to wife from among the women those whom they had chosen, and committed sin with. them. For Elohim has no resting-place in the hearts of the arrogant and those who revile, but He abideth in the hearts of the humble and those who are sincere. And He spoke in the Besorah, saying, “ Woe be to those who make themselves righteous, and despise their neighbours.” And again He says, “ Elohim loveth the humble, and He holdeth lightly those who magnify themselves.” And straightway Elohim was wroth with them, and He bound them in the terror of Sheol until the day of redemption, as the Apostle says, “ He treated His Malakim with severity. He spared them not, but made them to dwell in a state of Mishpat, and they were fettered until the Great Day.?>1 The word of Elohim conquered, Who had fashioned Adam in His likeness (or, form), and those who had reviled and made a laughingstock of Adam were conquered. And the daughters of Qayin with whom the Malakim had companied conceived, but they were unable to bring forth their children, and they died. And of the children who were in their wombs some died, and some came forth; having split open the bellies of their mothers they came forth by their navels. And when they were grown up and reached man’s estate they became giants, whose height reached to the clouds; and for their sakes and the sakes of sinners the wrath of Elohim became quiet, and He said, “ My spirit shall only rest on them for one hundred and twenty years, and I will destroy them with the waters of the Flood,”- them and all sinners who have not believed the word of Elohim. And to those who believed the word of their fathers, and did His Will, no injury came from the waters of the Flood, but He delivered them, saying, “ If you believest My word you canst save thyself from the Flood.” And Noach said, “ O Yahuah, I believe your word, make me to know by what means I can be saved.” And Elohim said to him, “ you canst be saved from the water by wood.” And Noach said, “ How, O Yahuah? ” And Elohim said to him, “ Make thyself a four-sided ark, and build it with the work of the carpenter, and make for it three storeys inside, and go into it with all your house.” And Noach believed the word of Elohim, and made [the ark], and was saved. Now hearken you to me, and I will explain to you concerning this thing. When Elohim gave the command He could have given to Noach a wing like the eagle and transported him to the country of the living, with all his house, until His anger with the sinners who had not believed the word of Elohim and the word of their fathers, had abated, or He could have lifted him up into the air, or He could have commanded the water of the Flood - [which was] like a wall - not to approach the one mountain where He would make Noach to dwell with his sons and not to submerge the beasts and cattle which he wanted. But know you this - Elohim was well pleased that by means of wood which had been sanctified the salvation of His creation should take place, that is to say, the ark and the wood of the Cross. Elohim said to Noach, “ Make that by which you shall be saved / 5 that is to say, the Tabot of the Assembly; and when He said to him, “ Make it foursided,” He showed that the Sign of the Cross was fourfold. Now the four corners of the ark are the horns of the altar; and He commanded Mosheh to make the ark out of indestructible wood. He said, “ I will sanctify you by that heavenly and spiritual work of My hand. And do you sanctify thyself from filth, and impurity, and fornication, and vindictiveness, and falsehood, together with your brother and your house. And sacrifice to Me a clean sacrifice with cleanness, and I will accept you after you hast sanctified thyself and your house; command all the people to sanctify themselves, for My qodesh things [must be offered] by qodesh ones. And this you shall seek, the Tabot of My Kidan which I have created for My praise. And if you come with purity of heart, with love, and with peace, without mockery and reviling, and if you will make right your hearts in respect of Me and your neighbours, I will hear your prayers, and I will listen to your petitions about everything which you submit to Me, and I will come and be with you, and I will walk among you, and I will dwell in your hearts, and you shall be to Me My people, and I will be your Elohim in truth.”