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The Third Book of Meqabyan is one of the three deuterocanonical books of the Ethiopian tradition, not to be confused with the books of the Maccabees in the Catholic canon. Although it shares thematic similarities (struggle against sin and exhortation to the law of JAH), it is a distinct work, probably of Ethiopian Judeo-Christian origin. Only the Ethiopian Orthodox Church considers it canonical.

III Meqabyan

Chapter 4

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The Lord have that Him might ransom 'Adam - and Him shall shame thee ~ Him will save a sheep from a wolf mouth ('Adam from Deeyablos).

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However thou will go toward Gehannem seizin with thee the persons whom thou ruled.

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Persons who kept them Creator JAH LAW shall be Feeling good with them Creator JAH Who hid them from evil Work that Him might make them Him fortune - and that them might praise Him with honoured Angels who didn't infringe them Creator JAH LAW like unto thee.

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But JAH - Who chose and gave thee more than all Angels like unto thee that thou might praise Him with Him servant Angels - withheld from thee a lofty throne in thy arrogance.

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But thou became famous and were called one who love godhood - and thy hosts were called demons.

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But persons who loved JAH shall be Him kindreds like unto honoured Angels - and the Surafiel and Keerubiel who praise Him streach forth them wings and praise without slackness.

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But in thy arrogance and thy laziness thou destroyed thy praise that thou might praise Him everytime with thy host and thy kindreds Created in thy features.

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Lest the praise of JAH - Who Created thee makin a tenth tribe - be diminished on the time thou forgot the praise of JAH Who Created thee - it havin seemed to thee that it aren't posssible to Him to Create a Creation like unto thee - and lest the praise of JAH - Who Created thee - be diminished on the time thou were separated from thy bredren Inity - Him Created 'Adam because thy stead.

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But in thy reasonin arrogance thou neglected the praise of JAH Who Created thee - and Him vexed on thee ~ Him ridiculed thee - and Him bound and banished thee in Gehannem with thy hosts also.

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Him brought Soil from Earth with Him glorified Hands - and addin fire and Water and wind - Him Created 'Adam in Him Example and Him Features.

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Him I-pointed him on all the Creation Him Created in Him Authority - that Him praise might be filled by the praise thou would praise Him ~ 'Adam praise became one with Angels praise - and them praise were level.

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But in thy collar of reasonin firmness and thy arrogance thou were downbased from thy rank - and havin departed from JAH Lordship - Who Created thee - thou destroyed thy ras self.

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Know that Him praise weren't diminished - to JAH have Created 'Adam who praised Him in him reasonin counsel lest Him JAH-ness praise be diminished.

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to Him know all before it are done - and Him knew thee before Him Created thee that thou will demolish Him Command ~ as there are a counsel hidden alongside Him before Him Created the world - on the time thou denied Him - Him Created Him slave 'Adam in Him Features and Him Example.

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Like unto Selomon spoke sayin - 'Before hills were Created and before the world succeeded bein Created - and before winds that are Earth grounations were Created...

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and before Him firmed up hills and mountains grounations - and before this world Work firmed up - and before moon and Sun light shone - before eras and stars caretakin were known...

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and before daylight and night alternated - and before the sea were delineated by sand - before all the Created Creation were Created...

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and before all sight up today were sight up - before all the names called today were called - Him Created I Selomon' - Angels like unto you and thou and Him slave 'Adam were in JAH Reasonin.

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Him Created 'Adam that Him glorified Name might be praised on the time thou mutinied - and that Him might be praised by Him downbased slave 'Adam who were Created from Earth on the time thou were arrogant.

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to bein in Heaven JAH hear poor ones plea - and Him love downbased persons praise.

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Him love to save havin lodged in persons who fear Him - yet as Him don't love horse Power - and as Him don't step meanin to the lap of a concubine - JAH shall ignore arrogant ones thing.

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and them shall weep while them cried because them sin that them worked.

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It failed thee to plead in repentance.

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But 'Adam who were Created from Earth returned in repentance while him totally wept before JAH because him sin.

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But in thy collar of reasonin firmness and thy heart arrogance thou didn't know Love Work and thou didn't know repentance ~ it failed thee to plead before thy Creator JAH in repentance and mournin and sadness.

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But that 'Adam who are ashes and Earth returned toward repentance in mournin and sadness - and him returned toward humbleness and Love Work.

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But thou didn't downbase thy reasonin and thy ras self to JAH Who Created thee.

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As to 'Adam - him downbased him ras self and pleaded on the iniquity him wronged ~ him weren't proud.

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As thou have totally produced crime - it were found from thee - yet it aren't him who produced that error ~ in thy arrogance thou took him with thee toward thy destruction.

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Before him Created you both - as Him have known you that you were sinners - and as Him have known your Works - Him know that this that were done were in thy heart arrogance.

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But Him returned that 'Adam - who were without arrogance or malice - in repentance mournin and sadness.

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to a person who wrong and don't plead in repentance have multiplied him iniquity more than him earlier iniquity - but in thy heart arrogance it failed thee to plead in repentance - but a person who plead and weep enterin repentance before Him Creator JAH...

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him entered repentance to true - and him found Work whereby him will be saved that him might fear him Lord Heart - and him pleaded before him Creator - to him have pleaded before Him in bowin and much repentance - and arisin from the earlier tribulation the Lord shall lighten him sin to him lest Him vex on Him slave - and Him will forgive him him former sin.

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If him didn't return toward him former sin and if him did this - this are perfect repentance ~ 'Adam didn't forget to think of him Creator nor to implore him Creator JAH in repentance.

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and thou - plea in repentance toward thy Creator JAH - and don't wrong them because them were flesh and blood - to JAH Who Created them know them weakness - and don't wrong the persons Him Created by Him Authority.

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and after them soul were separated from them flesh - them flesh shall be dust up til the day that JAH love.

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