¹And I besought the Mighty One, and said: 'You alone, O Lord, know of aforetime the deep things of the world, And the things which befall in their times You bring about by Thy word, And against the works of the inhabitants of the earth thou dost hasten the beginnings of the times, And the end of the seasons you alone know.

²(You) for whom nothing is too hard, But who do everything easily by a nod:

³(You) to whom the depths come as the heights, And whose word the beginnings of the ages serve:

⁴(You) who reveal to those who fear you what is prepared for them, That thenceforth they may be comforted.

⁵You show great acts to those who know not; You break up the enclosure of those who are ignorant, And lightest up what is dark, And reveal what is hidden to the pure, [Who in faith have submitted themselves unto thee and Thy law.]

⁶Thou hast shown to Thy servant this vision; Reveal to me also its interpretation.

⁷For I know that as regards those things wherein I besought you, I have received a response, And as regards what I besought, you did reveal to me with what voice I should praise you, And from what members I should cause praises and hallelujahs to ascend unto thee.

⁸For if my members were mouths, And the hairs of my head voices, Even so I could not give thee the reward of praise, Nor laud you as is befitting, Nor could I recount Thy praise, Nor tell the glory of Thy beauty.

⁹For what am I amongst men, Or why am I reckoned amongst those who are more excellent than I, That I have heard all these marvelous things from the Most High, And numberless promises from Him who created me?

¹⁰Blessed be my mother among those that bear, And praised among women be she that bare me.

¹¹For I will not be silent in praising the Mighty One, And with the voice of praise I will recount His marvelous deeds.

¹²For who doeth like unto Thy marvelous deeds, O God, Or who comprehend Thy deep thought of life.

¹³For with Thy counsel thou dost govern all the creatures which Thy right hand has created And thou hast established every fountain of light beside you, And the treasures of wisdom beneath Thy throne hast thou prepared.

¹⁴And justly do they perish who have not loved Thy law, And the torment of judgment shall await those who have not submitted themselves to Thy power.

¹⁵For though Adam first sinned And brought untimely death upon all, Yet of those who were born from him Each one of them has prepared for his own soul torment to come, And again each one of them has chosen for himself glories to come. 16 [For assuredly he who believeth will receive reward.

¹⁶But now, as for thee, you wicked that now are, turn you to destruction, because thou shalt speedily be visited, in that formerly you rejected the understanding of the Most High.

¹⁷For His works have not taught you, Nor has the skill of His creation which is at all times persuaded you.]

¹⁸Adam is therefore not the cause, save only of his own soul, But each of us has been the Adam of his own soul.

¹⁹But do You, O Lord, expound to me regarding those things which thou hast revealed to me, And inform me regarding that which I besought you.

²⁰For at the consummation of the world vengeance shall be taken upon those who have done wickedness according to their wickedness, And thou shalt glorify the faithful according to their faithfulness.

²¹For those who are amongst thy own you rule, And those who sin you blot out from amongst thy own.'