¹Behold! I have therefore made known unto you (these things) whilst I live: for I have said (it) that you should learn the things that are excellent; for the Mighty One hath commanded me to instruct you: and I will set before thee some of the commandments of His judgment before I die.

²Remember that formerly Moses assuredly called heaven and earth to witness against thee and said: 'If you transgress the law thou shalt be dispersed, but if you keep it thou shalt be kept.'

³And other things also he used to say unto you when you the twelve tribes were together in the desert.

⁴And after his death you cast them away from thee: on this account there came upon thee what had been predicted.

⁵And now Moses used to tell thee before they befell you, and lo! they have befallen you: for thou hast forsaken the law.

⁶Lo! I also say unto you after thou hast suffered, that if you obey those things which have been said unto you, thou shalt receive from the Mighty One whatever has been laid up and reserved for thee.

⁷Moreover, let this epistle be for a testimony between me and you, that you may remember the commandments of the Mighty One, and that also there may be to me a defense in the presence of Him who sent me.

⁸And remember you the law and Zion, and the holy land and thy brethren, and the covenant of thy fathers, and forget not the festivals and the Sabbaths.

⁹And deliver this epistle and the traditions of the law to thy sons after you, as also thy fathers delivered (them) unto thee.

¹⁰And at all times make request perseveringly and pray diligently with thy whole heart that the Mighty One may be reconciled unto thee, and that He may not reckon the multitude of thy sins, but remember the rectitude of thy fathers.

¹¹For if He judge us not according to the multitude of His mercies, woe unto all us who are born.