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2 Meqabyan 7
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Source: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo canon translation

1Woe unto thee who knowest not the LORD that created thee; woe unto thy idols which are like unto thee; woe unto you all. Ye shall feel a regret that shall not profit you when ye are seized in the anguish of Sheol. Woe unto thee who keepest not His Word and His Law.

2Ye shall have no departing from thence for all eternity—ye and your priests who sacrifice unto idols as though they were your Creator, the LORD. For your idols have neither breath nor soul; they shall not take vengeance or destroy those who do evil unto them, nor shall they do good unto those who do good unto them.

3Woe unto thee who sacrificest unto them, for they are the work of the hands of men wherein Satan dwelleth, abiding there to lead astray the hearts of the slothful like unto thee, that he might cast thee down into the Gehenna of Fire—both thee and the priests that serve the devils appointed for thee and thy idols.

4Because thou knowest not that nothing shall profit thee, thou doest wrong and thou errest.

5As for the beasts that the LORD created to be food for thee—yea, even dogs and beasts—they are better than thee; for besides their one death, there is no further condemnation upon them.

6But forasmuch as thou shalt die and receive travail in the fire of Gehenna whence there is no departing for all eternity, the beasts are better than thee."

7Having spoken thus, they departed and were hidden from him.

8But Tseerutsaydan remained where he was, trembling and seized by a great terror; and that dread departed not from him until the dawning of the day.