衣索比亞馬加比一書 第 22 章

Remember, I pray you, the names of those who do good, and do not forget their deeds.

And be zealous, that your name may be like their name, so that in the heavens you may rejoice with them in the dwelling of light which He prepared for the good kings and governors who did the will of the Lord.

And again know and consider the names of the evil kings and governors, how they are judged and reproached among men after their death.

And in the heavens too they are judged together with the wicked and the rebels who did not do the will of the Lord; because, while they saw and heard, they did not make their ways good.

And as for you, do not walk in the way of the wicked whom the Lord was provoked against because of the evil of their deeds, but be good and meek and upright.

And give judgment for righteousness, and justify the helpless woman and the orphan, and deliver from the hand of the sinners who oppress them.

And stand up for the orphan like a father, that you may deliver him from the hand of him who oppresses him; and be moved with awe when the tears of the orphan are poured out before you, lest you be horrified in the sea of fire wherein the sinners are judged who did not repent.

Direct your steps into the way of peace, and seek peace and pursue it; for the eyes of the Lord are toward His righteous ones, and His ear toward their petition.

But the Lord turns His face against those who do evil, that He may cut off their remembrance from the earth, and leave none that scoffs in the mountains nor in the resting-places.

And I will not turn back My face until I have destroyed those who did not keep My word; for I am a jealous God, the Lord, who avenges Myself upon those who despise Me and upon those who did not keep My word.

And I honour those who honour Me and keep My word.