衣索比亞馬加比二書 第 16 章

According to his deeds and according to the labor of his hands.

And from whence does it come forth?—you say. These nails of your hands and your feet and the hair of your head, did not the Lord ordain them to grow, that you might know the resurrection of the dead which shall be of your flesh, and not in another's flesh, that you yourself might know that you shall rise from the dead?

And you shall be requited according to your deeds—the transgression and the sin which you did—at the resurrection of the dead, because you led the people astray, saying, 'There is no resurrection of the dead.'

And now you shall see it, when the day of your recompense reaches you; for that which you have sown shall not fail to spring up, whether it be grain or wheat.

And again, that tree which you planted shall not fail to spring up; whether it be a vine or a fig tree, its leaf and its fruit shall not fail.

And if you planted a vine, it shall not be changed to become a fig; if you planted a fig, it shall not be changed to become a vine; and if you sowed wheat, it shall not be changed to become barley.

And if you sowed barley, it shall not be changed to become wheat; for all these things, according to their seed and according to their kind and according to their fruit and their tree and their leaf and their growth, receive a blessing by the dew of mercy that comes from the Lord, and bring forth fruit.

In the same way, the earth shall bring forth that which the Lord has sown; it shall cause the soul and the body of the doers of good to spring up, while they are not changed into doers of evil, and the doers of evil while they are not changed into doers of good; those whom the Lord has sown shall spring up, soul and body.

And when the time for the blowing of the trumpet has come, the dead shall rise by the dew of mercy that comes from the Lord. Those who did good shall rise to the resurrection of life, and their reward is the garden of joy, a dwelling for the pure, which He prepared for the good, where there is no disease or sickness, where they die no more after this.

But those who did evil shall rise to the resurrection of judgment, together with the Devil who led them astray.

And his evil demons, who do not wish that any of the children of men should be saved, shall be cast into the judgment that is everlasting.

In the lowest depths, in the recesses of darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing, where there is no compassion or mercy, and where there is no exit for ever and ever; because they did not do good in their life upon the earth, while they were in their flesh.

And because of this they shall be judged at the resurrection, in soul and in body.

And as for those who do not believe in the resurrection of soul and body together, the Lord shall show through it the greatness of His wonders.

And every one shall be requited, each.