This is a fragment of
manuscript from the
Dead Sea Scrolls, and part of a collection of
fragments referred to as both '
The Secret of the Way Things Are' and 'A Sapiental Work.' None of the fragments are even near to being completely
preserved, but most are in better
shape than this bit.
Fragment 1
2 … if you transgress any of …
3…
4… curse after curse will cling to you
5 upon you and you will not have any peace there for…
6… what is truly good and what is truly evil …
7… all the days of eternity. And now, I, with the help of the Lord in the spirit …
8… he wil1 not lie …
9The oracle concerns … the vision is about the house of … for I have seen …
Translation by Edward Cook