The Lantern

Translation-Charlesworth15

CCEL

But a wheel received it, and it came over it.

And a sign was with it, of the kingdom and of providence.

And everything which was disturbing the wheel, it mowed and cut down.

And it restrained a multitude of adversaries; and bridged rivers.

And it crossed over and uprooted many forests, and made an open way.

The head went down to the feet, because unto the feet ran the wheel, and whatever had come upon it.

The letter was one of command, and hence all regions were gathered together.

And there was seen at its head, the head which was revealed, even the Son of Truth from the Most High Father.

And He inherited and possessed everything, and then the scheming of the many ceased.

Then all the seducers became headstrong and fled, and the persecutors became extinct and were blotted out.

And the letter became a large volume, which was entirely written by the finger of God.

And the name of the Father was upon it; and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, to rule for ever and ever.

Hallelujah.

Ode 24

The dove fluttered over the head of our Lord Messiah, because He was her head.

And she sang over Him, and her voice was heard.

Then the inhabitants were afraid, and the foreigners were disturbed.

The bird began to fly, and every creeping thing died in its hole.

And the chasms were opened and closed; and they were seeking the Lord as those who are about to give birth.

But He was not given to them for nourishment, because He did not belong to them.

But the chasms were submerged in the seal of the Lord, and they perished in the thought with which they had remained from the beginning.

For they were in labor from the beginning, and the end of their travail was life.

And all of them who were lacking perished, because they were not able to express the word so that they might remain.

And the Lord destroyed the devices, of all those who had not the truth with them.

For they were lacking in wisdom, they who exalted themselves in their mind.