1 Meqabyan 4:1-37

¹When the criminals were sentenced to death, he commanded that their flesh be burned.

²Again, they set fire to them from morning until evening.

³So, they did as the king commanded, and cast them into the sea.

⁴Their death has wearied me more than their life.

⁵The youths did as he commanded. Vultures and beasts did not touch the corpses.

⁶When they were sighted, their bodies shone like the sun.

⁷He sought counsel, but he did not know what to do.

⁸Later that night, as the king who had forgotten JAH's law lay in bed.

⁹He thought they had entered his house at night to commit a crime.

¹⁰My lords, what do you want? As for me, what should I do for you?

¹¹They answered, Are we not the ones you burned in the fire.

¹²I did not know that punishment like this would find me.

¹³And now, separate from me the reward I give you.

¹⁴For I have wronged you, forgive my sin.

¹⁵And those honoured martyrs answered him saying, Because of the harm you have inflicted upon us.

¹⁶However, we were spared for your sake, as it seemed to you.

¹⁷But you and the priests of your idols will descend into Gehenna.

¹⁸Woe to your idols, before which you bowed down.

¹⁹The king asked them, What do you command me to do for you.

²⁰They replied, Save yourself from entering the Gehenna of Fire.

²¹Your idols are made of silver and gold.

²²They do not kill or save, benefit their friends or harm their enemies.

²³They especially do not desire the salvation of people like you.

²⁴As Satan and the demons have made their abode in them.

²⁵But you, stop this error and let this be our reward instead.

²⁶The king was alarmed and completely astonished.

²⁷Then I knew that even after death.

²⁸From that day on, the king no longer burned the corpses.

²⁹As they have misled many for many eras.

³⁰They sacrificed their daughters and sons to demons.

³¹They married their mothers and abused their aunts.

³²But the Tseerutsaydan, who did not know JAH's wrath.

³³If they say, How will JAH give the Kingdom.

³⁴But if they completely repent, He will love them.

³⁵It is fitting for a king to fear JAH's wrath.

³⁶It is fitting for elders, chiefs, envoys, and petty kings.

³⁷JAH is the Lord of Heaven and Earth.