1We, the twelve shlichim (apostles), ministers of His only begotten Ben (Son), Yeshua ha'Mashiach (Jesus the Christ), being gathered together in one place in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), the city of the great Melech (King), and with us our good and holy brother Sha'ul (Paul), the shaliach (apostle) of all the Goyim (Gentiles), and Ya'akov (James), the brother of our Adon (Lord), who is the m'vaker (bishop) of this city of Yerushalayim , have ordained this right doctrine, and have appointed degrees of offices for the kehillah (church), according to the pattern of that which is in Shamayim (heaven). And we charge each one of you severally with todah (thanksgiving), for that our Adon Yeshua has called us to His kavod (glory). 2The m'vaker (bishop) is in the likeness of the ro'eh (shepherd) of the tzon (sheep), and the zaken (presbyter) in the likeness of a moreh (teacher), and the shammash (deacon) as a mesharet (minister), and the subdeacon. Behold, he is the same. And the korei (reader) also, and the skillful m'shorerim (singers), and the rest of the am (people), as those who hearken to the devar (word) of the besorah (gospel), and moreover understand the devar tochechah (word of admonition). For thus have we ordained the Torah (law) for the kehillah (Assembly/church), even this sefer tochechah (book of admonition), which we have written, and sent with Clement , our ministering ach (brother), into the olam (world), that men may walk according to the mitzvah (commandment) of the kehillot (churches) which are under Shamayim , and may have perfect binah (understanding), that when they have heard these mitzvot (commandments) which are written therein, they may find chayyei olam (life eternal), honor, and kavod from our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach , who has bestowed on us this sod (mystery) which is from Himself. But those who keep not His Torah shall be cast into the esh (fire) which is not quenched. And their abode also shall be in the esh of Gei-Hinnom (Gehenna) forever. 3As it is written,but shlichim and z'kenim and all the people who have believed in the Shem (Name) of our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach and work tzedakah (righteousness) and shalom (peace) shall find rachamim (compassion) and chesed (mercy) from Elohim ha'Av (God the Father), the Ruler of the whole world, and His Ben Yeshua ha'Mashiach , and shall come to da'at (knowledge) of Him in the holy kehillah of Elohim . And those who serve Him shall be a pure and elect kerem (vineyard), and shall find chayyei olam by this emunah (faith) and victory by the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit), and shall be strong by the ko'ach (power) of Yeshua ha'Mashiach , and the emunah of Him who has redeemed them by the sprinkling of His holy and precious dam (blood), and has bestowed on them the privilege that they should call on the Shaddai (Almighty), that He should be their Av and their Elohim and their Re'a (friend), and that they should be fellow heirs and joint partakers of His holy Ben . 4Hearken to the holy tochechah (admonition), you who receive at the mitzvah of our Moshia (Savior), the words of the besorah and His glad tidings, which is full of kavod . O you banim (children) of Elohim , keep His mitzvot and do His ratzon (will). But if there be anyone that seeks to follow after chet (sin), and that does all things that are not pleasing to Elohim , he shall be numbered with those who transgress His Torah and His mitzvah . 5And now I say unto you, keep far from injustice and oppression, and desire not to take for yourselves the portion which is greater, and to leave to your neighbor the less. For it is written in the Torah , saying, “You shall not desire your neighbor’s wife, nor his field, nor his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything. None of the possessions of your brother, nor anything like thereto, it is adultery.” But if there be anyone who desires to do thus in the ta'avah (lust) of his heart, he shall be far from Elohim , even our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach , to whom be kavod with His Av and the Ruach ha'Kodesh forever and ever. Amen . 6For He teaches us, and gives us understanding, and strengthens us by the Ruach ha'Kodesh , that He may fulfill the Torah in which it is written, saying, “You shall not commit adultery.” But I say unto you, everyone who has looked upon a woman and lusted after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart, and he also who desires to do thus shall be condemned with the adulterers. And behold, he that thinks in his heart, and desires to take unjustly his neighbor’s ox, or his ass, or his field, and continues to do, shall be numbered with the adulterers. For the navi (prophet) says, “Woe unto them that join house with house, and unite field with field, and hedge with hedge, that they may take what is not theirs.” And again it is said, “Know you who dwell on the aretz (earth), that this word was heard in the ears of the Adon ha'Shabbat (Lord of the Sabbath).” And in another place also it is said, “Cursed be everyone that steals his neighbor’s landmark.” And the people shall say, “So be it.” Wherefore Moshe (Moses) says, “Desire not your neighbor’s landmark, and take not away the Torah which your fathers ordained.” Because of these things come fear and death and trouble. And mishpat (judgment) from Elohim shall find those who do thus. 7But such as hearken to the devar of Elohim and keep His glorious Torah in emunah shall find rachamim and chesed . For it is said, “What you hate for yourself, do not to your neighbor. And as you do not desire that any other should look upon your wife to lead her astray in sin, so likewise do not look upon the wife of another with evil thoughts. And as you do not desire that another should take your garment, so likewise do not take the garment of another. And as you do not desire for yourself cursing and reproach and beating, so likewise do not thus unto your neighbor.” But if there be anyone who has cursed you, do you bless him. For it is written in the book of Bamidbar (Numbers), “Blessed be those that bless you, and cursed be those that curse you.” And moreover, it is written in the besorah , “Bless them that curse you, and pray for them that oppress you, and do good to them that hate you, and render not evil to them that oppress you, but bear with them patiently.” For the katuv (scripture) says, “Take not vengeance on your enemy, for the evil which he has done against you.” And for this cause the Adon will help you and bring mishpat upon your enemy. For it is said in the besorah , “Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you, that you may be the banim of your Av who is in Shamayim . For He makes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and unjust.” Beloved, let us understand these mitzvot that we may be banim of or (light). Bear patiently with one another, O you banim of Elohim , and let the husband also bear patiently with his wife, and not be haughty or false. But let him be merciful and upright, and cherish her alone in ahavah (love) and anavah (humility), and let him not take pleasure in nor desire another woman, lest she lead him astray unto evil. But if you commit adultery, and do thus, you shall surely die, and the charon af (wrath) of Elohim shall come upon you, and you shall be condemned with a bitter condemnation. But if you think evil in your heart, and commit not adultery with her, it shall be sin unto you. And if you have prepared and adorned yourself, that the wife of your neighbor may love you, you have sinned and have become a stumbling block unto her, and made her to commit adultery. And for this cause condemnation shall come upon you. For Elohim says, “You shall not desire, and you shall not commit adultery.” For you have led her astray, to love you by the beauty of your youth, and by the charm of your face. And for this cause, you have become a partaker with her in the work of sin and your curse. Therefore it is meet that you should pray to the Adon Elohecha (Lord your God), that all this sin find you not out, but you ought in purity to please Elohim , that you may find rest and chayyei olam (eternal life) before Elohim . For it is said, “Let not the hair of your head grow long, but cut it and purify yourself, that you may serve Elohim and not be separated from him.” But do not you anoint yourself with perfumed ointment, nor clothe yourself with gorgeous apparel to lead women astray, nor vaunt yourself, nor become an occasion of sin, but seek purity and well-doing. And you, O man of Elohim , let not the hair of your head grow long. Plait it not, nor curl it, for all this is a sign of impurity and adultery. For it is written in Devarim (Deuteronomy), “And you shall not put on a garment which is woven with wool and flax. You shall make for yourself a twisted fringe for your garment.” But we ought not to shave our beards, nor to change the nature of man into another fashion. And if you do thus, you are a transgressor of the Torah , and far from Elohim , who created you in His tzelem (image), and His demut (likeness). But if you desire to please Elohim , do no evil, and put far from you all that your Elohim hates, and be not a drunkard, and walk not in the streets with the adulterers without wisdom and knowledge, but labor and live by the work of your hands, and seek to do all that is pleasing to Elohim , and remember the devar of our Adon Yeshua , and follow Him at all times. For the katuv says, “And who reads His Torah day and night, whether in the way or in the house, or while you sleep, love the Adon Elohecha with all your heart, and with all your mind, and with all your strength, that you may find from Him rachamim and chesed .”

1That the rich ought to seek to know the profit of the Kitvei ha'Kodesh (Holy Scriptures) at all times in the strength of the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit). But if you are rich and have no need of the craft and labor of your hand whereby to earn your bread and livelihood, be not slothful, nor sit idle. But go to the ma'aminim (faithful) and sit with them, even with them that are united in the emunah (faith), and speak with one another of the devar ha'chayim (word of life), and read what is in the Sefer Melachim (book of Kings) and the Nevi'im (Prophets), and sing a mizmor (psalm) of praise, and hearken to the devar of the besorah (gospel), which is the fulfillment of the whole Torah (law). Keep far from all avodat elilim (service of the gods of the Gentiles), and take no heed of any words of vanity which profit not, and seek no other Torah , nor false prophets who change and corrupt the emunah . What then are you unable to find in the Torat Elohim (law of God) that you should seek after the learning of the Goyim ? But if you desire to know the power of the interpretation of the Ketuvim (Scriptures), seek out the Sefer Melachim . And if you wish to find out the power of the wise and their teaching, you have the Nevi'im , Iyov (Job), and Shlomo (Solomon). These are they that are full of chokhmah (wisdom), and you will find da'at (knowledge) in them. These more than all teachers make understanding to increase, for their word is the kol (voice) of Adonai Elohim , who alone is all wise. And if you desire a song, you have the Tehillim (Psalms) of David . And if you desire to understand the creation of the world and the generations of the first fathers, you have the Torah . And if you desire to know wisdom and doctrine, you have the Sefer ha'Torah (book of the Law), which is full of the kavod (glory) of Adonai Elohim . 2Keep far then from works of evil, and from the doctrine of Ha'Satan (Satan), and the word of vanity which is not in the Torah . But read what is in Devarim (Deuteronomy), that you may understand and know the kavod Elohim , who has saved you from many snares of Ha'Satan . For the Moshia (Savior) came not to destroy the Torah and the Nevi'im , but to fulfill them, and to loose the bonds which are in Devarim , and to bring men to a spiritual teaching. Wherefore He calls us, saying, “Come unto Me all you that are troubled and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” 3And you, when you have read the Torah , and the Nevi'im , and the books of the Melachim (kings) , and the besorah , will understand how many were the tzaddikim (righteous men) who reigned and pleased Elohim in their lives, and for this have found chayyei olam (life eternal). And also you will know how many evil kings have transgressed through lack of understanding. These have perished and been destroyed by the stroke of the mishpat (judgment) of Elohim and have lost chayyei olam . And knowing this, you will be strong in the right emunah , and will find chen (grace) and favor with our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach , for you are one of his members. 4Moreover, when you desire to bathe, enter not into the bath where the women bathe, lest they see the beauty of your youth and the charm of your flesh, and stumble because of you, or you yourself sin and fall by reason of them. O my children, let us hear and understand the devar ha'Kadosh (word of the Holy One), which says, “Keep My mitzvah . Say unto chokhmah (wisdom), ‘You are my sister,’ and make da'at your friend, that she may keep you from the strange and evil woman, even if she bring unto you words of allurement. For from the window of her house she looks down on the streets. And if she see one of the foolish children, a youth that lacks knowledge, who walks in the corners of the ways of her house, and talks in the darkness of evening, when the quiet and darkness of night come on, then the woman lights upon him, having the adornments of adultery, which excite the hearts of the youth. She is flighty and wanton. In her house her feet rest not. For a short while she wanders abroad, and for a while in the streets, and in every corner she lies in wait. And she laid hold on him and kissed him, and with a face without shame said unto him, ‘I have a peace offering. Today I pay my vow. Therefore I came to meet you. Desiring your countenance, I have found you. I have spread my bed with fine linens, carpets from Egypt. I have sprinkled my bed with saffron and my house with cinnamon. Come, let us enjoy ourselves with kisses until the morning. And let us revel in love. For my husband is not in my house; he has gone on a far journey, taking a bag of gold in his hand. After many days he will return to his house.’ And she led him astray with many words and drew him on with the snare of her lips. And he followed her in the wicked blindness of his heart.” 5And furthermore, it is said, “Look not on an evil woman, for honey flows from the lips of an adulterous woman, which for a time is sweet to your throat, and afterwards you will find it more bitter than gall, and sharper by far than any two-edged sword.” And again it is said, “Keep your way from her, and draw not near to the door of her house, lest you give your life to others, and your livelihood to them that are without mercy; lest strangers be filled with your strength and your labor pass to the house of another. And you will repent afterwards when your flesh and your body are weakened. And you will say, ‘How have I hated instruction, and my ears are turned from reproof, and I have not hearkened to the voice of them that gave me commandments, who admonished me and taught me, nor caused my ear to attend. I have been well nigh in all evil.’” 6And now also I say unto you, choose out all the good things which are written in the Kitvei ha'Kodesh (Holy Scriptures), that we may not neglect these witnesses and turn aside unto a multitude of words, but may be strong in emunah and doing good. And let us keep far from all evildoing, and be pure from all evil and uncleanness before Elohim , that we may find chayyei olam (life eternal)

1That wives ought to obey their husbands and walk in their wisdom. Let the ishah (wife) obey and be subject to her ba'al (husband). For the head of an ishah is her ba'al . And the head of the man that walks in the way of tzedakah (righteousness) is Mashiach (Christ). And the head of Mashiach is Elohim ha'Av (God the Father) who is above all, who was and is to come, the Creator of all with His Ben (Son), our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach , to whom be honor, greatness, majesty, and kavod (glory). 2You nashim (women), also obey your ba'alim (husbands), and be in subjection with anavah (humility), honor, and the yirat Elohim (fear of God), and delight your husbands with good service, that you may find favor with them, as we said before. For thus says the chokhmah (wisdom) of Shlomo (Solomon): 3“If any man has found a eshet chayil (brave/virtuous woman), she is more precious than a jewel of great price. The heart of her ba'al trusts in her; he shall have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from afar. She rises while it is yet night and gives food to her household and portions to her maidens. She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She girds her loins with strength and makes her arms strong. She tastes that her labor is good; her lamp does not go out at night. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She opens her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hands to the needy. Her ba'al has no worry for his house, though he tarry long anywhere; for all her household are clothed in scarlet. She makes for herself coverings of fine linen and purple. Her ba'al is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers girdles to the merchant. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she rejoices at the time to come. She opens her mouth with chokhmah , and the teaching of chesed (kindness) is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her ba'al also, and he praises her: ‘Many banot (daughters) have done virtuously, but you excel them all.’ Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears Adonai shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.” 4That you, O nashim , may know that an ishah who loves her ba'al will find honor, berakhah (blessing), and rachamim (compassion) with Adonai Elohim . Take heed and understand, O woman who desires and wishes to be faithful, that you may please Adonai . Do not vaunt yourself, nor adorn yourself for another man, and do not clothe yourself with gorgeous apparel, nor put sandals on your feet for show, as the harlots do to lead men astray; but keep yourself from all evildoing and adultery, lest by you other men offend. Obey your ba'al rather, and show kindness to him. 5But if you desire to walk in the assembly and the streets to ensnare the souls of many, then mishpat (judgment) from Elohim shall come upon you, and you shall be as one that has no hope—as when a wicked man falls into great affliction and brings on himself disgrace, dishonor, and sorrow. In like manner, a wicked ishah (woman) brings on herself dishonor. And as a lion that lies in wait and rends, so she ensnares fools. Even as it is written, “As a moth destroys a garment, and as decay a tree, so sorrow wastes the heart of a man.” And furthermore, it is said, “It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome, talkative, and passionate woman.” 6And now also I say unto you, O am Mashiach (Christian people), do not look after nor follow adulterous women. But it is right for faithful nashim to veil themselves in purity, not seeking to enhance the beauty of their faces with dyes and painting and adornment, which have no profit on the form which Elohim created. Let them not do thus. But when they walk in the way, let them incline their heads, being veiled, and take heed to yourselves, you faithful nashim(women) , and speak no word of hate to anyone, but above all not to your ba'alim . 7O you good and gentle nashim , worship Elohim with joy and gladness. And you also, our children, our brethren, our kinsmen, and beloved, seek after the precious chokhmah that adorns our life, enlightens our hearts, brings us close to Elohim , and wins for us an entrance into the Malkhut ha'Shamayim (Kingdom of Heaven) in chayyei olam (life eternal) and rest.

1We have heard thus from our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach that the ro'eh (shepherd) of the tzon (sheep) who is ordained m'vaker (bishop) of all the kehillot (churches) must needs be blameless, pure, and good, who thinks not on the care of this olam (world), who is full fifty years old, who has passed the strength of youth, who is not a slanderer, nor one that speaks lies amongst the achim (brethren). For the besorah (gospel) says, “For every idle word that a man speaks thoughtlessly, he shall give account in the Yom ha'Din (Day of Judgment), that it may condemn him.” 2And furthermore, it is said, “For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.” Wherefore it is meet that he abound in all good things. But if he be not learned, let him be prudent and intelligent, of middle age. 3But if the city be a small one, and there be not found therein one thus fitted for the office of m'vaker , and there be found among the young men one prudent and wise, though his years are but few, and if those who know him bear witness that he is worthy to be ordained m'vaker , if he have lived from his youth perfect in the works of the holy and humble fathers, and walketh in the way of tzedakah (righteousness), tried in every work, and if men bear witness to him that he is perfect, let him be ordained in shalom (peace). For Shlomo (Solomon) also, when but twelve years old, became melech (king) over the people of Yisrael. And Yo'ash (Joash) too became ruler when he was seven years old; and afterwards, in the eighth year, he reigned in tzedakah . 4For the Adon spoke by the mouth of Yeshayahu (Isaiah) the navi (prophet), and said, “To whom shall I look? But to him that is meek and humble and quiet, who trembleth at My devar (word).” And again it is said in the besorah , “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the aretz (earth).” 5Let him therefore be merciful, for it is said, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” Let him therefore be a peacemaker, for it is said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the banim (children) of Elohim.” Let him be pure of heart, without revenge, evil, and unrighteousness. For it is said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see Elohim.” 6Let him then be spiritual and watchful to do good, neither insatiable nor passionate, nor a drunkard, nor vindictive, without hatred and strife, not haughty, not a lover of money, nor a reviler. Neither let him exalt himself, lest he fall into the snare of Ha'Satan (Satan). For everyone that has exalted himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be raised to honor. 7And let such a one be ordained m'vaker , who has married one elect wife, who is able to order his household aright, a teacher and monitor, who has brought up his children in purity. And let his wife also be faithful, who trains her children in the true worship and the yirat Adonai (fear of the Lord). It is right that the men of his household should obey the m'vaker in humility and in fear, and let him be master, even as it is written. 8And let them try him that he be blameless, not passionate. For thus says chokhmah (wisdom), “Anger destroyeth the wise man.” And let him be merciful and charitable. For our Adon says, “And by this shall all know that you are My talmidim (disciples), if you have love one to another.” 9Let him then be a lover of men, who receives strangers, who accepts not persons, a man of understanding, who shows favor neither to rich nor to poor, one who has a craft, whose hands are open to give, who receives widows, a lover of the poor and the orphans and the widows. 10And moreover, let him support those widows who have children. But if there be a slothful man, or one who has spent all his substance in drunkenness and fornication, and desires to receive tzedakah (alms), let not the m'vaker show any care for him, nor permit him to enter the kehillah (church). For the katuv (scripture) says unto those who act thus, “How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? And when wilt thou awake from sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—so shall thy poverty come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.” 11It is not right for the m'vaker to judge, accepting the person of the rich, and to neglect the poor. For Elohim said unto Moshe (Moses), “Judge not, excepting the person of the rich, nor turn aside the mishpat (judgment) of the poor, for the mishpat is Adonai's .” But he ought to judge uprightly. 12The food of the m'vaker ought to be meat seasoned with moderation, that he may be able to teach and admonish the people, and that he may turn them to Elohim . And let him keep far from all evil, and read the Kitvei ha'Kodesh (Holy Scriptures) at all times, and be a lover of chokhmah , that he may be able to interpret the Kitvei in the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit), even the words of the besorah , the Torah (law), and the Nevi'im (prophets). The Adon says, “Search the Kitvei , for they bear witness of Me.” 13It becomes the m'vaker to search out and expound the Kitvei in order, and to satisfy the people with spiritual teaching, and fill them with the light of the Torat Elohim (law of God) with much admonition. Elohim says, “Make the light of chokhmah to shine upon you, for it is time.” 14Thus then it is right for the m'vaker to suffer and toil and wrestle for tzedakah’s sake, but above all before the people, that they, when they see his works, may receive his admonition. 15And moreover, let him not be short-tempered, nor associate with the great, nor be of a double tongue, nor follow after princes; but let him fear Elohim , and let him not hearken to a false accusation against his neighbor. 16And let him not be slothful in fasting, nor seek occasions for eating, nor say, “Today is a feast,” as the Goyim (Gentiles) do, to eat and drink and be wanton. But let him remove from him every idol desire that has no profit. For all this is despised and hateful before Elohim , and well pleasing to shedim (demons). 17It is meet for the m'vaker to command and admonish the people to remove from them all these works. But let him teach them and turn them that they may imitate him and follow him in tzedakah . For Elohim said unto the children of Yisrael , “Observe My Torah and My mitzvah (commandment).” And Yeshua ha'Mashiach Himself also, our Adon and our Elohim , first did all and then taught us to imitate Him. Therefore He says that he who shall teach and do shall be great in the Malkhut ha'Shamayim (Kingdom of Heaven). 18It is right for you, O m'vakerim , to teach the people and save them from error, even as Mashiach has given you chen (grace). For the Adon spoke by the mouth of Yechezkel (Ezekiel) the navi and said: “Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Yisrael ; and thou shalt hear the word from My mouth, and admonish them by My word. When I say to the sinner, ‘Thou shalt surely die,’ and he has not repented, and thou hast not spoken to him, nor admonished him, that he may repent and turn from his evil way and live, that sinner shall die in his sin; and his blood will I require from thy hand, says Adonai . But if thou admonish the sinner, and he has not turned from his sin, he shall die in his guilt, and thou shalt save thy soul.” 19“And if the righteous man has turned from his tzedakah , and committed sin, while I lay a stumbling-block before him, and thou hast not admonished him, he shall surely die in his guilt; and his tzedakah which he has done I will not remember, and his blood will I require from thy hand. And if thou hast admonished the righteous man, that he sin not, that righteous man shall surely live, and thou also hast saved thy soul.” 20As when war and strife arise in the midst of a people, and they seek out a watchman to bring them tidings, that they may be on guard, and if he tell them not beforehand, that they may be saved from defeat, their blood shall be upon his head. For they heard not the sound of the shofar (trumpet). But if he see the sword which comes upon the land, and blow with the shofar a signal to the hosts, and if one who hearkens hears the sound of the shofar , and gets himself not away, and the sword comes and finds him, his blood shall return on his own head; for he heard the sound of the shofar , and got himself not away, and his blood shall be poured out on him. But he who got himself away saved his life. 21In like manner, the m'vaker , if he teach the devar ha'chayim (word of life), shall find chayyei olam (life eternal). The sword is eternal condemnation, and the sound of the shofar is the holy besorah , and the watchman is the m'vaker of the holy kehillah . 22The m'vaker ought to feed the flock, and teach, and hold fast the word, and make men to fear concerning the mishpat . Therefore, let him admonish those that walk without knowledge, and make them to see plainly; and let him teach those that know not, and confirm those that know. And let him gather those that are lost, and speak to them at all times concerning their yeshuah (salvation), that when they hear these things, they may be admonished and do that which is good. 23For Elohim says by the navi , “Testify against this people, and tell them their sins, to see if they will turn and repent and be saved from their iniquity.” And Moshe also said unto the people, “Hear, O Yisrael , Adonai Eloheinu (the Lord our God) is one.” And again it is said in the holy besorah , “He that has ears to hear, let him hear.” And Shlomo also says, “Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and disregard not the Torah of thy mother.” Yet they have not heard unto this day, but have forsaken Adonai , the only true Elohim , and He has called them a generation of transgressors and adulterers, concerning whom we have spoken before. 24And now know, beloved, you who have been baptized into the death of our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach , that it is not meet that they should sin who have received such chen as this. Know, brethren, that such as these who, after they have received tevilah (baptism), turn back to deeds of sin, shall go down to the condemnation of Gei-Hinnom (Gehenna). 25And there are others also who have not been ma'aminim (believers), but who afterwards, when they have believed and been baptized, become baruch (blessed) before Elohim . Even as our Adon says in the holy besorah , “Blessed are you when they revile you, and mock you, and speak all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice, for great is your reward in Shamayim (heaven).” And if there be anyone against whom they have spoken, blessed is he, for it is written, saying, “Every man who is not tried is not elect before Elohim .” 26If there be any man who has transgressed the Torah , and men curse him, he has brought the curse on his own head. In like manner we also, if we hear not the mitzvot of Elohim , and do not His will, shall bring a curse upon ourselves, and moreover shall be far from Elohim . For as for such as do not what they themselves teach, and turn not from their own ways, the m'vaker ought to admonish them, and put to shame those who do thus. But it is right that he teach them in the ahavah (love) of Mashiach how they ought to serve. 27It is right for the m'vaker to seek after tzedakah , and not honor transgressors, nor be partial in mishpat , nor take a bribe from any man. For a bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. And moreover, it is said somewhere, “Put away all evil from you.” And Shlomo also says, “Come not into the place where they encamp. Withdraw from them, and turn away, for they sleep not unless they do evil; sleep is taken away from them, and they slumber not who feed on sin.” 28But if the m'vaker have no understanding, and have walked in subtlety and vileness, even as Sha'ul (Saul) did concerning Agag , and as Eli the kohen (priest), who admonished not his sons, who forsook the mitzvah of Elohim —and behold, how he himself lost his honor, and also the holy tabernacle of his city! He has wrought iniquity before Elohim , and has become a stumbling block and an offense unto the new converts who have received tevilah , and also to the catechumens (those being taught), both men and women alike. 29And if he teach not, nor admonish, nor walk in the right way, but forsakes the mitzvot of Elohim , for this cause he shall receive excommunication, and the charon af Elohim (wrath of God) shall come upon him. For he has perverted the way of the people, even as the people sinned in the days of Yarov’am (Jeroboam), and those also who were slain with Korach (Korah). 30But if there be anyone who sins against the m'vaker and those in authority, while there is no sin in them, and they are guiltless, it is not right that he should enter the kehillah of Elohim . For he has been bold, and has walked in folly and the lust of his soul. Therefore that shall come upon him which came upon those who mocked at Noach (Noah), and as Achan who received the curse upon himself, and as Geichazi (Gehazi) who received money from Na'aman (Naaman) the Syrian. 31Behold then, it is meet that the ro'eh of the tzon should teach and admonish in humility, and turn them to teshuvah (repentance), with full knowledge of the life of each one, and should order their manner of living as is fitting in shalom , that the people may lead good lives, and turn from their sins. This then is well pleasing in Elohim's sight. For when a man turns from his sin and returns to teshuvah , others seeing him are taught the true service. 32Therefore ought the m'vaker to be watchful to do good, that the beauty of his life may be known unto all. For he is the guide of the people, and the shepherd of the z'kenim (elders) and rulers and teachers, and of all who are under him. 33The m'vaker ought to sit in the kehillah with the z'kenim , and they ought to judge each man as is fitting. For to them has the Adon given authority, and has commanded them, saying, “Whatsoever ye have bound on aretz , let it be bound in Shamayim . And whatsoever ye have loosed on aretz , let it be loosed in Shamayim .” 34It is right for the m'vaker to turn the people to the da'at Elohim (knowledge of God), and to receive the teshuvah of those who have turned to Elohim , and to teach them and console them in meekness, in love, and in humility, and with joy of heart. For Adonai Elohim is merciful. For He says by Yechezkel the navi , “Say unto them, ‘As I live, says Adonai Elohim , I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Yisrael ?’” 35“And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The tzedakah of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and the wickedness of the wicked shall not be a stumbling-block to him, when he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live by his tzedakah in the day that he sins. When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, if he trusts to his tzedakah and commits iniquity, all his tzedakah shall not be remembered; but in his iniquity that he has committed, in it shall he die. And when I say unto the wicked, ‘Thou shalt surely die,’ if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right, if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity—he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he has committed shall be remembered unto him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.” 36Therefore let sinners hope when they turn from their sins and repent; they shall find a good hope, and they shall inherit the aretz . But let them that have not transgressed take heed lest they fall into affliction and sorrow and weeping. 37Know then and understand, O man, if thou transgressest and committest sin in this olam , and repentest not, thou hast not life. Repent then while thou livest. For after death there is no repentance, even as David says, “For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in She'ol (the grave) who shall give Thee thanks?” 38It is right then, brethren, that we should be ready to do good, and should walk in the way of tzedakah , in which there is no sorrow. Let us hear then and understand that which is said, “Direct my way and my going according to Thy word.” And let us not be wanting in any good work, but observe the holy word which the holy besorah spoke concerning the five wise virgins, and not be as the five foolish virgins whose oil of good works failed, and they went forth from the marriage which is in Shamayim . Therefore, we ought to take heed to ourselves and fashion ourselves and mark the time of the Chatan (Bridegroom), lest we fall into sin. But he that does tzedakah , let him take heed to do good, even unto the end. 39It is meet then, that the m'vaker be of understanding and judge uprightly. For the mishpat is Adonai's . Let him admonish sinners that they may walk in the right way. When they turn, let him receive their teshuvah in compassion and in mercy. Remember then what our Adon says: “There is great joy in Shamayim over one sinner that repents.” 40But if thou receivest not them that repent, but reject them, thou hast scattered thy flock, and hast not understood what David says, “Deliver not unto the wild beasts the soul that confesses unto Thee.” For thus says Adonai , “Shall they fall, and not arise? Shall he turn away, and not return? Wherefore has this people of Yerushalayim slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. I hearkened and heard, but they spoke not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.” Turn again, O My children that are far away, and I will heal your wounds. Receive them that turn to thee and repent, O m'vaker , and be not thou of a double heart, nor make proud thy heart, as those who have no mercy. For he who does thus fears not Elohim ; but let him rather take thought to fulfill the needs of the people, as it is fitting. 41Let us take heed then to ourselves, and have no fellowship with sinners and wicked men who do thus. The tzedakah of the righteous shall be for himself, but he that commits sin without Torah , his iniquity shall return on his own head. For it is said by Yechezkel the navi , “If a land sin against Me by trespassing grievously, and I stretch out My hand upon it, and break the staff of bread, and send famine against it, and cut off from it man and beast—even if these three men, Noach , Daniel , and Iyov (Job), were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their tzedakah , says Adonai Elohim .” 42“If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, and it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts—though these three men were in it, as I live, says Adonai Elohim , they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, and the land shall be desolate.” 43As it is written, if there be in this olam a righteous man and a sinner, the righteous shall not perish with the sinner, but He sends rain on the just and the unjust. And if there be anyone who thinks and says, “Judgment is equal against all,” it is not so. For in this warfare there is one that is strong, and again there is another who is stronger than he, and he that has conquered shall receive the crown of victory openly. For Elohim condemns not the righteous with the sinner. Noach was not swallowed up in the waters of the flood, and Lot was not burnt in the fire, and Rachav (Rahab) the harlot perished not. 44But if you desire to know what happened among us— Yehudah Ish-Keriot (Judas Iscariot) perished, though he was together with us in one avodah (ministry); and Shimon the sorcerer received the seal of the Adon , yet because these two were evil, their wickedness was made known openly: Yehudah hanged himself, and Shimon flew up into the air and was dashed upon the ground. 45And while Noach was in the ark with his sons, Cham (Ham) by his wickedness brought a curse upon his children. And by this we understand that the fathers are not punished for the sin of their children, nor children for the sin of their fathers. And this thing is quite manifest: that wives are not condemned for their husbands, nor young men for their wives, nor servants for their masters, nor masters for their servants, nor kinsmen for their kinsmen, nor friends for their friends, nor sinners for the righteous, nor the righteous for sinners. But to each one is rendered according to his deeds. 46For Noach was not recompensed for the sin of the people, and Lot was not consumed in the fire of S’dom (Sodom), nor Rachav for the sake of Yericho (Jericho), nor the children of Yisrael for the sake of the Egyptians. 47We ought not to follow the steps and the works of the extortioners and the unjust and murderers who seek occasions for evil, men of hatred who are ready to inflict death. For everyone shall be requited according to his works, even as David says, “For Thou requitest every man according to his work.” 48Therefore, it is right that we should help the afflicted and visit the sick and convert the sinners who have been wounded by deeds of sin. Let us teach them and instruct them with the devar tochechah (word of admonition) that they may be saved from the death of sin. For it is not the whole who need a physician, but the sick, since our Av who is in Shamayim desires not that one of these little ones should perish. 49Now, brethren, let us not hearken to the words of fools and those whose hearts are darkened, but let us accomplish the good pleasure of Elohim ha'Av , the Creator of all things, by our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach , to whom be kavod forever and ever. Amen .

1That the m'vaker (bishop) ought not to hearken to the word of accusation from an evil man who speaks falsely against his neighbor. But do thou put thy trust in Elohim (God), and order the people as is fitting. And let not the son magnify himself against his father, nor the servant against his lord, nor the talmid (disciple) against his rav (master), nor the official against the melech (king), nor the layman against the m'vaker . For the teacher ought to have no fellowship with the disobedient and the wicked. For the sinner desires not the devar tochechah (word of admonition). 2Yechezkel (Ezekiel) the navi (prophet) says, “As I live, says Adonai , they shall no more speak this proverb in Yisrael . For the soul of every man is Mine. As the soul of the father, so the souls of his children are Mine. The soul that sins, it shall die.” 3“But the man that does tzedakah (righteousness) and uprightness, and has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the gillulim (idols) of the house of Yisrael , and has not defiled his neighbor’s wife, nor come near to a woman in her uncleanness, nor done his neighbor violence, and has returned the pledge of his debt, and has not extorted nor oppressed, and has given his bread to the poor, and has clothed the naked with his garment, and has not lent his money on interest, nor taken ought unjustly, and has turned his hand from sin, and has done mishpat (judgment) and tzedakah between a man and his neighbor, and has walked in My mitzvot (commandments), and has kept My Torah (law), and done tzedakah —he shall surely live, says Adonai Elohim .” 4“And if he beget a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and does wickedness, and walks not in the way of his righteous father, but has eaten upon the mountains, and has defiled his neighbor’s wife, and oppressed the poor and needy, and has plundered and wrought injustice, and has not returned the pledge of his debt, and has turned his eyes toward elilim (idols), and committed abomination, and has lent on interest, and taken increase—shall he then live? He shall not live! He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.” 5“And if he beget a son, who sees all the sin of his father that he commits, and fears, and does not likewise; and has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted his eyes toward the gillulim of the house of Yisrael , nor defiled his neighbor’s wife, nor oppressed any man, but has returned the pledge of his debt, and has not robbed his neighbors, nor plundered, but has given of his bread to the hungry, and clothed the naked with his garment, and has turned his hand from wrong, and has not taken interest or bribes wrongfully, but has done mishpat and walked in My mitzvot —he shall not die in his father’s sin, but shall surely live. His father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.” 6“Yet you say, ‘Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father?’ Because the son has done mishpat and tzedakah , and has kept all My chukkot (statutes) and done them—he shall surely live. The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not be requited for the sin of the father, nor the father for the sin of the son. The tzedakah of the righteous shall be upon him, and the risha (wickedness) of the wicked shall be upon him.” 7“If the wicked turn from all his chatta’ot (sins) which he has committed, and keep all My mitzvot , and do mishpat and tzedakah , he shall surely live, and shall not die. All his transgressions that he has committed, they shall not be remembered against him; in his tzedakah that he has done, he shall live.” 8“Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says Adonai Elohim , and not rather that he should return from his ways, and live? But when the righteous turns from his tzedakah , and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does—shall he live? All his tzedakah that he has done shall not be mentioned; in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.” 9“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Adon is not equal.’ Hear now, O house of Yisrael : Is not My way equal? Are not your ways unequal? When a righteous man turns from his tzedakah , and commits iniquity, and dies in them—for his iniquity that he has done shall he die. Again, when the wicked man turns from his wickedness that he has committed, and does mishpat and tzedakah , he shall save his soul alive. Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.” 10“Yet says the house of Yisrael , ‘The way of the Adon is not equal.’ O house of Yisrael , are not My ways equal? Are not your ways unequal? Therefore I will judge you, every one according to his ways, O house of Yisrael , says Adonai Elohim .” 11Turn and repent of all your transgressions, and let not iniquity be your stumbling-block. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make you a new lev (heart) and a new ruach (spirit). For why will ye die, O house of Yisrael? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dies, says Adonai Elohim; wherefore turn yourselves, and live.

1See then, my beloved achim (brethren), the greatness of the rachamim (mercy) of Adonai Eloheinu (the Lord our God), who is good and righteous, and a lover of men, merciful and compassionate to those who turn to teshuvah (repentance). For He delights not in those that judge harshly and with deceitfulness of heart without mercy, but wills that one should convert and receive those that have sinned into the true religion, that they may be able to come to teshuvah . 2And if m'vakerim (bishops) do not teach and act thus, Elohim will require at their hands the sin of the people, even as Yeshayahu (Isaiah) says, “Admonish My people, says Elohim . You kohanim (priests) also, speak unto the heart of Yerushalayim (Jerusalem).” 3The m'vaker ought to examine the people, and if there be any that have sinned, let him turn them to teshuvah , that they may gain for themselves a good reward. And if they teach not, and turn not the people to true godliness, they shall receive condemnation. 4Now, let us receive with joy and love the teshuvah of those that turn to Elohim . And against those that have sinned, let us give mishpat (judgment) with compassion and mercy, as is fitting towards the penitent. 5But if you see a man who commits sin and falls into error, lift him up again from his fall. But if you make his way of life pleasant unto him, behold, then you have slain your brother. But it is right that you should lift up again from his fall him that has fallen, that he perish not, and that others when they see him may learn and understand and receive the devar tochechah (word of admonition). 6It is not right for the m'vaker to be negligent concerning the sin of the people, nor again to disregard the desire of those who seek for teshuvah , lest by his slackness the flock of the Adon perish. 7For concerning them, Elohim spoke by the mouth of Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) the navi (prophet), saying, “Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard and defiled My portion, and have made My portion which I love a desert and a waste, and it has become a desolation and a ruin. For My sake all the land has perished, and is destroyed.” 8You also, if you see one that sins, command the shammashim (deacons) to expel him, and put him forth, and to admonish him, and teach him, that others, when they see, may fear, and when he turns and comes to teshuvah , let them ask and entreat for him with Elohim , and with the m'vaker , that he may teach him. 9For the Moshia (Savior) prayed for sinners to His Av (Father), even as it is written in the besorah (gospel), “ Av , forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And then let them examine him that has sinned, whether he forsakes his evil way. And when he confesses his sins, and turns to teshuvah , let them suffer him to enter the kehillah (church), and bid him to fast according to the greatness of the sin he has committed: two weeks, or three weeks, or five weeks, or seven. 10It is right that you should teach the sinner and instruct him and admonish him without anger or favor, that he may humble himself and pray to Elohim and find rachamim (compassion) and mercy when he stands before Him. For it is said, “If You, O Adon , should mark iniquity, O Adon , who could stand? But forgiveness is with You, that You may be feared.” 11Thus then do, and make a difference. For Elohim said unto Kayin (Cain), “You have sinned. Be silent then, and lift not up your hand.” But it is right for the sinner to grieve and sorrow and despise himself. 12Let us understand the word which Elohim spoke to Moshe (Moses) concerning Miryam (Miriam): “If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.” And Miryam was shut out from the camp seven days, and the people journeyed not until Miryam was brought in again. And afterward the people journeyed. 13Let us do then thus unto those who desire teshuvah for their sins. Let us appoint for them a fixed time of years according to the greatness of their sin wherein they shall repent. And when they repent, let us receive them, even as fathers show mercy towards their children. 14But if m'vakerim and others in authority have on them any defilement or stain, and on account of them the people are put to shame, and if they judge not uprightly for the orphan and the poor and the widow, but show favor in mishpat , that they may get gifts and bribes—such shall be reckoned with the tzevu'im (hypocrites), even as it is written in the besorah , saying, “Why do you behold the ketev (mote/splinter) that is in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the korah (beam) that is in your own eye?” 15Let m'vakerim (bishops) and kohanim (priests) then give heed that there be not found among them deeds of this sort, lest others be offended when they see these evil doings. For the wicked seek occasions to destroy others, and to scatter the flock of the Adon (Lord). For a little se'or (leaven) leavens much kemach (meal). 16In like manner, chet (sin) follows after those that commit it, and thus destroys many. As when a thief is found in a treasure house, and brings an evil name on his kinfolk by the evil of his doings. And as when the stinking flesh of a corpse is cast into ointment, the odor of the fragrance thereof is tainted. And as when a melech (king) is evil and cruel and dispenses not mishpat (justice), so too are his princes. And as when a scabby sheep feeds with other sheep, they all become scabby if it be not separated from them. And as when a mad dog bites all whom it meets, unless it be killed, all those whom it bites become mad together with it. 17In like manner, if any man be a scorner and a mocker and contentious, and a transgressor of the mitzvot (commandments) which are in the Torah (law), let him be put forth from the kehillah (church), lest he corrupt the house of the Adon , and make it a m'arat paritzim (den of robbers). 18It is not right that we should keep silent concerning sinners and wicked men, but we should admonish them that they may forsake their doings and put from them wicked deeds and habits. On the other hand, let us bid them fast and pray and give tzedakah (alms) that they may learn the yirat Elohim (fear of God). For He said unto the children of Yisrael , “Fear Me and keep My mitzvot .” 19The m'vaker ought to show anxious care concerning the sin of the people, and consider the life of each one of them, that he may be unto them a guide and a moshia (savior) unto the works of tzedakah (righteousness), that they may be prepared for Elohim , and be saved from the condemnation which shall fall on sinners at the Yom ha'Din (Day of Judgment). 20But let such as are slothful hear what is said: “Wherefore have you kept silent concerning transgressors, and gathered their fruits?” It is right that the m'vaker should feed the people in shalom (peace). Those that have not sinned, let him not suffer to fall. And those also that have sinned, let him turn to teshuvah (repentance). 21Hear, O m'vakerim , what the Adon says unto you: “Despise not one of these little ones.” But they ought to forgive and pardon him that has sinned. And when a sinner confesses his sin, and cries to the Adon from the depth of his heart, humbling himself with tears and sighs, the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit) will come and say unto him, “The Adon pardons you from your sin.” 22Know then, O m'vaker , how much honor and kavod (glory) Elohim has bestowed upon you, and has given you authority to loose and to bind. Take heed to yourself, and guard the flock of Mashiach (Christ). Walk in the way of tzedakah while you live in this olam (world). For you shall give account in the Yom ha'Din . For to whom much has been committed, of him shall much be required. For there is no man that lives even one day without sin—except One who for our sakes became man, Elohim ha'Davar (God the Word). 23And for this reason has been written the memorial of the tzaddikim (righteous) who gave good heed unto themselves. For it is said, “My tzon (sheep) hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me, and I give unto them chayyei olam (eternal life).” And He answered the people, and said unto them, “Behold, I judge between ram and ram, and between the he-goats.” 24“Know then that you have fed in a good pasture, and the rest of the pasture you have trodden with your feet. My sheep have eaten that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.” And again: “Now shall they know that I am Adonai , and you are My sheep, the sheep of My pasture. You are My sheep, and I am Adonai Eloheichem (the Lord your God), says Adonai .” 25Hear, you m'vakerim , and hear, you people, what Elohim says: “Behold, I judge between ram and ram, and between the he-goats. Moreover, I will give judgment against the shepherds of the sheep who have destroyed My flock by their slothfulness. And again, I will judge between bishop and bishop, between people and peoples, between ruler and rulers. And My sheep are rational creatures, not without reason.” 26And therefore, let not the people say, “We are sheep and not shepherds. What is this to us?” As the sheep that follows the good ro'eh (shepherd) of the tzon —that he may save it from the ravening ze'ev (wolf) that destroys—is preserved, in like manner the sheep that follows the foolish and wicked shepherd of the sheep [shall perish with him]. 27The ze'ev (wolf) will devour before his face. Therefore, it is right that we should keep far from evil and deceitful shepherds who spare not nor save the flocks, but follow the good shepherds who spare and save their flocks. For the people love a good ro'eh (shepherd), and fear him as a father, and a lord, and as a kohen (priest), and as Elohim’s Kohen ha'Gadol (High Priest), for he admonishes them, and guides them into true godliness. 28For he that obeys him has obeyed Mashiach (Christ) and heard His voice. But he that rejects him and hears not his voice has rejected and transgressed against Mashiach , as he that obeys Mashiach has obeyed Elohim . Moreover, it is said, “He that hears you has heard Me, and he that rejects you has rejected Me, and he that rejects Me has rejected Him that sent Me.” 29In like manner, it is right for the m'vaker (bishop) to love the people as his children, for they are his sons, and to nurture them with admonition as a bird which broods over her eggs, and nurtures her young ones until they fly. In like manner, let him teach the people the devar Elohim (word of God), and feed them with spiritual doctrine, and give what they need to all who desire to receive of him, and let him not be burdensome to them, but admonish them with words of chokhmah (wisdom), and put them in fear, lest they turn again unto sin. Rather, let him bid them walk in the way of tzedakah (righteousness) and keep the emunah (faith), and let him feed the people in shalom (peace). 30Moreover, let him raise the fallen, and strengthen the weak, and gather together the scattered, and heal the wounded in heart, and console the faint-hearted, and strengthen the lame with the devar tochechah (word of admonition). And let him lighten the heavy burden of their sin that they may get for themselves a good hope. 31And as for them, let them learn the Torah (law) of the kehillah (church) and turn to teshuvah (repentance). And if there be any man who is cast out through not understanding the words of the Kitvei ha'Kodesh (Holy Scriptures), despise him not, nor suffer him to fall into sin, but help him, and heal him from the wound of sin, and turn him to you, and restore him to the edat ha'Mashiach (Christian flock). 32But whoso refuses to turn again, he shall go forth from your flock, and be made food for the birds of Shamayim (heaven), and the beasts of the field. And his portion shall be with them that say, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die,” and that think not on their latter end. 33And if there be any man whom the m'vaker has seen doing thus, he ought to say unto him, “I will bear your sin and die in your stead, even as Mashiach died for the sin of the olam (world).” Then let him toil and suffer with him until he turn again unto teshuvah . 34For the good ro'eh gives up his life for the tzon (sheep). But the hireling, who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the ze'ev coming and flees and leaves his sheep. And the ze'ev catches them and scatters them. Because he is a hireling, he cares not for the sheep. 35It is right that we should know that Elohim is merciful and desires not the death of a sinner, but his conversion and return to teshuvah . And if there be anyone that sins through not understanding the mitzvot (commandments) which Elohim has ordained for repentance, but walks in the deceit of his heart, and remembers not his sin, and his evil which he has done—remembering not the words of the Kitvei ha'Kodesh , which have proclaimed mercy to him—such a one shall perish, and be without hope. 36But search you out a good ro'eh , and a meek and patient teacher and monitor, and one that is merciful, and a peacemaker, who goes about, and feeds his tzon , and seeks that which is lost, like the Adon Eloheichem (Lord your God). For our Av (Father) who is in Shamayim sent His beloved Ben (Son), our Moshia (Savior), the Ro'eh ha'Tov (Good Shepherd), our Moreh (Teacher) Yeshua ha'Mashiach , who left the ninety and nine in the wilderness and went to seek one sheep that was lost. And when He found it, He bore it on His shoulder and brought it to the flock with joy, because He had found that which was lost. 37Hear this, O m'vaker . Guide them that have gone astray, and gather together them that have been scattered, and seek them that are lost. For you have authority to turn to teshuvah, that you may bind and loose. For our Moshia said to the man with the palsy, “I have forgiven you your sin. Your emunah has saved you. Go in shalom .” 38For the shalom which we have received is the kehillah of Mashiach , wherein you should bring them that have repented of their sins, and are cleansed, and have done tzedakah and goodness, and found the hope of life. The m'vaker ought to heal the sick who are diseased through deeds of sin, to visit them, and to console them, and to heal their wounds. For not the whole, but the sick are they that need the physician. For the Ben ha'Adam (Son of Man) came to seek and to save that which was lost. 39Since then you are a physician in the kehillah (church) of the Adon (Lord), impart healing to each one as it befits, and feed them with spiritual food that they may be strong in the holy kehillah. And feed the flock of Mashiach (Christ) in humility and in love and mild severity without anger, not exalting yourself in your position of authority. 40For you are the ro'eh (shepherd) of the sheep of Mashiach’s flock, and you shall gather the lambs in your bosom. Be then merciful and just, without guile or revenge or jealousy or slandering or calumny or hatred or partiality or evil speaking or haughtiness or boasting. 41Despise not them that are under you, nor hide from them the mitzvot (commandments) of Elohim (God), nor turn yourself away from their teshuvah (repentance), nor bring pretexts against them, nor drive them away from the kehillah. 42Be of understanding then in mishpat (judgment), and receive not the witness of one man against many, but only the witness of three good and faithful men, to whom others bear witness that they are good and faithful, who cherish not hatred, nor revenge, nor jealousy. 43For there are some that speak falsely, that have two tongues, or three, who rejoice in evildoing, haters of the achim (brethren), who seek to scatter the flock of Mashiach . But if you hear their voice, and believe those that do thus, behold, you have scattered your flock without mishpat , and given them over to evil and ravening ze'evim (wolves)—that is, to evil men. Or rather, they are not men, but evil beasts who are in the likeness of men, ungodly and unbelieving, and apostates who know not Elohim . 44Such are liers-in-wait in the way. And like a ze'ev that seizes and devours, they seize them that depart from the Torah (law) of the kehillah . And when they see one that is lost, it seems a great thing for themselves, for their father the satan (adversary) is a murderer. 45And those that go astray from the kehillah and depart from the Torah — shedim (demons) shall be their shepherds and shall afflict them with torment and distress and sorrow of heart. And they shall follow the way of transgressors and shall lose their reward and shall depart farther and farther from Elohim . And as for the m'vaker (bishop), if he judge not uprightly, his portion shall be with them. 46You ought not then to thrust away the sinner, nor to despise him that turns, neither be you lacking in mercy, that you may heal the wound of sin, nor have fellowship with the man of blood. For concerning them, the katuv (scripture) says, “Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their ways, and the way of shalom (peace) they have not known. There is no yirat Elohim (fear of God) before their eyes.” 47The way of shalom is our Moshia (Savior) Yeshua ha'Mashiach (Jesus the Christ) who has taught us, saying, “Forgive, and you shall be forgiven; give, and it shall be given unto you.” That is to say, “Forgive men their trespasses, that your heavenly Av (Father) may forgive you your trespasses.” Moreover, He has taught us in the tefillah (prayer), saying, “Forgive us our trespasses and our iniquity, as we also forgive those who have trespassed against us.” 48But if you cannot forgive the trespasses of him that has trespassed against you, how shall you find forgiveness for your trespasses? And if there be anyone that has been thrust forth being innocent, and then returning has asked for pardon, and the m'vaker receives him not, he is a murderer of his brother, and a shedder of blood like Kayin (Cain), who shed the blood of Hevel (Abel) his brother. And his blood cried out unto Elohim . 49And if any m'vaker thrust forth a man being innocent, he is like Kayin , a murderer.

1That we ought not to admonish any man except it be proved by testimony that he has sinned. For he that thrusts forth an innocent person is worse than a murderer, and perceives not the rachamim (mercy) of Elohim (God). For he remembers not the love of his neighbor. For he who does thus shall not find yeshuah (salvation). 2For he has slipped away and fallen into grievous chet (sin). Because he has not admonished nor converted those who have committed many sins, but has scattered the flock of Elohim and also fought against Him. For Elohim is Tzaddik (righteous), and righteous is His mishpat (judgment), wherewith He judges all, righteous men and sinners. He is merciful to those who turn unto Him in tzedakah (righteousness) and mercy and anavah (meekness), as David , the beloved of Elohim , says. 3The m'vaker (bishop) then ought to judge uprightly, and follow after Elohim , and do His will, for Elohim judges righteously those that turn to Him. 4Remember you not David when he sinned? And Natan (Nathan) said unto him, “Why have you done thus?” And he said, “I have sinned, and I repent.” And when he confessed his iniquity, he was saved from death. And Natan said unto him, “Be of good cheer, and doubt not; you shall not die.” 5Yonah (Jonah) the navi (prophet), also not wishing to preach to the men of Ninveh (Nineveh), was plunged in the sea, and a great fish swallowed him up. But afterwards he came forth from the belly of the fish and was saved from death. 6And Chizkiyahu (Hezekiah) also, when he became proud, mishpat came upon him. And Chizkiyahu humbled himself and forsook his pride and wept before Elohim , and Elohim had mercy on him. 7Hear, you m'vakerim , the navi that is in this matter, for it is written in the fourth book of Kings, and Menashe (Manasseh) his son reigned in his stead. Twelve years old was Menashe when he began to reign, and fifty-five years reigned he in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), and his mother’s name was Cheftzibah (Hephzibah). And he did evil in the sight of the Adon (Lord). 8Moreover, it is written in the second book of Chronicles, saying, “And he did evil in the sight of the Adon more than all the uncleanness of the nations, whom the Adon rooted out from before the children of Yisrael . And he turned and built in the high place the altar which Chizkiyahu his father had destroyed. And he set up pillars for the Ba'alim , and made Asherim (groves), and worshiped all the host of Shamayim (heaven), and served them. And he built an altar in the house of the Adon , of which the Adon had said, ‘Let My Shem (Name) be in Yerushalayim forever.’ And he built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Adon . And he made his own sons to pass through the fire in the valley of Ben Hinnom , and used signs, and practiced magic, and set up diviners and soothsayers, and wrought much evil in the sight of the Adon to sin against Him. And he set up the graven and molten images which he made in the house of the Adon , of which the Adon had said to David and Shlomo (Solomon) his son, ‘In this house and in Yerushalayim which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Yisrael will I set My Shem forever; and I will not again move the foot of Yisrael from the land which I gave to their fathers. Howbeit, let them observe all that I have commanded them in all My Torah (law) and My chukkot (ordinances) and My mishpatim (judgments) by the hand of Moshe (Moses).’ And Menashe made Yehudah (Judah) to sin and them that dwelt in Yerushalayim by doing evil above all the nations whom the Adon had removed before the face of the children of Yisrael .” 9And the Adon (Lord) spoke against Menashe (Manasseh) and against his people, but they hearkened not unto Him. And the Adon sent against them the captains of the host of the melech Ashur (king of Assyria). And they took Menashe in bonds and bound him in chains of iron and brought him to Bavel (Babylon). 10And when he was in affliction, he sought the face of Adonai Elohav (the Lord his God). And he humbled himself greatly before the face of the Elohei avotav (God of his fathers). Menashe , the son of Chizkiyahu (Hezekiah) the melech , prayed and said thus: 11“O Adon , Ruler of all the olam (world), the Elohei Avoteinu (God of our fathers)— Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), and all their righteous seed—who has made Shamayim (heaven) and aretz (earth), and all that in them is, who did rebuke the sea with the word of Your mitzvah (commandment), who did shut up the tehom (depths) and seal them with Your terrible and glorious Shem (Name), before the face of whose might everything trembles and shakes, for the greatness of Your kavod (glory) is without end! Terrible is the plague of Your wrath against sinners! The rachamim (mercy) of Your promise has no number nor measure, for You alone are Adonai Elyon (the Lord Most High), merciful, slow to anger, and bountiful in compassion, and gentle towards the sins of the sons of men. 12And now, O my Adon , Elohei ha'Tzaddikim (God of the righteous)—for it is not for a righteous man that You have appointed teshuvah (repentance), not for Avraham and Yitzchak and Ya'akov , who sinned not against You—turn now unto the teshuvah of me, a sinner! For I have sinned beyond the number of the sand of the sea, and my sins are many, and I am not worthy to look up and behold the height of Shamayim, because of the multitude of my iniquities. I have toiled in chains of iron, that I might get me respite from my sins. And by this also, I have had no respite. For I have provoked You to anger and done evil in Your sight, observing vanities and multiplying things that profited me not. 13And now I bow the knees of my lev (heart), entreating Your mercy. I have sinned, O Adon; I have sinned, and I confess my sin. I make supplication and entreat of You: have compassion on me, O Adon; have compassion on me, and deliver me not over unto my sin. Reserve not evil against me forever, and take not vengeance upon me in the depths of the aretz. 14For You, O Adon, are the Elohei ha'shavim (God of those who repent), and Your goodness shall be manifest upon me. Since while I was not worthy, You did save me in the multitude of Your compassion. I will glorify You at all times, and all the days of my life. For all the host of Shamayim glorifies You, and Yours is the kavod forever. Amen .” 15And when the Adon saw that Menashe repented of the evil of his doings which he had done in his ignorance, the Adon pardoned him and heard his tefillah (prayer) and accepted the voice of his petition. And forthwith a flame of fire encircled him, and the bonds of his chains of iron were loosed. Then the Adon saved Menashe from all his affliction and brought him back to Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) to his kingdom. 16And Menashe knew that Adonai was his Elohim. And he served the Adon with all his lev and with all his soul all the days of his life. And he was reckoned with the tzaddikim (righteous men). And he thrust forth from the house of the Adon the strange elilim (gods) that were made by the hands of men. And he raised high the wall and appointed captains of the host in every place over the walls of Yehudah (Judah). 17And all the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of the Adon and in Yerushalayim he utterly destroyed from out the city. And he erected the mizbe'ach (altar) of the Adon and sacrificed on the altar and offered praise. Menashe spoke unto Yehudah to serve Adonai Elohei Yisrael . 18And Menashe slept with his fathers in shalom (peace). And Amon his son reigned in his stead. And he did evil in the sight of the Adon, as Menashe his father had done in the beginning, and provoked Adonai Elohav to anger. 19Behold, then, you have heard, our banim (children), how he served elilim and sacrificed to them, and in his lawlessness slew many [—yet when he repented, Adonai had mercy upon him]. 20And Adonai Elohim afflicted him for a while, but when he repented, He forgave his sins, and restored him to his kingdom. For Elohim receives the teshuvah (repentance) of them that turn unto Him, and restores them again to their former honor. For there is no greater sin than avodat elilim (idolatry), since it is rebellion against Elohim . Yet men are saved from it by true teshuvah . 21But whosoever transgresses and commits sin and says in his heart, “What will Elohim do unto me?”—he is a rebel against Elohim . For he does not first examine himself, but walks in his own way, and does the desire of his soul, and says, “This is good.” Whoso does thus, and repents not, shall not have forgiveness. 22Thus then did Amon , the son of Menashe (Manasseh). For the holy katuv (scripture) said, Amon conceived rebellion in his heart and did evil in the sight of the Adon (Lord) as Menashe his father had done. And he multiplied proud words and said, “My father sinned much in his youth. And when he was old, he turned and repented. I also will do in like manner and will walk in my own way and will follow the desire of my soul. And when I am old, I will turn therefrom and repent before the Adon .” 23Then Amon did evil in the sight of the Adon , and wrought exceeding much evil, as those before him had done. Then the Adon chastised him and destroyed him from off the good land. And his servants laid hands upon him, and slew him in his house. And the people of the land slew those who had laid hands on Melech Amon (King Amon), and he reigned two years only. 24Understand then, you people, and think not to do evil as Amon did, lest you be destroyed. 25In like manner the m'vaker (bishop) ought to feed and convert the people, and admonish them, and heal them of their sickness, and receive their teshuvah , so far as he is able. But if he be lacking in mercy and receives not the teshuvah of sinners who turn to him, he is despised and dishonored and shall be condemned before Adonai Elohav (the Lord his God). But if he receives the teshuvah of those that turn to him, he shall find compassion and mercy with Adonai Elohim , who sent His only begotten Ben (Son) into the olam (world). 26And He was pleased to be born of a woman and was made man for our sakes. And He endured suffering on the cross and was wounded and died. He is Elohim ha'Davar (God the Word), the Mal'ach (Angel) of His great and terrible counsel. He took our sicknesses and bore our sufferings, and by His wounds our wounds have been healed. 27In like manner, we too must patiently endure suffering and affliction and receive the teshuvah of them that have sinned. See then the rachamim (mercy) of the Adon towards Mattityahu (Matthew), who was a publican: when he turned unto Him, He made him an mevaser (evangelist). And towards Kefa (Peter), who denied Him thrice through fear: when he repented and wept bitterly, He received his teshuvah and made him the ro'eh (shepherd) of His sheep. And towards Sha'ul (Paul) our brother, though he was formerly a persecutor who blasphemed against the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit)— 28—yet when he turned unto Him, He made him a shaliach (apostle). And the woman who was a sinner, who gave tzedakah (alms) unto many, He said, “Your sin has been forgiven you.” And the other woman also, the adulteress, whom the kohanim (priests) set before Him to prove Him, He saved, and said unto her, “Go your way, and from henceforth sin no more.” 29It is right for you, you m'vakerim (bishops), to set your trust and hope in Elohim , our Adon and our Moshia Yeshua ha'Mashiach (Savior Jesus Christ), the Go'el (Redeemer) of your souls. Draw near to Him in anavah (meekness) and in rachamim (mercy) as peacemakers, without strife and anger. Convert the sinful and lift up the fallen, and render not evil for evil. 30Moreover, be not railers, nor passionate, nor blasphemers, nor boastful, nor acceptors of persons, nor drinkers of much wine, nor drunkards, nor singers of vain songs, nor dancers, nor thieves, nor murderers, nor takers of bribes. Neither seek you honor and riches from strange elilim (gods), but keep far from them. For you have been called to this work, that you should serve Elohim . 31Thus let the life of the m'vaker be his raiment, and his food be in moderation and purity, as much as is sufficient for him, that he transgress not in any other way or matter. For he that serves is worthy of his meat, even the ma'aser (tithes) and the bikkurim (first fruits) which men bring to the kehillah (church), as it is commanded by our Adon . 32The m'vaker may give what they need to the poor and the needy and the widows and the orphans and to the destitute and to the strangers and to them that have nothing. But if the m'vaker exercises no care for them, Elohim will require it of him on their behalf. For the m'vaker has authority to appoint for every man as is meet. 33And you also that are set in authority in the kehillah , if you have need, take from its store. But if you are not impoverished, it is not right that you should take therefrom. And if he acts thus, he shall be saved before Elohim . But if the m'vakerim take for themselves alone, and be insatiable in eating, and lay up store for themselves, and give not to the destitute, Elohim will require this of them, and they shall be clothed with shame and dishonor. 34Therefore, it is said, “You have drunk the milk, and clothed yourselves with the wool, and have slain the fatlings. You have not lifted up that which was fallen, nor helped that which was lost. Will you live alone upon the aretz (earth)?” Therefore has He commanded you in the Torah (law), saying, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” And moreover, it is said, “You shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox when he treads out the corn.” 35And seek not to take ought but that which is according to your service and your toil, as is right. For the threshing floor is the holy kehillat Elohim (church of God). And do you also eat therein as the Levi'im (Levites) who served in the Mishkan ha'Edut (Tabernacle of the Testimony), which is a type of the holy kehillah . 36It is meet then that the kohanim eat the offerings with their wives and their sons and their daughters from the offering that has been offered to Adonai Tzeva'ot (the Lord of Hosts)—first fruits, or tithes, or a zevach (sacrifice), or an korban (oblation). For they have no other duty, nor any portion of land with the children of Yisrael , but only to serve in the Mishkan . For the offering which the people bring is the portion of the Levi'im . 37And now you, O m'vakerim , are the exemplars of the kohanim and Levi'im , as those over all. You ought to entreat and pray on behalf of the people. For you are prepared for the service of this kehillah , who stand before the altars of YAHUAH Eloheinu (the Lord our God), and to offer up a pure and reasonable and bloodless sacrifice to Yeshua ha'Mashiach , the Kohen ha'Gadol ha'Gadol (Great High Priest). 38For you are preachers and z'kenim (elders) and nevi'im (prophets) and rulers and kings, who have authority over all the people, and over all who are under you. It behooves you to preach and speak and cause the people to hear the devar Elohim (word of God), and not hide the keys of chokhmah (wisdom) and da'at (knowledge). And if you hide them, you shall meet with condemnation which is prepared for you before Elohim . 39But if you preach and teach the people, you shall be met with honor and recompense before Elohim , because you have patiently endured and borne every burden. Therefore, you shall attain in everything that which you need, because you have imitated Yeshua ha'Mashiach (Jesus Christ), who took our sicknesses and bore our sorrows on the cross. For He who had no sin was crucified for us. 40In like manner you also must needs bear the sins of His people. For Yeshayahu (Isaiah) the navi says concerning our Moshia (Savior), “He took our sicknesses and bore our sorrows,” and “for our sakes He was afflicted.” And again, “He was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities.” 41And in like manner should he also save the people, even as Mashiach saved you. Think not that the burden is light which kohanim (priests) and m'vakerim (bishops) bear. As they have borne a heavy burden, so shall they receive the bikkurim (first fruits), and give thereof to the destitute. For One will call you to account, with whom none can dispute or contend. 42It is right then that they who serve the holy kehillah (church) should have their needs supplied and receive the offerings as kohanim and Levi'im (Levites) and ministers, even as it is written in the book of Bamidbar (Numbers) concerning the kohanim . And the Adon (Lord) said unto Aharon (Aaron): 43“Behold, I have given unto you to keep the first fruits which they offer unto Me of all that is sanctified by the children of Yisrael . To you I have given it, even all the first fruits of oil, and all the first fruits of wine and wheat, even their first fruits, and all that they offer unto the Adon . To you I have given it all, until your old age, and after you to your children as an ordinance forever.” 44“And this shall be yours of that which is sanctified unto the holy place, of the korbanot (sacrifices), both of every oblation, and of all their sacrifices, and of their trespass offerings, and of all their sin offerings. Whatsoever they bring unto Me, of all their holy things, to you shall it be, and to your children. In the most holy place, eat of it. Let every male eat of it, you and your sons, for it is holy unto you. And let this be yours of their first gifts, and of all that the children of Yisrael offer. To you have I given it, and to your sons and your daughters with you as an ordinance forever. Everyone that is clean in your house, eat of it.” 45“And all the first fruits of oil, and all the first fruits of wine and wheat, even their first fruits, and all that they offer unto the Adon , to you I have given it. All the first fruits of corn that are in all their land, and all that they offer unto the Adon , to you have I given it all. Let him that is clean in your house eat of it. All that they dedicate among the children of Yisrael is yours.” 46“And everything that opens the womb of its mother of all flesh, everything that they bring unto the Adon from man, even unto the beast, is yours. And those that are redeemed with a ransom—the firstborn of men, and the firstborn of beasts that are unclean—you shall redeem. And for a ransom for each one that is a month old, the price shall be five shekalim (shekels) according to the shekel ha'kodesh (shekel of the sanctuary), which is twenty gerah .” 47“But the firstborn of cows and the firstborn of sheep and the firstborn of goats you shall not redeem, for they are holy. And you shall pour out their blood at the altar, and their fat you shall make a sacrifice unto the Adon for a sweet savor. And its flesh shall be for you, even as the breast which they wave, and as the right shoulder, it shall be yours.” 48“Every offering which is holy, even all that the children of Yisrael separate unto the Adon , I have given it to your sons and your daughters with you as a chukkat olam (statute forever). And it is a perpetual covenant forever before the Adon , unto you and unto your seed after you.”

1That the people ought to bring offerings to the kehillah (church) according to their ability. Hear now also, you people of the elect kehillat Elohim (church of God). For of old the Ivrim (Hebrews) were called the am Elohim (people of God), a holy people. But now you are kohanim (priests), a holy people elect in your generation. And your names are written in Shamayim (heaven) for a mamlekhet kohanim (kingdom and priesthood), a holy people, a kallah (bride) adorned for the Adon Elohim , a glorious and faithful kehillah . 2Hear how it was appointed of old what should be given to those set in authority over the kehillat Elohim , whether vows, first fruits of corn, or tithes for the salvation of men’s souls. 3The beginning of the Shem (Name) of Yeshua (Jesus) is iota by number ten. Hear, O holy kehillah , the congregation of people which has been founded on iota —which was manifested in the Torah (law), and has kept the emunah (faith), and believed in our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach , and been a guide to the knowledge of the word iota, and has stood fast in the perfection of His kavod (glory). 4For in old times they brought sacrifices and todah (thank offerings) and vows and ma'aser (tithes) and bikkurim (first fruits) which were their oblations in those days. But now let the m'vakerim (bishops) and kohanim offer the sacrifice of the oblation to Adonai Eloheinu and our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach , who died as a kofer (ransom) for us. 5And He has appointed kohanim gedolim (high priests) and z'kenim (presbyters) and shammashim (deacons) and readers and singers and doorkeepers and shammashot (deaconesses), and also widows and betulot (virgins) and orphans. And over all these is set the m'vaker (bishop). For he is the teacher and instructor of all who serve Elohim in the right emunah . And for their sakes he delivers the word. It is right that they obey him. For he is the teacher of the Torah for all, and besides their father who has begotten them by mayim (water) and by the Ruach (Spirit). 6Since he is your chief and your teacher and your stay and your elohim (god) on earth under the true Elohim , you ought to magnify him and others who are like him. Even as Elohim spoke by the mouth of David the navi (prophet), saying, “I said, ‘You are elohim , and all of you children of Elyon (the Most High).’” Speak no evil word against the elohim —that is, the m'vakerim (bishops). 7But let the m'vakerim have the first seat amongst you. For to them has been given honor and kavod (glory) from Adonai Elohim , that they may feed His people in shalom (peace), as Mashiach , the Kohen ha'Gadol (Great High Priest). 8But let the shammash (deacon) minister in purity without blame. And let him do nothing without the permission of the m'vaker , his father. And let the shammashah (deaconess) do nothing without the permission of the shammash . And let no other woman go to the shammash save only with the shammashah . And in like manner, let no woman go to the m'vaker save with the shammash . 9Honor then the kohanim (priests), for they admonish you and teach you the way of Elohim , and you shall receive from them the word in the right emunah (faith). For He sent them to preach and teach and admonish and baptize into the Shem ha'Av (Name of the Father), and of the Ben (Son), and of the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit), and to teach men to observe all that He has commanded them. 10Honor widows and orphans as the kehillah (church), and bethulot (virgins) also as the mizbe'ach (altar) and the offering of incense. For of old, none was able to offer sacrifice except he were of the bnei Levi (sons of Levi). And the people could not approach the altar except along with the kohanim . And in like manner do you also do nothing without the counsel of the m'vaker . 11He who acts thus without the permission of the m'vaker (bishop), his work is idle and vain and without profit. As Sha'ul (Saul) offered a sacrifice without Shmuel (Samuel) the navi (prophet), and heard a voice saying, “Your sacrifice is in vain,” in like manner, if a layman does anything without the kohen (priest), it is vain. 12Uziyahu (Uzziah) the melech (king) also, when he was not a kohen , and yet did the office of a kohen , became a metzora (leper). And if there be any one of the people that usurps the kohen’s office, and does not the mitzvot (commandments) of Elohim (God), he shall not escape judgment. For he has taken an honor that was not given unto him, and has resisted the kehunah (priesthood), and has not imitated Mashiach (Christ), who glorified not Himself to be made a Kohen ha'Gadol (Great High Priest), but patiently endured until He heard the voice of the Av (Father), saying, “The Adon (Lord) has sworn and will not repent: ‘You are a kohen forever after the order of Malki-Tzedek (Melchizedek).’” 13But if Mashiach glorified not Himself without the Av who is equal with Him, how then can a man by himself take the kehunah to himself, unless he that has authority over him has given it unto him? 14For the sons of Korach (Korah) were of the tribe of Levi . Yet when they strove against Moshe (Moses) and Aharon (Aaron), the fire consumed them because they sought to take that which belonged not to them. Datan and Aviram (Dathan and Abiram) went down alive into She'ol (the pit). The rod that budded destroyed the council of many foolish men, and He made manifest thereby the Kohen ha'Gadol who was ordained by Elohim . 15Therefore, achim (brethren), you ought to bring your korbanot (sacrifices) and your ketoret (incense) to the m'vaker , for he is the Kohen ha'Gadol . Bring unto him your bikkurim (first fruits) and ma'aser (tithes), and all your vows, that he may give to each one according to his need, even to the destitute who have nothing. 16Let him appoint unto them, as is fitting, that none wrong his neighbor in receiving tzedakah (alms). The m'vaker (bishop) ought to exercise due care concerning all the destitute, and to examine their lives, and know well their condition. 17Moreover, when the faithful desire to invite to a feast the destitute and the widows, as the Adon (Lord) has commanded, the shammashim (deacons) ought to minister, and let them, knowing well the lives of all, invite them, and set them each one in his place, as is fitting, and let them distribute unto them. 18And to the ro'eh (shepherd) also, let them give thereof in secret for the honor of Elohim , seeing that the kehunah (priesthood) has been given unto him. And after distribution has been made unto the widows, let the shammashim take thereof two portions, and in like manner the z'kenim (presbyters) also, who watch and teach the devar tochechah (word of admonition), and let them receive double, for they are shelichim (apostles) of our Adon , being counselors of the m'vaker , and the crown of the kehillah (church), who therein judge uprightly. 19And let the reader receive one portion, and in like manner the singers also, and let the doorkeepers get each one according to the appointment of the kehillah , and to the people let them give such portions as befit them, and let them not neglect the m'vaker , nor delay to give unto him, but send speedily unto him along with the ministering shammashim . 20The shammashim ought to inform the m'vaker of every need of the people, that he may command them to do as befits. For of old there was no man that entered into the Beit ha'Mikdash (Temple) or did anything therein without the kohen (priest). Malachi the navi (prophet) says, “For the kohen’s lips keep counsel, and they seek the Torah (law) at his mouth.” 21For those who serve false elilim (gods) and do their will and set themselves up as righteous—though they are impure and their works evil, and who have no good works, and account themselves as the kedoshim (saints)—men indeed, seeing their works, mock at and jest at and despise them. Yet is there none of these that can accomplish or do anything without the counsel of the idol priests? But they look up to them and hearken to the voice of him that commands them and do all that he says unto them. And they honor the idol priests and put their trust in them and believe in their gods. 22Now if they believe in these that have no life, and if they serve unclean ruchim (spirits), in whom is no profit, and hope in vanity, and set themselves up as righteous—how much more should we, who have received chen (grace), and have an enlightened emunah (faith), and a perfect tikvah (hope), wherein is no deceit, believe the message, which is full of kavod (glory), and without fear, that we may serve Adonai Eloheinu (the Lord our God)? 23For know of a truth that the first fathers and the m'vakerim (bishops) are the mouth of Elohim . For Aharon (Aaron) spoke to Pharaoh, being a helper to Moshe (Moses), and therefore he was called the navi (prophet). And Moshe was called the Elohim of Pharaoh, as king and Kohen ha'Gadol (High Priest), even as Elohim said unto him, “Behold, I have made you to be Elohim unto Pharaoh, and Aharon your brother to be unto you a navi .” 24How then do you not believe them? For they intercede for you, and deliver the word. Serve them, for they are nevi'im (prophets) and servants of Elohim —the shammash (deacon) like Aharon and the m'vaker like Moshe . And if Moshe was called Elohim by the Adon (Lord), it is right for you also to honor the m'vakerim as Elohim , and the shammash as a navi . 25As Mashiach (Christ) did nothing without the Av (Father), in like manner, let the shammash do nothing without the counsel of the m'vaker . Also there is nothing that the Ben (Son) does without the Av . And as the Ben is subject to His Av , in like manner, let the shammash be subject to the m'vaker .

1That the shammash (deacon) ought to do nothing except by permission of the m'vaker (bishop), even as the Ben (Son) is the good pleasure of the Av (Father) and His angel of counsel and His navi (prophet). In like manner is the shammash the messenger and prophet of the m'vaker . Wherefore it is not right that he should do anything without the counsel of the m'vaker . 2And if he give in secret to one that is destitute without the knowledge of the m'vaker , he causes reproach and imputes unto him neglect and sloth as touching the poor and needy and afflicted. 3And he that speaks evil against the m'vaker or does him wrong has sinned against Elohim (God), not understanding that which is said, “You shall not speak evil against the ruler of your people.” For this Torah (law) was not ordained concerning stones and trees which the nations worship, but rather with respect to kohanim (priests) and wise men. For to these He said, “You are elohim (gods), and all of you sons of Elyon (the Most High).” 4Understand then, O shammash , if you see a destitute man, and he be ashamed to beg, speak concerning him to the m'vaker , and reveal not his poverty to another, nor speak of it, lest he be ashamed and murmur. But if you reveal his secrets, you shall bring sorrow on your brother, and for his sake the Adon (Lord) will be wroth with you. 5And He said unto them, “Were you not afraid to speak evil against My servant Moshe (Moses)?” And the anger of the wrath of the Adon came upon them. And Moshe said unto those that murmured against him, “And we, what are we? And this is your murmuring: it is not against me that you murmur, but against the Creator.” 6And if there be anyone that says to a layman, “You fool,” he shall be condemned, for he has blasphemed against the Shem (Name) of Mashiach (Christ). And if this be so, much more then shall those be condemned that blaspheme against the m'vaker . 7For when he stretches forth his hands, the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit) comes down. And by him you are taught the spiritual commandment and know Elohim , and have believed in Mashiach by whom you are saved—by the oil of gladness and the holy chrism —and are made the sons of light. 8For when the m'vaker lays his hand upon you in holy baptism , the Adon sends His holy word upon you, saying, “You are My sons, and today I have begotten you.” 9Understand then, O man, that by the prayer of the m'vaker you are called a son of Elohim . Now also know that which was granted unto you, and love him that has loved you, and called you to this kavod (glory) and honor. Revere the m'vaker who is under Elohim a father unto you. 10For you have heard the word which said concerning those who begat you according to the flesh, “Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you.” And he that speaks an evil word against his father or his mother, let him die the death. 11And if this be so, how then is it that you do not magnify and honor those who have begotten you again with mayim (water) and the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit), and have fed you with spiritual milk, and nurtured you with the devar tochechah (word of admonition), and strengthened you by the Eucharistia (Eucharist), and made you meet to receive the holy body and the precious blood of our Adon and Moshia Yeshua ha'Mashiach (Lord and Savior Jesus Christ)? 12These are they who have loosed you from the bond of sin and made you partakers of the holy Eucharistia and of the ahavah (love) of Elohim , that you may be partakers of the inheritance and joint-heirs with His Ben (Son). 13Fear them then, and honor them in everything, for they have been granted life from Elohim , that they may give judgment against them that have sinned, and save them from the fire of Gehinnom (Gehenna), and pardon them that turn from their sins. 14These then you ought to fear as chiefs and rulers, and obey them as kings, and receive them into your houses. Even as Shmuel (Samuel) the navi (prophet) commanded the people concerning the king in the first book of Kings, and Moshe (Moses) also commanded concerning the kohanim (priests), we in like manner command you concerning the m'vakerim (bishops), that you give them their due, even as is appointed. 15For of old, Moshe and Eliyahu (Elijah) and Shmuel commanded the people to honor kings and priests who do service in matters of this olam (world). And if this be so, much more is it meet that you should give their due and their maintenance to m'vakerim and kohanim who watch and do service on your behalf and are your guides unto the Malkhut ha'Shamayim (Kingdom of Heaven). 16And if of old kings raised armies to fight and war that they might guard and save men's bodies, how much more are they worthy of honor who have received from Elohim the office of the kehunah (priesthood), and who preserve soul and body from condemnation? For the soul is of more account than the body, and the priestly office is of more account than the kingly. For this is the office which binds those that deserve condemnation and looses those that seek for healing. 17Wherefore it is right that you should honor and love the m'vaker as a father, and fear him as a king, and trust in him as in Elohim . Bring unto him your gifts, both the fruits of your ground, and the labor of your hands, and your bikkurim (first fruits), and your presents, and your vows—even the first fruits of your wheat and wine, and oil and wool. 18And for this shall he pronounce a berakhah (blessing) upon you, that your oblation may be acceptable and well pleasing as incense, even a sweet savor before Adonai Eloheichem (the Lord your God), and that the Adon may bless the work of your hands, and multiply the good fruits of your land. For the birkat Adonai (blessing of the Lord) is upon the heads of the righteous who show mercy. 19Behold now, know you that the Adon (Lord) has freed us from the curse of the Torah (law), and brought us back to life, when we were scattered abroad, and lost as sheep without a ro'eh (shepherd), and as the beasts that cannot speak. He has turned us from our sins and cleansed us from our iniquities and commanded us to bring our korbanot (sacrifices) to the kohanim (priests) and to give tzedakah (alms) to the poor who have nothing. 20For our Adon says in the Besorah (Gospel), “Unless your tzedakah abounds more than that of the scribes and Perushim (Pharisees), you cannot enter into the Malkhut ha'Shamayim (Kingdom of Heaven).” This will he do if he take care to give to the kohanim and the widows and the orphans, even as it is written, saying, “He has dispersed abroad, and has given to the poor, and his tzedakah remains forever.” 21For by tzedakah (righteousness) and uprightness and mercy, chet (sin) is pardoned. For a pure and blessed soul pleases Elohim (God). Do then righteousness thus, as the Adon has commanded. Give to the kohanim as it befits—the bikkurim (first fruits) of your winepress and your threshing floor. 22For they have authority to give to all the destitute and power over every matter of the kehillah (church). Strive not then against the m'vakerim (bishops) in anything that they do, saying, “When did he do it?” or “To whom has he given?” or “When did he spend it?” or “Whither did he send it?”—nor discuss whether he has done good or evil, or acted justly or unjustly. For Adonai Elohim will require it of them, who has given them the office of the kehunah (priesthood), and granted unto them the greater degree. 23But do you set the yirat Elohim (fear of God) before your eyes, and remember at all times the word that says, “Love the one Adon your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your strength,” and follow not the way which leads unto false elilim (gods), nor anything like thereto that have no life in them, nor the doctrine of shedim (demons) and other creatures, which Mashiach (Christ) has not commanded. 24But seek you to read the Kitvei ha'Kodesh (Holy Scriptures) which are the Torat Adonai (Law of the Lord) your Elohim , and cease not to read His Scriptures at all times, and remove from you all evil that opposes itself, which is not commanded in the Torah —even mocking and anger. 25But honor your father and your mother who begat you according to the flesh, and love your neighbor as yourself, and show mercy to the poor, and keep far from false swearing, wherein is no profit. Keep not far from the kehillat Mashiach (church of Christ). Resort thither early at all times, and worship humbly with the lowly, who sleep not night or day, giving thanks to Elohim for the life that He has bestowed upon them. 26Live by your labor, the work of your hands, and offer unto the Adon of what you have according to your power, and be a friend of the poor, and gain the Malkhut ha'Shamayim , where no moth nor rust corrupts, neither do thieves break through and steal. 27And if you desire to save yourself, strive not in judgment with the m'vaker (bishop), nor with a layman your brother, nor with your fellow wrongfully. And if you strive in judgment with him wrongfully, you have drawn on yourself transgression and chet (sin), none constraining you. 28For mishpat (judgment) has been given to the kohanim (priests), and not to the layman. For the Adon (Lord) says to them, “Judge in tzedakah (righteousness) and uprightness, and be of understanding, and judge the great ones of the people, each one of them.” But to you it is not permitted to judge any man. For it is said to those that have not the office of the kehunah (priesthood), “Judge not, for your judgment shall not be acceptable.” 29But let the m'vaker judge in uprightness, even as it is written, saying, “Judge the poor and the orphan, do justice to the oppressed and the needy, and save the desolate and destitute.” 30And moreover, it is said, “Therefore, judge among yourselves in uprightness.”

1That the m'vaker (bishop) ought to examine and try every matter in tzedakah (righteousness) and uprightness. Be you then pure as the first fathers, good and wise, and prudent, and put away from you every evil habit and wicked custom. Choose rather for yourselves the derekh ha'chayim (way of life). The m'vaker ought to walk in this way, and do as it befits, and turn aside from evil doing, and do good works, and heal the sick who desire to repent, and cast forth such as refuse to turn. 2For there are many who seek pretexts and lay snares and accusations through envy, as did the two elders against Shoshanah (Susanna) in Bavel (Babylon), and as did the Egyptian woman against Yosef (Joseph). But do not you, O man of Elohim (God), as these two. But be good and merciful, and receive them that repent, and favor not the sinner, neither slay the just. 3But whoso receives not the repentant and brings not the sinner back is the father of anger, and in him is no shalom (peace). For in the place where anger is, there the Adon (Lord) dwells not. But anger is the friend of Satan, who goes to and fro amongst false brethren, and in him is no peace, and causes trouble in the kehillah (church). 4Understand then, and follow not the way of fools who rejoice in evil, neither hearken to their voice, but beware of them. For there is no yirat Elohim (fear of God) before their eyes, but rather revenge and envy. For evil men accuse the good, who are without sin, and raise against them an evil report, and bring them down into great trouble and affliction. 5But you, O m'vaker , understand and examine those who come unto you to tell their cause, and judge between them with chokhmah (wisdom), discerning how and what the matter is. 6And if a man be found to have transgressed, admonish him by yourself alone, as the Adon has commanded: take him with you alone, and speak unto him, that he may turn to teshuvah (repentance). And if he reject you, take with you one or two, and tell him of his sloth and folly, and teach him in meekness and wisdom. And it is wisdom that dwells in the heart of the good, and rests in the mind of teachers. 7And if he hearken to the word of you three, he has saved his soul, and gained himself. But if he refuse to hearken, tell it to the kehillah . And if he refuse to hear the kehillah , he shall be unto you as a heathen and a publican. Receive him not, and permit him not to enter the kehillah , nor reckon him with the Mashichim (Christians). 8But those that repent of their sins and turn to our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach (Lord Jesus Christ), the Ben Elohim (Son of God), let us receive their repentance. 9Behold, I Mattityahu (Matthew), one of the twelve, declare unto you the teaching of this new didascalia (instruction). Though before I was a publican, yet when I repented and believed in the right emunah (faith), I became a shaliach (apostle) and a preacher of the holy Besorah (Gospel). For by faith a man is saved. 10And in like manner Zakkai (Zacchaeus) also, though before he was a publican, yet when he turned and repented and prayed to the Adon , He received his repentance and despised him not. 11And behold, as those soldiers and publicans who entered into the kehillah heard the word of repentance from Yochanan ha'Matbil (John the Baptist), and that which he said after their baptism, “Do nothing beyond that which is commanded unto you,” so lay not you burdens on the Goyim (Gentiles) who turn unto Elohim , lest they rebel against the faith. 12And thus we give commandment: Those that turn, he shall bring into the kehillah , that they may hear the word of the Kitvei ha'Kodesh (Holy Scriptures)—the Torah (Law) and the Nevi'im (Prophets) and the Besorah . Then they should be ready at all times to serve in the kehillah , that others when they see may fear and be admonished and learn true chasidut (godliness). 13O m'vaker (bishop), help the sinners and strengthen them by the word of the Adon (Lord), and despise them not, and refuse not to eat with them. For our Adon refused not to eat with publicans and sinners. And when the Perushim (Pharisees) said unto His talmidim (disciples), “Wherefore does your master eat with sinners and publicans?” He answered and said unto them, “The sick have need of the rofe (physician), and not the whole. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to teshuvah (repentance).” 14Wherefore it is right that you visit them and comfort them and eat with them in love, and be careful for their salvation, and help them, and say unto them, “Be strong. Clap your hands and dance with your feet.” He ought then to console the sorrowful of heart and bear patiently with the angry, lest they turn again unto folly. For the passionate man is ever a fool. 15But if any man turn and show forth the fruits of teshuvah , straightway receive him as the prodigal son who scattered all his father's substance, living riotously. And he spent all that he had. And there came a great famine on that land, and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to one of the men of that country, and he sent him to his field to feed swine. And he would fain have filled himself with the berries that the swine did eat, and no man gave unto him. 16And he thought in his heart and said, “How many hired servants of my father are there who have bread enough and to spare, and I die here of hunger? I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, ‘Father, I have sinned against Shamayim (heaven) and in your sight, and am not worthy therefore to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.’” 17And he arose and came to his father. And his father saw him from afar and was moved with compassion for him, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And his son said unto him, “Father, I have sinned against Shamayim and in your sight, and am not worthy to be called your son.” And his father said to his servants, “Bring quickly choice garments and put them on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet, and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry. For this my son was dead and lives again, and was lost and is found.” 18Thus do, O m'vaker , when you baptize the catechumens : receive them and lay your hand upon them, for they have been purified by teshuvah . And after you have prayed over them, baptize them, and bring them into the good flock. For when you lay your hand upon them, the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit) descends upon them from our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach . 19And if one of the faithful brethren asks you and says to you, “Therefore have you not slain the sinner? Ought you not to rejoice with him?” — say unto him, “Because this your brother was dead and lives again, and was lost and is found.” For Elohim (God) is merciful, and forgives the sin of him that has repented, and done that which is good. 20Hear what David did when he sinned in the matter of the wife of Uriyah (Uriah). After his sin, he repented and said, “Turn Your face from my sin, and blot out all my transgression. Create for me a clean heart, O Adonai , and renew a right spirit within me, and cast me not away from before Your face, and take not Your Ruach ha'Kodesh from me. Restore unto me joy and Your salvation, and strengthen me with an excellent spirit.” 21And you also, O m'vaker , heal them as a wise physician, and as a faithful friend, who cares and seeks for the salvation of his neighbor. In like manner do you help and save and heal from the wounds of sin those that turn unto Elohim , that they may be saved from condemnation. 22If their disease be great, give unto them the remedy which blots out uncleanness, and anoint them with the oil of life, which destroys the poison of the disease—that is fasting and prayer—and bind up by prayer and supplication the defilement of the limbs of those that are broken. 23And if when you do all this, you are not able to heal them, be not against them as a saw which cuts, or as an axe which breaks in pieces, but rather as a wise rofe (physician) who cuts with a lancet, and removes the foulness of the disease that is hidden within, and then shall the whole limb become sound. 24But if you see a deceitful man who refuses to turn unto teshuvah (repentance), but lives in folly and error, cut him off from the kehillah (church). For it is said, “Remove all evil from you.” It is right that you admonish him. But it is right that you reckon him not an enemy, for he is a member of yours, and respect not persons in judgment, and favor neither the rich nor the poor. 25And you, O ro'im (shepherds) of the sheep and shammashim (deacons), ought not to hearken to the words of falsehood and accusation against an innocent man in whom is no sin, that he should put him forth from the kehillah , seeking occasions to receive bribes, and to accept persons. For those that do thus are the friends of Satan . 26Know then that you shall be requited concerning this before the kisei ha'mishpat (judgment seat) of the Adon (Lord). For it is written, saying, “You shall not slay the righteous with the sinner, nor take a bribe to destroy life.” For a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the word of tzedakah (righteousness). 27Honor not a transgressor because of a bribe, and change not righteousness for falsehood, but take heed to yourselves, and do not any such thing, and judge not unrighteously, and be not partakers with evildoers. For it is said by Yeshayahu (Isaiah) the navi (prophet), “Woe unto them that call good evil and evil good, that call light darkness, and darkness light, that call sweet bitter, and bitter sweet. Woe unto them that are wise unto evil, and say, ‘We are as the wise.’” 28But if you pervert judgment by iniquity, know that you shall bring on yourselves grievous condemnation. For our Adon says, “Even as you have judged, you shall be judged, and with the measure wherewith you have measured, men shall measure unto you.” 29But if you have understanding and inquire into matters of judgment, you shall discern the evil and the false and the slanderers who would fain slay their neighbors by wrongdoing. These are they that cause trouble and observe words of vanity and make snares for themselves by the words of their lips. Those that do thus, put far away, lest they destroy the kehillat Elohim (church of God). 30But if they turn and repent and forsake their wickedness and do good, let them be received that they may enter into the kehillah , for they have received the body of Mashiach (Christ). 31If a man be born having in his members ought superfluous, will he not cut off that which is superfluous in his members, that it not be a shame unto him? In like manner, you shepherds of the sheep, drive out from the kehillat Elohim the ungodly and unbelieving. For it is a shame if there are with you those that believe not in the Shem (Name) of Yeshua ha'Mashiach . Cut them off entirely from the kehillah . 32You are truly members of Mashiach and sons of the kehillah . And if there be found in your midst a superfluous member who has thoughts of evil, and goes to and fro among you with murder and slander and gidduf (blasphemy)—he that does thus has accomplished all the devices of Satan , and has blasphemed against the kehillah . Let those that do thus be put forth from the kehillah , and be requited according to their works, and entirely cut off from the am Adonai (people of the Lord). 33Behold, then the kehillat Adonai is beautified, for the evil member has gone forth from her that dwelt within her, troubling her. 34These are destroyers, haters of good, and lovers of wealth and vain praise, who are wise unto evil, and scatter the sheep of the flock of Yeshua ha'Mashiach (Jesus Christ). M'vakerim (bishops) and people ought to judge in tzedakah (righteousness). For our Adon (Lord) says, “If he walk in a crooked way, I also will walk with you in a crooked way.” And moreover somewhere it is said, “With a righteous man you shall be righteous, and with a pure man you shall be pure, and with the elect you shall be elect, and with the crooked you shall be crooked.” 35Walk then in the way of purity, that you may find honor and favor with the Adon . Be of one heart, and love one another, and let there be shalom (peace) among you. And you, O m'vakerim , feed the people with firmness, with one heart, and in uprightness and fellowship, that you may glorify Elohim (God) in one emunah (faith). 36Be then one body, and one Ruach (Spirit), and one emunah , even as the Adon has granted unto you in uprightness. Let the shammash (deacon) tell the m'vaker of all that is done, even as Mashiach (Christ) did nothing without the Av (Father). For there is one will of the Av and the Ben (Son) and the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit). 37And when the shammash has received ordination from the m'vaker , let him be an ear, and an eye, and a mouth to the m'vaker , and tell him the cares of the people as befits, even as Yitro (Jethro) told Moshe (Moses) the navi (prophet), and he received his word. This honor befits a Mashichi (Christian) people. 38Let not the layman judge, nor the z'kenim (elders), but rather such as are set in authority in the kehillah (church). For Satan brings snares on the servants of Elohim from the ungodly, and teaches them reproaches and blasphemies. Is there not one among us of understanding that is able to judge between us in uprightness? 39Suffer not then the heathen to know the mystery of your hidden things, and accept not against yourselves the testimony of those that believe not, but keep that which has been given unto you. For it is said, “Give that which is the king’s unto the king, and that which is Elohim’s unto Elohim .” 40But if you have a debt to pay, delay not to give, saying, “To my brother, a believer, I will pay, but to him that believes not, I will not pay.” But do as our Adon , when He paid tribute. And you, O servants of Elohim , keep the mitzvot (commandments) of Mashiach . 41And if you see among the achim (brethren) a quarrel or dispute, it is right for you to give word concerning them to those that are set in authority. And if they are men of evil habits, and causes of trouble, and haters of good, and such as walk not in the right way—those that are such, admonish and put to shame. But when they repent, receive them. And if you act thus, you have made shalom (peace) between the brethren, and saved them from sin. 42You ought to forgive and pardon the trespasses of your neighbors, even as the Adon (Lord) commanded Kefa (Peter) when he said unto Him, “If my neighbor sin against me, how often shall I forgive him, seven times?” And Yeshua said unto him, “I say not unto you seven times, but seventy times seven.” 43Thus then the Adon wills that His talmidim (disciples) should do, and that they should never let revenge dwell in their hearts, nor envy, nor anger, nor evil desire, but they should make peace between brethren, that they may live in unity. For our Adon says, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of Elohim (God).” 44You ought not then on the Shabbat ha'Mashiach (Christian Sabbath) to cause contention, but rather to make peace. Let judgment be given on other days. And it is right, O m'vakerim (bishops), that z'kenim (presbyters) and shammashim (deacons) should sit with you in judgment. And judge not with partiality or accepting of persons, but judge in tzedakah (righteousness) and uprightness as servants of Elohim . 45And if there be anyone that has a suit with his fellow, let them come both of them together and stand in the court, even as it is written in the Torah (Law). Judge you then in righteousness and in uprightness. Take heed and quickly set them at one, and make peace between them, before the judgment of death come forth from the m'vaker on him that has sinned. For with you in the court of judgment is Mashiach (Christ), the Ben Elohim (Son of God). 46And if any man say, “Such a one has blasphemed against the Shem (Name) of Elohim , and walks not in the way of righteousness,” let not your judgment be given hastily before his fellow appear. And when they have come, both of them, judge between them. For the judgment which proceeds from you leads unto life, and on the other hand it goes down unto eternal condemnation. For our Adon says, “Follow righteousness and uprightness.” 47But he whose sin is manifestly known, and has been justly brought up to judgment, shall be far from life eternal, and shall not see the kavod (glory) of Elohim , but shall be put to shame before the kedoshim (saints). But if you judge wrongfully, he shall find condemnation and shall be requited according to your works, even as Elohim requited the two elders who spoke falsely against Shoshanah (Susanna). 48Beware then of speaking falsely, for he that speaks falsely shall find great condemnation. Be not as the men who were transgressors of the Torah , who spoke falsely against Navot (Naboth) in Shomron (Samaria), and as the council of the Yehudim (Jews), who spoke falsely against Stephanos (Stephen), the first martyr. 49They that bear witness must needs be faithful and meek men, in whom is no anger—pure and good, and faithful, worshippers of Elohim , in whom is no evil. Such men are worthy to bear witness, being pure, in whom is no blemish, and their testimony is sure. But receive not the testimony of those that live not thus. And though the testimony of many false witnesses agree with one consent, hear not their words. For it is said, “Let me have no fellowship with their assembly of blood.” 50And moreover, it is commanded in the Torah , “Hearken not unto a false accusation, nor sit with him that is unjust, lest you become an unjust witness, nor join yourself with a multitude to do iniquity.” 51And if there be one who comes before you in judgment, examine his life, and see what his character and habits are. And if you find witnesses concerning him, that there is no evil in him, but that he follows after righteousness—being a lover of Elohim , and a receiver of strangers, and a lover of the poor, and a lover of the brethren, who loves not gain, no extortioner, no drunkard, no sluggard, who puts not forth his hand for oppression—him whose deeds are such, judge in righteousness. 52But him that speaks falsely against his neighbor, admonish, for he is his brother's murderer, that others when they see may fear and not follow his way. And if there be one whose sin becomes manifest in judgment, admonish him and put him to shame. 53As we have said before, if there be one who makes an accusation, give not judgment for the one until both of them are present together in court. But if you give judgment for the one wrongfully before his fellow stands in the court of judgment, then are you become speakers of lies, as the priests who spoke falsely against Shoshanah in Bavel (Babylon), and brought her down to the court unto a judgment of death. Howbeit Daniel the navi (prophet) saved Shoshanah and brought down to the condemnation of death them that had spoken falsely against her. 54And you also, in like manner, if you judge not in righteousness and uprightness, shall find condemnation, and the scourge of Elohim shall come upon you. But if you judge in righteousness and in uprightness, you shall find good reward and chayei olam (life eternal). 55Take heed then, beloved achim , and do good at all times, that you may find honor before Elohim with the holy fathers Avraham (Abraham), Yitzchak (Isaac), and Ya'akov (Jacob) in the Malkhut ha'Shamayim (Kingdom of Heaven) in life eternal. For that is right before Elohim . 56Judge then in righteousness and shalom without anger. For he that provokes his neighbor to anger without a cause, his portion shall be in Gehinnom (Gehenna). For it is said, “Before the sun set, cool your anger, and give not place to Satan .” For let him that stole steal no more. And again David says, “Be angry and sin not.” Love one another, and remove evil from your hearts, and be at peace amongst yourselves. 57Hear then what our Master and our Adon and our Moshia (Savior) Yeshua ha'Mashiach says in the Besorah (Gospel): “When you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has aught against you, leave there your offering before the altar, and go first be reconciled with your brother, and then returning offer your gift.” 58The sacrifice of Elohim is a meek spirit and a humble heart, prayer, and thanksgiving. But if you provoke your neighbor to anger and grieve his heart, Elohim will not receive your sacrifice and your prayer. 59You, beloved achim , ought at all times to pray and make supplication, and utter your supplication to Elohim , that He may remove from you indignation and anger. Praise the Adon continually at every season, and make mention of His name, which is most high, that He may remove from you hatred and anger and revenge, that you may be able to pray with a pure heart, wherein is no defilement. 60For the Adon has commanded us to love our enemies, and much more our friends. And again it is said, “Hate not any man, but some of them admonish, and some of them teach. Neither hate your brother with your whole heart, nor hear an accusation against him, nor find occasion of stumbling because of him. And persecute not the stranger that dwells with you. For you were a stranger in the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt), and hate not an Edomite, for he is your brother.” 61And David also said, “If I have requited them that requited me evil, let my enemies cause me to fall down naked.”

1That Mashichim (Christians) ought ever to forgive the trespasses of their neighbors and not let revenge dwell in their hearts or think evil. But if you desire to be Christians indeed, walk in the derekh Adonai (way of the Lord), and loose every bond of chet (sin). For the Moshia (Savior) has commanded you to forgive the trespasses of your neighbor, even unto seventy times seven. 2And if he desire not to forgive them, hear what Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) the navi (prophet) says. But if you think evil in your heart, and nurse hatred, and judge in anger, your tefillah (prayer) shall not be able to ascend unto Elohim (God). For you have not done the mitzvot (commandments) of the Adon (Lord). 3But if you have forgiven the trespass of your brother four hundred and ninety times, you are become slow of anger and great in mercy, that you may save yourself. And if you do thus, you shall be a son of your Av (Father) who is in Shamayim (heaven). And when you make supplication unto Him, He shall hear your prayer as a faithful friend. 4Therefore, O m'vakerim (bishops), when you are gathered together for tefillah (prayer) and praise and worship, and to hear the reading of the devar tochechah (word of admonition), read the Kitvei ha'Kodesh (Holy Scriptures). Let the shammash (deacon) stand amongst you, crying with a loud voice, and saying, “If there be any man that has in his heart revenge, or envy, or deceit, or any malice against his neighbor, let him speedily be reconciled with him.” And then Elohim (God) will receive their prayer and their supplication. 5And when you enter into a house, say thus, “The shalom Elohim (peace of God) be in this house.” And if there be there b’nei shalom (sons of peace), your peace shall rest upon them, even as it is written, “He is peace to them that are afar off, and to them that are nigh,” even to the people that believe in Mashiach (Christ). 6All who enter into the kehillat Elohim (church of God) ought to pray unto Him to send shalom upon His people.

1That m'vakerim (bishops) ought to be peacemakers, men of mercy, who pardon him that has trespassed against them, and receive the teshuvah (repentance) of them that turn to Elohim (God). And if they do not thus, they shall not be called bishops, but evil. 2But if the m'vaker prays for shalom (peace) upon others, shall he not much more be peaceable himself, that he be not a son of darkness, and that he may be called a son of light? And if in himself there be no peace, how then can he give peace to others? Therefore, the beginning of all his work must needs be peace without evil or hatred, but in ahavah (love) and in peace. 3Let him feed the sheep of Mashiach (Christ). Especially let him guard them as a faithful friend, that they may be saved together and become one flock. But let evil men who work iniquity and cause hatred and trouble be far from Elohim . 4For the Adon (Lord), the El rachum (God of mercy), desires to bring back all generations to teshuvah by the teaching of the Ruach ha'Kodesh (Holy Spirit), and the tzaddikim (righteous ones) and the nevi'im (prophets). For before the flood, the people lived according to the teaching of Hevel (Abel) and the admonition of Hevel and Shet (Seth) and Chanokh (Enoch), who ascended to Shamayim (heaven). 5And those that were after the of S'dom (Sodom), Lot , the lover of strangers, taught. And after Lot , men were taught by Malki-Tzedek (Melchizedek), and the avot (patriarchs), and Iyov (Job), the lover of Elohim , and the Mitzrim (Egyptians), and the B'nei Yisrael (children of Israel), by the mitzvot (commandments) of Moshe (Moses), and Yehoshua ben Nun (Joshua the son of Nun), and Kalev (Caleb), and Pinchas (Phinehas), and those that were after them. 6And after the Torah (Law), by the admonition of the malakhim (angels) and nevi'im . And after these came our Adon , who became incarnate, and was made man of our Lady, the Holy Virgin Miryam (Mary). 7And after Yochanan ha'Matbil (John the Baptist) was cast into prison, He preached, saying, "Repent you, for the Malkhut ha'Shamayim (Kingdom of Heaven) is at hand." And after He had suffered on the cross, He commanded us, even His twelve shlichim (apostles), to preach along with our good brother Paulus (Paul). We are they to whom He has granted that we should be witnesses concerning His Ben (Son), our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach . 8And moreover, there are with us Ya'akov (James), the brother of our Adon , and the seven shammashim (deacons). We have heard from His mouth the word of life, and have believed and known that He is Yeshua ha'Mashiach , in whom the Adon the Av (Father) is well pleased. We declare unto you perfectly that which we have heard from Him, that none that believes in Him shall perish. 9To Him, let us offer up praise with one voice, that we may obtain chayei olam (life eternal). Thus our Adon has commanded us when we pray to the Av , saying, "Your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth," that as the hosts of heavenly and spiritual ones glorify Him, so every creature on earth may glorify the one Elohim by His only begotten Ben , our Adon and our Elohim and our Moshia (Savior) Yeshua ha'Mashiach . 10This then is His good pleasure—that we should glorify Him and bless Him with one mind and worship Him with one Ruach (Spirit). This is the good pleasure of Mashiach , that those that are saved should be many, and that not one of them should perish, nor the kehillah (church) be diminished. 11Slay not the soul which has been made alive through teshuvah (repentance), for it has been saved from indignation and anger, but do you in the beauty of your patience fulfill every word of the Kitvei ha’Kodesh (Scriptures). 12But if he scatter the sheep of his flock, you shall be enemies of Elohim (God). Destroy not the lambs that Mashiach (Christ) has fed. Be of good understanding then, O m’vaker (bishop), lest by your occasion the sheep of Mashiach’s flock be scattered, whom we have gathered by the preaching of tongues, from every quarter, by toil, and by weariness, and by sorrow, and by watching, and by hunger, and by thirst, and labor, and journeyings, and by persecutions, and by affliction, and by imprisonment. 13And behold, we have done the good pleasure of Elohim , and are filled with plants—the house, which is the holy congregation, the kehillat Elohim (church of God). Those that are called thereunto rejoice and are glad, glorifying and blessing Elohim , even those that have been called by you unto chayei olam (life eternal). 14And you also, O people, work amongst you the works of ahavah (love) and shalom (peace), that you may walk in the kehillat Elohim with one heart. And for this you shall obtain a good reward from Elohim . 15But be you, O m’vaker (bishop), holy, without blemish, and do not that which is unseemly, nor be passionate, nor deceitful, nor of evil disposition, but be a teacher and a helper of those that perish, and a counselor of good, and confirm the people as an ish Elohim (man of God). 16And when you are gathered together in the kehillah (church), command them to walk in the good way as a wise shipmaster. And command the shammashim (deacons) to be as the sailors, that they may make the achim (brethren) to sit down, each one in his own place, as befits in tzedakah (righteousness) and purity. For they are together with you in one ship. 17Let the length of the kehillah be towards the east. And let there be two porches in its sides after the likeness of a ship, and let the throne of the m’vaker be set in the midst. And let the z’kenim (presbyters) sit on his right hand and on his left. And let the shammashim also stand ready to serve with their garments girt up like sailors. 18And let the people sit in their places in yirah (fear) and trembling. And in like manner let the women sit by themselves in silence. 19And let the reader also stand in his place and read the books of Moshe (Moses) and of Yehoshua ben Nun (Joshua the son of Nun) and of the Shoftim (Judges) and the Melachim (Kings) and the Divrei ha’Yamim (Chronicles) and the books after the captivity and return from Bavel (Babylon) and Iyov (Job) and Shlomo (Solomon) and the fifteen nevi’im (prophets). 20And after they have read from the books two at a time, one shall rise up and sing praises in the words of David , and the people shall answer with praises. 21Then they shall read the Ma’asei ha’Shlichim (Acts of the Apostles) and the iggerot (epistles) of our brother Paulus (Paul), our beloved fellow laborer, which he wrote and sent to all the kehillot (churches) by the help of the Ruach ha’Kodesh (Holy Spirit). 22And after this, let the z’kenim (presbyters) or the shammashim (deacons) read the Besorah (Gospel) which we have given unto you, even Mattityahu (Matthew) and Yochanan (John), and which Luka (Luke) and Markus (Mark), the fellow laborers of the renowned Paulus , have proclaimed, and which they have appointed for you. 23And when the Besorah is read, let the z’kenim and the shammashim and all the people stand in great yirah (fear). For it is written, “Be silent, O Yisrael (Israel), and hearken.” 24Then let the z’kenim stand one by one, and confirm the people, and afterwards the m’vaker (bishop), that he may save them by his admonition. 25And next, let the doorkeepers stand where the men come in, and set them in their places. Let the shammashah (deaconess) in like manner make the women stand in their places. If any man be found standing in a place which is not his, let the shammashim put him to shame and then bring him back to his own place. For the shammashim are like the sailors, and the kehillah like a ship. 26Howbeit, it is not a ship, but a flock of sheep. Now ro’im (shepherds) separate the sheep from the goats and place them according to their kinds and according to their divisions. And in like manner let the people be found together in the kehillah according to their classes. 27Let the young men stand by themselves, but if there be no place to contain them, let them stand with the rest of the people. Let the old men sit by themselves, and let the children sit in front of their fathers, these taking care of them. 28And let the maidens sit by themselves, but if there be no place, let them stand behind the married women. And let the virgins and the widows and the elder women stand before all the other women, and let those that have husbands and children sit by themselves. 29The shammashim should arrange them one by one, and let no one pass over into his neighbor’s seat, and let him mark the conduct and behavior of the people in the kehillah , lest they sleep or be slothful in tefillah (prayer). But let him watch them, and if any be found laughing or talking foolishly, let him admonish them, and cause them to be silent. 30We ought then to stand in the kehillah in yirah and trembling and to set our thoughts to hearken to the devar ha’Kitvei (word of the Scriptures). 31And when the catechumens and those that are under penance have departed, let all the people rise up and look towards the east and pray unto Elohim (God) who is in every place, to bring them back to their former place—unto the garden of joy from which the first man went forth when he consented to the counsel of the nachash (serpent) and transgressed the mitzvah (commandment) of Elohim . 32And after this, let the z’kenim rise up and offer the korban (sacrifice) to Elohim with yirah and trembling. Then let the ministers rise and command them to keep silence. And let the shammash who stands at the right of the m’vaker say thus to the people, “Let no man harbor in his heart revenge or hatred or envy against his neighbor.” 33Then let the men salute one another with a holy kiss. And in like manner let the women salute one another. Howbeit salute not one another with guile like Yehudah ish K’riot (Judas Iscariot) who kissed our Adon and betrayed Him wickedly. 34And after this, let the shammash pray and make supplication for the whole world and all that is therein, for the fruits of the ground, for the king, for the kohanim (priests), for the rulers, for the kohanim ha’roshim (chief priests), for the shalom (peace) of the holy apostolic kehillah . 35And after this, let the kohen ha’rosh (chief priest) make supplication and entreaty that peace may be upon the people. Then let him bless them, as Moshe (Moses) commanded the kohanim to bless the people, saying, “Thus: The Adon bless you, and keep you, and make His face to shine on you, and have mercy upon you, and give you peace.” 36And after this, let the m’vaker make supplication, and say, “Save Your people, and bless Your heritage. Feed them, and lift them up forever. You have purchased and redeemed by Your precious blood Your holy kehillah through our Adon Yeshua ha’Mashiach , who has called her to be a congregation of kings and priests, a pure family, a holy people.” 37And after that the kohanim have taken up the razim (mysteries), let them take heed, lest any enter who are not of the faithful. And then let the men stand up and the women also veiling their heads, and let them put forth their hands and pray for pardon and receive His holy flesh and precious blood. 38And if any achim (brethren) or sisters come from a distant place, let the shammash inquire into their lives and get knowledge of their emunah (faith). And if they have the tokens of the right faith, let him permit them to enter the kehillah . But if they are unbelievers, let him not permit them to enter. 39And if a zaken (presbyter) come from a distant place, let the z’kenim receive him, and in like manner the shammashim . And if a m’vaker come, a stranger, let the m’vaker who is like unto him receive him, and let him sit with him, and let the m’vaker show him honor. Then let him ask him to teach and admonish the people. For it is said, “A navi (prophet) is not had in honor in his own city.” Entreat him to offer up the sacrifice. 40But if by reason or fear he refuses, let them all the more entreat him to bestow a berakhah (blessing) on the people. 41And if there be one that comes to you, a stranger, or one of the men of the place, clothed in goodly apparel, full of grace, do you, O m’vaker , declare unto him the word of Elohim . And when you hear them teaching or reading the Kitvei (Scriptures), cease not the work of the avodah (ministry). 42The achim ought to receive strangers, and magnify and honor them. But if there be one who is haughty, and who honors not a stranger, let the shammash coming, admonish him, and set him behind the rest of the people, that others when they see may fear. 43And if they come unto you poor men, whether young or old, let the shammash receive them with a glad heart, and set them each one in his place, as befits, without respect of persons, but so that your service be that which is well pleasing to Elohim . And let the shammashah (deaconess) also do in like manner with the women, whether rich or poor. 44Admonish then, O m’vaker (bishop), your people, and bid them come to the kehillah (church) day and night, and never absent themselves from it, that the congregation therein be not diminished, for they are members of Mashiach (Christ). And we say this not concerning the kohanim (priests) alone, but concerning all the people, that each one may understand the word of the Adon (Lord). For our Adon says, “But he that is not with Me is Mine adversary, and he that gathers not with Me scatters.” 45Be not slothful then, for you are members of Mashiach . Separate not yourselves from His body and His blood, nor choose the cares of this world before the mitzvot (commandments) of Elohim (God). Gather yourselves together in the kehillah in the evening and in the morning, glorify Elohim and sing and read the Tehillim (Psalms) of David : the sixty-second and the one hundred and fortieth as well. 46And especially on the Shabbat ha’Mashiach (Christian Sabbath), which is the day of His holy resurrection, offer praise and thanksgiving and honor to Elohim , who created all things by His Ben (Son) Yeshua ha’Mashiach , whom He sent unto us, who was well pleased to suffer according to His will, and was buried in the earth, and rose again from the dead. 47But if he come not to the kehillah , what excuse or what answer will he make to Elohim ? For on this day, the Christian Sabbath, we ought to hear the preaching of His holy resurrection, and remember His sufferings, and make remembrance of Him, and read the Kitvei (Scriptures) of the nevi’im (prophets) and the Besorah (Gospel), and celebrate the Eucharistia , the sacrifice and oblation, our spiritual food. 48But if you watch not day and night, and do not according as we say, you are transgressors against Elohim , and enemies unto Him. For you have chosen pleasure, eating and drinking, and delights that wax old and perish. And you have forsaken that which waxes not old, nor perishes. 49And to them that do such things, Elohim says, “The foolish people are better than you,” as He reproached Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) and said unto her, “ S’dom (Sodom) is better than you.” 50Behold then, let us look at the foolish Goyim (Gentiles). Every day when they awake and rise from sleep, they betake themselves forthwith to those gods that profit not, and they worship them, and make supplication to them concerning their needs. And they gather themselves together, great and small, on their feast days, and not these alone, but others also come from distant places, and worship and serve them. 51And the foolish Yehudim (Jews), though ungodly and unbelieving, yet work six days and rest on the seventh day. Then they gather themselves together in the synagogues and keep a feast of idols and magnify them and honor them that have no life nor spirit, and that profit not at all. Howbeit they vaunt themselves and say, “We are Jews.” 52But if these do thus and gather themselves together at all times, and in folly serve those in whom is no profit, how is it then that you who have received chen (grace) from the Adon Elohim (Lord God) are slothful and neglect the service of the kehillah (church)? If you keep far from the kehillah , you shall lose your hope and abandon your salvation and become ungodly—you who turn aside from that which is good and become evil. 53Behold, the Adon said by Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) the navi (prophet), “For My people have forsaken My Torah (Law), which I set before their face, and have not heard My voice, but have gone and followed the desire of their own hearts, and have followed idols, as their fathers taught them.” 54And moreover, it is said, “Rebellious Yisrael (Israel) has justified herself more than treacherous Yehudah (Judah), and their shepherds have led them to the mountains, and driven them away, and they wander on the hills.” What excuse do they make who are slothful to go to the kehillah , and go out therefrom at the time of tefillah (prayer)? At what time shall they hear of the salvation of their souls? And what answer shall they give to Elohim (God)? 55Understand then that the service of the faithful which abides with them in truth is this—the worship of Elohim . Let not your work and your toil be of the cares of this transitory world which waxes old and perishes. But let your thoughts be toward Elohim , even as our Adon says, “Take no thought for the transitory meat that waxes old and perishes, but for the meat that endures unto chayei olam (life eternal).” 56And moreover He says, “The work which pleases Elohim is this, that you believe in Him whom He has sent unto you.” Take heed then, that you keep not far from the kehillat Elohim (church of God), nor follow the steps of the ungodly and unbelievers, and the worshippers of idols, and the congregation of the Yehudim , and go not to a temple of shedim (devils), nor have fellowship with Mashiach’s murderers, nor enter into a congregation of the ungodly. 57Have you not heard that which is said? “I have not sat in the assembly of vanity, nor have I gone in with evildoers. I have hated the congregation of the wicked, and I will not sit with deceitful and evildoers.” And again it is said, “Blessed is the man that has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and that has not stood in the way of sinners, and that has not sat in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the Torat Adonai (Law of the Lord), and on His Torah he meditates day and night.” 58But behold, you have left the congregation of the faithful, and have despised the kehillat Elohim , and have not kept His Torah and His ordinance, but have followed the way of robbers, and have counted the unclean as clean, and have become a companion of those that were separated from you, and have made your dwelling with the heathen, and have inclined your ear to the words of the theater, which are full of all uncleanness, and vanity wherein is no profit. 59And you have refused to hearken to the words of Yirmeyahu the navi who said, “O Adonai , I have not sat on the seat of judgment with injustice, but I am afraid before Your face.” Therefore do you desire to hear the words of the dead heathen, who were wounded through sin by the works of Satan, and slay the man who follows them, and draw him away from the right emunah (faith), and make him to serve many gods? 60But do not you thus, but keep the mitzvot (commandments) of Elohim, and choose for yourselves life. And above all, seek after the Torah of the kehillat Adonai, which Mashiach, His beloved Ben (Son), who was before the world was created, has purchased with His blood. For His kehillah is the daughter of the Most High, she who strengthened our hearts and brings us near to Elohim that we may find a place with Him. 61For we are His members and His friends. Let us then be good and pure without uncleanness and perfect in the right emunah and in every ma’aseh tov (good work).

1That Mashichim ought not to enter into the congregation of the heathen, nor be spectators in the theater, nor listen to their songs. Beware then of deeds such as these, and take no part in the assembly of the Goyim, and keep far from the devices of Satan. For the shed has no ahavah toward Yahuah. For he who has fellowship with a singer to do the will of the enemy shall be reckoned with the devil, and shall inherit a curse. 2Keep far then from evil deeds wherein is no good thing—such are playacting, and worshiping of idols, and consulting of seers, and diviners, and itztagninim , and doreshim el ha’metim , even as it is written, “And let there be no wickedness in Ya’akov , nor evil in Yisrael .” 3Depart then from such works as these which idolaters do to lead men astray. They are the works of Satan . The faithful ought to separate themselves from the congregation of the ungodly, and not join in keeping a feast with them. And in like manner let us keep far from them, and not enter into their houses, nor eat with them, nor drink. For they are full of the deeds of Satan . Let us turn aside from worshiping of idols, and from error, and from their salutations and their vows to their gods. 4You also, young men, perform without sloth for the holy kehillah every duty that is fitting, and support yourselves by the fruit of your toil in purity, that she may need nothing, nor be a burden on the kehillat Yahuah , so that we may be without care. But in the preaching of the holy Besorah , let us not neglect the labor of our hands, nor be slothful. For some of us are fishermen, and some of us tentmakers, and some tillers of the ground. 5Shlomo says, “Turn to the ant, you sluggard, and when you see her way, imitate her, and become wiser than she; for she, having no field, nor any that constrains her, and having no master, prepares in summer her food, and labors much in the time of harvest. Or go to the bee, and learn how laborious she is, and how she makes her work good, of whose labor kings and people take for health, and who is desired of all, and had in honor; yet in strength is she weak. Honoring chokhmah , she is advanced.” 6How long, you sluggard, will you sit and sleep? When will you awake from sleep? “A while you sleep, and a while you sit, and a while you slumber, and a while you fold your hands on the breast; and then poverty shall come on you as an evil messenger, and want as a swift courier. But if you be not slothful, your harvest shall come as a fountain of water, and poverty as a slow courier shall be far from you.” 7“A foolish and lawless man walks in ways that are not good.” And again he says, “He that tills the ground shall be filled with bread.” And moreover he says, “The sluggard hides his hand in his bosom, and it troubles him to bring it to his mouth.” He appeared wise unto himself. A foolish sluggard folds his hands together and eats his own flesh. For the doings of a sluggard are without remedy. 8Whosoever will not work, let him not eat, and let him not sit idly with you. Fear him then at all times, and keep far from sloth. For Yahuah Eloheinu hates all the slothful. Let not the slothful man sit with those that are obedient to Yahuah ha’Av , to whom be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1Of widows. A widow ought to be appointed at sixty years of age, in whom are good works, and who is elect and pure, and desires not another husband. 2Younger widows are not worthy of the office. But if you appoint a young widow, as she is not able to have continency as the elder widows, but desires to marry again, trust her not, for she will bring a shameful report and dishonor and reproach on the kehillah , and shall be condemned before Yahuah . For she has married a second husband, and has not kept the command of the Kitvei ha'Kodesh . 3Wherefore they ought not to appoint them hastily until they make inquiry as to their lives and prove them to see if they have the gift of continency. But if they cannot have continency, it is better not to appoint them, for they keep not that which they have promised. 4But if there be a young widow who has lived for a little while with her husband, and been separated from him by death, and then has lived alone, and observes the duties of the widows, she who does thus is blessed. For she is like unto the widow who was in Tzarfat of Tzidon , unto whom Eliyahu , the holy navi of Yahuah , came, and she received him; and unto the daughter of Penuel of the tribe of Asher , who lived day and night in the house of Yahuah , ready continually for tefillah and supplication, though her years were so many. 5Seven years she lived with her husband and then entered into the Heikhal , and remained fifty-seven years as a betulah hoping for the coming of Mashiach , and giving thanks to the Adon , and speaking of Him to all who were hoping for the coming of the Yeshu'ah of Yisrael . 6The widow who does thus finds honor and favor and praise in this world, and also in the next before Yahuah in the Malkhut ha'Shamayim . 7And let the younger widows not be appointed to the order of widows of the kehillah . For they cannot have continence while they are in the vigor of their youth, and they will marry a second husband. 8And as for such as these, their youth is given over to Satan. 9But let them take heed for their own salvation, that they marry not a second husband. And as for such as these, he must needs understand this: that a first marriage is pure before Yahuah . 10But those that marry a second time are transgressors of the Torah. Yet it is not on account of their union, but because they have proved false against Yahuah ha'Boreh . 11And those that marry a third time shall not be reckoned with the flock of the Adon Mashiach. 12And those that marry a fourth time, their wantonness is still more abundantly manifested, and they shall find shame and dishonor. 13For in the first creation, Yahuah gave one woman to one man, and for this cause they too are one flesh. 14Thus we command the younger women: If their first husbands die, let them marry a second husband if they cannot have continence, lest they fall again into the snare and devices of Satan and into evil desires that destroy souls, and go down themselves into the eternal condemnation of Gehinnom where is no rest. 15But widows who are known for tzedakah , women who have married one man, and concerning whom many bear witness that they have lived in purity, let such be reckoned with the faithful widows. 16And those who bring up their children without blame—those that are such he ought to help and give them what they need, for their trust is in Yahuah. 17And now also stretch forth your hand to give, and remember the poor, and give to each one according to his need, and visit the widows and the orphans and the afflicted. 18The m'vaker then ought to help and save and supply the need of all the destitute and troubled, and help them and feed in his good pasture all the people who bring their offering of alms. 19From what they have brought to you, give what they have given to you to each one as is fitting, as a good and merciful steward. For this is well pleasing before Yahuah . 20Everyone that gives to the destitute shall find a good reward, and you who have toiled for Yahuah shall obtain a recompense. And say thus to those to whom you have given, “It is such a one who has offered this, and I have given it to you, that you may pray for him, and entreat on his behalf.” 21He ought to do good unto all men, and not say, “To this man will I give, and the other I will refuse.” Do you make no distinction between any. For our Adon says, “Give to everyone that asks of you,” that is, either your friend, or your enemy, or your kinsman, or a stranger, or one that is married, or one that has no wife, or a widow, or an orphan—even to everyone that is destitute, do you good. 22For our Adon has commanded in the Kitvei ha'Kodesh that we should be merciful to the poor. For He says by the mouth of Yeshayahu the navi , “Break your bread to the hungry, and give the poor to eat, and make him to dwell in the shadow of your house. And if you see one that is naked, clothe him, and shut not your eyes to him that is of the seed of your house.” 23And Daniel also says, “Therefore, let my counsel be pleasing unto you, O king, and by almsgiving in tzedakah you shall be saved, and atone for your sin, by showing mercy to the poor, until Yahuah pardon your iniquity.” 24And again Shlomo says, “By emunah and by mercy sin shall be blotted out.” And moreover, David says, “Blessed is he that considers the poor and needy; Yahuah shall deliver him from the day of evil.” And again he says, “He has scattered abroad and given to the poor, and his tzedakah remains forever.” 25And again Shlomo says once more, “He that shows mercy to the poor lends unto Yahuah , and He shall be recompensed even as he has given. For he that stops his ear, lest he hear the cry of the poor, and he that covers his eye, lest he see the oppressed—to him also shall Yahuah be deaf.” 26Widows ought to be patient, not talkative—women in whom is no evil nor anger, but pure and worshiping Yahuah in tzedakah . And whensoever they see evil deeds or hear evil words, let them be silent as if they saw and heard not. 27Let the widow have no care except to pray and entreat for those that come and make offerings to the kehillah . 28Widows and virgins ought not to walk about in the streets, nor enter men’s houses. But they who do thus are not widows nor virgins, but rather become a stumbling block to men. And if they cleave not to the kehillah , they become slothful and insatiate and covetous of the goods of others. And they lead men captive and become seducers of others and cause souls to fall. And they that follow them are far from Yahuah . 29But as for those that enter the kehillah , and understand not that which is in the Kitvei ha'Kodesh , and hearken not to the word of the book of admonition, concerning them that do thus, Yeshayahu the navi says, “Hearing they shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing they shall see and shall not perceive, for the heart of this people is darkened.” 30And to widows such as these, show you not the korban of Mashiach . But let her that desires to please Mashiach dwell in her house in quietness, and glorify Him by day and by night, with a mouth that keeps not silence. And let her pray to Yahuah with a pure heart, like wise Yehudit , who prayed to Yahuah for Yisrael day and night. 31In like manner, the merciful widow will pray to Yahuah , ceasing not to resort to the kehillah every day, for all her thoughts are ready continually for His service. And she turns not to pleasure, but her eyes are pure, and her ears holy, and she stretches not out her hands to covetousness, and her feet run in the way of shalom , and her mouth speaks not lies, and her food is in moderation. 32As for her whose works are such, Yahuah will hear her tefillah and her supplication. For it is said, “When I call upon You, hear me speedily.” 33Let such a widow be appointed who loves not money, in whom is no vanity nor avarice, who is no lover of gain, but is elect and prudent, and abides at home, giving praise and singing, and reading the Kitvei , and observing the times of the hours by day and by night, and fasting and praying to Yahuah at all times, and giving to the poor from the labor of her hands, and seeking no gain, remembering the widow who offered the two mites in the Mikdash of Yahuah , to whom Yeshua ha'Mashiach bore witness in the Besorah . 34“Verily I say unto you, that this widow has offered more than all that offered to the treasury. For all they that offered offered of their abundance, but she of her want offered all that she had, even all her living.” 35The widows then ought to be pure, and to be in subjection with fear and trembling, but above all to the m'vaker , and to the z'kenim , and to the shammashim , and to the shammashot , and let them do nothing without the counsel of the shammashim , nor go after pleasant meats or wantonness. 36And if they be found doing thus, let them be admonished by the shammash , and let him command them to fast. 37And in like manner, let not the kohanim receive gifts from robbers and moneychangers and adulterers. Receive you nothing from those that do thus, nor offer it as an offering to Yahuah Eloheikha . 38The widows ought then to be ready to hearken to the words of their elders, and to do all that they command them, and to observe the word of the m'vaker , and to honor him as Elohim . 39But if there be any one that receives alms from the evildoers and the ungodly, he shall fall into their error, and die in their iniquity. If he prays for them, he grieves Mashiach . But let him turn them to teshuvah . 40And those that convert not the evildoers and liars and sinners are partakers with them in the evil of their deeds.

1That women ought not to baptize. Behold, we declare unto you that great condemnation is upon those that thus do these deeds. We command you not to do this, for this thing is a transgression of the Torah . 2For the head of the woman is the man, who is appointed unto the kehunah (priesthood). We then ought not to transgress against the Boreh (Creator) and leave the head and follow the member. For the woman is the member of the man, and came forth from him, and from her children are born. 3Because He said unto her, “He is your lord,” as we have already said, suffer not the women to admonish or teach or execute the office of the kehunah , which is not commanded in the Torah . 4And he that does thus has transgressed against Yahuah , and is as those that are without knowledge, even those that appoint women to be priestesses to graven images of women. Such women keep far away from the institution of Mashiach. 5Wherefore, women ought never to baptize anyone. If it were lawful for women to baptize, our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach would have been baptized by His mother and would not have been baptized by Yochanan (John), and He would not have sent us only into the world to baptize, but would have sent women to baptize along with us. 6We too command you that they do no such thing. Even if they are very wise and have emunah (faith) and know the Kitvei ha'Kodesh , we do not permit them to baptize or preach the Besorah (Gospel).

1That laymen ought not to execute the office of the priesthood. We command you then that no layman execute the office of the kehunah (priesthood), that he neither offer incense, nor baptize, nor lay on hands, nor bless, nor give the bread of the berakhah (blessing). For there is none that can receive this chen (grace), unless it be given him of Yahuah. 2But they must needs receive this grace and honor from the m'vaker . And he to whom the dignity of the kehunah has not been given shall find condemnation if he transgress like Uziyahu the king. 3Moreover, we do not command that all that are in the kehillah should baptize—that is, neither the readers nor the singers nor the doorkeepers, but only the m'vakerim and the z'kenim . And let the shammashim minister together with them. 4And they who transgress and do thus shall find the condemnation which fell upon the sons of Korach . Behold, we demand that z'kenim ordain not shammashim , nor shammashot , nor readers, nor singers, nor doorkeepers, but let m'vakerim only ordain according to the order of the kehillah . 5And such, in whom is no revenge, nor envy, nor slander, nor hatred, nor malice. Behold, we have told you before that they that do thus are aliens from the society of Mashichim , and above all widows.

1Of widows. For Satan seeks an occasion whereby to ensnare, as he did of old in the case of Cain . For there are some who say, “We are widows,” but do not the works that befit widows, even as Cain did toward his brother that which befitted not. 2These then are they that have no knowledge. For it is not by being called widows that they shall enter into the Malkhut ha'Shamayim , but by a right emunah (faith), and by good works. 3But she that takes the name of a widow, and does the work of Satan , belies the name, so that she shall find eternal condemnation. 4Behold, we hear that there are among the widows some that are evil and envious and slanderers, and that cause strife amongst the achim (brethren). These are not of Mashiach , for they have not kept the word of admonition. 11But widows who walk not after the mitzvot of Yahuah are envious of him who has given tzedakah to their sister, and they ask and say, “Who is it that has shown this mercy towards her?” 12And then, when they understand and know, they go to him that has given tzedakah to their sister, to trouble him, and say unto him, “Why have you first given unto her, while we are far more destitute than she?” For they are foolish who say thus, thinking it is a gift from man, whereas the gift of favor is from Yahuah . 13But if she was manifestly in want, they ought not to go to trouble him that shows mercy, but rather it is right that they should remain at home, and fall down on their faces, and repent, and pray to Yahuah . For Yahuah shows mercy to them that proclaim His goodness. 14Our Adon says, “When you enter into a house, say, ‘ Shalom be to this house.’ And if a son of shalom be there, your shalom shall rest upon it. And if not, your shalom shall return to you.” But if shalom finds not a place prepared for her where she may rest, she abides not there, but returns to him that sent her. 15In like manner, the unrighteous curse shall not come on him that has not sinned, but shall rather return on him that uttered it. He that has cursed another without cause has cursed himself, as Shlomo says, “In like manner you also shall be requited, even as you have done unto others.” 16For it is said, “He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, and he shall fall into the pit which he made, and his toil shall return on his own head, and his wickedness shall descend upon his own pate.” For he that digs a pit for his neighbor shall fall into it, and he that fears a curse, let him not curse another; and what he hates for himself, let him not do to his neighbor. 17Wherefore, O m'vaker , do you, as a master, admonish those women that despise widows, and bear patiently with the angry, and visit the sick, and rejoice with the elect who bless and curse not, and command them to do not that which is evil, but to make shalom , whether it be a m'vaker , or a zaken , or a shammash , or whosoever it be of those set in authority. 18Let there not proceed from his mouth cursing, lest he inherit a curse instead of a berakhah . The m'vaker ought to admonish and teach and command the people that no word of cursing proceed from their mouths. But let him show care for kohanim and shammashim and virgins and widows and the people. 19Therefore, O m'vaker , prove the shammashim who do service with you, and help them in doing good, that they may be ready to minister unto the people. 20And let a shammashah also be appointed to minister unto the women, an elect and pure woman who is blameless. For a shammash ought not to minister unto the women, lest there arise an evil report from those that believe not. Therefore, let there be a shammashah as a minister to the women, and let her anoint them with oil, and clothe them after baptism. 21And do you, O m'vaker , anoint the foreheads of them that are baptized, men and women, with holy oil, according to the ordinance of holy baptism. 22And after this, O m'vakerim and z'kenim , pray for them that are under you, and baptize them into the name of the Av , and of the Ben , and of the Ruach ha'Kodesh . 23And then let the shammash take the men, and let the shammashah also take the women, that the seal which they receive, which no man may break, may be holy and pure. 24And after they have been baptized, let the m'vaker anoint them with the oil of balsam, for they have been baptized unto the death of Mashiach . The oil of balsam is the strength of emunah . For when a man comes forth from the water, he is in the likeness of Mashiach , whom the Av raised from the dead. 25This is He who is over all. Our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach is the only begotten Ben , the Adon of life, and the Paraklita is the Ruach ha'Emet , who was sent by the Av to teach all things. 26But let them that are baptized be far from transgression, and be pure from sin, and let them be friends of Yahuah , and enemies of the devil, and fellow heirs of Mashiach , and adversaries of Satan and his devices. And they shall be pure without stain, and should be called the sons of Mashiach . 27Moreover, let them pray and entreat the Av , that they may be one congregation together with the faithful, and say thus: “Our Av , who art in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, and Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses and our iniquities, as we also forgive him that has trespassed against us. And bring us not into temptation, but save us, and deliver us from all evil. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen .”

1Certain people who have no children ought to educate orphans, whether youths or virgins, adopt them as their own children, and love them yet more. And he that has a ben (son) who has attained the due age, let him marry the orphan virgin. And if you do thus, you shall accomplish a great work, and be the fathers of the orphans, and obtain a reward from Yahuah Elohim for the service you have done. 2But if there be one that is proud and despises the orphan and says, “I will not marry a poor woman,” let him understand then who is the Av of the orphan and the protector of the widow. For he that thinks to do thus shall scatter his wealth to another, and shall fulfill in himself that which the Kitvei says: “What the kadoshim (holy ones) have not eaten, the Aramim (Syrians) shall eat.” 3Even as Yeshayahu says, “Your land, a foreign enemy shall devour it in your sight.”

1You m'vakerim , provide for the sustenance of the destitute, and supply their needs, and give to the orphans as an inheritance the substance of their fathers. And to the widows also the substance of their husbands, and for the youths and virgins provide marriages, as is fitting. And to them that do service give their reward, and provide shelter for the poor and satisfy the hungry and give drink to the thirsty and clothe the naked, and visit the sick and help the prisoners. 2Think on this and do thus for the orphans and widows by day and by night. For he that can do thus, blessed is he. Behold, then he has saved himself. For he has received the widow and the orphan and the stranger. 3Therefore our Adon says, “It is better to give than to receive.” 4But those that oppress the poor shall be condemned for what they have done in the presence of Yahuah in the last day. But he that bestows of the tzedakah which he has received, and gives to the orphan, or to the aged, or to the sick, or the poor man that has children—him that does thus, blame not, but commend, for he is an altar of Elohim . 5It is right also that he pray at all times without slothfulness for those that have given him tzedakah . But he that receives tzedakah , while he has sufficient with him, Yahuah will reckon, for he has snatched away the bread of the poor, and has not done good to himself, nor to others. 6And he also that has wealth, and gives not to the destitute, is like unto the rich man who gathered together and filled his barns in vain; and he shall be destroyed from before Yahuah . For his wealth shall not profit him in the fire of the anger of Yahuah . 7But he that does thus believes not in Yahuah , but worships his wealth, and trusts therein, and desires not truth, but accepts persons, and has no mercy, and sets not the fear of Yahuah before his eyes. Ahavah is not in him. He is his own enemy and has no friend. 8And as for him that does thus, his wealth shall perish, and a foreign enemy shall devour it, either while he lives or after he is dead. For it is said, “He that gathers his riches by evildoing, his riches shall be taken from him.”

1Let us exhort widows and unmarried women to receive that which Yahuah has bestowed on them with thanksgiving, in fear and trembling, and to give thanks to Elohim who gives food to the hungry. 2Which of you is there that eats and drinks in moderation? Is it not Elohim who gives unto him? He that stretches out His hand, and multiplies good things according to His will—who gives corn to the young men, wine to the maidens, and the oil of rejoicing to the living, abundance to the cattle, and liberty to servants, and flesh to the beasts, and fruits to the birds, and food to all, as it befits. 3Wherefore our Adon says, “Be you like unto the birds of heaven, which sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Av feeds them. You are far better than many birds.” 4Think not, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “Wherewithal shall we be clothed?” For your Av who is in heaven knows that you seek all these things. 5But if you desire to receive His good things, and to inherit His kingdom, offer unto Him praise and thanksgiving and berakhah (blessing). And to those that receive the widow and the orphan, Yahuah ha'Av shall give gladness in the Malkhut ha'Shamayim through His Ben , our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach , to whom be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen .

1The m'vaker ought to show understanding and make a difference about receiving offerings in cases where it befits not. Beware then of the seller of strong drink, for far removed is his Yeshu’ah from sin. Therefore, it is said, “Woe unto them that mingle water with wine.” 2Let us keep far from drunkenness and fornication. For Yahuah Elohim says, “Bring you not an offering of the reward of fornication.” 3Beware of the extortioners, and of them that lend their money on interest, and of the defiled in spirit. Those that make sacrifice thus are not well pleasing unto Elohim . 4The m'vaker must needs keep far from those that oppress widows and orphans, and from those that fill the prison with the innocent who have done no wrong, and from those that lay a grievous burden of service on their servants, and torment them with hunger and thirst. The sacrifice of such men is unclean. Receive it not from them. For everyone that does evil, and speaks iniquity, is rejected of Elohim . 5Let us keep far from robbers and publicans, and from them that make idols, and from seducers, and such as use false balances, and from wicked soldiers who plunder the houses of the poor and needy, and seize their goods unjustly. 6Beware then of murderers and liars in weight by the way, and of the ungodly, and of those that pervert good works, and of unclean persons, and of drunkards, and of blasphemy, and above all of those that exact interest. For such are the enemies of Elohim . 7For it is written, saying, “Better is a little with tzedakah (righteousness) than the great riches of sinners.” And again it is written, saying, “You have hated, O Yahuah , all workers of iniquity, and You shall destroy all them that speak lies.” 8But he that vexes him that feeds the widow and the orphan shall be condemned before Yahuah . For that which Adoniyahu did is written in the book of Kings, how he transgressed against Yahuah and ate bread and drank water in the place wherein Yahuah commanded him that he should not eat. Because of the transgression of Yerov’am , the ben of Nevat , and for this cause was he slain. 9For that which a man obtains by his toil for the sustenance of the widow, be it much or little, is acceptable before Yahuah , because it was not gotten by iniquity. For it is written, saying, “Better is a little with tzedakah than the great riches of sinners.” 10But if a widow eat and be filled at the hands of the ungodly, and pray for them, Yahuah shall not hear her tefillah (prayer). For Yahuah tries the heart and reins. For Yahuah said concerning the ungodly and unbelievers, “Though Moshe and Shemuel stand and pray before Me, I will not hear their prayer, nor pardon their sin.” 11And He spoke not concerning these alone, but of others also that have sinned and refused to turn unto teshuvah (repentance). And when they pray, He will not hear their prayer for them that do such things. But they provoke Elohim to anger, and remember not the evil of their doings. 12Keep far then from all such deeds, for all they that do thus are transgressors of the Torah . For Elisha did not receive the offering of Chazael , who reigned over Aram (Syria), and Achiyahu did not receive the offering of Yerov’am . 13But if the nevi'im (prophets) of Elohim did not receive offerings from the ungodly, in like manner, it is right that m'vakerim should fear to do so. 14And Shimon the sorcerer also brought presents to us, even to us, Kefa and Yochanan , and planned to receive the honor which is above every honor. But we received not the present from him, but bound him with eternal bonds. But he desired to snatch an honor that was not given unto him by Yahuah . 15Keep far then from the polluted offerings which they bring unto the house of Yahuah . And again it is said, “Depart from iniquity in fear and trembling.” 16But if you say, “If we receive not offerings from the ungodly, what shall we give to the widows and orphans and to the destitute who have no sustenance?” If you do thus, it shall become sin unto you. For Yahuah has appointed for you, as of old for the Levi'im , that they should receive offerings of the people. 17But if all this which has been appointed of the kehillah is not sufficient for you, you ought to endure patiently and remain in hunger and in thirst rather than receive offerings from the enemies of Elohim and become a laughingstock and a mockery. 18And concerning these, the navi says, “But let not my head be anointed with the oil of sinners.” Take heed to receive offerings from such as do good. But from the ungodly, receive them not. 19But if you be destitute, tell the faithful achim that love Yahuah , that they may give you what you need. And from that which you receive from them, give unto the widows and orphans in tzedakah . 20Shlomo told the people, “Give to Yahuah of your labor in tzedakah , that He may fill your barns with wheat, and that your winepress may gush forth.” And from the toil of the faithful, clothe the naked, and entertain them from the offerings which men bring unto you, and do service unto them according to the ordinance of the kadoshim , and redeem the captives, and visit the prisoners, and deliver those that are appointed unto death, that you may find life before Yahuah . 21Behold, then we command you that you follow not the way of the ungodly and unbelievers, nor accept their offerings, nor take their money, for they are prepared as fuel for fire, and that you be not partakers with them. For the offering of sinners is unclean in the sight of Elohim . This have we spoken to you, achim , for the profit of your souls.

1And you also, fathers, teach your children to observe the mitzvot of Yahuah , and to follow the derekh (way) of Mashiach , and command them to learn a handicraft, and not sit idly. Now they will be puffed up in spirit and be far away from doing good. 2Wherefore train them and spare not to correct them. For children die not by correction, but rather are saved from condemnation. For it is said, “Spare not your rod from your son, for the hope is good.” And when you beat him with a rod, you shall save his soul from death. 3And moreover, it is said, “He that corrects not his son is a fool. Beat your son and scourge his sides while he is young, lest he become hardened, and go far from you.” And he that teaches not, and corrects not his son, hates him. 4Teach then your children, and correct them in their youth with sharp tochechah (correction), that they may be humble and obedient to everyone. Teach them to write and to read the holy Kitvei ha'Kodesh . 5And permit them not to live idly, lest they transgress your commandments, and suffer them not to enter a tavern, lest they forget your admonition, and be corrupted with fornication. 6But if their fathers be slothful in teaching and correcting them, they become partakers in the sin with their children. And when they have come to the full time of youth, let each marry a wife in pure wedlock, lest the impure desires of youth assault them, and they be sin unto them. And because of this, Yahuah will require the sin at the hands of their fathers in the day of recompense.

1Concerning avadim (servants), what say you then concerning servants? Let them be prudent and serve their masters in the yirat Yahuah (fear of Yahuah). 2And if a servant be a Mashichi (follower of Mashiach), and his master an unbeliever, yet ought he to serve him in everything. But let him have no fellowship with him in emunah (faith). 3And in like manner, let masters love their avadim . And if a man’s master be a believer, let him serve him, and fear him as Elohim , and count him as a father, and a good master. And for this he shall receive a good reward for the service wherewith he has served his master. 4And if there be a master who has a servant, a believer, and he does his will, let him love him as his son, and count him as his brother for the love of the emunah . 5Humble yourselves and obey kings and princes who fear Elohim , for they are Yahuah’s ministers. Fear them then who are set in authority as is fitting, and offer to them from that which you have with honor and obedience. For so has Yahuah commanded. 6Make for yourselves no excuses, but rather love one another, even as Yahuah Elohim has commanded by His Ben , our Adon and Moshia Yeshua ha'Mashiach .

1Betulot (virgins) ought not to enter on this avodah (service) until they prove themselves and keep themselves in taharah (purity). Thus we command them that they enter not hastily on it before their full time come. 2Even as Shlomo says, “It is better not to vow than to vow and repent.” Let the betulah then be pure in her soul and in her body, that she may be the Beit Yahuah (house of Yahuah) and the mishkan ha'Mashiach (habitation of Mashiach) and the tabernacle of the Ruach ha'Kodesh . 3And let her walk in the derekh (way) of the preaching of the Besorah (Gospel) and in the mitzvah which is well pleasing to Yahuah . And let not her actions be after the fashion of this world, and let her not go about in the city, nor walk in evil ways, nor be of a double heart, but let her be wise and pure, without blame, and not desirous of praise, nor above all of idle talk.

1If there be any Mashichi (follower of Mashiach) who has been brought before the judgment seat of the ungodly, whether for execution or banishment or imprisonment, or that he may be given to the wild beasts, for the name of our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach and for the true emunah (faith) and the love of Elohim , turn not your face from them. 2But send them sustenance of your substance, and of the sweat of your brow, and give sustenance besides to the soldiers who guard them, that they may not afflict them with sword or torment. And spurn not a Mashichi , your brother, whom they have dragged before the judgment seat for the name of Yahuah Eloheinu . 3He is a holy martyr, the brother of our Adon and the son of Elyon (the Most High) and the habitation of the Ruach ha'Kodesh . He is a faithful witness who has kept the mitzvah of the Besorah (Gospel) and inherited the crown of life, and is a martyr for the sake of the sufferings of our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach and the fellowship of His precious blood. 4Therefore, be faithful with your labor and with your substance. Do avodah (service) to the kadoshim (holy ones). And let such as have no money, fast for their sakes. And let such as have give a portion of their substance to the kadoshim . 5And if there be anyone who gives all his substance as a ransom for them to save them, he is blessed and a friend of Mashiach . If there be anyone who gives his substance to the poor, he is elect and holy. Much more than he who freely gives his substance for the martyr’s sake—he is one that has fulfilled the will of Elohim , and has imitated the kadoshim who confessed our Adon before Gentiles and kings and the people of Yisrael . 6For it is said, “Whosoever shall confess Me in the presence of men, him will I also confess in the presence of My Av who is in heaven.” Mashiach then shall bear witness before the Av to those who do thus. 7And as for you, it is not right that he should be negligent and ashamed to go to the prison and visit the prisoners. Help them rather and comfort them. And if you do this, you shall be reckoned with the martyrs. For as for them, their witness is written, because they have suffered and been afflicted. And you also have been reckoned with them because you have done them service with a ready heart and a good ministry without sloth. 8And of these our Adon says, “Come unto Me, you blessed of My Av . Inherit the kingdom prepared for you before the world was. For I was hungry and you gave Me meat. I was thirsty and you gave Me to drink. I was a stranger and you received Me. I was naked and you clothed Me. I was sick and you visited Me. I was in prison and you came unto Me.” 9And then shall the tzaddikim (righteous) answer and say, “ Adon , when saw we You hungry, and gave You meat, or thirsty, and gave You to drink? And when saw we a stranger, and received You, or naked, and clothed You? Or sick, and visited You, or in prison, and came unto You?” 10And the King shall answer and say unto them, “ Amen , I say unto you, whatsoever you did unto one of these little ones, you did unto Me.” 11And then He shall say to those on His left hand, “Depart, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for Satan and for his angels. For I was hungry and you gave Me no meat. I was thirsty and you gave Me not to drink. I was a stranger and you received Me not. I was naked and you clothed Me not. I was sick and you visited Me not. I was in prison and you came not unto Me.” 12Then shall those on the left hand answer, saying, “ Adon , when saw we You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto You?” 13And then shall the King answer them, saying, “ Amen , I say unto you, whatsoever you did not to one of these little ones, you did not to Me.” And these shall go away into eternal condemnation, but the tzaddikim into eternal life. 14If there be anyone who says, “I am a Mashichi ,” and does evil, commits fornication, and is impure, and they pass on him the sentence of death, from such a man keep far away. Mashichim ought not to transgress the Torah or break it by evildoing, but rather ought to turn aside from the ungodly and unbelieving, and have no fellowship with them. 15But as for those whom the ungodly have imprisoned or banished or bound or delivered up to death for Mashiach’s name’s sake, take heed to save your achim and your fellow members from the hands of the ungodly. And if there be a Mashichi who has toiled for their sakes, blessed is he, for he shall be reckoned with the martyrs, because he has suffered for Mashiach’s sake. 16And on us too in like manner came suffering and affliction from Caiaphas , and those with Alexander and Annas the high priest. And afterwards we went out from them, rejoicing that we were worthy to endure the sufferings of Mashiach . In like manner do you also endure patiently and rejoice concerning suffering, that you may be blessed in that day. 17But as for those who are persecuted for the sake of the emunah (faith) and go forth from city to city for the sake of the mitzvah of the Besorah of our Adon , receive them and give them rest and shelter with you as martyrs, rejoicing that you are companions with them. Understand then that they are blessed of Yahuah . 18For our Adon says, “Blessed are you when they revile you and mock you and speak all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. For so persecuted they the nevi'im (prophets) who were before you.” 19And again He says, “If they have persecuted Me, they will persecute you also.” And again He says, “If they persecute you in this city, flee you to the next. And in this world, you shall be sad and troubled. For they shall deliver you up to the synagogue, and their judges shall scourge you, and they shall bring you before rulers and kings for My sake for a testimony.” 20And he who patiently endures to the end shall be saved. He who is persecuted for Mashiach’s name’s sake, and by patient endurance becomes a martyr, is in truth a man of Elohim . 21But he who consorts with the ungodly, and has denied Mashiach , lest the unbelievers should hate him, and loves himself more than his Adon , in whose hand his breath is, is hated, and despised, and tormented of Elohim , because he has preferred the love of man, and has become a hater of Elohim , and taken part with the accursed, and not with the kadoshim . 22Instead of the kingdom prepared for the blessed, he has chosen for himself the eternal fire of Gehinnom prepared for Satan and his angels. 23And concerning such a one, our Adon answered and said, “Whosoever denies Me in the presence of men, him will I also deny in the presence of My Av who is in heaven.” 24And again He has commanded, saying, “He that loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he that loves his son or his daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he that takes not up his cross and follows not after Me is not worthy of Me.” 25“He that finds his life, let him lose it. And he that loses his life for My sake shall find it. What does it profit a man if he have gained the whole world and lost his life? And what would he not give as a ransom for his life?” 26And again He says, “Fear not them that kill your bodies, but are not able to kill your souls, but fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehinnom .” 27For it is right that he who has learned a craft should teach others. 28And if he teach not others, he is not perfect as his master. 29Yeshua ha'Mashiach is our Moshia and our master. 30How then shall we not love doctrine and tochechah? 31For our Adon hated haughtiness and pride and luxury and riches and covetousness and revenge. 32And moreover he lightly esteemed sister and mother for the love of his Av and the love of man. 33And again he patiently endured suffering and stripes and reproach and reviling and mockery. 34And yet more he was wounded on the cross to save all those who believe in him. 35And if he patiently endured all this, and disdained not to be crucified on the cross, and patiently endured the sufferings of death, how then shall not we endure the sufferings of our Moshia? 36But if he suffered willingly for our sakes, yet we do not suffer for his sake, but rather hope for his chesed. 37But there is nothing which he desires to receive from us, but only a belief in the right emunah. 38Wherefore, let us lightly esteem our parents and our kinsfolk and our friends and our wives and our children and all the good things of this olam. 39And if we love these, we shall not keep his mitzvah. 40However, let us take heed that we enter not into temptation. 41And when we’re called to bear witness, let us hold fast our emunah in the precious name of our Moshia. 42Let us rejoice and patiently endure when we are persecuted that we may inherit chayyei olam. 43Let us then not love honor and praise as the people of the Yehudim who rejected the miracles of Mashiach and believed not on him because they feared the kohanim ha'roshim but preferred praise from men and not that from Elohim. 44But we have believed in the right emunah that we may instruct the new converts who have received tevilah and may confirm the hearts of the catechumens. 45But if we keep the emunah in our hearts, and speak not out boldly unto men through fear of condemnation and affliction, we shall forfeit chayyei olam, and shall become, moreover, a stumbling block to others, and a snare to many. 46And if we act thus, we shall be requited with a two-fold penalty. 47Let us take heed then, lest we fall into affliction, and pray lest we enter into temptation. 48For the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. 49Let us be wise then, lest we fall away from this right emunah through fear of the ungodly and unbelievers. 50For our years are but few. 51And if there be anyone that abandons his hope in Yeshua ha'Mashiach, the Ben Elohim, all his lifelong he shall be afflicted with suffering that has no remedy, and with charon af that weakens the limbs, and breaks the bones, and hereafter he shall lose chayyei olam, and be punished in the fire of Gehinnom, and in weeping and gnashing of teeth. 52But he who has suffered for Yahuah, and has been a martyr, shall rejoice in Elohim, because he has chosen for himself the crown of the kingdom, and his departure from this olam has been perfect in the right emunah. 53And if a catechumens suffer and patiently endure affliction and die for Mashiach’s sake, his sufferings shall be to him instead of tevilah. 54And he shall win a good hope and chayyei olam. 55And others too who have fought a good fight and died for Mashiach’s name’s sake in the right emunah shall rejoice and be glad for they have kept the tochechah of their master. 56For he says, “Be you worthy as your master is worthy.“ 57our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach suffered for our sakes and patiently endured reviling and mockery and bore the spitting of the unclean, reproach and reviling and blows. 58And after this they scourged him and pierced him on the cross and gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gaul. 59And when he had accomplished all that was written, he said unto Elohim, Av, behold, into your hand I commend my soul. 60And he who desires to be a talmid, let him patiently endure sufferings and affliction, and bear stripes with a brave heart, and with love. 61And if he be cast into the fire, there shall be nothing that shall touch him, even as the three children were saved from the furnace of fire. 62And everyone who has suffered for his sake, shall receive a reward, because he has believed in one Elohim, the Av, and Yeshua ha'Mashiach, the great Kohen ha'Gadol, our teacher, and the guide of our souls, and the giver of our life. 63To him be kavod forever and ever. Amen. 64So then is Yahuah Elohim Shaddai (the Lord God Almighty), our Moshia Yeshua ha'Mashiach, who shall confirm us in his emunah and raise us up with those that have fallen asleep and who fulfilled his will perfectly without omission. 65And if we be drowned in the sea, or if beasts and birds devour our flesh, yet not one hair of our heads shall perish. 66For the olam and all that is therein are holden in his hand. 67Therefore he has taught us, saying, By your patience you shall possess your souls. 68For at the last day every creature shall rise again, righteous men and sinners. 69And concerning the resurrection of the dead and reward of the martyrs, Gavri’el said unto Daniel, “Many of those who have fallen asleep shall rise from the dust. 70Some shall rise to chayyei olam, and some shall rise in shame and contempt. 71But the righteous shall shine as the sun and as the bright stars. 72Behold, the holy Gavri’el foretold and said, “And the kadoshim shall shine as the bright stars.“ 73And again, he bare witness concerning them that knew the truth and understood his holy name. 74For he did not say this concerning the resurrection from the dead of the martyrs alone, but concerning the resurrection of all men, whether righteous or sinners, that they may be recompensed each one, according to his deeds. 75For the Yehudim say, “There is no resurrection of the dead. 76Behold, our bones are dust and our flesh dried up.“ 77And to those who think this, our Adon answers, saying, Behold, I will open your graves, and bring you forth there from, and I will put my spirit upon you, and you shall live. 78Now you shall know that I am Yahuah, even I who speak and perform. 79And moreover Yeshayahu says, “The dead shall rise, and those that are in the graves shall live, and those that rest in the earth shall rejoice. 80For the due that is from you, is their life.“ 81He has told us much concerning the resurrection from the dead, and their abode in chayyei olam, which is full of chen and truth, which he has prepared for those that love him. 82And concerning the mishpat of the ungodly, their fall, shame and misery, the fire that never shall be quenched, and the worm that sleeps not shall come upon them. 83But Elohim desires not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live. 84Behold, he has told us that Chanokh and Eliyahu did not taste of death, and has revealed unto us that the dead shall rise in his time. 85Eliyahu raised the widow’s son, and Elisha raised the son of the Schulamite. 86Behold, we understand that the death of the righteous is not a mishpat of those kadoshim who receive it with joy. 87In like manner Yeshua ha'Mashiach, Yahuah of the shlichim and the life of the faithful, shall raise the dead. 88And so let us also toil in this olam. 89And after a brief while we shall enter into rest, and the race of Adam shall be renewed, and shall rise with him to chayyei olam. 90It is said, “All the dead shall hear his voice, and those that hear shall live.“ 91Therefore, we believe in the resurrection of the dead and the second coming of Mashiach. 92And moreover, he who raised El’azar from the grave on the fourth day raised from the dead both the daughter of Gyrus and the widow’s son. 93And he himself too rose from the dead on the third day by the will of his Av and became the word of life. 94And he also it is who brought forth Yonah alive and unheard from the whale’s belly on the third day and saved the three children from the furnace of fire in the land of Bavel and Daniel from the mouth of the lions. 95He then who has authority and might will raise the dead at the last day. 96But if the ungodly who believe not the Kitvei ha'Kodesh mock at us, behold the sibil their own prophetess makes glad their hearts and says thus unto them. 97When the flesh has decayed and is become dust, the fire shall consume it by the mitzvah of Elohim, who waxth not old, and decayth not. 98And Elohim shall raise up again the bones which were burned in the fire, and became ashes. 99Then shall Elohim pronounce the sentence of mishpat upon all the olam. 100such as have done evil shall descend to the depths of the earth. 101And those that have kept his mitzvah shall have chayyei olam. 102And Elohim will give unto them the spirit of life. 103And those that are saved shall look one upon another. 104And if they believe not in the resurrection, let them not refuse belief in another creature. 105Behold that bird whose name is the phoenix shall cause the ungodly to understand who themselves say that it is alone of its kind. of this bird. 106They say that it lives for 500 years and then goes down to Mitzrayim and brings with it cinnamon and cassia and alo wood and it alights on the image of the elil (idol) whose name is ion and looks towards the east and worships the sun and then is consumed and turned to ashes. 107Then there comes forth from the ashes a small worm and it becomes a young phoenix, and when it is grown, it returns to the land of Arabia. 108If then they know of the resurrection of this bird, how can they question with us of that which we say and believe? 109Cannot he who created man out of nothing raised the dead by his great power? 110Wherefore it is right that we should patiently endure the various sufferings and afflictions that come upon us. 111But if we believe not in the resurrection of the dead, our suffering and our affliction is in vain. 112We believe in what Moshe says. 113In the beginning, Elohim made the Shamayim and the earth. 114There was not one thing that he needed. 115And knowing that all things are created by his word, it was his pleasure that there should be Shamayim and earth and light and darkness and night and day and the stars and birds and whales and beasts and creeping things and trees and herbs. 116Thus he raised them up by his will and needed no other helper. 117He it is who was able by his power to renew the olam again and to raise the dead. 118Man, however, was not created first. 119But he created him from the four elements and gave him a soul. 120And in like manner he will give back to this soul the body of flesh that is dissolved. 121For the resurrection is for those that have fallen asleep and not for those that have not been created. 122For he created it from what was fleshless and put within it many marvels. 123And again he will raise up and save those that have fallen asleep. 124As he created flesh out of seed in the womb, as Yirmeyahu the navi says, “Before I created you in the womb, I knew you.“ 125And again it is said, “I am Yahuah who created the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and I create the soul in man.“ 126Even as the katuv says concerning this, Elohim ha'Av said to his only begotten Ben, Yeshua ha'Mashiach, “Let us make man in our image and in our demut.“ 127And then Elohim created them male and female. 128And furthermore, the holy victor Iyov says thus, he of whom the katuv says, that he will rise with those whom Yahuah raises. 129You have milked me like milk, and curdled me like cheese. 130You have clothed me with flesh and skin, and has bound my bones with sinews, and you have shown me rachamim and chesed, and your visitation has preserved my spirit. 131I know this that is with you, that you can do all things, and that there is nothing that is impossible with you. 132And again, David, the lover of Elohim, says, your hands have made me and fashioned me. 133Give me binah, and I will learn your mitzvah. 134And elsewhere he says, You have created me, and lay your hand upon me. 135Marvelous is your work, and that my soul knows right well. 136And my bones were not hidden from you, which you did make in secret, nor my substance which was beneath the earth. 137And that which I have done, your eyes have seen, and all is written in your book. 138Yeshayahu also says, we are the clay, and you have created us. 139If then men are Elohim’s creation, made by Mashiach, they shall be raised with Mashiach, and those that have done his will, shall receive honor and the crown of life. 140Thus the ungodly and unbelieving, who have not received tevilah and believe not in the resurrection, shall be condemned to eternal punishment. 141But those that have done good shall shine like the stars of light. 142For David says, “Yahuah is faithful in all his words, and righteous in all his works. 143He who created for himself a body of a betulah, and who is the Boreh of the whole olam, is the only one who has risen from the dead. 144And moreover, he will make all the dead to rise. 145He who makes the grain of wheat to shoot from the earth, and multiplyth its fruit, and who’s able to make shoot forth again the tree that is hewn down, and to multiply its branches, and who made Aharon’s dry rod to blossom, is able also in like manner to raise us up with him in the kavod wherewith he ascended. 146He who made straight the feet of the lame and cured the palsied and healed the man whose hand was withered. 147He who spat on the ground and made clay and anointed the eyes of the man who was born blind. 148He who healed the wasted limbs. 149Shall he not be able to raise us up also? 150He who satisfied the souls of 5,000 men with five barley loaves and two fishes. 151And they took up of what was left, 12 baskets full, and who made water wine, who sent Kefa, and he took a penny from the fish’s mouth. 152He it is who will raise the dead. 153Behold, we are his witnesses concerning everything that the nevi'im proclaimed concerning him. 154We, his companions, ate and drank with him, and saw his miracles and his life. 155And again, we saw his sufferings and his agony and his death and his resurrection. 156And we heard his words and were his friends and abode with him 40 days. 157And after he rose from the dead, he charged us to publish the preaching of the holy Besorah in all the olam and commanded us to immerse (baptize) into the name of the Av and of the Ben and of the Ruach ha'Kodesh who is the paraclet, the spirit of truth. 158And when he had given this charge, he in the flesh that he took of us ascended into Shamayim to the Av who had sent him. 159If you thus believe, baruch are you. 160But if you believe not, you are far from him, because you have not kept his mitzvah.

1Behold, I say unto you, magnify and extol with double honor the martyrs, even as the baruch Ya'akov and Steven, the first martyrs, are had in honor amongst us. 2Such are baruch before Elohim and elect and holy, a people pure from chet and without thought of revenge. 3Rather are they peacemakers and unwaried also in doing his will and in keeping his mitzvah. 4And concerning them, David says, precious in the sight of Yahuah is the death of the righteous. 5And furthermore, Shlomo says, the remembrance of the righteous is perfect with praise. 6And again, the navi says, his horn shall be exalted with honor. 7This we have said concerning those who’ve been martyrs in truth for the sake of the name of our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach. 8Behold, then we understand and know that those who honor the martyrs and the faithful who have fought a good fight and finished their course and died for Mashiach’s sake in the right emunah shall win a good reward and chayyei olam. 9And those who were martyrs in truth and judged uprightly and pleased Elohim in their lives, such shall inherit the Malkhut ha'Shamayim.

1Behold, beloved achim, we give you good counsel that he keep far from impure speech and hearing of songs, and from dainty meats and luxury, and from all works of vanity, wherein is no profit. 2Work not the pleasure of the desire of your flesh on the Shabbat day. 3For the navi says, Serve Yahuah with fear, and rejoice unto him with trembling. 4For it beseecheemth not a Mashichi to listen to singing and music and playing on instruments, as the foolish people do. 5And moreover, let them not take on their lips the names of the false gods and elilim, nor name the name of Ha'Satan and his malakhim. 6For when they name his name, the Ruach ha'Kodesh departs from them, and in hisstead an unclean spirit abides on them.

1We Mashichim ought not to swear by the names of the false gods, nor make mention of their names with our lips, nor bow before them, nor fear them. 2For he that so does and serves false gods shall be far from Elohim, the giver of life. 3How be it, they are not gods, but the work of men’s hands, and spirits of Ha'Satan. 4For Elohim said concerning the children of Yisrael, “They have forsaken me and have sworn by strange gods and have provoked me to anger by their gods. 5For despised and hateful and impure is accounted in the katuv, everyone that worships and serves false gods, and that swearth by their names.“ 6And not these only are so accounted, but also astrologers and magicians who practice superstition. 7serve them not, nor worship them. 8And moreover, it is said, when you regard the heavens, worship not the sun and the moon and the stars. 9And elsewhere it is said, walk not then in the way of the nations, nor learn their works, nor fear the signs of the Shamayim. 10For Elohim created the sun and the moon and the stars to give light to men, and not that they should worship them. 11For Yisrael in the wilderness bowed down before the elil, the molten calf, and they worshiped also the stars and the sun, even as Yechezkel says, beasts that speak not, they made for themselves as gods. 12And in like manner the Mitzrim worshiped many other gods, and also the Elohim with a dog’s face. 13And in Yehudah they worship gods of gold and silver as Elohim says by the mouth of the navi. 14The gods of the nations are of gold and silver the work of the hands of men. 15They have mouths and speak not. 16They have eyes and see not. 17They have ears and hear not. 18They have noses and smell not. 19They have hands and handle not. 20They have feet and walk not. 21Neither speak they with their throat. 22and there is no breath in their mouths. 23Like unto them be all that make them, and all they that trust in them. 24Behold then, beloved achim, you have heard what Elohim says, that evil and defiled are all they that worship elilim and bow down to the sun and the moon and the stars. 25But Mashichim who love Elohim ought not to swear by the sun and the moon, nor by the stars of Shamayim, nor by the earth. 26And our master has bidden us never to swear by anything. 27Behold then, let our words be prudent. 28For our Adon says, swear not by Shamayim, for it is Elohim’s throne, nor by the earth, for it is the foottool of his feet, nor by Yerushalayim, for it is the city of the great melech. 29Neither shall you swear by your head. 30For the foolish Yehudim swear by their heads, for he has commanded that the words of the faithful should be one, either yay, yay, or nay nay. 31And whatsoever is more than these is evil. 32For he that swearth falsely transgresses the Torah, and honorth the false gods as the truth, since Elohim has made them to heir in the blindness of their hearts, and in the evil of their doings, that they may do that which is unseemly.

1Observe then the feast days. 2Beloved achim, the first feast is the day of Mashiach’s birth. 3on the 25th day of the 9inth month according to the reckoning of the Ivrim. 4But according to the reckoning of the Mitzrim, on the 29th day of the month Tarsus, which is the fourth month, and after this celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, on which Yahuah manifested the kavod of his Godhead in his tevilah by Yochanan in the River Jordan. 5Keep it in the 10th month on the sixth day according to the reckoning of the Ivrim and according to the reckoning of the Mitzrim on the 11th day of the month Toby which is tur that is in the fifth month. 6And after this observe in taharah the 40 days of the holy fast which teaches us quietness and patience, fasting and tefillah, which bring us near unto Mashiach. 7And this holy fast shall be ended on the day of Passover, on which came yeshu’ah (salvation). 8But let the beginning of your pascal fast be on the second day of the week before the Passover. 9For on the day after the feast of hosana, on the second day of the week, the risha Yehudim, transgressors against the emunah and the Torah, were gathered together and took counsel against Yahuah in the first month, which is Maza. 10And on the third day of the week, they took further counsel. 11And on the fourth day of the week, they at length decided to deliver him up to death on the cross. 12And Yehudah knew this council of theirs. 13And as he was a thief, forth with Ha'Satan made him to fall through love of money, for he kept the purse and stole the money of the poor. 14And though he did all this, Yahuah did not thrust him away, for he knew the evil of his heart. 15And while we were eating with him, our Adon desired to admonish him. 16And behold, he gave us to understand that he should betray him. 17Wherefore he said, truly, truly, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 18And we spake among ourselves, each one, saying, Yahuah, is it I? 19And I arose, being one of the twel, for he loved me more than all the talmidim. 20And I asked him, and said unto him, Yahuah, who is he that shall betray you? 21And our Adon told us not his name, but showed us by two signs who it was. 22First, in that he said, he who dipth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 23And that he said in the second place, he to whom I shall give the bread, the same shall betray me. 24For Yehudah said unto him, Is it I, Yahuah? 25But our Adon did not say unto him, “Yay, you.“ 26But he said unto him, “You have said.“ 27He did not wish to name him openly, but said unto him, It were good for that man by whose hands the Ben ha'Adam shall be delivered up, if he had not been born. 28And Yehudah hearing this went unto the kohanim ha'roshim and said unto them, “What will he give me, and I will betray him unto you?“ 29And they bargained with him to give him 30 pieces of silver. 30It was the fifth day of the week on which our Adon ate the Passover with us. 31And Yehudah took the bread and dipped his hand in the dish, and went out at night. 32And our Adon said unto us, the hour has come. 33Behold, you shall be scattered everyone, and shall leave me alone. 34And we said, Every one of us, we will not leave you. 35And I, Kefa, said unto him, Though they all leave you, yet will I not leave you, but will die with you. 36And he said unto me, truly I say unto you, before the cockcrow, you shall deny thrice that you know me. 37Behold, he declared unto us this holy sod, which is his holy body and his precious dam while Yehudah was with us. 38And then our Adon went forth to the Mount of Olives. 39And we also went with him praying and singing praises as we were want. 40He withdrew a little from us and prayed to the Av saying, “Oh my Av, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. 41Nevertheless, let your will and not my will be done.“ 42Thus he did three times. 43And our eyes were heavy with sleep because of sorrow. 44And our Adon came to us and said unto us, “The time has come. 45Behold, the Ben ha'Adam is betrayed into the hand of sinners.“ 46Behold, Yehudah came and many ungodly men with him, and he had given them as the sign whereby he should betray him, a kiss, a sign with deceit, which was full of risha. 47And when they perceived the sign which Yehudah had given unto them, they laid hold on Yeshua, and when they had bound him, led him away to Kayafa, the Kohen ha'Gadol, to a place where were no good men, nor holy kohanim, but rather an evil people and unholy kohanim who were transgressors of the Torah. 48And they ceased not to blaspheme against him, and revile him, and beat him, and spit in his face, and mock him, and buffet him. 49And they sought false witnesses against him, who said, “He speaks blasphemy against Moshe, and will destroy the Beit ha'Mikdash, and will cause the korbanot to cease, and is an enemy of the Romans, and rebels against the melakhim (kings), and makes himself a melech.“ 50All this did these many dogs and fat bulls in whom was no chesed do against him. 51And at night they brought him forth and led him before Annis the father-in-law of Kayafa and wrought much evil against him and delivered him up to Pilate the Roman governor. 52And it was then the sixth day of the week. 53And they accused him much in many words which it were unseammly to utter. 54And Pilate the Roman governor when he heard believed them not, but said unto them, I have found in this man no fault for which he should die. 55And then they brought against him two witnesses who uttered and spake lies against Mashiach. 56And Pilate knew that their witness agreed not. 57Then they changed their minds and devised a plan by which to make Pilate afraid. 58And they said, “This man makes himself a melech and forbidth us to do service to the melech.“ 59They lied and gave a risha mishpat. 60They cried out and said, “Crucify him! 61Crucify him that in him might be fulfilled the word of the navi which says, “False witnesses have risen up against me, and what I know not, they have spoken against me. 62They have rewarded me evil for good.“ 63And again it is said, “Many dogs have surrounded me, and the assembly of the risha has laid hold on me.“ 64And when Pilate was not able to save Yeshua for fear of the Yehudim, he took counsel to do the will of the people. 65For before Pilate had testified and said, “There is no fault which I have found in him for which he should die.“ 66But the risha Yehudim crucified him on the cross and pierced him. 67though the Romans have a Torah and put no man to death unless he be convicted in trial before the governor. 68But the soldiers of the Elohim took Yahuah of kavod and at the third hour they raised him on the tree and at the sixth hour they crucified him and gave him vinegar and myrr to drink mingled with gaul. 69They took his garments and divided them amongst themselves. 70And they crucified with him two malifactors, one on his right hand and one on his left, that it might be fulfilled which is written, saying, and they cast Gaul into my food. 71And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 72And again it is said, on my vesture they did cast lots. 73And somewhere it is said he was reckoned with the transgressors. 74And there came a darkness for 3 hours from the sixth hour until the 9inth hour. 75And then the darkness departed, and the light appeared, even as it is written, saying, “It was not day, nor night.“ 76And in the evening the light appeared. 77And at the 9th hour Yeshua cried with a loud voice and said, “Eloh, Elohi, Lama, Sabathani.“ 78Which being interpreted meanth, My Elohim, my Elohim, why have you forsaken me? 79And then he cried and said, Av, forgive them, for they do what they know not. 80And again he said, “Av, into your hand I commend my soul.“ 81And then he bowed his head, and his spirit departed. 82And they took him down from the cross, and buried him in a new tomb. 83And it was evening. 84And late on the Shabbat, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, he rose from the dead, fulfilling all that he had said unto us before he suffered, that the Ben ha'Adam should be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. 85And after he rose from the dead, he appeared first to Miryam Magdalene, and to Miryam, the mother of Ya'akov, and to the son of Cleopass in the way. 86And after this he appeared to us his talmidim while we were hidden for fear of the Yehudim. 87For this is written in the Besorah. 88And again he commanded us to keep the holy fast of the Passover for 6 days because of the transgression of the ungodly and the risha of the Yehudim who were transgressors of the Torah. 89And again he commanded us to fast on the fourth and the sixth days of the week. 90on the fourth because on it the Yehudim completed their evil design against him and on the sixth because of the sufferings of the Moshia. 91We ought not to fast on the Shabbat except on the one day of the Shabbat of the passion, but the other Sabbaths let us honor because our Adon rested from all his work on the Shabbat day. 92For our Adon came, but they believed not on him, and received not his teaching, and therefore they have missed their yeshu’ah. 93But you are a baruch and a holy race. 94For you are not as the people of old, but you have been saved from ungodliness and avodat elilim. 95And you are a people of Elohim, and you have been opened the gates of life. 96Though formerly you were hateful and despised, but now being his elect and beloved, you are a holy people unto Elohim, who are worthy to proclaim the wonderful works of our Moshia. 97For it is said, they have found me who sought not after me. 98And I was manifested to those who thought not of me. 99And he said to the people that did not know his name. 100Behold, I have sought you, and you have not sought me. 101But you have believed in me, and hearkened unto my kehillah, and have been saved from error, even from false gods, and have followed the one Elohim, the Av Shaddai, and his Ben Yeshua ha'Mashiach. 102And you are reckoned with those who believed on me 10,000 times, 10,000, and thousands of thousands, and you were not as Yisrael, who believed not on me. 103And concerning them, it is said, “All the day long I lift up my hands to a disobedient people who neither hear nor obey, but walk in an evil way that is not good. 104For they are a people who follow after chet, and provoke me to anger continually. 105Behold, then you have seen that they have transgressed against Yahuah, and believed not on him. 106Wherefore it is said these did provoke the Ruach ha'Kodesh to anger and their heart was blinded and punishment was increased upon them for the risha of their imagination. 107For they said, “We believe in Mashiach.“ 108But they believe not that he was Yahuah Elohim, who was the begotten of the Av before creation, the only begotten Ben, the Word of the Av. 109But they, being lacking in emunah, knew him not, and understood not the prophecies of the nevi'im that were written concerning him, that Mashiach should be born of a betulah, though they read and heard what he says. 110Behold, a betulah shall conceive, and shall bring forth a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel. 111For unto us a child was born, unto us a son was given, and the government was upon his shoulder, and his name is called great in counsel, and the mal'ach (angel) of shalom. 112For I will bring shalom to the rulers, and life is his, and great is his beginning, and of his shalom there is no end. 113And because of the risha of their doings, which was without end, they believed not. 114Wherefore it is said, Yahuah, who believed our word, and to whom has your arm been revealed? 115And again it is said, “Hearing you shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing you shall see and shall not know. 116For the heart of this people is darkened. 117Wherefore chokhmah was hidden from them, because when they saw, they knew not, and when they heard, they understood not. 118But you are Goyim, and to you has been given the kingdom, though formerly you knew not Elohim, but now you know him by a right emunah, and the preaching of the Besorah of Yeshua ha'Mashiach our Moshia, the giver of life, to all who hope in him. 119Behold, you have abandoned the worship of elilim that have no life, and have despised unclean korbanot, and turned away from the rulers of darkness. 120Wherefore you have entered into the true light through our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach, and by him you have known the one true Elohim, the Av, and have been made inheritors of his kingdom. 121For you have been immersed (baptized) into his death and his resurrection. 122You must needs then be as newborn babes that have no evil in their hearts. 123Put away chet from you, for he has redeemed you with his precious dam that you should worship the living Elohim. 124In those days Yahuah spake concerning Yisrael. 125In the case of those that believe not, the Malkhut ha'Shamayim shall be taken from them and given to a nation that does tzedakah. 126But be you zealous to bring forth the fruit of sound chokhmah. 127For you he sent of old to his kerem, and they hearken not unto you, but hardened their hearts, and rose up against the keepers of Yahuah’s kerem, and laid hold on them. 128One they killed and one they stoned with stones and one they slew with the sword and one they soared a sunder and one they killed in the Beit ha'Mikdash. 129And the air also they killed and rejected him and stoned him with the stone which the builders rejected. 130And concerning you, it is said, “A people whom I knew not has had served me, and at the hearing of the ear, have they obeyed me.“

1You, beloved achim, who've been bought with the precious dam of Mashiach, ought to keep the feast of the holy Passover with all exactness and binah. 2For day and night are equal on the 25th day of the month Mitket. 3Make your reckoning sure, for our Adon did not suffer twice in one year. 4Do you also take heed to keep the memorial of his sufferings once only every year? 5For our sakes he died, and therefore consent not to keep the feast along with the Yehudim. 6For there is no love between us and them. 7For they in folly have erred in their reckoning, though they think they are exact. 8Wherefore they are dishonored in all the earth and have departed from the truth. 9But do you take heed to the reckoning of the day on the 25th day of Magabet, which is the 22nd day of the month Magabet, according to the reckoning of the Ivrim, and observe this reckoning until the 21st day. 10And further, make no mistake in the reckoning of the Passover, lest it be celebrated before the festival of Hosana, that the Passover may not fall twice in one year through inaccurate reckoning. 11But let the holy day of the resurrection of our Adon and Moshia Yeshua ha'Mashiach be celebrated on the holy Mashichi Shabbat. 12And further, let the fast of the holy Passover be from the second day of the week until the first Shabbat, the vigil of the Passover. 13And in the week of the passion, eat nothing except bread and water and salt. 14Abstain on these days of the fast from eating flesh and drinking wine, for they are days of mourning and sorrow. 15Above all, in these six days, if anyone be able to fast, let him patiently endure for two days. 16But if he not be able, let him fast on one day, and keep himself from evildoing. 17For our Adon says, “The sons of the bridegroom cannot fast so long as the bridegroom is with them. 18But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them. 19Then shall they fast. 20For in these six days the Yehudim took our Adon from us and crucified him on the cross and reckoned him with the transgressors. 21Therefore we command you to fast even as we ourselves have done since he ascended into Shamayim. 22And as for the other days, let them fast on the fourth and sixth days of the week until the 9th hour. 23And who so wishth, let him fast till the sun set. 24And keep vigil at night until the crow, being gathered together in the kehillah for praise and tefillah, and reading the Torah and the nevi'im and the Tehillim of David. 25And after you have immersed the catechumens, read the Besorah with fear and trembling, and teach the people things tending to profit and the yeshu'ah of their souls. 26and pray you to Elohim that Yisrael may turn to teshuvah and be saved from ungodliness. 27For the governor washed his hands and said, “I am innocent of the dam of this just man.“ 28But they of Yisrael cried out and said, “His dam be on us and on our children.“ 29Then Pilate said unto them, “Shall I crucify your melech?“ 30And they answered and said, “We have no melech but Caesar. Crucify him. Crucify him. 31For everyone that makes himself a melech is a rebel against Caesar. 32And they answered and said, “If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's re'a (friend).“ 33Pilate the governor and Herod the melech commanded that he should be crucified, that it might be fulfilled which was written, saying, “Why have the nations raged, and the people spoken vain things? 34The melakhim of the earth have risen up, and the rulers also have assembled together against Yahuah and against his anointed. 35And again it is said, “And they have cast away their ach as an unclean corpse.“ 36Then they crucified him on the sixth day of the week, and he rose again on the Shabbat day. 37The katuv was fulfilled which says, arise, oh Elohim, and judge the earth, for you shall have inheritance among all the nations. 38And moreover, it is said, “Now will I arise, says Yahuah, and will appoint yeshu'ah and deal boldly in him.“ 39And again it is said, “Arise, O Yahuah, in your anger, and be you exalted above mine enemies.“ 40And moreover, it is said, “Rend to them their recompense upon their heads.“ 41And for this cause, offer you also your korban, as Yahuah has commanded you. 42For he said, “Thus do you in remembrance of me. 43Finish the fast then with joy and gladness and keep the feast. 44For our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach has risen from the dead, and his resurrection has given us hope. 45Let this ordinance be unto you a Torah forever until he come again in kavod. 46For the Yehudim have not believed in the resurrection of our Moshia, but we Mashichim believe in his resurrection. 47For all who hope in his holy resurrection shall find chayyei olam. 48Keep them a feast on the eighth day. 49For on it Yahuah appeared. 50Thomas said, “To me also he appeared and made me glad, showing me the marks in his hands and feet, and the wound in his holy side.“ 51Though before I was faithless and believed not in his resurrection, he showed me openly the wound in his right side. 52On the 40th day, keep a feast. 53For on it he finished all his dispensation, and ascended into Shamayim to the Av, who has raised him from the dead. 54And he sat down on the right hand of power, and subjected his enemies under the foottool of his feet. 55And he shall come again in kavod and great power to judge the living and the dead. 56And he shall render to everyone according to his works. 57And behold, the Yehudim who crucified him shall see the beloved Ben Elohim. 58For even until now the Yehudim are gathered together on the 10th day of the ninth month, reading the lamentations of Yirmeyahu the navi, where it is said, “The spirit of our life, Yeshua ha'Mashiach, they have taken from us and have afflicted him.“ 59And moreover, they read what Bayo wrote, “This is our Elohim. 60There is none other that is like unto him. 61He found every way of life and gave it to Ya'akov his eved (servant) and to Yisrael his beloved. 62And after this he walked upon the earth. 63And as they read this they weep and mourn. 64And thus they do making it seem a mourning for the desolation which Nebuchadnezzar brought and pretending it is the truth. 65And 10 days after he ascended was the fulfillment of Pentecost. 66For on that day, at the third hour, Yeshua ha'Mashiach sent unto us the paraclett, and filled us with his power. 67And we spake with new tongues, declaring that Yeshua ha'Mashiach is the Messiah of Elohim, who has authority to judge the living and the dead. 68And concerning him, Moshe bare witness and said, “Yahuah Eloheinu took fire and caused it to come down as rain.“ 69And in like manner Ya'akov saw him in the demut of a man and said, “I have seen Yahuah Eloheinu face to face, and my life is preserved.“ 70And Avraham also received him as a stranger and believed that he was Elohim. 71This is the chief of the hosts of the armies of Elohim whom Yehoshua the son of Nun saw. 72And moreover, as a strong man in armor, he helped him by Yericho. 73And then Yehoshua did reverence to him as a eved does to his Adon. 74And again, this is he of whom Shmuel the navi knew that he was Mashiach, the anointed of Elohim. 75And further kohanim and melakhim called him the anointed. 76And again he it was whom David knew and spake with fear concerning the kavod of the beloved. 77My heart has uttered a good word. 78And I have made known my work to the melech. 79My tongue is as the pen of a scribe that writes speedily. 80His beauty is fairer than the sons of men. 81Chen has been poured forth from his lips. 82Therefore Elohim has baruch you forever. 83Guard you with your sword upon your thigh, oh mighty one in your beauty and your comeliness. 84Advance, prosper, and reign because of tzedakah and uprightness and anavah. 85And the kavod of your right hand shall lead you. 86Your arrows are sharp, oh mighty one. 87The peoples shall fall under you in the heart of the melech's enemies. 88Your throne, O Yahuah, is forever and ever. 89A scepter of tzedakah is the scepter of your kingdom. 90You have loved tzedakah, and hated iniquity. 91Therefore Adon Elohecha has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. 92And concerning him, Shlomo says, “Yahuah created me in the beginning of his way for his works. 93Before the olam he founded me, in the beginning before he made the earth, and before he made the abysses, and before the fountains of water issued forth, and before he set in order the mountains, before all the hills, he begat me.“ 94And moreover, Yeshayahu the navi says, “A rod shall come forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower shall ascend from its stock, and shall be set as ruler over the nations.“ 95And again Shlomo says, chokhmah has built herself a house. 96And moreover, Zachchariah says, Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion, and publish it, daughter of Yerushalayim. 97Behold, your melech comes. 98He is righteous, and brings yeshu'ah, and is meek, and rides on an ass, and on the f of an ass. 99The Marua Daniel says, the Ben ha'Adam came to the ancient of days. 100He then is the stone that came down from the mountain, cut out without hands. 101We also declare and proclaim unto you that he is the word of Elohim that was before the olam and moreover is equal with him in everything. 102Believe in him that he may find chayyei olam. 103But if you believe not in him, you shall find condemnation. 104He who believes not on the Ben shall not see chayyei olam, and the charon af of Elohim abides on him. 105And after the feast of Pentecost, keep a feast for 7 days, and then fast. 106For we ought to rejoice and be glad because he has granted us that we should receive the gift of the Ruach ha'Kodesh. 107Moshe and Eliyahu fasted for 40 days. 108Daniel also fasted for 3 weeks and ate no pleasant food, nor did flesh and wine enter into his mouth. 109And the baruch Hannah, when she made supplication to Elohim to grant her a son, Shmuel, said, “I have not drunk wine to be drunken, but my heart was strong in Yahuah.“ 110And the men of Nineveh fasted for three days and three nights. 111Ester, Mordei, and Yehudit were saved by fasting from the risha halophanes and from Hmon. 112And David also says, “My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh is dried for want of oil. 113Do you also fast, and ask of him pardon of chet, and fast besides on the fourth and sixth days of the week, giving arms to the poor, and honor the Shabbat, being gathered together in the kehillah, with joy and gladness. 114And on the other Sabbaths, fast not, but only on one day, the vigil of the Passover. 115And if there be anyone who fasts on the Mashichi Shabbat, which is the day of his holy resurrection, or at Pentecost, that is until the feast of Pentecost, they who do thus and mourn on the feasts of Yahuah have no remission of chet. 116Do we keep on them a spiritual feast and never appear sad?

1Oh m'vakerim, first of all, beware of the divisions of the ungodly and unbelieving. 2Turn aside from the way of the impure, and keep far from them. 3For he that draws near unto them shall burn in consuming fire. 4Turn not then your hearts towards them, nor separate one from another, devising to obtain a position of authority. 5And if there be anyone who draws near unto them, and does their works, he shall find eternal condemnation. 6As for Daythan and Abram, who were moved to jealousy against Moshe, the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up. 7And in like manner the fire devoured the 5,000 sons of Kora, who were moved to jealousy against Aharon. 8Miryam also the sister of Moshe when she reproached him was put forth from the camp for seven days. 9For she said, “How greatly has Moshe transgressed, and he has married a strange woman, and further, Uzziah the melech of Yehudah usered the duty of the priesthood, and offered ketoret which it was not lawful for him to do so. 10But Eleazar the kohen and 80 kohanim who were with him reproved him and he refused to hearken to their word and leprosy appeared in his face because Yahuah was wroth with him. 11But if melakhim when they transgress meet with condemnation, how much more others who transgress against the kohanim? 12For the kohanim office is greater than the kingly. 13The kohanim minister to souls, and the melakhim by the sword have power over the body. 14And they who transgress against the kohanim shall receive a greater condemnation than they who transgress against melakhim. 15How be it, there is none that can escape from the condemnation of either. 16And again it is said, Abselum and the sons of Kora and Dayan and the others who transgressed against the priesthood saved not themselves from condemnation. 17For these rose up against David concerning the kingdom, and the others again strove with Moshe in their desire to become rulers. 18And Abselum accounted his father an unjust judge. 19And again it is said concerning Dayan and Abram. 20And they answered and said unto Moshe, Is it not enough for you that you have brought us forth from the land of Mitzrayim, from a land that flowth with milk and honey, and has plucked out the eyes of these men, and become a ruler over us? 21And then many were gathered, and joined together against him. 22And in like manner the sons of Kora said, “Has Yahuah spoken to Moshe only?“ 23and to Aharon the Kohen ha'Gadol. 24And among the children of Yisrael, Is there none holy, save Aharon alone? 25And concerning this, there were some who said unto Moshe, “Who made you a prince and a ruler over us?“ 26And then they rose up against Moshe, the man of Elohim, and the faithful one who had wrought all these signs, and performed all the wonders, and brought down on the Mitzrim many plagues. 27He divided the water, and made the sea to stand like a wall on this side and on that, and brought forth the people there from as one that walks on dry ground. 28And Pharaoh and all his hosts were overwhelmed in the sea. 29He claved the rock a sunder, and caused water to flow for them, and gave them mana from Shamayim, and made flesh to rain upon them like dust. 30And he led them with a cloud by day and all the night through a light of fire. 31And moreover he gave them the Torah at the mouth of Elohim ha'Av Shaddai. 32And the two tables of stone whereon were written the 10 words by the finger of Elohim. 33And he spake with Elohim face to face as a man speaks with his re'a. 34And concerning him, it is said, There shall not arise a navi like unto Moshe. 35And against this man rose up the sons of Kora and the sons of Reuben, and they stoned him with stones as he prayed. 36And he said, “Regard not you their offering.“ 37And the earth swallowed them up. 38And then the kavod of Elohim appeared. 39And there were some whom the fire devoured. 40And in like manner those who unjustly sought for power, the earth swallowed them up with their tents and all their substance. 41They went down alive into shal. 42Now if Elohim requited them with the mishpat of his charon af, how much more will he execute mishpat against those who follow the way of the ungodly and unbelieving and blaspheme against his creation? 43Do you, achim, hearken to the devar tochechah of the katuv, and beware of divisions of opinion, and let not your emunah be lacking, and seek not to get power with the ungodly and unbelieving who destroy the people. 44Keep far from their ungodliness, and have no fellowship with them. 45For Elohim says, “Depart from those that do thus, lest you perish with them.“ 46You ought to keep far from those who blaspheme the Shem of Elohim. 47For to abide with the ungodly and unbelieving removes far from Elohim. 48These are they that contend with him. 49And because of their evil deeds, the earth is defiled. 50Even as Yirmeyahu the navi says, “This risha people is far from the living Elohim.“ 51And again it is said, I have left mine inheritance and my house, and I have turned my face from them. 52And again it is said, my kerem I have not digged, nor pruned, nor cleansed, but within it thorns and thistles shall spring up, and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it, and it shall become a desert. 53For Yahuah has left this people as the mishkan of a tent in the midst of a kerem, and as the guardian of a hut, and as a ruined city. 54And the Ruach ha'Kodesh has removed from them the spirit of prophecy. 55but has filled this kehillah with spiritual chen as the river of Mitzrayim in the days of rain, and has exalted it as a house on the top of a fruitful mountain, a fat mountain, and a fruitful mountain, a mountain wherein Elohim has been well pleased to dwell, and wherein he will abide forever. 56And again it is said by Yirmeyahu the navi, “The throne of the Elyon and exalted is the holy place prepared for us.“ 57And moreover, it is said by Yeshayahu, “In those days shall the mountain of Yahuah appear on the high hilltops, and the house of Elohim upon the extremity of the mountains, and it shall be exalted far above the hills. 58Wherefore Elohim has left the people of Yehudah, and made their Beit ha'Mikdash a desert, and rent the veil, and taken the Ruach ha'Kodesh from them, even as it is written, “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.“ 59But to you Mashichim has been given the chen of the Ruach ha'Kodesh, even as it is written by Yo'el the navi, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see a vision, and your old men shall dream a dream. 60For Elohim has removed from the Yehudim the power of chokhmah and da'at, and has given it unto you. 61Wherefore the devil has been moved to envy against the holy kehillat Elohim, and has brought upon you fear, and trembling, affliction, and trouble, and all manner of reproach, and division at the hands of the ungodly. 62For Ha'Satan moved the people of the Yehudim to slay Mashiach. 63But you hated them, and despised the evil of their deeds. 64Wherefore he has brought upon you temptation and hatred, even as he did upon the righteous Iyov, and as he contended with Yehoshua, the son of Joedc. 65Us also, Ha'Satan often times desired to sift it as wheat, and sought to weaken our emunah. 66But our Adon and Rav cursed him and rebuked him, saying, “Yahuah who has saved Yisrael, put you to shame. 67For he said, formerly, while we were assembled together, I have prayed for you to the Av, that your emunah fail not. 68For formerly there arose divisions and risha enmities in the midst of the congregation of the Yehudim, the Sadducees who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, and the Pharisees who say, “When a man is born, there is written concerning him all the chet that he shall do, and also what he shall be.“ 69These then are they who believe not in the work of Elohim concerning us. 70And again they say that the dead shall be raised in one hour. 71But these believe not in the resurrection. 72And there are some who taste no food unless every day they immerse beds and pots and dishes and cups and seats that is wash and cleanse them with water. 73And there are others who are called the Ebianites who think and say that the Ben Elohim is a mere man and was born by the will of the flesh from the union of Yosef and Miryam though they were pure from any such thing. 74These then are they who from the beginning have observed the Torah of their avot.

1Behold, then see and understand the craft and deeds of Ha'Satan, the enemy of all good, how he caused divisions and unbelief and ungodliness in the midst of the people. 2The first division which he caused was with Shimon in the city called Gitai. 3Now this man was a sorcerer and by his own impure craft he clothed himself with Ha'Satan as with a garment and served him as a slave performing all the evil of his will. 4And Philip the shaliach our ach wrought mighty works and great signs and healed the sick in the city of Shomron by the chen of Yahuah and the doctrine of the Ruach ha'Kodesh. 5And when the men of Shomron saw all his deeds, they became strong in their emunah and believed in Elohim and were immersed into the name of Yeshua ha'Mashiach. 6And when Shimon the sorcerer saw the signs and wonders which were not done by magic are, amazement seized him, and straightway he believed and was immersed. 7And after that he fasted and prayed. 8And when we heard this, we gave thanks to Elohim, for that the men of Shomron had believed by the preaching of Philillip. 9And then we arose and came unto them, and taught them carefully the devar tochechah. 10And on all those who had received tevilah, we laid hands and bestowed on them by tefillah the gift of the Ruach ha'Kodesh. 11And when Shimon saw that when we laid on our hands, the Ruach ha'Kodesh descended on those who believed, he came to us, bringing bribes, and saying, “Give me also this authority, that when I lay on my hands, the Ruach ha'Kodesh may descend on them. 12For Ha'Satan desired to seduce those who desired to believe, even as he seduced Adam, and he ate of the tree, and Elohim put him forth from the garden, and brought on him the mishpat of death. 13And in like manner he laid a snare for us, that we might take bribes. 14And if we had taken them, we should have been deprived of the Ruach ha'Kodesh, which we had received without price, and should have had in exchange the wealth that waxth old and perishes. 15Then we feared and were troubled. 16And when I, Kefa, saw this evil deed, I said unto Shimon, “Your gold and your silver be with you unto pition? 17Dust you think that with gold you may purchase the gift of Elohim? 18For your heart is not right before Elohim. 19Turn from the evil of your deeds, and pray to Elohim that he pardon the chet on which your heart has thought. 20For I see that you are as bitter Gaul in doing evil. 21Then Shimon feared exceedingly and said unto us, Pray you for me to Yahuah that there come on me nothing of all this that you have said unto me. 22Then we went forth to preach in all the olam the word of life. 23But Ha'Satan sent after us false shlichim, and he raised up also those that caused the preaching of the Besorah to cease and that wrought lies and vanity. 24But then they set up one from among them whose name was Cleobias. 25And they joined him with Shimon, and these became talmidim of him who was called Dosytheus. 26And they removed him from his place. 27And moreover, they took counsel with others, and made a place, and assembled together therein to do what was full of blasphemy. 28These were Serinthus, Marcus, and Manander, and Basilades, and Satnelus. 29And again there are others who say that there are many gods and others that there are three orders and others that they are gathered together and are at variance among themselves. 30And there are some who worship many gods whom they know not. 31And some who teach saying that marriage is not from Elohim and others who despise and abhore the union of the sexes. 32and others who commit fornication without shame and others who deny the Torah and their teacher is Nicholas. 33Moreover, it was I, Kefa, to whom Shimon came in Cesaria, the city of Cornelius, the faithful in Yeshua ha'Mashiach. 34But Shimon took counsel to seduce the baruch and holy children, Zakius, who was once a publican, and Barnabas and Nicotus and Aquilla, the ach of Clement, who was ordained m'vaker in the city of Rome, and who was the talmid of Sha'ul the righteous, in the doctrine of the holy Besorah. 35And I spake unto him before them thrice by the word of prophecy, and overcame him by the power of Yahuah. 36Then he fled away and went into Italy. 37And when he came to the city of Rome, he disturbed the kehillah and destroyed the emunah of many and perverted the Goyim and turned them to himself and taught them to use sorcery and to do the work of a cursed shedim. 38And after this he went to the house of their gods at midday and made an oration unto them looking up into the skies. 39And all the people did reverence unto him. 40Then he was carried up by the shedim and flew up into the air. 41But I Kefa stood and prayed and beheld him flying in the air. 42And he said, “I will ascend unto Shamayim.“ 43and he promised the people every kind of benefit and they believed him and accounted him as a Elohim. 44But I stretched forth my hands and prayed to Elohim with all my heart to bring him down to earth and to break the power of the shedim who were seducing and destroying the people. 45And again I prayed to Elohim not to kill him but to break him as a potter’s vessel. 46Then I turned to Shimon and said unto him, “If you are a man of Elohim and an shaliach of Yeshua ha'Mashiach, and teach his mitzvot and his truth, come not down. 47But if you are a seducer and a destroyer, oh Shimon, I command you shedim that bear up Shimon the sorcerer, be you far from him, and forsake him, that he may fall down, and be made a mockery before those whom he has seduced. 48And when I had spoken thus, the unclean spirits fled away, and forsook Shimon. 49Then he fell to the earth and was bruised with a great amazement and his limbs were broken. 50Then all the people cried out with a loud voice and said, “There is one Yahuah, the Elohim of Pisa, whom he has preached to us in truth.“ 51And forth with the people forsook Shimon. 52And from that day the ungodliness and divisions amongst the Simonians were increased. 53Then Ha'Satan entered into the hearts of the false nevi'im who led men astray and caused them to utter words of blasphemy against Elohim Shaddai, saying that he is not the Av of our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach. 54Moreover, they said that he is not the Boreh of the olam, but that he is invisible and unknown and unnamed and not begotten. 55And again, they said that it was not he who had sent down the Torah and the nevi'im. 56And they believe not in the resurrection of the dead, and said that there shall be no retribution at the last day, and that the soul will return to its nature, and they take pleasure in their ta'avah, and turn to evil habits. 57And there are others who say that there are many gods and say that there are three orders. 58And others that there are two orders. 59And others forbid to marry and command to drink no wine and count as impure and a poor marriage and the begetting of children and the eating of fruits. 60And they make themselves out as pure and receive and evil chokhmah and feain to be righteous and faithful. 61And there are some of them who command men not to eat flesh and say of the beasts that they have no reason or soul. 62Moreover, they say that whosoever injures a beast is as a murderer. 63And there are some who say that the flesh of a clean swine is not clean, but unclean, and that we ought to keep far from every such thing, but that men may eat of whatsoever was clean under the Torah. 64And there are some who practice circumcision and believe that Mashiach was but a holy man or as one of the nevi'im. 65And there are some who without shame openly teach ta'avah and do the pleasure of the flesh and are completely given over to every deed of uncleanness. 66Now these are as instruments whom the devil has led captive and the children of charon af.

1But being children of Elohim and sons of shalom preach this holy word to those who are obedient in uprightness. 2We believe in one Elohim, the maker of the whole creation, the Av of our Adon and Moshia Yeshua ha'Mashiach, whose existence is without cause, even as we said before, but he is existent at all times, without beginning or end. 3And in him is light unquenchable, and to him none can approach. 4He is not two, nor three, nor is he capable of increase. 5But he is one alone who abides forever. 6Yet he is not a hidden being who cannot be known. 7But we have known surely by the Torah and the nevi'im that he is Shaddai and the ruler of the whole creation. 8He is the one Elohim, the Av of our Adon and Moshia Yeshua ha'Mashiach, who was begotten before the olam was created, the only begotten Ben, who is equal with him, the maker of all hosts and powers and dominions, who was pleased to become man in the latter days, and took flesh of the Holy betulah Miryam without seed of man, and grew up amongst men, without chet or trespass, nor was there in his mouth. 9And afterwards he suffered and died without chet in the flesh and rose from the dead on the third day and ascended into Shamayim to the Av who had sent him and sat down on the right hand of power. 10And he sent to us the paraclett the Ruach ha'Kodesh who proceedth from the Av and has saved the olam who is coexistent with the Av and the Ben. 11We say then that every creature of Elohim is good and there’s nothing to be rejected, but that the spirit, the life of the flesh, is pure and holy in all things. 12We say that marriage is pure and the begetting of children is not unclean. 13For Elohim made Adam and Eve that man might be multiplied. 14We understand then that there is in our body a soul which does not die nor perish with the body. 15But we uphour every deed of apostates from the emunah and all divisions and transgression of the Torah. 16For unto us such are unclean. 17Again, we believe in the resurrection of the dead, both of the righteous and sinful, in the Yom ha'Din, when every man shall be requited according to his works. 18Moreover, we believe that Mashiach was in nothing subjected to loss by his incarnation, but that he is Elohim, the Word, who became man in truth, and reconciled the race of man with Elohim, and that he is the Kohen ha'Gadol of the Av. 19We do not practice circumcision then, like the Yehudim. 20We know that he has come who fulfilled the Torah and the nevi'im. 21For whose coming all nations hoped, Yeshua ha'Mashiach, who sprang from Yehudah, and from the root of Jesse, and whose government is on his shoulder. 22For in those days ungodliness grew strong, and led many astray, whereby the kehillah was disturbed. 23Then we gathered together in Yerushalayim, we the twel shlichim, and appointed Matias in the place of Yehudah’s Scariot, even as it is written, “And his office, let another take.“ 24And we were assembled together with Ya'akov, our Adon’s ach, the m'vaker of Yerushalayim. 25And we took counsel with the z’kenim to speak to the people words of tochechah. 26For there were some who set forth from Judea, and went to Antioch to teach the achim who were in that place, saying, “Unless you be circumcised according to the Torah of Moshe, and walk according to his ordinance, you shall not be saved.“ 27And there arose enmity and strife. 28Then the achim who were in Antioch knew that we were gathered together, and had inquired concerning this matter. 29And they sent unto us faithful men who had da'at of the Kitvei ha'Kodesh to search out this thing. 30And they came to us in Yerushalayim to declare unto us all that had happened in Antioch. 31And there were some who said unto them, You must needs be circumcised, and do what is in the chukkot of the Torah. 32But I, Kefa, rose up, and said unto the people, achim, you know that Elohim chose the Goyim, who took heed unto the preaching of the Besorah, and believed, to whom Elohim, who knows the hearts, bear witness. 33And to Cornelius the centurion, an mal'ach of Yahuah appeared, and bade him, send to me, that he might hear from my mouth the word of life. 34And he sent to me to the city of Japa, and brought me to Cesaria. 35And before I came unto him, I stood on a lofty place, and prayed. 36And behold, I saw the Shamayim opened, and a great sheet descend to the earth, held by its corners. 37And in it were creeping things, and beasts and birds of the Shamayim. 38And I heard a voice which said, “Rise, Kefa, kill, and eat.“ 39And I said, “Never has there entered into my mouth anything defiled which was not clean.“ 40And again a voice came which said, “What Elohim has cleansed, count you not unclean?“ 41And the whole sheet was drawn up again into Shamayim. 42And while I thought thus, what thing is this that has appeared unto me? 43The Ruach ha'Kodesh said unto me, Behold, certain men are seeking you. 44arise and go with them without doubting, for I have sent them to you. 45These were they whom the centurion had sent. 46Then I thought in my heart and believed what the katuv says, whosoever shall call on the Shem of Adon shall be saved. 47And again it is said, let all the ends of the earth remember and turn unto Yahuah, and that all the lands of the nations worship before him. 48For the kingdom is Yahuah’s, and he shall judge the nations. 49Moreover, I remembered that which is written concerning the calling of the Goyim. 50And I went with them, and entered into the man’s house, and preached the word. 51And forth with the Ruach ha'Kodesh descended upon him, and upon all who were with him, even as he had descended upon us. 52And there was no distinction between us in emunah and in the purification of our hearts. 53And I perceived that Elohim respects not persons, but that all nations that fear Elohim and do tzedakah are well pleasing before him. 54Then the faithful rose up and said, “How long can you Elohim and lay on the shoulders of the Goyim a heavy burden which they cannot bear? 55But we believe that we shall be saved by chen even as they.“ 56Yahuah had loosed us from the bond of chet and lightened and removed from off the heavy burden. 57And when they had said this, all the people kept silence. 58Then Ya'akov the ach of our Adon answered and said unto them, hearken unto what I say unto you. 59Behold, Simeon has before declared how Elohim chose the Goyim for his inheritance. 60As it is written, I will come and build the house of David, which is in ruins, and I will raise up those that have fallen, that all the Goyim on whom my name is named may turn to Yahuah, says Yahuah. 61Wherefore I say unto you, lay no burden on the Goyim who’ve turned to Elohim, but command them to abstain from all that is unclean, and not to eat that which dies of itself, or which has been sacrificed to false gods, and to abstain from fornication, and from what is not commanded in the Torah, and is not written in the book of the avot, Enosh, Chanokh, and Noach, and Mechisedc, and Iyov, and others such as Then the shlichim and Ya'akov the m'vaker of Yerushalayim and the prespits of the kehillah agreed and chose from amongst us men whom they should send with Barnabas and Sha'ul the tentmaker both Yehudah who was called Barabus and Silas who were chosen from the achim. 62Then we wrote and sent a letter to the achim in the kehillot of Antioch and Aram, saying, “shalom be unto you, because we have heard that there are some who have troubled your souls with words, to whom we gave no such mitzvah, now also we, having agreed together, have chosen men to send unto you with our achim Barnabas and Sha'ul, men who have surrendered their lives for Yeshua ha'Mashiach’s sake. 63And we have sent Yehudah and Silas that they may inform you of these things. 64For the Ruach ha'Kodesh agreed with us that we should lay no burden upon you, nor add any other charge, save this only, that men should abstain from anything sacrificed to false gods, and from that which dies of itself, and from dam, and from fornication, and that what they hate for themselves, they should not do to their neighbors. 65Take heed to these things, and shalom be to you. 66This letter we sent, but we labored in Yerushalayim for many days, desiring to do what was good for us and you. 67And after a few days, we visited the achim, and confirmed with them the devar tochechah, and commanded them to keep far from those who blasphemed against the Shem of Adon, and against Moshe. 68For these are ravening ze'evim, and make themselves like unto tzon, and strive against Yahuah, and Moshe, and the nevi'im, being false Christs, and false nevi'im, and lying shlichim, who destroy the nations, and bow down themselves to the earth, and think all manner of evil, and spoil the holy kerem. 69And by reason of these the love of many shall wax cold. 70But he who patiently endures to the end, the same shall be saved. 71And concerning these, our Adon commanded us, saying, “Beware of false nevi'im who come to you in tzon’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening ze'evim, and from their fruit you shall know them.“ 72And because of this, we have all assembled in one place. 73We are the shlichim of our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach. 74Kefa and Andrew, Ya'akov and Yochanan the sons of Zebedee, Philip and Bartholomew, Mattityahu and Thomas, Ya'akov the son of Alfus, and Shimon the Canaan, Thaddius, and Matias who was numbered with us and appointed in place of Yehudah a Scariot, and Ya'akov, the ach of our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach, the m'vaker of Yerushalayim, and Sha'ul, the chosen vessel and teacher of the Goyim. 75and being gathered together in one place, we have sent unto you this holy message. 76You also, faithful achim, have believed in Mashiach, by whom were all things. 77And now also we say unto you, that there is one Elohim Shaddai, and there is no other Elohim besides him. 78And we teach you to worship him and adore him and to serve Yeshua ha'Mashiach and the Ruach ha'Kodesh and to read the Kitvei ha'Kodesh of the Torah and the nevi'im. 79Honor your parents and abstain from all that contends against the Torah and believe in the resurrection and the Yom ha'Din and wait in hope for that time when he shall render to every man according to his works. 80For the whole creation is from Elohim and not from Ha'Satan. 81But all evil is from Ha'Satan. 82And in lawful marriage there is no defilement nor loss, but rather it is from Elohim. 83For in the beginning he created them male and female. 84And for this cause it is said, “Let a man leave his father and his mother and cleave unto his wife, and let them two be one flesh.“ 85And after a man is married, let him not put away his wife, but for fornication only. 86For she is your spirit and your flesh, for I created them, and not another. 87Again, it is said, “What Elohim has joined together, let not man separate. 88For he that separated himself from his wife, dividing the one flesh, has transgressed the mitzvah of Elohim. 89He also that has married one that is divorced has defiled his flesh. 90And he that has cleaved to an adulteress has quite transgressed the Torah. 91Cut off the adulteress from your flesh, for she is not your. 92Defile you not then your flesh, for circumcision of the heart in a pure spirit is sufficient for the faithful. 93Make no repetition of tevilah. 94The first tevilah which you have received suffices for you. 95For you were buried into the death of Mashiach, a tevilah which has not been given to the ungodly and unbelievers, but to holy kohanim who have bestowed it upon you in the name of the Av and of the Ben and of the Ruach ha'Kodesh. 96Receive not tevilah at the hands of apostates from the emunah. 97For there is one tevilah and one Elohim, the Av, and our Adon and Moshia Yeshua ha'Mashiach, and the paraclett, the Ruach ha'Kodesh. 98One is the death of Yeshua in the flesh. 99And in like manner, let your tevilah which you have received into his death be one. 100And he that believes not, and does not thus, his portion shall be with the ungodly in their evil doctrine. 101To those who do thus, Elohim says, because you have rejected my doctrine, I also will reject you and forsake you, and not make you kohanim unto me. 102And those who are immersed by them are not cleansed, but are unclean, and have no remission of chet. 103So are they who receive a second tevilah and make the work of Mashiach a mockery and despise holy things and blaspheme against the Ruach ha'Kodesh and count unclean his precious dam and set at not his sufferings and his testimony. 104But those who believe not and are not immersed into the right emunah are transgressors of the Torah and condemned. 105for they reproach him and give him not thanks. 106our Adon says, he that is not born again of water and the Ruach ha'Kodesh cannot enter into the Malkhut ha'Shamayim. 107But he that believes and is immersed shall be saved, and he that believes not shall be condemned. 108And he who says, afterwards I will be immersed, and makes light of tevilah, the same shall be condemned, and be far from Elohim. 109Delay not to turn to Yahuah. 110For man knows not what shall come upon him. 111And immerse your children while they are babes, and feed them with spiritual food, and bring them up with tochechah and chokhmah. 112For it is said, “Suffer the little children and forbid them not to come unto me.“ 113Behold, we have written all of this to you, beloved achim, that you may understand chokhmah and da'at, and not receive idle words which the ungodly put forth in our name. 114Say, “Not then, we have shlichim who will pray for us, but rather see whether their deeds are right. 115For there are some that do many mighty works which are full of the poison of death in the name of Mashiach, like Shimon the sorcerer and Cleobius and those with them in every place who lead men astray. 116He also are they that have loved Mashiach, and we are his avadim. 117and others also of the ancients have written apocryphal books of Moshe and Chanokh and Adam and Seth and Yeshayahu and David and Eliyahu and the three patriarchs who strove against those that were transgressors of the Torah. 118Moreover, certain have written books that are vain, who account themselves elect and pure, and say, “Our katuv are sure, though they are unclean.“ 119From those who do thus keep far away, lest you be condemned with those that have written to lead astray the faithful who are blameless, and the talmidim of our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach. 120We said then concerning m'vakerim and z’kenim that they should live with one wife before ordination, but that after ordination it is not right that they should marry. 121And again we give mitzvah concerning the avadim who are obedient to the kehillah, subdeacons and korei and doorkeepers that they should live with one wife and in one marriage. 122But after they have received tevilah and ordination, let them not commit chet, lest they fall into condemnation. 123Behold, we give mitzvah that they marry not a harlot, nor a eved, nor a woman that is divorced, nor a widow, even as it is written in the Torah. 124Moreover, let the shammashah be a pure betulah, or a faithful widow who has been married to one man. 125Such women ought to be appointed. 126Those women also who turn from chet receive. 127This is the ratzon Elohim (will of God) in Yeshua ha'Mashiach. 128And as touching the catechumens, when they understand the teaching, immerse them into the name of the Av and of the Ben and of the Ruach ha'Kodesh. 129and command the faithful to separate themselves from those that serve not Elohim, and not to have fellowship with them in anything, whether counsel or word or tefillah, and put them forth from the kehillat Elohim. 130For they are strangers and evil and corrupt who destroy the tzon of Mashiach’s flock. 131Concerning whom the wise Shlomo says, “Woe to the unbelieving, who account themselves wise, and their latter end comes unto the condemnation of shal.“ 132These are they that teach false doctrine, and blaspheme against the Ruach ha'Kodesh, from whom has been taken the portion of the inheritance which they received from him, and who have forgiveness neither in this olam, nor in that which is to come. 133For they have transgressed more grievously than the Yehudim and the heathen, who have blasphemed against Elohim, who is the Boreh of all things, and is above all. 134and they have risen up against his Ben and denied the Ruach ha'Kodesh and made void the Kitvei ha'Kodesh and made blasphemy their portion and spoiled the kehillat Mashiach. 135These are the foxes that spoil the kerem. 136From such we bid you keep far away. 137For he that follows a wise man shall be wise like unto him, but he that follows a fool shall be a fool like unto him. 138He ought not to dwell with robbers, nor be partakers with adulterers. 139Hear what the holy David says. 140I have hated, oh Yahuah, them that hate you, and have been troubled because of your enemies. 141I have hated them with a perfect hatred, and they are become mine enemies. 142For Elohim cursed Jehoshaphat because of the love and help of melech Ahab. 143And to melech Uzziah, he said by Yo'el the navi, “You have been a help to a sinner. 144Will you then save him whom Yahuah has hated?“ 145Wherefore they came on him speedily the anger of Yahuah? 146Because his heart was not right with him. 147His works were diminished in the earth. 148Keep then far from them, and receive not their salutation. 149Concerning them, says the navi, the risha have no rejoicing before Elohim. 150These are ravening ze'evim and dogs that have no chesed. 151And when the day has drawn nigh and the hour is come, they will be evil, even as our Adon says in the Besorah. 152In the latter days, emunah and love shall grow less, and chet shall be multiplied, and there shall come false Christs and false nevi'im, and they shall do signs in Shamayim, and seduce many of the elect. 153Behold then, let us pray to Elohim to save us from their error by Yeshua ha'Mashiach, and to deliver us from the ungodly people, that we may confirm the kehillah, and save many, and heal them by much tochechah, and by the word of chen. 154But those who receive not our preaching could not be healed and have gone forth from the flock, lest they should corrupt other undefiled tzon in whom was no blemished. 155Thus then we have ordained in all lands and have set forth for you this right doctrine of the did escalia in truth and in taharah as a memorial for those who believed in our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach. 156And we have sent it with Clement the beloved and the elect Barnabas and our beloved son Timotheus and the baruch Markus and with these Titus and Luka and Jason and Lucius and Sipa. 157We beseech you therefore imitate these and hear their words and shun your former manner of life. 158For the former things have passed away and become new yourselves. 159For you have known our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach, by whom are all things, and who has given unto us a pure Torah for the yeshu’ah of our souls, wherein he put his own perfect name, which is without division or defect or change, unspotted, and converting souls. 160When the Ivrim forgot this, he gave them a memorial by Malachi the navi, who said, “Remember the Torah of Moshe, the man of Elohim, who enjoined on you these mitzvot of tzedakah and holiness.“ 161But our Adon Yeshua ha'Mashiach did not abolish the chukkot of the Torah, nor diminish them, but rather said, “One word shall not pass from the Torah till all this be fulfilled.“ 162Again, he says, I have not come to abolish the Torah and the nevi'im, but to fulfill them. 163For Moshe, the legislator, navi, and melech, and Eliyahu, the navi, who appeared with our Adon when he was transfigured before them, bear testimony concerning his passion and his death and his incarnation, as friends, and men of his household, and not as strangers. 164Yahuah gave the ordinance the 10 words which are in the Torah and the holy nevi'im, and they heard his voice continuously before they made for themselves the calf, which the Mitzrim called apis. 165For the ordinance is righteous, and therefore was it called the Torah, and he judges in uprightness. 166Shimon and those with him hate this ordinance and praise themselves. 167But they shall go down to Gehinnom. 168But the Torah is good and holy. 169For he says, if you wil make for me an mizbe’ach, build it for me in the land. 170And he says not, build for me, except it be your pleasure. 171For Elohim needs not korbanot and offerings from us. 172But Hevel and Noach and Avraham, the friends of Elohim, offered up korbanot of ketoret unto him according to their pleasure. 173And in like manner the Ivrim did thus according to their pleasure. 174And it was not he who commanded them, but they themselves did his good pleasure, and he received their korbanot which they offered up unto him with a pure heart. 175Wherefore he says, I desire not your ketoret, nor do I need ought, for the olam is mine, and all that is therein. 176In the days of old, the people forgot Elohim, and made for themselves a calf as a Elohim instead of the true Elohim. 177And when they came out of Mitzrayim, it is said, “Is this your Elohim, O Yisrael, that brought you forth from the land of Mitzrayim? 178They worshiped a calf in their ungodliness, and forsook Elohim, who had sent Moshe, and brought them out of sore affliction. 179And behold, Elohim wrought signs by the hand of Moshe his eved, and with the rod with which he destroyed the Mitzrim with the 10 plagues, and wherewith he smoked the Red Sea, and made them pass through it on dry ground, as it were a course for horses. 180But he overwhelmed his enemies therein, and he made sweet the fountain of bitter water, and he claved the rock, and made water to pour forth from them. 181He overshadowed them by day with a cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire, and he enlightened them, and led them, but they knew not whether they were going. 182He brought down from Shamayim mana for them to eat and sent them flesh as the dust. 183And he gave them the Torah in the desert and made them ready to hear his voice. 184They forsook him who had done all this and said to Aharon, “Make us gods who shall go with us.“ 185And Aharon made a calf for them. 186And they bowed down before it. 187And Elohim knew that they felt no gratitude for all that he’d done for them. 188So they were bound with bonds that could not be loosed and were cast into a net whence was no escape. 189And Elohim said unto them, When you make an mizbe’ach, offer up thereon korbanot at all times. 190For he says, You did forget Elohim who saved you, and gave us no thanks to my name. 191Offer then your offerings that you may remember to give thanks to my name, and substitute not an unclean beast for a clean. 192For if you do thus, I will bring upon you sore punishment as on an evil and slothful and foolish eved, and you shall not be bound with the bonds of the mitzvah. 193Take heed then, and fall not into the error of having many gods, lest there come upon you the word which says, Where is your Elohim, O Yisrael? 194And remember what is written, saying, Here, O Yisrael, Adon Elohecha is one. 195And abide you in this ordinance, and know that there is no other Elohim besides him in Shamayim or in earth. 196Love him with all your heart, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and fear him alone. 197And set not in your heart the name of strange gods, nor make mention of them with your mouth. 198For because of the guile of their hearts, Elohim bound them. 199But as for you, since you have known the one Elohim with a pure heart and a good binah, and have heard the voice of the Moshia, baruch are your eyes, for they have seen, and your ears, for they have heard. 200Behold, you are loosed from the bonds, and are freed from the servitude. 201Moreover, he says, I will not call you my avadim, for the eved knows not what his Adon does unto him, but you are my friends. 202Behold, I have taught you all that I have heard from my Av. 203But as for those who desire not to see, nor to hear, their heart has been hardened, and they are far from him. 204But baruch are you from whom Elohim has taken away his curse. 205For Mashiach the Ben Elohim, came and established and fulfilled the Torah. 206And he removed the heavy burden that was therein, and saved us, and freed us from the service of chet, and had chesed on us, and gave us chayyei olam. 207And again he says, he that will come after me, let him await my second coming. 208But he received not the korbanot and offerings which the nations offered. 209For often times they offered unto him, and they thought that it was by multiplying korbanot that they could be saved without teshuvah from the scourge of Elohim’s anger. 210Moreover, it is said, “Wherefore bring you to me ketoret from Sabba, and cinnamon from a far country? 211I have no pleasure in your korbanot and will not receive your ketoret. 212And again Yeshayahu says, Wherefore offer you to me your korbanot? 213I am sated with the korbanot of rams and oxins and with the fat of tzon. 214I desire not the dam of oxen and goats. 215If he bring them, will he not show me who has required this at your hands? 216He shall not again tread the courts of my house. 217And if he bring fine flour, it is in vain. 218Your ketoret, and your feasts, and your Sabbaths, and your great day, I desire not. 219Your fasts also, and your tefillah, I desire not. 220My soul hates them, and you are an abomination unto me. 221Moreover, the navi says, remove from me the sound of your anger. 222Again, Shmuel the navi said to Saul when he desired to korban, to hearken is better than to korban, and da’at than the fat of tzon. 223For Yahuah desires not that you should korban to him, but rather that you should hearken to his word. 224And David also says, I will take no oxen from your house, nor rams from your flock. 225For all the beasts of the field are mine, the cattle of the field also and the oxen. 226And I know all the birds of the Shamayim, and the beauty of field is also with me. 227If I be hungry, I will not ask of you, for the whole olam is mine with the fullness thereof. 228I will not eat the flesh of oxen, nor drink the dam of goats, korban to Elohim the korban of praise, and send up your tefillah to the Elyon. 229Moreover, it is written in the katuv that he desires not the ketoret of those that have sinned against him. 230For unclean before him is the korban of the ungodly who offer contrary to the Torah. 231Everyone who eats of it is unclean. 232But he desires above all a meek heart and a humble spirit which are better than korban. 233Behold then he came to bring to an end the korbanot of dam which they offered. 234For he said in the Torah, “Adon Elohecha is one.“ 235And again he said in the Besorah, “This is chayyei olam, that they should know the one true Elohim.“ 236Moreover, he said, “Love your neighbor as thyself,“ and repeated it in the Besorah and said, “I have given you a mitzvah that he love one another as I have loved you. 237For thus he said in the Torah, “You shall not kill, but he has commanded us never to hate anyone.“ 238He who said, “You shall not commit adultery, nor desire your neighbors wife.“ 239Behold, he has commanded us not even to look upon a woman, to ta’avah after her. 240He said, “Then, you shall not steal.“ 241But he has commanded us to abstain from every evil deed, and to love our enemies. 242For who said, “You shall not render evil to him that does you injury,“ has commanded us to be at shalom with all men. 243For chesed is better than those who desire vengeance unrighteously. 244He said, “Then honor your parents, but he has commanded us to humble ourselves unto all men.“ 245He put an end to circumcision and he himself fulfilled circumcision and he fulfilled the hope for which the whole olam was hoping. 246He who said perform unto Yahuah your oath has commanded us not to swear by anything. 247Instead of korbanot of dam, he has given us a rational bloodless offering. 248And instead of korbanot in one place, yet commanded us that our offering should be made in all the earth from the rising of the sun, even to its setting. 249Moshe says in the Torah, read you the words which I have commanded you, while you workst, or while you sit, or while you stand, or while you walk in the way. 250And David also says, but the Torah of Yahuah is his delight, and in his Torah he will meditate day and night, and everywhere he has commanded that they should do that which is written in the Torah, and not transgress the ordinance. 251And again it is said, baruch are they that are pure in their way, and that walk in his ways, and seek him with all their heart. 252Moreover, it is said in the Besorah, “baruch are you if you do this.“ 253For on account of this is the Torah manifest in tzedakah, and illuminth all the olam, even those who believe in our Adon, and have forsaken the worship of elilim, and kept far from risha, and received all that is good. 254And the Yehudim also who have rejected the covenants, whose hearts were blinded, and who followed the way of those who said, “We have no melech but Caesar,“ and said again, “If we let this man alone, the Romans will come and will take away our nation and our land.“ 255Prophesied against him, and said, “It is better for us to put one man to death than that the nation perish.“ 256Yet all nations have believed in him. 257And the Romans have taken away their authority and all their chukkot, and therefore are they accursed because they have not been able to do his mitzvah. 258Moreover, it is said, “Cursed is he that does not all the mitzvot which are written in the book of the Torah. 259But we follow the way of Mashiach, that you may receive a berakhah, and let us receive the Torah and the nevi’im and the holy Besorah, and turn aside from those that worship many gods, and let us keep far from the murderers of Mashiach, and from them that slew the nevi’im. 260These are the unbelieving Yehudim. 261And let us be humble and firm in emunah in Mashiach the melech, who has authority over all things, and is the teacher of the Torah, and the guardian of the chukkot. 262Keep far then m’vakerim and kohanim and people from those that cause division, even from those that account unclean the Torah and the nevi’im, being the enemies of Elohim Shaddai, and who believe not in Mashiach the Ben Elohim, and separate from his birth in the flesh, and blaspheme against his sufferings in the flesh, and revile his cross, and mock at his death, and believe not in his resurrection, and make void his generation from the Av before the whole creation and say that in him are flesh and soul and not the godhead. 263And there are others who say that Yeshua ha’Mashiach is above the whole creation and glorify him and say that he alone is the Av and again they say that he is the Ben and the paraclet. 264Are not these then more impious than all? 265And there are others who say that the resurrection of the dead is of souls without bodies. 266To these he says, depart into fire eternal. 267Keep far from such men, beloved achim, lest he be condemned together with them. 268And those that watch the stars and worship the host of Shamayim and observe days and hours. 269As for such, will he accept their tefillah and be pleased with their offerings? 270And will they read the Kitvei ha’Kodesh? 271These then are void of the Ruach ha’Kodesh, which abides in the heart of the faithful. 272Shlomo says concerning the kadoshim, “Let them be prepared, if they sleep, to watch, if they sleep and awake, to be wise in truth and love. 273For the Ruach ha’Kodesh is not far from faithful Mashichi people from the day of their birth until they die. 274Let a woman after her childbearing remain in her separation 7 days. 275But if he think in her heart and say, “How shall the Ruach ha’Kodesh abide upon me while I am unclean?“ 276And if her emunah grow weak and she be without good works, the Ruach ha’Kodesh will not abide upon her. 277For this matter is not a transgression of the Torah, but marriage and the customary separation of women and the nocturnal pollutions hinder not the Ruach ha’Kodesh. 278But with the ungodly and unbelieving who’ve transgressed the Torah and the chukkot, the Ruach ha’Kodesh will not abide. 279And those that have not the Ruach ha’Kodesh are the habitation of unclean spirits. 280But upon those that have believed, and that hope in his second coming, the Ruach ha’Kodesh abides. 281For the pariclete hates lies, and every evil work, and the devil hates works of tzedakah and goodness. 282And whosoever is immersed in emunah is separated from the spirit of Ha’Satan, and is the habitation of the Ruach ha’Kodesh. 283And he that does his will is filled with chokhmah and da’at. 284And the unclean spirit cannot come nigh to him. 285The unclean spirit loves such as our ungrateful slothful and sinners and sorcerers. 286For the devil by his want of gratitude fell from his throne and was deprived of the kavod of Elohim. 287and he himself chose to be Ha’Satan rather than to be an archangel. 288Wherefore, women ought to beware of every evil and vain thing and be mindful of Elohim who created all things and to follow his Torah and not work the pleasure of the flesh except only in lawful wedlock. 289Beware then of the council of evil men and of union with them. 290Wherefore separate yourselves, beloved achim, from all the heathen who practice evil, and keep far from them, and count not as an abomination the flesh of men’s dead bodies. 291We believe that the dead shall live and rise again, and in like manner lawful marriage is not an abomination. 292For the union of man and woman is righteous before Elohim, who created man and women, and baruch them, and said unto them, increase and multiply, and fill the earth. 293Behold, we understand that from Elohim are all these things. 294Without him was not anything. 295How be it, the men of S’dom sinned. 296They perverted nature and wrought abomination. 297And in like manner chet those who practice bestiality which is unclean and is a transgression of the Torah. 298They that do such things shall not escape from punishment. 299For they defile pure marriage and do what is unseemly and what is not commanded in the Torah. 300But as it is said, they are joined one to another, man with man, but they work their own shame, and their iniquity shall return upon their own heads. 301For katuv says, if any man lies with a man as with a woman, they have wrought uncleanness. 302Let both of them die the death. 303And he that lies with a beast, let him die the death. 304And he that commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, let him die the death. 305For it is a shame to Yisrael. 306The hire of a harlot, and the price of a dog they shall not offer in the house of Yahuah. 307This is what is forbidden in the Torah. 308But marriage is pure. 309And Elohim blessed the union of man and woman. 310And Shlomo also says, the union of man with man is abominable before Yahuah. 311David says, Let your wife be as a pleasant vine in the chamber of your house, and your children also as young olive plants at your table. 312Lo, thus shall the man be baruch that fears Yahuah. 313For a man that is a lover of Elohim ought not to be subject to ta’avah. 314and let the women also be obedient to their own husbands in love and fear. 315Even as the baruch Sarah was obedient to her husband Avraham and said to him, “my Adon,“ she did not name his name, but said of him, “my Adon is old.“ 316And in like manner, “Emen, love your wives, for they are your members and sharers with you in the beginning of children.“ 317It is said, “Love the wife of your youth, as the heart loves the fountains of waters, for she is your, and is with you at all times, and is a member of your. 318For it is said, take heed to yourselves, and forsake not your wives. 319And as touching the lawful union of man and wife, when they rise from sleep, let them not give heed to ceremonial washings, but rather take thought for tefillah and supplication to Elohim. 320But if a man lie with the wife of his neighbor, or defile himself with a harlot, and when he rises wash himself in the sea, and in all the waters of the rivers, he shall not be able to cleanse himself, but his portion shall be rather in eternal condemnation. 321Take no heed then of laws relating to the flesh, for lawful marriage is not unclean, nor seek after the way of the Yehudim, nor use at all times such ceremonial washings, nor practice their customary purifications.

1Gather yourselves together diligently in the kehillah and read the Kitvei ha’Kodesh over those righteous Mashichim who have fallen asleep and your achim the martyrs who have entered into rest in the emunah of Mashiach and celebrate for them the eukarist and offer in the kehillah his holy body and precious dam. 2And when you bring them to the kehillah and to the tomb, sing Tehillim over them. 3For it is said, precious in the sight of Yahuah is the death of the righteous. 4And again, return unto your rest, oh my soul, for Yahuah is your help. 5And again it is said, the remembrance of the righteous man is with praise, and their souls are in the hand of Elohim. 6Even if they sleep, they are not dead. 7Our Moshia said to the Sadducees, “Concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what the katuv says? 8I am the Elohim of Avraham, the Elohim of Yitzchak, and the Elohim of Ya’akov.“ 9He is not then the Elohim of the dead. 10He is the Elohim of the living. 11Elisha also in his death raised him that was slain in Aram. 12When the dead body touched him, it was raised. 13The righteous Yosef also touched the body of Ya’akov on the beer and was not defiled. 14And Moshe and Yehoshua the son of Nun, when they brought forth the bones of Yosef from the land of Mitzrayim, and touched his bones, were not defiled. 15And in like manner, you m’vakerim and all the people, when he touched the dead bodies of those that have fallen asleep, count it not an abomination to carry their bones, for you shall not be defiled on account of them. 16Remove then from you this practice, for it is a thing of folly. 17And as for you, be you adorned with chokhmah and da’at, that you may find chayyei olam, and a portion with the souls of the righteous in the Malkhut ha’Shamayim, in a place of rest, through Yeshua ha’Mashiach, our Moshia, who is able to open the ears of your hearts, that he may hear the words of Elohim, which have been instructed you in the Besorah by the tochechah of our Adon Yeshua ha’Mashiach, the Nazarene, who was crucified in the days of Pontius Pilate and Herod the melech. 18He suffered and died and rose from the dead and shall come again with kavod and with great power and shall raise the dead and render to every man according to his works. 19And he ascended with great kavod to his Av. 20And after he rose from the dead, we saw him and ate and drank and abodeed with him 40 days. 21And then he ascended into Shamayim, and sat on the right hand of the Av, the Shaddai, who sits on the cherubim, concerning whom David says, Yahuah said to my Adon, “Sit you on my right hand until I bring your enemies unto the foottool of your feet.“ 22whom the baruch Steven saw and cried and said, “Behold, I see the Shamayim opened and the Ben ha’Adam sitting on the right hand of Elohim, who created the host of malakhim, to whom be great kavod and honor and todah and dominion with his Av and the Ruach ha’Kodesh, now and forever and ever. Amen.“

1Moshe the navi said plainly unto the people, even unto the people of Yisrael, “And behold, I show you plainly the way of death and the way of life. 2Choose life for yourselves, that you may live.“ 3And Eliyahu the navi said unto the people, “How long halt your heart concerning Yahuah? Yahuah is one. Seek him. 4our Adon Yeshua ha’Mashiach said, “A eved cannot serve two masters, otherwise he will obey one and disobey the other. 5He cannot then serve Elohim and wealth.“ 6We have followed our Adon Yeshua ha’Mashiach, who has chesed on the whole olam. 7We say then that there are two ways, one of death and one of life, separate, and having no connection one with the other, one which leadth unto death, and one which leadth unto life. 8The first is the way of life, concerning which the Torah has spoken, and said, “Love Adon Elohecha with all your heart, and with all your strength, and with all your soul, besides whom there is no other Elohim, and love your neighbor as thyself, and what you desire not for thyself, that do not to your neighbor. 9Bless them that curse you and pray for them that oppress you and love your enemies. 10What then is your reward if you do good to them that do good to you? 11Take heed then and hate no man. 12And again it is said, “You shall not hate any man, neither an Egyptian nor an Edomite, for they are all creatures of Elohim. 13keep far from evil men and from the desires of this olam. 14And to him that strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other. 15For David said, If I have rendered a return to them that rendered evil to me, let your enemies cause me to fall naked. 16And again it is said, if any man compel you to go one mile, go with him twain. 17And if any man take your coat, leave to him your cloak also, and prevent not him that takes your goods, and give to him that asks of you, and shut not your door against him that desires to borrow of you. 18For Elohim is merciful and a lover of men, and gives all things to him that asks of him. 19And the Av makes the Ben to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the sinful. 20We ought to give to all men of the labor of your hands, and honor you the kadoshim. 21For it is said, You shall do no murder. 22Every man is your image and your demut, and there’s nothing worse than murder. 23And you shall not commit adultery, nor separate what is your flesh, nor make to part thereof. 24For it is said, they twain shall be one flesh and one spirit, and in form only are they separate, and you shall not steal. 25For when Achen the Israelite stole, they stoned him with stones, and he perished. 26And in like manner, Gahazi stole and lied, and was clad with the leprosy of Non the Syrian. 27And Yehudah’s Scariot also stole the purse of arms from which arms were given to the poor and betrayed Yahuah of kavod into the hands of the Yehudim and then repented and hanged himself and his bowels gushed out and he died. 28Ananas and Safara his wife kept back part of the price of their possessions and lied to the Ruach ha’Kodesh and died by the sentence of our beloved ach Kefa the shaliach. 29You shall not practice magic, nor use divination, nor consult wizards. 30For it is said, you shall not trust in wizards. 31And you shall not kill a child by abortion. 32For it is the image and spirit of Elohim. 33And you shall not coveret the possessions of your ach, nor his wife, nor his eved, nor his maid, nor his ass, nor his ox. 34Moreover, you shall never swear falsely, but if you swear, swear truly. 35And again, it is said, you shall not bear false witness. 36For he that speaks lies against the poor provokes his Boreh to anger. 37And the way of evildoers leadth unto death. 38You shall not be of a double heart or of a double tongue. 39For the snake of a man is the word of his mouth, and a talkative man shall not prosper upon earth. 40And let not your words be idle. 41For everyone that speaks thoughtlessly shall be condemned, and you shall not be rapacious, for it is said, “Woe unto them that wrong their neighbors.“ 42And he shall not accept persons, nor be deceitful in heart, nor proud. 43For Elohim humbles the proud. 44And you shall not hate any man, nor curse your ach, nor do evil unto him, and abstain from all evil, and be not passionate, nor envious, lest that befall you that befell Kayin and Saul and Joab. 45For Kayin slew Hevel his ach. 46And Elohim chose Hevel and accepted his korban. 47And Saul persecuted David when he overcame Goliath the Philistine and was envious of him because of the songs which the women sang. 48And Joab also slew Abnner the Israelite and Amassa of Yehudah. 49And there shall not be an agg for it leadth to avodat elilim. 50And concerning this, Shmuel says, this thing is chet, and it shall not be thus in Yisrael, for all these things are rejected in the Torah. 51And you shall not be a murmurer, for you have heard what befell those who murmured against Moshe. 52Be meek Moshe and David, for the meek shall inherit the earth. 53Be you therefore merciful, for they shall obtain chesed, except every toil that comes upon you, like Iyov and El’azar, that you may receive a reward from Elohim, and honor him that teaches you the word of Elohim, and be mindful of him day and night. 54For where instruction is, there Elohim is. 55and reconcile those who are at variance, and judge uprightly, for the mishpat is Yahuah’s.“ 56And when you pray, be not of a double heart, Kefa said, he said to me, while I was on the sea, wherefore dust you doubt, and make for thyself a double heart? 57And if you give arms to the poor, doubt not. 58Know you then who it is that will render the reward? 59Is it not Yahuah? 60Give then to everyone that asks of you that which he needs, and forget not any of the mitzvot of Yahuah, and confess your trespass before him, and chet no more, that you may find that which is good before Adon Elohecha. 61For he desires not the death of a sinner, but that he should turn to teshuvah. 62And honor your father and your mother. 63Forsake not your achim and your kinsmen. 64And fear the melech, and know that his position is from Yahuah, and honor rulers, for they are mesharet of Elohim. 65and offer not a korban whilst you do evil before you repentst of the evil of your doings. 66This is the way of death and the way of life. 67And may Elohim make you worthy to follow the way of our Adon Yeshua ha’Mashiach.

1You shall give thanks. 2Thus we give thanks to you, Boreh of all things, for the saver of this chrism, and for this oil of immortality, which you have revealed to us by Yeshua ha’Mashiach your Ben. 3For your is the kavod and the kingdom and the power forever and ever. Amen. 4And whosoever comes to you and gives thanks thus, receive them as a talmid of Mashiach. 5And if there be anyone that teaches contrary to the Torah which was given unto you by Yahuah, receive him not, and let him not have fellowship with you in todah. 6Prove everyone that comes unto you. 7Examine diligently his deeds, and appoint as is fitting, for you have da’at of those on the right hand, and on the left, and judge between those who rule justly and those who rule unjustly. 8And to your neighbor that judges justly, do good according to his doings. 9To him also that judges unjustly, render according to his doing, and pray not with him, lest you be defiled together with him. 10And every navi and teacher that comes unto you, and teaches truly is worthy of his meat, as a good workman, who serves his Adon. 11To the kohanim also give the bikkurim that they may bless your labors. 12And give all the ma’aser to the widows and to the orphans and to the travelers and to strangers. 13And on the Shabbat day, which is the day of the resurrection of our Adon, gather you together in one place, and give thanks to Elohim for all the good things that he has done for you in Mashiach, that your korban may be perfect and acceptable before Elohim. 14For it is said concerning the kehillah, that they shall assemble therein, and offer up ketoret and korban. 15For I, says Yahuah, am a great melech, upholding all the olam, and my name is terrible in all the olam and among the Goyim. 16Appoint for yourselves m’vakerim, z’kenim, and shammashim, meek men, and humble, who are chosen from the people, pure and tried in every good work, who desire not money, but rather teach the word of Yahuah and the doctrine, and discern in uprightness the mitzvot of Mashiach as Av and Yahuah, in love, without anger and impatience, with a humble heart, and in anavah. 17Observe all this that you have been commanded of Yahuah for the life of your souls. 18Let your loins be dirt and your lamps burning. 19And be you ready as men who wait for Yahuah when he comes, whether at the first hour of the night, or at midnight, or at crowing, or at break of day. 20Yahuah will come at a time that you expect not. 21Baruch are those avadim whom their Yahuah, when he comes, shall find so doing. 22Behold, he will g himself and go about and serve them. 23Pray then and work lest death come upon you suddenly. 24And when the kavod of the Ben ha’Adam shall appear in Shamayim, and the archangel shall blow the trumpet, and the dead shall be raised, and our Adon shall come with his kadoshim in the clouds of Shamayim, and all the malakhim of his power with him. 25Then shall he sit on the throne of his kingdom, and destroy the devil, the deceiver, and shall render to every man according to his works. 26And then shall the sinners go into eternal condemnation, but the righteous into chayyei olam, and these shall rejoice in the Malkhut ha’Shamayim through our Adon Yeshua ha’Mashiach. 27Be you then ready that he may receive his good things. 28Let us pray and make supplication unto him and say, “Oh, our Moshia, who are before the olam was Elohim of gods, the Shaddai one Elohim, the Boreh of every creature, Yahuah of our holy avot, who were without blame before you, the Elohim of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya’akov, who are merciful and ready to forgive chata’ot (sins), faithful and kind, plenteous in rachamim and chesed, from whom nothing is hidden, but all is open before you. 29In you the souls of the righteous trust, and in you the kadoshim hope. 30You are the Av of them that are blameless, and hear the tefillah of the pure in heart, and hearken to the supplication of them that are silent. 31Make your favor, O Yahuah, to dwell on every creature. 32For you know that which the heart thinks before the thought comes, and in all the ends of the olam they offer up to you korban and ketoret with tefillah and todah, who has appointed days that men may do tzedakah. 33and the gate of whose chesed is open to everyone that seeks you, and has appointed laws and chukkot, and caused us to understand that the riches of this olam are transitory, and that the ornament of beauty abides not forever, and that the might of the strong decayth speedily. 34For our father Avraham was the first to walk in the way of tzedakah. 35And you gave him honor and riches, and in emunah he accomplished his life. 36And you said unto him, I will multiply your seed as the stars of Shamayim, and as the sand of the sea. 37And you gave Yitzchak unto him. 38you did bless him and say unto him, I will be with your seed after you. 39For we have known Mashiach in our father Ya’akov, whom you did send to the land of Mitzrayim, and did say unto him, Behold, I will be with you, and will surely multiply your seed exceedingly. 40And in like manner you did say unto Moshe, your holy and faithful eved at the bush, I am from before the olam was, and my name shall be forever. 41And your memorial also is for generations of generations, who did bless the seed of Avraham, that they might be baruch forever. 42You did create man that he might be a rational creature. 43And you did say, in your chokhmah, let us make man in our image and in our demut. 44And you did set Adam to be ruler over all, and it give him chayyei olam. 45And when he transgressed your mitzvah, you did it put him forth from the garden, and did it bring death upon him? 46Then it send your only begotten Ben and it raise him from his fall and it restore him to the garden of delight. 47You, oh Yahuah alone are great and powerful and terrible, merciful and kind. 48The Shaddai who do wonders and withdraw not your rachamim from any of your works or creatures. 49good and a lover of men, and dealing gently with sinners, and bringing them back in the multitude of your chesed. 50And though we are not worthy to look up unto you, nor raise our eyes to Shamayim, you, in the greatest of your power, regard our anavah. 51The heavens are supported by your mitzvah, and by your word the earth is established. 52For you, oh Yahuah, are mighty, and the tzedakah of your mishpat has filled the earth, which you have created.

1All the spiritual hosts of malakhim are a flame of fire. 2And the holy cherubim with six wings glorify you with a loud voice and sing with a voice that is never silent and say, “Holy, holy, holy, Yahuah of hosts. 3The holiness of your kavod is perfect and fillth the heavens and the earth. 4The whole number of these malakhim, thrones and authorities, dominions and principalities and powers, the cherubim and seraraphim cry and say, “baruch be Yahuah, the Elohim of Yisrael, and baruch be this kehillah of the nations, which is like unto the host of Shamayim, day and night with holy soul and perfect heart. 5Thus they sing and say, “The chariot of Elohim is 10,000 times 10,000 and thousands of thousands of them that glorify Yahuah in the holy mount of Si. 6The heavens and all that is therein give humble thanks to you. 7For you has hung the heavens as a vault, and has laid the foundations of the earth, and established it on the waters. 8And you have separated darkness from light, and numbered the stars in their fullness, and called them all by their names. 9The whole creation declares your greatness, and the trees of the field also you have made to grow. 10Therefore, the whole creation of mankind must needs offer up to you kavod and todah, korban and offering and ketoret through our Adon and Moshia Yeshua ha'Mashiach, your only begotten Ben. 11You alone are Shaddai, good and loving, chesed and beneficent. 12For your is the kavod and the power forever and ever. Amen. 13You are in Shamayim, and you are on earth, and you are in the sea. 14Who have gathered together the whole creation from the confines of the earth, and there is no end of your greatness. 15For it is not we who have said this, but you did say, I am Yahuah Elohim, who am above the heavens, and I am present in every place, and beside me there is no other Elohim. 16True is your word, and there is none that is like unto you, the holy Elohim, Yahuah of the kadoshim. 17And the souls of all are in your hand. 18You are worthy of kavod and exaltation, whose throne is unchangeable, and whose strength decayth not, and whose greatness none can declare, and the excellence of whose beauty is marvelous. 19There is none that dares to draw nigh to your habitation, and the da’at of your chokhmah is without number. 20Your tzedakah has no end. 21You need none to counsel you, nor seek any to help you. 22You have no beginning, nor any end. 23Your kingdom passes not away, and there is none that can overcome your power, and innumerable are the hosts of malakhim who mesharet unto you. 24You are the Av of chokhmah, and the maker of the whole creation, and the framer of the Torah. 25You destroy the ungodly, and reward the righteous. 26You are Elohim, the Av of our Adon and Moshia Yeshua ha'Mashiach, Yahuah of those who give him humble thanks, in whom is no falsehood, who take no bribe in mishpat, whose praises are innumerable. 27To you is due the honor and kavod and worship which every rational soul sends up to you forever and ever. Amen.

1Oh Yahuah Shaddai, who did create the olam by Yeshua ha’Mashiach our Moshia, and its appointed the Shabbat, and rest thereon from all your work, and has commanded us to rest on it from all the work of our hands, and to be ready to serve and do your mitzvot, and has given us feast days for the joy of our souls, and that we should remember the skill of your chokhmah, that Elohim ha’Davar, was pleased to be born of a woman for our sakes, and appeared manifestly in this olam, and was immersed as man, though he was Elohim, and endured patiently the sufferings of the cross, died, and rose from the dead in great might. 2Wherefore we keep as a feast the holy day of his resurrection and honor the first day of the week and give kavod and sing praise to him who conquered death and gave light to the whole olam and has bestowed on us incorruptible honor and kavod. 3And has gathered the scattered people and made them to be one pure flock. 4and has baruch them even as he baruch Yisrael. 5It was you, O Yahuah, who brought our avot from the land of Mitzrayim, and it delivered them from bitter bondage, and it saved them from the sea, and from the labor of the brick kiln, and it bring them forth from the power of Pharaoh and his hosts, and led us them through the sea on dry ground, and it sustained them with all good things in the wilderness, and appoint for them the four of the 10 words which you d utter with your voice and its right with your hands. 6And it command them to rest on the Shabbat day that they might give you humble thanks and be safe from all evil and its bind them with the words of tochechah and gather them and bring them into the house of your sanctuary. 7Wherefore he has commanded us to rest on every Shabbat day, because on the Shabbat day our Adon rested from all his work. 8Let us then seek after all his Torah, and give thanks to him, and bless Elohim for all the good things that he has bestowed on us, the sons of men. 9And greater than all these is the day of his holy resurrection, which our Adon and Moshia and Boreh, Elohim Yahuah, has taught us to observe. 10He who was begotten before the olam was created, the Ben of the Av, and was born of the betulah Miryam without human father. 11He suffered and was crucified and died in the days of Pontius Pilate and rose from the dead on the day of the Mashichi Shabbat. 12Remember, O Yahuah, that which we offer to you on this day, the korban and the korban and the eukarist of your holy shalom, this great portion which you has given unto us, that we may offer that which is good unto the greatness of your power. 13And you have fulfilled the prophecy, and have shown chesed unto Zion, and have had rachamim on Yerushalayim, and have exalted the throne of David your eved amongst us by the birth of Mashiach, who was born of a betulah of his seed according to the flesh. 14Do you, oh Yahuah, receive the tefillah and supplication of your people who call upon you in truth, even as you did receive the korbanot of the righteous, each in its own time. 15first of Hevel whose korban you disrespect and receive of Noach when he was going forth from the ark of Avraham when he was going forth from the land of the cales of Yitzchak when he was going forth from the well of the oath of Ya’akov in Bethlehem and of Moshe in the mount and of Aharon in the wilderness and of Yehoshua the son of Nun in Gilgal and of Gid’on on the rock and of Monoah and his wife in the plain and of Shimshon when he was a thirst before he transgressed and of Jeepa in war and of Bay and Devorah over Cisora and of Shmuel in Misbe and of David in the field of O and the Jebusite and of Shlomo in Gibian in Yerushalayim and of Eliyahu on Mount Carmel and of Elisha at the fountains and of Jehoshaphat in battle and of Chizkiyahu in his sickness and concerning Sinekarb, and of Manasse in the mount of the cales after he had transgressed, and of Yoshiyahu in Passa, and of Ezra when he was returning, and of Daniel in the den of lions, and of Yonah in the belly of the whale, and of the three children in the furnace of fire, and of Hannah in the mishkan of testimony by the ark, and of Nechemyah when he was building the wall with Zerubbabible and of Matathias and his sons on the hilltop and of Yo’el in the berakhah. 16Now also in like manner receive the tefillah and supplication of those who offer to you with da’at through Yeshua ha’Mashiach. 17We give thanks to you for all things. 18You take not from us your rachamim and your chesed. 19For you are merciful and full of rachamim in all generations, who did receive Enosh and Chanokh and Noach, and his help in the days of Moshe and Yehoshua and the judges, and in the days of Shmuel and Eliyahu and the other nevi’im, and in the days of David and the other melakhim, and in the days of Ester and Mori, and in the days of Yehudit, and in the days of Yehudah, Mcabeas, and his achim, receive us also in like manner in our days. 20Through your Ben Yeshua ha’Mashiach, the great Kohen ha’Gadol, who has saved us from the sword and famine, and has fed us, and satisfied us, and healed us from our sickness, and protected us from evil tongues. 21To you we give thanks at all times through Yeshua ha’Mashiach, who has bestowed on us a sweet and articulate voice, and a tongue fair as the sound of an instrument, and has made us to discern between sweet and bitter, and given us eyes to see, and ears to hear, and noses to smell, and hands to handle with, and feet to walk. 22And these you have created from a tiny drop that is gathered in the womb. 23And you did bestow on man therewith a soul that shall not die, and made him a rational being. 24And you did instruct him by your Torah, and adorned him by your mitzvot. 25And after a while you did make him mortal, and grant him a resurrection? 26How then shall man repay you? 27for all this that you has done for him. 28Now also must needs give you thanks and glorify you according to the measure of our power. 29Receive us that our service may be acceptable before you and save us from the apostasy of the risha whose gods are many and deliver us from those who contend against Mashiach and free us from the error of Ha’Satan. 30For you did send Mashiach your beloved Ben to become man though he is Elohim and it caused the pariclet to dwell in us and it send the malakhim to bless us and it put Ha’Satan to shame since you have created us and granted us life preserve us and give us sustenance and turn us to teshuvah for you are worthy of kavod and worship. 31ship for all that you have done for us through your Ben our Moshia Yeshua ha’Mashiach forever and ever. Amen. 32Follow after this at all times, achim. 33Yahuah be with you on earth and in Shamayim and in the kingdom of his Av who sent him to free us from deeds of chet and the service of Ha’Satan and who has given life to the sons of men. 34even to those that believe in Yahuah Elohim the Boreh, that those who believe in Mashiach may live. 35What thanks is it fitting that we should offer to Elohim ha’Av through Yeshua ha’Mashiach. 36Behold, we have told you before and have taught you. 37Observe all this that he may find chayyei olam. Amen.

1He that desires to be immersed but must needs be taught the word of instruction and be made to understand the da’at of Elohim ha’Av and be instructed as to the incarnation of the only begotten Ben and the good pleasure of the Ruach ha’Kodesh. 2Moreover, let them tell him that Elohim created the olam and man upon it, and how Elohim sent mishpat on the risha by the waters of the flood, and destroyed sinners with fire, and it magnify the kadoshim in all generations. 3These are Seth and Enosh and Chanokh and Noach and Avraham and all those that were begotten of them and Mechisedc and Iyov and Moshe and Yehoshua and Kalev and Phineas the kohen and all the righteous according to their generations. 4and how Elohim pied and chose mankind and rejected them not, but rather called them and turned them at all times from error and from vanity to true da’at, and brought them forth from the service of the adversary, and made them an army to do his mitzvot, and saved them from deadly error, and led them unto life. 5All this then let him understand who desires to be immersed, and then let him receive tevilah. 6And let him who lays hands upon him, worship Elohim ha’Av, the maker of all things, who sent unto us his only begotten Ben, Yeshua ha’Mashiach, to save mankind from the filthiness of flesh and soul, and to sanctify them according to the good pleasure of his goodness, and to lead them in the way, and to enlighten the eyes of their hearts, that they might understand his wondrous works, and learn his tzedakah, 7and be far from risha, and walk in the way of uprightness that they may be worthy to be immersed as sons of Mashiach in a hope that is full of chen and truth. 8But let them have binah of chokhmah and da’at and receive the works of tzedakah that they may enter into life. 9And after the todah, let them be taught the incarnation of Yahuah, and his sufferings, and his resurrection from the dead, and his ascension into Shamayim. 10And let the catechumens who desires to be immersed be taught to renounce Ha’Satan, and to believe in Mashiach, and to forsake his former habits, and to purify his heart from all evil, and revenge, and impurity, and deceit. 11Then let them receive the holy razim. 12As a wise man who purges his field of thorns and thistles, and sows wheat therein, so you also in like manner must needs be separated from all impurity, and cleanse your hearts from evil, that you may be worthy to receive holy tevilah. 13For thus our Adon taught us, saying, “immerse all nations into the name of the Av and of the Ben and of the Ruach ha’Kodesh.“ 14And again, let them command him that is immersed to say thus, I renounce you, Ha’Satan, and all your works, and all your evil, and all your service, and all your malakhim, and all your arts, and all your might. 15And after the renunciation, you shall confess and say, I believe in Mashiach. 16And again, I believe in the one true Elohim, unbegotten, the Av of our Adon and Moshia, Yeshua ha’Mashiach, the Shaddai and the Boreh of all things, by whom are all things. 17And I am immersed into his only begotten Ben, Yeshua ha’Mashiach, who was begotten before the olam was by the will of the Av, by whom all things were made, both those in Shamayim and those in earth, both visible and invisible, and who came down from Shamayim in the latter days, and was incarnate of the Holy betulah Miryam, and was born in taharah, and who fulfilled the Torah of his Av, and was crucified died for us in the days of Pontius Pilate and died and abodeed in the heart of the earth three days and three nights and rose from the dead and ascended into Shamayim in kavod and sat on the right hand of the Av and who shall come again at the last day to judge the living and the dead of whose kingdom there is no end. 18And I am immersed also into the paraclett, the Ruach ha’Kodesh, who proceedth from the Av, and was strong through the Ben, and dwelt in the holy patriarchs, and who again was sent upon the shlichim from the Av by our Adon Yeshua ha’Mashiach. 19And after the shlichim, he was sent and given to the faithful in Yeshua ha’Mashiach. 20And I am immersed into the apostolic kehillah for remission of chata’ot. 21and for the Malkhut ha’Shamayim and for the life to come forever. 22And after he has made confession, let him draw near to the anointing of the holy oil which the kohanim have consecrated for the remission of chata’ot. 23And let the kohen pray and make supplication to Elohim and say, “May Elohim ha’Av unbegotten, the Av of our Adon and Moshia Yeshua ha’Mashiach, melech of melakhim, sanctify and purify this oil in the name of his only begotten Ben, Yeshua ha’Mashiach. 24May it be a spiritual chen and power for the remission of chata’ot, and a pledge for this tevilah by the anointing of this holy oil, that he that comes thereto may be worthy to keep your mitzvot.

1When the kohen stands over the water, let him pray thus, saying, “Oh Yahuah, our Elohim, the Shaddai, Av of your only begotten Ben, our Adon Yeshua ha’Mashiach. 2I give you thanks for that you did send your only begotten Ben and he has saved the whole olam and he hears all who make supplication unto him and proclaims concerning the Malkhut ha’Shamayim and remission of chata’ot and the resurrection of the dead. 3I glorify you and give you thanks. 4And I praise you that you did patiently endure the sufferings of death on the cross for all who has given us tevilah which is the new birth. 5I glorify you, oh Elohim ha’Av, Elohim alone, in the name of Yeshua ha’Mashiach and the Ruach ha’Kodesh, that you the doer of all wonders, have not rejected mankind, who did create Adam and set him in the garden. 6And when he transgressed your mitzvah, you did it put him forth from the garden by your righteous mishpat. 7But in your manifold chesed, you did not cast him off, but did send your Ben in the latter days to become man, and to endure suffering without chet. 8I pray to you and entreat you, look down from Shamayim upon this water, and sanctify it by your power, that all they who are immersed thereby according to Mashiach’s command, may be together with him, partakers in his crucifixion, and his death, and his resurrection, and his ascension into Shamayim, that you may save them from the death of chet, and that they may live in tzedakah.

1Oh Yahuah Elohim, Yahuah of the whole creation, who has granted us the sweet savor of this chrism, even to all the nations who believe in you. 2Grant also the efficacy of this chrism as a sod to those that are immersed into your name. 3And after this he shall stand and pray this tefillah which our Adon has taught us. 4Our Av, who is in Shamayim, unto the end thereof. 5Then let the kohen turn towards the east and raise his eyes to Shamayim and say, “Glorify Yahuah, for Yahuah is good, and sing to his name, for it is good, for his chesed is forever.“

1Oh Elohim Shaddai, the Av of our Adon and Moshia Yeshua ha’Mashiach, the only begotten Ben that love a body undefiled and accept us a meek heart and a humble spirit and a da’at of chokhmah that has no decay. 2Make your Ruach ha’Kodesh to dwell in us by your good will and the strength of your power through Yeshua ha’Mashiach. 3by whom to you be kavod and power with him and with the Ruach ha’Kodesh forever and ever. Amen.

1These are the names of those who were ordained by us. 2First in Yerushalayim, Ya’akov, the ach of our Adon, and after him was ordained in hisstead, Simeon, the son of Cleopus, and after him Yehudah, the son of Ya’akov, and in Cesaria of Palestine, first Zakius the publican, and after him Cornelius, and after him Theophilus, and in Antioch, first Evodius, ordained by Kefa, and after him Ignatius by Sha’ul, and in Alexandria, First, Anianis who was ordained by Markus the mevaser and after him Avilius ordained by Luka the mevaser. 3And in the kehillah of Rome first Linus ordained by Sha’ul and after him Clement who was ordained by Kefa and in Ephesus first Timotheus ordained by Sha’ul and after him was ordained Yochanan by Yochanan the mevaser. 4And in Smyrna, first Aristo, and after him Stratus, the son of Lewis, and after him Ariston, and in Pergamus, first Gas, and in Philadelphia, first Demetrius, ordained by Kefa, and in Senrii, first Lucius, ordained by Sha’ul, and in Cree, Titus, and in Athens, Dianus, and in the three cities of Phoenicia, Marthonius, and in Leed, Thea Arupus and in Colossi Phileiman and in Macedonia and Boa Wanissimus the eved of Phileiman and in the kehillah of Galatia Crescans in the region of Asia Aquilla and Nicotus and in the kehillah of Aena Chrisus. 5These are they whom we entrusted with the kehillot and ordained in Yerushalayim and sent forth to preach and to teach in their several regions. 6Remember then their toil, and receive their tochechah, and observe their words. 7May Yahuah be with you from henceforth and forever, even as he said unto us when he was ascending to Shamayim to the Av, “Behold, I am with you all the days unto the end of the olam. 8Kavod be to Elohim, to whom be kavod and honor forever and ever and ever. Amen and amen. So be it. So be it. 9Here ends the doctrine of the Discalia of the Holy avot, the shlichim. 10Their tefillah and their berakhah be with their beloved Bakafa, with his wife Wald Salah, forever and ever. Amen.