Kebra Nagast

Him. Be patient in respect of wrath, and at the end He will make thee to rejoice love righteousness and He will make life to blossom for thee. Be a good man to the good, and a reprover of sinners. And put aside the wickedness of the evil man by rebuking and correcting him, and condemn and disgrace the evil man for ; who doeth violence to his neighbour in the court of And do justice to the poor man and to the law. orphans, and release them from the hand of him that doeth them wrong. And deliver him that is forsaken and the man who is in misery, and release him from the hand of him that causeth him to suffer. Judge not with and have no respect of persons, but judge When thou undertakest to judge, love not righteously. And admongifts (i.e., bribes) and accept not persons. ish thy governors (or, judges) that they be free from the taking of gifts, and that they accept not the persons of partiality, their friends, or of their enemies, or of rich or poor, in giving judgment ; and they shall surely judge their neighbours in righteousness, and with a just judgment. CONCERNING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS And hear ye, Israel, that which God commandeth you to keep He saith, I am the Lord thy God Who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage. There shall be no other gods besides Me, and thou shalt not make any god that is graven, and no god that is like what is in the heavens 42. " ( ; above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water which is under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, and thou shalt not serve them, for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. [I am He] Who visiteth the sin of the father on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, and I perform mercy to a thousand (or, ten thousand) generations of those who love " Me and keep My commandments. Thou shalt not swear a false oath in the Name of 58