Kebra Nagast

Concerning the Question of Solomon from thy seed and will deliver you. But Israel will hate their Saviour, and will be envious of Him because He will work signs and miracles before them. And they will crucify Him, and will kill Him, and He shall rise up again and deliver them, for He is merciful to the penitent and good to those who are His chosen ones. And behold, I tell you plainly that He will not leave in Sheol His kinsmen of Israel by whom the Pearl hath been carried." And when the Angel of God had spoken these words " unto Solomon, he said unto him, Peace be unto thee." And Solomon answered and said unto him, " My lord, I beseech thee, I would ask thee one question ; be not unheedful of my cry." And the Angel said unto him, " Speak, ask me thy question, and I will make thee to know what I have heard and seen." And Solomon said unto him, " Now I am grieved because of Israel, His people, whom He hath chosen as His firstborn from among all the ancient tribes of His inheritance ; tell me, they be blotted out after the coming of the And the Angel of God answered him Saviour ? and said unto him, " Yea, I have told thee that again they will crucify the Saviour. And when they have poured out His blood on the wood of the Cross they shall be scattered all over the world." And Solomon will 5: " Woe to my people to last have always provoked their Creator to wrath. I and those who have been before me are unworthy to have mercy shown unto us because of the evil of our works, for we are a faithless generation. said, I weep for my people. ! who from first Woe unto those who shall pour out innocent blood, and calumniate the righteous man, and divide his spoil, and who neither believe on His word nor walk in His Commandment Their judgement is waiting, and their error abideth And their great is their punishment. ! ; waiting, and it shall never be forgiven to them, and the sin of their fathers shall be remembered ; for sin is H 2 115