Kebra Nagast

Concerning the first Judgment of 'Adrami And the owner of the vineyard answered and said unto him, " They have eaten the tendrils and the branches that had grapes upon them, and there is nothing left And of the vines except the twigs by the root." " Is this 'Adrami asked the owner of the sheep, saying, " And the owner of the sheep answered and true ? " said unto him, lord, they ate [only] the tendrils My with leaves on them." And 'Adrami answered and said, " is this This man saith that they ate the grapes " And the owner of the sheep answered and true ? " No, my lord, but they ate the blossoms before said, : they had formed into grapes." 73. CONCERNING THE FIRST JUDGMENT OF KING OF ' And 'Adrami said unto them, " Hearken ye to the judgment which I will declare unto you. If the sheep have destroyed all the shoots from the root of the vine, then they all belong to thee. And if they have eaten the leaves of the branches, and the blossoms of the grapes, take the sheep, shear their wool, and [take also] the young of those which have not yet brought forth. But the sheep which have already brought forth young for the first time leave to the owner of the sheep." And all those who heard the judgment which he pronounced marvelled, and Baltasar said, " Verily, this judgment is a judgment of the people of the God Henceforward judge him that hath a case at war with him that would wage war, rule him law, wage that would be ruled, keep alive him that should be kept alive, and pass the judgment that ought to be passed according as men would be judged, and take this city to thyself and to thy seed after thee." And all the men of the city of Rome were well pleased, and they made 'Adrami king over them, and they rejoiced in him with a great joy for it happened thus by their will and by the Will of God. And [then] a fever seized Baltasar, of Israel. ; 125