Kebra Nagast

Azariah praises the Queen and her City us a portion with those whom He hath chosen, the seed for He hath set His habitation to abide with of Jacob, From this time forth they are set down, and from time forth we are set upright. From this time forth they are despised and rejected, and from this time forth we shall be honoured and loved for ever and ever, and throughout all the generations that are to come. " And ye, O noble ones, hearken unto me, and learn well what cometh forth from my mouth and my words. Love ye what is right and hate falsehood, for what is of iniright is righteousness and falsehood is the head and fraud not use shall And oppression ye quity. among yourselves, for God dwelleth with you, and the for ye have behabitation of His glory is among you come members of His household. And from this time onward cease ye to observe your former customs, us. this ; [namely] making auguries from birds, and from signs, and the use of charms, and incantations, and portents, and magic. And if after this day there be found any man who observeth all his former customs, his house shall be plundered, and he and his wife and his children shall be condemned." And the Queen said unto Azariah, " Speak and declare how much thou lovest our Lady with her Heavenly King." How AZARIAH PRAISED THE QUEEN AND HER CITY And Azariah rose up and said unto the Queen, " O 90. our Lady, verily there is no one like unto thee in wisdom and understanding the which have been given unto thee by God except my lord the King, who hath brought us unto this land with our Lady Zion, the holy and heavenly Tabernacle of the Law of God. Now we and our fathers of olden time have said, God hath chosen none except the House of Jacob, us hath He chosen, us hath He multiplied, us hath He held to please Him, and He hath made us kings and made us members of His