Kebra Nagast

Azariah praises the Queen and her City " And hearken ye unto His command, which I will Let not one overcome his fellow by Plunder not the possessions of your neighYe shall not revile each other, and ye shall not bours. each other, and ye shall not quarrel with each oppress And if by chance an animal belonging to your other. neighbour come among your property, be not blind to the fact but make it go back to him. And if ye do not declare unto you. violence. know who is the owner of the property, take care of it for him, and as soon as one hath found out to belongeth return his property to him. whom it And if the pro- perty of your neighbour hath fallen into a pit, or into a well, or into a hollow or into a ravine, do not pass on and go not by it until ye have told him and helped him to drag out the animal. And if a man hath dug a well or hath built a tower (or, shelter), he shall not leave the well without a cover nor the tower without a roof. And if there is a man who is carrying a heavy load, or if the load hath slipped from the man who is carrying it, ye shall not pass on your way until ye have helped him to lift it up or to lighten it for him ; for he is your brother. Ye shall not cook a young animal in the milk of his mother. Ye shall not turn aside the right of the poor and the orphans. Ye shall not accept the person, and ye shall not take bribes to turn aside the right and bear false witness. " And when ye find a bird in your land with her young ones, ye shall spare her life and shall not take away her young, so that your days may be long upon the earth, and your seed may be blessed with (or, for) length of days. And when ye reap the harvest of your food, ye not be careful to reap all of it. Gather not up what falleth from it, and the sheaves which ye have forgotten leave when ye go back, and take them not up, but shall God And ye shall not work leave them for the stranger in your city, so that may bless the fruit of your land. impurity, and ye shall not judge with partiality, and IS7