Kebra Nagast

the humble, and rejected the arrogant and loved the and scorned the humble, haughty and had pity on the He cast down the lowly. arrogant from his high place, and lifted the poor up out of the dust. He snatched away the mighty one from his honour, and raised up the poor from corruption, for with Him are honour and disgrace. Whom He wisheth to honour He honoureth, and whom He wisheth to disgrace He disgraceth. CONCERNING THE ANGELS WHO REBELLED And there were certain angels with whom God was 100. wroth now He, the Knower of the heart knew them and they reviled Adam, saying, " Since God hath shown love to him He hath set us to minister unto him, and the beasts and creeping things, and the fish of the sea, and the birds of the air, and all fruits, and the trees of the field, and the heavens and the earth also and He hath appointed the heavens to give him rain, and the earth to give him fruits. And the sun and the moon also hath He given him, the sun to give him light by day and the moon to give him light in the night season. He hath fashioned him with His fingers, and He hath created him in His own image, and He hath kissed him and breathed upon him the spirit of life and He saith unto him, My son, My firstborn, My beloved.' And He hath set him in a garden to eat and enjoy himself without sickness or suffering, and without toil or labour, but He hath commanded him not to eat from one tree. And being given all these things by God, Adam hath transgressed and eaten of that tree, and he hath become hated and rejected, and God hath driven him out of the Garden, and from that time Adam hath abandoned his ; ; * hope, for he hath transgressed the commandment of his Creator." And God answered the angels who reviled Adam in " this wise, and He said unto them, Why do ye revile Adam in this wise ? For he is flesh, and blood, and 184