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Kebra Nagast

His Ascension and His Second Coming come back, and I will return from the abyss of the sea." l And again he said, " Sing ye unto God Who hath gone up into the heavens, the heavens which are opposite the morning." 2 " Thus Amos the Prophet prophesied and said, The Messiah, Who made the time of the morning, hath come and is exalted from the earth into the heights : Name is God Who ruleth all things." 3 and His " Thus prophesied David the Prophet and said, Thou art exalted, O Lord, by Thy might, and we will praise and hymn Thy strength." 4 Thus prophesied Zechariah the Prophet and said, His foot standeth on the Mount of Olives to the east And He rideth upon the Cherubim, and of Jerusalem. He flieth upon the wing of the winds." 5 Thus David said, " Open ye the gates of the princes, and let the doors which were from the creation be Who is opened, and the King of glory shall come the and this King of glory ? God, strong One, mighty God, the mighty One in battle." And he also made known and said, " Open ye the gates of princes, and let the doors which were from the creation be opened, and Who is this King of the King of glory shall come 8 of Lord God Hosts is this ? The King." glory And again concerning His coming He shall judge the living and the dead He to Whom belongeth glory " ! ! Amen. Thus Zechariah the Prophet prophesied and said, " That day the Lord my God shall come, and all His saints with Him." Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, " God for ever and ever. 7 spake once, and this according [to what] I have heard Compassion belongeth unto God. 1 2 Psalm Ixviii, 22. Psalm Ixviii, 32, 33. 3 Amos iv, 13. 4 Psalm xxi, 13. 6 8 " : And Thine, O Lord, Zechariah xiv, 4 Psalm xxiv, 7, 8. Zechariah xiv, 5. ; Psalm xviii, 10. 217

E. A. W. Budge, The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek (Kebra Nagast), London 1922 — uploaded facsimile