Concerning the Chariot of Ethiopia ment shall be light, and he whose burden of sin is heavy, exceedingly great shall his punishment be. One day some with God is as a period of ten thousand years and there shall be who shall be punished for a day some for half a day, and some for three hours of a day, and some for one hour of a day and some there shall be who shall be tested and who shall be absolved from their ; ; ; transgressions. 116. CONCERNING THE CHARIOT OF ETHIOPIA And the Archbishops answered and said unto Gre" Behold now, thou hast gory, the Worker of Wonders, told us concerning the vanquisher of the enemy of Rome, and now [tell us] of the chariot of Ethiopia and whether it shall remain henceforward, to the Coming of Christ, as thou hast told us concerning Zion, and concerning the faith of the people of Ethiopia, and likewise if their chariot shall remain." And Gregory said unto " It shall assuredly not disappear. And again, them, hearken ye unto me and I will declare this unto you A few Jews shall lift up their heads against our faith in Nagran and in Armenia in the days after this, and this God will do by His Will so that He may destroy them, : for Armenia is a territory of Rome and Nagran is a territory of Ethiopia." 117. CONCERNING THE KING OF R6M AND THE KING OF ETHIOPIA And the King of Rome, and the King of Ethiopia, and the Archbishop of Alexandria now the men of Rom 6 were orthodox were informed that they were to destroy them. And they were to rise up to fight, to make war upon the enemies of God, the Jews, and to destroy them, the King of Rome '^nya, and the King of Ethiopia Pinhas (Phinehas) and they were to lay waste their lands, and to build churches there, and they were to cut to pieces Jews at the end of this Cycle in ; P 225
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E. A. W. Budge, The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek (Kebra Nagast), London 1922 — uploaded facsimile