| 1 | I now began to utter the third parable, concerning the saints and the elect. |
| 2 | Blessed are you, O saints and elect, for glorious is your lot. |
| 3 | The saints shall exist in the light of the sun, and the elect in the light of everlasting life, the days of whose life shall never terminate; nor shall the days of the saints be numbered, who seek for light, and obtain righteousness with the Lord of spirits. |
| 4 | Peace be to the saints with the Lord of the world. |
| 5 | Henceforward shall the saints be told to seek in heaven the secrets of righteousness, the portion of faith; for like the sun has it arisen upon the earth, while darkness has passed away. |
| 6 | There shall be light interminable; nor shall they enter upon the enumeration of time; for darkness shall be previously destroyed, and light shall increase before the Lord of spirits; before the Lord of spirits shall the light of uprightness increase for ever and ever. |
| 7 | In those days my eyes beheld the secrets of the lightnings and the splendours, and the judgment belonging to them. |
| 8 | They lighten for a blessing and for a curse, according to the will of the Lord of spirits. |
| 9 | And there I saw the secrets of the thunder, when it rattles above in heaven, and its sound is heard. |
| 10 | The habitations also of the earth were shown to me. |
| 11 | The sound of the thunder is for peace and for blessing, as well as for a curse, according to the word of the Lord of spirits. |
| 12 | Afterwards every secret of the splendours and of the lightnings was seen by me. For blessing and for fertility they lighten. |
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