:1 |
Son, when you apply yourself to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare your soul for temptation. |
2:2 |
Humble your heart, and persevere. Incline your ear, and accept words of understanding. And you should not hurry away in the time of distress. |
2:3 |
Endure steadfastly for God. Join yourself to God, and persevere, so that your life may increase in the very end. |
2:4 |
Accept everything that will happened to you, and persevere in your sorrow, and have patience in your humiliation. |
2:5 |
For gold and silver are tested in fire, yet truly, acceptable men are tested in the furnace of humiliation. |
2:6 |
Believe God, and he will restore you to health. And straighten your way, and hope in him. Observe his fear, and grow old in it. |
2:7 |
You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. And do not turn away from him, lest you fall. |
2:8 |
You who fear the Lord, believe in him. And your reward will not be taken away. |
2:9 |
You who fear the Lord, hope in him. And mercy will approach you, to your delight. |
2:10 |
You who fear the Lord, love him. And your hearts will be illuminated. |
2:11 |
My sons, consider the nations of men, and know that not one of them hoped in the Lord and was confounded. |