(4) [Greek: legei Iê(sou)s· [pan to mê empros-
then tês opseôs sou kai [to kekrummenon
apo sou apokalyph(th)êset{ai soi. ou gar es-
tin krypton ho ou phane[ron genêsetai
kai tethammenon ho o[uk egerthêsetai.]
(5) [Greek: [ex] etazousin auton ho[i mathêtai autou kai
[le]gousin; pôs nêsteu[somen kai pôs...
[ ... ] metha kai pôs [ ...
[ ... k]ai ti paratêrês{omen...
[ ... ]n? legei Iê(sou)s; [ ...
[ ... ]eitai mê poeit[e...
[ ... ]ês alêtheias an[ ...
[ ... ]n a[p]okekr[y...
[ ... ma] kari[os] estin [ ...
[ ... ]ô est[i...
[ ... ]in [ ... ]
1. "Jesus saith, Let not him who seeks ... cease until he finds and
when he finds he shall be astonished; astonished he shall reach the
kingdom and having reached the kingdom he shall rest."
2. "Jesus saith (ye ask? who are those) that draw us (to the kingdom
if) the kingdom is in Heaven? ... the fowls of the air and all beasts
that are under the earth or upon the earth and the fishes of the sea
(these are they which draw) you and the kingdom of Heaven is within
you and whosoever shall know himself shall find it. (Strive
therefore?) to know yourselves and ye shall be aware that ye are the
sons of the (Almighty?) Father; (and?) ye shall know that ye are in
(the city of God?) and ye are (the city?)."
3. "Jesus saith, A man shall not hesitate ... to ask concerning his
place (in the kingdom. Ye shall know) that many that are first shall
be last and the last first and (they shall have eternal life?)."
4. "Jesus saith, Everything that is not before thy face and that which
is hidden from thee shall be revealed to thee. For there is nothing
hidden which shall not be made manifest nor buried which shall not be
raised."
5. "His disciples question him and say, How shall we fast and how
shall we (pray?) ... and what (commandment) shall we keep ... Jesus
saith ... do not ... of truth ... blessed is he ..."
_The fragment of a lost Gospel_ which was discovered in 1903 contained
originally about fifty lines, but many of them have perished and others
are undecipherable. The translation, as far as it can be made out, is as
follows:--
1-7. "(Take no thought) from morning until even nor from evening until
morning either for your food what ye shall eat or for your raiment
what ye shall put on. 7-13. Ye are far better than the lilies which
grow but spin not. Having one garment what do ye (lack)?... 13-15. Who
could add to your stature? 15-16. He himself will give you your
garment. 17-23. His disciples say unto him, When wilt thou be manifest
unto us and when shall we see thee? He saith, When ye shall be
stripped and not be ashamed ... 41-46. He said, The key of knowledge
ye hid: ye entered not in yourselves, and to them that were entering
in, ye opened not."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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