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Manichaean Soul Arousal
The Soul is Aroused
1. He was sent and came hurrying and rejoicing
to the First Man to tell him the news; he came and knocked at the gates
and cried: "Open quickly, and I shall tell thee the news! . . Rise up,
O good shepherd, take the lamb from the wolf's mouth, and I shall tell
thee the news!"
2. "Who art thou, for my doors are closed?
Give a sign, and I shall open to thee, and thou shalt tell (me) the news!"
3. "I am the son of the Father's Son; it is
the Father's Son who hast sent me to tell thee the news. Open, open quickly!
Open the closed gates that the news may be told to thee!',
4. As the gates were about to open, he was
found (already) inside the door, eager to tell him the news of the (skies).
The First Man found him at his side; he rejoiced and said to him: "Tell
me the news! What does my Father do, the Father of the Lights, who makes
me delay altogether outside Him ? What do the Twelve Aeons do, whom I left
surrounding the Father? . . . What does the Mother of the Living do, whom
I have left together with her other Brethren?"
The First Man is rejoicing as he asks, he
says to him, "Tell me the news!"
5. Now the Call again answered: "I came forth
when they were together, . . . I came forth when the Aeons were together,
being a garland round the Father. They sent me when the Father was rejoicing
at being in the bridechamber of the Land of Light, that I might tell (thee)
the news. . . . I was sent while the Mother was watching, her Brethren
being together with her. . . . I came when the City1 was calm and the citizens
were rejoicing and glad; . . . I came from the House of Joy; I have brought
you the joy as I came. I came from the House of Plenty; I have brought
Plenty as I came to you. See, this is the news! I came while the Mother
was looking for thee her Brethren being also there with her. Let us go.!
They await thee, they are at the Border (?),they are expecting thee! See,
the whole of God has come; call thou, (and) He will answer thee. They are
laden with wreaths and palms to give to thee, the Captain! See, this is
the news!
6. "The Air is set over the Smoke, . . . the
Breeze guards the king of the Storm, . . . the Light is set over the king
of the Darkness, . see, the Waters have confined the king of the fatal
Flood, the Maiden, the living Fire, has become mistress over the Land of
Darkness! Look, we have laid waste the Land of Darkness, we are waiting
with the garland for thee!
Receive the news!
7. "Let us go! They await thee! The Light
has surrounded the Darkness! Let us go; they await thee! They are on the
Border (?), they are expecting thee!'
See, those who are to help thee are waiting
for thee, their hands are open to embrace thee, they are laden with wreaths
and palms to give thee, the victorious Captain! Take the news!"
8. The Envoy heard the good news, he took
it to the one who had sent him. The Fathers of the Light came to help their
beloved; they helped the First Man, (and) he cried out before him rejoicing:
" Look at me! Look at my wares!" Great was the joy that ensued when the
First Man was in their midst laden with garlands and palms! (MP. 197 2U2). |