I swear to you, my children, but I swear by no oath, neither by heaven nor by earth, nor by any other creature that God created.
2The Lord said: 'There is no oath in me, nor injustice, but truth.'
3If there is no truth in men, let them swear by the words 'yes, yes', or else, 'no, no'.
4And I swear to you, yes, yes, that there was no man in the womb of his mother, without already before, even for each one, there being a place prepared for the rest of the soul, and a fixed measure of how much a man is intended to be tested in this world.
5Yes, children, do not deceive yourselves, for a place has been previously prepared for each soul of man.