Behold! I have therefore made known unto you (these things) whilst I live: for I have said that ye should above all thngs learn the commandments of the Mighty One, wherein I shall instruct you; and I will set before you some of the commandments of His judgement before I die.
2Remember that formerly Moses assuredly called heaven and earth to witness against you and said: "if ye transgress the law ye shall be dispersed, but if ye keep it ye shall be kept."
3And other things also he used to say unto you when ye the twelve tribes were together in the desert.
4And after his death ye cast them away from you: on this account there came upon you what had been predicted.
5And now Moses used to tell you before they befell you, and lo! they have befallen you: for ye have forsaken the law.
6Lo! I also say unto you after ye have suffered, that if ye obey those things which have been said unto you, ye will receive from the Mighty One whatever has been laid up and reserved for you.
7Moreover, let this epistle be for a testimony between me and you, that ye may remember the commandments of the Mighty One, and that also there may be to me a defence in the presence of Him who sent me.
8And remember ye the law and Zion, and the holy land and your brethren, and the covenant of your fathers, and forget not the festivals and the sabbaths.
9And deliver ye this epistle and the traditions of the law to your sons after you, as also your fathers delivered (them) to you.
10And at all times make request perseveringly and pray diligently with your whole heart that the Mighty One may be reconciled to you, and that He may not reckon the multitude of your sins, but remember the rectitude of your fathers.
11For if He judge us not according to the multitude of His mercies, woe unto all us who are born. [