ḤANOḴ 63

1 In those days the mighty and the sovereigns who possess the earth shall beg to grant them a little relief from His messengers of punishment to whom they were delivered, that they might fall down and worship before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts, and confess their sins before Him. 2 And they shall baraḵ and esteem 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts, and say, \"Baruḵ is 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of sovereigns, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of the mighty and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of the rich, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of esteem and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of wisdom. 3 \"And splendid in every secret matter is Your power from generation to generation, and Your esteem forever and ever. Deep are all Your secrets and innumerable, and Your righteousness is beyond reckoning. 4 \"We have now learned that we should esteem and baraḵ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of sovereigns and Him who is Sovereign over all sovereigns.\" 5 And they shall say, \"O that we had rest to esteem and give thanks and confess our belief before His esteem! 6 \"And now we long for a little rest but do not find it, we follow hard upon and do not obtain, and light has vanished from before us, and darkness is our dwelling-place forever and ever. 7 \"For we have not believed before Him nor esteemed the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts, but our expectancy was in the scepter of our reign, and in our esteem. 8 \"And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He does not save us, and we find no relief for confession that our Aḏon is true in all His works, and in His right-rulings and His justice, and His right-rulings have no respect of persons. 9 \"And we pass away from before His face on account of our works, and all our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.\" 10 Now they shall say unto themselves, \"Our beings are full of unrighteous gain, but it does not prevent us from descending from the midst thereof into the burden of Gĕy-Hinnom.\" 11 And after that their faces shall be filled with darkness and shame before the Bĕn of Aḏam, and they shall be driven from His presence, and the sword shall abide before His face in their midst. 12 Thus spoke 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts, \"This is the statute and judgment with respect to the mighty and the sovereigns and the exalted and those who possess the earth before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts.\"