SHIM’ON 5 (Simeon 5)

1 Because nothing evil resided in Yosĕph, he was attractive in appearance and handsome to behold, for the face evidences any troubling of the ruaḥ.

2 And now my children, make your hearts virtuous in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, make your paths straight before men, and you shall continually find grace with 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 and with men.

3 Guard yourselves from sexual promiscuity because fornication is the mother of all wicked deeds; it separates from Elohim and leads men to Beliar.

4 For I have seen in a copy of the Book of Ḥanoḵ that your sons will be ruined by promiscuity, and they shall injure with a sword the sons of Lĕwi.

5 But they shall not be able to withstand Lĕwi, because he shall wage 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄’s war and will triumph over all your battalions.

6 These forces distributed among Lĕwi and Yahuḏah will be few in number, and from you there will be no one for leadership, just as our father predicted in his beraḵah.