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Jewish Publication Society (1917)
JPS
The First Book of Clement
1Clem
[1]But in the end of days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎'S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it. [No book]
[2]And many nations shall go and say: 'Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths'; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ from Jerusalem. [No book]
[3]And He shall jud between many peoples, and shall decide concerning mighty nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [No book]
[4]But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid; for the mouth of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ of hosts hath spoken. [No book]
[5]For let all the peoples walk each one in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ our God for ever and ever. [No book]
[6]In that day, saith ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven away, and her that I have afflicted; [No book]
[7]And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a mighty nation; and ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ shall reign over them in mount Zion from thenceforth even for ever. [No book]
[8]And thou, Migdal-eder, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come; yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. [No book]
[9]Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no King in thee, is thy Counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail? [No book]
[10]Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon; there shalt thou be rescued; there shall ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎ redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. [No book]
[11]And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say: 'Let her be defiled, and let our eye gaze upon Zion.' [No book]
[12]But they know not the thoughts of ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, neither understand they His counsel; for He hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor. [No book]
[13]Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples; and thou shalt devote their gain unto ‏𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇‎, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. [No book]
[14]Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; they have laid siege against us; they smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. [No book]
Translation: Jewish Publication Society (1917)
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Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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