CHAPTER 3.
1. The spirit of the Lord moved within Athlyi. Being full with the Holy Ghost the Shepherd spake saying:
2. “Thou giveth the fat of thy life to the devil. Now that thou art drained and can no longer stand, ye cometh to God with your bones. ‘But I shall not accept them,’ saith the Lord, ‘for I am God who giveth thee to eat and to drink. I am he who supplies the necessities of life. Shall my reward be that ye dump your garbage on me?’
3. “‘Unto him whom thou giveth the fat of thy life dump also thy bones, that ye bear in fullness the consequence of your wickedness for the body of the wicked shall be cast into the grave and his soul in hell eternal. For the spirit of the body that abideth in earthly hell shall be a prisoner in hell everlasting’.”
4. And the word of the Lord came to Athlyi saying, ‘He that giveth unto me the fat of his life by his usefulness for the welfare of the living, when I the Lord shall transform him from this earth, I shall exalt him into heaven everlasting where he shall live forever with me in peace and splendor.
5. ‘Whosoever I forgive shall rise to serve me, but whosoever I have not forgiven shall not rise.
6. ‘He that passeth away in me shall dwell with my saints in glory,’ saith the Lord. ‘But the spirit of the body of him that passeth away in the devil shall not enter my fold, but shall dwell in everlasting torment.’
7. And Athlyi spake saying, “Life without pleasure within capacity is displeasing to God, but in your amusements dance ye mild else ye offend the Master.
8. “The clean should not accept the invitations of the unclean to gossip with them for the Lord abideth in the clean in spirit.”
CHAPTER 4.
SHALL SUFFER.
1. And it came to pass that Athlyi spake saying, “I shall be dragged about, mocked, scorned, and persecuted because of this gospel, which the Lord, God of Ethiopia, has commanded unto you through me. Many of you who follow me this day will desert your Shepherd because of fear. But blessed are the brave and faithful. They shall be rulers over rulers.
2. “Thine enemy shall shed your blood because of this Holy Piby, but the blood of thy veins shall richen the soil for the gospel. I am Messiah unto Ethiopia, therefore my word shall reign forever and ever.
3. “I shall be cast into prison for your sake, but my spirit shall go out of jail and fight for Ethiopia.
4. “Nations shall perish because of my persecution, for I am not a mere man but a Messiah upon the earth. Whosoever persecuteth me, committeth a crime against the holy ghost, in which there is no forgiveness, therefore the consequence is hell eternal.
5. “The Athlians, God’s selected people, who are of never dying faith and perseverence shall increase in power. Their women shall breed like rabbits and the Green Pasture shall aid in their protection. Verily the Athlians shall be numberless upon the earth and the Spirit of the Lord shall guide them.”
6. And Athlyi spake saying, “It shall come to pass that the devil will make hollow ground in the pathway of the Athlians, but they shall march upon him with the Holy Piby and he shall step back and fall into his own ditch.
7. “Verily I say unto you, if a hay stack can stop a blazing fire then shall the workers of the devil impede the advancing Athlians whose development has no boundary, but the mocker shall perish.
8. “Thou despiseth me when I was weak, now that I am strong, ye come?
“Verily, verily, neither my milk nor my cream shall be for thee, but shall be for those who supported me in my tender age.
9. “Yea, it shall be said of Athlyi, ‘In spite of all obstacles, he climbed with the burdens of Ham, and when he reached the top, the Heaven and the earth shouted, Behold! He has conquered, and an angel of the Lord descended and crowned him.’
10. La jobijem dilt ze larky inty met. Zeth Athlyi.
11. And Athlyi spake saying, “Forgive twice but in the third offense thou shalt not forgive.”