| The Third Stele | |||
| 1 | We rejoice! We rejoice! We rejoice! We have seen! We have seen! We have seen the really pre-existent one, that he really exists, that he is the first eternal one. O Unconceived, from thee are the eternal ones and the aeons, the all-perfect ones who are established, and the perfect individuals. | ||
| 2 | We bless thee, non-being, existence which is before existences, first being which is before beings, Father of divinity and life, creator of mind, giver of good, giver of blessedness! | ||
| 3 | We all bless thee, knower, in a glorifying blessing, ( thou ) because of whom [ all these are.... really,... ], who knows thee, through thee alone. For there is no one who is active before thee. Thou art an only and living spirit. And thou knowest one, for this one who belongs to thee is on every side. We are not able to express him. For thy light shines upon us. | ||
| 4 | Present a command to us to see thee, so that we may be saved. Knowledge of thee, it is the salvation of us all. Present a command! When thou dost command, we have been saved! Truly we have been saved! We have seen thee by mind! Thou art them all, for thou dost save them all, he who was not saved, nor was he saved through them. For thou, thou hast commanded us. | ||
| 5 | Thou art one. Thou art one, just as there is one ( who ) will say to thee: Thou art one, thou art a single living spirit. How shall we give thee a name? We do not have it, For thou art the existence of them all. Thou art the life of them all. Thou art the mind of them all. For thou art he in whom they all rejoice. | ||
| 6 | Thou hast commanded all these to be saved through thy word [... ] glory who is before him, Hidden One, blessed Senaon, he who begat himself, Asineu ( s ), [... ] ephneu ( s ), Optaon, Elemaon the great power, Emouniar, Nibareu ( s ), Kandephor ( os ), Aphredon, Deiphaneus, thou who art Armedon to me, power-begetter, Thalanatheu ( s ), Antitheus, thou who existeth within thyself, thou who art before thyself - and after thee no one entered into activity. | ||
| 7 | As what shall we bless thee? We are not empowered. But we give thanks, as being humble toward thee. For thou hast commanded us, as he who is elect, to glorify thee to the extent we are able. We bless thee because we were saved. Always we glorify thee. For this reason we shall glorify thee, that we may be saved to eternal salvation. We have blessed thee, for we are empowered. We have been saved, for thou hast willed always, that we all do this. | ||
| 8 | We all did this. [... ] not through [... aeon... ], the one who was [... ], we and those who [... ]. He who will remember these and give glory always will become perfect among those who are perfect and impassable beyond all things. For they all bless these individually and together. And afterwards they shall be silent. And just as they were ordained, they ascend. After the silence, they descend from the third. They bless the second; after these the first. The way of ascent is the way of descent. | ||
| 9 | Know therefore, as those who live, that you have attained. And you taught yourselves the infinite things. Marvel at the truth which is within them, and ( at ) the revelation. The Three Steles of Seth | ||
| 10 | This book belongs to the fatherhood. It is the son who wrote it. Bless me O Father. I bless you, O Father, in peace. Amen. | ||