Nisibis 3

By his voice he calls her, so that her hearing may not be slack and idle, for it is fitting to receive the likeness of the one who is like, as far as is possible, for the image of his death is in him, since that being which is like the mind has nothing in it that is hidden; in its entirety it sees and hears, in its entirety it is like a speaker, in its entirety it is with all senses, a spiritual being. Glory to the one being that is not divided from anything, not moved; the vision of the one who is formed in the mind hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, acts without hands, and sees without eyes. Not a body is she, and silent, for from the one who is thus, he put on, by his grace, the forms of humanity, and he struggled with his likenesses. He taught that as he is a spiritual being, he appeared as a bodily being, and thus also he is pure, and appeared as a material being, and he walked to the Trinity. The being is like the likenesses, for it is fitting that the one who is like him is the one who is like him, the begetter who came forth from him, who is stamped with his likenesses. Hear, O chosen one, he walked, for your sake he walked; he was written and spoken, both for you and for others. You were a cause in the world for preachers and interpreters. Mouths upon you, or were you silent? Mouths upon you sang, for you cried out and were redeemed. In you mouths were opened for praise and glory. The prayer of your inhabitants sufficed for your salvation; it was not of the righteous but of the penitents, as the young ones run thus under the rod, mixing with debts and victories.

their sins have been shaken off, and their fruits have been shaken off. They have rejoiced in their ascents, and they have also rejoiced in their crowns. The day of your redemption is the king who is over all days. The Sabbath has overwhelmed your beginnings; it has overwhelmed the atonements. The day of the Son's resurrection has raised up your repentance. The day of resurrection has raised you up according to its name. Praise your conqueror; the Sabbath began and kept its vigil. By the labor of its gates, it struck and cast down. Among the watchers, scarcity has grown weary; in you, however, abundance has grown weary. For the watchers, abundance has passed over her from silence. For you, however, the sea from silence has also passed over you. By that, the wicked one and his sister have been consumed. In you, the living body that gives life to all has been consumed. From silence, the consumed one has saved the eaters from the eaters. It is known that it was not good that will was in the afflictions that were in all generations, when he made the sign. The sins are the cause of the consolations. He did not feel from the Son. They received from the sins and their constraints of anger that was not willed and of a blow that was not intended. The land, the vine, and the olive are distressed over rebellion. When the olive is beaten, its fruits become rich. When the vine is pruned, its fruits become beautiful. When the soil is cultivated, its furrows become beautiful. When the sea is stirred, the sailors drink it. And silver and gold, when they are refined, they shine. If he is the one who is of the son of man, he rules and beautifies all. And if he is the one who is of flesh, he humbles and subdues the rebellious and rules all.

In that which is the course, he taught that which is the course of his generation. When that which is the course of the sign was shaken, the entire course, for its servants of the sign, were seen. A good course for its servants, that they might see their signs. Their signs became the scribes of your memorials. For three books suffice, that they might become for you. Books that you may read every hour in their accounts, of the two Testaments I have drunk, that you may read in them your life, for in the day he wrote for you. Three difficult books, that you may read in them your festivals. It ceased in what was something that would again be. It will be driven in that which came, which was covered for that which comes. It will remember that which passed, which loosed that which is future. For the first type was mistaken, the middle type was pressed, for the middle was mistaken. The third type labored, that it might again be mistaken.