Nisibis 57

From the depth of his voice, Hearken, my brothers, while death cries out in him evilly Against the one who caused that head of the race to sin, and against his mother The serpent: To you is praise, that through your lowliness you bind the Tempter, And Adam, who was humbled, exalts your lowliness. Behold the great dispersion of your offspring, the children of Adam, As you delighted in their dispersion when you made them sin. Eve will leave the serpent for that one, and in you she will be provoked, That you are either the bride of childhood or of error. Behold Cain, to whom Abel came against you, A great lion, a fierce one, who is trained as a disciple of wrath. Noah, who conquered the flood as if it were death, Through the mouth of Ham, laughter came upon him who conquered his wine. Not Noah was defiled, but your water, He put on the curses that his garment put on, and became a servant. Curse Noah, whose wrath is a type of your death. To his daughters, the queen of kings who were fair to me, And you came, curse; you heard your king, that your water was. Your half was dry, which was dry, all your water. Gehenna was turning above your head, That your evil turned Sodom upon its inhabitants. The rollers of stone in Noah’s flood will be provoked in you, That with Moses and Elijah the people were driven. They will be perplexed in you, the mourners at the end, and Joseph will rejoice, He whose brothers were perplexed by him when the assembly was disturbed. The crown of the sign will enter, embrace your feelings, As the waters of the sea embraced the feelings of the wicked. It will also suckle in you the palms that are in the hand of your king. The daughters of Media were perplexed by him in the foolish people.

The thief on your head will be shamed because of the sun of justice, For with a woman he plucked out the hair of the lion of strength. O Sheol, who conquered by famine, by the sword your disgrace, Who asked and brought up Samuel from his grave. Do not trouble the dead, for the living did not ascend; It was you who ascended in victory, for you made equal The one who, on the thief, the commandment, your evil hanging, For on you he hung him on the wood to Absalom. In the pit you will see your shame among the defilements, For they were perfected in you; he was humbled among the impieties. Grief will contend for you, as you stirred it up For Jezebel, who ate the prophets; you gathered her. In the pit you will burn like fire, for you delighted the eyes Of the two whom Elijah burned, who were shaved and ascended. Upon you also coals will be heaped; see and rejoice, That one whom you served, over whom you cast the weight of stones. You will put on laughter on the day of judgment before the spectators, For you clothed Gehazi with leprosy through your cunning. With lightning instead of a sword you will swallow, or Satan, For in the heart of that Joshua you fixed swords. In the pit of Gehenna you will be stamped, or Satan, For in the pit of the pit you stamped that Jeremiah. Daniel ascended from the pit in which you cast him; It will be shown that in the arena forever you will see you.

Your iniquity will be overturned upon your head, a shameful thing, as the iniquity of Haman was overturned upon his head. The bride of the king will mock you in the likeness of Esther. She will seek from you on the day of judgment that which is fitting for you. The rock became a dwelling for the righteous, the pit of the furnace. A great furnace will be for you, the valley of the rock. You will be shattered, and the seven brothers will see your lowliness. The sons of Shmuni, from your wolves, were shattered. The rock will mock your skull, as it was recounted. By the two heads of the mighty ones, with the stones of the foundations, the rock will be recounted upon your head, of the mother and her daughter. Upon the head of John, he mocked, as was recounted by the finger. The flame will mock you upon your evil head, for upon the finger, upon his head, John mocked.