Nisibis 65

Know that the son of his voice, or death, does not hasten upon him in the image of Adam, for like a seed in the earth, it delays until the resurrection. The resurrection: to you is the glory that descended and was immersed after Adam, and it rested from the depths of Sheol and brought him to Eden. With this wondrous seed, a father is like your word, for behold, five thousand years have not yet passed; this dwelling has completed him in the likeness of winter, and a rock comes in the resurrection to the storehouse of life. That which plucks, behold, a father knows, for I have not seen the dead who are raised, whether they are sown or reaped. There is a harvest or death that combs you, and vigilant reapers meet you who cut you down. And when was I a farmer instead of a reaper? For Sheol, the oppressor, has made the field her own. Does not the seed teach you that it decays and perishes, and its hope is cut off, and from rain its hope waits? I have seen you, O weak ones, who give life to the dead, for in the resurrection you do not see a father. Your seal is your own, your revelation that you do not see the thorns of cedars when they cry out over the resurrection. A father knows that the seeds of life are not, but I have seen bones that have withered in Sheol and have rested and ascended. All your speech to you is like that of Hezekiah: he taught you with a parable, like living water to the dead. I have seen trees that in summer put on their leaves, but bones cast off nakedly in Sheol. Moses, with his splendor, would break your heart, O death. Son of Adam, put aside the glory of Adam and clothe yourself.

The one who is buried in the earth covers you, that you are buried there. To you the resurrection of the dead proclaims, and to you the sign. The scattered fruit floats for you, that it is held and released. And when it is lost, it is not lost, for it loves him. The buried Redeemer cries out from within the tomb, that tombs are shaken by a voice and the body rises. For the body is also the Redeemer who is within the tomb. His body to the body, behold, proclaims the resurrection of the dead. He brings forth the prey from the grave and delivers your lineage from death. For from the dust he brings forth, teaching the resurrection of the dead. I was a shepherd for them from the time when the commotion occurred, for the day of the commotion was clear to me from your hands. The merciful one is the son of the Most High, both good and just. And not in a negligent manner does the death of Adam pursue me. For there is no shepherd among you to discern this, that your father cast this affliction upon you.