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1Q27

The Book of Mysteries

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Fragment 1 i

1 […] all … […] 2 […] … […] truth … mysteries of transgression 3 […] … And they do not know the mystery that is to be, and they have not considered the things of old. And they do not 4 know what will come upon them, and they do not deliver their souls from the mystery that is to be. 5 And this will be the sign for you that it will happen: when the offspring of iniquity are shut away, wickedness will be driven out before righteousness as darkness is driven out before 6 light. As smoke comes to an end and is no more, so wickedness will come to an end forever, and righteousness will be revealed like the sun that orders 7 the world. And all who hold fast to the wondrous mysteries will be no more, and knowledge will fill the world, and folly will never be there again. 8 The word is sure to come, and the oracle is true. And by this it will be made known to you that it will not turn back. Do not all 9 the peoples hate injustice? Yet it goes about in the hand of every one of them. Does not the report of truth come from the mouth of all nations? 10 Is there a lip or a tongue that holds fast to it? What nation wants to be oppressed by one stronger than itself? Who 11 wants his wealth to be seized through wickedness? What nation has not oppressed its neighbor? Where is a people that has not 12 seized wealth from [another? …] … and the outcomes of … […]

Fragment 1 ii

1 […] … […] 2 and … […] to him; schemes are of equal worth […] 3 … […] … what is the advantage to […] 4 except the one who does good and the one who does evil. If … […] 5 he will not succeed in anything. So all the good of his wealth … […] 6 without wealth, and he is sold for no price, for … […] 7 What … more than life, except all […] 8 worth, and [no] price will be equal to … […] 10 to all the peoples, and … […] 11 God knows all … […] 12 […] … […]

Fragment 2

1 […] God has revealed … […] 2 […] for the end of all … […] 3 […] … […]

Fragment 3

1 […] evil, more than all of them […] 2 […] … to him, for priests […] 3 […] that all … […] 4 […] … […]

Fragment 4

1 […] strength, sabbath […] 2 […] … […]

Fragment 5

1 […] … … […] 2 […] … from the Torah … […] 3 […] … […]

Fragment 6

1 […] … […] 2 […] their … he will make atonement for the unwitting … […] 3 […] forever before him, to make atonement … […] 4 […] days … […] 5 […] … […]

Fragment 7

1 […] … […] 2 […] … fire … […] 3 […] … […]

Fragment 8

1 […] … […] 2 […] … […] 3 […] … […]

Fragments 9-10

1 today […] … […] 2 but … […] your … what is it in … […] 3 the kings of the peoples heard […] they contended with him, and like it […] 4 with all the judgments of […] … he, and … […] 5 … […] 6 … […]

Fragment 11

1 […] …

Fragment 12

1 … […] 2 Is there … […] 3 to all […]

Fragment 13

1 […] … […] 2 […] brings to the dead, and … […] 3 […] … mysteries of the deep, and the recesses of […] 4 […] … night […]

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