Fragment 1
1 [… which he] spoke in the wisdom that God gave him […] 2 [… to know] wisdom and [discipline], to give insight […] 3 […] … to increase … […]
Fragments 2 i+3
4 [… her] ways 5 […] …
Fragments 2 ii+3
1 [1]with a pure heart, and does not slander with his tongue. Blessed are those who hold fast to her statutes and do not hold fast 2 to the ways of iniquity. Blessed are those who rejoice in her and do not pour themselves out in the ways of folly. Blessed are those who seek her 3 with clean hands and do not search for her with a deceitful heart. Blessed is the person who has attained wisdom and walks 4 in the Torah of the Most High, and sets his heart on her ways, and restrains himself by her disciplines, and is always content with her blows, 5 and does not abandon her in the affliction of [his] testing, and in the time of distress does not forsake her, and does not forget her [on the day of] dread, 6 and in the humbling of his soul does not loathe [her.] For on her he meditates always, and in his distress he ponders [her, and in all] 7 his existence [he gives heed] to her, [and he sets her] before his eyes, so as not to walk in the ways of […] 8 […] … together, and his heart is perfect toward her […] 9 [… and a crown of pure gold she sets on] his [head], and with kings she [seats him …] 10 [… with] his scepter over [uprightness, and among] brothers he separates […] 11 […] 12 [… And] now, sons, [listen to discipline, and do] not turn aside […] 13 […] … the evil of […] … […] 14 […] … […]
Fragment 2 iii
1 can equal her all the day […] 2 [2]she cannot be bought with gold or [with silver … or] 3 with all precious stones […] 4 they are like him in the form of his face […] 5 and purple blossoms with [… and] 6 scarlet with all the garments of […] 7 and with gold and pearls and […]
Fragment 4
1 […] … […] 2 […] all … […] 3 […] among the priests of […] 4 […] … and … […]
Fragment 5
1 […] … […] 2 [… do not forsake] her in the time of distress […] 3 […] … her trial and … […] 4 […] … […] 5 [And now … in] purity walk […] 6 […] in truth. Do not seek her with an [evil] heart […] 7 her ways [… listen.] Do not seek her with a deceitful heart, and in the statutes of [… do not] 8 abandon your portion to strangers, or your lot to foreigners. For the wise […] 9 give insight with sweetness. Those who fear God keep her ways and walk in […] 10 her statutes, and her reproofs they do not reject. The discerning draw out […] 11 Those who walk in perfection turn aside iniquity, and her disciplines they do not reject […] 12 they bear. The prudent dig out her ways, and in her depths they … […] 13 they look. Those who love God walk humbly in her, and in the ways of […]
Fragment 6 i
2 […] … 3 […] 4 […] … 5 […] …
Fragment 6 ii
1 an answer, and from zeal without […] 2 so as not to understand; from a spirit that leads [astray … so as not] 3 to know; from a spirit that dilutes … […] 4 with softness, and causing stumbling without [… without] 5 a sure thing, and bringing out without [… without] 6 pride, and raising up, not […] 7 […] … […]
Fragment 7
1 [… and] honoring [without …] 2 […] without a sure thing and […] 3 […] … a mouth without […] 4 […] from an inclination of plans […] 5 […] from a troubled spirit […]
Fragment 8
1 [… and] keeping without … […] 2 […] from the flow of the breath of [her] lips […] 3 […] a destroying judgment […] 4 […] wealth … […]
Fragment 9
1 […] … […] 2 [… from a] spirit that exalts itself […] 3 […] devouring without […] 4 […] roaming […] 5 […] from a spirit […] 6 […] … […]
Fragment 10
1 […] … number, and there is no […] 2 […] 3 [… And now,] pay attention to me, all you sons of … […] 4 […] and humility and uprightness, and for sin and for perfection […] 5 [… the judgment of] enemy and friend. And no flesh is righteous before […] 6 [… if] you do good he will do good to you, and you will [not] return […] 7 […] all [Israel], the evil of [humankind …]
Fragments 11-12
1 […] and abundant peace, with all [everlasting] blessings […] 2 [… with] a robe of majesty for all who hold fast to me […] 3 [… for all who walk] perfectly in all my ways, and for all […] 4 […] with all the spirits […] 5 […] … […]
Fragment 13
1 […] and from their mouth […] 2 [… you will] inherit; to those of evil eye you will give […] 3 […] they bear a grudge, to shed blood in … […] 4 […] pride you will inherit, and in her inward parts […] 5 […] all who inherit her […] 6 [… And now,] listen to me, all you [sons of …]
Fragment 14 i
1 […] 2 [… the] land 3 […] … 4 […] 5 […] … 6 […] … 7 […] 8 [… suddenly] 9 […] 10 [… your soul] 11 […] 12 […] your form 13 […] soul 14 […] your … 15 […] heart 16 […] … 17 […] your … 18 […] 19 […] 20 […] 21 […] 22 […] … 23 […] … 24 […] 25 […] you 26 [… your inheritance] 27 […] … 28 […]
Fragment 14 ii
1 […] … your inheritance in … […] 2 on a throne of iniquity, and on the high places of [their] assembly […] 3 in their heart, and they will lift up your head […] 4 you will be praised, and at your word they will grow strong […] 5 in all majesty, and desirable in all […] 6 an affliction in your ways. You will not totter […] 7 you will be blessed. In the time when you stumble you will find [support …] 8 and the reproach of one who hates you will not come upon you, and […] 9 together, and those who hate you will stand at the threshold […] 10 your heart, and you will delight in God when they flatter [… and he will bring your foot out] 11 into a wide place, and on the high places of your enemies you will tread, and [you will love God with all your heart and with all] 12 your soul. And he will rescue you from all evil, and dread will not come upon you … […] 13 he will give you as an inheritance. He will fill your days with good, and in abundant peace you will [walk …] 14 you will inherit glory. And when you are gathered to eternal rest, [all …] will inherit [it …] 15 and in your teaching all who know you will walk together … […] 16 together they will mourn, and in your ways they will remember you. And you were [good …] 17 […] 18 And now, you who understand, listen to me, and set your heart on the [words of my mouth …] 19 Bring forth knowledge for your inmost self, and in your body meditate […] 20 With righteous humility bring out [your] words, [and do] not give [… do not] 21 answer back at the words of your friends, lest he prepare for you […] 22 And according to what you hear, answer accordingly. Beware of what goes out in it [… And do not] 23 pour out a complaint before you hear their words. [Pay attention …] 24 greatly. First hear what they say, and afterward answer with [the words of … and with] 25 patience bring them out. And answer correctly in the midst of princes, and … […] 26 with your lips. And guard greatly against a slip of the tongue … […] 27 lest you be caught by your lips [and] snared together by the tongue […] 28 words of folly [that are abominations] to me, and they are twisted […]
Fragment 15
1 [… darkness,] gloom … […] he gathers poverty, and in [scarcity …] 2 […] asps in [… and] you go to him. You will enter … […] 3 […] a fiery serpent, and with anguish an asp will be raised on high […] 4 […] … in it they take their stand: everlasting curses and the venom of serpents […] 5 […] a viper. And in it fly the flames of death; at its entrance you will step […] 6 [… he will give] you as an inheritance. Its foundation is flames of brimstone, and its base is fire […] 7 [… its doors] are disgraceful reproaches; its bolts are the fasts of the pit […] 8 […] they will not reach the paths of life. You will [enter …] 9 […] those wounded by the fiery [serpent will] die […]
Fragment 16
1 … […] 2 you set up camp […] 3 by it the discerning went astray […] 4 and snares they [hid … a man of] 5 blood they put [to death …] 6 with unfaithfulness and oppression […] 7 a house and doors […]
Fragment 17
1 […] … […] 2 […] his … coal […] 3 […] … they are full of lies […] 4 [… the] venom of a serpent you have melted […] 5 […] a man around … […] 6 […] in the brightness of [light] and … […] 7 […] … […] 8 […] … […]
Fragment 18
1 […] you will be snared […] 2 […] with the abominations of […] 3 […] … you arose […] 4 […] and with impurity of [heart …]
Fragment 19
1 […] those born […] 2 [… there] will be joy […] 3 […] … of God […] 4 […] the hostility […] 5 [… for this] iniquity […] 6 […] … […]
Fragment 20
1 […] … and at the head […] 2 […] … for those who walk on the way […] 3 [… you] will proclaim [peace], and to make heard […]
Fragment 21
1 [… dark] places, and … […] 2 […] those denounced by God … […] 3 [… the] wicked you will make them hear […] 4 […] … […] and you will choose depravity […] 5 […] … in it they exalt themselves and walk […] 6 […] … who wallow in the mud […] 7 […] … its source is a source of […] 8 [… in the] gathering of wrath, and in long [patience …] 9 […] sure, and indignation […]
Fragment 22
1 […] … […] … […] 2 [… you who do] depravity, come to me … […] 3 […] … they grumbled together and … […] 4 [… the] wicked wallow. Do they not […] 5 [… in] his chambers I will gather wrath […] 6 […] they will return, and in … […]
Fragment 23
1 My inward parts are seized before God […] 2 I wander, and on the day that is decreed […] 3 and to go down to the depths of the pit, and to … […] 4 in the furnace of wrath. For I am wise [… as] 5 God commanded, among men of prudence […] 6 around them, away from the knowledge of wisdom […] 7 he overturned, lest they meditate on the words of […] 8 I loathed, and among men of mockery […] 9 righteousness, and like a rock of [stumbling …] 10 for God has denounced me […] 11 [… and a] word … […]
Fragment 24 i
6 […] … 7 […] … 8 […] …
Fragment 24 ii
1 [… and the] discerning one, she pours out her word […] 2 heart, give ear to me, and deceit [… which] 3 I have established, and drink the water of [a cistern … for] 4 my house is a house of … […] 5 my house. One who dwells in … […] 6 forever. They will march […] 7 those who gather it will collect […] 8 a fiery serpent. And all who drink … […] 9 a well, the water of a [spring …]
Fragment 25
1 […] the … […] 2 [… sons of Belial …] 3 [… older men] you will walk […] 4 [… do not be a glutton and a] drunkard, with [nothing in your purse …]
Fragment 26
1 […] … […] 2 […] suddenly … […] 3 […] … a destroyer like violence […] 4 [… necklaces] of majesty […] 5 […] a sash of [fine linen …] 6 […] … […]
Fragment 27
1 […] … humility … […] 2 […] … you will walk […] 3 […] … and he will not … […] 4 […] … men of perfection […]
Fragment 28
1 […] … […] 2 […] and like the water of a [rock …] 3 [… a] strong [hand] … […] 4 [… iron] and lead […] 5 [… turn back] iniquity and […] 6 […] … […]
Fragment 29
1 […] … […] 2 foot, and be strong […] 3 in the dwellings of [God …] 4 … […] … […]
Fragment 30
1 with all […] 2 the testimony […] 3 with kindness and […] 4 for all [generations …]
Fragment 31
1 [And now … listen] to my words […] 2 […] … the full […] 3 [… without] interest […]
Fragment 32
1 […] … […] 2 […] transgression, and you will deliver … […] 3 […] from death […]
Fragment 33
1 […] … you will inherit […] 2 [… do not] fear […]
Fragment 34
1 … […] 2 … […] 3 and … […] 4 … […]
Fragment 35
1 […] … […] 2 […] … […] 3 […] … […]
Fragment 36
1 […] your … […] 2 […] … what … […]
Fragment 37
1 […] … […] 2 […] … […]
Fragment 38
1 […] … […] 2 […] the day […] 3 […] … […]
Fragment 39
1 […] before […] 2 […] this […]
Fragment 40
1 […] … […] 2 […] … […]
Fragment 41
1 […] … […] 2 […] … […]
Fragment 42
1 […] they will go up […] 2 […] … […]
Fragment 43
1 […] … […] 2 [… so] that he may keep […] 3 […] this […]
Fragment 44
1 and … […]
Fragment 45
1 […] … 2 […] 3 […] son.
Fragment 46
1 […] … […] 2 […] … […]
Fragment 47
1 […] spirit […] 2 […] … […]
Fragment 48
1 […] … […] 2 […] his … […] 3 […] … […]
Fragment 49
1 […] … […] 2 […] … […]
Fragment 50
1 […] …
Fragment A
1 […] … wise […] 2 […] … […]