First Book of Jeu 1–20

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

I have loved you and desired to give you life. Jesus, the Living One, is the knowledge of the truth. This is the book of the knowledges of the invisible God by means of the hidden mysteries, which show the way to the chosen race, (leading) in rest (refreshment) to the life of the Father — in the coming of the Saviour, the deliverer of souls, who will receive into themselves the word of life, which is higher than all life — in the knowledge of Jesus, the Living One, who came forth through the Father from the aeon of light in the fullness (completion) of the Pleroma — in the teaching, besides which there is no other, which Jesus, the Living One, taught his apostles, saying: “This is the teaching in which all knowledge dwells.” Jesus, the Living One, began and said to his apostles: “Blessed is he who has crucified the world and has not let the world crucify him.” The apostles answered with one voice, saying: “Lord, teach us the manner of crucifying the world, so that it may not crucify us, and we perish and lose our life.” Jesus, the Living One, answered and said: “He who has crucified the world is the one who has found my word and has fulfilled it according to the will of him who sent me.”

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

The apostles answered, saying: “Speak to us, Lord, so that we may hear you. We have followed you with our whole heart; we have left father and mother, we have left vineyards and fields, we have left possessions, we have left the glory of the king, and we have followed you, so that you might teach us the life of your Father who sent you.” Jesus, the Living One, answered and said: “The life of my Father is this: that you receive your soul from the race of the mind, and that it ceases to be earthly and becomes intelligent through what I tell you in the course of my word, so that you may fulfil it and be saved from the archon of this aeon and from his snares, which have no end. But you, my disciples, hasten to receive my word carefully, so that you may know it, so that the archon of this aeon may not fight with you — he who found none of his commands in me — (and) so that you yourselves, my apostles, may fulfil my word concerning me, and I myself may make you free, and you may be made whole through a freedom in which there is no blemish. As the Spirit of the Paraclete is whole, so you too will be made whole through the freedom of the Spirit of the holy Paraclete.”

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

All the apostles answered with one voice, Matthew and John, Philip and Bartholomew and James, saying: “Lord Jesus, you Living One, whose goodness is spread out over those who have found his wisdom and his form in which he shone — O light, who are in the light that has enlightened our hearts until we received the light of life — O true Word, who through knowledge teach us the hidden knowledge of the Lord Jesus, the Living One.” Jesus, the Living One, answered and said: “Blessed is the man who has known this, and has brought heaven down, and has carried the earth and sent it to heaven; and he became the Midst, for it is nothing (that is, the Midst).” The apostles answered, saying: “Jesus, you Living One, O Lord, explain to us in what way one brings heaven down, for we have followed you so that you might teach us the true light.” Jesus, the Living One, answered and said: “The Word existed in heaven before the earth came into being, which is called ‘world’. But you, if you know my word, will bring heaven down, and it (the word) will dwell in you. Heaven is the invisible Word of the Father; but if you know this, you will bring heaven down. As for sending the earth to heaven, I will show you how it is, so that you may know it: to send the earth to heaven is the hearer of the word of the knowledges who has ceased to be the mind of an earthly man and has become a heavenly man; his mind has ceased to be earthly and has become heavenly. Therefore you will be saved from the archon of this aeon, and he will become the Midst, for it is nothing.” And Jesus, the Living One, said again: “When you have become (heavenly?), you will become the Midst, for it is nothing; for the rulers and the evil powers will … contending with you and envying you, because you have known me — that I am not from this world, and that I am not like the rulers and the powers, and that nothing evil comes from me; and further, that he who is born in the flesh of unrighteousness has no part in the kingdom of my Father; and further, that he who has known me according to the flesh has no hope (of the kingdom of God the Father).”

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

(The apostles) answered with one voice and said: “Jesus, you Living One, O Lord, were we born according to the flesh, and (have we) known you according to the flesh? Tell us, O Lord, for we are troubled.” Jesus, the Living One, answered (and said) to his apostles: “I do not mean the flesh in which (you) dwell, but the flesh of (ignorance) and of unknowing, which is in ignorance, which leads many astray away from the (word) of my Father.” The apostles answered the (word?) of Jesus, the Living One, and said: “Tell us what (the) ignorance is like, so that we may guard (ourselves) against it; otherwise we shall go …” Jesus, the Living One, answered and said: “(Everyone) who wears my virginity and my … and my garment without having understood me and (known) me, while he blasphemes my name, … destruction, and he has again become an earthly child, because he has not carefully known my word, these (words) which the Father spoke so that I myself might teach them to those who will know me in the completion of the fullness of him who sent me.” The apostles (answered) and said: “O Lord Jesus, you Living One, (teach) us the completion, and it is enough for us.” And he said: “The word that I myself give you …” [Lacuna in the manuscript.] [5] He has emanated him, being of this type: [diagram]. This is the true God. He will set him up in this type as head; he will be called “Jeu”. After that my Father will move him to bring forth other emanations, and they will fill these places. This is his name according to the treasuries which are outside of here. He will be called by this name: Ioeiaōthōouichōlmiō, that is, “true God”. He will set him up in this type as head over the treasuries which are outside of here. This is the type of the treasuries over which he will set him as head, and this is the way in which the treasuries were emanated, he being their head. This is the type in which he is before he was moved to bring forth emanations: [diagram] Ioeiaōthōouichōlmiō. This is his type. This, then, is the way in which Ioeiaōthōouichōlmiō has (emanated). This is his name: he will be called “true God”. Again, he is called “Jeu”, since he will be the father of a multitude of emanations, and a multitude of emanations will come forth from him by the command of my Father, and they themselves will become fathers of the treasuries. I will set a multitude as heads over them, and they will be called “Jeu”. But the true God will become the father of all the Jeus, because he is an emanation of my Father, … whom the true God will emanate by the command of my Father. He who will be head over them will move them; a multitude of emanations will come forth from all the Jeus by the command of my Father when he moves them, and they will fill all the treasuries and will be called orders of the treasuries of the light. Myriads of myriads will come into being from them. This, then, is the type in which the true God is when he is set as head over the treasuries, before he has brought forth emanations over the treasuries and before he has brought forth emanations, because my Father had not yet moved him to emanate and bring forth. This is his type, which I have just set out; but this is his type when he brings forth emanations. This is the type of the true God as he is: these three strokes, which are thus, are the voices which he will utter when he is commanded to praise the Father, so that he himself may bring forth emanations and himself emanate. This is the type as it is: [diagram]. This is his type when he brings forth: [diagram]. So the true God is, when he emanates emanations, when he is moved by my Father, by the command of my Father, to bring forth emanations and to set them up as heads over the treasuries. A multitude will come forth from them, and they will fill all the treasuries by the command of my Father, so that they may become gods. The true God will be called “Jeu, the father of all the Jeus”, whose name in the language of my Father is this: Ioeiaōthōouichōlmiō. But when he is set up as head over all the treasuries, to emanate them, his type is this which I have just set out.

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

Hear now also the type of the treasuries, how they are emanated, he being head over them in this way, before he had emanated them, that is, his type as he is. The true God had this type: [diagram]. But I called upon the name of my Father, that is, this one, so that he might move the true God to emanate. And he let a thought come forth from his treasuries. A power of my Father moved the true God and shone forth in him through this small thought, which had come from the treasuries of my Father; it shone forth in the true God. A mystery moved him through my Father; and the true God uttered a voice, saying thus: [a sequence of letters]. And when he had uttered a voice, this voice came forth, that is, the emanation. It came into being in this type, going forth one after another, treasury by treasury. The first voice is this which Jeu, the true God, called out, that is, the one which came forth from him, that upper one. [Diagram: Jeu, the place, with the names of the first treasury.] This is his character. He will set up an order according to the treasuries and set guardians at the gate of the treasuries, that is, those who stand at the gate as the three [strokes]. This is the true God. When the true God had emanated, this was his type: when this greatness stood in the treasuries, no orders had yet come into being. I stood and called upon the name of my Father, so that he might let other emanations come into being in the treasuries. [Diagram.] But he again let a power from himself move the true God. First he let it shine forth in him, so that he might move his emanations in the treasuries, so that they too might bring forth emanations, that is, those whom he has set as heads over them. But he, the true God, first emanated these from his place. Therefore he uttered a voice when the power shone forth in him. This is the first voice that he uttered. He moved his emanations until they emanated.

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

Part 2. His name: [a series of names]. These are the three guardians. [Diagram: the second Jeu, with its names.] His character. He let the power move in himself; it shone forth in him; he uttered this voice while he emanated, that is, the first emanation. These are the orders which he caused to be emanated, there being twelve orders in each treasury, whose type is: six heads on this side and six on that, turned towards each other. A multitude of orders will stand in them besides these, all of which I will tell. There are twelve heads in each order, and this name belongs to them all according to each order, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve heads in each order. His name is this: [names]. The first order of the treasury, then, is the first which he made as an emanation. I will take for myself twelve from those orders and appoint them for my service.

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: the third Jeu, his names.] This is his character: [diagram]. For these guardians do not belong to the orders of the treasuries of the light: [names]. The guardians who stand within the gates are these. Their names: [names]. And there are twelve heads in each place of the order of each treasury, that is, these names which are in the places — these names, apart from those which will be in them. These are the three guardians: [three names]. These are the ones whom [name] has emanated when the power shone forth in him. He has emanated twelve emanations, that is, his twelve heads in each emanation; and this name belongs to the twelve according to each of the orders, that is, these: one outside the other, without end. These are the names of the emanations.

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 4, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one is outside the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 5, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one is outside the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 6, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one is outside the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 7, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one is outside the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 8, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one is outside the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names]. [Jeu 9] [Diagram: Jeu 9, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one surrounds the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 10, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one surrounds the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 11, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one is outside the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 12, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one is outside the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 14, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one is outside the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 15, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one is outside the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].

Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1905) of the Coptic; neither is shown

[Diagram: Jeu 16, with his names.] The three guardians: [names]. The twelve emanations: [names]. And there are twelve heads in his treasury, that is, his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in each order, and this name belongs to the twelve, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light-power. These are the ones whom [name] emanated when the power of my Father shone forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are twelve heads in each emanation, and this name belongs to the twelve; and there are twelve according to each of the orders, and one is outside the other without end, whose names are these, apart from their guardians. The three guardians: [names].