Second Book of Jeu 42–48

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

Jesus said to his disciples who were gathered round him, to the Twelve and to the women disciples: “Surround me, my twelve disciples and women disciples, so that I may proclaim to you the great mysteries of the Treasury of the Light, which no one in the invisible God knows. Neither can the aeons of the invisible God bear them when you perform them, because they are the great mysteries of the treasury of the Inner of the Inner. Nor can the aeons of the archons bear them when you perform them, nor can they grasp them; but the receivers of the Treasury of the Light come and lead the soul out of the body, until they pass through all the aeons and the places of the invisible God, and they lead it into the Treasury of the Light. And all the sins which they have committed knowingly and which they have committed unknowingly they blot out entirely, and they make them into pure light. And the soul leaps continually from place to place until it reaches the Treasury of the Light. And it passes into the interior of the guardians of the Treasury of the Light, and they pass into the interior of the three Amens, and they pass into the interior of the Twins, and they pass into the interior of the triple-powers, and they pass into the interior of the orders of the five trees, and they pass into the interior of the seven voices, and they are in the place which is within them, that is, in the place of the Uncontainables of the Treasury of the Light. And all these orders also give them their seals and (their) mysteries, because, before they came out of the body, they had received mysteries.”

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

When he had said this, he spoke to them again: “These mysteries which I will give you, keep them and give them to no one unless they are worthy of them. Do not give them to father or mother, or brother or sister, or relative; not for food or drink, not for a woman, not for gold or silver, nor for anything at all of this world. Keep them, and give them to no one at all for the sake of the goods of this whole world. Do not give them to any woman, or to any person who stands in any faith in these seventy-two archons, or to those who serve them; nor give them to those who serve the eighth power of the great archon, that is, those who eat the menstrual blood of their uncleanness and the seed of men, saying: ‘We have known the true knowledge and pray to the true God.’ But their god is evil. Hear now, so that I may proclaim to you his position (nature). He is the third power of the great archon, and this is his name: Taricheas, son of Sabaoth, of Adamas; he is the enemy of the kingdom of heaven, and his face is that of a wild boar, his teeth stand outside his mouth, and another face, that of a lion, is at the back. Restrain yourselves, then; do not give (them) to anyone who stands in that faith, nor tell them the place of the light and what is in it, for it is the Treasury of the Light and what is in it, and it is that which the unapproachable God has emanated. Do not tell them these mysteries of the Treasury of the Light, except to those who will be worthy of them, who have left behind the whole world and all its things and its gods and its deities, and have no other faith except faith in the light, after the manner of the children of light, listening to one another and submitting to one another as children of light. Now, then, see, I have spoken with you concerning the mysteries: ‘Keep them and give them to no one except those who are worthy of them.’ Now, then, since you have left your fathers and your mothers and your brothers and the whole world and have followed me and have carried out all the commandments which I have laid on you, now, then, hear me, so that I may tell you the mysteries. Truly, truly, I say to you: I will give you the mystery of the twelve divine aeons and of their receivers, and the manner of calling on them, in order to reach their places; and I will give you the mystery of the invisible God and of the receivers of that place, and the manner (of calling on them), in order to reach their places. And after that I will teach you the mystery of those of the Midst and of the receivers, and the manner (of calling on them, in order to reach their places); and I will give you the mystery of those of the Right and of their receivers, and the manner (of calling on them, in order to reach their places). But before all this I will give you the three baptisms: the baptism of water and the baptism of fire and the baptism of the Holy Spirit. And I will give you the mystery of removing the wickedness of the archons from you, and after that I will give you the mystery of the spiritual anointing. And above all, command the one to whom you give these mysteries not to swear falsely, nor to swear at all; not to commit sexual immorality, not to commit adultery, not to steal, not to covet anything, not to love silver or gold, not to call on the name of the archons or the name of their angels for any matter, not to rob, not to curse, not to slander falsely or accuse; but let their yes be yes and their no no; in a word, let them carry out the good commandments.”

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

Now it came to pass, when Jesus had said these words to his disciples, that they became very sad, and crying out and weeping they fell at Jesus' feet and said: “O Lord, why have you not said to us: ‘I will give you the mysteries of the Treasury of the Light’?” But the heart of Jesus was grieved over his disciples, because they had left their parents and their brothers and their wives and their children and all the goods of this world and had followed him for twelve years and had kept all the commandments which he had given them. He answered and said to his disciples: “Truly I say to you: I will give you the mysteries of the nine guardians of the three gates of the Treasury of the Light and the manner (of calling on them, in order to reach their places); and I will further give you the mysteries of the ‘Child of the Child’ and the manner (of calling on them, in order to reach their places). And after that I will further give you the mystery of the three Amens and the manner (of calling on them, in order to reach their places); and I will further give you the mystery of the five (trees) of the Treasury of the Light and the manner (of calling on them, in order to reach their places); and after that I will further give you the mystery of the seven voices and the will of the forty-nine powers; and further I will give you the mystery of the great name of all names, that is, of the great light which surrounds the Treasury of the Light, and the manner (of calling on them), in order to reach the interior of the seven voices. And truly I say to you and command you that you perform the mystery of the five trees and the mystery of the seven voices and the mystery of the great name, that is, of the great light which surrounds the Treasury of the Light. For whoever performs these needs no further mysteries of the kingdom of the light, except the mystery of the forgiveness of sins. For every person who believes in the kingdom of the light must perform the mystery of the forgiveness of sins only once. For every person who performs the mystery of the forgiveness of sins will have blotted out all the sins which he has committed knowingly and unknowingly from his childhood until this day, and which he has committed from the foundation of the world until this day, and he will be made a pure light and received into the Light of lights. And I say to you that, while they are on earth, they have already inherited the kingdom of God; they have a share in the Treasury of the Light and are immortal gods. And when those who have received these mysteries and the mystery of the forgiveness of sins come out of the body, all the aeons withdraw one after another and flee to the west, to the left, because of the soul which has received the mystery of the forgiveness of sins, until they (the souls) reach the gates of the Treasury of the Light, and the guardians of the gates open to them. When they reach the orders of the treasury, the orders too seal them with their seal and give them the great name of their mystery, and they pass into their interior. When they reach the order of the five trees of the Treasury of the Light, they give them the great name and seal them with their seal and give them their mystery, until they pass into the interior of the seven voices. When they reach that order, they give them the great name and seal them with their seal and give them their mystery, until they pass into the interior of the orders of the Fatherless, as far as the order of the places of their inheritance. Those orders give them the great name and seal them with their seal and give them their mystery, and they pass into the interior as far as the order of the thrice-spirited. And they give them the great name and their mystery and seal them with their seal, until they reach the place of Jeu, who belongs to the treasury of the Outer Ones and is exalted above the whole treasury. But when they reach that place, he gives them the great name and his mystery and seals them with his seal, until they reach his interior, the treasury of the Inner Ones, the places of the Inner of the Inner, that is, the silences and the rest, and they go to their rest in those places, because they have received the mystery of the forgiveness of sins. And I will give you all the mysteries, so that I may perfect you in all the mysteries of the kingdom of the light, and you may be called ‘children of the fullness, perfected in all the mysteries’.” [45] Further, it came to pass after these words that Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them: “Come, all of you, and receive the three baptisms, before I tell you the mystery of the archons.” Then all the disciples and women disciples came and surrounded Jesus all together. Jesus said to them: “Go up to Galilee and find a man or a woman in whom the greater part of wickedness has died — if it is a man, one who does not have intercourse, or if it is a woman, one who has ceased from the way of women and does not have intercourse — and receive two jars of wine from the hands of such a one, and bring them to me to this place, and fetch me vine branches.” The disciples brought the two jars of wine and the vine branches. Jesus laid out an offering; he set one jar of wine on the left of the offering and the other jar of wine on the right of the offering, and laid on juniper berries and kasdalanthos and spikenard; he had all the disciples wrap themselves in linen garments, put fleawort in their mouths, put the number of the seven voices, namely 9879, in both their hands, put the sun-plant in both their hands, and set his disciples before the offering. Jesus stood by the offering, spread out linen garments in one place, and set on them a cup of wine and loaves according to the number of the disciples; he laid olive branches on the place of the offering and crowned them all with olive branches. And Jesus sealed his disciples with this seal: [seal]. Its interpretation is this: [name]; its name is: [name]. Jesus turned with his disciples to the four corners of the world, commanded each of them to set his feet close together, and spoke this prayer: [names]. Amen, Amen, Amen. [names]. Amen, (Amen, Amen). [names]. Amen, (Amen, Amen). [names]. Amen, (Amen, Amen). “Hear me, my Father, you Father of all fatherhood, you infinite light which is in the Treasury of the Light. May the fifteen helpers come who serve the seven virgins of the light who are set over the baptism of life, whose unutterable names are these: Astrapa, Tesphoiode, Ontonios, Sinetos, Lachon, Poditanios, Opakis, Phaidros, Odontuchos, Diaktios, Knesion, Dromos, Euidetos(?), Polypaidos, Entropon. May they come and baptize my disciples with the water of life of the seven virgins of the light, forgive their sins and cleanse their iniquities, so that they may be counted in the inheritance of the kingdom of the light. If, then, you have heard me and have had pity on my disciples, and if they have been counted in the inheritance of the kingdom of the light, and if you have forgiven their sins and blotted out their iniquities, let a wonder happen, and let Zorokothora come and bring forth the water of the baptism of life into one of these jars of wine.” And at that very moment the wonder happened that Jesus had spoken of, and the wine on the right of the offering became water; and the disciples came to Jesus, and he baptized them, gave them of the offering, and sealed them with this seal: [seal]. And the disciples were in very great joy that their sins were forgiven, their iniquities covered, and they were counted in the inheritance of the kingdom of the light, and that they had been baptized with the water of life of the seven virgins of the light and had received the holy seal.

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

Further, it came to pass that Jesus continued speaking and said to his disciples: “Bring me vine branches, so that you may receive the baptism of fire.” And the disciples brought him the vine branches; he laid out incense and put on it juniper berries, myrrh, frankincense, mastic resin, spikenard, kasdalanthos, turpentine and oil of cinnamon; and he further spread linen garments at the place of the offering and set a cup of wine on them and laid loaves on them according to the number of the disciples. And he had all his disciples wrap themselves in linen garments, crowned them with upright vervain, put fleawort in their mouths, and had them place the number of the seven voices, that is, 9879, in both their hands; and he laid the golden flower in both their hands and put knotgrass under their feet, set them before the incense which he had laid out, and had them set their feet close together. And Jesus stepped behind the incense which he had laid out and sealed them with this seal: [seal]. This is its name: [name]; this is its interpretation: [name]. Jesus turned with his disciples to the four corners of the world and called out this prayer: “Hear me, my Father, you Father of all fatherhood, you infinite light: make my disciples worthy to receive the baptism of fire, and forgive their sins and have their iniquities cleansed, which they have committed knowingly and unknowingly, which they have committed from (their) childhood until this day, and their slanders, their curses, their false oaths, their thefts, their lies, their false accusations, their acts of sexual immorality, their adulteries, their desires, their greed, and what they have committed from their childhood until this day. Blot it all out and cleanse them all, and let Zorokothora Melchizedek come in secret, so that he may bring forth the water of the baptism of fire of the virgin of the light, the judge. Come, hear me, my Father, as I call upon your incorruptible names which are in the Treasury of the Light: [names]. Amen, Amen. [names]. Amen, Amen, Amen. [names]. Amen, Amen, Amen. [names]. Hear me, my Father, you Father of all fatherhood, you infinite light, whose incorruptible names, which are in the Treasury of the Light, I have called upon: let Zorokothora come, so that he may bring the water of the baptism of fire of the virgin of the light, so that I may baptize my disciples with it. Come, hear me, my Father, you Father of all fatherhood, you infinite light: let the virgin of the light come and baptize my disciples with the baptism of fire, forgive their sins and cleanse their iniquities, for I call upon her (the virgin of the light's) incorruptible names, namely [names]. Amen, Amen, Amen. Come, hear me, O virgin of the light, O judge: forgive the sins of my disciples and cleanse their iniquities, which they have committed knowingly and unknowingly, which they have committed from their childhood until this day, so that they may be counted in the inheritance of the kingdom of the light. If, then, my Father, you have forgiven their sins, blotted out their iniquities, and had them counted in the kingdom of the light, give me a sign in the fire of this fragrant incense.” And at that very moment the sign that Jesus had spoken of happened in the fire; and Jesus baptized his disciples, gave them of the offering, and sealed them on their foreheads with the seal of the virgin of the light, which has them counted in the kingdom of the light. And the disciples rejoiced that they had received the baptism of fire and the seal which forgives sins, and that they were counted in the inheritance of the kingdom of the light. This is the seal: [seal].

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

Now it came to pass after this that Jesus said to his disciples: “See, you have received the baptism of water and the baptism of fire; come also, so that I may give you the baptism of the Holy Spirit.” He laid out the incense of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and put on it vine branches, juniper berries, kasdalanthos, remnants of saffron, mastic resin, cinnamon, myrrh, balsam and honey, and set out two jars of wine, one on the right of the incense which he had laid out and the other on the left, and laid loaves on it according to the number of the disciples. And Jesus sealed the disciples with this seal: [seal]. This is its name: [name]; this is its interpretation: [name]. Now it came to pass, when Jesus had sealed them with this seal, that he stood by the incense which he had laid out, set his disciples before the incense, and wrapped them all in linen garments, the number of the seven voices being in both their hands, namely 9879. Jesus cried out, saying thus: “Hear me, my Father, you Father of all fatherhood, you infinite light, for I call upon your incorruptible names of the Treasury of the Light: [names]. Hear me, my Father, you Father of all (fatherhood), you infinite light, for I have called upon your incorruptible names of the Treasury of the Light. Forgive the sins of my disciples, blot out their iniquities, which they have committed knowingly and unknowingly, which they have committed from their childhood until this day, and let them be counted in the inheritance of the kingdom of the light. If, then, my Father, you have forgiven the sins of my disciples and cleansed their iniquities and had them counted in the inheritance of the kingdom of the light, give me a sign in the offering.” And at that very moment the wonder happened that Jesus had spoken of, and he baptized all his disciples with the baptism of the Holy Spirit, gave them of the offering, and sealed their foreheads with the seal of the seven virgins of the light, which has them counted in the inheritance of the kingdom of the light. And the disciples rejoiced with very great joy that they had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the seal which forgives sins and cleanses their iniquities and has them counted in the inheritance of the kingdom of the light. This is the seal: [seal]. Now Jesus performed this mystery while all his disciples were wrapped in linen garments and crowned with myrtle; and there was fleawort … in their mouths and a single sprig of mugwort in both their hands, and their feet were set close together as they turned to the four corners of the world.

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

Further, it came to pass after this that Jesus laid out the incense for the mystery which removes the wickedness of the archons from the disciples. He had them build an altar of incense on … (?), laid on it vine branches, juniper berries, betel(?), …(?), asbestos, agate stone and frankincense, and had all his disciples wrap themselves in linen garments. He had them crown themselves with mugwort, and put frankincense in their mouths and the number of the first Amen, 530, in their hands; they set their feet close together and remained before the incense which he had laid out. Jesus sealed his disciples with this seal, that is: [seal]. This is its true name: [name]; this is its interpretation: [name]. When Jesus had sealed his disciples with this seal, he stood again by the incense which he had laid out and spoke this prayer: “Hear me, my Father, you Father of all fatherhood, you infinite light, for I call upon your incorruptible names of the Treasury of the Light: [names]. Amen, Amen, Amen. Hear me, my Father, you Father of all fatherhood, you infinite light. Hear me and compel Sabaoth, Adamas, and all his chiefs to come and take away their wickedness in my disciples.” When he had spoken this prayer towards the four corners of the whole world, he and his disciples, he sealed them all with this seal of the second Amen, that is: this is its true name: [name]; this is its interpretation: [name]. And when Jesus had sealed them with this seal, at that very moment the archons took away all their wickedness in the disciples. And they rejoiced with very great joy that all the wickedness of the archons had left them. And when the wickedness of the archons had left them, the disciples became immortal, following Jesus into all the places to which they wished to go.