Das Thomasevangelium

Das Thomasevangelium

Dies sind die geheimen Sprüche, die der lebendige Yeshua gesprochen hat und die Judas, der auch Thomas (der Zwilling) ist (Didymos Judas Thomas), aufgeschrieben hat. (Lebendig, nach der Auferstehung.)

1. Und er sprach: Wer die Deutung dieser Sprüche findet, wird den Tod nicht schmecken.

2. Yeshua sprach: Wer sucht, soll nicht aufhören zu suchen, bis er findet, und wenn er findet, wird er erschüttert werden, und wenn er erschüttert worden ist, wird er staunen (erstaunt sein), und er wird über alles herrschen, und im Herrschen wird er Ruhe finden.

3. Yeshua sprach: Wenn die, die euch führen, zu euch sagen: Seht, das Reich ist im Himmel, dann würden die Vögel des Himmels vor euch hineingehen. Wenn sie zu euch sagen: Es ist im Meer, dann würden die Fische des Meeres vor euch hineingehen. Aber das Reich Jahwes ist in euch, und es ist außerhalb von euch. Die, die sich selbst erkennen (erkennen), werden es finden, und wenn ihr euch selbst erkennt, werdet ihr erkannt werden, und ihr werdet erkennen, dass ihr die Kinder des lebendigen Vaters seid. Doch wenn ihr euch selbst nicht erkennt, dann werdet ihr in Armut wohnen, und ihr selbst werdet diese Armut sein.

4. Yeshua sprach: Der Mensch hohen Alters wird nicht zögern, ein kleines Kind von sieben Tagen nach dem Ort des Lebens zu fragen, und er wird leben. Denn viele, die die Ersten sind, werden die Letzten werden (und die Letzten werden die Ersten sein). Und sie werden ein und dasselbe werden.

5. Yeshua sprach: Erkenne, was vor deinem Angesicht ist, und was dir verborgen war, wird dir offenbart werden. Denn es gibt nichts Verborgenes, das nicht offenbart werden wird (offenbar werden wird), und nichts Begrabenes, das nicht auferweckt werden wird.

6. Seine Jünger fragten ihn, sie sprachen zu ihm: Wie willst du, dass wir fasten, und wie werden wir beten? Und wie werden wir barmherzig sein (Almosen geben), und welche Speisegesetze werden wir einhalten? Yeshua sprach: Lügt nicht und tut nicht, was ihr hasst, denn alles liegt vor dem Angesicht des Himmels offen da. Denn es gibt nichts Verdecktes, das nicht offenbar werden wird, und es gibt nichts Bedecktes, das nicht enthüllt werden wird.

7. Yeshua sprach: Selig ist der Löwe, den der Mensch essen wird, denn der Löwe wird der Mensch werden. Verflucht ist der Mensch, den der Löwe essen wird, und dennoch wird der Löwe Mensch werden.

8. Und er sprach: Das Himmelreich ist gleich einem weisen Fischer, der sein Netz ins Meer warf. Er zog es aus dem Meer herauf, voll kleiner Fische. Unter ihnen fand er einen schönen großen Fisch. Jener weise Fischer warf alle kleinen Fische ins Meer zurück und wählte ohne Zögern den großen Fisch. Wer Ohren hat zu hören, der höre!

9. Yeshua sprach: Nun ging der Sämann hinaus. Er füllte seine Hand und warf (die Samen). Einige fielen auf den Weg, und die Vögel kamen und sammelten sie auf. Andere fielen auf den Stein, und sie fassten nicht tief genug Wurzeln im Boden und brachten so kein Korn hervor. Andere fielen unter die Dornen, und sie erstickten es, und es brachte überhaupt keine Ähren hervor. Andere fielen auf die gute Erde, und sie brachte eine gute Frucht hervor empor zum Himmel, sie trug sechzigfach und 120-fach.

10. Yeshua sprach: Ich habe Feuer auf die Welt geworfen, und wie ihr seht, bewache ich es, bis es lodert.

11. Yeshua sprach: Dieser Himmel wird vergehen, und der über ihm wird vergehen. Die Toten sind nicht lebendig, und die Lebenden werden nicht sterben. In den Tagen, als ihr verzehrtet, was tot ist, machtet ihr es lebendig. Wenn ihr ins Licht kommt, was werdet ihr tun? An dem Tag, als ihr geeint wart (eins), wurdet ihr getrennt (zwei). Wenn ihr getrennt geworden seid (zwei), was werdet ihr tun?

12. Die Jünger sprachen zu Yeshua: Wir wissen, dass du von uns weggehen wirst. Wer ist es, der unser Lehrer sein wird?

Yeshua sprach zu ihnen: Wo immer ihr seid (an dem Ort, an den ihr gekommen seid), werdet ihr zu Jakobus dem Gerechten gehen, um dessentwillen Himmel und Erde gemacht wurden (ins Dasein kamen).

13. Yeshua sprach zu seinen Jüngern: Vergleicht mich mit anderen und sagt mir, wem ich gleiche. Simon Petrus sprach zu ihm: Du bist wie ein

[fortgesetzt von Seite 482] gerechter Bote (Engel) Jahwes. Matthäus sprach zu ihm: Du bist wie ein (weiser) Philosoph (des Herzens). Thomas sprach zu ihm: Lehrer, mein Mund ist nicht fähig zu sagen, wem du gleichst!

Yeshua sprach: Ich bin nicht dein Lehrer, jetzt, da du getrunken hast, bist du trunken geworden von der sprudelnden Quelle, die ich gepflegt habe (ausgemessen habe). Und er nahm ihn und zog sich zurück und sprach drei Worte zu ihm: ahyh ashr ahyh (Ich bin, der ich bin).

Als nun Thomas zu seinen Gefährten zurückkehrte, erkundigten sie sich bei ihm: Was hat Yeshua zu dir gesagt? Thomas sprach zu ihnen: Wenn ich euch auch nur eines der Worte sage, die er zu mir gesprochen hat, werdet ihr Steine aufheben und sie auf mich werfen, und Feuer wird aus den Steinen kommen, um euch zu verzehren.

14. Yeshua sprach zu ihnen: Wenn ihr fastet, werdet ihr Übertretung (Sünde) für euch selbst hervorbringen. Und wenn ihr betet, werdet ihr verurteilt werden. Und wenn ihr Almosen gebt, werdet ihr euren Geistern Schaden (Böses) zufügen. Und wenn ihr aufs Land geht und sie euch aufnehmen (empfangen), dann esst, was sie euch vorsetzen, und heilt die Kranken unter ihnen. Denn was in euren Mund hineingeht, wird euch nicht verunreinigen, sondern was aus eurem Mund herauskommt, das ist es, was euch verunreinigen wird.

15. Yeshua sprach: Wenn ihr den seht, der nicht von einer Frau geboren wurde, werft euch auf eure Angesichter nieder und betet ihn an, denn er ist euer Vater.

16. Yeshua sprach: Die Menschen denken vielleicht, ich sei gekommen, Frieden über die Welt zu verbreiten. Sie wissen nicht, dass ich gekommen bin, Zwietracht (Konflikt) auf die Erde zu werfen: Feuer, Schwert, Krieg. Denn es werden fünf in einem Haus sein: drei gegen zwei und zwei gegen drei, der Vater gegen den Sohn und der Sohn gegen den Vater. Und sie werden allein stehen.

17. Yeshua sprach: Ich werde euch geben, was kein Auge gesehen und kein Ohr gehört hat, was keine Hand berührt hat und was dem Sinn des Menschen nicht in den Sinn gekommen ist.

1 Kor 2,9 Aber, wie geschrieben steht: Was kein Auge gesehen und kein Ohr gehört hat und was in keines Menschen Herz gekommen ist, was Jahwe denen bereitet hat, die ihn lieben.

18. Die Jünger sprachen zu Yeshua: Sage uns, wie unser Ende kommen wird. Yeshua sprach: Habt ihr den Anfang (Ursprung) schon entdeckt, dass ihr nach dem Ende fragt? Denn wo der Anfang (Ursprung) ist, dort wird das Ende sein. Selig ist, wer seinen Platz im Anfang einnehmen wird (am Ursprung stehen wird), denn er wird das Ende erkennen, und er wird den Tod nicht erfahren.

19. Yeshua sprach: Selig ist, wer ins Dasein kam, bevor er ins Dasein kam. Wenn ihr meine Jünger werdet und auf meine Sprüche hört, werden diese Steine euch dienen. Denn es gibt fünf Bäume im Paradies für euch, die im Sommer und im Winter ungestört sind und deren Blätter nicht fallen. Wer sie erkennt, wird den Tod nicht erfahren.

20. Die Jünger sprachen zu Yeshua: Sage uns, wie das Himmelreich ist. Er sprach zu ihnen: Es ist wie ein Senfkorn, kleiner als alle anderen Samen, und doch, wenn es auf die bestellte Erde fällt, bringt es eine große Pflanze hervor und wird ein Schutz für die Vögel des Himmels.

21. Maria sprach zu Yeshua: Wem gleichen deine Jünger? Er sprach: Sie sind wie kleine Kinder, die in einem Feld leben, das nicht ihres ist. Wenn die Besitzer des Feldes kommen, werden sie sagen: Lasst uns unser Feld haben! Es ist, als wären sie nackt vor ihnen (Sie entkleiden sich vor ihnen, um sie das Ihre haben zu lassen), und sie geben das Feld zurück. Darum sage ich: Wenn der Besitzer des Hauses weiß, dass der Dieb kommt, wird er wachsam sein, bevor er eintrifft, und wird ihm nicht erlauben, sich in das Haus hineinzuwühlen, um seine Habe wegzutragen. Ihr müsst auf der Hut sein und euch vor der Welt (dem System) hüten. Bereitet euch (rüstet euch) mit großer Kraft, sonst werden die Banditen einen Weg finden, euch zu erreichen, denn die Probleme, die ihr erwartet, werden kommen. Es sei unter euch ein Mensch des Verstehens (der Wachheit). Als die Ernte reifte, kam er schnell mit seiner Sichel in der Hand, um zu ernten. Wer Ohren hat zu hören, der höre!

[continued from page 483] Matthew 24:43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what part of night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

22. Yeshua saw little children who were being suckled. He said to his Disciples: These little children who are being suckled are like those who enter the Kingdom.

They said to him: Should we become like little children in order to enter the Kingdom?

Yeshua said to them: When you make the two one, and you make the inside as the outside and the outside as the inside, when you make the above as the below, and when you make the male one and the female one and the same (united male and female) so that the man will not be masculine (male) and the female will not be feminine, when you establish an eye in the place of an eye and a hand in the place of a hand and a foot in the place of a foot and an likeness (image) in the place of a likeness (an image), then will you enter the Kingdom.

23. Yeshua said: I will choose you, one out of a thousand and two out of ten thousand and they will stand as a single one.

24. His Disciples said: Show us the place where you are (your place), for it is necessary for us to seek it.

He said to them: Whoever has ears, let him hear! Within a man of light there is light, and he illumines the entire world. If he does not shine, he is darkness (there is darkness).

Note: Early philosophers thought that light was transmitted from the eye and bounced back, allowing the person to sense the world at large. Ancient myths tell of Aphrodite constructing the world at eye out of the four elements (earth, wind, fire, and water). The eye was held together by love. She kindled the fire of the soul and used it to project from the eye so that it would act like a lantern, transmitting the light, thus allowing us to see.

Rudolf, (330 BC to 820BC) speculated about the speed of light being instantaneous since you close your eyes, then open them again, even the distant objects appear immediately.

25. Yeshua said: Love your friend (brother) as your soul, protect him as you would the pupil of your own eye.

26. Yeshua said: You see the speck in your brother's eye but the beam that is in your own eye you do not see. When you remove the beam out of your own eye, then will you see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

27. Yeshua said: Unless you fast from the world (system), you will not find the Kingdom of Yahweh. Unless you keep the Sabbath (entire week) as Sabbath, you will not see the Father.

[continued from page 484] 27. Yeshua said: Unless you fast (abstain) from the world, you shall in no way find the Kingdom of Yahweh, and unless you observe the Sabbath as a Sabbath, you shall not see the Father.

28. Yeshua said: I stood in the midst of the world, and I appeared to them. I found them all drunk, and I found none of them thirsty. And my soul grieved for the sons of men, because they are blind in their hearts and do not see. They came into the world empty and they are drunk. When they have shaken off their wine, then they will change their ways.

29. Yeshua said: If the flesh came into being because of spirit, it is a marvel; but if spirit came into being because of the body, it is a marvel of marvels. I marvel indeed at how great wealth has taken up residence in this poverty.

30. Yeshua said: Where there are three gods, they are gods. Where there is only one, I say that I am with him. Lift up the stone and there you will find me. Split the wood and there am I.

77. Yeshua said: I am the Light who is over all things. I am the All. From me all came forth and to me all return (The All came from me and the All came to me). Split wood, there am I. Lift up the stone and there you will find me.

31. Yeshua said: No prophet is accepted in his own village, no physician heals those who know him.

32. Yeshua said: A city being built (and established) upon a high mountain and fortified cannot fall nor can it be hidden.

33. Yeshua said: A city built on a high hilltop and fortified can neither fall nor be hidden.

34. Yeshua said: If a blind person leads a blind person, both fall into a pit.

35. Yeshua said: It is impossible for anyone to enter the house of a strong man to take it by force unless he binds his hands, then he will be able to loot his house.

36. Yeshua said: Do not worry from morning to evening nor from evening to morning about the food that you will eat nor about what clothes you will wear. You are much superior to the Lilies which neither card nor spin. When you have no clothing, what do you wear? Who can add time to your life (increase your stature)? He himself will give to you your garment.

[continued from page 485] by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if Yahweh so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, What will we eat? or What will we drink? or What will we wear? for it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

37. His Disciples said: When will you appear to us, and when will we see you?

Yeshua said: When you take off your garments without being ashamed, and place your garments under your feet and tread on them as the little children do, then shall you see the Son of the Living-One, and you will not be afraid.

37 His disciples said to him, when will you be visible to us, and when shall we be able to see you?

He said, when you strip naked without being ashamed and place your garments under your feet and tread on them as the little children do, then shall you see the Son of the Living-One, and you will not be afraid.

38. Yeshua said: Many times have you yearned to hear these sayings which I speak to you, and you have no one else from whom to hear them. There will be days when you will seek me but you will not find me.

39. Yeshua said: The Pharisees and the Scribes have received the keys of knowledge, but they have hidden them. They did not go in, nor did they permit those who wished to enter to do so. However, you be as wise (astute) as serpents and innocent as doves.

40. Yeshua said: A grapevine has been planted outside the (vineyard of the) Father, and since it is not viable (supported), it will be pulled up by its roots and destroyed.

41. Yeshua said: Whoever has (it) in his hand, to him will (more) be given. And whoever does not have, from him will be taken even the small amount which he has.

42. Yeshua said: Become passers-by.

43. His Disciples said to him: Who are you, that you said these things to us?

Yeshua said to them: You do not recognize who I am from what I said to you, but rather you have become like the Jews either you love the tree and hate the fruit, or love the fruit and hate the tree.

44. Yeshua said: Whoever blasphemes against the Father, it will be forgiven him. And whoever blasphemes against the Son, it will be forgiven him. Yet whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him neither on earth nor in heaven.

45. Yeshua said: Grapes are not harvested from thorns, nor are figs gathered from thistles, for they do not give fruit. A good person brings forth goodness out of his storehouse. A bad person brings forth evil out of his evil storehouse which is in his heart, and brings forth evil; for out of the abundance of the heart he speaks evil.

46. Yeshua said: From Adam until John the Baptist there is none born of women who surpasses John the Baptist, so that his eyes should not be downcast (lowered). Yet I have said that whoever among you becomes like a child will know the Kingdom, and he will be greater than John.

[continued from page 486] than he.

47. Yeshua said: It is impossible for a man to mount two horses or to draw two bows, and a servant cannot serve two masters, otherwise he will honor the one and disrespect the other. No man drinking old wine and immediately desires to drink new wine, and they do not put new wine into old wineskins, it would burst, and they do not put vintage wine into new wineskins or it would spoil (sour). They do not sew an old patch on a new garment because that would cause a split.

48. Yeshua said: If two make peace with each other in this one house, they will say to the mountain: Be moved! and it will be moved.

49. Yeshua said: Blessed is the solitary and chosen, for you will find the Kingdom. You have come from it, and unto it you will return.

50. Yeshua said: If they say to you: From where do you come? Say to them: We have come from the Light, the place where the Light came into existence of its own accord and he stood and revealed in their image. If they say to you: Is it you? Say: We are his Sons and we are the chosen of the Living Father. If they ask you: What is the sign of your Father in you? Say to them: It is movement with rest (cease in the midst of motion or chaos).

51. His Disciples said to him: When will the rest of the dead occur, and when will the New World come? He said to them: That which you look for has already come, but you do not recognize it.

52. His Disciples said to him: Twenty-four prophets preached in Israel, and they all spoke of (in) you. He said to them: You have ignored the Living-One who is in your presence and you have spoken only of the dead.

53. His Disciples said to him: Is circumcision beneficial or not? He said to them: If it were beneficial, their father would beget them already circumcised from their mother. However, the true spiritual circumcision has become entirely beneficial.

54. Yeshua said: Blessed be the poor, for yours is the Kingdom of the Heaven.

55. Yeshua said: Whoever does not hate his father and his mother will not be able to become my Disciple. And whoever does not hate his brothers and his sisters and does not take up his own cross in my way, will not become worthy of me.

the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

56. Yeshua said: Whoever has come to understand the world (system) has found a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse, is superior to the world (of him the system is not worthy).

57. Yeshua said: The Kingdom of the Father is like a person who has good seed. His enemy came by night and sowed a weed among the good seed. The man did not permit them to pull up the weed, he said to them: perhaps you will intend to pull up the weed and you pull up the wheat along with it. But, on the day of harvest the weeds will be very visible and then you will pull them and burn them.

58. Yeshua said: Blessed is the person who has suffered, for he has found life. (Blessed is he who has suffered to find life and found life).

59. Yeshua said: Look to the Living-One while you are alive, otherwise, you might die and seek to see him and will be unable to find him.

60. They saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb, on his way to Judea. Yeshua said to them: Why does he take the lamb with him? They said to him: So that he may kill it and eat it. He said [continues in right column:]

to them: While it is alive he will not eat it, but only after he kills it and it becomes a corpse. They said: How could he do otherwise? He said to them: Look for a place of rest for yourselves, otherwise, you might become corpses and be eaten.

61. Yeshua said: Two will rest on a bed and one will die and the other will live. Salome said: Who are you, man? As if sent by someone, you laid upon my bed and you ate from my table. Yeshua said to her: I am he who is from that which is whole (the undivided). I have been given the things of my Father. Salome said: I'm your Disciple. Yeshua said to her: Thus, I say that whenever someone is one (undivided) he will be filled with light, yet whenever he is divided (chooses) he will be filled with darkness.

62. Yeshua said: I tell my mysteries to those who are worthy of my mysteries. Do not let your right hand know what your left hand is doing.

63. Yeshua said: There was a wealthy person who had much money, and he said: I will use my money so that I may sow and reap and replant, to fill my storehouses with grain so that I lack nothing. This was his intention (is what he thought in his heart) but that same night he died. Whoever has ears, let him hear!

64. Yeshua said: A person had houseguests, and when he had prepared the banquet in their honor he sent his servant to invite the guests. He went to the first, he said to him: My master invites you. He replied: I have to do business with some merchants. They are coming to see me this evening. I will go to place my orders with them. I ask to be excused from the banquet. He went to another, he said to him: My master has invited you. He replied to him: I have just bought a house and they require me for a day. I will have no spare time. He came to another, he said to him: My master invites you. He replied to him: My friend is getting married and I must arrange a banquet for him. I will not be able to come. I ask to be excused from the banquet. He went to another, he said to him: My master invites you. He replied to him: I have bought a farm. I go to receive the rent. I will not be able to come. I ask to be excused. The servant returned, he said to his master: Those whom you have invited to the banquet have excused themselves. The master said to his servant: Go out to the roads, bring those whom you find so that

they may feast. And he said: Businessmen and merchants will not enter the places of my Father.

65. He said: A kind person who owned a vineyard leased it to tenants so that they would work it and he would receive the fruit from them. He sent his servant so that the tenants would give to him the fruit of the vineyard. They seized his servant and beat him nearly to death. The servant went, he told his master what had happened. His master said: Perhaps they did not recognize him. So, he sent another servant. The tenants beat him also. Then the owner sent his son. He said: Perhaps they will respect my son. Since the tenants knew that he was the heir to the vineyard, they seized him and killed him. Whoever has ears, let him hear!

66. Yeshua said: Show me the stone which the builders have rejected. It is that one that is the cornerstone (keystone).

67. Yeshua said: Those who know everything but themselves, lack everything. (Whoever knows the all and still feels a personal lacking, he is completely deficient).

95. Yeshua said: If you have money, do not lend at interest, but rather give it to those from whom you will not be repaid.

96. Yeshua said: The Kingdom of the Father is like a woman who has taken a little yeast and hidden it in dough. She produced large loaves of it. Whoever has ears, let him hear!

97. Yeshua said: The Kingdom of the Father is like a woman who was carrying a jar full of grain. While she was walking on a road far from home, the handle of the jar broke and the grain poured out behind her onto the road. She did not know it. She had noticed no problem. When she arrived in her house, she set the jar down and found it empty.

98. Yeshua said: The Kingdom of the Father is like someone who wished to slay a prominent person. While still in his own house he drew his sword and thrust it into the wall in order to test whether his hand would be strong enough. Then he slew the prominent person.

99. His Disciples said to him: Your brethren and your mother are standing outside. He said to them: Those here who do my Father's desires are My Brethren and my Mother. It is they who will enter the Kingdom of my Father.

100. They showed Yeshua a gold coin, and said to him: The agents of Caesar extort taxes from us. He said to them: Give the things of Caesar to Caesar, give the things of Yahweh to Yahweh, and give to me what is mine.

101. Yeshua said: Whoever does not hate his father and his mother, as I do, will not be able to become my Disciple. And whoever does not love his father and his mother, as I do, will not be able to become my disciple. For my mother bore me, yet my true Mother gave me the life. —

102. Yeshua said: Damn these Pharisees. They are like a dog sleeping in the feed trough of oxen. For neither does he eat, nor does he allow the oxen to eat.

103. Yeshua said: Blessed (happy) is the person who knows at what place of the house the bandits may break in, so that he can rise and collect his things and prepare himself before they enter.

104. They said to him: Come, let us pray today and let us fast. Yeshua said: What sin have I committed? How have I been overcome (undone)? When the Bridegroom comes forth from the bridal chamber, then let them fast and pray.

105. Yeshua said: Whoever acknowledges (comes to know) father and mother, will be called the son of a whore.

106. Yeshua said: When you make the two one, you will become Sons of Man (children of Adam), and when you say to the mountain: Move! it will move.

107. Yeshua said: The Kingdom is like a shepherd who has a hundred sheep. The largest one of them went astray. He left the ninety-nine and sought for the one until he found it. Having searched until he was weary, he said to that sheep: I desire you more than the ninety-nine.

108. Yeshua said: Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me. I will become him, and the secrets will be revealed to him. (The mouth is the gateway to the soul.)

109. Yeshua said: The Kingdom is like a person who had a treasure hidden in his field and knew nothing of it. After he died, he bequeathed it to his son. The son accepted the field knowing nothing of the treasure. He sold it. Then the person who bought it came and plowed it. He found the treasure. He began to lend money at interest to whomever he wished.

110. Yeshua said: Whoever has found the world (system) and becomes wealthy (enriched by it), let him renounce the world (system).

kingdom of Yahweh!

111. Yeshua said: Heaven and earth will roll up (collapse and disappear) before you, but he who lives within the Living-One will neither see nor fear death. For, Yeshua said: Whoever finds himself, of him the world is not worthy.

112. Yeshua said: Damned is the flesh which depends upon the soul. Damned is the soul which depends upon the flesh.

113. His Disciples said to him: When will the Kingdom come? Yeshua said: It will not come by expectation (because you watch or wait for it). They will not say: Look here! or: Look there! But the Kingdom of the Father is spread upon the earth, and people do not realize it.

(Saying 114 was written later and was added to the original text.)

114. Simon Peter said to them: Send Mary away from us, for women are not worthy of this life. Yeshua said: See, I will draw her into me so that I make her male, in order that she herself will become a living spirit like you males. For every female who becomes male will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens.

[END OF THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS]

[NEW WORK BEGINS — not part of the Gospel of Thomas]

Psalms of Solomon

Psalm 1

A Psalm of Solomon

1 I cried unto the Yahweh when I was in distress, Unto Yahweh when sinners assailed. 2 Suddenly the alarm of war was heard before me; (I said), He will hearken to me, for I am full of righteousness. 3 I thought in my heart that I was full of righteousness, Because I was well off and had become rich in children. 4 Their wealth spread to the whole earth, And their glory unto the end of the earth. 5 They were exalted unto the stars; They said they would never fall. 6 But they became insolent in their prosperity, And they were without understanding. 7 Their sins were in secret, And even I had no knowledge (of them). 8 Their transgressions (went) beyond those of the heathen before them; They utterly polluted the holy things of the Yahweh.

Psalm 2