For thosewho sleepdo their sleepingat night,and thosewho get drunkget drunkat night.
"In a dream,a visionof the night,When soundsleepfallson men,While they slumberin their beds,
"Amid disquietingthoughtsfrom the visionsof the night,When deepsleepfallson men,
and saidto him, "Everymanservesthe goodwinefirst,and when[the people] have drunk freely,[then he serves] the poorer[wine]; [but] you have keptthe goodwineuntilnow."
"For these menare not drunk,as you suppose,for it is [only] the thirdhourof the day;
Let us behaveproperlyas in the day,not in carousingand drunkenness,not in sexual promiscuityand sensuality,not in strifeand jealousy.
Become sober-mindedas you ought,and stopsinning;for somehaveno knowledgeof God.I speak[this] to your shame.
For this reasonit says,"Awake,sleeper,And arisefrom the dead,And Christwill shineon you."
And do not get drunkwith wine,for that is dissipation,but be filledwith the Spirit,
suffering wrongas the wagesof doing wrong.They countit a pleasureto revelin the daytime.They are stainsand blemishes,revelingin their deceptions,as they carousewith you,
