For evenwhenwe were with you, we used to giveyou thisorder:ifanyoneis not willingto work,thenhe is not to eat,either.
By the sweatof your faceYou will eatbread,Tillyou returnto the ground,Becausefrom it you were taken;For you are dust,And to dustyou shall return."
The soulof the sluggardcravesand [gets] nothing,But the soulof the diligentis madefat.
The sluggarddoes not plowafterthe autumn,So he begsduring the harvestand hasnothing.
The desireof the sluggardputshim to death,For his handsrefuseto work;
NowHe saidto them, "Theseare My wordswhichI spoketo you while I was stillwith you, that all thingswhich are writtenaboutMe in the Lawof Mosesand the Prophetsand the Psalmsmustbe fulfilled."
"But these thingsI have spokento you, sothat whentheir hourcomes,you may rememberthat I toldyou of them. These thingsI did not sayto you at the beginning,becauseI was with you.
And whenthey had cometo him, he saidto them, "You yourselvesknow,from the firstdaythat I set footin Asia,howI was with you the wholetime,
For indeedwhenwe were with you, we [kept] telling you in advancethat we were goingto suffer affliction;and soit came to pass,as you know.
and to make it your ambitionto lead a quiet lifeand attendto your ownbusiness and workwith your hands,justas we commandedyou,
Do you not rememberthat while I was stillwith you, I was tellingyou these things?
