My son,giveattentionto my wisdom,Inclineyour earto my understanding;
My son,ifyou will receivemy wordsAnd treasuremy commandmentswithinyou,
Inclineyour earand hearthe wordsof the wise,And applyyour mindto my knowledge;
Hear,[O] sons,the instructionof a father,And giveattentionthat you may gainunderstanding,
My son,giveattentionto my words;Inclineyour earto my sayings.
My son,observethe commandmentof your fatherAnd do not forsakethe teachingof your mother;
And I sawamong the naive,[And] discernedamong the youthsA youngmanlackingsense,
and do not supposethat you can sayto yourselves,We haveAbrahamfor our father;for I sayto you that from thesestonesGodis ableto raiseup childrento Abraham.
"Ifanyonehasearsto hear,let him hear."
[This] you know,my belovedbrethren.But everyonemust be quickto hear,slowto speak[and] slowto anger;
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.He who overcomeswill not be hurtby the seconddeath.'
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.To him who overcomes,to him I will give[some] of the hiddenmanna,and I will givehim a whitestone,and a newnamewrittenon the stonewhichno oneknowsbut he who receivesit.'
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.'
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.To him who overcomes,I will grantto eatof the treeof lifewhichis in the Paradiseof God.'
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.'"
