How long would you lie down, O lazy one? When do you arise from your sleep?
That is why He says, “Wake up, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah shall shine on you.”
O Yerushalayim, wash your heart from evil, and be saved. Till when would your wicked thoughts remain within you?
Take heed, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when would you become wise?
And do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for us to wake up from sleep, for now our deliverance is nearer than when we did believe.
“How long, you simple ones, Would you love simplicity, And shall scoffers delight in their scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
There was a man sent from Elohim, whose name was Yoḥ
Go to the ant, you lazy one! See her ways and be wise,
Provides her supplies in the summer, Gathers her food in the harvest.
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to lie down;
Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.
Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.
As a door turns on its hinges, So does the lazy one turn on his bed.
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.