Odes of Solomon/Ode 19

Those Who Receive Are of the Right Hand of God

¹ A cup of milk was offered to me,

and I drank it with the sweet taste of the Lord’s sweetness.

² The son is the cup,

and he who was milked is the Father,

and she who milked him is the holy spirit,

³ because his breasts were full.

And because it was unfitting that his milk should be released in vain,

⁴ the holy spirit opened her womb

and mixed the milk of the Father’s two breasts.

⁵ And she gave the mixture to the age,

without their knowing,

and those who receive it in its fullness are of (God’s) right hand.

⁶ The young woman’s womb (like a bird net) caught it,

and she received conception and gave birth.

⁷ And the young woman became a mother through abundant mercies,

and she was in labor and bore a son.

And she felt no pain,

⁸ because (the labor) was not in vain.

⁹ And she did not need a midwife

because like a strong man he sustained her life.

¹⁰ <And> she brought forth because of will,

and she brought forth because of declaration,

and she acquired because of abundant majesty,

¹¹ and loved because of redemption,

and guarded because of kindness,

and declared because of grandeur.

Hallelujah!