And in my appearance appeared strange to my roommates,
I noticed there was a countryman from the East,
The free, a young man, lovely and beautiful
A Son of the nobles.[1] He came, lived with me and became my companion,
And I made him a friend and comrade of my undertaking.
But I cautioned him against the Egyptians
And against the communion with these unclean ones.
But I dressed like them
Not to appear to them as a stranger,
As one who came from abroad
To obtain the pearl
That the Egyptians excited not the serpent against me.
But from some cause, whatever it be,
They learned that I was not from their country,
And with deceit and cunning they rose up against me,
And I partook of their meals.
I knew no more than I was a king's son,
And served their king,
And forgot also the pearl,
For which my parents had sent me,
And owing to the heaviness of their food
I sunk into a deep sleep.
110. When I suffered thus
- ↑ Syriac: one anointed.
