604 MANICHAEAN LITERATURE
He has made these camps strong, those above
and below. Each of them will be safe in the circle
of his vigil, and there will be no uprising or betrayal.
And look, look! The custodian of splendor is firmly
set in the great mind, in the camp above the prison
of the bound ones.^22 He turns the gloom of death
into nothing! Yet there was a betrayal and an uprising!^23
Sin aborted, it tangled in the soul. It mixed
with light that it expelled toward the image of the envoy.
It entered the third firmament above the watchtower
of the custodian of splendor. From there
it tangled with the light. It came loose and fell down
to what is dry and moist. It fashioned trees on dry land,
but in the sea it gathered form
and caused a great uprising in the sea.THOUGHT, THE GREAT KING OF HONOR
Look, look, again. The great king of honor, who is thought,
is in the third firmament.^24 He is made ... with anger.
And there was an uprising!^25 A betrayal and anger
happened in his camp. The watchers of heaven,
who descended to earth in his circle of vigil,
performed all the acts of treachery.
To the people they revealed in the world crafts
and heavenly mysteries. An uprising happened,
and on the earth came destruction.THE ABORTIONS PLUNGE DOWN TO EARTH
Adamas of light, the fulfillment.
He is set firmly on the earth,- The custodian of splendor and the other sons of the living spirit are set over realms of the
universe. - The story of the history of the universe is a story of invasions and uprisings on the part of
darkness. Here a demonic uprising occurs, in the realm of the custodian of splendor. - Probably read "seventh firmament."
- Another demonic uprising occurs, in the realm of the great king of honor.