MANICHAEAN LITERATURE^605
and a betrayal came about in his camp.^26
It happened when the abortions plunged down to earth.
They formed Adam and Eve. They conceived them
to rule through them in the world.
They fashioned every object of lust on the earth.
The entire world was filled with their lust.
They persecute churches. They kill the messengers
and just Adamas of light's circle of vigil,
again and again, and from generation to generation.IN THE VIGIL OF THE KING OF GLORY
Again, in the vigil of the great king of glory,
who is the grand counsel reigning over the three wheels,
a disturbance occurred, and an affliction.^27
They were oppressed and pained in the three earths.
After the envoy displaced his image,
the paths were closed and their ascent was blocked by them.
The wind, water, and fire ascend to them.
Again, in the vigil of Atlas, who humiliates
the uprising of the abysses down below.
He bent low and the fastenings underneath
were loosened in the foundation below.^28
Because of the earthquake that happened during the vigil
of the custodian of splendor, the column of glory
came out as the helper of the custodian of splendor.
And he survived under all burdens.BETRAYAL AND UPRISING ON
THE KING'S WATCHConversely, since the betrayal and the uprising
that occurred in the watch of the great king of honor,
these watchers came down to earth from the skies.
Four angels were called to contend with them.- Another demonic uprising occurs, in the realm of Adamas of light.
- Yet another uprising, in the realm of the king of glory.
- A fifth and final uprising, in the realm of the carrier Atlas.