Mani's Šābuhragān

380 in [that] conflagration they are tormented and writhe and suffer distress. Now we fill . . . Az and Lust . . . and . . . we . . . with you . . . And he will not be bound in the eternal prison with Ahramen [and] the demons. But 390 you, rejoice (at) this misfortune, for it has come upon you from Az and Lust and your own actions! And how should we save you from this torment, when this (is) a judgement from within the justice [of the gods?]. And [then] every soul which shall be born in a body with Az and Lust, and bear Az and Lust and not cast them off, and become self-indulgent and greedy, and keep [the creatures of] Ahramen, he shall be bound with Ahramen [and] the demons in the eternal prison. And he who shall do 400 the will of the gods [and] be a travelling-companion and helper [of the religious, and he] too who [is] well-disposed to them . . . shall be . . . with the gods in Paradise . . . evil-doers and (their) answer to the evil-doers in the grievous burning, and they will repent and be distressed.

410 And those other souls which shall bear Az and Lust in the body, and so long as earth and heaven stand shall not accept the wisdom and knowledge of Soul-gathering and shall not enter into the religious community, and shall not become wicked, but shall behave in (the exaction of) tribute and in battle, and shall do the will of Az and Lust, and serve the evil-doers, and shall also bestow on the religious good and pleasant (things), 420 and according to Az and Lust and . . . and tribute and tyranny . . . with the . . . and shall not be . . . with . . . you . . . righteous (?) . . .