² He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, `Each' is going straightforward.

¹³ And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, `Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' `Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours -- and their works do follow them!'

²² `And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- and the rich man also died, and was buried;

²⁹ `Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,

²⁵ In the midst of the wounded they have appointed a bed for her with all her multitude, Round about him `are' her graves, All of them uncircumcised, pierced of the sword, For their terror was given in the land of the living, And they bear their shame with those going down to the pit, In the midst of the pierced he hath been put.

¹⁴ and they bury him in `one of' his graves, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that `one' hath filled `with' spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning -- very great.

²³ for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

⁸ we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

¹ For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands -- age-during -- in the heavens,

⁵⁰ and he said unto the woman, `Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to peace.'

⁶ and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

²¹ `And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

⁷ The path for the righteous `is' uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.

¹⁸ All kings of nations -- all of them, Have lain down in honour, each in his house,

⁷ And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

¹⁷ There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

¹ And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, `I `am' God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;