Chapter 5
The wise shall rule over the foolish, but only to raise them up.
The rich shall apportion their riches for the benefit of the city.
The poor shall reverence the rich and take counsel from them.
Behold, I have given many gifts to my people: the woman to give suck; the very strong man to carry burdens; the wise man to oversee the city; the learned man to explain the ancients; the prophet to hear my voice; the magician to hear the voice of angels; the physician to heal the sick. To every single one I gave good gifts.
You shall not covet another man’s gifts, but be wise in discovering your own, and using them for the benefit of the city.
Neither shall you covet another man’s riches, nor anything that is his. What more is a rich man than a watchdog? Behold, it is his matter, whether he fulfills my commandments.
According to every man’s gifts, so do I require of him, as to what he can do for the people of his city.
To the poor man, my exactions are lighter than a straw on a camel’s back.
For the ignorant man, and for the very young child, I provided the wise and the rich as Gods to raise them up. As they minister to them, so do I bless them for their labor.
What they do corporeally for the resurrection of those beneath them, so do I answer them in spirit in my resurrections in the heavens.
You shall marry only once; neither shall you look after any other partner all the days of your life.
The husband shall be the master of the house; but when he is not present, the wife shall be master.
Seven castes I have made for my chosen: The first are the prophets; the second, those who have the highest genealogy; the third, the rab’bahs and priests; the fourth, the nuns (spe-e-su); the fifth, physicians; the sixth, the rich, and seventh, the very poor.
Each and every caste shall remain by itself; all of them are worthy before me, and are equally my children.
You shall not kill, for food to eat, anything that breathes the breath of life.
You shall love to search for your Creator in all things on and in the earth, in the waters, and in the air above the earth.
You shall love to search for all that is good in your neighbor; but to excuse all the evil that is in him.
You shall keep the sacred days of your God, and cause all your people to rejoice in the delightful creations of your Creator.
You shall obey the prophet of your God; and be obedient to the father (rab’bah) of the city. Next to these, you shall honor your father and your mother, and pay reverence to your grandfather and grandmother.
Remember that all men are alike in the house (temple) of your God; for even as death lays the high and the low alike, so is the standing of my people in the house I have built.
You shall respect the opinions of all men; for even you may be in error.
You shall speak only a little of yourself or of anything that is yours; for all others have a history also.
You shall make yourself compatible to others in all righteousness.