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earth because people arc dreadfully bad. The great father gave his 

 sou so that not all people should die. He is Jesus Christ, not ever 

 bad was he. He gave himself for bad people. Ma'ndu's son, his 

 name Jesus Christ. Bad people Idlled him here on earth. He gave 

 himself for all people. They are going to go to heaven [at] Jesus 

 Christ's coming. Jesus Christ will come again. He says that. He 

 comes for his people. Then will they stay there in heaven forever. 

 Must die, all people, can not anyone help himself because evil they 

 are. Therefore they die, for Jesus Christ came that anyone can abide 

 in heaven. You must be sorry with all your heart not being good, and 

 must everyone not love it. [You] must give up all things not good, 

 because Ma'ndu does not love anything not good. Must everyone 

 be likewise, says Ma'ndu in Ma'ndu's book. Must everyone crave it. 

 Then will he know all things, Ma'ndu's saying, that is so! Gone 

 away, he will come again. You must ask him for it, Ma'ndu will 

 help you for Jesus Christ [sake]. Ma'ndu does not want anyone to 

 go to hell. He mshes that all people will come to heaven. Part [of 

 the people] never listen to Ma'ndu, says Ma'ndu', he can not help 

 anyone never listening [to him]. You must listen to him, Ma'ndu 

 says. Ma'ndu is going to help you. Di''hi is abroad so that he can 

 catch all people. 



Di''bi' thinks this earth [is] his own," all the people, too. Going 

 that way! Yes, that is so! Only for that Jesus Christ came so 

 that Di'hi' can not be anything. Jesus Christ put down Di'hi' 

 from heaven, because Di''br lied and wanted Jesus Christ's place. 

 Now can not Di''hv get in heaven. Jesus Christ is going to put Di''hi' 

 in the fire. Dv'hi laiows it too. That is why Di'hi' always is 

 working so that he will catch all the people because he knows he can 

 not stay here on earth. Always he wants that all people shall go 

 w^th Di'hi' in the fire. They can not get out because that fire not 

 anyone can shut it up. Ma'ndu made it for Dv'hi' and people 

 who love evil. 



Jesus Christ wants these [to be] his own. He gave himself for 

 those people. Only themselves," they do not want Ma'ndu. That 

 is why [one] can not [help himself] because he never seeks Ma'ndu 

 [to] help him. He will be sorry that Di''hi' catches him. 



" Literally "hira. his own." 



" The confusion of singular and plural pronoiins here makes it difDcult to translate literally. 



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