CHAPTER 147 - Of the chastisement
Of the chastisement of him who hath intercourse with males.
Bartholomew said:
"A man who hath intercourse with a male, what is his vengeance?"
Iesus said:
"The measure (of the man) who hath intercourse with males and of the man (with whom he lieth) is the same [as] that of the blasphemer.
"When then the time is completed through the sphere, the receivers (of Yaldabaōth) come after their soul, and he with his forty-and-nine demons taketh vengeance on it eleven years.
"Thereafter they carry it to the fire-rivers and seething pitch-seas (which are full of demons with pigs' faces).1 They eat into them and take vengeance on {?} them in the fire-rivers another eleven years.
"Thereafter they carry them into the outer darkness until the day (of judgment) when the great darkness is judged; and then they will be dissolved and destroyed."
2. Of the chastisement of a foul act of sorcery.
Thomas said:
"We have heard that there are some on the earth who take the male seed and the female monthly blood, and make it into a lentil porridge and eat it, saying: 'We have faith in Esau and Jacob.' Is this then seemly or not?"
Iesus was wroth with the world in that hour and said unto Thomas:
"Amēn,
I say: This sin is more heinous than all sins and iniquities. Such men will straightway be taken into the outer darkness and not be cast back anew into the sphere, but they shall perish, be destroyed in the outer darkness in a region where there is neither pity nor light, but howling and grinding of teeth. And all the souls (which shall be brought into the outer darkness) will not be cast back anew, but will be destroyed and dissolved."
3. Of the after-death state of the righteous man who path not been initiated.
John answered {and said}:
"A man who hath committed no sin, but done good persistently, but hath not found the mysteries to pass through the rulers, when he cometh out of the body, what will happen unto him?"
Iesus said:
"If the time of such an one is completed through the sphere, the receivers (of Bainchōōōch, who is one of the triple-powered gods) come after his soul and lead his soul with joy and exultation and spend three days circling round with it and instructing it concerning the creations (of the world) with joy and exultation.
"Thereafter they lead it down into the Amente and instruct it concerning the instruments (of chastisement) in the Amente; but they will not take vengeance on it therewith. But they will only instruct it concerning them, and the smoke of the flame of the chastisements catcheth it only a little.
"Thereafter they carry it up unto the Way (of the midst) and instruct it concerning the chastisements (of the ways of the midst) the smoke from the flame catching it a little.
"Thereafter they lead it unto the Virgin (of Light) and she judgeth it and depositeth it with the little Sabaōth (the Good, him of the Midst) until the sphere turneth itself, and Zeus and Aphrodite come in face of the Virgin (of Light) while Kronos and Arēs come behind her.
"At that hour she taketh that righteous soul and handeth it over to her receivers, that they may cast it into the peons (of the sphere). And the servitors (of the sphere) lead it forth into a water (which is below the sphere); and a seething fire ariseth and eateth into it until it purifieth it utterly.
"Thereafter cometh Yaluham (the receiver of Sabaōth, the Adamas) who giveth the cup (of forgetfulness) unto the souls, and he bringeth the water (of forgetfulness) and handeth it to the soul; {and it drinketh it} and forgetteth all things and all the regions to which it had gone.
4. Of the cup of wisdom.
"Thereafter there cometh a receiver (of the little Sabaōth, the Good, him of the Midst). He (himself) bringeth a cup filled with thoughts and wisdom, and soberness is in it; {and} he handeth it to the soul. And they cast it into a body which can neither sleep nor forget because of the cup of soberness which hath been handed unto it; but it will whip its heart persistently to question about the mysteries (of the Light) until it find them, through the decision of the Virgin (of Light) and inherit the Light for ever."
1. Read: Luke 8:26-37; Matthew 8:28-34