"I,
therefore, the perfect Pronoia of the all,
changed myself into my seed, for I existed
first, going on every road.
For I am the richness of the light;
I am the remembrance of the pleroma.
"And I
went into the realm of darkness and
I endured till I entered the middle
of the prison. And the foundations of chaos
shook. And I hid myself from them because of
their wickedness, and they did not recognize me.
"Again
I returned for the second time,
and I went about. I came forth from those who belong to the light,
which is I, the remembrance of the Pronoia.
I entered into the midst of darkness and
the inside of Hades, since I was seeking (to accomplish)
my task. And the foundations of chaos
shook, that they might fall down upon those who
are in chaos and might destroy them.
And again I ran up to my root of light,
lest they be destroyed before
the time.
"Still for a third time
I went - I am the light
which exists in the light, I am
the remembrance of the Pronoia - that I might
enter into the midst of darkness and the inside
of Hades. And I filled my face with
the light of the completion of their aeon.
And I entered into the midst of their prison,
which is the prison of the body. And
I said, 'He who hears, let him get up from the deep
sleep.' And he wept and shed tears.
Bitter tears he wiped from
himself and he said, 'Who is it that calls my
name, and from where has this hope come to me,
while I am in the chains of the prison?' And
I said, 'I am the Pronoia of the pure light;
I am the thinking of the virginal
Spirit, who raised you up to the honored
place. Arise and remember
that it is you who hearkened, and follow
your root, which is I, the merciful one, and
guard yourself against
the angels of poverty and the demons
of chaos and all those who ensnare you,
and beware of the
deep sleep and the enclosure of the inside
of Hades.
"And I raised him up,
and sealed him in the light
of the water with five seals, in order that
death might not have power over him from this time on."
