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People will not be all hopeless, and all who are willing will be saved,
Not by his will, but by me
Generous gift.i will resume
Their lost strength, though
Deprived of sins enslaved to insatiable desires;
Some of my extra favors have been selected,
I prefer it more than any other; I would like it to be:
The rest will be at my beck and call
Their sinful status, taking advantage of the season of grace
available to appease the angry
gods; I will cleanse their foolish
Sensual, fitting, softens the heart of stone,
my long tolerance and my day of grace they
Deaf ears will never taste the sweetness;
The hard-hearted are harder, the blind are blinder,
At last they will wrestle and fall deeper,
Except for these people, I give compassion to everyone.
But everything is not yet done, people, disobedient,
Unfaithfulness corrupts their integrity and offends
The majesty of the heavens, the majesty,
Delusion is full of gods, so I lose everything,
There is no other way to atone for his treason,
Only to offer holy devout destruction,
He and all his offspring must die,
He deserves to die, or justice will be ruined, unless
Someone else, able and willing, did it for him
An out-and-out redemption, life for life,
Tell me, gods, where is this pure love to be found? "
"Behold, then, I [the Son], I have volunteered to take the place of others
Life for life; pour out your anger on me,