Shimon Egyptian papers - Osama Abdul Raouf Al-Shazly

And after... this is the conclusion of what was written by Shimon bin Zahari, nicknamed Shimon the Egyptian, about the news of the Children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai, and what happened to them from the crossing of the sea until the death of Moses son of Imran. And I know that I have written in these pages only one of two matters: a matter I witnessed with my own eyes or a matter I heard from a trustworthy man. And I bear witness before the Lord (El) that I did not intend with this book any glory or honor, but rather to show my testimony about a generation of the people of the Children of Israel, whom God chose and saved with a miracle from their enemy, then He became angry with them and destroyed them in that barren wilderness, after they endured the hardship of travel and the bitterness of wandering. This is a book I do not know who will read it, so whoever you are, I hope you remember the author of these pages with mercy and pray for his forgiveness. Shimon bin Zahari bin Reuben, nicknamed Shimon the Egyptian. Completed on the last night of the eighth month of the year sixty after the Exodus.