Egyptian Shimon papers

And after… this is the conclusion of what was written by Shimon ben Zekhary, 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 ben Amram. And I know that I have written in these pages only one of two things, either something I witnessed with my own eyes or something I heard from a trustworthy man. And I bear witness before God (El) that I did not write this book for glory or honor, but to show my testimony about a generation of the people of Israel, whom God chose and saved by a miracle from their enemy, then 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, so whoever you are, I pray that you remember the author of these pages with mercy and pray for his forgiveness. Shimon ben Zekhary ben Reuben, nicknamed Shimon the Egyptian. Completed on the last night of the eighth month of the year sixty after the exodus.