The Prophecy of Zarah
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the early part of the 20th century is one of the most important episodes in the field of Bible scholarship. They have been studied and transcribed for decades, so it was quite a shock when an unnoticed Hebrew text was found in the collection. The theology of this text, apart from references to Sheol (the abode of the dead) and the primordial chaos monster Leviathan, is quite unlike anything found in the Qu’mran community, the Bible or the Ancient Near East as a whole. Here is the entirety of the text, as translated so far:
This is the vision of prophetess Zarah
revealed to her in the dark of a dead land
and written in the dust of a blind moon.
There are Things that were tamed in the beginning of the cosmos
and chained by the stars
which were placed in a sigil of five dimensions
in the tongue of a formless race which was ancient
before the elements.
Their servants were condemned to the mirrors,
to serve as reflections until the sigil of stars
comes undone.
At that time their Masters will return
and the one called Leviathan will drown the stars
in his ichorous waters.
The Gods of man will be as mortals
and those who knew life after death will suffer
as the living.
Blessed are the godless.
Blessed are those for whom death is extinction.
All the host of Heaven and Hell will alike
be tormented by the returned Ones,
whose hatred has festered for millions of years
as the burning stars chained them
beyond the attainable World.
The Reflections will creep from the mirrors and waters
to cackle and sizzle in a tongue without reason:
and they will catch mortals and drive them to madness
and those will be lucky:
for their Masters will come and they will not allow
the salvation of Madness.
Time will die before them and their reign will be timeless.
Reason will be slaughtered and space will be senseless.
Black stars will hang in the sky choked in ichorous waters.
The Gods of the mortals will be feeble before them
and no law will be left but the whim of the hateful,
the Things that were chained when the cosmos were formed.
Blessed are the dead who know nothing.
Blessed are those who did not trust Salvation
but had faith in extinction at the dust of the body.
These are the only ones who are spared.
All of this I, Zarah, have seen in the dead land,
and inscribed in the dust of a blind moon.
It has been revealed to me in Sheol,
and been made known to me in the Pit.
And it has been shown to me that writings from Sheol
will be seen in the land of the living
as the chain of the stars become weaker.
As the sigil comes closer to breaking, the
It should be noted that the translators make the ridiculous assertion that more writing appeared from the start to the completion of their reconstruction of this text, and indeed that vague impressions of letters have already formed below the last sentence, which now ends at “the”. This should be taken as a highly unprofessional attempt at explaining away the slow process of translation. The grisly suicides of, as of this writing, two of the original translation team, should likewise be ignored.
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Credited to mngamojemo.
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I couldn’t get past the tired cliche of “OMG the evil reflections they will kill us alls!!1!”
Certainly a unique writing style, but the tired premise completely ruined it.
Blahblahblah.
Lovecraft’s pickings.
Ungodly things not meant for human minds to comprehend, things larger then our existance as a species, things older then your mom, yeah, moving on.
WELL I LIKED IT – Halfway through I was in awe, except i thought it was saying those with gawds would be spared, my mistake… but even though i was in awe it is complete bollocks and people should not be taking it so seriously :)
good pasta
THEN WHO WAS ICHOROUS WATERS
I read the first paragraph and lost intrest…I want something scary…like paranormal activity…***** movie.
I like how the translation just stops. Made me reread the last paragraph a few times.
I like how everyone assumes writer is a hardcore Atheist when the creepy part only hits home if you believe in an afterlife.
A: no shit it contradicts religion. It says so right in the intro.
Very much liked this pasta.
I’m not actually an Atheist.
Not bad pasta… but could have used more creepy
Also
BUT WHO WAS THE,?
I guess it’s an interesting IDEA, if I can get past the fact that it doesn’t sound like anything out of the bible/religious text so much as it sounds like something out of modern-day sci-fi. And that it contradicts religion.
But then I guess writing to sound completely like most tradional religious texts is extremely hard right?
Total let down.
I expected better due to the previous pasta. Better than the last one, but I think this pasta is a bit undercooked, yes?
I’m loving the easily-offended commenters on this. I’m a Christian, yet I enjoyed this pasta…possibly because it creeps me the fuck out.
Same here.
Disregard that i suck cocks, good story though
Yeah, it’s basically a poem that glorifies atheism with grand language, but it still reads well.
But who was prophecies?
Seeped in that thick coating of hopelessness and inevitable annihilation of Earth and the mewling human race, something that I love oh so much.
Thought it was pretty good, gives that feeling of hopelessness and inevitable annihilation which I love oh so much.
………..
This is as fail, as Ovaryman is gay.
:[ I am not impressed.
Last one was admittedly not great, but that doesn’t make this one good. You can compare one handful of poop to another and one may be better, but in the end you’re still just holding two handfuls of poop.
Is this a joke?
….
WHAT?
XD
FAIL
i have a feeling that mngamojemo is a fat, pale atheist named sarah who pretends her name is zarah and sits in her room all day, typing out pathetic poetry.
I happen to atheist and I find that very offensive
Marry me. Now!
So. Amazing.
extremely boring, pointless, fake prophecy that is not in the least bit entertaining
Of course it’s a fake prophecy? It’s a story. You didn’t read it on Wikipedia or a credible ancient text translation project website. It’s on Creepypasta, for entertainment. I was entertained, therefore it did it’s job.
Boring and absolutely not creepy, but better than the last pasta.
So Zarah Dawkins-Lovecraft is found amoung a copy of the Bible? Lol.
lol
So let me get this straight. Atheists will be spared and every other person with a religion that involves a god will be tourtured into madness?
I have a weird feeling that mngamojemo is an atheist
so are you saying atheists are bad. They are just like you and me my friend.
No…they arenot. They do notbbelieve in god
Weak. Very, very weak.
So much better than the last pasta. would eat again.
wtf