Chapter 16
1The three guardians: vcooa' laV' The twelve emanations: 'ovBUtoovea' eiCaeai ' ' And there are twelve heads in his treasure, i.e. his orders, that is, the names which are in the places. And there are twelve in every order, the twelve of these names, apart from those who will be in them when they praise my Father to give them light power. These are those which have emanated as the strength of my Father shined forth in him. He emanated twelve emanations. And there are 12 heopters in each emanation of each one of the orders, and it is one outside the other in infinite manner whose name these are, except ▼on their guardians. The three : rcocosiBa' coi'ia' avCtu* In the Ms. stand both sections in reverse order. KoptiBch-gnostic writings. 18 The Bach of the great xaxä Jeu 12