The truth also is the power which came out of thee, thou being in the Place below of the Chaos.
Because of this, thy power said by David, The truth burst forth out of the earth, because that thou art in the Place below of the Chaos.
The righteousness also which looked out of the heaven, that is the power which came out of the Height by the First Mystery, this which went into the Sophia.
It happened therefore, Jesus having heard these words, said he, Well (done), Mariham the happy, this (One) who will inherit all the kingdom of the Light.
After these (things) there came also forward Maria the mother of Jesus, said she, My Lord [109 ] and my Saviour, command to me also, for me to say this word of answer?
Said he, Jesus, He whose spirit will become understanding I forbid him not, but I urge him the more for to say the meaning which moved him.
Now therefore Maria my mother according to the matter in which I sojourned I command to thee, for thee to say also the meaning of the word.
But answered Maria, said she, My Lord, concerning the word which thy power prophesied by David, The mercy with the truth met one another, the righteousness with the peace, they kissed one another, the truth burst forth in the earth, and the righteousness looked out of the heaven.
Thy power prophesied this word once concerning thee, thou being yet little, before [109 ] the spirit came upon thee, thou being in a vineyard with Ioseph came the spirit out of the Height, he came to me into my house, being like to thee, and I was not knowing him, and I was thinking that (it) is thou.
And said to me the spirit, Where is Jesus my brother that I may meet him?
And he having said this to me, I was puzzled, and I was thinking that (it) is a phantasm to the tempting me.
But I took him up I bound him unto the foot of my place of lying which is in my house, until I should come to you out unto the field, thou with Ioseph.
And I having found thee in the vineyard, while Ioseph giveth the vineyard unto the reed, it happened therefore, thou having 60 heard me saying the word to Ioseph, thou understoodest the word, thou rejoicedst, and saidst thou, Where is he that I may see him or else I am remaining [110 ] for him in this place?
But it happened, Ioseph having heard thee saying these words he was disturbed, and we came up together, we went into the house: we found the spirit bound unto the place of lying, and we looked at thee with him, we found thee being like to him, and was loosened he who was bound unto the bed, he embraced thee, he kissed thee, and thou also thou kissedst him, ye became only one.
This therefore is the word with its explanation.
The mercy is the spirit which came out of the Height by the First Mystery: because that he had mercy on the race of the men, he dispatched his spirit for to forgive the sins of all the world, and for them to receive mystery and inherit the kingdom of the light.
The truth also is the power which sojourned in me, having come [110 ] out of the Barbelo, it became for thee for body material and it preached of the Place of the truth.
The righteousness is thy spirit, this which brought the mysteries out of the Height for him to give them to the race of the mankind.
Eckhart's signature doctrine that the Father eternally begets the Son in the ground of the soul; the human interior as the actual site of the divine generative act, distinct from inner_light's static indwelling.
The passage describes a word of answer moving within Maria's spirit to be spoken by her.
A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.
The passage references powers flowing from the Height and the Place below of the Chaos.
The doctrine — central to Eastern Orthodox and Maximian theology — that the human person is progressively transformed into a partaker of the divine nature by grace, not merely justified or united in passing ecstasy.
Maria is transformed into a spiritual union with the divine spirit, becoming one with Jesus.