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Peradventure thou wouldest say unto me, I never went down into the deep, nor as yet into hell, neither did I ever climb up into heaven.
Nevertheless now have I asked thee but only of the fire and wind, and of the day wherethrough thou hast passed, and of things from which thou canst not be separated, and yet canst thou give me no answer of them.
He said moreover unto me, Thine own things, and such as are grown up with thee, canst thou not know;
How should thy vessel then be able to comprehend the way of the Highest, and, the world being now outwardly corrupted to understand the corruption that is evident in my sight?
Then said I unto him, It were better that we were not at all, than that we should live still in wickedness, and to suffer, and not to know wherefore.
He answered me, and said, I went into a forest into a plain, and the trees took counsel,
And said, Come, let us go and make war against the sea that it may depart away before us, and that we may make us more woods.
The floods of the sea also in like manner took counsel, and said, Come, let us go up and subdue the woods of the plain, that there also we may make us another country.
The thought of the wood was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it.
The thought of the floods of the sea came likewise to nought, for the sand stood up and stopped them.
Then answered he me, and said, Thou hast given a right judgment, but why judgest thou not thyself also?
For like as the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea to his floods: even so they that dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but that which is upon the earth: and he that dwelleth above the heavens may only understand the things that are above the height of the heavens.
Then answered I and said, I beseech thee, O Lord, let me have understanding:
For it was not my mind to be curious of the high things, but of such as pass by us daily, namely, wherefore Israel is given up as a reproach to the heathen, and for what cause the people whom thou hast loved is given over unto ungodly nations, and why the law of our forefathers is brought to nought, and the written covenants come to none effect,
And we pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is astonishment and fear, and we are not worthy to obtain mercy.
What will he then do unto his name whereby we are called? of these things have I asked.
Then answered he me, and said, The more thou searchest, the more thou shalt marvel; for the world hasteth fast to pass away,
And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities.
But as concerning the things whereof thou askest me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.
If therefore that which is sown be not turned upside down, and if the place where the evil is sown pass not away, then cannot it come that is sown with good.
For the grain of evil seed hath been sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much ungodliness hath it brought up unto this time? and how much shall it yet bring forth until the time of threshing come?
And when the ears shall be cut down, which are without number, how great a floor shall they fill?
Then I answered and said, How, and when shall these things come to pass? wherefore are our years few and evil?
Did not the souls also of the righteous ask question of these things in their chambers, saying, How long shall I hope on this fashion? when cometh the fruit of the floor of our reward?
Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, even we all are full of impiety.
And for our sakes peradventure it is that the floors of the righteous are not filled, because of the sins of them that dwell upon the earth.
So he answered me, and said, Go thy way to a woman with child, and ask of her when she hath fulfilled her nine months, if her womb may keep the birth any longer within her.
Then said I, No, Lord, that can she not. And he said unto me, In the grave the chambers of souls are like the womb of a woman:
From the beginning, look, what thou desirest to see, it shall be shewed thee.
Then answered I and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, and if it be possible, and if I be meet therefore,
Shew me then whether there be more to come than is past, or more past than is to come.
And he said unto me, Stand up upon the right side, and I shall expound the similitude unto thee.
So I stood, and saw, and, behold, an hot burning oven passed by before me: and it happened that when the flame was gone by I looked, and, behold, the smoke remained still.
Then said he unto me, Consider with thyself; as the rain is more than the drops, and as the fire is greater than the smoke; but the drops and the smoke remain behind: so the quantity which is past did more exceed.
Then I prayed, and said, May I live, thinkest thou, until that time? or what shall happen in those days?
Nevertheless as coming the tokens, behold, the days shall come, that they which dwell upon earth shall be taken in a great number, and the way of truth shall be hidden, and the land shall be barren of faith.
And the land, that thou seest now to have root, shalt thou see wasted suddenly.
And blood shall drop out of wood, and the stone shall give his voice, and the people shall be troubled:
And even he shall rule, whom they look not for that dwell upon the earth, and the fowls shall take their flight away together:
And the Sodomitish sea shall cast out fish, and make a noise in the night, which many have not known: but they shall all hear the voice thereof.
There shall be a confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be oft sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters:
And salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall destroy one another; then shall wit hide itself, and understanding withdraw itself into his secret chamber,
And shall be sought of many, and yet not be found: then shall unrighteousness and incontinency be multiplied upon earth.
One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness that maketh a man righteous gone through thee? And it shall say, No.
At the same time shall men hope, but nothing obtain: they shall labour, but their ways shall not prosper.
Then I awaked, and an extreme fearfulness went through all my body, and my mind was troubled, so that it fainted.
So the angel that was come to talk with me held me, comforted me, and set me up upon my feet.
And in the second night it came to pass, that Salathiel the captain of the people came unto me, saying, Where hast thou been? and why is thy countenance so heavy?
Knowest thou not that Israel is committed unto thee in the land of their captivity?
Then said I unto him, Go thy ways from me, and come not nigh me. And he heard what I said, and went from me.
And after seven days so it was, that the thoughts of my heart were very grievous unto me again,
And my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began to talk with the most High again,
And said, O Lord that bearest rule, of every wood of the earth, and of all the trees thereof, thou hast chosen thee one only vine:
And of all lands of the whole world thou hast chosen thee one pit: and of all the flowers thereof one lily:
And of all the fowls that are created thou hast named thee one dove: and of all the cattle that are made thou hast provided thee one sheep:
And among all the multitudes of people thou hast gotten thee one people: and unto this people, whom thou lovedst, thou gavest a law that is approved of all.
And now, O Lord, why hast thou given this one people over unto many? and upon the one root hast thou prepared others, and why hast thou scattered thy only one people among many?
Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the night afore was sent unto me,
And I said, Speak on, my Lord. Then said he unto me, Thou art sore troubled in mind for Israel’s sake: lovest thou that people better than he that made them?
And I said, No, Lord: but of very grief have I spoken: for my reins pain me every hour, while I labour to comprehend the way of the most High, and to seek out part of his judgment.
Open me the places that are closed, and bring me forth the winds that in them are shut up, shew me the image of a voice: and then I will declare to thee the thing that thou labourest to know.
And I said, O Lord that bearest rule, who may know these things, but he that hath not his dwelling with men?
As for me, I am unwise: how may I then speak of these things whereof thou askest me?
Then said he unto me, Like as thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out my judgment, or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people.
And I said, Behold, O Lord, yet art thou nigh unto them that be reserved till the end: and what shall they do that have been before me, or we that be now, or they that shall come after us?
So I answered and said, Couldest thou not make those that have been made, and be now, and that are for to come, at once; that thou mightest shew thy judgment the sooner?
Then answered he me, and said, The creature may not haste above the maker; neither may the world hold them at once that shall be created therein.
And I said, As thou hast said unto thy servant, that thou, which givest life to all, hast given life at once to the creature that thou hast created, and the creature bare it: even so it might now also bear them that now be present at once.
Then said he unto me, Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.
For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created.
And I asked, and said, Seeing thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before thee: for our mother, of whom thou hast told me that she is young, draweth now nigh unto age.
He answered me, and said, Ask a woman that beareth children, and she shall tell thee.
Say unto her, Wherefore are unto they whom thou hast now brought forth like those that were before, but less of stature?
And she shall answer thee, They that be born in the strength of youth are of one fashion, and they that are born in the time of age, when the womb faileth, are otherwise.
Consider thou therefore also, how that ye are less of stature than those that were before you.
And so are they that come after you less than ye, as the creatures which now begin to be old, and have passed over the strength of youth.
And he said unto me, In the beginning, when the earth was made, before the borders of the world stood, or ever the winds blew,