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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.
But iniquity shall be increased above that which now thou seest, or that thou hast heard long ago.
And the land, that thou seest now to have root, shalt thou see wasted suddenly.
And even he shall rule, whom they look not for that dwell upon the earth, and the fowls shall take their flight away together:
One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness that maketh a man righteous gone through thee? And it shall say, No.
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?
And after seven days so it was, that the thoughts of my heart were very grievous unto me 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 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.
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?
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?
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.
Then answered I and said, What shall be the parting asunder of the times? or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of it that followeth?
For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.
I answered then and said, O Lord that bearest rule, if I have found favour in thy sight,
And why? because the speech of these things trembleth and is moved: for it knoweth that the end of these things must be changed.
And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spake, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.
And it said, Behold, the days come, that I will begin to draw nigh, and to visit them that dwell upon the earth,
And will begin to make inquisition of them, what they be that have hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the affliction of Sion shall be fulfilled;
At that time shall friends fight one against another like enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with those that dwell therein, the springs of the fountains shall stand still, and in three hours they shall not run.
Whosoever remaineth from all these that I have told thee shall escape, and see my salvation, and the end of your world.
And the men that are received shall see it, who have not tasted death from their birth: and the heart of the inhabitants shall be changed, and turned into another meaning.
And it came to pass after this, that I wept again, and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfil the three weeks which he told me.
Then commandedst thou a fair light to come forth of thy treasures, that thy work might appear.
Upon the third day thou didst command that the waters should be gathered in the seventh part of the earth: six parts hast thou dried up, and kept them, to the intent that of these some being planted of God and tilled might serve thee.
Upon the fourth day thou commandedst that the sun should shine, and the moon give her light, and the stars should be in order:
And gavest them a charge to do service unto man, that was to be made.
Upon the fifth day thou saidst unto the seventh part, where the waters were gathered that it should bring forth living creatures, fowls and fishes: and so it came to pass.
Unto Enoch thou gavest one part, which was dried up the third day, that he should dwell in the same part, wherein are a thousand hills:
Upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto the earth, that before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and creeping things:
And he said unto me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell thee.
And I said, Speak on, my God. Then said he unto me, The sea is set in a wide place, that it might be deep and great.
And one only path between them both, even between the fire and the water, so small that there could but one man go there at once.
Because for their sakes I made the world: and when Adam transgressed my statutes, then was decreed that now is done.
If then they that live labour not to enter these strait and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.
Why hast thou not considered in thy mind this thing that is to come, rather than that which is present?
Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, thou hast ordained in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the ungodly should perish.
Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.
And he said unto me. There is no judge above God, and none that hath understanding above the Highest.
For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before them.
And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:
For my son Jesus shall be revealed with those that be with him, and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years.
After these years shall my son Christ die, and all men that have life.
And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.
And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt
And the earth shall restore those that are asleep in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence, and the secret places shall deliver those souls that were committed unto them.
Then said I, Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness:
And Samuel and David for the destruction: and Solomon for them that should come to the sanctuary:
And Helias for those that received rain; and for the dead, that he might live:
I answered then and said, This is my first and last saying, that it had been better not to have given the earth unto Adam: or else, when it was given him, to have restrained him from sinning.
O thou Adam, what hast thou done? for though it was thou that sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come of thee.
For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us an immortal time, whereas we have done the works that bring death?
And that there is promised us an everlasting hope, whereas ourselves being most wicked are made vain?
And that there are laid up for us dwellings of health and safety, whereas we have lived wickedly?
And that the glory of the most High is kept to defend them which have led a wary life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?
And that there should be shewed a paradise, whose fruit endureth for ever, wherein is security and medicine, since we shall not enter into it?
And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness?
For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not that we should begin to suffer for it after death.
Then answered he me, and said, This is the condition of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight;
That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.
For this is the life whereof Moses spake unto the people while he lived, saying, Choose thee life, that thou mayest live.
That there should not be such heaviness in their destruction, as shall be joy over them that are persuaded to salvation.
I answered then, and said, I know, Lord, that the most High is called merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world,
And upon those also that turn to his law;
And that he is patient, and long suffereth those that have sinned, as his creatures;
And that he is bountiful, for he is ready to give where it needeth;
And that he is of great mercy, for he multiplieth more and more mercies to them that are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come.