2 Esdras 13
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1ANd after the seuen daies I dreamed a dreame by night. 2And beholde, there arose a winde from the sea, and it moued all the waues thereof. 3And I loked, & beholde, there was a mightie man with the thousands of heauen: and when he turned his countenance to loke, all the things trembled that were sene vnder him. 4And when the voyce went out of his mouth, all they burned that heard his voyce, as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fyre. 5After these things I sawe, and beholde, there was gathered together a multitude of men out of nomber, from the foure windes of the heauen, to fight against the man that came out from the sea. 6And I loked, and beholde, he graued him self a great mountaine, and flewe vp vpon it. 7But I wolde haue sene the countrei or place whereout the hil was grauen, and I colde not. 8I sawe after these things, and beholde, all they which came to fight against him, were sore afraied, and yet they durst fight. 9Neuertheles, when he sawe the fiercenes of the multitude that came, he lifted not vp his hand: for he helde no sworde nor any instrument of warre, 10But onely, as I sawe, he sent out of his mouth, as it had bene a blaste of fyre, and out of his lippes the winde of the flame, and out of his tongue he cast out sparkes and stormes. 11And they were all mixt together, euen this blast of fyre, the winde of the flame, and the great storme, and fell with violence vpon the multitude, which was prepared to fight, and burnt them vp all, so that of the innumerable multitude there was nothing sene, but onely dust, and smel of smoke. When I sawe this, I was afraied. 12Afterwarde sawe I the same man come downe from the mountaine, and calling vnto him another peaceable multitude. 13And there came many vnto him, some with ioyful countenance, & some with sad: some of them were bound, and some broght of them that were offred: and I was sicke thorow great feare, and awaked, and said, 14Thou hast shewed thy seruant these wonders from the beginning, and hast counted me worthie to receiue my praier. 15Shewe me now therefore the interpretacion of this dreame. 16For thus I consider in mine vnderstanding, wo vnto them that shalbe left in those daies, and muche more wo vnto them that are not left behinde. 17For they that were not left, were in heauines. 18Now vnderstand I the things that are laid vp in the latter daies, which shal come bothe vnto them, and to those that are left behinde. 19Therefore are they come into great perils and many necessities, as these dreames declare. 20Yet is it easier, that he that is in danger, shulde fall into these, & forese the things to come hereafter, then to passe away as a cloude out of the worlde. 21Then answered he me, & said, The interpretacion of the vision wil I shewe thee, and I wil open to thee the thing that thou hast required. 22Where as thou hast spoken of them that are left behinde, this is the interpretacion, 23He that shal beare the danger in that time, he shal kepe him self. They that be fallen into danger, are suche as haue workes and faith towarde the moste Mightie. 24Knowe therefore, that they which be left behinde, are more blessed then thei that be dead. 25These are the meanings of the vision, Where as thou sawest a man comming vp from the middes of the sea, 26The same is he whome the moste High hathe kept a great season, who by his owne self shal deliuer his creature, & he shal order them that are left behinde. 27And where as thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came as a blast with fyre and storme, 28And that he nether helde sworde nor weapon, but that by his fiercenes he destroied the whole multitude, that came to fight against him, this is the interpretacion, 29Beholde, the daies come that the moste High wil beginne to deliuer them that are vpon the earth: 30And he shal astonish the hearts of them that dwell vpon the earth: 31And one shal prepare to fight against another, citie against citie, & place against place, and nation against nation, & realme against realme. 32When this commeth to passe, then shal the tokens come, that I shewed thee before, & then shal my Sonne be reueiled, whome thou sawest go vp as a man. 33And when all the people heare his voyce, euerie man shal in their owne land leaue the battel that they haue one against another. 34And an innumerable multitude shalbe gathered as one, as they that be willing to come, and to fight against him. 35But he shal stand vpon the toppe of mount Sion. 36And Sion shal come, and shalbe shewed to all, being prepared and buylded, as thou sawest the hil grauen forthe without any handes. 37And this my Sonne shal rebuke the wicked inuentions of those nacions, which for their wicked life are fallen into the tempest, 38And into torments like to flame, whereby they shalbe tormented: and without any labour wil he destroy them, euen by the Law, which is compared vnto the fyre. 39And where as thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable people vnto him, 40Those are the ten tribes which were caryed away captiues out of their owne land, in the time of Oseas the King, whome Salmanasar the King of the Assyrians toke captiue, and caryed them beyonde the riuer: so were they broght into another land. 41But they toke this counsel to them selues, that they wolde leaue the multitude of the heathen, and go forthe into a further countrey, where neuer mankinde dwelt, 42That they might there kepe their statutes, which they neuer kept in their owne land. 43And they entred in at the narowe passages of the riuer Euphrates. 44For the moste High then shewed them signes, and stayed the springs of the flood til they were passed ouer. 45For thorow the countrey there was a great iourney, euen of a yere and an halfe, and the same region is called Arsareth. 46Then dwelt they there vntil the latter time: and when they come forthe againe, 47The moste High shal holde stil the springs of the riuer againe, that they may go thorow: therefore sawest thou the multitude peaceable. 48But thei that be left behinde of thy people, are those that be founde within my borders. 49Now when he destroieth the multitude of the nacions that are gathered together, he shal defende the people that remaine, 50And then shal he shewe great wonders vnto them. 51Then said I, O Lord, Lord, shewe me this, wherefore haue I sene the man comming vp from the middes of the sea? 52And he said vnto me, As thou canst nether seke out, nor knowe these things, that are in the deepe of the sea, so can no man vpon earth se my Sonne, or those that be with him, but in the time of that day. 53This is the interpretation of the dreame which thou sawest, and whereby thou onely art lightened. 54For thou hast forsaken thine owne Law, and applied thy diligence vnto mine, and soght it. 55Thy life hast thou ordered in wisdome, & hast called vnderstanding thy mother. 56Therefore haue I shewed thee the rewardes with the moste High: and after thre other daies I wil speake other things vnto thee, and wil declare the great and wonderous things. 57Then went I forthe vnto the field, glorifying and praising the moste High for the wonders which he did in time, 58Which he gouerneth, and suche things as come in their seasons: and there I sate thre dayes.