Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. And I will speak against you, O land, which alt prospering. Nor do the rays of the sun constantly give light.
And be not greatly up lifted and boastful. Which now in long-suffering is held in as it were by reins. And speak against you, the land that is prospering. Nor condemn greatly. Which is now restrained by long-suffering as it were by a rein.
Second Fast. Revelation as to the coming judgment on the Heathen. Drink you also of its dregs,. The judgment of the Lofty One. Who has no respect of persons. But afflicted them as His enemies, because they sinned,.
That they might be sanctified. Because you have always trodden down the earth,. And used the creation unrighteously. Ye have trodden down the earth. And misused the created things. But you were always ungrateful. The Righteousness of the Righteous has profited neither them nor their City; God's Judgments are incomprehensible; the World was made for the Righteous, yet they pass and the World remains Answer—Man knows God's Judgments and has sinned willingly.
This World is a Weariness to the Righteous but the next is theirs 15 , to be won through Character whether a Man's Time here be long or short 16— Final Weal or Woe—the supreme Question 18— Or who will search out the profoundness of Your way?
Or who will think out the weight of Your path? Or who of those that are born has ever found. The beginning or end of Your wisdom? Therefore the multitude of time that he lived did not profit him, but brought death and cut off the years of those who were born from him. But those many whom he has lighted have taken from the darkness of Adam and have not rejoiced in the light of the lamp. And he called heaven and earth to witness against them.
But that heaven and earth endure always. Though they knew that they had the law reproving them ,. And the light in which nothing could err,. Also the spheres which testify, and Me. Zion has been taken away to hasten the Advent of the Judgment. And the times shall hasten more than the former,.
And the seasons shall speed on more than those that are past,. And the years shall pass more quickly than the present years. That I may the more speedily visit the world in its season. And seal it in the recesses of your mind. And My ways which are unsearchable. The Prayer of Baruch the Son of Neriah.
For 9 you alone are able to sustain all who are, and those who have passed away, and those who are to be, those who sin, and those who are to righteous [as living and being past finding out]. For you alone do live immortal and past finding out, and know the number of mankind. And if in time many have sinned, yet others not a few have been righteous. Baruch's Depreciation of this Life.
Or fullness of food that turns to famine,. Or beauty that turns to ugliness. But regarding everything that comes from you do you inform me, and regarding everything about which I ask you, do you enlighten me. Baruch prays to God to hasten the Judgment and fulfill His Promise. God's Reply to Baruch's Prayer. Till all Souls are born the End cannot come Tell Me that first.
Before therefore the number aforesaid is fulfilled, the creature will not live again [for My spirit is the creator of life], and Sheol will receive the dead. The coming Judgment. O Lord, no one knows the number of those things which have passed nor yet of those things which are to come. Sign of the coming Judgment. And it will come to pass when they say in their thoughts by reason of their much tribulation: "The Mighty 'One doth no longer remember the earth"—yes, it will come to pass when they abandon hope, that the time will then awake.
The Resurrection. And it shall come to pass at that time that the treasuries will be opened in which is preserved the number of the souls of the righteous, and they shall come forth, and a multitude of souls shall be seen together in one assemblage of one thought, and the first shall rejoice and the last shall not be grieved. Baruch exhorts the People to prepare themselves for worse Evils. Hear, O Israel, and I will speak to you,.
And give ear, O seed of Jacob, and I will instruct you. But hold in remembrance the anguish of Jerusalem. When everything that is shall become the prey of corruption. And be as though it had not been.
But that building will not remain, but will again after a time be rooted out, and will remain desolate until the time. And now if you also forsake us, it were good for us all to die before you, and then that you should withdraw from us. Lament of Baruch. And mine eyelids a fount of tears. And how shall I mourn for Jerusalem? Of old the high priest offered holy sacrifices,. And placed thereon an incense of fragrant odors. And the desire of our soul into sand. And I indeed awoke and arose. Interpretation of the Vision.
The Destiny of the Apostates and of the Proselytes. I see many of Your people who have withdrawn from Your covenant, and cast from them the yoke of Your law.
Baruch told of his Death and bidden to give his last Commands to the People. And understand those things which have been shown to you;. For there are many eternal consolations for you. And you shall pass from the regions which are now seen by you,. And you shall forget whatever is corruptible,. And shall not again recall those things which happen among mortals. Baruch tells the Elders of his impending Death, but encourages them to expect the Consolation of Zion. Behold, I go unto my fathers. According to the way of all the earth.
But guard and admonish the people which remain,. Lest they withdraw from the commandments of the Mighty One. And our Creator is no respecter of persons. And what hath happened to Jerusalem. And His ways, which, though past finding out, are right.
And do not forget His law,. The times shall change over you for good. And you shall see the consolation of Zion. But that which shall be is very great. For everything that is corruptible shall pass away,. And everything that dies shall depart,. And all the present time shall be forgotten,. Nor shall there be any remembrance of the present time, which is defiled with evils. And that which prospers shall quickly fall and be humiliated. And for that which comes afterwards shall we hope;.
For it is a time that passes not away,. And the new world comes which does not turn to corruption those who depart to its blessedness,. And has no mercy on those who depart to torment,. And leads not to perdition those who live in it.
And theirs is the inheritance of the promised time. And with them are found stores of understanding,. And from mercy have they not withdrawn,. And the truth of the law I have they preserved. But the dwelling of the rest who are many shall be in the fire.
For if you teach them, you will quicken them. As to take you from us quickly? And there shall be no light to the people who are left,. Or who will distinguish for us between death and life? Nevertheless, there shall not be wanting to Israel a wise man. Nor a son of the law to the race of Jacob. And be subject to those who in fear are wise and understanding;.
And prepare your souls that you may not depart from them. I go to Hebron: for thither the Mighty One hath sent me. And they stand before you;. You cause the power of the ages to pass away,. And they do not resist you;. You arrange the method of the seasons,. And they obey you. And you reveal not Your mysteries to many. And you weigh the lightness of the wind. And you scrutinize the depths of the darkness. And the destruction that is to be You forget not. And they change into spirits,.
And with a word you quicken that which was not,. And with mighty power you hold that which has not yet come. And you make wise the spheres so as to minister in their orders. And minister in their orders quietly at Your nod. And give ear to my petition. And in a little time do we return.
And days as generations. And we depart not of our own will. Nor did we send to Sheol and say, "Receive us. Or what are we that we should endure Your judgment? And in Your mercy help us. And save all that draw near unto you:. And destroy not the hope of our people,. And cut not short the times of our aid.
And these are the people, to whom you find no equal. And I will say as my heart thinks. Your law is with us,. And we know that we shall not fall so long as we keep Your statutes.
Who have received one law from One:. And the law which is amongst us will aid us,. And the surpassing wisdom which is in us will help us. And all your words have been heard. And My law exacts its rights. And from your prayer I will speak to you. And the intelligent shall be but a few:. Moreover, even those who know shall most of all be silent. And the doing of phantasms shall be manifest,.
And promises not a few be recounted,. Some of them shall prove idle,. And some of them shall be confirmed. And strength humiliated into contempt,. And probity destroyed,. And beauty shall become ugliness. And whither hath the multitude of wisdom removed itself? Then envy shall arise in those who had not thought aught of themselves? And passion shall seize him that is peaceful,. And many shall be stirred up in anger to injure many,. And they shall rouse up armies in order to shed blood,.
And in the end they shall perish together with them. That a change of times shall manifestly appeal to every man,. Because in all those times they polluted themselves. And they practiced oppression,. And walked every man in his own works,. Two modern scholars - as schooled in these texts as anyone - present them in crisp and clear translation with inFresh translations of early Jewish texts 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch, written in the decades after the Judean War, which saw Jerusalem conquered, the temple destroyed, and Judaism changed forever.
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