2 Esdras 14:2-12

2 And I answered, "Here I am, Lord," and I rose to my feet.
3 Then he said to me, "I revealed myself in a bush and spoke to Moses when my people were in bondage in Egypt;
4 and I sent him and led my people out of Egypt; and I led him up on Mount Sinai, where I kept him with me many days.
5 I told him many wondrous things, and showed him the secrets of the times and declared to him the end of the times. Then I commanded him, saying,
6 "These words you shall publish openly, and these you shall keep secret.'
7 And now I say to you:
8 Lay up in your heart the signs that I have shown you, the dreams that you have seen, and the interpretations that you have heard;
9 for you shall be taken up from among humankind, and henceforth you shall live with my Son and with those who are like you, until the times are ended.
10 The age has lost its youth, and the times begin to grow old.
11 For the age is divided into twelve parts, and nine of its parts have already passed,
12 as well as half of the tenth part; so two of its parts remain, besides half of the tenth part.

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Syr Arab 1 Arab 2 [he led]
  • [b]. Syr Ethiop Arab Arm: Lat lacks [declared to him]
  • [c]. Cn: Lat Ethiop [ten]
  • [d]. Syr lacks verses 11, 12: Ethiop [For the world is divided into ten parts, and has come to the tenth, and half of the tenth remains. Now . . .]
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