m henceforth
thou shalt remain with my Son, and with such as be like thee,
until the times be ended.

2 Esdr 14:10
For the world hath lost his youth, and the times begin to wax
old.

2 Esdr 14:11
For the world is divided into twelve parts, and the ten parts
of it are gone already, and half of a tenth part:

2 Esdr 14:12
And there remaineth that which is after the half of the tenth
part.

2 Esdr 14:13
Now therefore set thine house in order, and reprove thy
people, comfort such of them as be in trouble, and now renounce
corruption,

2 Esdr 14:14
Let go from thee mortal thoughts, cast away the burdens of
man, put off now the weak nature,

2 Esdr 14:15
And set aside the thoughts that are most heavy unto thee, and
haste thee to flee from these times.

2 Esdr 14:16
For yet greater evils than those which thou hast seen happen
shall be done hereafter.

2 Esdr 14:17
For look how much the world shall be weaker through age, so
much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein.

2 Esdr 14:18
For the time is fled far away, and leasing is hard at hand:
for now hasteth the vision to come, which thou hast seen.

2 Esdr 14:19
Then answered I before thee, and said,

2 Esdr 14:20
Behold, Lord, I will go, as thou hast commanded me, and
reprove the people which are present: but they that shall be
born afterward, who shall admonish them? thus the world is set
in darkness, and they that dwell therein are without light.

2 Esdr 14:21
For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things
that are done of thee, or the work that shall begin.

2 Esdr 14:22
But if I have found grace before thee, send the Holy Ghost
into me, and I shall write all that hath been done in the world
since the beginning, which were written in thy law, that men may
find thy path, and that they which will live in the latter days
may live.

2 Esdr 14:23
And he answered me, saying, Go thy way, gather the people
together, and say unto them, that they seek thee not for forty
days.

2 Esdr 14:24
But look thou prepare thee many box trees, and take with thee
Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ecanus, and Asiel, these five which are
ready to write swiftly;

2 Esdr 14:25
And come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding
in thine heart, which shall not be put out, till the things be
performed which thou shalt begin to write.

2 Esdr 14:26
And when thou hast done, some things shalt thou publish, and
some things shalt thou she