Chapter 13 _{53 This is the interpretation of the dream which thou sawest, and whereby thou only art here lightened.54 For thou hast forsaken thine own way, and applied thy diligence unto my law, and sought it.55 Thy life hast thou ordered in wisdom, and hast called understanding thy mother.56 And therefore have I shewed thee the treasures of the Highest: after other three days I will speak other things unto thee, and declare unto thee mighty and wondrous things.57 Then went I forth into the field, giving praise and thanks greatly unto the most High because of his wonders which he did in time;58 And because he governeth the same, and such things as fall in their seasons: and there I sat three days.}

Chapter 14 _{1 And it came to pass upon the third day, I sat under an oak, and, behold, there came a voice out of a bush over against me, and said, Esdras, Esdras.2 And I said, Here am I, Lord And I stood up upon my feet.3 Then said he unto me, In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself unto Moses, and talked with him, when my people served in Egypt:4 And I sent him and led my people out of Egypt, and brought him up to the mount of where I held him by me a long season,5 And told him many wondrous things, and shewed him the secrets of the times, and the end; and commanded him, saying,6 These words shalt thou declare, and these shalt thou hide.7 And now I say unto thee,8 That thou lay up in thy heart the signs that I have shewed, and the dreams that thou hast seen, and the interpretations which thou hast heard:9 For thou shalt be taken away from all, and from henceforth thou shalt remain with my Son, and with such as be like thee, until the times be ended.10 For the world hath lost his youth, and the times begin to wax old.11 For the world is divided into twelve parts, and the ten parts of it are gone already, and half of a tenth part:12 And there remaineth that which is after the half of the tenth part.13 Now therefore set thine house in order, and reprove thy people, comfort such of them as be in trouble, and now renounce corruption,14 Let go from thee mortal thoughts, cast away the burdens of man, put off now the weak nature,15 And set aside the thoughts that are most heavy unto thee, and haste thee to flee from these times.16 For yet greater evils than those which thou hast seen happen shall be done hereafter.17 For look how much the world shall be weaker through age, so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein.}