2 Esdras
1Thus says YAHWEH, I brought this people out of bondage, and I gave them MY commandments through MY men-servants the prophets; but they would not listen to them, but despised MY counsels made it void.
2The mother who bore them says to them, Go your way, you children; for I am a widow and forsaken.
3I brought you up with gladness; but with sorrow and heaviness have I lost you: because you have sinned before YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY and have done that which is evil before HIM.
4But what can I do for you? For I am a widow and forsaken: Go your way my children, and ask mercy of YAHWEH.
5I call upon you, father, as a witness over the mother of these children, because they would not keep MY covenant,
6That you bring confusion upon them, and their mother to ruin, that there may be no offspring from them.
7Let them be scattered abroad among the nations, let their names be blotted out of the earth: for they have despised MY covenant.
8Woe be to you, Assyria, who conceal the unrighteous in your midst! Oh you wicked people, remember what I did to Sodom and Gomorrah;
9Whose land lies in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes: even so will I do to them that do not hear ME, says YAHWEH ALMIGHTY.
10Thus says YAHWEH to Ezra, Tell MY people that I will give them the kingdom of Yerusalem, which I was going to give to Yisrael.
11Moreover, I will take back to MYSELF their splendor, and will give to these others the everlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for Yisrael. — Lk 16:9
12The Tree of Life shall give them ointment of sweet savor; and they shall neither toil, nor become weary. — Mt 25:34; Rev 2:7; Rev 22:2
13Go and ask and you shall receive: pray that your days may be few, that they may be shortened. The Kingdom is already prepared for you; WATCH!
14Call heaven and earth to witness; for I have broken the evil in pieces, and created the tov, because I Live, says YAHWEH.
15Mother, embrace your children, and bring them up with gladness, as does the dove, establish their feet as fast as a pillar: because I have chosen you, says YAHWEH.
16And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out of the graves: because I recognize MY NAME in them.
17Fear not, you mother of the children: for I have chosen you, says YAHWEH.
18I will send you help, MY servants YeshaYah and YeremiYah, and according to their counsel I have consecrated and prepared for you twelve trees laden with many different fruits,
19And twelve fountains flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains, whereupon grows roses and lilies, by these I will fill your children with joy.
20Guard and do right to the widow, judge and do justice for the fatherless, give to the poor and needy, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,
21Care for the broken and the weak, laugh not a lame man to scorn, protect and defend the maimed, and let the blind man have a vision of MY splendor.
22Protect and keep the old and young within your walls.
23Wheresoever you find the dead, take them and bury them, and I will give you the first place in MY resurrection.
24Abide and be quiet, Oh MY people, because your rest will come.
25Oh you tov nurse, nourish your children, and establish and strengthen their feet.
26Not one of the servants whom I have given you will perish, for I will require them from among your number.
27Be not weary or anxious: for when the day of tribulation and anguish comes, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but you shall rejoice and have abundance.
28The nations shall envy you, but they shall not be able to do anything against you, says YAHWEH.
29MY hands shall cover you, so that your children may not see hell.
30Rejoice and be joyful, Oh you mother, with your children, because I will deliver you, says YAHWEH.
31Remember your children that sleep, because I will bring them out of the hiding places of the earth, and show mercy to them: for I am merciful, says YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY.
32Embrace your children until I come, and proclaim and show mercy to them: for MY wells run over, and MY free unmerited favor shall not fail.
33I, Ezra, received a command from YAHWEH on Mount Horeb, that I should go to Yisrael; but when I came to them, they rejected me and refused the commandment of YAHWEH.
34And therefore I say to you, Oh you nations, that hear and understand, look and wait for your Shepherd, He shall give you everlasting rest; for He is close at hand, that shall come at the end of the age.
35Be ready for the reward of the Kingdom, because the everlasting Light shall shine upon you forevermore.
36Flee the shadow of death of this age, receive the joy of your splendor and honor: I publicly testify of MY Savior openly.
37Receive the gift that YAHWEH has entrusted you and be joyful, giving thanks to HIM that has called and led you to the Heavenly Kingdoms.
38Rise up and stand, and behold at the feast of YAHWEH the number of those who have been sealed;
39Those who have departed from the shadow of death of this age, and have received magnificent garments from YAHWEH.
40Take again your full number, Oh Zion, and reach a final determination those of your people who are clothed in white, who have fulfilled the Torah of YAHWEH. —
41The number of Your children whom You desired is full; beseech YAHWEH's power that your people, who have been called from the beginning, may be made kodesh.
42I, Ezra, saw on Mount Zion a great multitude, whom I could not number, and they all praising YAHWEH with songs.
43And in the midst was a young man of great stature, taller than all the rest, and upon everyone of their heads He set crowns, but He was more exalted than they; which I marveled at greatly. — 1Enoch 46:1
44So I asked the malak, and said, Sir, who are these, my master?
45He answered and said to me, These are they who have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and they have confessed the NAME of YAHWEH: now they are being crowned, and receive palms.
46Then said I to the malak, Who is that young man who places crowns on them, and puts palms in their hands?
47So he answered and said to me, He is the Son of YAHWEH, whom they have confessed in the world. So I began to praise those who had stood valiantly for the NAME of YAHWEH.
48Then the malak said to me, Go, and tell MY people what manner of things, and how great and many wonders of YAHWEH the ALMIGHTY, which you have seen.
