The Book of Ahkman

1Now behold that after Ahkman was made a High Priest in his thrity-fourth year he beheld a vision. And, lo, this vision was recorded upon shafts of bamboo and it went forth among the people, and it was known as the Book of the Lords, And these are the words which where written within: I Ahkman beheld a vision. And I saw it was of a distant time. And the things which I beheld were strange. For I saw in that time the people shall walk with strange garments. And they shall ride within beasts of metal. And it shall come to pass that five datu shall be raised up. And they shall establish a people. And these five datu shall be loyal, and honorable, and mighty, and brave, and wise. The people who follow these datu shall have peculiar ways and words. They shall stand contrary to the evil ways of the world. And I also beheld that the five datu shall be raised up from poverty and they shall come from a distant land. The first datu shall struggle for many years to build up this people. And he shall write a book that shall be a foundation for the works of the people. At the beginning of their reign the world shall not know them or praise them, save it be those who shall hearken unto this prophecy. And they shall cause the weak to be made strong. Wherefore they shall become known unto the world for their charity and greatness, and also for their power and their wrath. I also beheld that these five datu shall live after the ways of the fathers and the righteous kings. They shall command and armies will obey, rivers will be diverted, mountains shall be destroyed, and dry seas shall be refilled. Their clans shall start small, just a few, but they shall grow and their cities shall fill the earth. I beheld that each datu shall posses a throne, and a stone, and also a sword. And these shall be symbols of their power. But behold their power comes not from themselves but from God. For his Spirit shall be upon them insomuch as they maintain his paths. And they shall govern from a palace. And their rule shall be just. I also beheld that any man or woman who should join their clans shall become rich and prosperous and bring about many good things in the world. And it came to pass that I beheld the book which the first datu shall write. And it shall form the foundation. And those who follow these datu will help the descendants of this land to establish a mighty kingdom, and restore the greatest that shall be lost from them.