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 to me, In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself, and talked with Moses, when my people were in bondage in Egypt:
4. and I sent him, and he led my people out of Egypt; and I brought him up to the mount of Sinai, where I held him by me for many days;
5. and told him many wondrous things, and showed him the secrets of the times, and the end of the seasons; and commanded him, saying,
6. These words shall you publish openly, and these shall you hide.
7. And now I say to you,
8. Lay up in your heart the signs that I have showed, and the dreams that you have seen, and the interpretations which you have heard:
9. for you shall be taken away from men, and from henceforth you shall remain with my Son, and with such as be like you, until the times be ended.
10. For the world has lost its youth, and the times begin to wax old.
11. For the world is divided into twelve parts, and ten parts of it are gone already, even the half of the tenth part:
12. and there remain of it two parts after the middle of the tenth part.