1And I looked and saw, and behold the picture swayed and from it emerged, on the left side an ungodly people1
2and they pillaged those who were on the right side, men, women, and children,
3while some they murdered and others they kept as slaves.
4And I saw them run towards them through four “entrances”2, they burned the Temple with fire
5and the holy things that were therein were all plundered3.
6And I said: “0 ETERNAL One! Behold, the people who shall spring from me,
7and whom you have accepted, are plundered by these ungodly men, some are killed,
8whilst others they hold captives as slaves, and the Temple they have burned with fire
9and the beautiful things therein they have robbed and destroyed.
10If so it will happen, why do you torn my heart?”
11And He said to me: “What you have seen shall happen on account of your seed,
12even those who anger me by reason of the idol statue which you saw,
13and on account of the human sacrifice in the picture, through their evil zeal in the Temple. As you saw it, so shall it be.”4
14And I said: “0h ETERNAL, Mighty One! May they now pass these works of evil carried out of impiety,
15and rather show me those who have fulfilled the commandments, and the works of justice. For truly You can do this.
16And He said to me: “The days of the righteous shall be seen by the same righteous who shall reign that shall arise
17and whom I have begotten to rule at the appointed time.
18But know this, from them will arise some who will be concerned only by their own interests,
19like the kind of people I have shown you before.