1 And my son and the elders of the people answered and said unto me:
‘Has the Mighty One humiliated us to such a degree
As to take you from us quickly?
2 And truly we shall be in darkness,
And there shall be no light to the people who are left,
3 For where again shall we seek the law,
Or who will distinguish for us between death and life?’
4 And I said unto them: ‘The throne of the Mighty One I cannot resist;
Nevertheless, there shall not be wanting to Israel a wise man
Nor a son of the law to the race of Jacob.
5 But only prepare you your hearts, that you may obey the law,
And be subject to those who in fear are wise and understanding;
And prepare your souls that you may not depart from them.
6 For if you do these things, Good tidings shall come unto you.
[Which I before told you of; nor shall you fall into the torment, of which I testified to you before.’
7 But with regard to the word that I was to be taken I did not make (it) known to them or to my son.]