THE TREATISE COMPOSED BY SHEM, THE SON OF NOAH, CONCERNING THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND WHATEVER OCCURS IN IT
1 If the year begins in Aries: The year will be lean.
2 Even its four-footed (animals) will die; and many clouds will neither be visible nor appear.
3 And grain will not reach (the necessary) height, but its rye will (reach good height) and will ripen.
4 And the river Nile will overflow (at) a good rate.
5 And the king of the Romans will not remain in one place.
6 And the stars of heaven will be dispersed as sparks of fire; and the moon will be eclipsed.
7 And the first grain will die, but the last grain will be harvested.
8 And from Passover [until the New Year] produce will have a blight.
9 And the year will be bad, for a great war and misery (will occur) on all the earth, and especially in the land of Egypt.
10 And many ships will be wrecked when the sea billows.
11 And oil will be valued in Africa; but wheat will be reduced in value in Damascus and Hauran; but in Palestine it will be valued.
12 And (in that region there will be) various diseases, and sicknesses, even fighting will occur in it.
13 But it will be allowed to escape from ite and be delivered.