A vision of a winde (as it first semed, but) in dede, v. 3. of a man:
5. strong against the enimies: 21. with the interpretation.
AND it came to passe after seuen dayse, and I dreamed a dreame in the
night. 2 And behold there rose a winde from the sea, that trubled al
the waues therof. 3 And I saw, and behold that man grew strong with
thousandes of heauen: and when he turned his countenance to consider,
al thinges trembled that were sene vnder him: 4 and whersoeuer voyce
proceded out of his mouth, al that heard his voices begane to burne, as
the earth is quiet when it feeleth the fire. 5 And I saw after these,
and behold a multitude of men was gathered together, of whom there was
no number, from the foure windes of heauen, to fight against the man
that was come vp out of the sea. 6 And I saw, and behold he had grauen
to himself a great mountaine, & he flew vpon it. 7 And I sought to see
the countrie, or the place whence the mountaine was grauen, & I could
not. 8 And after these thinges I saw, and behold al that were gathered
to him, to ouerthrowe him, feared exceedingly, yet they were bold to
fieght. 9 And behold as he sawe the violence of the multitude that
came, he lifted not vp his hand, nor held sword, nor anie warlyke
instrument but only as I saw, 10 that he sent forth out of his mouth as
it were a blaste of fire, and from his lippes a spirit of flame, & from
his tongue he sentforth sparkles & tempests, and al thinges were
mingled together with this blast of fire, & spirit of flame, &
multitude of tempests. 11 And it fel with violence vpon the multitude,
that was prepared to fight, and burned them al, that suddenly there was
nothing sene of an innumerable multitude, but only dust, & the sauour
of smoke: and I saw, and was afrayd. 12 And after these thinges I saw
the man himself descending from the mountaine, and calling to him an
other peaceable multitude, 13 and there came to him the countenance of
manie men some reioycing, and some sorrowing: and some bond, some
bringing of them them that were offered. And I was sicke for much
feare, and awaked, and sayd. 14 Thou from the beginning hast shewed thy
seruant these meruelous thinges, and hast counted me worthie that thou
wouldest receiue my petition. 15 And now shew me yet the interpretation
of this dreame. 16 For as I thinke in my iudgement, woe to them that
were leaft in those dayes: & much more woe to them that were not leaft.
17 For they that were not leaft, were sorrowful. 18 I vnderstand now
what thinges are layde vp in the later dayes, and they shal happen to
them, yea and to them that are leaft. 19 For therefore they came into
great dangers, and manie necessities, as these dreames do shew. 20 But
yet it is easier, aduenturing to come into it, then to passe, as a
cloud from the world, and vow to see the thinges that happen in the
later time. And he answered me, and sayd: 21 Both the interpretation of
the vision I wil tel thee: and also concerning the thinges that thou
hast spoken I wil open to thee. 22 Wheras thou speakest of them that
were leaft, this is the interpretation. 23 He that taketh away danger
at that time, he hath garded himself. They that haue fallen into
danger, these are they that haue workes, and fayth in the Strongest. 24
Know therefore that they are more blessed which are leaft, then they
that are dead. 25 These are the interpretations of the vision, wheras
thou sawest a man coming from the hart of the sea, 26 the same is he
whom the Highest preserueth much time, which by himself shal deliuer
his creature: and he shal dispose them that are leaft. 27 And wheras
thou sawest proceede out of his mouth, as it were winde, and fire, and
tempest: 28 and wheras he held no sworde, nor warlike instrument: for
his violence destroyed the multitude that came to ouerthrow him: this
is the interpretation. 29 Behold the dayes come, when the Highest shal
begin to deliuer them, that are vpon the earth: 30 and he shal come in
excesse of minde vpon them that inhabit the earth. 31 And one shal
thinke to ouerthrow an other: one citie an other citie, one place an
other place, and nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
(Matt 24 / Luke 21) 32 And it shal be, when these thinges shal come to
passe, and the signes shal happen, which I shewed thee before: and then
shal my sonne be reueled, whom thou sawest, as a man coming vp. 33 And
it shal be when al nations shal heare his voice: and euery one in his
countrie shal leaue their warre, that they haue toward each other: 34
and an innumerable multitude shal be gathered in one, as willing to
come to ouerthrow him. 35 But he shal stand vpon the top of mount Sion.
36 And Sion shal come, and it shal be shewed to al prepared and
builded, as thou sawest the mountaine to be grauen without handes. 37
And the same my sonne shal reproue the thinges that the gentils haue
inuented, these their impieties which came nere to the tempest, because
of their euil cogitaitons, and torments wherewith they shal begin to be
tormented. 38 Which were likened to the flame, and he shal destroy them
without labour by the law that was likened to the fyre. 39 And wheras
thou sawest him gathering vnto him an other peaceable multitude. 40
These are the ten tribes, which were made captiue out of their land in
the dayes of Osee the King, whom Salmanasar the King of the Assyrians
led captiue: and he transported them beyond the riuer, and they were
transported into an other land. (4 Kings 17) 41 But they gaue
themselues this counsel, to forsake the multitude of nations, and to
goe forth into a farther countrie, where mankind neuer inhabited. 42 Or
there to obserue their ordinances, which they had not kept in their
countrie. 43 And they entred in by the narrow entrances of the riuer
Euphrates. 44 For the Highest then wrought them signes, and stayed the
vaines of the riuer til they passed. (Ex 14 / Jos 3) 45 For by that
countie was a great way to goe, of one yeare and a half: for the
countrie is called Arsareth. 46 Then did they inhabite there til in the
later time: and now againe when they beginne to come, 47 againe the
Highest shal stay the vaines of the riuer, that they may passe: for
these thou sawest a multitiude with peace. 48 But they also that were
leaft of the people, these are they that be within my border. 49 In
shal come to passe therefore, when he shal begine to destroy the
multitude of these nations, that are gathered, he shal protect them
that haue ouercome the people: 50 and then shal he shew them very manie
wonders. 51 And I sayd: Lord dominatour, shew me this, why I saw a man
comming vp from the hart of the sea, and he sayd to me: 52 As thou
canst not either search these thinges, or know what thinges are in the
depth of the sea: so can not any man vpon the earth see my sonne, or
them that are with him, but in the time of a day. 53 This is the
interpretation of the dreame which thou sawest, and for the which thou
only art here illuminated. 54 For thou hast leaft thyne owne law, and
hast bene occupied about my law, and hast sought it. 55 For thou hast
disposed thy lyfe in wisdom, and thyne vnderstanding thou hast called
mother: 56 and for this I haue shewed thee riches with the Highest. For
it shal be after other three dayes, I wil speake other thinges to thee,
and I wil expound to thee weightie and meruelous thinges. 57 And I went
forth, and passed into the fielde, much glorifying & praising the
Highest for the meruelous thinges that he did by time. 58 And because
he gouerneth it, and the thinges that are brought in times, & I sate
there three dayes.