Assumption of Moses

Chapter 10

  1. 1 And then His kingdom shall appear throughout all His creation, And then Satan shall be no more, And sorrow shall depart with him.
  2. 2 Then the hands of the angel shall be filled Who has been appointed chief, And he shall forthwith avenge them of their enemies.
  3. 3 For the Heavenly One will arise from His royal throne, And He will go forth from His holy habitation With indignation and wrath on account of His sons.
  4. 4 And the earth shall tremble: to its confines shall it be shaken: And the high mountains shall be made low And the hills shall be shaken and fall.
  5. 5 And the horns of the sun shall be broken and he shall be turned into darkness; And the moon shall not give her light, and be turned wholly into blood. And the circle of the stars shall be disturbed.
  6. 6 And the sea shall retire into the abyss, And the fountains of waters shall fail, And the rivers shall dry up.
  7. 7 For the Most High will arise, the Eternal God alone, And He will appear to punish the Gentiles, And He will destroy all their idols.
  8. 8 Then thou, O Israel, shalt be happy, And thou shalt mount upon the necks and wings of the eagle, And they shall be ended.
  9. 9 And God will exalt thee, And He will cause thee to approach to the heaven of the stars, In the place of their habitation.
  10. 10 And thou shalt look from on high and shalt see thy enemies in Ge(henna), And thou shalt recognize them and rejoice, And thou shalt give thanks and confess thy Creator.
  11. 11 And do thou, Joshua (the son of) Nun, keep these words and this book;
  12. 12 For from my death [assumption] until His advent there shall be CCL times.
  13. 13 And this is the course of the times which they shall pursue till they are consummated.
  14. 14 And I shall go to sleep with my fathers.
  15. 15 Wherefore, Joshua thou (son of) Nun, (be strong and) be of good courage; (for) God hath chosen (thee) to be minister in the same covenant.