1And I answered and said: 'Not so, O LORD, my Lord.'
2And He answered and said unto me: "Why therefore art thou troubled about that which thou knowest not, and why art thou ill at ease about things in which thou art ignorant?
3For as thou hast not forgotten the people who now are and those who have passed away, so I remember those who are appointed to come.
4Because when Adam sinned and death was decreed against those who should be born, then the multitude of those who should be born was numbered, and for that number a place was prepared where the living might dwell and the dead might be guarded.
5Unless therefore the number aforesaid is fulfilled, the creature will not live again [for My spirit is the creator of life], and Sheol will receive the dead.
6And again it is given to thee to hear what things are to come after these times.
7For truly My redemption has drawn nigh, and is not far distant as aforetime.