1Where you find the dead, mark and bury them, and I will give you the first place in my resurrection.
2Rest and be still, my people, for your repose shall come.
3Good nurse, nourish your children and strengthen their feet.
4Of the servants I have given you, none shall perish, for I will seek them from your number.
5Do not worry, for when the day of distress and affliction comes, others will weep and mourn.
6But you will rejoice and have abundance.
7The nations will be jealous of you, but they can do nothing against you, says the Lord.
8My hands will cover you, so that your children may not see hell.
9Rejoice, O mother, you and your children, for I will deliver you, says the Lord.
10Remember your children who sleep, for I will bring them out from the depths of the earth.
11And I will show mercy to them, for I am merciful, says the Lord Almighty.
12Embrace your children until I come, and proclaim mercy to them.
13Because my springs overflow and my grace does not fail.
14I, Esdras, received from the Lord on Mount Horeb a commandment to go to Israel.
15But when I came to them, they rejected me and despised the commandment of the Lord.
16Therefore I say to you, nations who hear and understand: await your shepherd!
17He will give you eternal rest, for he is near, the one who will come at the end of the world.
18Be prepared for the rewards of the kingdom, because perpetual light will shine upon you for all eternity.
19Flee from the shadow of this world and receive the joy of your glory.
20I openly confess my Savior.
21Receive the gift that is entrusted to you and rejoice, giving thanks to the one who called you to the heavenly kingdoms.
22Arise and stand, and see how many are sealed at the feast of the Lord.
23Those who have departed from the shadow of this world have received resplendent garments from the Lord.
24Receive, O Zion, the full number of your own, and close the list of those clothed in white.
25The number of your children, whom you desired, is complete; beseech the majesty of the Lord that your people, who were called from the beginning, may be sanctified.