Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

THE PROPHET CONCERNING ALEXANDER. 587
me the appearance as it were of a man. 1 6. And
I heard the voice of a man on the Ubal, and he
cried unto Gabriel, and said, "Gabriel, make this
"man to understand the vision." 17. And he came
and stood by my side and close to where I stood,
and when he came I was terrified; and he said
unto me, "Thou must understand, O son of the
"children of men, that as yet no appointed time
"hath been set for the vision." 18. Now when
he spake unto me I was terrified, and I fell down
on my face to the earth, but he took hold of me
and set me up on my feet. 19. And he said
unto me, [p. 379] "Behold, I will tell thee the things
"which shall come to pass at the end of the punish-
"ments, for the appointed time is not yet determined
"20. The ram which thou sawest with horns is the
"king of Persia and Media, 21. And the he-goat
"is the king of the Greeks, and the horn which
"was between his eyes, and which grew great, is
"the first king. 22. And as for its being broken
"and four other horns rising up In its place, these
"are four kings who shall rise up, but not in their
"own strength. 23. And at the latter time of their
"kingdom, when their sins are coming to the full,'
"there shall arise a king with an unshamed face,
"and his like shall not be known. 24. And his
"power shall be great, and he shall make difficult
"things to perish, and he shall make righteousness
"to flourish and to prevail, and he shall blot out
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