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 1 1|   and says to me: O Prophet Esdras, refrain from bread for
 2 1|   us, O thou chosen of God, Esdras. Then began I to say: Woe
 3 1|    the Gehenna of fire! And Esdras said: Have mercy on the
 4 1|   have become merciful. And Esdras said: Lord, why dost Thou
 5 1|   have mercy upon them. And Esdras said: They cannot endure
 6 1|     the bulwark of men. And Esdras said: It is good for a man
 7 1|    faithful man of God! And Esdras said: Arise, and come hither
 8 1|     you may receive it. And Esdras said: Let us plead in Thy
 9 1|     come plead with us. And Esdras said: As the Lord liveth,
10 1|    Thou hast been deceived, Esdras; for such is the day of
11 2|  What shall I make of thee, Esdras? and wilt thou yet plead
12 2|   God said: Hear, O beloved Esdras. As a husbandman casts the
13 2|   says to me: Knowest thou, Esdras, the names of the angels
14 3|    me: Come hither and die, Esdras, my beloved; give that which
15 3| take the soul of my beloved Esdras. For the Lord, having taken
16 3|  And God said to him: Hear, Esdras, my beloved. I, who am immortal,
17 3|   not. And then the blessed Esdras began to say: O eternal
18 3|     to him a voice, saying: Esdras, my beloved, all things