My LORD’s Bible2 Baruch 44
2Behold, I go unto my fathers According to the way of all the earth.
3But withdraw you not from the way of the law, But guard and admonish the people which remain, Lest they withdraw from the commandments of the Mighty One.
4For you see that He whom we serve is just, And our Creator is no respecter of persons.
6For the judgment of the Mighty One shall (thereby) be made known, And His ways, which, though past finding out, are right.
7For if you endure and persevere in His fear, And do not forget His law, The times shall change over you for good. And you shall see the consolation of Zion.
8Because whatever is now is nothing, But that which shall be is very great. For everything that is corruptible shall pass away,
9And everything that dies shall depart, And all the present time shall be forgotten, Nor shall there be any remembrance of the present time, which is defiled with evils.
10For that which runs now runs unto vanity, And that which prospers shall quickly fall and be humiliated.
11For that which is to be shall be the object of desire, And for that which comes afterwards shall we hope; For it is a time that passes not away,
13For these are they who shall inherit that time which has been spoken of, And theirs is the inheritance of the promised time.
14These are they who have acquired for themselves treasures of wisdom, And with them are found stores of understanding, And from mercy have they not withdrawn, And the truth of the law I have they preserved.