1
When this has been done, the times shall approach their ending; in a moment another course shall close and the appointed hours shall come.
2
[The surviving witness is broken here.]
3
In that period destructive and impious ishim shall rule while declaring themselves righteous.
4
They shall hide the poison of their minds: treacherous, self-pleasing, masking themselves in all their affairs, lovers of banquets at every hour, gluttonous and consumed by appetite.
5
They shall devour the goods of the poor while claiming righteousness, but their purpose is destruction. They shall complain, deceive, conceal themselves, and be filled with lawlessness from sunrise to sunset.
6
They shall say: “We shall feast in luxury; we shall eat and drink our fill; we shall live like rulers.”
7
Their hands and hearts shall touch uncleanness while their mouths speak great claims.
8
And they shall say: “Do not touch me, lest you make me unclean where I stand.” [The witness again breaks off.] Assumption of Moses