Column 7

1 And God told Habakkuk to write down the things that are coming upon⁠a 2 the last generation, but the completion of the age he did not make known to him. 3 And as for what it says, “so that the one who reads it may run,”⁠b 4 its interpretation concerns the Teacher of Righteousness, to whom God made known 5 all the mysteries of the words of his servants the prophets. “For there is yet a vision 6 for the appointed time; it speaks of the end and does not lie.” 7 Its interpretation: that the last age will be prolonged, and it will go beyond all 8 that the prophets have spoken, for the mysteries of God are wondrous. 9 “If it delays, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not 10 be late.” Its interpretation concerns the men of truth, 11 those who observe the Torah, whose hands do not slacken from the service of 12 the truth when the last age is drawn out over them, for 13 all the ages of God come in their order, as he decreed 14 for them in the mysteries of his prudence. “Behold, puffed up, not upright, 15 [is his soul within him.”] Its interpretation: that they will double upon themselves 16 [their sins, and they will not] be accepted at their judgment […] … […] 17 [… “But the righteous will live by his faithfulness.”]