Lake Apostolic Fathers 2 - Bible Translation

THE SHEPHERD, sim. ix. v. 2-vi. i
rotten, he may change them, for the tower is being
built according to his will." 3. " I should like, Sir,"
said I, " to know what is this building of the tower,
and concerning the rock, and the gate, and the
mountains and the maidens, and the stones which
came up from the deep place, and were not hewn,
but went as they were into the building. 4. And
why ten stones were first laid for the foundation,
then twenty, then thirty-five, then forty, and concerning
the stones which went into the building, and
were taken away again and put back in their own
place. Give my soul rest concerning all these things,
Sir, and let me know them." 5. " If," said he, " you
are not found to be vainly zealous, you shall know
all things. For after a few days we will come here,
and you shall see the rest of what happens to this
tower, and you will know all the parables
Accurately." 6. And after a few days we came
to the place where we had sat, and he said to me :
' Let us go to the tower, for the master of the tower is
coming to examine it." And we came to the tower,
and there was nobody by it at all, except only the
maidens. 7. And the shepherd asked the maidens if
the Lord of the tower had come. And they said that
he was about to come, to examine the building.
VI
1. And lo, after a little time I saw an array of
many men coming, and in the middle there was
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