NEUOFFENBARUNGTo sing to the Lord in manifold tribulation
1. The times are surging and storming; and brothers are arming themselves for bloody warfare among themselves.
2. The virgin has become faithless of heart; she does not want to love, only to conquer, and then despises all the easily conquered hearts in a male breast that has become effiminate.
3. And among many of the male swans, has she yet come upon a genuine male heart that has not been entranced like a reed by the treacherous gaze of the serpent in the faithless heart of the virgin;
4. Then she cries bitter tears, not out of remorse, but only because of the unsuccessful victory, and that her power does not badly victoriously extend over all male hearts.
5. Oh times, Oh people and customs! The woman only wants to play with male hearts.
6. The man only passes sensual time with the woman; but he only can love himself in the heart of the woman and dig like pigs in her tender flowing flesh.
7. The ruler is no longer a shining brother to the brothers for guidance and leadership of the peoples; he is only a lord all brothers, only a completely dogmatist;
8. A proud sword-powerful lord all alone over goods and life and death of his languishing brothers.
9. The rich, legally authorized swindler of many of the brethren enjoys prestige, praise and honor, and is even carried on the hands of the poor for a meager wage:
10. The poor, on the other hand, are always regarded by the rich with the most scornful looks and are shown the door as parasitic servants. Oh holy Father in heaven, how long will such indeed still last?
11. When will the mountains well resemble the valleys? When will Cain and Abel kiss each other?
12. When will the virgin return to the simple holy dignity of an angel in female form, in order to make the already long mourning male heart happy?
13. And when will the rulers' glory-thirsty desires, the iron pressure on their brothers, the chains of slaves and countless other torments then end?
14. When will the heir to the throne finally become a brother to brothers? When will he teach and guide and lead the brothers like an archangel with wisdom to You, oh Holy Father of all people on earth?
15. And when will the priest take off the shameful mask full of overambitious semblance and deception and proclaim to his brothers the pure living Word of Your Holy Spirit, oh Father in Heaven!
16. "Listen then, you spirit in the living still throbbing heart! I will now announce to you from My fully divine mouth the answer of joy, comfort and truth and love from all the heavens.
17. Oh tell Me, the Father of angels in heaven and people on earth! When will the children stop bickering and quarreling in their parents' home, while they still lack age and education?
18. You say: "As they become old and educated and wiser and purer in thought, in deed, and in will, and all the love in the heart of the soul."
19. "Quite rightly and wisely spoken. But see, if the earth is nothing else than only a roomy room for the children, if taken in a more serious sense; how then can you ask when it will become different on earth?
20. Just the children mature and grow older in the eternal nursing room for the embryos of the angels; and you will see the clearest answer to your wistful question in the brightest light! The infants of the cradle indeed are crying more than the lively ones in the grass of life."
21. Oh holy, most loving Father, now a mighty light has dawned upon me; only with such eyes can all the colorful and loose hustle and bustle of people on earth be viewed in an explicable way. Therefore, oh Father, all honor and love and thanks be to You forever! Amen.