33. “Stand up straight,” he answered, “and I will explain it to you.”
34. “Sir,” I answered, “please explain it to me. I will die in my frustration if you leave me,
35. for I cannot understand what I have seen and heard.
36. Or is my mind playing tricks on me, and this is just a bad dream?
37. I beg you, sir, tell me what this vision means.”
38. The angel said, “Now listen closely, and I will explain the meaning of these things that you fear. God Most High has revealed many secrets to you
39. because he has seen that you have lived a righteous life and have always grieved and mourned for your people and for Jerusalem.
40. This is what the vision means: a woman appeared to you a little while ago,
41. and when you saw that she was mourning, you tried to console her.
42-43. The woman told you about the death of her son. Then she vanished from your sight, and a whole city appeared. This is the meaning:
44. the woman you saw is Jerusalem, which you now see as a completed city.
45. When she told you that for thirty years she had had no children, it meant that for 3,000 years no offerings had yet been made there.