And now, O men who have condemned me, I would fain prophesy to you; for I am
about to die, and that is the hour in which men are gifted with prophetic
power. And I prophesy to you who are my murderers, that immediately after my
death punishment far heavier than you have inflicted on me will surely await
you. Me you have killed because you wanted to escape the accuser, and not to
give an account of your lives. But that will not be as you suppose: far
otherwise. For I say that there will be more accusers of you than there are
now; accusers whom hitherto I have restrained: and as they are younger they
will be more severe with you, and you will be more offended at them. For if
you think that by killing men you can avoid the accuser censuring your lives,
you are mistaken; that is not a way of escape which is either possible or
honorable; the easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be
improving yourselves. This is the prophecy which I utter before my departure,
to the judges who have condemned me.
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