Titus the Wicked Desecrates the Temple and Dies by a Gnat

There is a story in Shihin about a certain blind man who went down to immerse in the waters within a cave. The well of Miriam chanced upon him, and he immersed and was healed. Titus the Wicked entered into the Holy of Holies. As he was reviling and blaspheming, he stood and slashed the curtain, and he took a Torah scroll and brought it out and spread it open, and he brought two harlots and transgressed upon them. He drew his sword and cut up the [scroll]. A miracle occurred, and blood began to spurt out from it. He began to boast, saying that he had slain Him. He grew bolder and bolder as he went, and when he reached the sea, the sea began to grow stormier and stormier. He said: The God of these people has power only in the sea. Pharaoh arose, and He drowned him in the sea, and likewise Sisera. Now, if He wishes, here is the dry land between Him and me, and let us see who prevails. The Holy One, blessed be He, said: Wicked one, son of a wicked one, son of the grandson of Nimrod the Wicked, the lightest, lowliest creature among My creatures I am sending against you to wipe you out from the world. A gnat entered his nose, and he died a strange death. Why is its name called a lowly creature? Because it takes in but does not let out.