1 So that the sun goes along the seven heavenly circles, which are the appointment of one hundred and eighty-two thrones, 2 so that it goes down on a short day, and again one hundred and eighty-two, so that it goes down on a big day, and he has two thrones on which he rests, revolving here and there above the thrones of the months, from the seventeenth day of the month Tsivan it goes down to the month Thevan, from the seventeenth of Thevad it goes up. 3 And thus it goes close to the earth, then the earth is glad and makes its fruit grow, and when it goes away, then the earth is sad, and trees and all fruits do not flower. 4 All this he measured, with good measurement of hours, and fixed a measure by his wisdom, of the visible and the invisible. 5 From the invisible he made all things visible, himself being invisible. 6 Thus I make known to you, my children, and distribute the books to your children, to all your generations,⁠a 7 and among the nations who have the sense to fear God, let them receive them, and may they come to love them more than any food or earthly sweets, and read them and apply themselves to them. 8 And those who do not understand the Lord, who do not fear God, who do not accept, but reject, who do not receive them, a terrible judgment awaits these. 9 Blessed is the man who bears their yoke and drags them along, for he will be released on the day of the great judgment.