1And it came to pass in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Hezediah king of Judah that he called Manasseh his son. Now he was his only one. 2 And he called him into the presence of Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet, and into the presence of Josab the son of Isaiah, in order to deliver to him the words of righteousness which the king himself had seen: 3 And of the eternal judgments and torments of Gehenna, and of the prince of this world, and of his angels, and his authorities and his powers. 4 And the words of the faith of the Beloved which he himself had seen in the fifteenth year of his reign during his illness. 5 And he delivered to him the written words which Samnas the scribe had written, and also those which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, had given to him, and also to the prophets, that they might write and store up with him what he himself had seen in the kings house regarding the judgment of the angels, and the destruction of this world, and regarding the garments of the saints and their going forth, and regarding their transformation and the persecution and ascension of the Beloved. 6 In the twentieth year of the reign of Hezekiah, Isaiah had seen the words of this prophecy and had delivered them to Josab his son. And while he Hezekiah gave commands, Josab the son of Isaiah standing by. 7 Isaiah said to Hezekiah the king, but not in the presence of Manasseh only did he say to him: As the Lord lives, and the Spirit which speaks in me lives, all these commands and these words will be made of no effect by Manasseh your son, and through the agency of his hands I will depart amid the torture of my body. 8 And Sammael Malchira will serve Manasseh, and execute all his desire, and he will become a follower of Beliar rather than of me: 9 And many in Jerusalem and in Judea he will cause to abandon the true faith, and Beliar will dwell in Manasseh, and by his hands I will be sawn asunder. 10 And when Hezekiah heard these words he wept very bitterly, and tore his garments, and placed earth upon his head, and fell on his face. 11 And Isaiah said to him: The counsel of Sammael against Manasseh is complete: nothing will help you. 12 And on that day Hezekiah resolved in his heart to kill Manasseh his son. 13 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah: The Beloved has made of no effect your design, and the purpose of your heart will not be accomplished, for with this calling have I been called and I will inherit the heritage of the Beloved.
2And it came to pass after that Hezekiah died and Manasseh became king, that he did not remember the commands of Hezekiah his father, but forgot them, and Sammael stayed with Manasseh and clung fast to him. 2 And Manasseh forsook the service of the God of his father, and he served Satan and his angels and his powers. 3 And he turned aside the house of his father, which had been before the face of Hezekiah from the words of wisdom and from the service of God. 4 And Manasseh turned aside his heart to serve Beliar; for the angel of lawlessness, who is the ruler of this world, is Beliar, whose name is Mantanbuchus. and he delighted in Jerusalem because of Manasseh, and he made him strong in apostatizing Israel and in the lawlessness which were spread abroad in Jerusalem. 5 And witchcraft and magic increased and divination and auguration, and fornication, a and adultery, and the persecution of the righteous by Manasseh and Belachira, and Tobia the Canaanite, and John of Anathoth, an by Zadok the chief of the works. 6 And the rest of the acts, look they are written in the book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 7 And, when Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw the lawlessness which was being committed in Jerusalem and the worship of Satan and his wantonness, he withdrew from Jerusalem and settled in Bethlehem of Judah. 8 And there also there was much lawlessness, and withdrawing from Bethlehem he settled on a mountain in a desert place. 9 And Micaiah the prophet, and the aged Ananias, and Joel and Habakkuk, and his son Josab, and many of the faithful who believed in the ascension into heaven, withdrew and settled on the mountain. 10 They were all clothed with garments of hair, and they were all prophets. And they had nothing with them but were naked, and they all lamented with a great lamentation because of the going astray of Israel. 11 And these ate nothing save wild herbs which they gathered on the mountains, and having cooked them, they lived on them together with Isaiah the prophet. And they spent two years of days on the mountains and hills. 12 And after this, while they were in the desert, there was a certain man in Samaria named Belchira, of the family of Zedekiah, the son of Chenaan, a false prophet, whose dwelling was in Bethlehem. Now Hezekiah the son of Chanani, who was the brother of his father, and in the days of Ahab, king of Israel, had been the teacher of the 400. prophets of Baal, had himself smitten and reproved Micaiah the son of Amada the prophet. 13 And he, Micaiah, had been reproved by Ahab and cast into prison. And he was with Zedekiah the prophet: they were with Ahaziah the son of Ahab, king in Samaria. 14 And Elijah the prophet of Tebon of Gilead was reproving Ahaziah and Samaria, and prophesied regarding Ahaziah that he should die on his bed of sickness, and that Samaria should be delivered into the had of Leba Nasr because he had killed the prophets of God. 15 And when the false prophets, who were with Ahaziah the son of Ahab and their teacher Jalerjas of Mount Joel, had heard- 16 Now he was a brother of Zedekiah - when they persuaded Ahaziah the king of Aguaron and slew Micaiah.
3And Belchira recognized and saw the place of Isaiah and the prophets who were with him; for he dwelt in the region of Bethlehem, and was an adherent of Manasseh. And he prophesied falsely in Jerusalem, and many belonging to Jerusalem were allied with him, and he was a Samaritan. 2 And it came to pass when Alagar Zagar, king of Assyria, had come and captive, and led them away to the mountains of the medes and the rivers of Tazon; 3 This Belchira, while still a youth, had escaped and come to Jerusalem in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, but he did not walk in the ways of his father of Samaria; for he feared Hezekiah. 4 And he was found in the days of Hezekiah speaking words of lawlessness in Jerusalem. 5 And the servants of Hezekiah accused him, and he made his escape to the region of Bethlehem. And they persuaded... 6 And Belchira accused Isaiah and the prophets who were with him, saying: Isaiah and those who are with him prophesy against Jerusalem and against the cities of Judah that they will be laid waste and against the children of Judah and Benjamin also that they will go into captivity, and also against you, O lord the king, that you will go bound with hooks and iron chains: 7 But they prophesy falsely against Israel and Judah. 8 And Isaiah himself has said: I see more than Moses the prophet. 9 But Moses said: No one can see God and live; and Isaiah has said: I have seen God and see I live. 10 Know, therefore, O king, that he is lying. And Jerusalem also he has called Sodom, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem he has declared to be the people of Gomorrah. And he brought many accusations against Isaiah and the prophets before Manasseh. 11 But Beliar lived in the heart of Manasseh and in the heart of the princes of Judah and Benjamin and of the eunuchs and of the councillors of the king. 12 And the words of Belchira pleased him exceedingly, and he sent and seized Isaiah. 13 For Beliar was in great wrath against Isaiah because of the vision, and because of the exposure with which he had exposed Sammael, and because through him the going forth of the Beloved from the seventh heaven had been made known, and His transformation and His descent and the likeness into which He would be transformed that is the likeness of man, and the persecution with which He would be persecuted, and the torturers with which the children of Israel would torture Him, and the coming of His twelve disciples, and the teaching, and that He would before the sabbath be crucified upon the tree, and would be crucified together with wicked men, and that He would be buried in the sepulchre, 14 And the twelve who were with Him would be offended because of Him: and the watch of those who watched the sepulchre: 15 And the descent of the angel of the Christian Church, which is in the heavens, whom He will summon in the last days. 16 And that Gabriel the angel of the Holy Spirit, and Michael, the chief of the holy angels, on the third day will open the sepulchre: 17 And the Beloved sitting on their shoulders will come forth and send out His twelve disciples; 18 And they will teach all the nations and every tongue of the resurrection of the Beloved, and those who believe in His cross will be saved, and in His ascension into the seventh heaven from which He came: 19 And that many who believe in Him will speak through the Holy Spirit: 20 And many signs and wonders will be wrought in those days. 21 And afterwards, on the eve of His approach, His disciples will forsake the teachings of the Twelve Apostles, and their faith, and their love and their purity. 22 And there will be much contention on the eve of His advent and His approach. 23 And in those days many will love office, though lacking wisdom. 24 And there will be many lawless elders, and shepherds dealing wrongly by their own sheep, and they will ravage them owing to their not having holy shepherds. 25 And many will change the honor of the garments of the saints for the garments of the greedy, and there will be much respect of persons in those days and lovers of the honor of this world. 26 And there will be much slander and vanity at the approach of the Lord, and the Holy Spirit will withdraw from many. 27 And there will not be in those days many prophets, nor those who speak trustworthy words, save one here and there in various places, 28 On account of the spirit of error and fornication and of vanity, and of greed, which will be in those, who will be called servants of that One and in those who will receive that One. 29 And there will be great hatred in the shepherds and elders towards each other. 30 For there will be great jealousy in the last days; for everyone will say what is pleasing in their own eyes. 31 And they will make of no effect the prophecy of the prophets who were before me, and these my visions also they will make of no effect, in order to speak after the impulse of their own hearts.
4And now Hezekiah and Josab my son, these are the days of the completion of the world. 2 After it is accomplished, Beliar the great ruler, the king of this world, will descend, who has ruled it since it came into being; yes, he will descend from his firmament in the likeness of a man, a lawless king, the slayer of his mother: who himself even this king.[1] 3 Will persecute the plant which the Twelve Apostles of the Beloved have planted. Of the Twelve one will be delivered into his hands. 4 This ruler in the form of that king will come and there will come with him all the powers of this world, and they will listen to him in all that he desires. 5 And at his word the sun will rise at night and he will make the moon appear at the sixth hour. 6 And all that he has desired he will do in the world: he will do and speak like the Beloved and he will say: I am God and before me there has been none. 7 And all the people in the world will believe in him. 8. And they will sacrifice to him and they will serve him saying: This is God and beside him there is no other. 8 And the greater number of those who will have been associated together in order to receive the Beloved, he will turn aside after him. 9 And there will be the power of his miracles in every city and region. 10 And he will set up his image before him in every city. 11 And he will reign three years and seven months and twenty-seven days. 12 And many believers and saints having seen Him for whom they were hoping, who was crucified, Jesus the Lord Christ, after that I, Isaiah, had seen Him who was crucified and ascended and those also who were believers in Him – of these few in those days will be left as His servants, while they flee from desert to desert, awaiting the coming of the Beloved. 13 And after one thousand three hundred and thirty-two days the Lord will come with His angels and with the armies of the holy ones from the seventh heaven with the glory of the seventh heaven, and He will drag Beliar into Gehenna and also his armies. 14 And He will give rest to the godly whom He will find in the body in this world, and the sun will be ashamed: 15 And to all who because of their faith in Him have cursed Beliar and his kings. But the saints will come with the Lord with their garments which are now stored up on high in the seventh heaven: with the Lord they will come, whose spirits are clothed, they will descend and be present in the world, and He will strengthen those, who have been found in the body, together with the saints, in the garments of the saints, and the Lord will serve those who have kept watch in this world. 16 And afterwards they will turn themselves upward in their garments, and their body will be left in the world. 17 Then the voice of the Beloved will in wrath rebuke the things of heaven and the things of earth and the mountains and the hills and the cities and the desert and the forests and the angel of the sun and that of the moon, and all things in which Beliar manifested himself and acted openly in this world, and there will be a resurrection and a judgment in their midst in those days, and the Beloved will cause fire to go forth from Him, and it will consume all the godless, and they will be as though they had not been created. 18 And the rest of the words of the vision is written in the vision of Babylon. 19 And the rest of the vision regarding the Lord, see, it is written in three parables according to my words which are written in the book which I publicly prophesied. 20 And the descent of the Beloved into Sheol, see, it is written in the section, where the Lord says: See my Son will understand. And all these things, see they are written in the Psalms in the parables of David, the son of Jesse, and in the Proverbs of Solomon his son, and in the words of Korah, and Ethan the Israelite, and in the words of Asaph, and in the rest of the Psalms also which the angel of the Spirit inspired. 21 Namely in those which have not the name written, and in the words of my father Amos, and of Hosea the prophet, and of Micah and Joel and Nahum and Jonah and Obadiah and Habakkuk and Haggai and Malachi, and in the words of Joseph the Just and in the words of Daniel.
5On account of these visions, therefore, Beliar was angry with Isaiah, and he lived in the heart of Manasseh and he sawed him in two with a wooden saw. 2 And when Isaiah was being sawn in two, Belchira stood up, accusing him, and all the false prophets stood up, laughing and rejoicing because of Isaiah. 3 And Belchira, with the aid of Mechembechus, stood up before Isaiah, laughing deriding; 4 And Belchira said to Isaiah: Say, I have lied in all that I have spoken, and likewise the ways of Manasseh are good and right. 5 And the ways also of Belchira and of his associates are good. 6 And this he said to him when he began to be sawn in two. 7 But Isaiah was absorbed in a vision of the Lord, and though his eyes were open, he did not see them. 8 And Belchira spoke thus to Isaiah: Say what I say to you and I will turn their hearts, and I will compel Manasseh and the princes of Judah and the people and all Jerusalem to revere you. 9 And Isaiah answered and said: So far as I have utterance I say: Damned and cursed be you and all your powers and all your house. 10 For you cannot take from me anything except the skin of my body. 11 And they seized and sawed Isaiah, the son of Amoz, in two with a wooden saw.[2] 12 And Manasseh and Belchira and the false prophets and the princes and the people and all stood looking on. 13 And to the prophets who were with him he said before he had been sawn in two: Go you to the region of Tyre and Sidon; for only for me has God mixed the cup. 14 And when Isaiah was being sawn in two, he neither cried aloud nor wept, but his lips spoke with the Holy Spirit until he was cut in half. 15 This, Beliar did to Isaiah through Belchira and Manasseh; for Sammael was very wrathful against Isaiah from the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, on account of the things which he had seen regarding the Beloved. 16 And on account of the destruction of Sammael, which he had seen through the Lord, while Hezekiah his father was still king. And he did according to the will of Satan.
6The Vision Which Isaiah the Son of Amoz Saw: 2 In the twentieth year of the reign of Hezekiah, king of Judah, came Isaiah the son of Amoz, and Josab the son of Isaiah to Hezekiah to Jerusalem from Galgala. 3 And having entered he sat down on the couch of the king, and they brought him a seat, but he would not sit thereon. 4 And when Isaiah began to speak the words of faith and truth with King Hezekiah, all the princes of Israel were seated and the eunuchs and the councillors of the king. And there were there forty prophets and sons of the prophets: they had come from the villages and from the mountains and the plains when they had heard that Isaiah was coming from Galgala to Hezekiah. 5 And they had come to greet him and to hear his words. 6 And that he might place his hands upon them, and that they might prophesy and that he might hear their prophecy: and they were all before Isaiah. 7 And when Isaiah was speaking to Hezekiah the words of truth and faith, they all heard a door which someone had opened and the voice of the Holy Spirit. 8 And the king summoned all the prophets and all the people who were found there, and they came. and Macaiah and the aged Ananias and Joel and Josab sat on his right hand and on the left. 9 And it came to pass when they had all heard the voice of the Holy Spirit, they all worshipped on their knees, and glorified the God of truth, the Most High who is in the upper world and who sits on High the Holy One and who rests among His holy ones. 10 And they gave glory to Him who had thus bestowed a door in an alien world had bestowed it on a man. 11 And as he was speaking in the Holy Spirit in the hearing of all, he became silent and his mind was taken up from him and he saw not the men that stood before him. 12 Though his eyes indeed were open. Moreover his lips were silent and the mind in his body was taken up from him. 13 But his breath was in him; for he was seeing a vision. 14 And the angel who was sent to make him see was not of this firmament, nor was he of the angels of glory of this world, but he had come from the seventh heaven. 15 And the people who stood near did not think, but the circle of the prophets did, that the holy Isaiah had been taken up. 16 And the vision which the holy Isaiah saw was not from this world but from the world which is hidden from the flesh. 17 And after Isaiah had seen this vision, he recounted it to Hezekiah, and to Josab his son and to the other prophets who had come. 18 But the leaders and the eunuchs and the people did not hear, but only Samna the scribe, and Ijoaqem, and Asaph the recorder; for these also were doers of righteousness, and the sweet smell of the Spirit was upon them. But the people had not heard; for Micaiah and Josab his son had caused them to go forth, when the wisdom of this world had been taken from him and he became as one dead.
7And the vision which Isaiah saw, he told to Hezekiah and Josab his son and Micaiah and the rest of the prophets, and said: 2 At this moment, when I prophesied according to the words heard which you heard, I saw a glorious angel not like the glory of the angels which I used always to see, but possessing such glory and position that I cannot describe the glory of that angel. 3 And having seized me by my hand he raised me on high, and I said to him: Who are you, and what is your name, and where are you raising me on high? for strength was given me to speak with him. 4 And he said to me: When I have raised you on high through the various degrees and made you see the vision, on account of which I have been sent, then you will understand who I am: but my name you do not know. 5 Because you will return into this your body, but where I am raising you on high, you will see; for this purpose I have been sent. 6 And I rejoiced because he spoke kindly to me. 7 And he said to me: Have you rejoiced because I have spoken kindly to you? And he said: And you will see how One greater also than I am will speak kindly and peacefully with you. 8 And His Father also who is greater you will see; for for this purpose I have been sent from the seventh heaven in order to explain all these things to you. 9 And we ascended to the firmament, I and he, and there I saw Sammael and his hosts, and there was great fighting there and the angels of Satan were envying one another. 10 And as above so on the earth also; for the likeness of that which is in the firmament is here on the earth. 11 And I said to the angel who was with me: What is this war and what is this envying? 12 And he said to me: So has it been since this world was made until now, and this war will continue till He, whom you will see, will come and destroy him. 13 And afterwards he caused me to ascend to that which is above the firmament: which is the first heaven. 14 And there I saw a throne in the midst, and on his right and on his left were angels. 15 And the angels on the left were not like the angels who stood on the right, but those who stood on the right had the greater glory, and they all praised with one voice, and there was a throne in the midst, and those who were on the left gave praise after them; but their voice was not such as the voice of those on the right, nor their praise like the praise of those. 16 And I asked the angel who conducted me, and I said to him: To whom is this praise sent? 17 And he said to me: it is sent to the praise of Him who sits in the seventh heaven: to Him who rests in the holy world, and to His Beloved, from where I have been sent to you. Thither is it sent. 18 And again, he made me ascend to the second heaven. now the height of that heaven is the same as from the heaven to the earth and to the firmament. 19 And I saw there, as in the first heaven, angels on the right and on the left, and a throne in the midst, and the praise of the angels in the second heaven; and he who sat on the throne in the second heaven was more glorious than all the rest. 20 And there was great glory in the second heaven, and the praise also was not like the praise of those who were in the first heaven. 21 And I fell on my face to worship him, but the angel who conducted me did not permit me, but said to me: Worship neither throne nor angel which belongs to the six heavens – for for this cause I was sent to conduct you – until I tell you in the seventh heaven. 22 For above all the heavens and their angels has your throne been placed, and your garments and your crown which you will see. 23 And I rejoiced with great joy, that those who love the Most High and His Beloved will afterwards ascend there by the angel of the Holy Spirit. 24 And he raised me to the third heaven, and in like manner I saw those upon the right and upon the left, and there was a throne there in the midst; but the memory of this world is there unheard of. 25 And I said to the angel who was with me; for the glory of my appearance was undergoing transformation as I ascended to each heaven in turn: Nothing of the vanity of that world is named here. 26 And he answered me, and said to me: Nothing is named on account of its weakness, and nothing is hidden there of what is done. 27 And I wished to learn how it is known, and he answered me saying: When I have raised you to the seventh heaven from which I was sent, to that which is above these, then you will know that there is nothing hidden from the thrones and from those who dwell in the heavens and from the angels. And the praise with which they praised and the glory of him who sat on the throne was great, and the glory of the angels on the right hand and on the left was beyond that of the heaven which was below them. 28 And again he raised me to the fourth heaven, and the height from the third to the fourth heaven was greater than from the earth to the firmament. 29 And there again I saw those who were on the right hand and those who were on the left, and him who sat on the throne was in the midst, and there also they were praising. 30 And the praise and glory of the angels on the right was greater than that of those on the left. 31 And again the glory of him who sat on the throne was greater than that of the angels on the right, and their glory was beyond that of those who were below. 32 And he raised me to the fifth heaven. 33 And again I saw those upon the right hand and on the left, and him who sat on the throne possessing greater glory than those of the fourth heaven. 34 And the glory of those on the right hand was greater than that of those on the left from the third to the fourth. 35 And the glory of him who was on the throne was greater than that of the angels on the right hand. 36 And their praise was more glorious than that of the fourth heaven. 37 And I praised Him, who is not named and the Only-begotten who dwells in the heavens, whose name is not known to any flesh, who has bestowed such glory on the several heavens, and who makes great the glory of the angels, and more excellent the glory of Him who sits on the throne.
8And again he raised me into the air of the sixth heaven, and I saw such glory as I had not seen in the five heavens. 2 For I saw angels possessing great glory. 3 And the praise there was holy and wonderful. 4 And I said to the angel who conducted me: What is this which I see, my Lord? 5 And he said: I am not your lord, but your fellow servant. 6 And again I asked him, and I said to him: Why are there no angelic fellow servants on the left? 7 And he said: From the sixth heaven there are no longer angels on the left, nor a throne set in the midst, but they are directed by the power of the seventh heaven, where dwells He who is not named and the Elect One, whose name has not been made known, and none of the heavens can learn His name. 8 For it is He alone to whose voice all the heavens and thrones answer. I have therefore been empowered and sent to raise you here so that you may see this glory. 9 And so that you may see the Lord of all those heavens and these thrones. 10 Undergoing successive transformation until He resembles your form and likeness. 11 I indeed say to you, Isaiah; No one about to return into a body of that world has ascended or seen what you see or perceived what you have perceived and what you will see. 12 For it has been permitted to you in the lot of the Lord to come here. And from there comes the power of the sixth heaven and of the air. 13 And I exalted my Lord with praise, that through His lot I should come here. 14 And he said: Listen, furthermore, therefore, this also from your fellow servant: when from the body by the will of God you have ascended here, then you will receive the garment which you see, and likewise other numbered garments laid up there you will see. 15 And then you will become equal to the angels of the seventh heaven. 16 And he raised me up into the sixth heaven, and there were no angels on the left, nor a throne in the midst, but all had one appearance and their power of praise was equal. 17 And power was given to me also, and I also praised along with them and that angel also, and our praise was like theirs. 18. And there they all named the primal Father and His Beloved, the Christ, and the Holy Spirit, all with one voice. 18 And their voice was not like the voice of the angels in the five heavens. 19 Nor like their speech but the voice was different there, and there was much light there. 20 And then, when I was in the sixth heaven I thought the light which I had seen in the five heavens to be but darkness. 21 And I rejoiced and praised Him who has bestowed such lights on those who wait for His promise. 22 And I asked the angel who conducted me that I should not henceforth return to the carnal world. 23 I say indeed to you, Hezekiah and Josab my son and Micaiah, that there is much darkness here. 24 And the angel who conducted me perceived what I thought and said: If in this light you rejoice, how much more will you rejoice, when in the seventh heaven you see the light where the Lord and His Beloved are from where I have been sent, who is to be called Son in this world. 25 He has not yet been revealed; He will be in the corruptible world and the garments, and the thrones, and the crowns which are laid up for the righteous, for those who trust in that Lord who will descend in your form. For the light which is there is great and wonderful. 26 And concerning your not returning into the body your days are not yet fulfilled for coming here. 27 And when I heard that I was troubled, and he said: Do not be troubled.
9And he took me into the air of the seventh heaven, and moreover I heard a voice saying: How far will he ascend who lives in the flesh? And I feared and trembled. 2 And when I trembled, look, I heard from here another voice being sent forth, and saying: It is permitted to the holy Isaiah to ascend here; for here is his garment. 3 And I asked the angel who was with me and said: Who is he who forbade me and who is he who permitted me to ascend? 4 And he said to me: He who forbade you, is he who is over the praise-giving of the sixth heaven. 5 And He who permitted you, this is your Lord God, the Lord Christ, who will be called Jesus in the world, but His name you cannot hear till you have ascended out of your body. 6 And he raised me up into the seventh heaven, and I saw there a wonderful light and angels countless. 7 And there I saw the holy Abel and all the righteous. 8 And there I saw Enoch and all who were with him, stripped of the garments of the flesh, and I saw them in their garments of the upper world, and they were like angels, standing there in great glory. 9 And there I saw Enoch and all who were with him, stripped of the garments of the flesh, and I saw them in their garments of the upper world, and they were like angels, standing there in great glory. 10 But they did not sit on their thrones, nor were their crowns of glory on them. 11 And I asked the angel who was with me: How is it that they have received the garments, but do not have the thrones and the crowns? 12 And he said to me: Crowns and thrones of glory they do not receive, till the Beloved will descend in the form in which you will see Him descend will descend, I say into the world in the last days the Lord, who will be called Christ. 13 Nevertheless they see and know whose will be thrones, and whose the crowns when He has descended and been made in your form, and they will think that He is flesh and is a man. 14 And the god of that world will stretch forth his hand against the Son, and they will crucify Him on a tree, and will kill Him not knowing who He is. 15 And thus His descent, as you will see, will be hidden even from the heavens, so that it will not be known who He is. 16 And when He has plundered the angel of death, He will ascend on the third day, and He will remain in that world five hundred and forty-five days. 17 And then many of the righteous will ascend with Him, whose spirits do not receive their garments till the Lord Christ ascend and they ascend with Him. 18 Then indeed they will receive their garments and thrones and crowns, when He has ascended into the seventh heaven. 19 And I said to him that which I had asked him in the third heaven: 20 Show me how everything which is done in that world is here made known. 21 And while I was still speaking with him, look one of the angels who stood near, more glorious than the glory of that angel, who had raised me up from the world. 22 Showed me a book, but not as a book of this world and he opened it, and the book was written, but not as a book of this world. And he gave it to me and I read it, and see the deeds of the children of Israel were written in it, and the deeds of those whom I know not, my son Josab. 23 And I said: In truth, there is nothing hidden in the seventh heaven, which is done in this world. 24 And I saw there many garments laid up, and many thrones and many crowns. 25 And I said to the angel: Whose are these garments and thrones and crowns? 26 And he said to me: These garments many from that world will receive, believing in the words of That One, who will be named as I told you, and they will observe those things, and believe in them, and believe in His cross: for them these are laid up. 27 And I saw a certain One standing, whose glory surpassed that of all, and His glory was great and wonderful. 28 And after I had seen Him, all the righteous whom I had seen and also the angels whom I had seen came to Him. And Adam and Abel and Seth and all the righteous first drew near and worshipped Him, and they all praised Him with one voice, and I myself also gave praise with them, and my giving of praise was as theirs. 29 And then all the angels drew near and worshipped and gave praise. 30 And I was again transformed and became like an angel. 31 And after that the angel who conducted me said to me: Worship this One, and I worshipped and praised. 32 And the angel said to me: This is the Lord of all the praise-givings which you have seen. 33 And while he was still speaking, I saw another Glorious One who was like Him, and the righteous drew near and worshipped and praised, and I praised together with them. But my glory was not transformed into accordance with their form. 34 And after that the angels drew near and worshipped Him. 35 And I saw the Lord and the second angel, and they were standing. 36 And the second whom I saw was on the left of my Lord. And I asked: Who is this? and he said to me: Worship Him, for He is the angel of the Holy Spirit, who speaks in you and the rest of the righteous. 37 And I saw the great glory, the eyes of my spirit being open, and I could not then see, nor yet could the angel who was with me, nor all the angels whom I had seen worshipping my Lord. 38 But I saw the righteous beholding with great power the glory of that One. 39 And my Lord drew near to me and the angel of the Spirit and He said: See how it is given to you to see God, and on your account power is given to the angel who is with you. 40 And I saw how my Lord and the angel of the Spirit worshipped, and they both together praised God. 41 And after that all the righteous drew near and worshipped. 42 And the angels drew near and worshipped and all the angels praised.
10And after that I heard the voices and the giving of praise, which I had heard in each of the six heavens, ascending and being heard there: 2 And all were being sent up to that Glorious One whose glory I could not behold. 3 And I myself was hearing and beholding the praise which was given to Him. 4 And the Lord and the angel of the Spirit were beholding all and hearing all. 5 And all the praises which are sent up from the six heavens are not only heard, but seen. 6 And I heard the angel who conducted me and he said: This is the Most High of the high ones, dwelling in the holy world, and resting in His holy ones, who will be called by the Holy Spirit through the lips of the righteous the Father of the Lord. 7 And I heard the voice of the Most High, the Father of my Lord, saying to my Lord Christ who will be called Jesus: 8 Go forth and descend through all the heavens, and you will descend to the firmament and that world: to the angel in Sheol you will descend, but to Haguel you will not go. 9 And you will become like the likeness of all who are in the five heavens. 10 And you will be careful to become like the form of the angels of the firmament and the angels also who are in Sheol. 11 And none of the angels of that world will know that You are with Me of the seven heavens and of their angels. 12 And they will not know that You are with Me, till with a loud voice I have called to the heavens, and their angels and their lights, even unto the sixth heaven, in order that You may judge and destroy the princes and angels and gods of that world, and the world that is dominated by them: 13 For they have denied Me and said: We alone are and there is none beside us. 14 And afterwards from the angels of death You will ascend to Your place. And You will not be transformed in each heaven, but in glory You will ascend and sit on My right hand. 15 And after that the princes and powers of that world will worship You. 16 These commands I heard the Great Glory giving to my Lord. 17 And so I saw my Lord go forth from the seventh heaven into the sixth heaven. 18 And the angel who conducted me from this world was with me and said to me: Understand, Isaiah, and see the transformation and descent of the Lord will appear. 19 And I saw, and when the angels saw Him, after that those in the sixth heaven praised and lauded Him; for He had not been transformed after the shape of the angels there, and they praised Him and I also praised with them. 20 And I saw when He descended into the fifth heaven, that in the fifth heaven He made Himself like the form of the angels there, and they did not praise Him nor worship Him; for His form was like theirs. 21 And then He descended into the fourth heaven, and made Himself like the form of the angels there. 22 And when they saw Him, they did not praise or laud Him; for His form was like their form. 23 And again I saw when He descended into the third heaven, and He made Himself like the form of the angels in the third heaven. 24 And those who kept the gate of the third heaven demanded the password, and the Lord gave it to them so that He would not be recognized. And when they saw Him, they did not praise or laud Him; for His form was like their form. 25 And again I saw when He descended into the second heaven, and again He gave the password there; those who kept the gate proceeded to demand and the Lord to give. 26 And I saw when He made Himself like the form of the angels in the second heaven, and they saw Him and they did not praise Him; for His form was like their form. 27 And again I saw when He descended into the first heaven, and there also He gave the password to those who kept the gate, and He made Himself like the form of the angels who were on the left of that throne, and they neither praised nor lauded Him; for His form was like their form. 28 But as for me no one asked me on account of the angel who conducted me. 29 And again He descended into the firmament where dwells the ruler of this world, and He gave the password to those on the left, and His form was like theirs, and they did not praise Him there; but they were envying one another and fighting; for here there is a power of evil and envying about trifles. 30 And I saw when He descended and made Himself like the angels of the air, and He was like one of them. 31 And He gave no password; for one was plundering and doing violence to another.
11After this I saw, and the angel who spoke with me, who conducted me, said to me: Understand, Isaiah son of Amoz; for for this purpose I have been sent from God. 2 And I indeed saw a woman of the family of David the prophet, named Mary, and Virgin, and she was engaged to a man named Joseph, a carpenter, and he also was of the seed and family of the righteous David of Bethlehem Judah. 3 And he came into his lot. And when she was engaged, she was found with child, and Joseph the carpenter was desirous to put her away. 4 But the angel of the Spirit appeared in this world, and after that Joseph did not put her away, but kept Mary and did not reveal this matter to anyone. 5 And he did not approach Mary, but kept her as a holy virgin, though with child. 6 And he did not live with her for two months. 7 And after two months of days while Joseph was in his house, and Mary his wife, but both alone. 8 It came to pass that when they were alone that Mary straightaway looked with her eyes and saw a small baby, and she was astonished. 9 And after she had been astonished, her womb was found as formerly before she had conceived. 10 And when her husband Joseph said to her: What has astonished you? his eyes were opened and he saw the infant and praised God, because into his portion God had come. 11 And a voice came to them: Tell this vision to no one. 12 And the story regarding the infant was spread abroad in Bethlehem. 13 Some said: The Virgin Mary has borne a child, before she was married two months. 14 And many said: She has not borne a child, nor has a midwife gone up to her, nor have we heard the cries of labor pains. And they were all blinded concerning Him and they all knew about Him, though they did not know from where He was. 15 And they took Him, and went to Nazareth in Galilee. 16 And I saw, O Hezekiah and Josab my son, and I declare to the other prophets also who are standing by, that this has escaped all the heavens and all the princes and all the gods of this world. 17 And I saw: In Nazareth He nursed at the breast as a baby and as is customary in order that He might not be recognized. 18 And when He had grown up He worked great signs and wonders in the land of Israel and of Jerusalem. 19 And after this the adversary envied Him and stirred up the children of Israel against Him, not knowing who He was, and they delivered Him to the king, and crucified Him, and He descended to the angel of Sheol. 20 In Jerusalem indeed I saw Him being crucified on a tree: 21 And likewise after the third day rise again and remain days. 22 And the angel who conducted me said: Understand, Isaiah: and I saw when He sent out the Twelve Apostles and ascended. 23 And I saw Him, and He was in the firmament, but He had not changed Himself into their form, and all the angels of the firmament and the Satans saw Him and they worshipped. 24 And there was much sorrow there, while they said: How did our Lord descend in our midst, and we did not perceive the glory which we see has been upon Him from the sixth heaven? 25 And He ascended into the second heaven, and He did not transform Himself, but all the angels who were on the right and on the left and the throne in the midst. 26 Both worshipped Him and praised Him and said: How did our Lord escape us while descending, and we did not perceive? 27 And likewise He ascended into the third heaven, and they praised and said in like manner. 28 And in the fourth heaven and in the fifth also they said precisely in the same manner. 29 But there was one glory, and from it He did not change Himself. 30 And I saw when He ascended into the sixth heaven, and they worshipped and glorified Him. 31 But in all the heavens the praise increased in volume. 32 And I saw how He ascended into the seventh heaven, and all the righteous and all the angels praised Him. And then I saw Him sit down on the right hand of that Great Glory whose glory I told you that I could not behold. 33 And also the angel of the Holy Spirit I saw sitting on the left hand. 34 And this angel said to me: Isaiah, son of Amoz, it is enough for you;... for you have seen what no child of flesh has seen. 35 And you will return into your garment of the flesh until your days are completed. Then you will come here. 36 These things Isaiah saw and told to all who stood before him, and they praised. And he spoke to Hezekiah the King and said: I have spoken these things. 37 Both the end of this world; 38 And all this vision will be fulfilled in the last generations. 39 And Isaiah made him swear that he would not tell it to the people of Israel, nor give these words to anyone to transcribe. 40 ... such things you will read. and watch in the Holy Spirit in order that you may receive your garments and thrones and crowns of glory which are laid up in the seventh heaven. 41 On account of these visions and prophecies Sammael Satan sawed in two Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, by the hand of Manasseh. 42 And all these things Hezekiah delivered to Manasseh in the twenty-sixth year. 43 But Manasseh did not remember them nor place these things in his heart, but becoming the servant of Satan he was destroyed. Here ends the vision of Isaiah the prophet with his ascension.