1 Abraham said: My Lord chief-captain, who is this most marvelous judge? And who are the angels who write things down? And who is the angel like the sun, holding the balance? And who is the fiery angel holding the fire? The chief-captain said: Do you see, most holy Abraham, the terrifying man sitting on the throne? This is the son of Adam, the first created, the one called Abel, whom the wicked Cain killed. He sits there to judge all creation, and he examines righteous people and sinners. For God has said: I will not judge you, but every person born of a man will be judged. So he has given judgment to him, to judge the world until his great and glorious coming, and then, righteous Abraham, comes the perfect judgment and repayment, eternal and unchangeable, which no one can alter. 2 Every person has come from the first created, and so they are judged here first by his son, and at the second coming they will be judged by the twelve tribes of Israel, every breathing thing and every creature. But the third time they will be judged by the Lord God of all, and then the end of that judgment is near, and the sentence is terrifying, and there is no one to rescue them. So the judgment of the world and the repayment is carried out by three courts, and for this reason a matter is not finally confirmed by one or two witnesses, but everything is established by three witnesses. 3 The two angels on the right and on the left are the ones who write down the sins and the righteous deeds; the one on the right writes down the righteous deeds, and the one on the left the sins.⁠a The angel like the sun, holding the balance in his hand, is the archangel Dokiel, the just weigher, and he weighs the righteous deeds and the sins with the righteousness of God. The fiery and merciless angel, holding the fire in his hand, is the archangel Puruel, who has power over fire and tests what people have done by fire. If the fire consumes anyone's work, the angel of judgment immediately seizes him and carries him away to the place of sinners, a most bitter place of punishment. 4 But if the fire approves someone's work and does not take hold of it, that person is justified, and the angel of righteousness takes him and carries him up to be saved among the righteous. So, most righteous Abraham, everything in everyone is tested by fire and by the balance.