1And then I heard the voices and the hymns of praise which ! had heard in each of the six heavens—which I had heard as I ascended there; 2and all (the voices and hymns of praise) were directed to that Glorious One whose glory I could not see.
3And I also heard and saw the praise (which was directed to) him, 4and the Lord and the angel of the Spirit heard everything and saw everything.
5And all the praise which was sent (up) from the six heavens was not only heard, but seen.
6And I heard the angel who led me, and he said to me, "This is the Most High of the high ones, who dwells in the holy world, who rests among the holy ones, who will be called by the Holy Spirit in the mouth of the righteous the Father of the Lord."
7And I heard the voice of the Most High, the Father of my Lord, as he said to my Load Christ, who will be called Jesus,
8"Go out and descend through all the heavens. You shall descend through the firmament and through that world as far as the angel who (is) in Sheol, but you shall not go as far as Perdition.
9And you shall make your likeness like that of all who (are) in the five heavens, 10and you shall take care to make your form like that of the angels of the firmament and also (like that) of the angels who (are) in Sheol.
11And none of the angels of that world shall know that you (are) Lord with me of the seven heavens and of their angels. And they shall not know that you (are) with me 12when with the voice of the heavens I summon you, and their angels and their lights, and when I lift up (my voice) to the sixth heaven, that you may judge and destroy the princes and the angels and the gods of that world, and the world which is ruled by them, 13for they have denied me and said, 'We alone are, and there is no one besides us.'
14And afterwards you shall ascend from the gods of death to your place, and you shall not be transformed in each of the heavens, but in glory you shall ascend and sit at my right hand, 15and then the princes and the powers of that world will worship you."
16This command I heard the Great Glory giving to my Lord.
17And thus I saw when my Low went out from the seventh heaven into the sixth heaven.
18And the angel who had led me from this world was with me, and he said to me, "Understand, Isaiah, and look, that you may see the transformation and descent of the Low."
19And I looked, and when the angels who (were) in the sixth heaven saw him, they praised him and glorified him, for he had not been transformed into the form of the angels there; and they praised him, and I also sang praises with them.
20And I saw when he descended into the fifth heaven, that in the fifth heaven he made his form like that of the angels there, and they did not praise him, for his form was like theirs.
21And then he descended into the fourth heaven and made his form like that of the angels there, 22and when they saw him, they did not praise him or glorify him, for his form (was) like their form.
23And again I saw when he descended into the third heaven, that he made his form like that of the angels who (were) in the third heaven.
24And those who kept the gate of the (third) heaven demanded the password, and the Low gave (it) to them in order that he should not be recognized; and when they saw him, they did not praise him or glorify him, for his form (was) like their form.
25And again I saw when he descended into the second heaven, that there again he gave the password, for those who kept the gates demanded (it), and the Low gave (it).
26And I saw when he made his form like that of the angels who (were) in the second heaven, that they saw him, but did not praise him, for his form (was) like their form.
27And again I saw when he descended into the first heaven, that there he gave the password to those who kept the gates. And he made his form like that of the angels who (were) on the left of that throne, and they did not praise him or glorify him, for his form (was) like their form.
28And as for me, no one questioned me because of the angel who led me.
29And again he descended into the firmament where the prince of this world dwells, and he gave the password to those who (were) on the left, and his form (was) like theirs, and they did not praise him there; but in envy they were fighting one another, for there is there a power of evil and envying about trifles.
30And I saw when he descended and made himself like the angels of the air, that he was like one of them.
31And he did not give the password, for they were plundering and doing violence to one another.