1And he led me into the air of the seventh heaven, and moreover I heard a voice saying, "How far is he who dwells among aliens to go up?" And I was afraid and was trembling.
2And he said to me when I was trembling, " Behold! From there another voice which was sent out has come, and it says, 'The holy Isaiah is permitted to come up here, for his robe is here.' "
3And I asked the angel who (was) with me and said, "Who is the one who prevented me, and who is this one (who turned to me that I might go up)?'"
4And he said to me, "The one who prevented you, this is the one [who (is) in charge of] the praise of the sixth heaven.
5And the one (who turned to you}, this is your Lord, the Lord, the Lord Christ, who is to be called in the world Jesus, but you cannot hear his name until you have come up from this body.
6And he took me up into the seventh heaven, and there I saw a wonderful light, and also angels without number.
7And there I saw all the righteous from the time of Adam onwards.
8And there I saw the holy Abel and all the righteous.
7And there I saw Enoch and all who (were) with him, stripped of (their) robes of the flesh; and I saw them in their robes of above, and they were like the angels who stand there in great glory.
10But they were not sitting on their thrones, nor were their crowns of glory on them.
11And I asked the angel who (was) with me, "How is it that they have received these robes, but are not on (their) thrones nor in (their) crowns?"
12And he said to me, "They do not receive the crowns and thrones of glory—nevertheless, they do see and know whose (will be) the thrones and whose the crowns—until the Beloved descends in the form in which you will see him descend.
13The Lord will indeed descend into the world in the last days, (he) who is to be called Christ after he has descended and become like you in form, and they will think that he is flesh and a man.
14And the god of that world will stretch out [his hand against the Son], and they will lay their hands upon him and hang him upon a tree, not knowing who he is.
15And thus his descent, as you will see, will be concealed even from the heavens so that it will not be known who he is.
16And when he has plundered the angel of death, he will rise on the third day and will remain in that world for five hundred and forty-five days.
17And then many of the righteous will ascend with him, whose spirits do not receive (their) robes until the Lord Christ ascends and they ascend with him.
18Then indeed they will receive their robes and their thrones and their crowns, when he has ascended into the seventh heaven."
19And I said to him what I had asked him in the third heaven,
20["Show me how everything] which is done in that world is known here."
21And while I was still speaking to him, behold one of the angels who were standing by, more glorious than that angel who had brought me up from the world, showed me (some) books, {but not like the books of this world}; and he opened them, and the books had writing in them, but not like the books of this world. And they were given to me, and I read them, and behold the deeds of the children of Israel were written there, their deeds which you know, my son Josab.
23And I said, "Truly, nothing which is done in this world is hidden in the seventh heaven."
24And I saw many robes placed there, and many thrones and many crowns, 25and I said to the angel who led me, "Whose (are) these robes and thrones and crowns?"
26And he said to me, "As for these robes, there are many from that world who will receive (them) through believing in the words of that one who will be named as I have told you, and they will keep them, and believe in them, and believe in his cross; [for them (are) these] placed (here)."
27And I saw one standing (there) whose glory surpassed that of all, and his glory was great and wonderful.
28And when they saw him, all the righteous whom I had seen and the angels came to him. And Adam and Abel and Seth and all the righteous approached first and worshiped him, and they all praised him with one voice, and I also was singing praises with them, and my praise was like theirs.
29And then all the angels approached, and worshiped, and sang praises.
30And he was transformed and became like an angel.
31And then the angel who led me said to me, "Worship this one," and I worshiped and sang praises.
32And the angel said to me, "This is the Low of all the praise which you have seen."
33And while I was still speaking, I saw another glorious (person) who was like him, and the righteous approached him, and worshiped, and sang praises, and I also sang praises with them; but his glory was not transformed to accord with their form.
34And then the angels approached and worshiped him.
35And I saw the Lord and the second angel, and they were standing, 36and the second one whom I saw (was) on the left of my Lord. And I asked the angel who led me and I said to him, "Who is this one?" And he said to me, "Worship him, for this is the angel of the Holy Spirit who has spoken in you and also in the other righteous."
37And I saw the Great Glory while the eyes of my spirit were open, but I could not thereafter see, nor the angel who (was) with me, nor any of the angels whom I had seen worship my Lord.
38But I saw the righteous as they beheld with great power the glory of that one.
39And my Lord approached me, and the angel of the Spirit, and said, "See how it has been given to you to see the Lord, and (how) because of you power has been given to the angel who (is) with you."
40And I saw how my Low and the angel of the Holy Spirit worshiped and both together praised the Low.
41And then all the righteous approached and worshiped, 42and the angels approached and worshiped, and all the angels sang praises.