1 And I saw in those days how long cords were given to those messengers, and they took wings for themselves and flew, and they went toward the north. 2 And I asked the messenger, saying to him,“Why have those messengers taken these cords and gone off?”And he said to me,“They have gone to measure.”
The measures of the righteous
3 And the messenger who went with me said to me:
“These will bring the measures of the righteous,
And the ropes of the righteous to the righteous,
That they may steady themselves on the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.
4 The elect will begin to dwell with the elect,
And those are the measures which will be given to faith
And which will strengthen righteousness.
5 And these measures will reveal all the secrets of the depths of the earth,
And those who have been destroyed by the desert,
And those who have been devoured by the beasts,
And those who have been devoured by the fish of the sea,
That they may return and steady themselves
On the day of the Elect One;
For none will be destroyed before the Lord of Spirits,
And none can be destroyed.
The Elect One on the throne of glory
6 And all who dwell above in the heaven received a command and power and one voice and one light like fire.
7 And with their first words they blessed that One,
And extolled and praised him with wisdom,
And they were wise in speech and in the spirit of life.
8 And the Lord of Spirits placed the Elect One on the throne of glory.
And he will judge all the works of the holy above in the heaven,
And in the balance their deeds will be weighed.
9 And when he lifts up his face
To judge their secret ways according to the word of the name of the Lord of Spirits,
And their path according to the way of the righteous judgment of the Lord of Spirits,
Then they will all with one voice speak and bless,
And glorify and extol and sanctify the name of the Lord of Spirits.
All heaven raises one voice
10 And he will summon all the host of the heavens, and all the holy ones above, and the host of God, the Cherubim, Seraphim and Ophannim, and all the messengers of power, and all the messengers of principalities, and the Elect One, and the other powers on the earth and over the water. 11 On that day they will raise one voice, and bless and glorify and exalt in the spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom, and in the spirit of patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and in the spirit of judgment and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness, and they will all say with one voice:‘Blessed is he, and may the name of the Lord of Spirits be blessed for ever and ever.’
12 All who do not sleep above in heaven will bless him:
All the holy ones who are in heaven will bless him,
And all the elect who dwell in the garden of life:
And every spirit of light who is able to bless, and glorify, and extol, and hallow your blessed name,
And all flesh will glorify and bless your name beyond measure for ever and ever.
13 For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and he is patient,
And all his works and all that he has created he has revealed to the righteous and elect