all the princes of Israel were sitting (there), and the eunuchs and the king’s counselors. And there were there forty prophets and sons of the prophets; they had come from the neighboring districts, and from the mountains, and from the country, when they had heard that Isaiah was coming from Gilgal to Hezekiah.

 ³. Et omnes principes Israel et consiliarii regis et eunuchi stabant ante illum; uenerunt que, ex omnibus uillis et agris et montibus, prophete et filii prophetarum, audientes quod Ysaias uenerat a Galgatha ad Ezechiam

⁴ They came that they might greet him, and that they might hear his words, and that he might lay his hand on them, and that they might prophesy, and that he might hear their prophecy; and they were all in the presence of Isaiah^{. 6} And when Isaiah spoke with Hezekiah the words of righteousness and faith, they all heard a door being opened and the voice of the Spirit.

⁴. salutare eum ⁵. et annunciare ei, que uentura erant. ⁶. Tunc loquebatur uerba ueritatis. Spiritus sanctus superuenit in eum, et omnes uidebant, et audiebant uerba sancti Spiritus.

⁷ And the king summoned all the prophets and all the people who were to be found there, and they came. And Micah, and the aged Ananias, and Joel, and Josab were sitting on his right.

⁷. Conuocauit eum rex et prophetas, et omnes introierunt, quot quot inuenti sunt ibi, insimul. Erant autem Micheas et Ananias senes, Ioel et quot quot ex eis inuenti sunt a dextris eius et a sinistris.

¹⁰ And while he was speaking with the Holy Spirit in the hearing of them all, he became silent, and his mind was taken up from him, and he did not see the men who were standing before him. ¹¹ His eyes indeed were open, but his mouth was silent, and the mind in his body was taken up from him.

¹⁰. Loquente uero eo in Spiritu sancto in auditu omnium, statim tacuit. Et exinde uidebant stantem quemdam ante eum. ¹¹. Oculi autem eius erant aperti, os uero clausum,

¹⁵ And the vision which he saw was not from this world, but from the world which is hidden from the flesh. ¹⁶ 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.

¹⁵. Visio, quam uidebat, non erat | de seculo hoc, sed de abscondito omni carni. ¹⁶. Et cum cessauit a uisione, reuersus <in se>, notificauit uisionem Ezechie et filio eius Nasoni,

¹⁷ But the officials, and the eunuchs, and the people did not hear, apart from Samnas the secretary, and Jehoiakim, and Asaph the recorder, for they (were) doers of righteousness, and the fragrance of the Spirit was in them; but the people did not hear, for Micah and Josab his son had sent them out when the wisdom of this world was taken from him as if he were dead. 

² it was as follows. When I prophesied in accordance with the message which you have heard, I saw a glorious angel; his glory was not like the glory of the angels which I always used to see, but he had great glory, and an office, such that I cannot describe the glory of this angel. ³ And I saw when he took hold of me by my hand, and I said to him, “.Who are you? And what is your name? And where are you taking me up?” For strength had been given to me that I might speak with him.

². “Quando prophetaui auditum, quem uos audistis, uidi angelum gloriosum, non secundum gloriam angelorum quos semper uidi, sed quamdam magnam gloriam, et lumen habentem quod non possum notificare. ³. Accipiens me manu, duxit me in altum, et ego dixi: ‘Quis es? quod tibi nomen est? et quo me superfers?

⁴ And he said to me, “When I have taken you up through (all) the stages and have shown you the vision on account of which I was sent, then you will understand who I am; but my name you will not know, ⁵ for you have to return into this body. But where I take you up, you will see, because for this purpose I was sent.” ⁶ And I rejoiced because he spoke to me with kindness. ⁷ And he said to me, “Do you rejoice because I have spoken kindly to you?” And he said, “You will see one greater than me, how he will speak kindly and gently with you; ⁸ and the Father of the one who is greater you will also see, because for this purpose I was sent from the seventh heaven, that I might make all this clear to you.”

⁴. Tunc respondens dixit mihi: ‘Quando te feram in altum, ostendam tibi uisionem pro qua missus sum ego, et tunc scies quis sum ego, <s>et nomen meum nescies, ⁵. ideo quia uis iterum reuerti in corpus tuum.Et quando te eleuabo, postea uidebis’. ⁶. Et gauisus sum, quia mansuete respondit. ⁷. Et dixit mihi: ‘Gauisus es, quia humiliter respondi tibi? et maiorem me uidebis et humiliorem et sapientiorem, uolentem loqui te cum, ⁸. meliorem et dulciorem. In hoc enim missus sum, ut notificem tibi omnia hec’.

Satan and Demons in the Firmament

¹¹ And I said to the angel, “What is this envying?” ¹² And he said to me, “So it has been ever since this world existed until now, and this struggle (will last) until the one comes whom you are to see, and he will destroy him.”

¹¹. Et dixi angelo: ‘Quid est hoc bellum? et inuidia? et prelium?’ ¹². Et respondens dixit mihi: ‘Istud bellum Diaboli est, et non quiescet donec ueniet quem uis uidere et interficiet eum spiritu uirtutis eius’.

The First Heaven

but those who stood on the right had more glory, and they all sang praises with one voice. And the throne was in the middle, and it they praised, and those on the left after them; but their voice was not like the voice of those on the right, nor their praise like the praise of those (on the right). ¹⁶ And I asked the angel who led me and said to him, “To whom is this praise directed?” ¹⁷ And he said to me, “To the praise of [the One who sits in] the seventh heaven, the One who rests in the holy world, and to his Beloved, from where I was sent to you. To there it is directed.”

¹⁵. Aliam habebant gloriam qui erant a dextris, et cantabant una uoce; et illi qui erant a sinistris post illos cum eis, canticum eorum non erat sicut dextrorum. ¹⁶. Et interrogaui angelum ducentem me: ‘Cui canticum istud missum est?’ ¹⁷. Et respondens dixit mihi: ‘Magne glorie Dei, qui est super septimum celum, et Filio eius dilecto, unde ego missus sum ad te’.

The Second Heaven

¹⁸ And again, he took me up into the second heaven, and the height of that heaven is like that from heaven to 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 middle, and the praise of the angels who (were) in the second heaven; and the one who sat on the throne in the second heaven had more glory than all (the rest). ²⁰ And there was great glory in the second heaven, and their praise was not like the praise of those who (were) in the first heaven. ²¹ And I fell on my face to worship him, and the angel who led me would not let me, but said to me, “Worship neither throne, nor angel from the six heavens, from where I was sent to lead you, before I tell you in the seventh heaven. ²² For above all the heavens and their angels is placed your throne, and also your robes and your crown which you are to see.” ²³ And I rejoiced very much that those who love the Most High and his Beloved will at their end go up there through the angel of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸. Et iterum eleuauit me in secundo celo. Altitudo eius erat sicut a primo celo usque ad terram. ¹⁹. Et uidi ibi, sicut in primo celo, dextros et sinistros angelos, ²⁰. et gloria istorum angelorum et canticum excelsiora erant quam primorum. ²¹. Et cecidi in faciem meam, ut adorarem eum. Et non dimisit me angelus qui me instruebat, et dixit mihi: ‘Noli adorare angelum neque thronum istius celi, propter hoc missus sum, instruere te, sed tantum quem ego dixero tibi, adora, scilicet eum qui est ²². super omnes angelos <et> thronos et super uestes et coronas, quas uidebis deinceps’.

The Third Heaven

²⁴ And he took me up into the third heaven, and in the same way I saw those who (were) on the right and on the left, and there also (there was) a throne in the middle and one who sat (on it), but no mention of this world was made there. ²⁵ And I said to the angel who (was) with me, for the glory of my face was being transformed as I went up from heaven to heaven, “Nothing of the vanity of that world is named here.” ²⁶ And he answered me, saying, “Nothing is named because of its weakness, but nothing is hidden which is done there.” ²⁷ And I wished to find out how it is known; and he answered me, saying, “When I have taken you up into the seventh heaven, from where ! was sent, to the One which (is) above these, then you will know that nothing is hidden from the thrones and those who dwell in the heavens, nor from the angels.” And the praises which they sang and the glory of the one who sat on the throne were great, and the angels who (were) on the right and on the left had more glory than (those in) the heaven which (was) below them.

³. Et gauisus sum gaudio magno ualde, quia talis est consum<m>atio scientibus altissimum et eternalem, et dilectum Filium eius, quia sicut angeli sancti Spiritus sic hi ascendunt in illum. ²⁴. Et eleuauit me super tertium celum, et similiter uidi paruum thronum, et dextros et sinistros angelos. Memoria autem istius mundi illic non nominabatur, ²⁵. sed transformabatur gloria mei spiritus cum ascendebam in celum, et dixi: ‘De illo mundo | nihil nominatur hic?’ ²⁶. Et respondens mihi angelus ait: ‘Nihil nominatur propter infirmitatem eius, et nihil absconditur de illis que illic facta sunt’. ²⁷. Et canticum cantabant et glorificabant sedentem. Et iste angelus erat maior secundo.

The Fourth Heaven

²⁸ And again he took me up into the fourth heaven, and the height from the third to the fourth heaven was greater than (from) earth to the firmament. ²⁹ And there I again saw those who (were) on the right and those who (were) on the left, and the one who sat on the throne was in the middle, and there also they were singing praises. 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 the one who sat on the throne was greater than that of the angels who (were) on the right, but their glory (was) greater than that of those below.

²⁸. Et iterum eleuauit me, in quartum celum. Altitudo tertii celi usque ad quartum celum maior erat. ²⁹. Et ibi uidi thronum et dextros et sinistros angelos.³¹. Gloria uero sedentis melior erat quam angelorum, qui erant a dextris, et gloria eorum similiter superabat gloriam inferorum.

The Fifth Heaven

³² And he took me up into the fifth heaven. ³³ And again I saw those who (were) on the right and the left, and the one who sat on the throne had more glory than those of the fourth heaven.

³². Et ascendi in quintum celum, ³³. et ibi uidi angelos innumerabiles. ³⁴. Et gloria eorum ³⁶. et canticum gloriosius erat quarti celi. ³⁷. Et ego miratus sum, tantam multitudinem angelorum uidens, diuersis bonitatibus ordinatorum.

³⁴ And the glory of those who (were) on the right was greater than that of those who (were) on the left... ³⁵ The glory of the one on the throne was greater than that of the angels who (were) on the right, ³⁶ but their praise was more glorious than that of the fourth heaven. ³⁷ And I praised the One who is not named and is unique, who dwells in the heavens, whose name is unknown to all flesh, the One who has given such glory to the different heavens, who makes the glory of the angels great and the glory of the one .who sits on the throne (even) greater.

Et singuli gloriam habentes glorificabant existentem in alto (cuius nomen non est reuelatum omni carni), quia tantam gloriam dat angelis super singulos celos. Et respondens angelus dixit mihi: ‘Quare miraris de hoc, quod non sunt unius speciei? Non enim uidisti insuperabiles uirtutes et millia millium angelorum’.

The Sixth Heaven

    8 . And again, he took me up into the air of the sixth heaven, and I saw a splendor such as I had not seen in the five heavens as I went up; ² the angels possessed great glory, ³ and the praise there was holy and wonderful. ⁴ And I said to the angel who led me, “What (is) this which I see, my lord?” ⁵ And he said to me, “I am not your lord, but your companion.” ⁶ And again I asked him, and I said to him, “Why (are there) not corresponding groups of angels?”

8.¹. Et postea assumpsit me in aerem sexti celi. Et uidi ibi gloriam magnam, qualem non uidi in quinto celo, ². et aspexi angelos in gloria magna, ³. et facta uirtutum erant honorabilia et procedentia.Canticum eorum sanctum et mirabile erat. ⁴. Et dixi ad angelum ducentem me: ‘Quid est quod uideo, domine mi?’ ⁵. Et dixit mihi: ‘Non sum tibi dominus, sed consiliator’.

⁷ And he said to me, “From the sixth heaven and upwards there are no longer those on the left, nor is there a throne placed in the middle, but [they are directed] by the power of the seventh heaven, where the One who is not named dwells, and his Chosen One, whose name is unknown, and no heaven can learn his name; ⁸ for he is alone, (he) whose voice all the heavens and thrones answer. I, therefore, have been empowered and sent to bring you up here that you may see this glory, ⁹ and (that) you may see the Lord of all these heavens and of these thrones ¹⁰ being transformed until he resembles your appearance and your likeness.

⁷. Et dixit mihi: ‘De sexto celo, et hic iam, thronum non est nec sinistri angeli, sed de uirtute septimi celi ordinationem habent, ubi est dives Filius | Dei, ⁸. et omnes celi et angeli eius audiunt eum. Et ego missus sum assumere te huc, ut uideas gloriam istam ⁹. et Dominum omnium celorum et angelos eius et uirtutes.

¹¹ But I say to you, Isaiah, that no man who has to return into a body of that world [has come up, or seen], or understood what you have seen ¹² and what you are to see, for you are destined in the lot of the LORD, the lot of the tree, to come here, and from there is the power of the sixth heaven and of the air.” ¹³ And I proclaimed the greatness of my Lord with praise, that through his lot I should come here.

¹⁰. Dico autem tibi, Ysaia: Nemo in carne illius mundi uolens conuerti, uidit que tu uides, neque uidere potuit que tu uidisti; ¹². ideo quia tibi est in sorte Domini uenire huc’. ¹³. Et ego magnificaui me cantans Domino, quia in sorte eius ambulo.

¹⁶ And he took me up into the sixth heaven, and there were none on the left, nor a throne in the middle, but all (were) of one appearance, and their praise (was) equal.

¹⁶. Et assumpsit me in sextum celum, et thronus iam non erat illic, nec dextri nec sinistri angeli, sed habebant omnes unam speciem et canticum equale.

¹⁷ And (strength) was given to me, and I also sang praises with them, and that angel also, and our praise was like theirs. ¹⁸ And there they all named the primal Father and his Beloved, Christ, and the Holy Spirit, all with one voice, ¹⁹ but it was not like the voice of the angels who (were) in the five heavens, ²⁰ nor (was it) like their speech, but there was a different voice there, and there was much light there.

¹⁷. Et datum est mihi, ut ego canerem cum eis.Et angelus, qui erat me cum, et ego fuimus tales, sicut gloria eorum, et gloria eorum erat una. ¹⁸. Et glorificabant Patrem omnium et dilectum Filium eius et sanctum Spiritum. Omnes uno ore ¹⁹. cantabant, sed non tali uoce quali in quinto celo, ²⁰. sed alia uoce. Et lumen magnum erat ibi;

²¹ And then, when I was in the sixth heaven, I thought that light which I had seen in the five heavens darkness. ²² And I rejoiced and praised the One who has graciously given such light to those who await his promise. ²³ And I entreated the angel who led me that from then on I should not return to the world of flesh. ²⁴ Indeed I say to you, Hezekiah and Josab, my son, and Micah, that there is much darkness here.

²¹. et quando eram in sexto celo existimabam lumen, quod erat in quinto celo, tenebras esse. ²². Gauisus sum ualde, et cantaui donanti tale gaudium recipientibus misericordiam eius. ²³. Et rogaui angelum instruentem me, ut exinde non reuerterer ad mundum illum carnalem. ²⁴. (Dico autem uobis, quod multe tenebre sunt hic).

²⁵ And the angel who led me knew what I thought and said to me, “If you rejoice over this light, how much more (will you rejoice) in the seventh heaven when you see the light where the Lord is and his Beloved—from where I was sent—who is to be called in the world the Son! ²⁶ He who is to be in the corruptible world has not (yet) been revealed, nor the robes, nor the thrones, nor the crowns which are placed (there) for the righteous, for those who believe in that Low who will descend in your form. For the light which (is) there (is) great and wonderful. ²⁷ But as regards your not returning into the body, your days are not yet complete for coming here.” ²⁸ And when I heard (this), I was sad; and he said to me, “Do not be sad.”

²⁵. Angelus uero instruens me dixit mihi: ‘Quod es gauisus de isto lumine, quanto magis gaudebis et exultabis, quando uidebis lumen septimi celi, in quo sedet celestis Pater et unigenitus Filius eius, ²⁶. ubi exercitus et throni et corone iacent iustis! ²⁷. Et de illo te non reuerti in carnem tuam, non est tempus expletum ue|niendi huc’. ²⁸. Et audiens hec tristatus sum ualde.

The Seventh Heaven -

    9 . And 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. ² And 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.’ “ ³ And 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)?’” ⁴ And he said to me, “The one who prevented you, this is the one [who (is) in charge of] the praise of the sixth heaven. ⁵ And 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.

9.¹. Et assumpsit me in aerem septimi celi, et audiui uocem dicentem mihi: ‘Usque quo, uolens in carne uiuere, uenis huc?’Et timui ualde et tremefactus sum. ². Iterum que audiui uocem dicentem: ‘Noli prohibere eum, ut intret. Dignus est enim gloria Dei; hic enim est stola’. ³. Et interrogaui angelum, qui erat me cum: ‘Quis est prohibens mihi? et quis est precipiens mihi ascendere?’ ⁴. Et dixit mihi: ‘Prohibens est qui est super cantantes angelos sexti celi, angelus ⁵. et precipiens est Filius Dei. Et nomen eius non potes audire, donec de carne exibis’.

Adam, Abel, Enoch,

⁶ And he took me up into the seventh heaven, and there I saw a wonderful light, and also angels without number. ⁷ And there I saw all the righteous from the time of Adam onwards. ⁸ And there I saw the holy Abel and all the righteous. ⁷ And 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.

⁶. Quando nos ascendimus in septimum celum, uidi ibi lumen mirabile et inen[n]arrabile, et angelos innumerabiles. ⁷. Et iustos uidi quosdam ⁹. exutos stolis carnalibus et existentes in stolis excelsis; et erant in gloria magna stantes,

¹³ The 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.

¹³. quando erit in specie uestra,

¹⁶ And 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. ¹⁷ And 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. ¹⁸ Then indeed they will receive their robes and their thrones and their crowns, when he has ascended into the seventh heaven.”

¹⁶. Et apprehendet principem mortis, et depredatum eum ponet, et conteret omnes uirtutes eius. Et surget tertia die, ¹⁷. habens quosdam iustos se cum, et mittet suos predicatores in uniuersum orbem terrarum, et ascendet in celos. ¹⁸. Tunc recipient isti thronos suos et coronas’.

¹⁹ And 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.” ²¹ And 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. ²³ And I said, “Truly, nothing which is done in this world is hidden in the seventh heaven.”

| ¹⁹. Et post hec uerba dixi illi: ‘De quo te interrogaui in primo celo, ²⁰. ostende mihi; hoc enim mihi promisisti’. ²¹. Adhuc me loquente se cum, ecce quidam angelus de astantibus, gloriosior ducente me omnibus que angelis, ²². et ostendit mihi librum, et aperiens dedit eum mihi, et uidi scripturam non sicut istius seculi, et legi eam. Et ecce actus Hierusalem erant ibi scripti, et omnium hominum opera erant ibi, de quibus et ego eram. ²³. Vidi in ueritate quia nihil absconditur in septimo celo, quod est in mundo factum

. Et interrogaui angelum: ‘Quis est iste preeminens omnes angelos in gloria sua?’

²⁶ And 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).” ²⁷ And I saw one standing (there) whose glory surpassed that of all, and his glory was great and wonderful.

²⁶. Et dixit mihi: ‘Istas coronas multi ammittunt de illo mundo, credentes uerba illius, de quo locutus sum tibi’. ²⁷. Et conuersus uidi Dominum in gloria magna, et expaui ualde.

²⁸ And 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.  

 ²⁸. Et appropinquauerunt ad eum omnes iusti, et adorauerunt eum una uoce cantantes, et erat uox <illius> sicut illorum.

²⁹ And then all the angels approached, and worshiped, and sang praises. ³⁰ And he was transformed and became like an angel. ³¹ And then the angel who led me said to me, “Worship this one,” and I worshiped and sang praises.

²⁹. Et Michael appropinquans adorauit, et cum eo omnes angeli adorauerunt et cantauerunt. ³⁰. Et transfiguraui me iterum, et fui sicut angeli. ³¹. Tunc dixit mihi angelus, qui me ducebat: ‘Hunc adora et canta’. Et adoraui eum et cantaui.

³⁴ And then the angels approached and worshiped him. ³⁵ And I saw the Lord and the second angel, and they were standing, ³⁶ and 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.” ³⁷ And 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. ³⁸ But I saw the righteous as they beheld with great power the glory of that one.

Et uenerunt angeli et adorauerunt eum, et ego adoraui eum et cantaui. ³⁵. Et iterum uidi alium in gloria magna, ³⁶. et ambulans interrogaui angelum: ‘Quis est?’ Et dixit mihi: ‘Adora eum. Iste enim est angelus sancti Spiritus, loquens in te et in omnibus iustis’. ³⁷. Et post hec alia quidem inenar<r>abilis et ineffabilis reuelabatur gloria, quam ego apertis oculis mei spiritus non poteram uidere, nec qui me ducebat angelus, neque omnes angeli quos uideram adorantes Dominum, ³⁸. nisi tantummodo iustos uidi in gloria magna aspicientes gloriam.

³⁹ And 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.” ⁴⁰ And I saw how my Lord and the angel of the Holy Spirit worshiped and both together praised the Lord. ⁴¹ And then all the righteous approached and worshiped, ⁴² and the angels approached and worshiped, and all the angels sang praises.

³⁹. Et appropinquauit primum Dominus meus et angelus spiritualis. ⁴⁰. Et adorauerunt eum et cantauerunt duo insimul. ⁴¹. Tunc omnes iusti adorauerunt eum, ⁴². et cum eis Michael et angeli omnes adorauerunt et cantauerunt.

10 . And then I heard the voices and the hymns of praise which I had heard in each of the six heavens—which I had heard as I ascended there; ² and all (the voices and hymns of praise) were directed to that Glorious One whose glory I could not see.

10.¹. Postea audiui uocem ibi. Et canticum, quod audiui in sexto celo, ascendebat et audiebatur in septimo celo.². Et omnes glorificabant illum, cuius ego gloriam non poteram uidere.

⁵. Et omnium sex celorum canticum non solum audiebatur, sed uidebatur.

⁶ And 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.”

⁶. Et dixit mihi angelus: ‘Hic est uiuus unus eternus, in excelsa eternitate uiuens et in sanctis requiescens, cuius nec nomen nec uisionem possumus sufferre, qui est laudatus a sancto Spiritu in ore [sanctorum] iustorum’.

Christ Commanded to Descend

⁷ And I heard the voice of the Most High, the Father of my Lord, as he said to my Lord 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. 

⁷. Et post hec audiui uocem eterni, dicentem Domino Filio: ⁸. ‘Exi, et descende de omnibus celis, et sis in mundo. Et uade usque ad angelum qui est in infernum,

Christ Descends to the Sixth Heaven

¹⁷ And thus I saw when my Lord went out from the seventh heaven into the sixth heaven. ¹⁸ And 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.”

¹⁷. Et tunc exiuit Dominus de septimo celo et descendit in sextum celum. ¹⁸. Et angelus instruens me dixit mihi: ‘Intellige, et uide: quid est transfiguratio eius et descensio?’

¹⁹ And 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.

¹⁹. Cum uiderunt eum angeli, laudauerunt et glorificauerunt eum, non enim transfigurauit se in figura eorum. Et ego cantaui cum eis.

Christ Descends to the Fifth Heaven

Christ Descends to the Fourth Heaven

²¹ And then he descended into the fourth heaven and made his form like that of the angels there, ²² and when they saw him, they did not praise him or glorify him, for his form (was) like their form.

 ²¹. Et descendit in quartum celum, et apparuit illi<s> secundum formam illorum, ²². et non cantauerunt ei; erat enim forma sicut illorum.

Christ Descends to the Third Heaven

 that he made his form like that of the angels who (were) in the third heaven. ²⁴ And 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. ²⁵ And 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 Lord gave (it).

Christ Descends to the Second Heaven

Christ Descends to the First Heaven

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. ²⁸ And as for me, no one questioned me because of the angel who led me.

  Ideo non cantabant ei, nec adorabant; apparebat enim illis similis eorum, ostendebat enim caracterem per singulos celos custodibus portarum. ²⁹.

Christ Descends to the Formament

Christ Descends to the Airish Angels

³⁰ And I saw when he descended and made himself like the angels of the air, that he was like one of them. ³¹ And he did not give the password,

³⁰. Et descendit ad angelos, qui erant in hoc aere, sicut unus ex eis, ³¹. et non dedit eis signum, et non cantauerunt.

Christ Descends into Human Form

     ² And I saw a woman of the family of David the prophet whose name (was) Mary, and she (was) a virgin and was betrothed to a man whose name (was) Joseph, a carpenter, and he also (was) of the seed and family of the righteous David of Bethlehem in Judah. ³ And he came into his lot. And when she was betrothed, she was found to be pregnant, and Joseph the carpenter wished to divorce her. ⁴ But the angel of the Spirit appeared in this world, and after this Joseph did not divorce Mary; but he did not reveal this matter to anyone. ⁵ And he did not approach Mary, but kept her as a holy virgin, although she was pregnant. 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 about, when they were alone, that Mary then looked with her eyes and saw a small infant, and she was astounded. ⁹ And after her astonishment had worn off, her womb was found as (it was) at first, before she had conceived. ¹⁰ And when her husband, Joseph, said to her, “What has made you astounded?” his eyes were opened, and he saw the infant and praised the Lord, because the Lord had come in his lot. ¹¹ And a voice came to them, “Do not tell this vision to anyone.” ¹² But the story about the infant was spread abroad in Bethlehem. ¹³ Some said, “The virgin Mary has given birth before she has been married two months.” ¹⁴ But many said, “She did not give birth; the midwife did not go up (to her), and we did not hear (any) cries of pain.”

Christ Ascends into The Firmament

Christ Ascends into The Second Heaven

Christ Ascends into The Third to the Sixth

Christ Ascends into The Seventh Heaven

Here ends (the book) of Isaiah the prophet with his ascension.

 Explicit uisio Ysaye prophete.