ḤANOḴ 61

1 And I saw in those days how long cords were given to those messengers, and they took to their wings and flew, and they went towards the north.

2 And I asked the messenger, saying unto him, “Why have they taken these cords and gone off?” And he said to me, “They have gone to measure.”

3 And the messenger who went with me said to me, “These shall bring the measures of the righteous, and the ropes of the righteous to the righteous, that they may support themselves on the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts forever and ever.

4 “The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect, and those are the measures which shall be given to belief and which shall strengthen righteousness.

5 “And these measures shall 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 support themselves on the day of the Elect One; for none shall be destroyed before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts, and none can be destroyed.”

6 And all who dwell above in the shamayim received a command and power and one voice and one light like fire.

7 And their first words, that One they baraḵ, and exalted and lifted up with wisdom, and they were wise in utterance and in the spirit of ḥai.

8 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts placed the Elect One on the throne of esteem. And He shall judge all the works of the qodesh above in the shamayim, and in the balance shall their deeds be weighed.

9 And when He shall lift up His face to judge their secret ways according to the Word of the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts, and their path according to the Way of the righteous judgment of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts, then shall they all with one voice speak and baraḵ, and esteem and exalt and qadosh the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts.

10 And He will summon all the host of the shamayim, and all the qodeshim above. And the host of Elohim: the keruḇim, 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 shall raise one voice, and baraḵ and esteem and exalt in the spirit of belief, and in the spirit of wisdom, and in the spirit of patience, and in the spirit of favour, and in the spirit of judgment and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness, and shall all say with one voice: “Baruḵ is He, and may the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts be baruḵ forever and ever.”

12 All who do not sleep in the shamayim above shall baraḵ Him. All the qodeshim who are in the shamayim shall baraḵ Him, and all the elect who dwell in the garden of ḥai, and every spirit of light who is able to baraḵ, and esteem, and exalt, and qadosh Your baruḵ Name, and all flesh shall beyond measure esteem and baraḵ Your Name forever and ever.

13 For great is the favour of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts, and He is patient, and all His works and all that He has created He has revealed to the righteous and elect in the Name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts.