1 And in those days Noaḥ saw the earth that it had sunk down and its destruction was near.
2 And he arose from there and went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud to his grandfather Ḥanoḵ, and Noaḥ said three times with an embittered voice, “Hear me, hear me, hear me.”
3 And I said to him, “Tell me what it is that is falling out on the earth that the earth is in such evil plight and shaken, if perhaps I shall perish with it?”
4 And after that there was a great commotion on the earth, and a voice was heard from the shamayim, and I fell on my face.
5 And Ḥanoḵ my grandfather came and stood by me, and said to me, “Why have you cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping.
6 “And a command has gone forth from the presence of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 concerning those who dwell on the earth that their ruin is accomplished because they have learned all the secrets of the messengers, and all the violence of the adversaries, and all their powers -the most secret ones- and all the power of those who practice sorcery, and the power of witchcraft, and the power of those who make molten images for the whole earth.
7 “And how silver is produced from the dust of the earth, and how soft metal originates in the earth.
8 “For lead and tin are not produced from the earth like the first. It is a fountain that produces them, and a messenger stands therein, and that messenger is the head.”
9 And after that my grandfather Ḥanoḵ took hold of me by my hand and raised me up, and said to me, “Go, for I have asked 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts regarding this commotion on the earth.
10 “And He said to me, ‘Because of their unrighteousness their judgment has been determined upon and shall not be withheld by Me forever. Because of the sorceries which they have searched out and learned, the earth and those who dwell upon it shall be destroyed.’
11 “And these, they have no place of repentance forever, because they have shown them what was hidden, and they are the condemned. But as for you, my son, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 of hosts knows that you are pure, and guiltless of this reproach concerning the secrets.
12 “And He has destined your name to be among the qodesh, and will preserve you amongst those who dwell on the earth, and has destined your righteous seed both for sovereignty and for great honours, and from your seed shall proceed a fountain of the righteous and qodesh without number forever.”