ḤANOḴ 81

1 And he said to me, “Observe,  Ḥanoḵ, these tablets of the shamayim, and read what is written upon them, and mark every individual fact.”

2 And I observed the tablets of the shamayim, and read all which was written and understood all matters, and read the Book of all the deeds of mankind, and of all the children of flesh that shall be upon the earth to the remotest generations.

3 And immediately I baraḵ the great Aḏon, the Sovereign of esteem forever, in that He has made all the works of the world, and I exalted 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 because of His patience, and baraḵ Him because of the children of men.

4 And after that I said, “Baruḵ is the man who dies in righteousness and goodness, concerning whom there is no book of unrighteousness written, and against whom no day of judgment shall be found.”

5 And those seven qodeshim brought me and placed me on the earth before the door of my house, and said to me, “Declare all matters to your son Methushelaḥ, and show to all your children that no flesh is righteous in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 for He is their Creator.

6 “One year we will leave you with your son, till you give your Commands, that you may teach your children and record for them, and witness to all your children, and in the second year they shall take you from their midst.

7 “Let your heart be strong, for the good shall announce righteousness to the good; the righteous with the righteous shall rejoice, and shall offer congratulations to one another.

8 “But the sinners shall die with the sinners, and the backslider go down with the backslider.

9 “And those who practice righteousness shall die on account of the deeds of men, and be taken away on account of the doings of the wicked.”

10 And in those days they ceased to speak to me, and I came to my people, giving beraḵah to the Aḏon of the world.