There was a very wise man and a worker of great things: GOD loved him, and received him, so that he should see the heavenly abodes, the kingdoms of the wise, great, inconceivable and never-changing GOD, the Lord of all, the wonderful and glorious, and bright and all-beholding station of the servants of the Lord, and the unapproachable throne of the Lord, and the degrees and manifestations of the incorporeal hosts, and should be an eye-witness of the unspeakable ministrations of the multitude of creatures, and of the varying appearance, and indescribable singing of the host of Cherubim, and of the immeasurable world.

1.1 At that time he said: Hardly had I accomplished 165 years, when I begat my son Methusal: after that I lived 200 years and accomplished all the years of my life, 365 years.

1.2 On the first day of the first month I was alone in my house, and I rested on my bed and slept.

1.3 And as I slept a great grief came upon my heart, and I wept with mine eyes in my dream, and I could not understand what this grief meant, or what would happen to me.

1.4 And there appeared to me two men very tall, such as I have never seen on earth.

1.5 And their faces shone like the sun, and their eyes were like burning lamps; and fire came forth from their lips. Their dress had the appearance of feathers: their feet were purple, their wings were brighter than gold; their hands whiter than snow. They stood at the head of my bed and called me by my name.

1.6 I awoke from my sleep and saw clearly these men standing in front of me.

1.7 I hastened and [greeted] them and was terrified, and the appearance of my countenance was changed from fear.

1.8 And these men said to me: ‘Be of good cheer, Enoch, be not afraid; the everlasting GOD hath sent us to thee, and lo! to-day thou shalt ascend with us into heaven.

1.9 And tell thy sons and thy servants, all who work in thy house, and let no one seek thee, till the Lord bring thee back to them.’

1.10 And I hastened to obey them, and went out of my house. And I called my sons Methusal, Regim and Gaidal, and told them what wonderful things the two men had said to me.