21.1 They leave not nor depart day or night standing before the face [glory] of the Lord, working His will, cherubim and seraphim, standing round His throne. And the six-winged creatures overshadow all His throne, singing with a soft voice before the face of the Lord: ‘Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord GOD of Sabaoth! heaven and earth are full of Thy glory!’

21.2 When I had seen all these things, these men said unto me: ‘Enoch, up to this time we have been ordered to accompany thee.’ And those men departed from me, and I saw them no more. And I remained alone at the extremity of the heaven, and was afraid, and fell on my face, and said within myself: ‘Woe is me! what has come upon me!’

21.3 And the Lord sent one of His glorious archangels, Gabriel, and he said to me: ‘Be of good cheer, Enoch, be not afraid, stand up, come with me, and stand up before the face of the Lord for ever.’

21.4 And I answered him, and said: ‘Oh! [master], my spirit has departed from me with fear and trembling! call to me the men who have brought me to this place: upon them I have relied, and with them I would go before the face of the Lord.’

21.5 And Gabriel hurried me away like a leaf carried off by the wind, and he took me and set me before the face of the Lord.

22.4 I fell down and worshipped the Lord.

22.5 And the Lord spake [from behind a veil] to me: "Be of good cheer, Enoch, be not afraid: rise up and stand before My face [glory] for ever."

22.6 And Michael, the chief captain, lifted me up, and brought me before the face of the Lord, and the Lord said to His servants making trial of them: "Let Enoch come to stand before My face for ever!"

22.7 And the glorious ones made obeisance to the Lord, and said: ‘Let Enoch proceed according to Thy word!’

22.8 And the Lord said to Michael: "Go and take from Enoch his earthly robe, and anoint him with My holy oil, and clothe him with the raiment of My glory."

22.9 And so Michael did as the Lord spake unto him. He anointed me and clothed me, and the appearance of that oil was more than a great light, and its anointing was like excellent dew; and its fragrance like myrrh, shining like a ray of the sun.

22.10 And I gazed upon myself, and I was like one of His glorious ones. And there was no difference, and fear and trembling departed from me.

22.11 And the Lord called one of His archangels, by name Vretil, who was more wise than the other archangels, and wrote down all the doings of the Lord.

22.12 And the Lord said to Vretil: "Bring forth the books from My store-places, and give a reed to Enoch, and interpret to him the books." And Vretil made haste and brought me the books, fragrant with myrrh, and gave me a reed from his hand.