The chapter of coming out of the net.

O he who turns backwards, mighty of heart, who spreads his net before him, who enters the earth! O you fishermen, sons of your fathers, who go round in the midst of the stream, you will not catch me in your net, in which you catch the disabled, and you will not carry me away in your canvas, in which you take away the evil ones in the earth; the frame of which reaches the sky, and the weights of which are on the earth.

For I will come out of its meshes and shine. I will come out of its bars and shine. I shall fly against you like a fisher whose fingers are hidden.

I know the fork which belongs to it. I know the stake. I know its pointed head. I know the name of its blade.

I know the name of the frame and of the weights.

I know the name of the ropes with which fishing is done.

I know the names of the fishermen who are fishing. They are the worms, the ancestors of the blood drinkers.

I know the marked space in which they are enclosed.

I know the name of the supervisor who takes hold of the fishes, and marks them on the tail. He is the supervisor of the divine property.

I know the name of the table on which he lays them.

He sits alone in the night; nobody sees him; the future ones see him, and the present ones give him their acclamations.

I have come as a fisher; the fork has been given into my hand; my blade is in my hand, my knife is in my hand. I come forth; I go round about, and I entangle in my net.

When what thou eatest is brought to thee, what I eat is brought to me.

O thou who turnest backwards, mighty of heart, who fishes and entangles him who enters the earth; O you fishers, sons of your fathers, and ye fowlers; you will not catch me in your nets, and you will not entangle me in your meshes, wherein you catch the disabled, and where you catch those who are in the earth; for I know it, its frame above, and its weights below. Behold, I come, my stake is in my hand; the point is in my hand, the blade is in my hand.

I come, I arrive. I have come to bind it, to put it in its place. My knife is sharpened. I put it in its place.

Behold I have come, I sail on the lake of the Northern sky.

I hear the words of the angels. I give praises, I live as they live.

N. appears on the ladder which was made for him.