1 And he told me all the works of the heaven and the earth and the sea, and their goings and comings, -the noise of the thunder; the sun and moon and the movement of the stars; their changings; the seasons and years; days and hours; and’? goings of the winds; and the numbers of the angels; the songs of the armed hosts.
2 And everything relating to man, and every language of their songs, and the lives of men, and the precepts and instructions, and sweet-voiced singings, and all which it is suitable to be instructed in.
3 And Vretil instructed me thirty days and thirty nights, and his lips never ceased speaking; and I did not cease thirty days and thirty nights writing all the remarks1?.
4 And Vretil 11 said to me: All the things which I have told thee, thou hast written down. Sit?? down and write all about '? the souls of men, those of them which are not born, and the places
5 For every soul was created
6 And I wrote all out continuously during thirty days and thirty prepared for them for ever. eternally before the foundation of the world.’ nights, and I copied all out accurately, and I wrote.366 books. 35 And so I ceased and I had