The Ascension of Isaiah 1

A¹🔗nd it came to pass in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah that he called Manasseh his son. Now he was his only one.

²🔗 And he called him into the presence of Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet, and into the presence of Jésib the son of Isaiah, in order to deliver unto him the words of righteousness which the king himself had seen:

³🔗 And of the eternal judgements and the torments of Gehenna, and of the prince of this world, and of his angels, and his authorities and his powers,

⁴🔗 And the words of the faith of the Beloved which he himself had seen in the fifteenth year of his reign during his illness.

⁵🔗 And he delivered unto him the written words which Samnas the scribe had written, and also those which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, had given to him, and also to the prophets, that they might write and store up with him what he himself had seen in the king’s house regarding the judgement of the angels, and the destruction of this world, and regarding the garments of the saints and their going forth, and regarding their transformation and the persecution and ascension of the Beloved.

⁶🔗 In the twentieth year of the reign of Hezekiah, Isaiah had seen the words of this prophecy and had delivered them to Jésib his son. And whilst he (Hezekiah) gave commands, Jésib the son of Isaiah standing by,

⁷🔗 Isaiah said to Hezekiah the king, but not in the presence of Manasseh only did he say unto him: ‘As the Lord liveth, whose name has not been sent into this world, and as the Beloved of my Lord liveth, and the Spirit which speaketh in me liveth, all these commands and these words will be made of none effect by Manasseh thy son, and through the agency of his hands I shall depart mid the torture of my body.

⁸🔗 And Sammael Malchira will serve Manasseh, and execute all his desire, and he will become a follower of Beliar rather than of me:

⁹🔗 And many in Jerusalem and in Judea he will cause to abandon the true faith, and Beliar will dwell in Manasseh, and by his hands I shall be sawn asunder.

¹⁰🔗 And when Hezekiah heard these words he wept very bitterly, and rent his garments, and placed earth upon his head, and fell on his face.

¹¹🔗 And Isaiah said unto him: ‘The counsel of Sammael against Manasseh is consummated: nought will avail thee.’

¹²🔗 And on that day Hezekiah resolved in his heart to slay Manasseh his son.

¹³🔗 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah: ‘the Beloved hath made of none effect thy design, and the purpose of thy heart will not be accomplished, for with this calling have I been called and I shall inherit the heritage of the Beloved.’