1. The vision which he saw, the second vision of wisdom, which Enoch
saw, the son of Jared, the son of Malaleel, the son of Canan, the son of
Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam. This is the commencement of the
word of wisdom, which I received to declare and tell to those who dwell
upon earth. Hear from the beginning, and understand to the end, the holy
things which I utter in the presence of the Lord of spirits. Those who
were before _us_ thought it good to speak;
2. And let not us, who come after, obstruct the beginning of wisdom.
Until the present period never has there been given before the Lord of
spirits that which I have received, wisdom according to the capacity of
my intellect,[75] and according to the pleasure of the Lord of spirits;
that which I have received from him,[76] a portion of life eternal.
3. And I obtained three parables, which I declared to the inhabitants of
the world.
Footnote 73:
Chap. xxxvi. does not occur in the MS.
Footnote 74:
Paris MS. and Bodleian MS.
Footnote 75:
_according as I have thought._
Footnote 76:
_which has been given to me by him._