11 |Here they took Enoch to the 4^th heaven, where the solar and lunar tracks are. Word "10."|

And those men took me          and they carried me up to the fourth heaven. And they showed me there all the movements and sequences, and all the rays of solar and lunar light. *And I measured their movements and I compared their light. And I saw that the sun has a light seven times greater than the moon. And I saw his circle and his wheels on which he always goes, going past always like the wind with quite marvelous speed. And his coming and his return give him no rest, day and night.

And 4 great stars, each star having 1000 stars under it, on the right hand side of the sun's chariot, and 4 on the left-hand side, each one having 1000 stars under it, all together 8000, going with the sun perpetually.

And 150,000 |angels| accompany him in the daytime, and at night 1000. And |100| angels go in front of the sun's chariot, six-winged, in flaming fire;

and the sun blazes up and sets the 100 angels on fire.

12 |About the very wonderful solar elements. Word "11."|

And |I looked and saw| flying spirits, the solar elements, called phoenixes and khalkedras, strange and wonderful. For their form was that of a lion, their tail that of a *, and their head that of a crocodile. Their appearance was multicolored, like a rainbow. *Their size was 900 measures. Their wings were those of angels, but they have 12 wings each. They accompany and run with the sun, carrying heat and dew, 〈and 〉 whatever is commanded |them| from God.

            Thus he goes through a cycle, and he goes down and he rises up across the sky and beneath the earth with the light of his rays. And he was there, on the track, unceasingly.

13 |The angels picked Enoch up and set him down in the East, at the solar gates. Word "12."|

And those men carried me away to the east 〈of that heaven〉.

〈|And they showed me|〉 the solar gates through which the sun comes out according to the appointment of the seasons and according to the phases of the moon, for the entire year, and according to

the numbers on the horologe, day and night. *And I saw 6 open gates, each gate having 61 stadia and a quarter of a stadium. And I measured carefully and I figured out their size to be so much * through which the sun comes out and goes off to the west.

And it becomes even and goes through all the months.

〈And the 1^st gate he comes out for     42 days,

            the second                               35 days,

            the third                                  35 days,

            the fourth                                35 days,

            the fifth                                   35 days,

            the sixth                                  42 days.〉

And then once more he does an about-turn and goes back the other way from the sixth gate, according to the round of the seasons:

〈And he goes in through the fifth gate 35 days,

                                    the 4^th              35 days,

                                    the 3^rd              35 days,

                                    the second       35 days〉.

And so 〈the days of 〉 the whole year are completed, according to the cycle of the four seasons.

14 |They carried Enoch to the west. Word "13."|

And then those men carried me away to the west of the heaven, and they showed me six large open gates, corresponding to the circuit of the eastern gates, opposite them, where the sun sets according to the number of the days, 365 and *.

Thus he goes back once again to the eastern gates, under the earth. 〈And when he goes out from the western gates〉, he takes off his light, the splendor which is his radiance, 〈and four hundred angels take his crown and carry it to the LORD〉. *For, since his shining crown is with God, with 400 angels guarding it, the sun 〈turns his chariot around〉 and goes back under the earth on wheels, without the great light which is his great radiance and ornament. |And he remains| for seven great hours in night. And the chariot spends half its time under the earth. And when he comes to the eastern approaches, in the 8^th hour of the night, 〈the angels, the 4 hundred angels, bring back the crown, and crown him〉. And his brightness and the shining of his crown are seen before sunrise. And the sun blazes out more than fire does.

15 |The solar elements, the phoenixes and the khalkedras, burst into song.|

And then the solar elements, called phoenixes and khalkedras, burst into song. That is why every bird flaps its wings, rejoicing at the giver of light. And they burst into song at the LORD's command:

The light-giver is coming,

to give radiance to the whole world;

and the morning watch appears,

which is the sun's rays.

And the sun comes out over the face of the earth,

and retrieves his radiance,

to give light to all the face of the earth.

And they showed me this calculation of the sun's movement, and the gates by which he goes in and goes out; for these are the great gates which God created to be an annual horologe.

This is why the sun has the greater heat; and the cycle for him goes on for 28 years, and begins once more from the start.