1And the angel said: And he went out to bar evil powers, those who are in the heavens of the firmament.
2And the spirit of error came to her and said: Where do you run, oh soul?
3Do you perhaps hasten to enter heaven? Wait and let us see if there is anything of ours in you.
4And behold we found nothing in you.
5I also see the help of God and of your angel, and the spirit of God rejoices with you because you did his will on earth.
6Then the spirit of error laments. Then as the soul advances, it also meets the spirit of the tempter and of fornication, and it escapes from them all, and they lament.
7Then all the principalities and evil spirits come to meet the soul, and finding nothing to prevent it from passing, they gnash their teeth.
8And there is a conflict between the good and the evil angels, and the guardian angel commands them to go back: You tested this soul and it would not listen to you.
9And the voice of many angels is heard rejoicing over the soul, and they brought it to worship in the presence of God.
10And when they had ceased, immediately Michael and all the host of angels fell and worshiped before the throne.
11And they said together to the soul: This is the God of all, who made you in his image and likeness.
12And the angel returned and declared, saying: Lord, remember his works, for this is the soul whose works I reported to you, Lord, doing according to your judgment.
13And likewise the spirit said: I am the spirit of life that breathed upon him, for in him I rejoiced in the time when I dwelt, doing according to your judgment.
14And the voice of God came, saying: As this soul did not grieve me, neither will I grieve it.
15Because as it had compassion and showed mercy to others, I also will have mercy on it.
16Therefore let it be delivered to Michael, the angel of the covenant, and let him take it to the paradise of joy, that it may become an heir with all the saints.
17And after this I heard the voices of thousands of angels and archangels and the cherubim and the twenty-four elders uttering hymns and glorifying the Lord.
18And crying out: Righteous are you, O Lord, and righteous are your judgments, and there is no respect of persons with you, but you reward every man according to his works.
19And the angel answered and said to me: Do you believe? Do you know that whatever each of you has done of good, he will remember at the hour of his necessity?
20And I said: Yes, Lord.