495. This is the manner of the one who reaches them. As soon as a person enters there, between the mountaintops, Azael, THAT ONE that is called "having his eyes open" (Bemidbar 24:4), notices him. He immediately informs Aza. They then give the sound signal and the great burning snakes gather to them and surround them. They send a TYPE OF small CREATURE CALLED 'Onimta' towards that person. We were taught that it is a cat-like animal with a narrow snake-like head. It has two tails and its hands and feet are tiny. A person who sees it covers his face and brings A VESSEL WITH ASHES THAT IS CALLED 'smoked shreds' from the burning of a white rooster and throws them in front of the Onimta, which then comes with him.
495. וְכַךְ הוּא אָרְחָא דְּמַאן דְּמָטֵי גַּבַּיְיהוּ, כֵּיוָן דְּעָאל ב"נ בְּרֵישֵׁי טוּרַיָּא, חָמֵי לֵיהּ עֲזָאֵ"ל, הַהוּא דְּאִקְרֵי גְּלוּי עֵינַיִם. מִיַּד אָמַר לַעֲזָ"א, כְּדֵין יָהֲבִין קָלָא, וּמִתְכַּנְּשִׁין גַּבַּיְיהוּ חִוְיָין רַבְרְבֵי דִּמְתוֹקְדָן, וְסַחֲרִין לוֹן. מְשַׁדְּרֵי אוֹנִימְתָא זְעֵירְתָּא לָקֳבְלֵיהּ דב"נ, וְתָנָא, כְּמִין שׁוּנְרָא, הִיא, וְרֵישֵׁהּ כְּרֵישָׁא דְּחִוְיָיא, וּתְרֵין זַנְבִין בָּהּ, וִידָהָא וְרַגְלָהָא זְעִירִין. ב"נ דְּחָמֵי לָהּ, חָפֵּי אַנְפּוֹי, וְהוּא מַיְיתֵי חַד קַטוּרְתָּא, מֵאוֹקִידוּ דְּתַרְנְגוֹלָא חִוָּורָא, שָׁדֵי בְּאַנְפָּהָא וְהִיא אָתְיָת עִמֵּיהּ.
497. Afterwards, AZA AND AZAEL teach him magic and sorcery, and he stays with them for fifty days. When the time arrives to leave on his way, that LITTLE CREATURE CALLED 'Onimta' and all these snakes walk in front of him, until he leaves the mountain ranges from in between that heavy darkness.
497. לְבָתַר אוֹלְפִין לֵיהּ חֲרָשִׁין וְקִסְמִין, וְיָתִיב גַּבַּיְיהוּ נ' יוֹמִין. כַּד מָטָא זִמְנָא לְמֵיהַךְ לְאָרְחֵיהּ, הַהִיא אוֹנִימְתָא, וְכָל אִינּוּן חִוְיָין, אַזְלִין קַמֵּיהּ, עַד דְּנָפִיק מִן טוּרַיָּיא, בֵּין הַהוּא חֲשׁוֹכָא תַּקִּיפָא.