From-The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old
Testament
R.H. Charles
Oxford: The Clarendon Press
Chapter 1
1 The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be 2 living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed. And he took up his parable and said -Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is 3 for to come. Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them:
The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
4 And the eternal
God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount Sinai,
[And appear from His
camp]
And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.
5 And all shall be smitten with fear
And the Watchers shall quake,
And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.
6 And the high mountains shall be shaken,
And the high hills shall be made
low,
And shall melt like wax before the flame
7 And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder,
And all that is upon the
earth shall perish,
And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).
8 But with the righteous He will make peace.
And will protect the elect,
And mercy shall be upon them.
And they shall all belong to God,
And they shall be prospered,
And they
shall all be blessed.
And He will help them all,
And light shall appear unto them,
And He
will make peace with them'.
9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones
To execute
judgement upon all,
And to destroy all the ungodly:
And to convict all flesh
Of all the works of their ungodliness which they
have ungodly committed,
And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have
spoken against Him.
Chapter 2
1 Observe ye everything that takes place in the heaven, how they do not change their orbits, and the luminaries which are in the heaven, how they all rise and set in order each in its season, and 2 transgress not against their appointed order. Behold ye the earth, and give heed to the things which take place upon it from first to last, how steadfast they are, how none of the things upon earth 3 change, but all the works of God appear to you. Behold the summer and the winter, how the whole earth is filled with water, and clouds and dew and rain lie upon it.
Chapter 3
Observe and see how (in the winter) all the trees seem as though they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.
Chapter 4
And again, observe ye the days of summer how the sun is above the earth over against it. And you seek shade and shelter by reason of the heat of the sun, and the earth also burns with growing heat, and so you cannot tread on the earth, or on a rock by reason of its heat.
Chapter 5
1 Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so. 2 And all His works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks which they accomplish for Him, and their tasks change not, but according as God hath ordained so is it done. 3 And behold how the sea and the rivers in like manner accomplish and change not their tasks from His commandments'.
4 But ye -ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of the
Lord,
But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words
With your
impure mouths against His greatness.
Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no
peace.
5 Therefore shall ye execrate your days,
And the years of your life shall
perish,
And the years of your destruction shall be multiplied in eternal
execration,
And ye shall find no mercy.
6a In those days ye shall make your names an eternal execration unto all the
righteous,
b And by you shall all who curse, curse,
And all the sinners
and godless shall imprecate by you,
7c And for you the godless there shall be
a curse.
6d And all the . . . shall rejoice,
e And there shall be forgiveness of
sins,
f And every mercy and peace and forbearance:
g There shall be
salvation unto them, a goodly light.
I And for all of you sinners there shall be no salvation,
j But on you all
shall abide a curse.
7a But for the elect there shall be light and joy and
peace,
b And they shall inherit the earth.
8 And then there shall be bestowed upon the elect wisdom,
And they shall
all live and never again sin,
Either through ungodliness or through
pride:
But they who are wise shall be humble.
9 And they shall not again transgress,
Nor shall they sin all the days of
their life,
Nor shall they die of (the divine) anger or wrath,
But they
shall complete the number of the days of their life.
And their lives shall be increased in peace,
And the years of their joy
shall be multiplied,
In eternal gladness and peace,
All the days of their
life.
Chapter 6
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto 2 them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men 3 and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not 4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations 5 not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves 6 by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn 7 and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the names of their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, 8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaq1el, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.
Chapter 7
1 And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms 2 and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they 3 became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed 4 all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against 5 them and devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and 6 fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.
Chapter 8
1 And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all 2 colouring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they 3 were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjaza taught enchantments, and root-cuttings, 'Armaros the resolving of enchantments, Baraqijal (taught) astrology, Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven . . .
Chapter 9
1 And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being 2 shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. And they said one to another: 'The earth made without inhabitant cries the voice of their cryingst up to the gates of heaven. 3 And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their suit, saying, "Bring our cause 4 before the Most High."' And they said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the generations of the 5 ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto all the ages! Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest all 6 things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which 7 men were striving to learn: And Semjaza, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates. And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the 9 women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins. And the women have 10 borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness. And now, behold, the souls of those who have died are crying and making their suit to the gates of heaven, and their lamentations have ascended: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are 11 wrought on the earth. And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.'
Chapter 10
1 Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, 2 and said to him: 'Go to Noah and tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come 3 upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape 4 and his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.' And again the Lord said to Raphael: 'Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening 5 in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may 6,7 not see light. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the secret things that the 8 Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted 9 through the works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin.' And to Gabriel said the Lord: 'Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of fornication: and destroy [the children of fornication and] the children of the Watchers from amongst men [and cause them to go forth]: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in 10 battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that they (i.e. their fathers) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and 11 that each one of them will live five hundred years.' And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go, bind Semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves 12 with them in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement that is 13 for ever and ever is consummated. In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and 14 to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. And whosoever shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to the end of all 15 generations. And destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of the Watchers, because 16 they have wronged mankind. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil work come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear: and it shall prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth' shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore.
17 And then shall all the righteous escape,
And shall live till they beget
thousands of children,
And all the days of their youth and their old
age
Shall they complete in peace.
18 And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be planted with trees and 19 be full of blessing. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield 20 ten presses of oil. And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth 21 destroy from off the earth. And all the children of men shall become righteous, and all nations 22 shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever.
Chapter 11
1 And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing which are in the heaven, so as to send 2 them down upon the earth over the work and labour of the children of men. And truth and peace shall be associated together throughout all the days of the world and throughout all the generations of men.'
Chapter 12
1 Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men knew where he was 2 hidden, and where he abode, and what had become of him. And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days were with the holy ones. 3 And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers 4 called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves 5 wives: "Ye have wrought great destruction on the earth: And ye shall have no peace nor forgiveness 6 of sin: and inasmuch as they delight themselves in their children, The murder of their beloved ones shall they see, and over the destruction of their children shall they lament, and shall make supplication unto eternity, but mercy and peace shall ye not attain."'
Chapter 13
1 And Enoch went and said: 'Azazel, thou shalt have no peace: a severe sentence has gone forth 2 against thee to put thee in bonds: And thou shalt not have toleration nor request granted to thee, because of the unrighteousness which thou hast taught, and because of all the works of godlessness 3 and unrighteousness and sin which thou hast shown to men.' Then I went and spoke to them all 4 together, and they were all afraid, and fear and trembling seized them. And they besought me to draw up a petition for them that they might find forgiveness, and to read their petition in the presence 5 of the Lord of heaven. For from thenceforward they could not speak (with Him) nor lift up their 6 eyes to heaven for shame of their sins for which they had been condemned. Then I wrote out their petition, and the prayer in regard to their spirits and their deeds individually and in regard to their 7 requests that they should have forgiveness and length. And I went off and sat down at the waters of Dan, in the land of Dan, to the south of the west of Hermon: I read their petition till I fell 8 asleep. And behold a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me, and I saw visions of chastisement, and a voice came bidding (me) I to tell it to the sons of heaven, and reprimand them. 9 And when I awaked, I came unto them, and they were all sitting gathered together, weeping in 10 'Abelsjail, which is between Lebanon and Seneser, with their faces covered. And I recounted before them all the visions which I had seen in sleep, and I began to speak the words of righteousness, and to reprimand the heavenly Watchers.
Chapter 14
1 The book of the words of righteousness, and of the reprimand of the eternal Watchers in accordance 2 with the command of the Holy Great One in that vision. I saw in my sleep what I will now say with a tongue of flesh and with the breath of my mouth: which the Great One has given to men to 3 converse therewith and understand with the heart. As He has created and given to man the power of understanding the word of wisdom, so hath He created me also and given me the power of reprimanding 4 the Watchers, the children of heaven. I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted unto you throughout all the days of eternity, and that judgement 5 has been finally passed upon you: yea (your petition) will not be granted unto you. And from henceforth you shall not ascend into heaven unto all eternity, and in bonds of the earth the decree 6 has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world. And (that) previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and ye shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before 7 you by the sword. And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own: even though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing which I have 8 written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in 9 the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into heaven. And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire: and it began to affright 10 me. And I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor (made) of crystals, and its groundwork was 11 of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were 12 fiery cherubim, and their heaven was (clear as) water. A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its 13 portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there 14 were no delights of life therein: fear covered me, and trembling got hold upon me. And as I quaked 15 and trembled, I fell upon my face. And I beheld a vision, And lo! there was a second house, greater 16 than the former, and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames of fire. And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot describe to 17 you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path 18 of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire. And I looked and saw therein a lofty throne: its appearance was as crystal, and the wheels thereof as the shining sun, and there was the vision of 19 cherubim. And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look 20 thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and 21 was whiter than any snow. None of the angels could enter and could behold His face by reason 22 of the magnificence and glory and no flesh could behold Him. The flaming fire was round about Him, and a great fire stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him: ten thousand times 23 ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed no counselor. And the most holy ones who were 24 nigh to Him did not leave by night nor depart from Him. And until then I had been prostrate on my face, trembling: and the Lord called me with His own mouth, and said to me: ' Come hither, 25 Enoch, and hear my word.' And one of the holy ones came to me and waked me, and He made me rise up and approach the door: and I bowed my face downwards.
Chapter 15
1 And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: 'Fear not, Enoch, thou righteous 2 man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither and hear my voice. And go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent thee to intercede for them: "You should intercede" for men, and not men 3 for you: Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and eternal heaven, and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves wives, and done like the children 4 of earth, and begotten giants (as your) sons? And though ye were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten (children) with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted after flesh and blood as those also do who die 5 and perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget 6 children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth. But you were formerly 7 spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their dwelling. 8 And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon 9 the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; 10 they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called. [As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.] And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless 12 hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.
Chapter 16
1 From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgement -thus shall they destroy until the day of the consummation, the great judgement in which the age shall be 2 consummated, over the Watchers and the godless, yea, shall be wholly consummated." And now as to the watchers who have sent thee to intercede for them, who had been aforetime in heaven, (say 3 to them): "You have been in heaven, but all the mysteries had not yet been revealed to you, and you knew worthless ones, and these in the hardness of your hearts you have made known to the women, and through these mysteries women and men work much evil on earth." 4 Say to them therefore: " You have no peace."'
Chapter 17
1 And they took and brought me to a place in which those who were there were like flaming fire, 2 and, when they wished, they appeared as men. And they brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain the point of whose summit reached to heaven. And I saw the places of the luminaries and the treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the uttermost depths, where were 4 a fiery bow and arrows and their quiver, and a fiery sword and all the lightnings. And they took 5 me to the living waters, and to the fire of the west, which receives every setting of the sun. And I came to a river of fire in which the fire flows like water and discharges itself into the great sea towards 6 the west. I saw the great rivers and came to the great river and to the great darkness, and went 7 to the place where no flesh walks. I saw the mountains of the darkness of winter and the place 8 whence all the waters of the deep flow. I saw the mouths of all the rivers of the earth and the mouth of the deep.
Chapter 18
1 I saw the treasuries of all the winds: I saw how He had furnished with them
the whole creation 2 and the firm foundations of the earth. And I saw the
corner-stone of the earth: I saw the four 3 winds which bear [the earth and] the
firmament of the heaven. And I saw how the winds stretch out the vaults of
heaven, and have their station between heaven and earth: these are the pillars 4
of the heaven. I saw the winds of heaven which turn and bring the circumference
of the sun and 5 all the stars to their setting. I saw the winds on the earth
carrying the clouds: I saw the paths 6 of the angels. I saw at the end of the
earth the firmament of the heaven above. And I proceeded and saw a place which
burns day and night, where there are seven mountains of magnificent stones, 7
three towards the east, and three towards the south. And as for those towards
the east, Chapter 19
1 And Uriel said to me: 'Here shall stand the angels who have connected
themselves with women, and their spirits assuming many different forms are
defiling mankind and shall lead them astray into sacrificing to demons as gods,
(here shall they stand,) till the day of the great judgement in 2 which they
shall be judged till they are made an end of. And the women also of the angels
who 3 went astray shall become sirens.' And I, Enoch, alone saw the vision, the
ends of all things: and no man shall see as I have seen.
Chapter 20
1,2 And these are the names of the holy angels who watch. Uriel, one of the
holy angels, who is 3 over the world and over Tartarus. Raphael, one of the holy
angels, who is over the spirits of men. 4,5 Raguel, one of the holy angels who
takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries. Michael, one 6 of the holy
angels, to wit, he that is set over the best part of mankind and over chaos.
Saraqael, 7 one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits, who sin in the
spirit. Gabriel, one of the holy 8 angels, who is over Paradise and the serpents
and the Cherubim. Remiel, one of the holy angels, whom God set over those who
rise.
Chapter 21
1,2 And I proceeded to where things were chaotic. And I saw there something
horrible: I saw neither 3 a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a place
chaotic and horrible. And there I saw 4 seven stars of the heaven bound together
in it, like great mountains and burning with fire. Then 5 I said: 'For what sin
are they bound, and on what account have they been cast in hither?' Then said
Uriel, one of the holy angels, who was with me, and was chief over them, and
said: 'Enoch, why 6 dost thou ask, and why art thou eager for the truth? These
are of the number of the stars of heaven, which have transgressed the
commandment of the Lord, and are bound here till ten thousand years, 7 the time
entailed by their sins, are consummated.' And from thence I went to another
place, which was still more horrible than the former, and I saw a horrible
thing: a great fire there which burnt and blazed, and the place was cleft as far
as the abyss, being full of great descending columns of 8 fire: neither its
extent or magnitude could I see, nor could I conjecture. Then I said: 'How 9
fearful is the place and how terrible to look upon!' Then Uriel answered me, one
of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: 'Enoch, why hast thou such
fear and affright?' And 10 I answered: 'Because of this fearful place, and
because of the spectacle of the pain.' And he said unto me: 'This place is the
prison of the angels, and here they will be imprisoned for ever.'
Chapter 22
1 And thence I went to another place, and he mountain [and] of hard rock. 2
And there was in it four hollow places, deep and wide and very smooth. How
smooth are the hollow places and deep and dark to look at. 3 Then Raphael
answered, one of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: 'These
hollow places have been created for this very purpose, that the spirits of the
souls of the dead should 4 assemble therein, yea that all the souls of the
children of men should assemble here. And these places have been made to receive
them till the day of their judgement and till their appointed period [till the
period appointed], till the great judgement (comes) upon them.' I saw (the
spirit of) a dead man making suit, 5 and his voice went forth to heaven and made
suit. And I asked Raphael the angel who was 6 with me, and I said unto him:
'This spirit which maketh suit, whose is it, whose voice goeth forth and maketh
suit to heaven ?' 7 And he answered me saying: 'This is the spirit which went
forth from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him
till his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his seed is
annihilated from amongst the seed of men.' 8 The I asked regarding it, and
regarding all the hollow places: 'Why is one separated from the other?' 9 And he
answered me and said unto me: 'These three have been made that the spirits of
the dead might be separated. And such a division has been make (for) the spirits
of the righteous, in which there is the bright spring of 10 water. And such has
been made for sinners when they die and are buried in the earth and judgement
has not been executed on them in their 11 lifetime. Here their spirits shall be
set apart in this great pain till the great day of judgement and punishment and
torment of those who curse for ever and retribution for their spirits. There 12
He shall bind them for ever. And such a division has been made for the spirits
of those who make their suit, who make disclosures concerning their destruction,
when they were slain in the days 13 of the sinners. Such has been made for the
spirits of men who were not righteous but sinners, who were complete in
transgression, and of the transgressors they shall be companions: but their
spirits shall not be slain in the day of judgement nor shall they be raised from
thence.' 14 The I blessed the Lord of glory and said: 'Blessed be my Lord, the
Lord of righteousness, who ruleth for ever.'
Chapter 23
1,2 From thence I went to another place to the west of the ends of the earth.
And I saw a burning 3 fire which ran without resting, and paused not from its
course day or night but (ran) regularly. And 4 I asked saying: 'What is this
which rests not?' Then Raguel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered
me and said unto me: 'This course of fire which thou hast seen is the fire in
the west which persecutes all the luminaries of heaven.'
Chapter 24
1 And from thence I went to another place of the earth, and he showed me a
mountain range of 2 fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond it and saw
seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and the stones
(thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as a whole, of glorious
appearance and fair exterior: three towards the east, one founded on the other,
and three towards the south, one upon the other, and deep rough ravines, no one
of which 3 joined with any other. And the seventh mountain was in the midst of
these, and it excelled them 4 in height, resembling the seat of a throne: and
fragrant trees encircled the throne. And amongst them was a tree such as I had
never yet smelt, neither was any amongst them nor were others like it: it had a
fragrance beyond all fragrance, and its leaves and blooms and wood wither not
for ever: 5 and its fruit is beautiful, and its fruit n resembles the dates of a
palm. Then I said: 'How beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, and its leaves are
fair, and its blooms very delightful in appearance.' 6 Then answered Michael,
one of the holy and honoured angels who was with me, and was their leader.
Chapter 25
1 And he said unto me: 'Enoch, why dost thou ask me regarding the fragrance
of the tree, 2 and why dost thou wish to learn the truth?' Then I answered him
saying: 'I wish to 3 know about everything, but especially about this tree.' And
he answered saying: 'This high mountain which thou hast seen, whose summit is
like the throne of God, is His throne, where the Holy Great One, the Lord of
Glory, the Eternal King, will sit, when He shall come down to visit 4 the earth
with goodness. And as for this fragrant tree no mortal is permitted to touch it
till the great judgement, when He shall take vengeance on all and bring
(everything) to its consummation 5 for ever. It shall then be given to the
righteous and holy. Its fruit shall be for food to the elect: it shall be
transplanted to the holy place, to the temple of the Lord, the Eternal King.
6 Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad, And in their days shall no sorrow or plague 7 Then blessed I the God of Glory, the Eternal King, who hath prepared such
things for the righteous, and hath created them and promised to give to them.
Chapter 26
1 And I went from thence to the middle of the earth, and I saw a blessed
place in which there were 2 trees with branches abiding and blooming [of a
dismembered tree]. And there I saw a holy mountain, 3 and underneath the
mountain to the east there was a stream and it flowed towards the south. And I
saw towards the east another mountain higher than this, and between them a deep
and narrow 4 ravine: in it also ran a stream underneath the mountain. And to the
west thereof there was another mountain, lower than the former and of small
elevation, and a ravine deep and dry between them: and another deep and dry
ravine was at the extremities of the three mountains. And all the ravines were
deep rand narrow, (being formed) of hard rock, and trees were not planted upon 6
them. And I marveled at the rocks, and I marveled at the ravine, yea, I marveled
very much.
Chapter 27
1 Then said I: 'For what object is this blessed land, which is entirely
filled with trees, and this 2 accursed valley between?' Then Uriel, one of the
holy angels who was with me, answered and said: 'This accursed valley is for
those who are accursed for ever: Here shall all the accursed be gathered
together who utter with their lips against the Lord unseemly words and of His
glory speak hard things. Here shall they be gathered together, and here 3 shall
be their place of judgement. In the last days there shall be upon them the
spectacle of righteous judgement in the presence of the righteous for ever: here
shall the merciful bless the Lord of glory, the Eternal King. 4 In the days of
judgement over the former, they shall bless Him for the mercy in accordance with
5 which He has assigned them (their lot).' Then I blessed the Lord of Glory and
set forth His glory and lauded Him gloriously.
Chapter 28
1 And thence I went towards the east, into the midst of the mountain range of
the desert, and 2 I saw a wilderness and it was solitary, full of trees and
plants. And water gushed forth from 3 above. Rushing like a copious watercourse
[which flowed] towards the north-west it caused clouds and dew to ascend on
every side.
Chapter 29
1 And thence I went to another place in the desert, and approached to the
east of this mountain 2 range. And there I saw aromatic trees exhaling the
fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, and the trees also were similar to the
almond tree.
Chapter 30
1,2 And beyond these, I went afar to the east, and I saw another place, a
valley (full) of water. And 3 therein there was a tree, the colour (?) of
fragrant trees such as the mastic. And on the sides of those valleys I saw
fragrant cinnamon. And beyond these I proceeded to the east.
Chapter 31
1 And I saw other mountains, and amongst them were groves of trees, and there
flowed forth from 2 them nectar, which is named sarara and galbanum. And beyond
these mountains I saw another mountain to the east of the ends of the earth,
whereon were aloe-trees, and all the trees were full 3 of stacte, being like
almond-trees. And when one burnt it, it smelt sweeter than any fragrant odour.
Chapter 32
1 And after these fragrant odours, as I looked towards the north over the
mountains I saw seven mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and
cinnamon and pepper. 2 And thence I went over the summits of all these
mountains, far towards the east of the earth, and passed above the Erythraean
sea and went far from it, and passed over the angel Zotiel. And I came to the
Garden of Righteousness, 3 I and from afar off trees more numerous than I these
trees and great-two trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and
magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great
wisdom. 4 That tree is in height like the fir, and its leaves are like (those
of) the Carob tree: and its fruit 5 is like the clusters of the vine, very
beautiful: and the fragrance of the tree penetrates afar. Then 6 I said: 'How
beautiful is the tree, and how attractive is its look!' Then Raphael the holy
angel, who was with me, answered me and said: 'This is the tree of wisdom, of
which thy father old (in years) and thy aged mother, who were before thee, have
eaten, and they learnt wisdom and their eyes were opened, and they knew that
they were naked and they were driven out of the garden.'
Chapter 33
1 And from thence I went to the ends of the earth and saw there great beasts,
and each differed from the other; and (I saw) birds also differing in appearance
and beauty and voice, the one differing from the other. And to the east of those
beasts I saw the ends of the earth whereon the heaven 2 rests, and the portals
of the heaven open. And I saw how the stars of heaven come forth, and 3 I
counted the portals out of which they proceed, and wrote down all their outlets,
of each individual star by itself, according to their number and their names,
their courses and their positions, and their 4 times and their months, as Uriel
the holy angel who was with me showed me. He showed all things to me and wrote
them down for me: also their names he wrote for me, and their laws and their
companies.
Chapter 34
1 And from thence I went towards the north to the ends of the earth, and
there I saw a great and 2 glorious device at the ends of the whole earth. And
here I saw three portals of heaven open in the heaven: through each of them
proceed north winds: when they blow there is cold, hail, frost, 3 snow, dew, and
rain. And out of one portal they blow for good: but when they blow through the
other two portals, it is with violence and affliction on the earth, and they
blow with violence.
Chapter 35
1 And from thence I went towards the west to the ends of the earth, and saw
there three portals of the heaven open such as I had seen in the east, the same
number of portals, and the same number of outlets.
Chapter 36
1 And from thence I went to the south to the ends of the earth, and saw there
three open portals 2 of the heaven: and thence there come dew, rain, and wind.
And from thence I went to the east to the ends of the heaven, and saw here the
three eastern portals of heaven open and small portals 3 above them. Through
each of these small portals pass the stars of heaven and run their course to the
west on the path which is shown to them. And as often as I saw I blessed always
the Lord of Glory, and I continued to bless the Lord of Glory who has wrought
great and glorious wonders, to show the greatness of His work to the angels and
to spirits and to men, that they might praise His work and all His creation:
that they might see the work of His might and praise the great work of His hands
and bless Him for ever.
Chapter 37
1 The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom -which Enoch the son
of Jared, the son 2 of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of
Seth, the son of Adam, saw. And this is the beginning of the words of wisdom
which I lifted up my voice to speak and say to those which dwell on earth: Hear,
ye men of old time, and see, ye that come after, the words of the Holy 3 One
which I will speak before the Lord of Spirits. It were better to declare (them
only) to the men of old time, but even from those that come after we will not
withhold the beginning of wisdom. 4 Till the present day such wisdom has never
been given by the Lord of Spirits as I have received according to my insight,
according to the good pleasure of the Lord of Spirits by whom the lot of 5
eternal life has been given to me. Now three Parables were imparted to me, and I
lifted up my voice and recounted them to those that dwell on the earth.
Chapter 38 The first
Parable
When the congregation of the righteous shall appear, 2 And when the Righteous One shall appear before the eyes of the
righteous, Where then will be the dwelling of the sinners,
And where the resting-place of those who have denied the Lord of
Spirits? 3 When the secrets of the righteous shall be revealed and the sinners
judged, 5 Then shall the kings and the mighty perish Chapter 39
1 [And it shall come to pass in those days that elect and holy children will
descend from the 2 high heaven, and their seed will become one with the children
of men. And in those days Enoch received books of zeal and wrath, and books of
disquiet and expulsion.]
And mercy shall not be accorded to them, saith the Lord of Spirits. 4 And there I saw another vision, the dwelling-places of the holy, 5 Here mine eyes saw their dwellings with His righteous angels, And they petitioned and interceded and prayed for the children of men, And mercy like dew upon the earth: 6a And in that place mine eyes saw the Elect One of righteousness and of
faith, And their lips extol the name of the Lord of Spirits, And there heretofore hath been my portion, Chapter 40
1 And after that I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand times ten
thousand, I saw a multitude 2 beyond number and reckoning, who stood before the
Lord of Spirits. And on the four sides of the Lord of Spirits I saw four
presences, different from those that sleep not, and I learnt their names: for
the angel that went with me made known to me their names, and showed me all the
hidden things. 3 And I heard the voices of those four presences as they uttered
praises before the Lord of glory. 4,5 The first voice blesses the Lord of
Spirits for ever and ever. And the second voice I heard blessing 6 the Elect One
and the elect ones who hang upon the Lord of Spirits. And the third voice I
heard pray and intercede for those who dwell on the earth and supplicate in the
name of the Lord of Spirits. 7 And I heard the fourth voice fending off the
Satans and forbidding them to come before the Lord 8 of Spirits to accuse them
who dwell on the earth. After that I asked the angel of peace who went with me,
who showed me everything that is hidden: 'Who are these four presences which I
have 9 seen and whose words I have heard and written down?' And he said to me:
'This first is Michael, the merciful and long-suffering: and the second, who is
set over all the diseases and all the wounds of the children of men, is Raphael:
and the third, who is set over all the powers, is Gabriel: and the fourth, who
is set over the repentance unto hope of those who inherit eternal life, is named
Phanuel.' 10 And these are the four angels of the Lord of Spirits and the four
voices I heard in those days.
Chapter 41
1 And after that I saw all the secrets of the heavens, and how the kingdom is
divided, and how the 2 actions of men are weighed in the balance. And there I
saw the mansions of the elect and the mansions of the holy, and mine eyes saw
there all the sinners being driven from thence which deny the name of the Lord
of Spirits, and being dragged off: and they could not abide because of the
punishment which proceeds from the Lord of Spirits. 3 And there mine eyes saw
the secrets of the lightning and of the thunder, and the secrets of the winds,
how they are divided to blow over the earth, and the secrets of the clouds and
dew, and there 4 I saw from whence they proceed in that place and from whence
they saturate the dusty earth. And there I saw closed chambers out of which the
winds are divided, the chamber of the hail and winds, the chamber of the mist,
and of the clouds, and the cloud thereof hovers over the earth from the 5
beginning of the world. And I saw the chambers of the sun and moon, whence they
proceed and whither they come again, and their glorious return, and how one is
superior to the other, and their stately orbit, and how they do not leave their
orbit, and they add nothing to their orbit and they take nothing from it, and
they keep faith with each other, in accordance with the oath by which they 6 are
bound together. And first the sun goes forth and traverses his path according to
the commandment 7 of the Lord of Spirits, and mighty is His name for ever and
ever. And after that I saw the hidden and the visible path of the moon, and she
accomplishes the course of her path in that place by day and by night-the one
holding a position opposite to the other before the Lord of Spirits.
And they give thanks and praise and rest not; 9 For no angel hinders and no power is able to hinder; for He appoints a
judge for them all and He judges them all before Him.
Chapter 42
1 Wisdom found no place where she might dwell; 2 Wisdom went forth to make her dwelling among the children of men, Wisdom returned to her place, 3 And unrighteousness went forth from her chambers: As rain in a desert Chapter 43
1 And I saw other lightnings and the stars of heaven, and I saw how He called
them all by their 2 names and they hearkened unto Him. And I saw how they are
weighed in a righteous balance according to their proportions of light: (I saw)
the width of their spaces and the day of their appearing, and how their
revolution produces lightning: and (I saw) their revolution according to the 3
number of the angels, and (how) they keep faith with each other. And I asked the
angel who went 4 with me who showed me what was hidden: 'What are these?' And he
said to me: 'The Lord of Spirits hath showed thee their parabolic meaning (lit.
'their parable'): these are the names of the holy who dwell on the earth and
believe in the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.'
Chapter 44
Also another phenomenon I saw in regard to the lightnings: how some of the
stars arise and become lightnings and cannot part with their new form.
Chapter 45
1 And this is the second Parable concerning those who deny the name of the
dwelling of the holy ones and the Lord of Spirits.
2 And into the heaven they shall not ascend, 3 On that day Mine Elect One shall sit on the throne of glory And their souls shall grow strong within them when they see Mine Elect
Ones, And I will transform the heaven and make it an eternal blessing and
light And I will cause Mine elect ones to dwell upon it: 6 For I have provided and satisfied with peace My righteous ones But for the sinners there is judgement impending with Me, [Chapter 46]
1 And there I saw One who had a head of days, Because the Lord of Spirits hath chosen him, 4 And this Son of Man whom thou hast seen 5 [And he shall put down the kings from their thrones and
kingdoms] And darkness shall be their dwelling, 7 And these are they who judge the stars of heaven, 8 And they persecute the houses of His congregations, Chapter 47
1 And in those days shall have ascended the prayer of the righteous, 2 In those days the holy ones who dwell above in the heavens 3 In those days I saw the Head of Days when He seated himself upon the throne
of His glory, 4 And the hearts of the holy were filled with joy; Chapter 48
1 And in that place I saw the fountain of righteousness 3 Yea, before the sun and the signs were created, 4 He shall be a staff to the righteous whereon to stay themselves and not
fall, 5 All who dwell on earth shall fall down and worship before him, 6 And for this reason hath he been chosen and hidden before Him, 7 And the wisdom of the Lord of Spirits hath revealed him to the holy and
righteous; 8 In these days downcast in countenance shall the kings of the earth have
become, Chapter 49
l For wisdom is poured out like water, 2 For he is mighty in all the secrets of righteousness, 3 And in him dwells the spirit of wisdom, 4 And he shall judge the secret things, Chapter 50
1 And in those days a change shall take place for the holy and elect, And the righteous shall be victorious in the name of the Lord of Spirits:
3 They shall have no honour through the name of the Lord of Spirits, 4 And He is righteous also in His judgement, Chapter 51
1 And in those days shall the earth also give back that which has been
entrusted to it, 5a For in those days the Elect One shall arise, 3 And the Elect One shall in those days sit on My throne, 4 And in those days shall the mountains leap like rams, 5b And the earth shall rejoice, Chapter 52
l And after those days in that place where I had seen all the visions of that
which is hidden -for 2 I had been carried off in a whirlwind and they had borne
me towards the west-There mine eyes saw all the secret things of heaven that
shall be, a mountain of iron, and a mountain of copper, and a mountain of
silver, and a mountain of gold, and a mountain of soft metal, and a mountain of
lead. 3 And I asked the angel who went with me, saying, 'What things are these
which I have seen in 4 secret?' And he said unto me: 'All these things which
thou hast seen shall serve the dominion of His Anointed that he may be potent
and mighty on the earth.' 5 And that angel of peace answered, saying unto me:
'Wait a little, and there shall be revealed unto thee all the secret things
which surround the Lord of Spirits. Chapter 53
1 There mine eyes saw a deep valley with open mouths, and all who dwell on
the earth and sea and islands shall bring to him gifts and presents and tokens
of homage, but that deep valley shall not become full. Chapter 54
1 And I looked and turned to another part of the earth, and saw there a deep
valley with burning 2 fire. And they brought the kings and the mighty, and began
to cast them into this deep valley. 3 And there mine eyes saw how they made
these their instruments, iron chains of immeasurable weight. 4 And I asked the
angel of peace who went with me, saying: ' For whom are these chains being
prepared ? ' And he said unto me: ' These are being prepared for the hosts of
Azazel, so that they may take them and cast them into the abyss of complete
condemnation, and they shall cover their jaws with rough stones as the Lord of
Spirits commanded. 6 And Michael, and Gabriel, and Raphael, and Phanuel shall
take hold of them on that great day, and cast them on that day into the burning
furnace, that the Lord of Spirits may take vengeance on them for their
unrighteousness in becoming subject to Satan and leading astray those who dwell
on the earth.' 7 And in those days shall punishment come from the Lord of
Spirits, and he will open all the chambers of waters which are above the
heavens, and of the fountains which are beneath the earth. 8 And all the waters
shall be joined with the waters: that which is above the heavens is the
masculine, 9 and the water which is beneath the earth is the feminine. And they
shall destroy all who dwell 10 on the earth and those who dwell under the ends
of the heaven. And when they have recognized their unrighteousness which they
have wrought on the earth, then by these shall they perish.
Chapter 55
1 And after that the Head of Days repented and said: ' In vain have I
destroyed all who dwell 2 on the earth.' And He sware by His great name: '
Henceforth I will not do so to all who dwell on the earth, and I will set a sign
in the heaven: and this shall be a pledge of good faith between Me and them for
ever, so long as heaven is above the earth. And this is in accordance with My
command. 3 When I have desired to take hold of them by the hand of the angels on
the day of tribulation and pain because of this, I will cause My chastisement
and My wrath to abide upon them, saith 4 God, the Lord of Spirits. Ye mighty
kings who dwell on the earth, ye shall have to behold Mine Elect One, how he
sits on the throne of glory and judges Azazel, and all his associates, and all
his hosts in the name of the Lord of Spirits.'
Chapter 56
1 And I saw there the hosts of the angels of punishment going, and they held
scourges and chains 2 of iron and bronze. And I asked the angel of peace who
went with me, saying: ' To whom are 3 these who hold the scourges going ? ' And
he said unto me: ' To their elect and beloved ones, that they may be cast into
the chasm of the abyss of the valley.
4 And then that valley shall be filled with their elect and beloved, 5 And in those days the angels shall return They shall stir up the kings, so that a spirit of unrest shall come upon
them, That they may break forth as lions from their lairs, 6 And they shall go up and tread under foot the land of His elect
ones And they shall begin to fight among themselves, And a man shall not know his brother, Till there be no number of the corpses through their slaughter, 8 In those days Sheol shall open its jaws, And their destruction shall be at an end; Chapter 57
1 And it came to pass after this that I saw another host of wagons, and men
riding thereon, and 2 coming on the winds from the east, and from the west to
the south. And the noise of their wagons was heard, and when this turmoil took
place the holy ones from heaven remarked it, and the pillars of the earth were
moved from their place, and the sound thereof was heard from the one end of
heaven 3 to the other, in one day. And they shall all fall down and worship the
Lord of Spirits. And this is the end of the second Parable.
Chapter 58
1 And I began to speak the third Parable concerning the righteous and elect.
2 Blessed are ye, ye righteous and elect, 3 And the righteous shall be in the light of the sun. 4 And they shall seek the light and find righteousness with the Lord of
Spirits: 5 And after this it shall be said to the holy in heaven 6 And there shall be a light that never endeth, Chapter 59
1 [In those days mine eyes saw the secrets of the lightnings, and of the
lights, and the judgements they execute (lit. ' their judgement '): and they
lighten for a blessing or a curse as the Lord of 2 Spirits willeth. And there I
saw the secrets of the thunder, and how when it resounds above in the heaven,
the sound thereof is heard, and he caused me to see the judgements executed on
the earth, whether they be for well-being and blessing, or for a curse according
to the word of the Lord of Spirits. 3 And after that all the secrets of the
lights and lightnings were shown to me, and they lighten for blessing and for
satisfying.]
Chapter 60
A Fragment of the Book of Noah
1 In the year 500, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month
in the life of Enoch. In that Parable I saw how a mighty quaking made the heaven
of heavens to quake, and the host of the Most High, and the angels, a thousand
thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, were 2 disquieted with a great
disquiet. And the Head of Days sat on the throne of His glory, and the angels
and the righteous stood around Him.
3 And a great trembling seized me, 4 And Michael sent another angel from among the holy ones and he raised me
up, and when he had raised me up my spirit returned; for I had not been able to
endure the look of this host, and the 5 commotion and the quaking of the heaven.
And Michael said unto me: ' Why art thou disquieted with such a vision ? Until
this day lasted the day of His mercy; and He hath been merciful and 6
long-suffering towards those who dwell on the earth. And when the day, and the
power, and the punishment, and the judgement come, which the Lord of Spirits
hath prepared for those who worship not the righteous law, and for those who
deny the righteous judgement, and for those who take His name in vain-that day
is prepared, for the elect a covenant, but for sinners an inquisition. 25 When
the punishment of the Lord of Spirits shall rest upon them, it shall rest in
order that the punishment of the Lord of Spirits may not come, in vain, and it
shall slay the children with their mothers and the children with their fathers.
Afterwards the judgement shall take place according to His mercy and His
patience.' 7 And on that day were two monsters parted, a female monster named
Leviathan, to dwell in the 8 abysses of the ocean over the fountains of the
waters. But the male is named Behemoth, who occupied with his breast a waste
wilderness named Duidain, on the east of the garden where the elect and
righteous dwell, where my grandfather was taken up, the seventh from Adam, the
first 9 man whom the Lord of Spirits created. And I besought the other angel
that he should show me the might of those monsters, how they were parted on one
day and cast, the one into the abysses 10 of the sea, and the other unto the dry
land of the wilderness. And he said to me: ' Thou son of man, herein thou dost
seek to know what is hidden.' 11 And the other angel who went with me and showed
me what was hidden told me what is first and last in the heaven in the height,
and beneath the earth in the depth, and at the ends of the 12 heaven, and on the
foundation of the heaven. And the chambers of the winds, and how the winds are
divided, and how they are weighed, and (how) the portals of the winds are
reckoned, each according to the power of the wind, and the power of the lights
of the moon, and according to the power that is fitting: and the divisions of
the stars according to their names, and how all the divisions 13 are divided.
And the thunders according to the places where they fall, and all the divisions
that are made among the lightnings that it may lighten, and their host that they
may at once obey. 14 For the thunder has places of rest (which) are assigned (to
it) while it is waiting for its peal; and the thunder and lightning are
inseparable, and although not one and undivided, they both go together 15
through the spirit and separate not. For when the lightning lightens, the
thunder utters its voice, and the spirit enforces a pause during the peal, and
divides equally between them; for the treasury of their peals is like the sand,
and each one of them as it peals is held in with a bridle, and turned back by
the power of the spirit, and pushed forward according to the many quarters of
the earth. 16 And the spirit of the sea is masculine and strong, and according
to the might of his strength he draws it back with a rein, and in like manner it
is driven forward and disperses amid all the mountains 17 of the earth. And the
spirit of the hoar-frost is his own angel, and the spirit of the hail is a good
18 angel. And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on account of his
strength -There is a special spirit therein, and that which ascends from it is
like smoke, and its name is frost. And the spirit of the mist is not united with
them in their chambers, but it has a special chamber; for its course is glorious
both in light and in darkness, and in winter and in summer, and in its chamber
is an angel. 20 And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of the
heaven, and is connected with the chambers of the rain, and its course is in
winter and summer: and its clouds and the clouds of the 21 mist are connected,
and the one gives to the other. And when the spirit of the rain goes forth from
its chamber, the angels come and open the chamber and lead it out, and when it
is diffused over the whole earth it unites with the water on the earth. And
whensoever it unites with the water on 22 the earth . . . For the waters are for
those who dwell on the earth; for they are nourishment for the earth from the
Most High who is in heaven: therefore there is a measure for the rain, 22, and
the angels take it in charge. And these things I saw towards the Garden of the
Righteous. 23 And the angel of peace who was with me said to me: ' These two
monsters, prepared conformably to the greatness of God, shall feed . . .
Chapter 61
1 And I saw in those days how long cords were given to those angels, and they
took to themselves wings and flew, and they went towards the north. 2 And I
asked the angel, saying unto him: ' Why have those (angels) taken these cords
and gone off ? ' And he said unto me: ' They have gone to measure.'
3 And the angel who went with me said unto me: 4 The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect, 5 And these measures shall reveal all the secrets of the depths of the earth,
6 And all who dwell above in the heaven received a command and power and one
voice and one light like unto fire.
7 And that One (with) their first words they blessed, 8 And the Lord of Spirits placed the Elect one on the throne of glory.
9 And when he shall lift up his countenance 10 And He will summon all the host of the heavens, and all the holy ones
above, and the host of God, the Cherubic, Seraphin and Ophannin, and all the
angels of power, and all the angels of principalities, and the Elect One, and
the other powers on the earth (and) over the water On that day shall raise one
voice, and bless and glorify and exalt in the spirit of faith, and in the spirit
of wisdom, and in the spirit of patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and in the
spirit of judgement and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness, and shall all
say with one voice: " Blessed is He, and may the name of the Lord of Spirits be
blessed for ever and ever."
12 All who sleep not above in heaven shall bless Him: And every spirit of light who is able to bless, and glorify, and extol, and
hallow Thy blessed name, 13 For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and He is long-suffering,
Chapter 62
1 And thus the Lord commanded the kings and the mighty and the exalted, and
those who dwell on the earth, and said:
' Open your eyes and lift up your horns if ye are able to recognize the Elect
One.' 4 Then shall pain come upon them as on a woman in travail, And one portion of them shall look on the other, 6 And the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth shall bless and
glorify and extol him who rules over all, who was hidden.
7 For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden, 8 And the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown, 9 And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those who rule the
earth 10 Nevertheless that Lord of Spirits will so press them 11 And He will deliver them to the angels for punishment, 13 And the righteous and elect shall be saved on that day, 14 And the Lord of Spirits will abide over them, 15 And the righteous and elect shall have risen from the earth, 16 And these shall be the garments of life from the Lord of Spirits:
And your garments shall not grow old, Chapter 63
1 In those days shall the mighty and the kings who possess the earth implore
(Him) to grant them a little respite from His angels of punishment to whom they
were delivered, that they might fall 2 down and worship before the Lord of
Spirits, and confess their sins before Him. And they shall bless and glorify the
Lord of Spirits, and say:
' Blessed is the Lord of Spirits and the Lord of kings, 3 And splendid in every secret thing is Thy power from generation to
generation, Deep are all Thy secrets and innumerable, 4 We have now learnt that we should glorify 6 And now we long for a little rest but find it not: And light has vanished from before us, 7 For we have not believed before Him But our hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom, 8 And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He saves us not, That our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judgements and His
justice, And we pass away from before His face on account of our works, 10 Now they shall say unto themselves: ' Our souls are full of unrighteous
gain, but it does not prevent us from descending from the midst thereof into the
burden of Sheol.'
11 And after that their faces shall be filled with darkness 12 Thus spake the Lord of Spirits: ' This is the ordinance and judgement with
respect to the mighty and the kings and the exalted and those who possess the
earth before the Lord of Spirits.'
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1,2 And other forms I saw hidden in that place. I heard the voice of the
angel saying: ' These are the angels who descended to the earth, and revealed
what was hidden to the children of men and seduced the children of men into
committing sin.'
Chapter 65
1, 2 And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down and its
destruction was nigh. And he arose from thence and went to the ends of the
earth, and cried aloud to his grandfather Enoch: 3 and Noah said three times
with an embittered voice: Hear me, hear me, hear me.' And I said unto him: '
Tell me what it is that is falling out on the earth that the earth is in such
evil plight 4 and shaken, lest perchance I shall perish with it ? ' And
thereupon there was a great commotion , on the earth, and a voice was heard from
heaven, and I fell on my face. And Enoch my grandfather came and stood by me,
and said unto me: ' Why hast thou cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping 6
And a command has gone forth from the presence of the Lord concerning those who
dwell on the earth that their ruin is accomplished because they have learnt all
the secrets of the angels, and all the violence of the Satans, and all their
powers -the most secret ones- and all the power of those who practice sorcery,
and the power of witchcraft, and the power of those who make molten images 7 for
the whole earth: And how silver is produced from the dust of the earth, and how
soft metal 8 originates in the earth. For lead and tin are not produced from the
earth like the first: it is a fountain 9 that produces them, and an angel stands
therein, and that angel is pre-eminent.' And after that my grandfather Enoch
took hold of me by my hand and raised me up, and said unto me: ' Go, for I have
10 asked the Lord of Spirits as touching this commotion on the earth. And He
said unto me: " Because of their unrighteousness their judgement has been
determined upon and shall not be withheld by Me for ever. Because of the
sorceries which they have searched out and learnt, the earth and those 11 who
dwell upon it shall be destroyed." And these-they have no place of repentance
for ever, because they have shown them what was hidden, and they are the damned:
but as for thee, my son, the Lord of Spirits knows that thou art pure, and
guiltless of this reproach concerning the secrets.
12 And He has destined thy name to be among the holy, Chapter 66
1 And after that he showed me the angels of punishment who are prepared to
come and let loose all the powers of the waters which are beneath in the earth
in order to bring judgement and destruction 2 on all who [abide and] dwell on
the earth. And the Lord of Spirits gave commandment to the angels who were going
forth, that they should not cause the waters to rise but should hold them 3 in
check; for those angels were over the powers of the waters. And I went away from
the presence of Enoch.
Chapter 67
1 And in those days the word of God came unto me, and He said unto me: '
Noah, thy lot has come 2 Up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and
uprightness. And now the angels are making a wooden (building), and when they
have completed that task I will place My hand upon it and preserve it, and there
shall come forth from it the seed of life, and a change shall set in so that the
3 earth will not remain without inhabitant. And I will make fast thy sed before
me for ever and ever, and I will spread abroad those who dwell with thee: it
shall not be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it shall be blessed and
multiply on the earth in the name of the Lord.' 4 And He will imprison those
angels, who have shown unrighteousness, in that burning valley which my
grandfather Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west among the mountains of
gold 5 and silver and iron and soft metal and tin. And I saw that valley in
which there was a great 6 convulsion and a convulsion of the waters. And when
all this took place, from that fiery molten metal and from the convulsion
thereof in that place, there was produced a smell of sulphur, and it was
connected with those waters, and that valley of the angels who had led astray
(mankind) burned 7 beneath that land. And through its valleys proceed streams of
fire, where these angels are punished who had led astray those who dwell upon
the earth. 8 But those waters shall in those days serve for the kings and the
mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, for the healing of the
body, but for the punishment of the spirit; now their spirit is full of lust,
that they may be punished in their body, for they have denied the Lord of
Spirits 9 and see their punishment daily, and yet believe not in His name. And
in proportion as the burning of their bodies becomes severe, a corresponding
change shall take place in their spirit for ever and ever; 10 for before the
Lord of Spirits none shall utter an idle word. For the judgement shall come upon
them, 11 because they believe in the lust of their body and deny the Spirit of
the Lord. And those same waters will undergo a change in those days; for when
those angels are punished in these waters, these water-springs shall change
their temperature, and when the angels ascend, this water of the 12 springs
shall change and become cold. And I heard Michael answering and saying: ' This
judgement wherewith the angels are judged is a testimony for the kings and the
mighty who possess the 13 earth.' Because these waters of judgement minister to
the healing of the body of the kings and the lust of their body; therefore they
will not see and will not believe that those waters will change and become a
fire which burns for ever.
Chapter 68
1 And after that my grandfather Enoch gave me the teaching of all the secrets
in the book in the Parables which had been given to him, and he put them
together for me in the words of the book 2 of the Parables. And on that day
Michael answered Raphael and said: ' The power of the spirit transports and
makes me to tremble because of the severity of the judgement of the secrets, the
judgement of the angels: who can endure the severe judgement which has been
executed, and before 3 which they melt away ? ' And Michael answered again, and
said to Raphael: ' Who is he whose heart is not softened concerning it, and
whose reins are not troubled by this word of judgement 4 (that) has gone forth
upon them because of those who have thus led them out ? ' And it came to pass
when he stood before the Lord of Spirits, Michael said thus to Raphael: ' I will
not take their part under the eye of the Lord; for the Lord of Spirits has been
angry with them because they do 5 as if they were the Lord. Therefore all that
is hidden shall come upon them for ever and ever; for neither angel nor man
shall have his portion (in it), but alone they have received their judgement for
ever and ever.
Chapter 69
1 And after this judgement they shall terrify and make them to tremble
because they have shown this to those who dwell on the earth. 2 And behold the
names of those angels [and these are their names: the first of them is Samjaza,
the second Artaqifa, and the third Armen, the fourth Kokabel, the fifth Turael,
the sixth Rumjal, the seventh Danjal, the eighth Neqael, the ninth Baraqel, the
tenth Azazel, the eleventh Armaros, the twelfth Batarjal, the thirteenth
Busasejal, the fourteenth Hananel, the fifteenth Turel, and the sixteenth
Simapesiel, the seventeenth Jetrel, the eighteenth Tumael, the nineteenth Turel,
3 the twentieth Rumael, the twenty-first Azazel. And these are the chiefs of
their angels and their names, and their chief ones over hundreds and over
fifties and over tens]. 4 The name of the first Jeqon: that is, the one who led
astray [all] the sons of God, and brought them 5 down to the earth, and led them
astray through the daughters of men. And the second was named Asbeel: he
imparted to the holy sons of God evil counsel, and led them astray so that they
defiled 6 their bodies with the daughters of men. And the third was named
Gadreel: he it is who showed the children of men all the blows of death, and he
led astray Eve, and showed [the weapons of death to the sons of men] the shield
and the coat of mail, and the sword for battle, and all the weapons 7 of death
to the children of men. And from his hand they have proceeded against those who
dwell 8 on the earth from that day and for evermore. And the fourth was named
Penemue: he taught the 9 children of men the bitter and the sweet, and he taught
them all the secrets of their wisdom. And he instructed mankind in writing with
ink and paper, and thereby many sinned from eternity to 10 eternity and until
this day. For men were not created for such a purpose, to give confirmation 11
to their good faith with pen and ink. For men were created exactly like the
angels, to the intent that they should continue pure and righteous, and death,
which destroys everything, could not have taken hold of them, but through this
their knowledge they are perishing, and through this power 12 it is consuming
me. And the fifth was named Kasdeja: this is he who showed the children of men
all the wicked smitings of spirits and demons, and the smitings of the embryo in
the womb, that it may pass away, and [the smitings of the soul] the bites of the
serpent, and the smitings 13 which befall through the noontide heat, the son of
the serpent named Taba'et. And this is the task of Kasbeel, the chief of the
oath which he showed to the holy ones when he dwelt high 4 above in glory, and
its name is Biqa. This (angel) requested Michael to show him the hidden name,
that he might enunciate it in the oath, so that those might quake before that
name and oath who revealed all that was in secret to the children of men. And
this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong, and he placed
this oath Akae in the hand of Michael.
16 And these are the secrets of this oath . . . 17 And through it the earth was founded upon the water, 18 And through that oath the sea was created, 9 And through that oath are the depths made fast, 20 And through that oath the sun and moon complete their course, 21 And through that oath the stars complete their course, 22 [And in like manner the spirits of the water, and of the winds, and of all
zephyrs, and (their) paths 23 from all the quarters of the winds. And there are
preserved the voices of the thunder and the light of the lightnings: and there
are preserved the chambers of the hail and the chambers of the 24 hoarfrost, and
the chambers of the mist, and the chambers of the rain and the dew. And all
these believe and give thanks before the Lord of Spirits, and glorify (Him) with
all their power, and their food is in every act of thanksgiving: they thank and
glorify and extol the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.]
25 And this oath is mighty over them 26 And there was great joy amongst them, 27 And he sat on the throne of his glory, 28 With chains shall they be bound, 29 And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible; And be strong before the Lord of Spirits.
Chapter 70
1 And it came to pass after this that his name during his lifetime was raised
aloft to that Son of 2 Man and to the Lord of Spirits from amongst those who
dwell on the earth. And he was raised aloft 3 on the chariots of the spirit and
his name vanished among them. And from that day I was no longer numbered amongst
them: and he set me between the two winds, between the North and the 4 West,
where the angels took the cords to measure for me the place for the elect and
righteous. And there I saw the first fathers and the righteous who from the
beginning dwell in that place.
Chapter 71
1 And it came to pass after this that my spirit was translated 2 And I saw two streams of fire, 3 And the angel Michael [one of the archangels] seized me by my right hand,
4 And he showed me all the secrets of the ends of the heaven, 5 And he translated my spirit into the heaven of heavens, 6 And my spirit saw the girdle which girt that house of fire, 7 And round about were Seraphin, Cherubic, and Ophannin: 8 And I saw angels who could not be counted, And Michael, and Raphael, and Gabriel, and Phanuel, 9 And they came forth from that house, 10 And with them the Head of Days, 11 And I fell on my face, And I cried with a loud voice, . . . 12 And these blessings which went forth out of my mouth were well pleasing
before that Head of Days. And that Head of Days came with Michael and Gabriel,
Raphael and Phanuel, thousands and ten thousands of angels without number.
[Lost passage wherein the Son of Man was described as accompanying the Head
of Days, and Enoch asked one of the angels (as in xlvi. 3) concerning the Son of
Man as to who he was.]
14 And he (i.e. the angel) came to me and greeted me with His voice, and said
unto me ' 16 And all shall walk in his ways since righteousness never forsaketh him:
And so there shall be length of days with that Son of Man,
Chapter 72
1 The book of the courses of the luminaries of the heaven, the relations of
each, according to their classes, their dominion and their seasons, according to
their names and places of origin, and according to their months, which Uriel,
the holy angel, who was with me, who is their guide, showed me; and he showed me
all their laws exactly as they are, and how it is with regard to all the years
of the world 2 and unto eternity, till the new creation is accomplished which
dureth till eternity. And this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary
the Sun has its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven, 3 and its setting
in the western portals of the heaven. And I saw six portals in which the sun
rises, and six portals in which the sun sets and the moon rises and sets in
these portals, and the leaders of the stars and those whom they lead: six in the
east and six in the west, and all following each other 4 in accurately
corresponding order: also many windows to the right and left of these portals.
And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun, and his
circumference is like the 5 circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled
with illuminating and heating fire. The chariot on which he ascends, the wind
drives, and the sun goes down from the heaven and returns through the north in
order to reach the east, and is so guided that he comes to the appropriate (lit.
' that ') portal and 6 shines in the face of the heaven. In this way he rises in
the first month in the great portal, which 7 is the fourth [those six portals in
the cast]. And in that fourth portal from which the sun rises in the first month
are twelve window-openings, from which proceed a flame when they are opened in 8
their season. When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that
fourth portal thirty, 9 mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the
fourth portal in the west of the heaven. And during this period the day becomes
daily longer and the night nightly shorter to the thirtieth 10 morning. On that
day the day is longer than the night by a ninth part, and the day amounts
exactly to ten parts and the night to eight parts. And the sun rises from that
fourth portal, and sets in the fourth and returns to the fifth portal of the
east thirty mornings, and rises from it and sets in the fifth 12 portal. And
then the day becomes longer by two parts and amounts to eleven parts, and the
night 13 becomes shorter and amounts to seven parts. And it returns to the east
and enters into the sixth 14 portal, and rises and sets in the sixth portal
one-and-thirty mornings on account of its sign. On that day the day becomes
longer than the night, and the day becomes double the night, and the day 15
becomes twelve parts, and the night is shortened and becomes six parts. And the
sun mounts up to make the day shorter and the night longer, and the sun returns
to the east and enters into the 16 sixth portal, and rises from it and sets
thirty mornings. And when thirty mornings are accomplished, 17 the day decreases
by exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and the night seven. And the sun
goes forth from that sixth portal in the west, and goes to the east and rises in
the fifth portal for 18 thirty mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth
western portal. On that day the day decreases by two parts, and amounts to ten
parts and the night to eight parts. And the sun goes forth from that fifth
portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal
for one- 20 and-thirty mornings on account of its sign, and sets in the west. On
that day the day is equalized with the night, [and becomes of equal length], and
the night amounts to nine parts and the day to 21 nine parts. And the sun rises
from that portal and sets in the west, and returns to the east and rises 22
thirty mornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third portal.
And on that day the night becomes longer than the day, and night becomes longer
than night, and day shorter than day till the thirtieth morning, and the night
amounts exactly to ten parts and the day to eight 23 parts. And the sun rises
from that third portal and sets in the third portal in the west and returns to
the east, and for thirty mornings rises 24 in the second portal in the east, and
in like manner sets in the second portal in the west of the heaven. And on that
day the night amounts to eleven 25 parts and the day to seven parts. And the sun
rises on that day from that second portal and sets in the west in the second
portal, and returns to the east into the first portal for one-and-thirty 26
mornings, and sets in the first portal in the west of the heaven. And on that
day the night becomes longer and amounts to the double of the day: and the night
amounts exactly to twelve parts and 27 the day to six. And the sun has
(therewith) traversed the divisions of his orbit and turns again on those
divisions of his orbit, and enters that portal thirty mornings and sets also in
the west 28 opposite to it. And on that night has the night decreased in length
by a ninth part, and the night 29 has become eleven parts and the day seven
parts. And the sun has returned and entered into the second portal in the east,
and returns on those his divisions of his orbit for thirty mornings, rising 30
and setting. And on that day the night decreases in length, and the night
amounts to ten parts 31 and the day to eight. And on that day the sun rises from
that portal, and sets in the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the
third portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the west of the heaven. 32
On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts, and the day to nine
parts, and the night 33 is equal to the day and the year is exactly as to its
days three hundred and sixty-four. And the length of the day and of the night,
and the shortness of the day and of the night arise-through the course 34 of the
sun these distinctions are made (lit. ' they are separated '). So it comes that
its course becomes 35 daily longer, and its course nightly shorter. And this is
the law and the course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns sixty
times and rises, i.e. the great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and
ever. And that which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so named
according to 37 its appearance, according as the Lord commanded. As he rises, so
he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light
is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both
equal.
Chapter 73
1 And after this law I saw another law dealing with the smaller luminary,
which is named the Moon. And her circumference is like the circumference of the
heaven, and her chariot in which she rides is driven by the wind, and light is
given to her in (definite) measure. And her rising and setting change every
month: and her days are like the days of the sun, and when her light is uniform
(i.e. full) it amounts to the seventh part of the light of the sun. And thus she
rises. And her first phase in the east comes forth on the thirtieth morning: and
on that day she becomes visible, and constitutes for you the first phase of the
moon on the thirtieth day together with the sun in the portal where the sun
rises. And the one half of her goes forth by a seventh part, and her whole
circumference is empty, without light, with the exception of one-seventh part of
it, (and) the 6 fourteenth part of her light. And when she receives one-seventh
part of the half of her light, her light 7 amounts to one-seventh part and the
half thereof. And she sets with the sun, and when the sun rises the moon rises
with him and receives the half of one part of light, and in that night in the
beginning of her morning [in the commencement of the lunar day] the moon sets
with the sun, and 8 is invisible that night with the fourteen parts and the half
of one of them. And she rises on that day with exactly a seventh part, and comes
forth and recedes from the rising of the sun, and in her remaining days she
becomes bright in the (remaining) thirteen parts.
Chapter 74
1 And I saw another course, a law for her, (and) how according to that law
she performs her monthly 2 revolution. And all these Uriel, the holy angel who
is the leader of them all, showed to me, and their positions, and I wrote down
their positions as he showed them to me, and I wrote down their months 3 as they
were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days were accomplished. In
single seventh parts she accomplishes all her light in the east, and in single
seventh parts accomplishes all her 4 darkness in the west. And in certain months
she alters her settings, and in certain months she pursues 5 her own peculiar
course. In two months the moon sets with the sun: in those two middle portals
the 6 third and the fourth. She goes forth for seven days, and turns about and
returns again through the portal where the sun rises, and accomplishes all her
light: and she recedes from the sun, and in eight 7 days enters the sixth portal
from which the sun goes forth. And when the sun goes forth from the fourth
portal she goes forth seven days, until she goes forth from the fifth and turns
back again in seven days into the fourth portal and accomplishes all her light:
and she recedes and enters into the 8 first portal in eight days. And she
returns again in seven days into the fourth portal from which the 9, 10 sun goes
forth. Thus I saw their position -how the moons rose and the sun set in those
days. And if five years are added together the sun has an overplus of thirty
days, and all the days which accrue 11 to it for one of those five years, when
they are full, amount to 364 days. And the overplus of the sun and of the stars
amounts to six days: in 5 years 6 days every year come to 30 days: and the 12
moon falls behind the sun and stars to the number of 30 days. And the sun and
the stars bring in all the years exactly, so that they do not advance or delay
their position by a single day unto eternity; but complete the years with
perfect justice in 364 days. In 3 years there are 1,092 days, and in 5 years
1,820 days, so that in 8 years there are 2,912 days. For the moon alone the days
amount in 3 years to 1,062 days, and in 5 years she falls 50 days behind: [i.e.
to the sum (of 1,770) there is 5 to be added (1,000 and) 62 days.] And in 5
years there are 1,770 days, so that for the moon the days 6 in 8 years amount to
21,832 days. [For in 8 years she falls behind to the amount of 80 days], all the
17 days she falls behind in 8 years are 80. And the year is accurately completed
in conformity with their world-stations and the stations of the sun, which rise
from the portals through which it (the sun) rises and sets 30 days.
Chapter 75
1 And the leaders of the heads of the thousands, who are placed over the
whole creation and over all the stars, have also to do with the four intercalary
days, being inseparable from their office, according to the reckoning of the
year, and these render service on the four days which are not 2 reckoned in the
reckoning of the year. And owing to them men go wrong therein, for those
luminaries truly render service on the world-stations, one in the first portal,
one in the third portal of the heaven, one in the fourth portal, and one in the
sixth portal, and the exactness of the year is 3 accomplished through its
separate three hundred and sixty-four stations. For the signs and the times and
the years and the days the angel Uriel showed to me, whom the Lord of glory hath
set for ever over all the luminaries of the heaven, in the heaven and in the
world, that they should rule on the face of the heaven and be seen on the earth,
and be leaders for the day and the night, i.e. the sun, moon, and stars, and all
the ministering creatures which make their revolution in all the chariots 4 of
the heaven. In like manner twelve doors Uriel showed me, open in the
circumference of the sun's chariot in the heaven, through which the rays of the
sun break forth: and from them is warmth 5 diffused over the earth, when they
are opened at their appointed seasons. [And for the winds and 6 the spirit of
the dew when they are opened, standing open in the heavens at the ends.] As for
the twelve portals in the heaven, at the ends of the earth, out of which go
forth the sun, moon, and stars, 7 and all the works of heaven in the east and in
the west, There are many windows open to the left and right of them, and one
window at its (appointed) season produces warmth, corresponding (as these do) to
those doors from which the stars come forth according as He has commanded them,
8 and wherein they set corresponding to their number. And I saw chariots in the
heaven, running 9 in the world, above those portals in which revolve the stars
that never set. And one is larger than all the rest, and it is that that makes
its course through the entire world.
Chapter 76
1 And at the ends of the earth I saw twelve portals open to all the quarters
(of the heaven), from 2 which the winds go forth and blow over the earth. Three
of them are open on the face (i.e. the east) of the heavens, and three in the
west, and three on the right (i.e. the south) of the heaven, and 3 three on the
left (i.e. the north). And the three first are those of the east, and three are
of the 4 north, and three [after those on the left] of the south, and three of
the west. Through four of these come winds of blessing and prosperity, and from
those eight come hurtful winds: when they are sent, they bring destruction on
all the earth and on the water upon it, and on all who dwell thereon, and on
everything which is in the water and on the land. 5 And the first wind from
those portals, called the east wind, comes forth through the first portal which
is in the east, inclining towards the south: from it come forth desolation,
drought, heat, 6 and destruction. And through the second portal in the middle
comes what is fitting, and from it there come rain and fruitfulness and
prosperity and dew; and through the third portal which lies toward the north
come cold and drought. 7 And after these come forth the south winds through
three portals: through the first portal of 8 them inclining to the east comes
forth a hot wind. And through the middle portal next to it there 9 come forth
fragrant smells, and dew and rain, and prosperity and health. And through the
third portal lying to the west come forth dew and rain, locusts and desolation.
10 And after these the north winds: from the seventh portal in the east come dew
and rain, locusts and desolation. And from the middle portal come in a direct
direction health and rain and dew and prosperity; and through the third portal
in the west come cloud and hoar-frost, and snow and rain, and dew and locusts.
12 And after these [four] are the west winds: through the first portal adjoining
the north come forth dew and hoar-frost, and cold and snow and frost. And from
the middle portal come forth dew and rain, and prosperity and blessing; and
through the last portal which adjoins the south come forth drought and
desolation, and burning and destruction. And the twelve portals of the four
quarters of the heaven are therewith completed, and all their laws and all their
plagues and all their benefactions have I shown to thee, my son Methuselah.
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1 And the first quarter is called the east, because it is the first: and the
second, the south, because the Most High will descend there, yea, there in quite
a special sense will He who is blessed for ever 2 descend. And the west quarter
is named the diminished, because there all the luminaries of the 3 heaven wane
and go down. And the fourth quarter, named the north, is divided into three
parts: the first of them is for the dwelling of men: and the second contains
seas of water, and the abysses and forests and rivers, and darkness and clouds;
and the third part contains the garden of righteousness. 4 I saw seven high
mountains, higher than all the mountains which are on the earth: and thence 5
comes forth hoar-frost, and days, seasons, and years pass away. I saw seven
rivers on the earth larger than all the rivers: one of them coming from the west
pours its waters into the Great Sea. 6 And these two come from the north to the
sea and pour their waters into the Erythraean Sea in the 7 east. And the
remaining, four come forth on the side of the north to their own sea, two of
them to the Erythraean Sea, and two into the Great Sea and discharge themselves
there [and some say: 8 into the desert]. Seven great islands I saw in the sea
and in the mainland: two in the mainland and five in the Great Sea.
Chapter 78
1, 2 And the names of the sun are the following: the first Orjares, and the
second Tomas. And the moon has four names: the first name is Asonja, the second
Ebla, the third Benase, and the fourth 3 Erae. These are the two great
luminaries: their circumference is like the circumference of the 4 heaven, and
the size of the circumference of both is alike. In the circumference of the sun
there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon,
and in definite measures it is s transferred till the seventh portion of the sun
is exhausted. And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make their
revolution by the north, and come forth through the eastern portals 6 on the
face of the heaven. And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part appears in the
heaven: 7 [the light becomes full in her]: on the fourteenth day she
accomplishes her light. And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till
the fifteenth day (when) her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the
year, and she becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by (the addition of)
fourteenth 8 parts. And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to
fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the
third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to
nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on
the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the
thirteenth to two, on the 9 fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her
remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth. And 10 in certain months the
month has twenty-nine days and once twenty-eight. And Uriel showed me another
law: when light is transferred to the moon, and on which side it is transferred
to her by the sun. During all the period during which the moon is growing in her
light, she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during
fourteen days [her light is accomplished in the heaven, 12 and when she is
illumined throughout, her light is accomplished full in the heaven. And on the
first 13 day she is called the new moon, for on that day the light rises upon
her. She becomes full moon exactly on the day when the sun sets in the west, and
from the east she rises at night, and the moon shines the whole night through
till the sun rises over against her and the moon is seen over against the sun.
On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she wanes till
all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end, and her
circumference is empty, void of 5 light. And three months she makes of thirty
days, and at her time she makes three months of twenty- nine days each, in which
she accomplishes her waning in the first period of time, and in the first 6
portal for one hundred and seventy-seven days. And in the time of her going out
she appears for three months (of) thirty days each, and for three months she
appears (of) twenty-nine each. At night she appears like a man for twenty days
each time, and by day she appears like the heaven, and there is nothing else in
her save her light.
Chapter 79
1 And now, my son, I have shown thee everything, and the law of all the stars
of the heaven is 2 completed. And he showed me all the laws of these for every
day, and for every season of bearing rule, and for every year, and for its going
forth, and for the order prescribed to it every month 3 and every week: And the
waning of the moon which takes place in the sixth portal: for in this 4 sixth
portal her light is accomplished, and after that there is the beginning of the
waning: (And the waning) which takes place in the first portal in its season,
till one hundred and seventy-seven 5 days are accomplished: reckoned according
to weeks, twenty-five (weeks) and two days. She falls behind the sun and the
order of the stars exactly five days in the course of one period, and when 6
this place which thou seest has been traversed. Such is the picture and sketch
of every luminary which Uriel the archangel, who is their leader, showed unto
me.
Chapter 80
1 And in those days the angel Uriel answered and said to me: ' Behold, I have
shown thee everything, Enoch, and I have revealed everything to thee that thou
shouldst see this sun and this moon, and the leaders of the stars of the heaven
and all those who turn them, their tasks and times and departures.
2 And in the days of the sinners the years shall be shortened, Chapter 81
1 And he said unto me: 2 And I observed the heavenly tablets, and read everything which was written
(thereon) and understood everything, and read the book of all the deeds of
mankind, and of all the children of flesh 3 that shall be upon the earth to the
remotest generations. And forthwith I blessed the great Lord the King of glory
for ever, in that He has made all the works of the world,
And I extolled the Lord because of His patience, 4 And after that I said: 5 And those seven holy ones brought me and placed me on the earth before the
door of my house, and said to me: ' Declare everything to thy son Methuselah,
and show to all thy children that no 6 flesh is righteous in the sight of the
Lord, for He is their Creator. One year we will leave thee with thy son, till
thou givest thy (last) commands, that thou mayest teach thy children and record
(it) for them, and testify to all thy children; and in the second year they
shall take thee from their midst.
7 Let thy heart be strong, The righteous with the righteous shall rejoice, 8 But the sinners shall die with the sinners, 9 And those who practice righteousness shall die on account of the deeds of
men, 10 And in those days they ceased to speak to me, and I came to my people,
blessing the Lord of the world.
Chapter 82
1 And now, my son Methuselah, all these things I am recounting to thee and
writing down for thee! and I have revealed to thee everything, and given thee
books concerning all these: so preserve, my son Methuselah, the books from thy
father's hand, and (see) that thou deliver them to the generations of the world.
2 I have given Wisdom to thee and to thy children, 3 And those who understand it shall not sleep, 4 Blessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who walk In the way of
righteousness and sin not as the sinners, in the reckoning of all their days in
which the sun traverses the heaven, entering into and departing from the portals
for thirty days with the heads of thousands of the order of the stars, together
with the four which are intercalated which divide the four portions of the year,
which 5 lead them and enter with them four days. Owing to them men shall be at
fault and not reckon them in the whole reckoning of the year: yea, men shall be
at fault, and not recognize them 6 accurately. For they belong to the reckoning
of the year and are truly recorded (thereon) for ever, one in the first portal
and one in the third, and one in the fourth and one in the sixth, and the year
is completed in three hundred and sixty-four days. 7 And the account thereof is
accurate and the recorded reckoning thereof exact; for the luminaries, and
months and festivals, and years and days, has Uriel shown and revealed to me, to
whom the 8 Lord of the whole creation of the world hath subjected the host of
heaven. And he has power over night and day in the heaven to cause the light to
give light to men -sun, moon, and stars, 9 and all the powers of the heaven
which revolve in their circular chariots. And these are the orders of the stars,
which set in their places, and in their seasons and festivals and months. 10 And
these are the names of those who lead them, who watch that they enter at their
times, in their orders, in their seasons, in their months, in their periods of
dominion, and in their positions. Their four leaders who divide the four parts
of the year enter first; and after them the twelve leaders of the orders who
divide the months; and for the three hundred and sixty (days) there are heads
over thousands who divide the days; and for the four intercalary days there are
the leaders which sunder 12 the four parts of the year. And these heads over
thousands are intercalated between 13 leader and leader, each behind a station,
but their leaders make the division. And these are the names of the leaders who
divide the four parts of the year which are ordained: Milki'el, Hel'emmelek, and
Mel'ejal, 14 and Narel. And the names of those who lead them: Adnar'el, and
Ijasusa'el, and 'Elome'el- these three follow the leaders of the orders, and
there is one that follows the three leaders of the orders which follow those
leaders of stations that divide the four parts of the year. In the beginning of
the year Melkejal rises first and rules, who is named Tam'aini and sun, and 16
all the days of his dominion whilst he bears rule are ninety-one days. And these
are the signs of the days which are to be seen on earth in the days of his
dominion: sweat, and heat, and calms; and all the trees bear fruit, and leaves
are produced on all the trees, and the harvest of wheat, and the rose-flowers,
and all the flowers which come forth in the field, but the trees of the winter
season become withered. And these are the names of the leaders which are under
them: Berka'el, Zelebs'el, and another who is added a head of a thousand, called
Hilujaseph: and the days of the dominion of this (leader) are at an end. 18 The
next leader after him is Hel'emmelek, whom one names the shining sun, and all
the days 19 of his light are ninety-one days. And these are the signs of (his)
days on the earth: glowing heat and dryness, and the trees ripen their fruits
and produce all their fruits ripe and ready, and the sheep pair and become
pregnant, and all the fruits of the earth are gathered in, and everything that
is 20 in the fields, and the winepress: these things take place in the days of
his dominion. These are the names, and the orders, and the leaders of those
heads of thousands: Gida'ljal, Ke'el, and He'el, and the name of the head of a
thousand which is added to them, Asfa'el: and the days of his dominion are at an
end.
Chapter 83
1 And now, my son Methuselah, I will show thee all my visions which I have
seen, recounting 2 them before thee. Two visions I saw before I took a wife, and
the one was quite unlike the other: the first when I was learning to write: the
second before I took thy mother, (when) I saw a terrible 3 vision. And regarding
them I prayed to the Lord. I had laid me down in the house of my grandfather
Mahalalel, (when) I saw in a vision how the heaven collapsed and was borne off
and fell to 4 the earth. And when it fell to the earth I saw how the earth was
swallowed up in a great abyss, and mountains were suspended on mountains, and
hills sank down on hills, and high trees were rent 5 from their stems, and
hurled down and sunk in the abyss. And thereupon a word fell into my mouth, 6
and I lifted up (my voice) to cry aloud, and said: ' The earth is destroyed.'
And my grandfather Mahalalel waked me as I lay near him, and said unto me: ' Why
dost thou cry so, my son, and why 7 dost thou make such lamentation?' And I
recounted to him the whole vision which I had seen, and he said unto me: ' A
terrible thing hast thou seen, my son, and of grave moment is thy dream- vision
as to the secrets of all the sin of the earth: it must sink into the abyss and
be destroyed with 8 a great destruction. And now, my son, arise and make
petition to the Lord of glory, since thou art a believer, that a remnant may
remain on the earth, and that He may not destroy the whole 9 earth. My son, from
heaven all this will come upon the earth, and upon the earth there will be great
10 destruction. After that I arose and prayed and implored and besought, and
wrote down my prayer for the generations of the world, and I will show
everything to thee, my son Methuselah. And when I had gone forth below and seen
the heaven, and the sun rising in the east, and the moon setting in the west,
and a few stars, and the whole earth, and everything as He had known it in the
beginning, then I blessed the Lord of judgement and extolled Him because He had
made the sun to go forth from the windows of the east, and he ascended and rose
on the face of the heaven, and set out and kept traversing the path shown unto
him.
Chapter 84
1 And I lifted up my hands in righteousness and blessed the Holy and Great
One, and spake with the breath of my mouth, and with the tongue of flesh, which
God has made for the children of the flesh of men, that they should speak
therewith, and He gave them breath and a tongue and a mouth that they should
speak therewith:
2 Blessed be Thou, O Lord, King, And Thy power and kingship and greatness abide for ever and ever, 3 For Thou hast made and Thou rulest all things, Chapter 85
1,2 And after this I saw another dream, and I will show the whole dream to
thee, my son. And Enoch lifted up (his voice) and spake to his son Methuselah: '
To thee, my son, will I speak: hear my words-incline thine ear to the
dream-vision of thy father. Before I took thy mother Edna, I saw in a vision on
my bed, and behold a bull came forth from the earth, and that bull was white;
and after it came forth a heifer, and along with this (latter) came forth two
bulls, one of them black and 4 the other red. And that black bull gored the red
one and pursued him over the earth, and thereupon 5 I could no longer see that
red bull. But that black bull grew and that heifer went with him, and 6 I saw
that many oxen proceeded from him which resembled and followed him. And that
cow, that first one, went from the presence of that first bull in order to seek
that red one, but found him 7 not, and lamented with a great lamentation over
him and sought him. And I looked till that first 8 bull came to her and quieted
her, and from that time onward she cried no more. And after that she bore
another white bull, and after him she bore many bulls and black cows. 9 And I
saw in my sleep that white bull likewise grow and become a great white bull, and
from Him proceeded many white bulls, and they resembled him. And they began to
beget many white bulls, which resembled them, one following the other, (even)
many.
Chapter 86
1 And again I saw with mine eyes as I slept, and I saw the heaven above, and
behold a star fell 2 from heaven, and it arose and eat and pastured amongst
those oxen. And after that I saw the large and the black oxen, and behold they
all changed their stalls and pastures and their cattle, and began 3 to live with
each other. And again I saw in the vision, and looked towards the heaven, and
behold I saw many stars descend and cast themselves down from heaven to that
first star, and they became 4 bulls amongst those cattle and pastured with them
[amongst them]. And I looked at them and saw, and behold they all let out their
privy members, like horses, and began to cover the cows of the oxen, 5 and they
all became pregnant and bare elephants, camels, and asses. And all the oxen
feared them and were affrighted at them, and began to bite with their teeth and
to devour, and to gore with their 6 horns. And they began, moreover, to devour
those oxen; and behold all the children of the earth began to tremble and quake
before them and to flee from them.
Chapter 87
1 And again I saw how they began to gore each other and to devour each other,
and the earth 2 began to cry aloud. And I raised mine eyes again to heaven, and
I saw in the vision, and behold there came forth from heaven beings who were
like white men: and four went forth from that place 3 and three with them. And
those three that had last come forth grasped me by my hand and took me up, away
from the generations of the earth, and raised me up to a lofty place, and showed
me 4 a tower raised high above the earth, and all the hills were lower. And one
said unto me: ' Remain here till thou seest everything that befalls those
elephants, camels, and asses, and the stars and the oxen, and all of them.'
Chapter 88
1 And I saw one of those four who had come forth first, and he seized that
first star which had fallen from the heaven, and bound it hand and foot and cast
it into an abyss: now that abyss was 2 narrow and deep, and horrible and dark.
And one of them drew a sword, and gave it to those elephants and camels and
asses: then they began to smite each other, and the whole earth quaked 3 because
of them. And as I was beholding in the vision, lo, one of those four who had
come forth stoned (them) from heaven, and gathered and took all the great stars
whose privy members were like those of horses, and bound them all hand and foot,
and cast them in an abyss of the earth.
Chapter 89
1 And one of those four went to that white bull and instructed him in a
secret, without his being terrified: he was born a bull and became a man, and
built for himself a great vessel and dwelt thereon; 2 and three bulls dwelt with
him in that vessel and they were covered in. And again I raised mine eyes
towards heaven and saw a lofty roof, with seven water torrents thereon, and
those torrents 3 flowed with much water into an enclosure. And I saw again, and
behold fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure, and that
water began to swell and rise upon the surface, 4 and I saw that enclosure till
all its surface was covered with water. And the water, the darkness, and mist
increased upon it; and as I looked at the height of that water, that water had
risen above the height of that enclosure, and was streaming over that enclosure,
and it stood upon the earth. 5 And all the cattle of that enclosure were
gathered together until I saw how they sank and were 6 swallowed up and perished
in that water. But that vessel floated on the water, while all the oxen and
elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals, so that
I could no longer see them, and they were not able to escape, (but) perished and
sank into the depths. And again I saw in the vision till those water torrents
were removed from that high roof, and the chasms 8 of the earth were leveled up
and other abysses were opened. Then the water began to run down into these, till
the earth became visible; but that vessel settled on the earth, and the darkness
9 retired and light appeared. But that white bull which had become a man came
out of that vessel, and the three bulls with him, and one of those three was
white like that bull, and one of them was red as blood, and one black: and that
white bull departed from them. 10 And they began to bring forth beasts of the
field and birds, so that there arose different genera: lions, tigers, wolves,
dogs, hyenas, wild boars, foxes, squirrels, swine, falcons, vultures, kites,
eagles, and ravens; and among them was born a white bull. And they began to bite
one another; but that white bull which was born amongst them begat a wild ass
and a white bull with it, and the 12 wild asses multiplied. But that bull which
was born from him begat a black wild boar and a white 13 sheep; and the former
begat many boars, but that sheep begat twelve sheep. And when those twelve sheep
had grown, they gave up one of them to the asses, and those asses again gave up
that sheep to the wolves, and that sheep grew up among the wolves. And the Lord
brought the eleven sheep to live with it and to pasture with it among the
wolves: and they multiplied and became many flocks of sheep. And the wolves
began to fear them, and they oppressed them until they destroyed their little
ones, and they cast their young into a river of much water: but those sheep
began to 16 cry aloud on account of their little ones, and to complain unto
their Lord. And a sheep which had been saved from the wolves fled and escaped to
the wild asses; and I saw the sheep how they lamented and cried, and besought
their Lord with all their might, till that Lord of the sheep descended at the
voice of the sheep from a lofty abode, and came to them and pastured them. And
He called that sheep which had escaped the wolves, and spake with it concerning
the wolves that it should 18 admonish them not to touch the sheep. And the sheep
went to the wolves according to the word of the Lord, and another sheep met it
and went with it, and the two went and entered together into the assembly of
those wolves, and spake with them and admonished them not to touch the 19 sheep
from henceforth. And thereupon I saw the wolves, and how they oppressed the
sheep 20 exceedingly with all their power; and the sheep cried aloud. And the
Lord came to the sheep and they began to smite those wolves: and the wolves
began to make lamentation; but the sheep became 21 quiet and forthwith ceased to
cry out. And I saw the sheep till they departed from amongst the wolves; but the
eyes of the wolves were blinded, and those wolves departed in pursuit of the
sheep 22 with all their power. And the Lord of the sheep went with them, as
their leader, and all His sheep 23 followed Him: and his face was dazzling and
glorious and terrible to behold. But the wolves 24 began to pursue those sheep
till they reached a sea of water. And that sea was divided, and the water stood
on this side and on that before their face, and their Lord led them and placed
Himself between 25 them and the wolves. And as those wolves did not yet see the
sheep, they proceeded into the midst of that sea, and the wolves followed the
sheep, and [those wolves] ran after them into that sea. 26 And when they saw the
Lord of the sheep, they turned to flee before His face, but that sea gathered
itself together, and became as it had been created, and the water swelled and
rose till it covered 27 those wolves. And I saw till all the wolves who pursued
those sheep perished and were drowned. 28 But the sheep escaped from that water
and went forth into a wilderness, where there was no water and no grass; and
they began to open their eyes and to see; and I saw the Lord of the sheep 29
pasturing them and giving them water and grass, and that sheep going and leading
them. And that 30 sheep ascended to the summit of that lofty rock, and the Lord
of the sheep sent it to them. And after that I saw the Lord of the sheep who
stood before them, and His appearance was great and 31 terrible and majestic,
and all those sheep saw Him and were afraid before His face. And they all feared
and trembled because of Him, and they cried to that sheep with them [which was
amongst 32 them]: ' We are not able to stand before our Lord or to behold Him.'
And that sheep which led them again ascended to the summit of that rock, but the
sheep began to be blinded and to wander 33 from the way which he had showed
them, but that sheep wot not thereof. And the Lord of the sheep was wrathful
exceedingly against them, and that sheep discovered it, and went down from the
summit of the rock, and came to the sheep, and found the greatest part of them
blinded and fallen 34 away. And when they saw it they feared and trembled at its
presence, and desired to return to their 35 folds. And that sheep took other
sheep with it, and came to those sheep which had fallen away, and began to slay
them; and the sheep feared its presence, and thus that sheep brought back those
36 sheep that had fallen away, and they returned to their folds. And I saw in
this vision till that sheep became a man and built a house for the Lord of the
sheep, and placed all the sheep in that house. 37 And I saw till this sheep
which had met that sheep which led them fell asleep: and I saw till all the
great sheep perished and little ones arose in their place, and they came to a
pasture, and 38 approached a stream of water. Then that sheep, their leader
which had become a man, withdrew 39 from them and fell asleep, and all the sheep
sought it and cried over it with a great crying. And I saw till they left off
crying for that sheep and crossed that stream of water, and there arose the two
sheep as leaders in the place of those which had led them and fallen asleep
(lit. ' had fallen asleep and led 40 them '). And I saw till the sheep came to a
goodly place, and a pleasant and glorious land, and I saw till those sheep were
satisfied; and that house stood amongst them in the pleasant land. 41 And
sometimes their eyes were opened, and sometimes blinded, till another sheep
arose and led them and brought them all back, and their eyes were opened. 42 And
the dogs and the foxes and the wild boars began to devour those sheep till the
Lord of the sheep raised up [another sheep] a ram from their 43 midst, which led
them. And that ram began to butt on either side those dogs, foxes, and wild 44
boars till he had destroyed them all. And that sheep whose eyes were opened saw
that ram, which was amongst the sheep, till it forsook its glory and began to
butt those sheep, and trampled upon them, and behaved itself 45 unseemly. And
the Lord of the sheep sent the lamb to another lamb and raised it to being a ram
and leader of the sheep instead of that 46 ram which had forsaken its glory. And
it went to it and spake to it alone, and raised it to being a ram, and made it
the prince and leader of the sheep; but during all these things those dogs 47
oppressed the sheep. And the first ram pursued that second ram, and that second
ram arose and fled before it; and I saw till those dogs pulled 48 down the first
ram. And that second ram arose 49 and led the [little] sheep. And those sheep
grew and multiplied; but all the dogs, and foxes, and wild boars feared and fled
before it, and that ram butted and killed the wild beasts, and those wild beasts
had no longer any power among the 48b sheep and robbed them no more of ought.
And that ram begat many sheep and fell asleep; and a little sheep became ram in
its stead, and became prince and leader of those sheep. 50 And that house became
great and broad, and it was built for those sheep: (and) a tower lofty and great
was built on the house for the Lord of the sheep, and that house was low, but
the tower was elevated and lofty, and the Lord of the sheep stood on that tower
and they offered a full table before Him. 51 And again I saw those sheep that
they again erred and went many ways, and forsook that their house, and the Lord
of the sheep called some from amongst the sheep and sent them to the sheep, 52
but the sheep began to slay them. And one of them was saved and was not slain,
and it sped away and cried aloud over the sheep; and they sought to slay it, but
the Lord of the sheep saved it from 53 the sheep, and brought it up to me, and
caused it to dwell there. And many other sheep He sent to those sheep to testify
unto them and lament over them. And after that I saw that when they forsook the
house of the Lord and His tower they fell away entirely, and their eyes were
blinded; and I saw the Lord of the sheep how He wrought much slaughter amongst
them in their herds until 55 those sheep invited that slaughter and betrayed His
place. And He gave them over into the hands of the lions and tigers, and wolves
and hyenas, and into the hand of the foxes, and to all the wild 56 beasts, and
those wild beasts began to tear in pieces those sheep. And I saw that He forsook
that their house and their tower and gave them all into the hand of the lions,
to tear and devour them, 57 into the hand of all the wild beasts. And I began to
cry aloud with all my power, and to appeal to the Lord of the sheep, and to
represent to Him in regard to the sheep that they were devoured 58 by all the
wild beasts. But He remained unmoved, though He saw it, and rejoiced that they
were devoured and swallowed and robbed, and left them to be devoured in the hand
of all the beasts. 59 And He called seventy shepherds, and cast those sheep to
them that they might pasture them, and He spake to the shepherds and their
companions: ' Let each individual of you pasture the sheep 60 henceforward, and
everything that I shall command you that do ye. And I will deliver them over
unto you duly numbered, and tell you which of them are to be destroyed-and them
destroy ye.' And 61 He gave over unto them those sheep. And He called another
and spake unto him: ' Observe and mark everything that the shepherds will do to
those sheep; for they will destroy more of them than 62 I have commanded them.
And every excess and the destruction which will be wrought through the
shepherds, record (namely) how many they destroy according to my command, and
how many according to their own caprice: record against every individual
shepherd all the destruction he 63 effects. And read out before me by number how
many they destroy, and how many they deliver over for destruction, that I may
have this as a testimony against them, and know every deed of the shepherds,
that I may comprehend and see what they do, whether or not they abide by my 64
command which I have commanded them. But they shall not know it, and thou shalt
not declare it to them, nor admonish them, but only record against each
individual all the destruction which 65 the shepherds effect each in his time
and lay it all before me.' And I saw till those shepherds pastured in their
season, and they began to slay and to destroy more than they were bidden, and
they delivered 66 those sheep into the hand of the lions. And the lions and
tigers eat and devoured the greater part of those sheep, and the wild boars eat
along with them; and they burnt that tower and demolished 67 that house. And I
became exceedingly sorrowful over that tower because that house of the sheep was
demolished, and afterwards I was unable to see if those sheep entered that
house. 68 And the shepherds and their associates delivered over those sheep to
all the wild beasts, to devour them, and each one of them received in his time a
definite number: it was written by the other 69 in a book how many each one of
them destroyed of them. And each one slew and destroyed many 70 more than was
prescribed; and I began to weep and lament on account of those sheep. And thus
in the vision I saw that one who wrote, how he wrote down every one that was
destroyed by those shepherds, day by day, and carried up and laid down and
showed actually the whole book to the Lord of the sheep-(even) everything that
they had done, and all that each one of them had made 71 away with, and all that
they had given over to destruction. And the book was read before the Lord of the
sheep, and He took the book from his hand and read it and sealed it and laid it
down. 72 And forthwith I saw how the shepherds pastured for twelve hours, and
behold three of those sheep turned back and came and entered and began to build
up all that had fallen down of that 73 house; but the wild boars tried to hinder
them, but they were not able. And they began again to build as before, and they
reared up that tower, and it was named the high tower; and they began again to
place a table before the tower, but all the bread on it was polluted and not
pure. 74 And as touching all this the eyes of those sheep were blinded so that
they saw not, and (the eyes of) their shepherds likewise; and they delivered
them in large numbers to their shepherds for 75 destruction, and they trampled
the sheep with their feet and devoured them. And the Lord of the sheep remained
unmoved till all the sheep were dispersed over the field and mingled with them
(i.e. the 76 beasts), and they (i.e. the shepherds) did not save them out of the
hand of the beasts. And this one who wrote the book carried it up, and showed it
and read it before the Lord of the sheep, and implored Him on their account, and
besought Him on their account as he showed Him all the doings 77 of the
shepherds, and gave testimony before Him against all the shepherds. And he took
the actual book and laid it down beside Him and departed.
Chapter 90
1 And I saw till that in this manner thirty-five shepherds undertook the
pasturing (of the sheep), and they severally completed their periods as did the
first; and others received them into their 2 hands, to pasture them for their
period, each shepherd in his own period. And after that I saw in my vision all
the birds of heaven coming, the eagles, the vultures, the kites, the ravens; but
the eagles led all the birds; and they began to devour those sheep, and to pick
out their eyes and to 3 devour their flesh. And the sheep cried out because
their flesh was being devoured by the birds, 4 and as for me I looked and
lamented in my sleep over that shepherd who pastured the sheep. And I saw until
those sheep were devoured by the dogs and eagles and kites, and they left
neither flesh nor skin nor sinew remaining on them till only their bones stood
there: and their bones too fell 5 to the earth and the sheep became few. And I
saw until that twenty-three had undertaken the pasturing and completed in their
several periods fifty-eight times. 6 But behold lambs were borne by those white
sheep, and they began to open their eyes and to see, 7 and to cry to the sheep.
Yea, they cried to them, but they did not hearken to what they said to 8 them,
but were exceedingly deaf, and their eyes were very exceedingly blinded. And I
saw in the vision how the ravens flew upon those lambs and took one of those
lambs, and dashed the sheep 9 in pieces and devoured them. And I saw till horns
grew upon those lambs, and the ravens cast down their horns; and I saw till
there sprouted a great horn of one of those sheep, and their eyes 10 were
opened. And it looked at them [and their eyes opened], and it cried to the
sheep, and the 11 rams saw it and all ran to it. And notwithstanding all this
those eagles and vultures and ravens and kites still kept tearing the sheep and
swooping down upon them and devouring them: still the sheep remained silent, but
the rams lamented and cried out. And those ravens fought and battled with it and
sought to lay low its horn, but they had no power over it. All the eagles and
vultures and ravens and kites were gathered together, and there came with them
all the sheep of the field, yea, they all came together, and helped each other
to break that horn of the ram. 19 And I saw till a great sword was given to the
sheep, and the sheep proceeded against all the beasts of the field to slay them,
and all the beasts and the birds of the heaven fled before their face. And I saw
that man, who wrote the book according to the command of the Lord, till he
opened that book concerning the destruction which those twelve last shepherds
had wrought, and showed that they had destroyed much more than their
predecessors, before the Lord of the sheep. And I saw till the Lord of the sheep
came unto them and took in His hand the staff of His wrath, and smote the earth,
and the earth clave asunder, and all the beasts and all the birds of the heaven
fell from among those sheep, and were swallowed up in the earth and it covered
them. 20 And I saw till a throne was erected in the pleasant land, and the Lord
of the sheep sat Himself thereon, and the other took the sealed books and opened
those books before the Lord of the sheep. 21 And the Lord called those men the
seven first white ones, and commanded that they should bring before Him,
beginning with the first star which led the way, all the stars whose privy
members 22 were like those of horses, and they brought them all before Him. And
He said to that man who wrote before Him, being one of those seven white ones,
and said unto him: ' Take those seventy shepherds to whom I delivered the sheep,
and who taking them on their own authority slew more 23 than I commanded them.'
And behold they were all bound, I saw, and they all stood before Him. 24 And the
judgement was held first over the stars, and they were judged and found guilty,
and went to the place of condemnation, and they were cast into an abyss, full of
fire and flaming, and full 25 of pillars of fire. And those seventy shepherds
were judged and found guilty, and they were cast 26 into that fiery abyss. And I
saw at that time how a like abyss was opened in the midst of the earth, full of
fire, and they brought those blinded sheep, and they were all judged and found
guilty and 27 cast into this fiery abyss, and they burned; now this abyss was to
the right of that house. And I saw those sheep burning and their bones burning.
28 And I stood up to see till they folded up that old house; and carried off all
the pillars, and all the beams and ornaments of the house were at the same time
folded up with it, and they carried 29 it off and laid it in a place in the
south of the land. And I saw till the Lord of the sheep brought a new house
greater and loftier than that first, and set it up in the place of the first
which had beer folded up: all its pillars were new, and its ornaments were new
and larger than those of the first, the old one which He had taken away, and all
the sheep were within it. 30 And I saw all the sheep which had been left, and
all the beasts on the earth, and all the birds of the heaven, falling down and
doing homage to those sheep and making petition to and obeying 31 them in every
thing. And thereafter those three who were clothed in white and had seized me by
my hand [who had taken me up before], and the hand of that ram also seizing hold
of me, they 32 took me up and set me down in the midst of those sheep before the
judgement took place. And those 33 sheep were all white, and their wool was
abundant and clean. And all that had been destroyed and dispersed, and all the
beasts of the field, and all the birds of the heaven, assembled in that house,
and the Lord of the sheep rejoiced with great joy because they were all good and
had returned to 34 His house. And I saw till they laid down that sword, which
had been given to the sheep, and they brought it back into the house, and it was
sealed before the presence of the Lord, and all the sheep 35 were invited into
that house, but it held them not. And the eyes of them all were opened, and they
36 saw the good, and there was not one among them that did not see. And I saw
that that house was large and broad and very full. 37 And I saw that a white
bull was born, with large horns and all the beasts of the field and all the 38
birds of the air feared him and made petition to him all the time. And I saw
till all their generations were transformed, and they all became white bulls;
and the first among them became a lamb, and that lamb became a great animal and
had great black horns on its head; and the Lord of the sheep 39 rejoiced over it
and over all the oxen. And I slept in their midst: and I awoke and saw
everything. 40 This is the vision which I saw while I slept, and I awoke and
blessed the Lord of righteousness and 41 gave Him glory. Then I wept with a
great weeping and my tears stayed not till I could no longer endure it: when I
saw, they flowed on account of what I had seen; for everything shall come and 42
be fulfilled, and all the deeds of men in their order were shown to me. On that
night I remembered the first dream, and because of it I wept and was
troubled-because I had seen that vision.
Chapter 92
1 The book written by Enoch-[Enoch indeed wrote this complete doctrine of
wisdom, (which is) praised of all men and a judge of all the earth] for all my
children who shall dwell on the earth. And for the future generations who shall
observe uprightness and peace.
2 Let not your spirit be troubled on account of the times; 3 And the righteous one shall arise from sleep, 4 He will be gracious to the righteous and give him eternal uprightness,
5 And sin shall perish in darkness for ever, Chapter 91
1 And now, my son Methuselah, call to me all thy brothers 2 And there upon Methuselah went and summoned to him all his brothers and
assembled his relatives. 'Hear, ye sons of Enoch, all the words of your father, 4 Love uprightness and walk therein. But walk in righteousness, my sons. 5 For I know that violence must increase on the earth, Yea, it shall be cut off from its roots, 6 And unrighteousness shall again be consummated on the earth, 7 And when sin and unrighteousness and blasphemy A great chastisement shall come from heaven upon all these, 8 In those days violence shall be cut off from its roots, 9 And all the idols of the heathen shall be abandoned, And they (i.e. the heathen) shall be cast into the judgement of fire, 10 And the righteous shall arise from their sleep, [And after that the roots of unrighteousness shall be cut off, and the
sinners shall be destroyed by the sword . . . shall be cut off from the
blasphemers in every place, and those who plan violence and those who commit
blasphemy shall perish by the sword.]
18 And now I tell you, my sons, and show you Chapter 93
1,2 And after that Enoch both gave and began to recount from the books. And
Enoch said:
' Concerning the children of righteousness and concerning the elect of the
world, According to that which appeared to me in the heavenly vision, 3 And Enoch began to recount from the books and said: 4 And after me there shall arise in the second week great wickedness, And in it a man shall be saved; And after that in the third week at its close 6 And after that in the fourth week, at its close, 7 And after that in the fifth week, at its close, 8 And after that in the sixth week all who live in it shall be blinded,
And in it a man shall ascend; 9 And after that in the seventh week shall an apostate generation arise,
10 And at its close shall be elected 11 [For who is there of all the children of men that is able to hear the
voice of the Holy One without being troubled ? And who can think His thoughts ?
and who is there that can behold all the works 12 of heaven ? And how should
there be one who could behold the heaven, and who is there that could understand
the things of heaven and see a soul or a spirit and could tell thereof, or
ascend and see 13 all their ends and think them or do like them ? And who is
there of all men that could know what is the breadth and the length of the
earth, and to whom has been shown the measure of all of them ? 14 Or is there
any one who could discern the length of the heaven and how great is its height,
and upon what it is founded, and how great is the number of the stars, and where
all the luminaries rest ?]
Chapter 91
12 And after that there shall be another, the eighth week, that of
righteousness, 13 And at its close they shall acquire houses through their righteousness,
14a And after that, in the ninth week, the righteous judgement shall be
revealed to the whole world, 15 And after this, in the tenth week in the seventh part, 16 And the first heaven shall depart and pass away, 17 And after that there will be many weeks without number for ever, Chapter 94
1 And now I say unto you, my sons, love righteousness and walk therein;
2 And to certain men of a generation shall the paths of violence and of death
be revealed, 3 And now I say unto you the righteous: 4 But seek and choose for yourselves righteousness and an elect life, 5 And hold fast my words in the thoughts of your hearts, For I know that sinners will tempt men to evilly-entreat wisdom, 6 Woe to those who build unrighteousness and oppression 7 Woe to those who build their houses with sin; 8 Woe to you, ye rich, for ye have trusted in your riches, 9 Ye have committed blasphemy and unrighteousness, 10 Thus I speak and declare unto you: 11 And your righteous ones in those days shall be Chapter 95
1 Oh that mine eyes were [a cloud of] waters 2 who has permitted you to practice reproaches and wickedness ? 3 Fear not the sinners, ye righteous; 4 Woe to you who fulminate anathemas which cannot be reversed: 5 Woe to you who requite your neighbour with evil; 6 Woe to you, lying witnesses, 7 Woe to you, sinners, for ye persecute the righteous; Chapter 96
1 Be hopeful, ye righteous; for suddenly shall the sinners perish before you,
2 [And in the day of the tribulation of the sinners, 3 Wherefore fear not, ye that have suffered; 4 Woe unto you, ye sinners, for your riches make you appear like the
righteous, 5 Woe to you who devour the finest of the wheat, 6 Woe to you who drink water from every fountain, 7 Woe to you who work unrighteousness 8 Woe to you, ye mighty, In those days many and good days shall come to the righteous-in the day of
your judgement.
Chapter 97
1 Believe, ye righteous, that the sinners will become a shame 3 What will ye do, ye sinners, 4 Yea, ye shall fare like unto them, 5 And in those days the prayer of the righteous shall reach unto the Lord,
6 And all the words of your unrighteousness shall be read out before the
Great Holy One, 7 Woe to you, ye sinners, who live on the mid ocean and on the dry
land, 8 Woe to you who acquire silver and gold in unrighteousness and say: 9 And now let us do what we purposed: For ye have acquired it all in unrighteousness, Chapter 98
1 And now I swear unto you, to the wise and to the foolish, 2 For ye men shall put on more adornments than a woman, 3 Therefore they shall be wanting in doctrine and wisdom, 4 I have sworn unto you, ye sinners, as a mountain has not become a slave,
5 And barrenness has not been given to the woman, 6 I have sworn unto you, ye sinners, by the Holy Great One, 7 And do not think in your spirit nor say in your heart that ye do not know
and that ye do not see 8 that every sin is every day recorded in heaven in the
presence of the Most High. From henceforth ye know that all your oppression
wherewith ye oppress is written down every day till the day of your judgement. 9
Woe to you, ye fools, for through your folly shall ye perish: and ye transgress
against the wise, 10 and so good hap shall not be your portion. And now, know ye
that ye are prepared for the day of destruction: wherefore do not hope to live,
ye sinners, but ye shall depart and die; for ye know no ransom; for ye are
prepared for the day of the great judgement, for the day of tribulation and
great shame for your spirits. 11 Woe to you, ye obstinate of heart, who work
wickedness and eat blood: Whence have ye good things to eat and to drink and to
be filled ? From all the good things which the Lord the Most High has placed in
abundance on the earth; therefore ye shall have no peace. 12 Woe to you who love
the deeds of unrighteousness: wherefore do ye hope for good hap unto yourselves?
know that ye shall be delivered into the hands of the righteous, and they shall
cut 3 off your necks and slay you, and have no mercy upon you. Woe to you who
rejoice in the tribulation of the righteous; for no grave shall be dug for you.
Woe to you who set at nought the words of 5 the righteous; for ye shall have no
hope of life. Woe to you who write down lying and godless words; for they write
down their lies that men may hear them and act godlessly towards (their) 6
neighbour. Therefore they shall have no peace but die a sudden death.
Chapter 99
1 Woe to you who work godlessness, 2 Woe to them who pervert the words of uprightness, 3 In those days make ready, ye righteous, to raise your prayers as a
memorial, 4 In those days the nations shall be stirred up, 5 And in those days the destitute shall go forth and carry off their
children, 6, 7 And again I swear to you, ye sinners, that sin is prepared for a day of
unceasing bloodshed. And they who worship stones, and grave images of gold and
silver and wood (and stone) and clay, and those who worship impure spirits and
demons, and all kinds of idols not according to knowledge, shall get no manner
of help from them.
8 And they shall become godless by reason of the folly of their hearts,
9 Through these they shall become godless and fearful; 10 But in those days blessed are all they who accept the words of wisdom, and
understand them, 11 Woe to you who spread evil to your neighbours; 12 Woe to you who make deceitful and false measures, 13 Woe to you who build your houses through the grievous toil of others,
14 Woe to them who reject the measure and eternal heritage of their fathers
15 Woe to them who work unrighteousness and help oppression, 16 For He shall cast down your glory, Chapter 100
1 And in those days in one place the fathers together with their sons shall
be smitten 2 For a man shall not withhold his hand from slaying his sons and his sons'
sons, 3 And the horse shall walk up to the breast in the blood of sinners, 4 In those days the angels shall descend into the secret places 5 And over all the righteous and holy He will appoint guardians from amongst
the holy angels 6 And (then) the children of the earth shall see the wise in security,
7 Woe to you, Sinners, on the day of strong anguish, 8 Woe to you, ye obstinate of heart, 9 Woe to you, ye sinners, on account of the words of your mouth, 10 And now, know ye that from the angels He will inquire as to your deeds in
heaven, from the sun and from the moon and from the stars in reference to your
sins because upon the earth ye execute 11 judgement on the righteous. And He
will summon to testify against you every cloud and mist and dew and rain; for
they shall all be withheld because of you from descending upon you, and they 12
shall be mindful of your sins. And now give presents to the rain that it be not
withheld from descending upon you, nor yet the dew, when it has received gold
and silver from you that it may descend. When the hoar-frost and snow with their
chilliness, and all the snow-storms with all their plagues fall upon you, in
those days ye shall not be able to stand before them.
Chapter 101
1 Observe the heaven, ye children of heaven, and every work of the Most High,
and fear ye Him 2 and work no evil in His presence. If He closes the windows of
heaven, and withholds the rain and 3 the dew from descending on the earth on
your account, what will ye do then? And if He sends His anger upon you because
of your deeds, ye cannot petition Him; for ye spake proud and insolent 4 words
against His righteousness: therefore ye shall have no peace. And see ye not the
sailors of the ships, how their ships are tossed to and fro by the waves, and
are shaken by the winds, and are 5 in sore trouble ? And therefore do they fear
because all their goodly possessions go upon the sea with them, and they have
evil forebodings of heart that the sea will swallow them and they will 6 perish
therein. Are not the entire sea and all its waters, and all its movements, the
work of the Most 7 High, and has He not set limits to its doings, and confined
it throughout by the sand ? And at His reproof it is afraid and dries up, and
all its fish die and all that is in it; But ye sinners that are 8 on the earth
fear Him not. Has He not made the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein
? Who has given understanding and wisdom to everything that moves on the earth
and in the sea. 9 Do not the sailors of the ships fear the sea ? Yet sinners
fear not the Most High.
Chapter 102
1 In those days when He hath brought a grievous fire upon you, 2 And all the luminaries shall be affrighted with great fear, 3 And all the angels shall execute their commandst 4 Fear ye not, ye souls of the righteous, 5 And grieve not if your soul into Sheol has descended in grief, 6 And yet when ye die the sinners speak over you: 7 Behold, even as we, so do they die in grief and darkness, 8 And what will they receive and what will they see for ever ? 9 I tell you, ye sinners, ye are content to eat and drink, and rob and sin,
and strip men naked, and 10 acquire wealth and see good days. Have ye seen the
righteous how their end falls out, that no manner 11 of violence is found in
them till their death ? " Nevertheless they perished and became as though they
had not been, and their spirits descended into Sheol in tribulation."
[Chapter 103]
1 Now, therefore, I swear to you, the righteous, by the glory of the Great
and Honoured and 2 Mighty One in dominion, and by His greatness I swear to you.
3 That all goodness and joy and glory are prepared for them, 4 And the spirits of you who have died in righteousness shall live and
rejoice, 5 Woe to you, ye sinners, when ye have died, 6 And how they have died in prosperity and in wealth, 7 Know ye, that their souls will be made to descend into Sheol 8 And into darkness and chains and a burning flame where there is grievous
judgement shall your spirits enter; 9 Say not in regard to the righteous and good who are in life: 10 And we have been destroyed and have not found any to help us even with a
word: 11 We hoped to be the head and have become the tail: 12 They have had dominion over us that hated us and smote us; 13 We desired to get away from them that we might escape and be at
rest, 14 And are complained to the rulers in our tribulation, 15 And they helped those who robbed us and devoured us and those who made us
few; and they concealed their oppression, and they did not remove from us the
yoke of those that devoured us and dispersed us and murdered us, and they
concealed their murder, and remembered not that they had lifted up their hands
against us.
Chapter 104
1 I swear unto you, that in heaven the angels remember you for good before
the glory of the Great 2 One: and your names are written before the glory of the
Great One. Be hopeful; for aforetime ye were put to shame through ill and
affliction; but now ye shall shine as the lights of heaven, 3 ye shall shine and
ye shall be seen, and the portals of heaven shall be opened to you. And in your
cry, cry for judgement, and it shall appear to you; for all your tribulation
shall be visited on the 4 rulers, and on all who helped those who plundered you.
Be hopeful, and cast not away your hopes for ye shall have great joy as the
angels of heaven. What shall ye be obliged to do ? Ye shall not have to hide on
the day of the great judgement and ye shall not be found as sinners, and the
eternal 6 judgement shall be far from you for all the generations of the world.
And now fear not, ye righteous, when ye see the sinners growing strong and
prospering in their ways: be not companions with them, 7 but keep afar from
their violence; for ye shall become companions of the hosts of heaven. And,
although ye sinners say: " All our sins shall not be searched out and be written
down," nevertheless 8 they shall write down all your sins every day. And now I
show unto you that light and darkness, 9 day and night, see all your sins. Be
not godless in your hearts, and lie not and alter not the words of uprightness,
nor charge with lying the words of the Holy Great One, nor take account of your
10 idols; for all your lying and all your godlessness issue not in righteousness
but in great sin. And now I know this mystery, that sinners will alter and
pervert the words of righteousness in many ways, and will speak wicked words,
and lie, and practice great deceits, and write books concerning 11 their words.
But when they write down truthfully all my words in their languages, and do not
change or minish ought from my words but write them all down truthfully -all
that I first testified 12 concerning them. Then, I know another mystery, that
books will be given to the righteous and the 13 wise to become a cause of joy
and uprightness and much wisdom. And to them shall the books be given, and they
shall believe in them and rejoice over them, and then shall all the righteous
who have learnt therefrom all the paths of uprightness be recompensed.'
[Chapter 105]
1 In those days the Lord bade (them) to summon and testify to the children of
earth concerning their wisdom: Show (it) unto them; for ye are their guides, and
a recompense over the whole earth. 2 For I and My son will be united with them
for ever in the paths of uprightness in their lives; and ye shall have peace:
rejoice, ye children of uprightness. Amen.
Chapter 106
1 And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and
she became 2 pregnant by him and bore a son. And his body was white as snow and
red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were
white as wool, and his eyes beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted
up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house 3 was very bright. And
thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and conversed
with the Lord of righteousness. 4 And his father Lamech was afraid of him and 5
fled, and came to his father Methuselah. And he said unto him: ' I have begotten
a strange son, diverse from and unlike man, and resembling the sons of the God
of heaven; and his nature is different and he is not like us, and his eyes are
as the rays of the sun, and his 6 countenance is glorious. And it seems to me
that he is not sprung from me but from the angels, and I fear that in his days a
wonder may be 7 wrought on the earth. And now, my father, I am here to petition
thee and implore thee that thou mayest go to Enoch, our father, and learn from
him the truth, for his dwelling-place is 8 amongst the angels.' And when
Methuselah heard the words of his son, he came to me to the ends of the earth;
for he had heard that 1 was there, and he cried aloud, and I heard his voice and
I came to him. And 1 said unto him: ' Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore hast
9 thou come to me ? ' And he answered and said: ' Because of a great cause of
anxiety have I come to thee, and because of a disturbing vision 10 have I
approached. And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born
a son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like man's nature,
and the colour of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a
rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like
the rays of the sun, and he opened his eyes and 11 thereupon lighted up the
whole house. And he arose in the hands of the midwife, and opened 12 his mouth
and blessed the Lord of heaven. And his father Lamech became afraid and fled to
me, and did not believe that he was sprung from him, but that he was in the
likeness of the angels of heaven; and behold I have come to thee that thou
mayest make known to me the truth.' And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him:
'The Lord will do a new thing on the earth, and this I have already seen in a
vision, and make known to thee that in the generation of my father Jared some of
the angels of heaven transgressed the word of the Lord. And behold they commit
sin and transgress the law, and have united themselves with women and commit sin
with them, and have married some of them, and have begot children by them. And
they shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but
according to the flesh, and there shall be a great punishment on the earth, and
the earth shall be cleansed from all impurity. Yea, there shall come a great
destruction over the whole earth, and there shall be a deluge and 16 a great
destruction for one year. And this son who has been born unto you shall be left
on the earth, and his three children shall be saved with him: when all mankind
that are on the earth 8 shall die [he and his sons shall be saved]. And now make
known to thy son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call
his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his sons shall be saved
from the destruction, which shall come upon the earth on account of all the sin
and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated on the earth in his
days. And after that there shall be still more unrighteousness than that which
was first consummated on the earth; for I know the mysteries of the holy ones;
for He, the Lord, has showed me and informed me, and I have read (them) in the
heavenly tablets.
Chapter 107
1 And I saw written on them that generation upon generation shall transgress,
till a generation of righteousness arises, and transgression is destroyed and
sin passes away from the earth, and all 2 manner of good comes upon it. And now,
my son, go and make known to thy son Lamech that this 3 son, which has been
born, is in truth his son, and that (this) is no lie.' And when Methuselah had
heard the words of his father Enoch-for he had shown to him everything in
secret-he returned and showed (them) to him and called the name of that son
Noah; for he will comfort the earth after all the destruction.
Chapter 108
1 Another book which Enoch wrote for his son Methuselah and for those who
will come after him, 2 and keep the law in the last days. Ye who have done good
shall wait for those days till an end is made of those who work evil; and an end
of the might of the transgressors. And wait ye indeed till sin has passed away,
for their names shall be blotted out of the book of life and out of the holy
books, and their seed shall be destroyed for ever, and their spirits shall be
slain, and they shall cry and make lamentation in a place that is a chaotic
wilderness, and in the fire shall they burn; for there is no earth there. And I
saw there something like an invisible cloud; for by reason of its depth I could
not look over, and I saw a flame of fire blazing brightly, and things like
shining 5 mountains circling and sweeping to and fro. And I asked one of the
holy angels who was with me and said unto him: ' What is this shining thing? for
it is not a heaven but only the flame of a blazing 6 fire, and the voice of
weeping and crying and lamentation and strong pain.' And he said unto me: ' This
place which thou seest-here are cast the spirits of sinners and blasphemers, and
of those who work wickedness, and of those who pervert everything that the Lord
hath spoken through the mouth 7 of the prophets-(even) the things that shall be.
For some of them are written and inscribed above in the heaven, in order that
the angels may read them and know that which shall befall the sinners, and the
spirits of the humble, and of those who have afflicted their bodies, and been
recompensed 8 by God; and of those who have been put to shame by wicked men: Who
love God and loved neither gold nor silver nor any of the good things which are
in the world, but gave over their bodies to torture. Who, since they came into
being, longed not after earthly food, but regarded everything as a passing
breath, and lived accordingly, and the Lord tried them much, and their spirits
were 10 found pure so that they should bless His name. And all the blessings
destined for them I have recounted in the books. And he hath assigned them their
recompense, because they have been found to be such as loved heaven more than
their life in the world, and though they were trodden under foot of wicked men,
and experienced abuse and reviling from them and were put to shame, 11 yet they
blessed Me. And now I will summon the spirits of the good who belong to the
generation of light, and I will transform those who were born in darkness, who
in the flesh were not recompensed 12 with such honour as their faithfulness
deserved. And I will bring forth in shining light those who 13 have loved My
holy name, and I will seat each on the throne of his honour. And they shall be
resplendent for times without number; for righteousness is the judgement of God;
for to the faithful 14 He will give faithfulness in the habitation of upright
paths. And they shall see those who were , 15 born in darkness led into
darkness, while the righteous shall be resplendent. And the sinners shall cry
aloud and see them resplendent, and they indeed will go where days and seasons
are prescribed for them.'
And into the holy place
shall they enter;
And its fragrance shall be in their bones,
And they
shall live a long life on earth,
Such as thy fathers lived:
Or torment or calamity touch
them.'
Section II. Chapters XXXVII-LXXI
The Parables
And sinners shall be
judged for their sins,
And shall be driven from the face of the earth:
Whose elect works hang upon the Lord of Spirits,
And light
shall appear to the righteous and the elect who dwell on the earth,
It had been good for them if they had not been born.
And the godless driven from the presence of the righteous and
elect,
4 From that time those that possess the earth shall no longer be
powerful and exalted:
And they shall not be able to behold the face of the
holy,
For the Lord of Spirits has caused His light to appear
On the face
of the holy, righteous, and elect.
And be given into the hands
of the righteous and holy.
6 And thenceforward none shall seek for themselves
mercy from the Lord of Spirits
For their life is at an end.
3 And
in those days a whirlwind carried me off from the earth,
And set me down at
the end of the heavens.
And the
resting-places of the righteous.
And their
resting-places with the holy.
And
righteousness flowed before them as water,
Thus it is amongst them for ever and
ever.
7a And I saw his dwelling-place under the wings of the Lord of
Spirits.
6b And righteousness shall prevail in his days,
And the righteous
and elect shall be without number before Him for ever and ever.
7b And all
the righteous and elect before Him shall be strong as fiery lights,
And their
mouth shall be full of blessing,
And righteousness
before Him shall never fail,
[And uprightness shall never fail before
Him.]
8 There I wished to dwell,
And my spirit longed for that
dwelling-place:
For so has it been established
concerning me before the Lord of Spirits.
9 In those days I praised and
extolled the name of the Lord of Spirits with blessings and praises, because He
hath destined me for blessing and glory according to the good pleasure of the
Lord of 10 Spirits. For a long time my eyes regarded that place, and I blessed
Him and praised Him, saying: 'Blessed is He, and may He be blessed from the
beginning and for evermore. And before Him there is no ceasing. He knows before
the world was created what is for ever and what will be from 12 generation unto
generation. Those who sleep not bless Thee: they stand before Thy glory and
bless, praise, and extol, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Spirits: He
filleth the earth with 3 spirits."' And here my eyes saw all those who sleep
not: they stand before Him and bless and say: 'Blessed be Thou, and blessed be
the name of the Lord for ever and ever.' And my face was changed; for I could no
longer behold.
For unto them is their
thanksgiving rest.
8 For the sun changes oft for a blessing or a
curse,
And the course of the path of the moon is light to the
righteous
And darkness to the sinners in the name of the Lord,
Who made a
separation between the light and the darkness,
And divided the spirits of
men,
And strengthened the spirits of the righteous,
In the name of His
righteousness.
Then a dwelling-place was
assigned her in the heavens.
And
found no dwelling-place:
And took her seat among the angels.
Whom she sought not
she found,
And dwelt with them,
And dew on a thirsty land.
And on the earth they shall
not come:
Such shall be the lot of the sinners
Who have denied the name of
the Lord of Spirits,
Who are thus preserved for the day of suffering and
tribulation.
And shall
try their works,
And their places of rest shall be innumerable.
And those who have called upon My glorious name:
4 Then will I cause
Mine Elect One to dwell among them.
5 And I will transform the earth and make it a blessing:
But the sinners and
evil-doers shall not set foot thereon.
And have
caused them to dwell before Me:
So that I shall
destroy them from the face of the earth.
And His head was white like
wool,
And with Him was another being whose countenance had the appearance of
a man,
And his face was full of graciousness, like one of the holy
angels.
2 And I asked the angel who went with me and showed me all the hidden
things, concerning that 3 Son of Man, who he was, and whence he was, (and) why
he went with the Head of Days? And he answered and said unto me:
This is the
son of Man who hath righteousness,
With whom dwelleth righteousness,
And
who revealeth all the treasures of that which is hidden,
And whose lot hath the
pre-eminence before the Lord of Spirits in uprightness for ever.
Shall raise up the kings and the
mighty from their seats,
[And the strong from their thrones]
And shall
loosen the reins of the strong,
And break the teeth of the sinners.
Because they do not extol and praise Him,
Nor humbly acknowledge
whence the kingdom was bestowed upon them.
6 And he shall put down the
countenance of the strong,
And shall fill them with shame.
And worms shall be their bed,
And
they shall have no hope of rising from their beds,
Because they do not extol
the name of the Lord of Spirits.
[And raise their hands
against the Most High],
And tread upon the earth and dwell upon it.
And
all their deeds manifest unrighteousness,
And their power rests upon their
riches,
And their faith is in the gods which they have made with their
hands,
And they deny the name of the Lord of Spirits,
And the faithful who
hang upon the name of the Lord of Spirits.
And
the blood of the righteous from the earth before the Lord of Spirits.
Shall unite
with one voice
And supplicate and pray [and praise,
And give thanks and
bless the name of the Lord of Spirits
On behalf of the blood of the righteous
which has been shed,
And that the prayer of the righteous may not be in vain
before the Lord of Spirits,
That judgement may be done unto them,
And that
they may not have to suffer for ever.
And the books of the living were opened before Him:
And all
His host which is in heaven above and His counselors stood before Him,
Because the number of
the righteous had been offered,
And the prayer of the righteous had been
heard,
And the blood of the righteous been required before the Lord of
Spirits.
Which was
inexhaustible:
And around it were many fountains of wisdom:
And all the
thirsty drank of them,
And were filled with wisdom,
And their dwellings
were with the righteous and holy and elect.
2 And at that hour that Son of
Man was named In the presence of the Lord of Spirits,
And his name before
the Head of Days.
Before the stars of the
heaven were made,
His name was named before the Lord of Spirits.
And he shall be the light of the Gentiles,
And the hope of those
who are troubled of heart.
And will
praise and bless and celebrate with song the Lord of Spirits.
Before
the creation of the world and for evermore.
For he hath preserved the lot of the righteous,
Because they
have hated and despised this world of unrighteousness,
And have hated all
its works and ways in the name of the Lord of Spirits:
For in his name they
are saved,
And according to his good pleasure hath it been in regard to
their life.
And the strong who possess the land because of the works of their
hands,
For on the day of their anguish and affliction they shall not (be
able to) save themselves.
And I will give them over into the hands of Mine
elect:
As straw in the fire so shall they burn before the face of the holy:
As lead in the water shall they sink before the face of the righteous,
And no trace of them shall any more be found.
10 And on the day of
their affliction there shall be rest on the earth,
And before them they
shall fall and not rise again:
And there shall be no one to take them with
his hands and raise them:
For they have denied the Lord of Spirits and His
Anointed.
The name of the Lord of Spirits be blessed.
And glory faileth not before him
for evermore.
And
unrighteousness shall disappear as a shadow,
And have no continuance;
Because the Elect One standeth before the Lord of Spirits,
And his glory
is for ever and ever,
And his might unto all generations.
And the spirit which gives
insight,
And the spirit of understanding and of might,
And the spirit of
those who have fallen asleep in righteousness.
And none shall be able to utter a
lying word before him;
For he is the Elect One before the Lord of Spirits
according to His good pleasure.
And
the light of days shall abide upon them,
And glory and honour shall turn to
the holy,
2 On the day of affliction on which evil shall have been treasured
up against the sinners.
And He will cause the others to witness (this)
That they may repent
And forgo the works of their hands.
Yet
through His name shall they be saved,
And the Lord of Spirits will have
compassion on them,
For His compassion is great.
And in the presence of His
glory unrighteousness also shall not maintain itself:
At His judgement the
unrepentant shall perish before Him.
5 And from henceforth I will have no
mercy on them, saith the Lord of Spirits.
And Sheol also shall give back that which it has received,
And hell shall give back that which it owes.
2 And he shall choose the
righteous and holy from among them:
For the day has drawn nigh that they
should be saved.
And his mouth
shall pour forth all the secrets of wisdom and counsel:
For the Lord of
Spirits hath given (them) to him and hath glorified him.
And the hills
also shall skip like lambs satisfied with milk,
And the faces of [all] the
angels in heaven shall be lighted up with joy.
c And the righteous shall dwell upon it,
d And the elect shall walk thereon.
6 And these mountains which thine eyes
have seen,
The mountain of iron, and the mountain of copper, and the
mountain of silver,
And the mountain of gold, and the mountain of soft metal,
and the mountain of lead,
All these shall be in the presence of the Elect
One
As wax: before the fire,
And like the water which streams down from
above [upon those mountains],
And they shall become powerless before his
feet.
7 And it shall come to pass in those days that none shall be saved,
Either by gold or by silver,
And none be able to escape.
8 And there
shall be no iron for war,
Nor shall one clothe oneself with a breastplate.
Bronze shall be of no service,
And tin [shall be of no service and]
shall not be esteemed,
And lead shall not be desired.
9 And all these
things shall be [denied and] destroyed from the surface of the earth,
When
the Elect One shall appear before the face of the Lord of Spirits.'
2 And their hands
commit lawless deeds,
And the sinners devour all whom they lawlessly
oppress:
Yet the sinners shall be destroyed before the face of the Lord of
Spirits,
And they shall be banished from off the face of His earth,
And
they shall perish for ever and ever.
3 For I saw all the angels of
punishment abiding (there) and preparing all the instruments of Satan. 4 And I
asked the angel of peace who went with me: ' For whom are they preparing these
Instruments?' 5 And he said unto me: ' They prepare these for the kings and the
mighty of this earth, that they may thereby be destroyed. 6 And after this the
Righteous and Elect One shall cause the house of his congregation to appear:
henceforth they shall be no more hindered in the name of the Lord of Spirits.
7 And these mountains shall not stand as the earth before his righteousness,
But the hills shall be as a fountain of water,
And the righteous shall
have rest from the oppression of sinners.'
And
the days of their lives shall be at an end,
And the days of their leading
astray shall not thenceforward be reckoned.
And hurl themselves to the
east upon the Parthians and Medes:
And they shall rouse them from their thrones,
And as hungry wolves
among their flocks.
[And the land of His elect ones shall be before them a threshing-floor
and a highway :]
7 But the city of my righteous shall be a hindrance to
their horses.
And their right hand
shall be strong against themselves,
Nor a son his father or his mother,
And their
punishment be not in vain.
And they shall be swallowed up
therein
Sheol shall devour the sinners
in the presence of the elect.'
For glorious shall be your lot.
And the elect in
the light of eternal life:
The days of their life shall be unending,
And
the days of the holy without number.
There shall be peace to the righteous in the name of the Eternal
Lord.
That they should
seek out the secrets of righteousness, the heritage of faith:
For it has
become bright as the sun upon earth,
And the darkness is past.
And to a limit (lit. '
number ') of days they shall not come,
For the darkness shall first have
been destroyed,
[And the light established before the Lord of Spirits]
And
the light of uprightness established for ever before the Lord of Spirits.
And fear took hold of me,
And my
loins gave way,
And dissolved were my reins,
And I fell upon my face.
' These shall bring the
measures of the righteous,
And the ropes of the righteous to the righteous,
That they may stay themselves on the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever
and ever.
And those are the
measures which shall be given to faith
And which shall strengthen
righteousness.
And those who have been destroyed by the desert,
And those who have been
devoured by the beasts,
And those who have been devoured by the fish of the
sea,
That they may return and stay themselves
On the day of the Elect
One;
For none shall be destroyed before the Lord of Spirits,
And none
can be destroyed.
And extolled and
lauded with wisdom,
And they were wise in utterance and in the spirit of
life.
And he shall judge all the works of the holy above in the heaven,
And in
the balance shall their deeds be weighed
To judge their secret ways
according to the word of the name of the Lord of Spirits,
And their path
according to the way of the righteous judgement of the Lord of Spirits,
Then
shall they all with one voice speak and bless,
And glorify and extol and
sanctify the name of the Lord of Spirits.
All the holy ones
who are in heaven shall bless Him,
And all the elect who dwell in the garden
of life:
And all flesh shall beyond measure glorify and
bless Thy name for ever and ever.
And all His works and all that He has created He has revealed to the
righteous and elect
In the name of the Lord of Spirits.
2 And the Lord of Spirits seated him on the throne of His glory,
And the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him,
And the word of
his mouth slays all the sinners,
And all the unrighteous are destroyed from
before his face.
3 And there shall stand up in that day all the kings and
the mighty,
And the exalted and those who hold the earth,
And they shall
see and recognize How he sits on the throne of his glory,
And righteousness
is judged before him,
And no lying word is spoken before him.
[And she has
pain in bringing forth]
When her child enters the mouth of the womb,
And
she has pain in bringing forth.
And they shall be
terrified,
And they shall be downcast of countenance,
And pain shall
seize them,
When they see that Son of Man Sitting on the throne of his
glory.
And the Most High
preserved him in the presence of His might,
And revealed him to the elect.
And all the
elect shall stand before him on that day.
Shall fall down before him on their faces,
And worship and set
their hope upon that Son of Man,
And petition him and supplicate for mercy
at his hands.
That they shall
hastily go forth from His presence,
And their faces shall be filled with
shame,
And the darkness grow deeper on their faces.
To execute
vengeance on them because they have oppressed His children and His elect
12
And they shall be a spectacle for the righteous and for His elect:
They
shall rejoice over them,
Because the wrath of the Lord of Spirits resteth
upon them,
And His sword is drunk with their blood.
And they shall
never thenceforward see the face of the sinners and unrighteous.
And with that Son of Man
shall they eat
And lie down and rise up for ever and ever.
And
ceased to be of downcast countenance.
And they shall have been clothed with
garments of glory,
Nor your glory pass away before the
Lord of Spirits.
And the Lord of
the mighty and the Lord of the rich,
And the Lord of glory and the Lord of
wisdom,
And Thy glory for ever and ever:
And Thy righteousness is beyond
reckoning.
And bless the Lord of kings
and Him who is king over all kings.'
5 And they shall say:
' Would that
we had rest to glorify and give thanks
And confess our faith before His
glory !
We follow hard upon
and obtain (it) not:
And darkness is our dwelling-place
for ever and ever:
Nor glorified the name of the Lord
of Spirits, [nor glorified our Lord]
And in our glory.
And we
find no respite for confession
And His judgements have no respect of persons.
And all
our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.'
And shame
before that Son of Man,
And they shall be driven from his presence,
And
the sword shall abide before his face in their midst.
And will preserve
thee amongst those who dwell on the earth,
And has destined thy righteous
seed both for kingship and for great honours,
And from thy seed shall proceed
a fountain of the righteous and holy without number for ever.
And they are strong
through his oath:
And the heaven was suspended before the world was
created,
And for ever.
And from the
secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters,
From the creation of
the world and unto eternity.
And as its foundation He set
for it the sand against the time of (its) anger,
And it dare not pass beyond
it from the creation of the world unto eternity.
And abide and stir not
from their place from eternity to eternity.
And
deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.
And He calls
them by their names,
And they answer Him from eternity to eternity.
And through it [they are preserved
and] their paths are preserved,
And their course is not destroyed.
And they blessed and glorified
and extolled
Because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed unto
them.
And the sum of judgement was
given unto the Son of Man,
And he caused the sinners to pass away and be
destroyed from off the face of the earth,
And those who have led the world
astray.
And in their assemblage-place of
destruction shall they be imprisoned,
And all their works vanish from the
face of the earth.
For that Son
of Man has appeared,
And has seated himself on the throne of his glory,
And all evil shall pass away before his face,
And the word of that Son
of Man shall go forth
And it
ascended into the heavens:
And I saw the holy sons of God.
They were
stepping on flames of fire:
Their garments were white [and their raiment],
And their faces shone like snow.
And the light of that fire shone like
hyacinth,
And I fell on my face before the Lord of Spirits.
And lifted me up and led me forth into all the secrets,
And he showed me
all the secrets of righteousness.
And all the
chambers of all the stars, and all the luminaries,
Whence they proceed
before the face of the holy ones.
And I saw there
as it were a structure built of crystals,
And between those crystals tongues
of living fire.
And on its
four sides were streams full of living fire,
And they girt that house.
And these are
they who sleep not
And guard the throne of His glory.
A thousand thousands, and
ten thousand times ten thousand,
Encircling that house.
And the holy angels
who are above the heavens,
Go in and out of that house.
And Michael and Gabriel, Raphael
and Phanuel,
And many holy angels without number.
His head white and pure as wool,
And His raiment indescribable.
And my whole body became relaxed,
And my
spirit was transfigured;
with the spirit of power,
And
blessed and glorified and extolled.
This is the Son of Man who is born unto righteousness,
And
righteousness abides over him,
And the righteousness of the Head of Days
forsakes him not.'
15 And he said unto me:
' He proclaims unto thee
peace in the name of the world to come;
For from hence has proceeded peace
since the creation of the world,
And so shall it be unto thee for ever and
for ever and ever.
With him will be their dwelling-places, and with him their heritage,
And
they shall not be separated from him for ever and ever and ever.
And the
righteous shall have peace and an upright way
In the name of the Lord of
Spirits for ever and ever.'
Section I I I. Chapters LXXII-LXXXII
The Book of the Heavenly
Luminaries
And their
seed shall be tardy on their lands and fields,
And all things on the earth
shall alter,
And shall not appear in their time:
And the rain shall be
kept back
And the heaven shall withhold (it).
3 And in those times the
fruits of the earth shall be backward,
And shall not grow in their time,
And the fruits of the trees shall be withheld in their time.
4 And the
moon shall alter her order,
And not appear at her time.
5 [And in those
days the sun shall be seen and he shall journey in the evening on the extremity
of the great chariot in the west]
And shall shine more brightly than accords
with the order of light.
6 And many chiefs of the stars shall transgress the
order (prescribed).
And these shall alter their orbits and tasks,
And
not appear at the seasons prescribed to them.
7 And the whole order of the
stars shall be concealed from the sinners,
And the thoughts of those on the
earth shall err concerning them,
[And they shall be altered from all their
ways],
Yea, they shall err and take them to be gods.
8 And evil shall be
multiplied upon them,
And punishment shall come upon them So as to destroy
all.'
' Observe, Enoch, these heavenly tablets,
And
read what is written thereon,
And mark every individual fact.'
And blessed Him because
of the children of men.
' Blessed is the man who dies in righteousness
and goodness,
Concerning whom there is no book of unrighteousness written,
And against whom no day of judgement shall be found.'
For the good shall announce righteousness to
the good;
And shall offer
congratulation to one another.
And the apostate go down
with the apostate.
And be taken away on account of the doings of the godless.'
[And thy children that
shall be to thee],
That they may give it to their children for generations,
This wisdom (namely) that passeth their thought.
But shall listen with the
ear that they may learn this wisdom,
And it shall please those that eat
thereof better than good food.
Section IV. Chapters LXXXIII-XC.
The Dream-Visions.
Great and mighty in Thy greatness,
Lord of the whole creation of the heaven,
King of kings and God of the
whole world.
And
throughout all generations Thy dominion;
And all the heavens are Thy throne
for ever,
And the whole earth Thy footstool for ever and ever.
And nothing is too hard
for Thee,
Wisdom departs not from the place of Thy throne,
Nor turns
away from Thy presence.
And Thou knowest and seest and hearest everything,
And there is nothing hidden from Thee [for Thou seest everything].
4 And
now the angels of Thy heavens are guilty of trespass,
And upon the flesh of
men abideth Thy wrath until the great day of judgement.
5 And now, O God and
Lord and Great King,
I implore and beseech Thee to fulfil my prayer,
To
leave me a posterity on earth,
And not destroy all the flesh of man,
And
make the earth without inhabitant,
So that there should be an eternal
destruction.
6 And now, my Lord, destroy from the earth the flesh which has
aroused Thy wrath,
But the flesh of righteousness and uprightness establish
as a plant of the eternal seed,
And hide not Thy face from the prayer of Thy
servant, O Lord.'
Section V. XCI-CIV (i.e. XCII, XCI. 1-1O, 18-19, XCIII. 1-1O, XCI. 12-17,
XCIV-CIV.).
A Book of Exhortation and Promised Blessing for the Righteous and
of Malediction and Woe for the Sinners.
For the Holy
and Great One has appointed days for all things.
[Shall arise] and walk in
the paths of righteousness,
And all his path and conversation shall be in
eternal goodness and grace.
And He will give him power so that he shall be (endowed) with goodness and
righteousness.
And he shall walk in eternal light.
And shall no more be seen
from that day for evermore.
And gather
together to me all the sons of thy mother;
For the word calls me,
And
the spirit is poured out upon me,
That I may show you everything
That
shall befall you for ever.'
3 And he spake unto all the children of
righteousness and said:
And hearken aright
to the voice of my mouth;
For I exhort you and say unto you, beloved:
And draw not nigh to uprightness
with a double heart,
And associate not with those of a double heart,
And it shall guide you on good paths,
And righteousness shall be your companion.
And a great
chastisement be executed on the earth,
And all unrighteousness come to an
end:
And its whole structure be
destroyed.
And all
the deeds of unrighteousness and of violence
And transgression shall prevail
in a twofold degree.
And violence in all
kinds of deeds increase,
And apostasy and transgression and uncleanness
increase,
And the holy
Lord will come forth with wrath and chastisement
To execute judgement on
earth.
And the roots
of unrighteousness together with deceit,
And they shall be destroyed from
under heaven.
And the temples
burned with fire,
And they shall remove them from the whole earth,
And
shall perish in wrath and in grievous judgement for ever.
And wisdom shall arise
and be given unto them.
The paths of righteousness
and the paths of violence.
Yea, I will show them to you again
That ye
may know what will come to pass.
19 And now, hearken unto me, my sons,
And walk in the paths of righteousness,
And walk not in the paths of
violence;
For all who walk in the paths of unrighteousness shall perish for
ever.'
And concerning the plant of uprightness, I will speak these things,
Yea, I Enoch will declare (them) unto you, my sons:
And which
I have known through the word of the holy angels,
And have learnt from the
heavenly tablets.'
' I was born the
seventh in the first week,
While judgement and righteousness still endured.
And
deceit shall have sprung up;
And in it there shall be the first end.
And after it is ended unrighteousness
shall grow up,
And a law shall be made for the sinners.
A man shall be elected as
the plant of righteous judgement,
And his posterity shall become the plant
of righteousness for evermore.
Visions of the holy
and righteous shall be seen,
And a law for all generations and an enclosure
shall be made for them.
The house of glory and
dominion shall be built for ever.
And the hearts of all of them shall godlessly forsake wisdom.
And at its close the house of dominion
shall be burnt with fire,
And the whole race of the chosen root shall be
dispersed.
And many shall be its deeds,
And all its deeds shall be apostate.
The elect righteous of the eternal
plant of righteousness,
To receive sevenfold instruction concerning all His
creation.
And a sword shall be given to it that a righteous judgement
may be executed on the oppressors,
And sinners shall be delivered into the
hands of the righteous.
And a house shall be built for the Great King in glory for evermore,
14d
And all mankind shall look to the path of uprightness.
b And all the works of the godless shall vanish
from all the earth,
c And the world shall be written down for destruction.
There shall be
the great eternal judgement,
In which He will execute vengeance amongst the
angels.
And a new heaven
shall appear,
And all the powers of the heavens shall give sevenfold light.
And
all shall be in goodness and righteousness,
And sin shall no more be
mentioned for ever.
For the paths of righteousness are worthy of acceptation,
But the paths
of unrighteousness shall suddenly be destroyed and vanish.
And they shall hold themselves afar from them,
And shall not
follow them.
Walk not in the paths of
wickedness, nor in the paths of death,
And draw not nigh to them, lest ye be
destroyed.
And
walk in the paths of peace,
And ye shall live and prosper.
And suffer them
not to be effaced from your hearts;
So that
no place may be found for her,
And no manner of temptation may minish.
And lay deceit as
a foundation;
For they shall be suddenly overthrown,
And they shall have
no peace.
For from all their
foundations shall they be overthrown,
And by the sword shall they fall.
[And those who acquire gold and silver in judgement suddenly shall perish.]
And from your
riches shall ye depart,
Because ye have not remembered the Most High in the
days of your riches.
And have become ready
for the day of slaughter,
And the day of darkness and the day of the great
judgement.
He who hath created you will
overthrow you,
And for your fall there shall be no compassion,
And your
Creator will rejoice at your destruction.
A reproach to the
sinners and the godless.
] That I might weep over
you,
And pour down my tears as a cloud of waters:
That so I might rest
from my trouble of heart!
And so
judgement shall overtake you, sinners.
For again will the Lord deliver
them into your hands,
That ye may execute judgement upon them according to
your desires.
Healing
shall therefore be far from you because of your sins.
For ye shall be
requited according to your works.
And to those who weigh out injustice,
For suddenly shall ye perish.
For ye shall be
delivered up and persecuted because of injustice,
And heavy shall its yoke
be upon you.
And ye shall have lordship over them according to your desires.
Your children shall
mount and rise as eagles,
And higher than the vultures will be your nest,
And ye shall ascend and enter the crevices of the earth,
And the clefts
of the rock for ever as coneys before the unrighteous,
And the sirens shall
sigh because of you-and weep.]
For healing shall be your
portion,
And a bright light shall enlighten you,
And the voice of rest
ye shall hear from heaven.
But your hearts convict you of being sinners,
And this fact
shall be a testimony against you for a memorial of (your) evil deeds.
And drink wine in large
bowls,
And tread under foot the lowly with your might.
For suddenly shall ye be
consumed and wither away,
Because ye have forsaken the fountain of life.
And deceit and blasphemy:
It
shall be a memorial against you for evil.
Who with might oppress the righteous;
For
the day of your destruction is coming.
And perish
in the day of unrighteousness.
2 Be it known unto you (ye sinners) that the
Most High is mindful of your destruction,
And the angels of heaven rejoice
over your destruction.
And whither will ye flee on that day of
judgement,
When ye hear the voice of the prayer of the righteous ?
Against whom this word shall be a
testimony:
" Ye have been companions of sinners."
And for you the days of your judgement shall come.
And your faces shall be covered with shame,
And He will
reject every work which is grounded on unrighteousness.
Whose remembrance is evil against you.
" We
have become rich with riches and have possessions;
And have acquired
everything we have desired.
For we have gathered silver,
9c
And many are the husbandmen in our houses."
9d And our granaries are (brim)
full as with water,
10 Yea and like water your lies shall flow away;
For
your riches shall not abide
But speedily ascend from you;
And ye shall be given
over to a great curse.
For ye shall
have manifold experiences on the earth.
And coloured
garments more than a virgin:
In royalty and in grandeur and in power,
And in silver and in gold and in purple,
And in splendour and in food
they shall be poured out as water.
And they shall
perish thereby together with their possessions;
And with all their glory and
their splendour,
And in shame and in slaughter and in great destitution,
Their spirits shall be cast into the furnace of fire.
And a hill does not become the handmaid of a woman,
Even so sin has not
been sent upon the earth,
But man of himself has created it,
And under a
great curse shall they fall who commit it.
But on account of the
deeds of her own hands she dies without children.
That all your
evil deeds are revealed in the heavens,
And that none of your deeds of
oppression are covered and hidden.
And glory in lying and extol them:
Ye shall perish, and no happy life shall be yours.
And transgress the
eternal law,
And transform themselves into what they were not [into
sinners]:
They shall be trodden under foot upon the earth.
And place them as a testimony before the angels,
That they may
place the sin of the sinners for a memorial before the Most High.
And the families of the
nations shall arise on the day of destruction.
And they shall abandon them, so that their children shall perish
through them:
Yea, they shall abandon their children (that are still)
sucklings, and not return to them,
And shall have no pity on their beloved
ones.
And their eyes shall be blinded through the fear of their hearts
And
through visions in their dreams.
For they shall
have wrought all their work in a lie,
And shall have worshiped a stone:
Therefore in an instant shall they perish.
And observe the paths of the Most High, and walk in the
path of His righteousness,
And become not godless with the godless;
For
they shall be saved.
For you shall be slain
in Sheol.
And (to them) who
cause bitterness on the earth;
For they shall thereby be utterly consumed.
And all their building materials are the bricks and stones of sin;
I
tell you ye shall have no peace.
And whose souls follow after idols;
For they shall have no rest.
And slay
their neighbours until the day of the great judgement.
And bring affliction on your
hearts,
And shall arouse His fierce indignation
And destroy you all with
the sword;
And all the holy and righteous shall remember your sins.
And brothers one with another shall fall in death
Till the
streams flow with their blood.
And the sinner shall not withhold his hand from his honoured brother:
From dawn till sunset they shall slay one another.
And
the chariot shall be submerged to its height.
And
gather together into one place all those who brought down sin
And the Most
High will arise on that day of judgement
To execute great judgement amongst
sinners.
To guard them as the apple of an eye,
Until He makes an
end of all wickedness and all sin,
And though the righteous sleep a long
sleep, they have nought to fear.
And shall understand all the words of this book,
And recognize that
their riches shall not be able to save them
In the overthrow of their sins.
Ye who afflict the
righteous and burn them with fire:
Ye shall be requited according to your
works.
Who watch in order to devise
wickedness:
Therefore shall fear come upon you
And there shall be none
to help you.
And on
account of the deeds of your hands which your godlessness as wrought,
In
blazing flames burning worse than fire shall ye burn.
Whither
will ye flee, and where will ye find deliverance ?
And when He launches
forth His Word against you Will you not be affrighted and fear ?
And all the
earth shall be affrighted and tremble and be alarmed.
And shall seek to hide
themselves from the presence of the Great Glory,
And the children of earth
shall tremble and quake;
And ye sinners shall be cursed for ever,
And ye
shall have no peace.
And be hopeful ye that have
died in righteousness.
And that
in your life your body fared not according to your goodness,
But wait for
the day of the judgement of sinners
And for the day of cursing and
chastisement.
" As we die, so die the
righteous,
And what benefit do they reap for their deeds ?
And what have
they more than we ?
From henceforth we are equal.
Behold,
they too have died,
And henceforth for ever shall they see no light."
I know a mystery
And have read the heavenly tablets,
And have seen
the holy books,
And have found written therein and inscribed regarding them:
And written
down for the spirits of those who have died in righteousness,
And that
manifold good shall be given to you in recompense for your labours,
And that
your lot is abundantly beyond the lot of the living.
And their spirits shall not perish, nor their memorial from before
the face of the Great One
Unto all the generations of the world: wherefore
no longer fear their contumely.
If ye die in the wealth of
your sins,
And those who are like you say regarding you:
' Blessed are
the sinners: they have seen all their days.
And have not seen
tribulation or murder in their life;
And they have died in honour,
And
judgement has not been executed on them during their life."
And they
shall be wretched in their great tribulation.
And the great judgement shall be for all
the generations of the world.
Woe to you, for ye shall have no peace.
" In our
troubled days we have toiled laboriously and experienced every trouble,
And
met with much evil and been consumed,
And have become few and our spirit
small.
We have been tortured [and destroyed], and not hoped to see life from
day to day.
We have toiled
laboriously and had no satisfaction in our toil;
And we have become the food
of the sinners and the unrighteous,
And they have laid their yoke heavily
upon us.
And to
those that hated us we have bowed our necks
But they pitied us not.
But found no place whereunto we should flee and be safe from them.
And cried out
against those who devoured us,
But they did not attend to our cries
And
would not hearken to our voice.
Fragment of the Book of Noah