From-The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
H.R. 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] 1 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.'
[Chapter 64]
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.
[Chapter 77]
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.'
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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