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BOOK OF ENOCH
From-The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
H.R. Charles Oxford: The
Clarendon Press
Section I. Chapters
I-XXXVI
INTRODUCTION
[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
judgment 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 judgment 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
forever 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, Zaqiel,
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 cryings 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 judgment 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 judgment and of
their consummation, till the
judgment 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 judgment
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 tessellated
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 judgment
-thus shall they destroy until
the day of the consummation,
the great judgment 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, was of
coloured stone, and one of pearl, and one of jacinth, and
those towards the south of red
stone. 8 But the middle one
reached to heaven like the
throne of God, of alabaster, and
the summit of the 9,10 throne
was of sapphire. And I saw a
flaming fire. And beyond these
mountains is a region the end
of the great earth: there the
heavens were completed. And I
saw a deep abyss, with columns
of heavenly fire, and among
them I saw columns of fire fall,
which were beyond measure
alike towards 12 the height and
towards the depth. And
beyond that abyss I saw a place
which had no firmament of
the heaven above, and no firmly
founded earth beneath it:
there was no water upon it, and
no 13 birds, but it was a
waste and horrible place. I saw
there seven stars like great
burning mountains, 14 and to me,
when I inquired regarding
them, The angel said: 'This
place is the end of heaven and
earth: this has become a prison
for the stars and the host
of heaven. And the stars which
roll over the fire are they
which have transgressed the
commandment of the Lord in the
beginning of 16 their rising,
because they did not come
forth at their appointed times.
And He was wroth with them,
and bound them till the time
when their guilt should be
consummated (even) for ten
thousand years.'
[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 judgment 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 the 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 judgment and till their
appointed period [till the
period appointed], till the great
judgment (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 Then 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 made (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 judgment 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 judgment 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 judgment nor
shall they be raised from
thence.' 14 Then 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 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 judgment,
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 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:
And in their days shall no
sorrow or plague Or torment or
calamity touch them.'
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 and 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 judgment. In the last
days there shall be upon
them the spectacle of righteous judgment
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 judgment
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
and from afar off trees more
numerous than 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.
Section II. Chapters
XXXVII-LXXI
The
Parables
[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, And
sinners shall be judged for
their sins, And shall be driven
from the face of the earth:
2 And when the Righteous One
shall appear before the eyes of
the righteous, Whose elect works
hang upon the Lord of
Spirits, And light shall appear
to the righteous and the
elect who dwell on the earth,
Where then will be the dwelling
of the sinners,
And where the resting-place of
those who have denied the
Lord of Spirits? It had been
good for them if they had not
been born.
3 When the secrets of the
righteous shall be revealed and
the sinners judged, 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.
5 Then shall the kings and the
mighty perish 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.
[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. 3 And in those days a
whirlwind carried me off from
the earth, And set me down at
the end of the heavens.
4 And there I saw another
vision, the dwelling-places of the
holy, And the resting-places of
the righteous.
5 Here mine eyes saw their
dwellings with His righteous
angels, And their resting-places
with the holy.
And they petitioned and
interceded and prayed for the
children of men, And
righteousness flowed before them as
water,
And mercy like dew upon the
earth: Thus it is amongst them
for ever and ever.
6a And in that place mine eyes
saw the Elect One of
righteousness and of faith, 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 their lips extol the name of
the Lord of Spirits, 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:
And there heretofore hath been
my portion, 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.
[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.
zz
And they give thanks and praise
and rest not; 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.
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; Then a
dwelling-place was assigned her
in the heavens.
2 Wisdom went forth to make her
dwelling among the children
of men, And found no
dwelling-place:
Wisdom returned to her place,
And took her seat among the
angels.
3 And unrighteousness went forth
from her chambers: Whom she
sought not she found, And dwelt
with them,
As rain in a desert And dew on a
thirsty land.
[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, 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.
3 On that day Mine Elect One
shall sit on the throne of
glory And shall try their works,
And their places of rest
shall be innumerable.
And their souls shall grow
strong within them when they see
Mine Elect Ones, And those who
have called upon My glorious
name: 4 Then will I cause Mine
Elect One to dwell among
them.
And I will transform the heaven
and make it an eternal
blessing and light 5 And I will
transform the earth and make
it a blessing:
And I will cause Mine elect ones
to dwell upon it: But the
sinners and evil-doers shall not
set foot thereon.
6 For I have provided and
satisfied with peace My righteous
ones And have caused them to
dwell before Me:
But for the sinners there is judgement impending with Me, So
that I shall destroy them from
the face of the earth.
[Chapter 46]
1 And there I saw One who had a
head of days, 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,
Because the Lord of Spirits hath
chosen him, And whose lot
hath the pre-eminence before the
Lord of Spirits in
uprightness for ever.
4 And this Son of Man whom thou
hast seen 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.
5 [And he shall put down the
kings from their thrones and
kingdoms] 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 darkness shall be their
dwelling, 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.
7 And these are they who judge
the stars of heaven, [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,
8 And they persecute the houses
of His congregations, And
the faithful who hang upon the
name of the Lord of Spirits.
[Chapter 47]
1 And in those days shall have ascended
the prayer of the
righteous, And the blood of the
righteous from the earth
before the Lord of Spirits.
2 In those days the holy ones
who dwell above in the heavens
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.
3 In those days I saw the Head
of Days when He seated
himself upon the throne of His
glory, 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,
4 And the hearts of the holy
were filled with joy; 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.
[Chapter 48]
1 And in that place I saw the
fountain of righteousness
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.
3 Yea, before the sun and the
signs were created, Before the
stars of the heaven were made,
His name was named before the
Lord of Spirits.
4 He shall be a staff to the
righteous whereon to stay
themselves and not fall, And he
shall be the light of the
Gentiles, And the hope of those
who are troubled of heart.
5 All who dwell on earth shall
fall down and worship before
him, And will praise and bless
and celebrate with song the
Lord of Spirits.
6 And for this reason hath he
been chosen and hidden before
Him, Before the creation of the
world and for evermore.
7 And the wisdom of the Lord of
Spirits hath revealed him to
the holy and righteous; 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.
8 In these days downcast in
countenance shall the kings of
the earth have become, 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.
[Chapter 49]
l For wisdom is poured out like
water, And glory faileth not
before him for evermore.
2 For he is mighty in all the
secrets of righteousness, 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.
3 And in him dwells the spirit
of wisdom, 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.
4 And he shall judge the secret
things, 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.
[Chapter 50]
1 And in those days a change
shall take place for the holy
and elect, 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 the righteous shall be
victorious in the name of the
Lord of Spirits: And He will
cause the others to witness
(this) That they may repent And
forgo the works of their
hands.
3 They shall have no honour through the name of the Lord of
Spirits, Yet through His name
shall they be saved, And the
Lord of Spirits will have
compassion on them, For His
compassion is great.
4 And He is righteous also in
His judgement, 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.
[Chapter 51]
1 And in those days shall the
earth also give back that
which has been entrusted to it,
And Sheol also shall give
back that which it has received,
And hell shall give back
that which it owes.
5a For in those days the Elect
One shall arise, 2 And he
shall choose the righteous and
holy from among them: For the
day has drawn nigh that they
should be saved.
3 And the Elect One shall in
those days sit on My throne,
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.
4 And in those days shall the
mountains leap like rams, 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.
5b And the earth shall rejoice,
c And the righteous shall
dwell upon it, d And the elect
shall walk thereon.
[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. 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.'
[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. 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.'
[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, And the days of their
lives shall be at an end, And
the days of their leading astray
shall not thenceforward be
reckoned.
5 And in those days the angels
shall return And hurl
themselves to the east upon the Parthians and Medes:
They shall stir up the kings, so
that a spirit of unrest
shall come upon them, And they
shall rouse them from their
thrones,
That they may break forth as
lions from their lairs, And as
hungry wolves among their
flocks.
6 And they shall go up and tread
under foot the land of His
elect ones [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 they shall begin to fight
among themselves, And their
right hand shall be strong
against themselves,
And a man shall not know his
brother, Nor a son his father
or his mother,
Till there be no number of the
corpses through their
slaughter, And their punishment
be not in vain.
8 In those days Sheol shall open its jaws, And they shall be
swallowed up therein
And their destruction shall be
at an end; Sheol shall devour
the sinners in the presence of
the elect.'
[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, For glorious shall
be your lot.
3 And the righteous shall be in
the light of the sun. 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.
4 And they shall seek the light
and find righteousness with
the Lord of Spirits: There shall
be peace to the righteous
in the name of the Eternal Lord.
5 And after this it shall be
said to the holy in heaven 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.
6 And there shall be a light
that never endeth, 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.
[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, And fear took hold of me,
And my loins gave way, And
dissolved were my reins, And I
fell upon my face.
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: ' 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.
4 The elect shall begin to dwell
with the elect, And those
are the measures which shall be
given to faith And which
shall strengthen righteousness.
5 And these measures shall
reveal all the secrets of the
depths of the earth, 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.
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, And
extolled and lauded with wisdom,
And they were wise in
utterance and in the spirit of
life.
8 And the Lord of Spirits placed
the Elect one on the throne
of glory. And he shall judge all
the works of the holy above
in the heaven, And in the
balance shall their deeds be
weighed
9 And when he shall lift up his
countenance 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.
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: All
the holy ones who are in heaven
shall bless Him, And all the
elect who dwell in the garden of
life:
And every spirit of light who is
able to bless, and glorify,
and extol, and hallow Thy
blessed name, And all flesh shall
beyond measure glorify and bless
Thy name for ever and ever.
13 For great is the mercy of the
Lord of Spirits, and He is
long-suffering, 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.
[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.' 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.
4 Then shall pain come upon them
as on a woman in travail,
[And she has pain in bringing
forth] When her child enters
the mouth of the womb, And she
has pain in bringing forth.
And one portion of them shall
look on the other, 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.
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, And the
Most High preserved him in the
presence of His might, And
revealed him to the elect.
8 And the congregation of the
elect and holy shall be sown,
And all the elect shall stand
before him on that day.
9 And all the kings and the
mighty and the exalted and those
who rule the earth 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.
10 Nevertheless that Lord of
Spirits will so press them 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.
11 And He will deliver them to
the angels for punishment, 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.
13 And the righteous and elect shall
be saved on that day,
And they shall never
thenceforward see the face of the
sinners and unrighteous.
14 And the Lord of Spirits will
abide over them, And with
that Son of Man shall they eat
And lie down and rise up for
ever and ever.
15 And the righteous and elect
shall have risen from the
earth, And ceased to be of
downcast countenance. And they
shall have been clothed with
garments of glory,
16 And these shall be the
garments of life from the Lord of
Spirits:
And your garments shall not grow
old, Nor your glory pass
away before the Lord of Spirits.
[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, And
the Lord of the mighty and the
Lord of the rich, And the
Lord of glory and the Lord of
wisdom,
3 And splendid in every secret
thing is Thy power from
generation to generation, And
Thy glory for ever and ever:
Deep are all Thy secrets and
innumerable, And Thy
righteousness is beyond
reckoning.
4 We have now learnt that we
should glorify 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 !
6 And now we long for a little
rest but find it not: We
follow hard upon and obtain (it)
not:
And light has vanished from
before us, And darkness is our
dwelling-place for ever and
ever:
7 For we have not believed
before Him Nor glorified the name
of the Lord of Spirits, [nor
glorified our Lord]
But our hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom, And in our
glory.
8 And in the day of our
suffering and tribulation He saves
us not, And we find no respite
for confession
That our Lord is true in all His
works, and in His
judgements and His justice, And His judgements
have no
respect of persons.
And we pass away from before His
face on account of our
works, And all our sins are
reckoned up in righteousness.'
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
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.
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, 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.
[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 seed
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 . . . And they are
strong through his oath: And the
heaven was suspended before
the world was created, And for
ever.
17 And through it the earth was
founded upon the water, And
from the secret recesses of the
mountains come beautiful
waters, From the creation of the
world and unto eternity.
18 And through that oath the sea
was created, 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.
9 And through that oath are the
depths made fast, And abide
and stir not from their place
from eternity to eternity.
20 And through that oath the sun
and moon complete their
course, And deviate not from
their ordinance from eternity
to eternity.
21 And through that oath the
stars complete their course,
And He calls them by their
names, And they answer Him from
eternity to eternity.
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 And through it [they
are preserved and] their paths
are preserved, And their
course is not destroyed.
26 And there was great joy
amongst them, And they blessed
and glorified and extolled
Because the name of that Son of
Man had been revealed unto them.
27 And he sat on the throne of
his glory, 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.
28 With chains shall they be
bound, And in their
assemblage-place of destruction
shall they be imprisoned,
And all their works vanish from
the face of the earth.
29 And from henceforth there
shall be nothing corruptible;
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 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 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.
2 And I saw two streams of fire,
And the light of that fire
shone like hyacinth, And I fell
on my face before the Lord
of Spirits.
3 And the angel Michael [one of
the archangels] seized me by
my right hand, And lifted me up
and led me forth into all
the secrets, And he showed me
all the secrets of
righteousness.
4 And he showed me all the
secrets of the ends of the
heaven, And all the chambers of
all the stars, and all the
luminaries, Whence they proceed
before the face of the holy
ones.
5 And he translated my spirit
into the heaven of heavens,
And I saw there as it were a
structure built of crystals,
And between those crystals
tongues of living fire.
6 And my spirit saw the girdle
which girt that house of
fire, And on its four sides were
streams full of living
fire, And they girt that house.
7 And round about were Seraphin, Cherubic, and Ophannin:
And
these are they who sleep not And
guard the throne of His
glory.
8 And I saw angels who could not
be counted, A thousand
thousands, and ten thousand times
ten thousand, Encircling
that house.
And Michael, and Raphael, and
Gabriel, and Phanuel, And the
holy angels who are above the
heavens, Go in and out of that
house.
9 And they came forth from that
house, And Michael and
Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel, And many holy angels without
number.
10 And with them the Head of
Days, His head white and pure
as wool, And His raiment
indescribable.
11 And I fell on my face, And my
whole body became relaxed,
And my spirit was transfigured;
And I cried with a loud voice, .
. . with the spirit of
power, And blessed and glorified
and extolled.
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 '
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.
16 And all shall walk in his
ways since righteousness never
forsaketh him: 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 so there shall be length of
days with that Son of Man,
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
.
[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 2,832 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, 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.'
[Chapter 81]
1 And he said unto me: '
Observe, Enoch, these heavenly
tablets, And read what is
written thereon, And mark every
individual fact.'
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, And blessed
Him because of the children of
men.
4 And after that I said: '
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.'
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, For
the good shall announce
righteousness to the good;
The righteous with the righteous
shall rejoice, And shall
offer congratulation to one
another.
8 But the sinners shall die with
the sinners, And the
apostate go down with the
apostate.
9 And those who practice
righteousness shall die on account
of the deeds of men, And be
taken away on account of the
doings of the godless.'
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, [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.
3 And those who understand it
shall not sleep, But shall
listen with the ear that they
may learn this wisdom, And it
shall please those that eat
thereof better than good food.
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.
Section IV. Chapters
LXXXIII-XC.
The
Dream-Visions.
[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,
Great and mighty in Thy
greatness, Lord of the whole
creation of the heaven, King of
kings and God of the whole
world.
And Thy power and kingship and
greatness abide for ever and
ever, 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.
3 For Thou hast made and Thou rulest all things, 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.'
[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.
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.
[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;
For the Holy and Great One has
appointed days for all
things.
3 And the righteous one shall
arise from sleep, [Shall
arise] and walk in the paths of
righteousness, And all his
path and conversation shall be
in eternal goodness and
grace.
4 He will be gracious to the
righteous and give him eternal
uprightness, And He will give
him power so that he shall be
(endowed) with goodness and
righteousness. And he shall walk
in eternal light.
5 And sin shall perish in
darkness for ever, And shall no
more be seen from that day for
evermore.
[Chapter 91]
1 And now, my son Methuselah,
call to me all thy brothers
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.'
2 And there upon Methuselah went
and summoned to him all his
brothers and assembled his
relatives. 3 And he spake unto
all the children of
righteousness and said:
'Hear, ye sons of Enoch, all the
words of your father, And
hearken aright to the voice of
my mouth; For I exhort you
and say unto you, beloved:
4 Love uprightness and walk
therein. And draw not nigh to
uprightness with a double heart,
And associate not with
those of a double heart,
But walk in righteousness, my
sons. And it shall guide you
on good paths, And righteousness
shall be your companion.
5 For I know that violence must
increase on the earth, And a
great chastisement be executed
on the earth, And all
unrighteousness come to an end:
Yea, it shall be cut off from
its roots, And its whole
structure be destroyed.
6 And unrighteousness shall
again be consummated on the
earth, And all the deeds of
unrighteousness and of violence
And transgression shall prevail
in a twofold degree.
7 And when sin and
unrighteousness and blasphemy And
violence in all kinds of deeds
increase, And apostasy and
transgression and uncleanness
increase,
A great chastisement shall come
from heaven upon all these,
And the holy Lord will come
forth with wrath and
chastisement To execute judgement on earth.
8 In those days violence shall
be cut off from its roots,
And the roots of unrighteousness
together with deceit, And
they shall be destroyed from
under heaven.
9 And all the idols of the
heathen shall be abandoned, And
the temples burned with fire,
And they shall remove them
from the whole earth,
And they (i.e. the heathen)
shall be cast into the judgement
of fire, And shall perish in
wrath and in grievous judgement
for ever.
10 And the righteous shall arise
from their sleep, And
wisdom shall arise and be given
unto them.
[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 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.'
[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, And
concerning the plant of
uprightness, I will speak these
things, Yea, I Enoch will
declare (them) unto you, my
sons:
According to that which appeared
to me in the heavenly
vision, And which I have known
through the word of the holy
angels, And have learnt from the
heavenly tablets.'
3 And Enoch began to recount
from the books and said: ' I
was born the seventh in the
first week, While judgement and
righteousness still endured.
4 And after me there shall arise
in the second week great
wickedness, And deceit shall
have sprung up; And in it there
shall be the first end.
And in it a man shall be saved;
And after it is ended
unrighteousness shall grow up,
And a law shall be made for
the sinners.
And after that in the third week
at its close A man shall be
elected as the plant of
righteous judgement, And his
posterity shall become the plant
of righteousness for
evermore.
6 And after that in the fourth
week, at its close, Visions
of the holy and righteous shall
be seen, And a law for all
generations and an enclosure
shall be made for them.
7 And after that in the fifth
week, at its close, The house
of glory and dominion shall be
built for ever.
8 And after that in the sixth
week all who live in it shall
be blinded, And the hearts of
all of them shall godlessly
forsake wisdom.
And in it a man shall ascend;
And at its close the house of
dominion shall be burnt with
fire, And the whole race of the
chosen root shall be dispersed.
9 And after that in the seventh
week shall an apostate
generation arise, And many shall
be its deeds, And all its
deeds shall be apostate.
10 And at its close shall be
elected The elect righteous of
the eternal plant of
righteousness, To receive sevenfold
instruction concerning all His
creation.
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, 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.
13 And at its close they shall
acquire houses through their
righteousness, 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.
14a And after that, in the ninth
week, the righteous
judgement shall be revealed to the whole world, b And all
the works of the godless shall
vanish from all the earth, c
And the world shall be written
down for destruction.
15 And after this, in the tenth
week in the seventh part,
There shall be the great eternal
judgement, In which He will
execute vengeance amongst the
angels.
16 And the first heaven shall
depart and pass away, And a
new heaven shall appear, And all
the powers of the heavens
shall give sevenfold light.
17 And after that there will be
many weeks without number
for ever, And all shall be in
goodness and righteousness,
And sin shall no more be
mentioned for ever.
[Chapter 94]
1 And now I say unto you, my
sons, love righteousness and
walk therein; For the paths of
righteousness are worthy of
acceptation, But the paths of
unrighteousness shall suddenly
be destroyed and vanish.
2 And to certain men of a
generation shall the paths of
violence and of death be
revealed, And they shall hold
themselves afar from them, And
shall not follow them.
3 And now I say unto you the
righteous: Walk not in the
paths of wickedness, nor in the
paths of death, And draw not
nigh to them, lest ye be
destroyed.
4 But seek and choose for
yourselves righteousness and an
elect life, And walk in the
paths of peace, And ye shall
live and prosper.
5 And hold fast my words in the
thoughts of your hearts, And
suffer them not to be effaced
from your hearts;
For I know that sinners will
tempt men to evilly-entreat
wisdom, So that no place may be
found for her, And no manner
of temptation may minish.
6 Woe to those who build unrighteousness
and oppression And
lay deceit as a foundation; For
they shall be suddenly
overthrown, And they shall have
no peace.
7 Woe to those who build their
houses with sin; 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.]
8 Woe to you, ye rich, for ye
have trusted in your riches,
And from your riches shall ye
depart, Because ye have not
remembered the Most High in the
days of your riches.
9 Ye have committed blasphemy
and unrighteousness, And have
become ready for the day of
slaughter, And the day of
darkness and the day of the
great judgement.
10 Thus I speak and declare unto
you: 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.
11 And your righteous ones in
those days shall be A reproach
to the sinners and the godless.
[Chapter 95]
1 Oh that mine eyes were [a
cloud of] waters ] 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!
2 who has permitted you to
practice reproaches and
wickedness ? And so judgement shall overtake you, sinners.
3 Fear not the sinners, ye
righteous; For again will the
Lord deliver them into your
hands, That ye may execute
judgement upon them according to your desires.
4 Woe to you who fulminate
anathemas which cannot be
reversed: Healing shall
therefore be far from you because of
your sins.
5 Woe to you who requite your neighbour with evil; For ye
shall be requited according to
your works.
6 Woe to you, lying witnesses,
And to those who weigh out
injustice, For suddenly shall ye
perish.
7 Woe to you, sinners, for ye
persecute the righteous; For
ye shall be delivered up and
persecuted because of
injustice, And heavy shall its
yoke be upon you.
[Chapter 96]
1 Be hopeful, ye righteous; for
suddenly shall the sinners
perish before you, And ye shall
have lordship over them
according to your desires.
2 [And in the day of the
tribulation of the sinners, 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.]
3 Wherefore fear not, ye that
have suffered; For healing
shall be your portion, And a
bright light shall enlighten
you, And the voice of rest ye
shall hear from heaven.
4 Woe unto you, ye sinners, for
your riches make you appear
like the righteous, But your
hearts convict you of being
sinners, And this fact shall be
a testimony against you for
a memorial of (your) evil deeds.
5 Woe to you who devour the
finest of the wheat, And drink
wine in large bowls, And tread
under foot the lowly with
your might.
6 Woe to you who drink water
from every fountain, For
suddenly shall ye be consumed
and wither away, Because ye
have forsaken the fountain of
life.
7 Woe to you who work
unrighteousness And deceit and
blasphemy: It shall be a
memorial against you for evil.
8 Woe to you, ye mighty, Who
with might oppress the
righteous; For the day of your
destruction is coming.
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 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.
3 What will ye do, ye sinners,
And whither will ye flee on
that day of judgement,
When ye hear the voice of the prayer
of the righteous ?
4 Yea, ye shall fare like unto
them, Against whom this word
shall be a testimony: " Ye
have been companions of sinners."
5 And in those days the prayer
of the righteous shall reach
unto the Lord, And for you the
days of your judgement shall
come.
6 And all the words of your
unrighteousness shall be read
out before the Great Holy One,
And your faces shall be
covered with shame, And He will
reject every work which is
grounded on unrighteousness.
7 Woe to you, ye sinners, who
live on the mid ocean and on
the dry land, Whose remembrance
is evil against you.
8 Woe to you who acquire silver
and gold in unrighteousness
and say: " We have become
rich with riches and have
possessions; And have acquired
everything we have desired.
9 And now let us do what we
purposed: 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;
For ye have acquired it all in
unrighteousness, And ye shall
be given over to a great curse.
[Chapter 98]
1 And now I swear unto you, to
the wise and to the foolish,
For ye shall have manifold
experiences on the earth.
2 For ye men shall put on more
adornments than a woman, 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.
3 Therefore they shall be
wanting in doctrine and wisdom,
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.
4 I have sworn unto you, ye
sinners, as a mountain has not
become a slave, 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.
5 And barrenness has not been
given to the woman, But on
account of the deeds of her own
hands she dies without
children.
6 I have sworn unto you, ye
sinners, by the Holy Great One,
That all your evil deeds are
revealed in the heavens, And
that none of your deeds of
oppression are covered and
hidden.
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, And glory in lying and
extol them: Ye shall perish, and
no happy life shall be
yours.
2 Woe to them who pervert the
words of uprightness, And
transgress the eternal law, And
transform themselves into
what they were not [into
sinners]: They shall be trodden
under foot upon the earth.
3 In those days make ready, ye
righteous, to raise your
prayers as a memorial, 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.
4 In those days the nations
shall be stirred up, And the
families of the nations shall
arise on the day of
destruction.
5 And in those days the
destitute shall go forth and carry
off their children, 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.
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, And their eyes
shall be blinded through the
fear of their hearts And through
visions in their dreams.
9 Through these they shall
become godless and fearful; For
they shall have wrought all
their work in a lie, And shall
have worshiped a stone:
Therefore in an instant shall they
perish.
10 But in those days blessed are
all they who accept the
words of wisdom, and understand
them, 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.
11 Woe to you who spread evil to
your neighbours; For you
shall be slain in Sheol.
12 Woe to you who make deceitful
and false measures, And (to
them) who cause bitterness on
the earth; For they shall
thereby be utterly consumed.
13 Woe to you who build your
houses through the grievous
toil of others, And all their
building materials are the
bricks and stones of sin; I tell
you ye shall have no peace.
14 Woe to them who reject the
measure and eternal heritage
of their fathers And whose souls
follow after idols; For
they shall have no rest.
15 Woe to them who work
unrighteousness and help oppression,
And slay their neighbours until the day of the great
judgement.
16 For He shall cast down your
glory, 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.
[Chapter 100]
1 And in those days in one place
the fathers together with
their sons shall be smitten And
brothers one with another
shall fall in death Till the
streams flow with their blood.
2 For a man shall not withhold
his hand from slaying his
sons and his sons' sons, And the
sinner shall not withhold
his hand from his honoured brother: From dawn till sunset
they shall slay one another.
3 And the horse shall walk up to
the breast in the blood of
sinners, And the chariot shall
be submerged to its height.
4 In those days the angels shall
descend into the secret
places 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.
5 And over all the righteous and
holy He will appoint
guardians from amongst the holy
angels 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.
6 And (then) the children of the
earth shall see the wise in
security, 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.
7 Woe to you, Sinners, on the
day of strong anguish, Ye who
afflict the righteous and burn
them with fire: Ye shall be
requited according to your
works.
8 Woe to you, ye obstinate of
heart, Who watch in order to
devise wickedness: Therefore
shall fear come upon you And
there shall be none to help you.
9 Woe to you, ye sinners, on
account of the words of your
mouth, And on account of the
deeds of your hands which your
godlessness as wrought, In
blazing flames burning worse than
fire shall ye burn.
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, 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 ?
2 And all the luminaries shall
be affrighted with great
fear, And all the earth shall be
affrighted and tremble and
be alarmed.
3 And all the angels shall
execute their commandst 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.
4 Fear ye not, ye souls of the
righteous, And be hopeful ye
that have died in righteousness.
5 And grieve not if your soul
into Sheol has descended in
grief, 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.
6 And yet when ye die the
sinners speak over you: " As we
die, so die the righteous, And
what benefit do they reap for
their deeds ?
7 Behold, even as we, so do they
die in grief and darkness,
And what have they more than we
? From henceforth we are
equal.
8 And what will they receive and
what will they see for ever
? Behold, they too have died,
And henceforth for ever shall
they see no light."
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. 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:
3 That all goodness and joy and
glory are prepared for 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.
4 And the spirits of you who
have died in righteousness
shall live and rejoice, 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.
5 Woe to you, ye sinners, when
ye have died, 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.
6 And how they have died in
prosperity and in wealth, 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."
7 Know ye, that their souls will
be made to descend into
Sheol And they shall be wretched in their great tribulation.
8 And into darkness and chains
and a burning flame where
there is grievous judgement shall your spirits enter; And
the great judgement
shall be for all the generations of the
world. Woe to you, for ye shall
have no peace.
9 Say not in regard to the
righteous and good who are in
life: " 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.
10 And we have been destroyed
and have not found any to help
us even with a word: We have
been tortured [and destroyed],
and not hoped to see life from
day to day.
11 We hoped to be the head and
have become the tail: 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.
12 They have had dominion over
us that hated us and smote
us; And to those that hated us
we have bowed our necks But
they pitied us not.
13 We desired to get away from
them that we might escape and
be at rest, But found no place
whereunto we should flee and
be safe from them.
14 And are complained to the
rulers in our tribulation, And
cried out against those who
devoured us, But they did not
attend to our cries And would
not hearken to our voice.
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.
Fragment of the
Book of Noah
[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 I was there,
and he cried aloud, and I heard
his voice and I came to him.
And I 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.'
Scanned and Edited by Joshua
Williams Northwest Nazarene
College, 1995
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