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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
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