BOOK OF ENOCH



From-The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament

H.R. Charles Oxford: The Clarendon Press

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                        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 judgement upon all (men).



8 But with the righteous He will make peace.



And will protect the elect,

And mercy shall be upon them.



And they shall all belong to God,

And they shall be prospered,

And they shall all be blessed.



And He will help them all,

And light shall appear unto them,

And He will make peace with them'.



9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones

To execute judgement upon all,

And to destroy all the ungodly:



And to convict all flesh

Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed,

And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.



[Chapter 2]



1 Observe ye everything that takes place in the heaven, how they do not

change their orbits, and the luminaries which are in the heaven, how they

all rise and set in order each in its season, and 2 transgress not against

their appointed order. Behold ye the earth, and give heed to the things

which take place upon it from first to last, how steadfast they are, how

none of the things upon earth 3 change, but all the works of God appear to

you. Behold the summer and the winter, how the whole earth is filled with

water, and clouds and dew and rain lie upon it.



[Chapter 3]



Observe and see how (in the winter) all the trees seem as though they had

withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not

lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till

the new comes.



[Chapter 4]



And again, observe ye the days of summer how the sun is above the earth

over against it. And you seek shade and shelter by reason of the heat of

the sun, and the earth also burns with growing heat, and so you cannot

tread on the earth, or on a rock by reason of its heat.



[Chapter 5]



1 Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear

fruit: wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and

recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so. 2 And all His

works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks which they

accomplish for Him, and their tasks change not, but according as God hath

ordained so is it done. 3 And behold how the sea and the rivers in like

manner accomplish and change not their tasks from His commandments'.



4 But ye -ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of the

Lord,

But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words

With your impure mouths against His greatness.

Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no peace.



5 Therefore shall ye execrate your days,

And the years of your life shall perish,

And the years of your destruction shall be multiplied in eternal

execration,

And ye shall find no mercy.



6a In those days ye shall make your names an eternal execration unto all

the righteous,

b And by you shall all who curse, curse,

And all the sinners and godless shall imprecate by you,

7c And for you the godless there shall be a curse.



6d And all the . . . shall rejoice,

e And there shall be forgiveness of sins,

f And every mercy and peace and forbearance:

g There shall be salvation unto them, a goodly light.



I And for all of you sinners there shall be no salvation,

j But on you all shall abide a curse.

7a But for the elect there shall be light and joy and peace,

b And they shall inherit the earth.



8 And then there shall be bestowed upon the elect wisdom,

And they shall all live and never again sin,

Either through ungodliness or through pride:

But they who are wise shall be humble.



9 And they shall not again transgress,

Nor shall they sin all the days of their life,

Nor shall they die of (the divine) anger or wrath,

But they shall complete the number of the days of their life.



And their lives shall be increased in peace,

And the years of their joy shall be multiplied,

In eternal gladness and peace,

All the days of their life.



[Chapter 6]



1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those

days were born unto 2 them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels,

the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one

another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men 3 and

beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I

fear ye will not 4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to

pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let

us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations 5 not

to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together

and bound themselves 6 by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all

two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount

Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn 7 and bound

themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the names of their

leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel,

Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, 8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaq1el,

Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.



[Chapter 7]



1 And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and

each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile

themselves with them, and they taught them charms 2 and enchantments, and

the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they 3

became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three

thousand ells: Who consumed 4 all the acquisitions of men. And when men

could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against 5 them and devoured

mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and

6 fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the

earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.



[Chapter 8]



1 And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and

breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of

working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and

the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all 2

colouring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed

fornication, and they 3 were led astray, and became corrupt in all their

ways. Semjaza taught enchantments, and root-cuttings, 'Armaros the

resolving of enchantments, Baraqijal (taught) astrology, Kokabel the

constellations, Ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of

the earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of the

moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven . .





[Chapter 9]



1 And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and

saw much blood being 2 shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being

wrought upon the earth. And they said one to another: 'The earth made

without inhabitant cries the voice of their cryingst up to the gates of

heaven. 3 And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make

their suit, saying, "Bring our cause 4 before the Most High."' And they

said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings,

and God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the

generations of the 5 ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto

all the ages! Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast

Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest all 6

things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. Thou seest what Azazel hath

done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal

secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which 7 men were striving to

learn: And Semjaza, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his

associates. And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and

have slept with the 9 women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to

them all kinds of sins. And the women have 10 borne giants, and the whole

earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness. And now,

behold, the souls of those who have died are crying and making their suit

to the gates of heaven, and their lamentations have ascended: and cannot

cease because of the lawless deeds which are 11 wrought on the earth. And

Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these

things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are

to do to them in regard to these.'



[Chapter 10]



1 Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to

the son of Lamech, 2 and said to him: 'Go to Noah and tell him in my name

"Hide thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the

whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come 3 upon the

whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that

he may escape 4 and his seed may be preserved for all the generations of

the world.' And again the Lord said to Raphael: 'Bind Azazel hand and foot,

and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening 5 in the desert, which

is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged

rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and

cover his face that he may 6,7 not see light. And on the day of the great

judgement he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the

angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may

heal the plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through

all the secret things that the 8 Watchers have disclosed and have taught

their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted 9 through the works that

were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin.' And to Gabriel said the

Lord: 'Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the

children of fornication: and destroy [the children of fornication and] the

children of the Watchers from amongst men [and cause them to go forth]:

send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in 10

battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that they

(i.e. their fathers) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on

their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and 11 that each one

of them will live five hundred years.' And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go,

bind Semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with women so as

to have defiled themselves 12 with them in all their uncleanness. And when

their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of

their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys

of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their consummation,

till the judgement that is 13 for ever and ever is consummated. In those

days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and 14 to the torment and

the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. And whosoever shall be

condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them

to the end of all 15 generations. And destroy all the spirits of the

reprobate and the children of the Watchers, because 16 they have wronged

mankind. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil

work come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear:

and it shall prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth' shall

be planted in truth and joy for evermore.



17 And then shall all the righteous escape,

And shall live till they beget thousands of children,

And all the days of their youth and their old age

Shall they complete in peace.



18 And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all

be planted with trees and 19 be full of blessing. And all desirable trees

shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine

which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the

seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and

each measure of olives shall yield 20 ten presses of oil. And cleanse thou

the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all

sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon

the earth 21 destroy from off the earth. And all the children of men shall

become righteous, and all nations 22 shall offer adoration and shall praise

Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all

defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all

torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to

generation and for ever.



[Chapter 11]



1 And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing which are in

the heaven, so as to send 2 them down upon the earth over the work and

labour of the children of men. And truth and peace shall be associated

together throughout all the days of the world and throughout all the

generations of men.'



[Chapter 12]



1 Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men

knew where he was 2 hidden, and where he abode, and what had become of him.

And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days were with the

holy ones. 3 And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty and the King of

the ages, and lo! the Watchers 4 called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to

me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of

the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have

defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do,

and have taken unto themselves 5 wives: "Ye have wrought great destruction

on the earth: And ye shall have no peace nor forgiveness 6 of sin: and

inasmuch as they delight themselves in their children, The murder of their

beloved ones shall they see, and over the destruction of their children

shall they lament, and shall make supplication unto eternity, but mercy and

peace shall ye not attain."'



[Chapter 13]



1 And Enoch went and said: 'Azazel, thou shalt have no peace: a severe

sentence has gone forth 2 against thee to put thee in bonds: And thou shalt

not have toleration nor request granted to thee, because of the

unrighteousness which thou hast taught, and because of all the works of

godlessness 3 and unrighteousness and sin which thou hast shown to men.'

Then I went and spoke to them all 4 together, and they were all afraid, and

fear and trembling seized them. And they besought me to draw up a petition

for them that they might find forgiveness, and to read their petition in

the presence 5 of the Lord of heaven. For from thenceforward they could not

speak (with Him) nor lift up their 6 eyes to heaven for shame of their sins

for which they had been condemned. Then I wrote out their petition, and the

prayer in regard to their spirits and their deeds individually and in

regard to their 7 requests that they should have forgiveness and length.

And I went off and sat down at the waters of Dan, in the land of Dan, to

the south of the west of Hermon: I read their petition till I fell 8

asleep. And behold a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me, and I

saw visions of chastisement, and a voice came bidding (me) I to tell it to

the sons of heaven, and reprimand them. 9 And when I awaked, I came unto

them, and they were all sitting gathered together, weeping in 10

'Abelsjail, which is between Lebanon and Seneser, with their faces covered.

And I recounted before them all the visions which I had seen in sleep, and

I began to speak the words of righteousness, and to reprimand the heavenly

Watchers.



[Chapter 14]



1 The book of the words of righteousness, and of the reprimand of the

eternal Watchers in accordance 2 with the command of the Holy Great One in

that vision. I saw in my sleep what I will now say with a tongue of flesh

and with the breath of my mouth: which the Great One has given to men to 3

converse therewith and understand with the heart. As He has created and

given to man the power of understanding the word of wisdom, so hath He

created me also and given me the power of reprimanding 4 the Watchers, the

children of heaven. I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared

thus, that your petition will not be granted unto you throughout all the

days of eternity, and that judgement 5 has been finally passed upon you:

yea (your petition) will not be granted unto you. And from henceforth you

shall not ascend into heaven unto all eternity, and in bonds of the earth

the decree 6 has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world. And

(that) previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons

and ye shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before 7 you by

the sword. And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet

on your own: even though you weep and pray and speak all the words

contained in the writing which I have 8 written. And the vision was shown

to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me,

and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and

the winds in 9 the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore

me into heaven. And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of

crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire: and it began to affright 10 me.

And I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which

was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated

floor (made) of crystals, and its groundwork was 11 of crystal. Its ceiling

was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were 12

fiery cherubim, and their heaven was (clear as) water. A flaming fire

surrounded the walls, and its 13 portals blazed with fire. And I entered

into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there 14 were no

delights of life therein: fear covered me, and trembling got hold upon me.

And as I quaked 15 and trembled, I fell upon my face. And I beheld a

vision, And lo! there was a second house, greater 16 than the former, and

the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames of fire.

And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and

extent that I cannot describe to 17 you its splendour and its extent. And

its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path 18 of the

stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire. And I looked and saw therein

a lofty throne: its appearance was as crystal, and the wheels thereof as

the shining sun, and there was the vision of 19 cherubim. And from

underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look

20 thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more

brightly than the sun and 21 was whiter than any snow. None of the angels

could enter and could behold His face by reason 22 of the magnificence and

glory and no flesh could behold Him. The flaming fire was round about Him,

and a great fire stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him: ten

thousand times 23 ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed no

counselor. And the most holy ones who were 24 nigh to Him did not leave by

night nor depart from Him. And until then I had been prostrate on my face,

trembling: and the Lord called me with His own mouth, and said to me: '

Come hither, 25 Enoch, and hear my word.' And one of the holy ones came to

me and waked me, and He made me rise up and approach the door: and I bowed

my face downwards.



[Chapter 15]



1 And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: 'Fear not, Enoch,

thou righteous 2 man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither and hear

my voice. And go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent thee to

intercede for them: "You should intercede" for men, and not men 3 for you:

Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and eternal heaven, and lain with

women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to

yourselves wives, and done like the children 4 of earth, and begotten

giants (as your) sons? And though ye were holy, spiritual, living the

eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have

begotten (children) with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men,

have lusted after flesh and blood as those also do who die 5 and perish.

Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and

beget 6 children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on

earth. But you were formerly 7 spiritual, living the eternal life, and

immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have not

appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in

heaven is their dwelling. 8 And now, the giants, who are produced from the

spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon 9 the earth, and on

the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their

bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their

beginning and primal origin; 10 they shall be evil spirits on earth, and

evil spirits shall they be called. [As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven

shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were

born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.] And the spirits

of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work

destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but

nevertheless 12 hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits

shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because

they have proceeded from them.



[Chapter 16]



1 From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants,

from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy

without incurring judgement -thus shall they destroy until the day of the

consummation, the great judgement in which the age shall be 2 consummated,

over the Watchers and the godless, yea, shall be wholly consummated." And

now as to the watchers who have sent thee to intercede for them, who had

been aforetime in heaven, (say 3 to them): "You have been in heaven, but

all the mysteries had not yet been revealed to you, and you knew worthless

ones, and these in the hardness of your hearts you have made known to the

women, and through these mysteries women and men work much evil on earth."

4 Say to them therefore: " You have no peace."'



[Chapter 17]



1 And they took and brought me to a place in which those who were there

were like flaming fire, 2 and, when they wished, they appeared as men. And

they brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain the point of

whose summit reached to heaven. And I saw the places of the luminaries and

the treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the uttermost depths,

where were 4 a fiery bow and arrows and their quiver, and a fiery sword and

all the lightnings. And they took 5 me to the living waters, and to the

fire of the west, which receives every setting of the sun. And I came to a

river of fire in which the fire flows like water and discharges itself into

the great sea towards 6 the west. I saw the great rivers and came to the

great river and to the great darkness, and went 7 to the place where no

flesh walks. I saw the mountains of the darkness of winter and the place 8

whence all the waters of the deep flow. I saw the mouths of all the rivers

of the earth and the mouth of the deep.



[Chapter 18]



1 I saw the treasuries of all the winds: I saw how He had furnished with

them the whole creation 2 and the firm foundations of the earth. And I saw

the corner-stone of the earth: I saw the four 3 winds which bear [the earth

and] the firmament of the heaven. And I saw how the winds stretch out the

vaults of heaven, and have their station between heaven and earth: these

are the pillars 4 of the heaven. I saw the winds of heaven which turn and

bring the circumference of the sun and 5 all the stars to their setting. I

saw the winds on the earth carrying the clouds: I saw the paths 6 of the

angels. I saw at the end of the earth the firmament of the heaven above.

And I proceeded and saw a place which burns day and night, where there are

seven mountains of magnificent stones, 7 three towards the east, and three

towards the south. And as for those towards the east, 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 judgement in 2

which they shall be judged till they are made an end of. And the women also

of the angels who 3 went astray shall become sirens.' And I, Enoch, alone

saw the vision, the ends of all things: and no man shall see as I have

seen.



[Chapter 20]



1,2 And these are the names of the holy angels who watch. Uriel, one of the

holy angels, who is 3 over the world and over Tartarus. Raphael, one of the

holy angels, who is over the spirits of men. 4,5 Raguel, one of the holy

angels who takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries. Michael, one 6

of the holy angels, to wit, he that is set over the best part of mankind

and over chaos. Saraqael, 7 one of the holy angels, who is set over the

spirits, who sin in the spirit. Gabriel, one of the holy 8 angels, who is

over Paradise and the serpents and the Cherubim. Remiel, one of the holy

angels, whom God set over those who rise.



[Chapter 21]



1,2 And I proceeded to where things were chaotic. And I saw there something

horrible: I saw neither 3 a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a

place chaotic and horrible. And there I saw 4 seven stars of the heaven

bound together in it, like great mountains and burning with fire. Then 5 I

said: 'For what sin are they bound, and on what account have they been cast

in hither?' Then said Uriel, one of the holy angels, who was with me, and

was chief over them, and said: 'Enoch, why 6 dost thou ask, and why art

thou eager for the truth? These are of the number of the stars of heaven,

which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are bound here

till ten thousand years, 7 the time entailed by their sins, are

consummated.' And from thence I went to another place, which was still more

horrible than the former, and I saw a horrible thing: a great fire there

which burnt and blazed, and the place was cleft as far as the abyss, being

full of great descending columns of 8 fire: neither its extent or magnitude

could I see, nor could I conjecture. Then I said: 'How 9 fearful is the

place and how terrible to look upon!' Then Uriel answered me, one of the

holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: 'Enoch, why hast thou such

fear and affright?' And 10 I answered: 'Because of this fearful place, and

because of the spectacle of the pain.' And he said unto me: 'This place is

the prison of the angels, and here they will be imprisoned for ever.'



[Chapter 22]



1 And thence I went to another place, and he mountain [and] of hard rock. 2

And there was in it four hollow places, deep and wide and very smooth. How

smooth are the hollow places and deep and dark to look at. 3 Then Raphael

answered, one of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: 'These

hollow places have been created for this very purpose, that the spirits of

the souls of the dead should 4 assemble therein, yea that all the souls of

the children of men should assemble here. And these places have been made

to receive them till the day of their judgement and till their appointed

period [till the period appointed], till the great judgement (comes) upon

them.' I saw (the spirit of) a dead man making suit, 5 and his voice went

forth to heaven and made suit. And I asked Raphael the angel who was 6 with

me, and I said unto him: 'This spirit which maketh suit, whose is it, whose

voice goeth forth and maketh suit to heaven ?' 7 And he answered me saying:

'This is the spirit which went forth from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew,

and he makes his suit against him till his seed is destroyed from the face

of the earth, and his seed is annihilated from amongst the seed of men.' 8

The I asked regarding it, and regarding all the hollow places: 'Why is one

separated from the other?' 9 And he answered me and said unto me: 'These

three have been made that the spirits of the dead might be separated. And

such a division has been make (for) the spirits of the righteous, in which

there is the bright spring of 10 water. And such has been made for sinners

when they die and are buried in the earth and judgement has not been

executed on them in their 11 lifetime. Here their spirits shall be set

apart in this great pain till the great day of judgement and punishment and

torment of those who curse for ever and retribution for their spirits.

There 12 He shall bind them for ever. And such a division has been made for

the spirits of those who make their suit, who make disclosures concerning

their destruction, when they were slain in the days 13 of the sinners. Such

has been made for the spirits of men who were not righteous but sinners,

who were complete in transgression, and of the transgressors they shall be

companions: but their spirits shall not be slain in the day of judgement

nor shall they be raised from thence.' 14 The I blessed the Lord of glory

and said: 'Blessed be my Lord, the Lord of righteousness, who ruleth for

ever.'



[Chapter 23]



1,2 From thence I went to another place to the west of the ends of the

earth. And I saw a burning 3 fire which ran without resting, and paused not

from its course day or night but (ran) regularly. And 4 I asked saying:

'What is this which rests not?' Then Raguel, one of the holy angels who was

with me, answered me and said unto me: 'This course of fire which thou hast

seen is the fire in the west which persecutes all the luminaries of

heaven.'



[Chapter 24]



1 And from thence I went to another place of the earth, and he showed me a

mountain range of 2 fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond it

and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and

the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as a

whole, of glorious appearance and fair exterior: three towards the east,

one founded on the other, and three towards the south, one upon the other,

and deep rough ravines, no one of which 3 joined with any other. And the

seventh mountain was in the midst of these, and it excelled them 4 in

height, resembling the seat of a throne: and fragrant trees encircled the

throne. And amongst them was a tree such as I had never yet smelt, neither

was any amongst them nor were others like it: it had a fragrance beyond all

fragrance, and its leaves and blooms and wood wither not for ever: 5 and

its fruit is beautiful, and its fruit n resembles the dates of a palm. Then

I said: 'How beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, and its leaves are fair,

and its blooms very delightful in appearance.' 6 Then answered Michael, one

of the holy and honoured angels who was with me, and was their leader.



[Chapter 25]



1 And he said unto me: 'Enoch, why dost thou ask me regarding the fragrance

of the tree, 2 and why dost thou wish to learn the truth?' Then I answered

him saying: 'I wish to 3 know about everything, but especially about this

tree.' And he answered saying: 'This high mountain which thou hast seen,

whose summit is like the throne of God, is His throne, where the Holy Great

One, the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, will sit, when He shall come down

to visit 4 the earth with goodness. And as for this fragrant tree no mortal

is permitted to touch it till the great judgement, when He shall take

vengeance on all and bring (everything) to its consummation 5 for ever. It

shall then be given to the righteous and holy. Its fruit shall be for food

to the elect: it shall be transplanted to the holy place, to the temple of

the Lord, the Eternal King.



6 Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad,

And 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 rand narrow, (being formed) of

hard rock, and trees were not planted upon 6 them. And I marveled at the

rocks, and I marveled at the ravine, yea, I marveled very much.



[Chapter 27]



1 Then said I: 'For what object is this blessed land, which is entirely

filled with trees, and this 2 accursed valley between?' Then Uriel, one of

the holy angels who was with me, answered and said: 'This accursed valley

is for those who are accursed for ever: Here shall all the accursed be

gathered together who utter with their lips against the Lord unseemly words

and of His glory speak hard things. Here shall they be gathered together,

and here 3 shall be their place of judgement. In the last days there shall

be upon them the spectacle of righteous judgement in the presence of the

righteous for ever: here shall the merciful bless the Lord of glory, the

Eternal King. 4 In the days of judgement over the former, they shall bless

Him for the mercy in accordance with 5 which He has assigned them (their

lot).' Then I blessed the Lord of Glory and set forth His glory and lauded

Him gloriously.



[Chapter 28]



1 And thence I went towards the east, into the midst of the mountain range

of the desert, and 2 I saw a wilderness and it was solitary, full of trees

and plants. And water gushed forth from 3 above. Rushing like a copious

watercourse [which flowed] towards the north-west it caused clouds and dew

to ascend on every side.



[Chapter 29]



1 And thence I went to another place in the desert, and approached to the

east of this mountain 2 range. And there I saw aromatic trees exhaling the

fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, and the trees also were similar to the

almond tree.



[Chapter 30]



1,2 And beyond these, I went afar to the east, and I saw another place, a

valley (full) of water. And 3 therein there was a tree, the colour (?) of

fragrant trees such as the mastic. And on the sides of those valleys I saw

fragrant cinnamon. And beyond these I proceeded to the east.



[Chapter 31]



1 And I saw other mountains, and amongst them were groves of trees, and

there flowed forth from 2 them nectar, which is named sarara and galbanum.

And beyond these mountains I saw another mountain to the east of the ends

of the earth, whereon were aloe-trees, and all the trees were full 3 of

stacte, being like almond-trees. And when one burnt it, it smelt sweeter

than any fragrant odour.



[Chapter 32]



1 And after these fragrant odours, as I looked towards the north over the

mountains I saw seven mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and

cinnamon and pepper. 2 And thence I went over the summits of all these

mountains, far towards the east of the earth, and passed above the

Erythraean sea and went far from it, and passed over the angel Zotiel. And

I came to the Garden of Righteousness, 3 I and from afar off trees more

numerous than I these trees and great-two trees there, very great,

beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose

holy fruit they eat and know great wisdom. 4 That tree is in height like

the fir, and its leaves are like (those of) the Carob tree: and its fruit 5

is like the clusters of the vine, very beautiful: and the fragrance of the

tree penetrates afar. Then 6 I said: 'How beautiful is the tree, and how

attractive is its look!' Then Raphael the holy angel, who was with me,

answered me and said: 'This is the tree of wisdom, of which thy father old

(in years) and thy aged mother, who were before thee, have eaten, and they

learnt wisdom and their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were

naked and they were driven out of the garden.'



[Chapter 33]



1 And from thence I went to the ends of the earth and saw there great

beasts, and each differed from the other; and (I saw) birds also differing

in appearance and beauty and voice, the one differing from the other. And

to the east of those beasts I saw the ends of the earth whereon the heaven

2 rests, and the portals of the heaven open. And I saw how the stars of

heaven come forth, and 3 I counted the portals out of which they proceed,

and wrote down all their outlets, of each individual star by itself,

according to their number and their names, their courses and their

positions, and their 4 times and their months, as Uriel the holy angel who

was with me showed me. He showed all things to me and wrote them down for

me: also their names he wrote for me, and their laws and their companies.



[Chapter 34]



1 And from thence I went towards the north to the ends of the earth, and

there I saw a great and 2 glorious device at the ends of the whole earth.

And here I saw three portals of heaven open in the heaven: through each of

them proceed north winds: when they blow there is cold, hail, frost, 3

snow, dew, and rain. And out of one portal they blow for good: but when

they blow through the other two portals, it is with violence and affliction

on the earth, and they blow with violence.



[Chapter 35]



1 And from thence I went towards the west to the ends of the earth, and saw

there three portals of the heaven open such as I had seen in the east, the

same number of portals, and the same number of outlets.



[Chapter 36]



1 And from thence I went to the south to the ends of the earth, and saw

there three open portals 2 of the heaven: and thence there come dew, rain,

and wind. And from thence I went to the east to the ends of the heaven, and

saw here the three eastern portals of heaven open and small portals 3 above

them. Through each of these small portals pass the stars of heaven and run

their course to the west on the path which is shown to them. And as often

as I saw I blessed always the Lord of Glory, and I continued to bless the

Lord of Glory who has wrought great and glorious wonders, to show the

greatness of His work to the angels and to spirits and to men, that they

might praise His work and all His creation: that they might see the work of

His might and praise the great work of His hands and bless Him for ever.



                      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.



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 sed before me for ever and ever, and I will spread

abroad those who dwell with thee: it shall not be unfruitful on the face of

the earth, but it shall be blessed and multiply on the earth in the name of

the Lord.' 4 And He will imprison those angels, who have shown

unrighteousness, in that burning valley which my grandfather Enoch had

formerly shown to me in the west among the mountains of gold 5 and silver

and iron and soft metal and tin. And I saw that valley in which there was a

great 6 convulsion and a convulsion of the waters. And when all this took

place, from that fiery molten metal and from the convulsion thereof in that

place, there was produced a smell of sulphur, and it was connected with

those waters, and that valley of the angels who had led astray (mankind)

burned 7 beneath that land. And through its valleys proceed streams of

fire, where these angels are punished who had led astray those who dwell

upon the earth. 8 But those waters shall in those days serve for the kings

and the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, for the

healing of the body, but for the punishment of the spirit; now their spirit

is full of lust, that they may be punished in their body, for they have

denied the Lord of Spirits 9 and see their punishment daily, and yet

believe not in His name. And in proportion as the burning of their bodies

becomes severe, a corresponding change shall take place in their spirit for

ever and ever; 10 for before the Lord of Spirits none shall utter an idle

word. For the judgement shall come upon them, 11 because they believe in

the lust of their body and deny the Spirit of the Lord. And those same

waters will undergo a change in those days; for when those angels are

punished in these waters, these water-springs shall change their

temperature, and when the angels ascend, this water of the 12 springs shall

change and become cold. And I heard Michael answering and saying: ' This

judgement wherewith the angels are judged is a testimony for the kings and

the mighty who possess the 13 earth.' Because these waters of judgement

minister to the healing of the body of the kings and the lust of their

body; therefore they will not see and will not believe that those waters

will change and become a fire which burns for ever.



[Chapter 68]



1 And after that my grandfather Enoch gave me the teaching of all the

secrets in the book in the Parables which had been given to him, and he put

them together for me in the words of the book 2 of the Parables. And on

that day Michael answered Raphael and said: ' The power of the spirit

transports and makes me to tremble because of the severity of the judgement

of the secrets, the judgement of the angels: who can endure the severe

judgement which has been executed, and before 3 which they melt away ? '

And Michael answered again, and said to Raphael: ' Who is he whose heart is

not softened concerning it, and whose reins are not troubled by this word

of judgement 4 (that) has gone forth upon them because of those who have

thus led them out ? ' And it came to pass when he stood before the Lord of

Spirits, Michael said thus to Raphael: ' I will not take their part under

the eye of the Lord; for the Lord of Spirits has been angry with them

because they do 5 as if they were the Lord. Therefore all that is hidden

shall come upon them for ever and ever; for neither angel nor man shall

have his portion (in it), but alone they have received their judgement for

ever and ever.



[Chapter 69]



1 And after this judgement they shall terrify and make them to tremble

because they have shown this to those who dwell on the earth. 2 And behold

the names of those angels [and these are their names: the first of them is

Samjaza, the second Artaqifa, and the third Armen, the fourth Kokabel, the

fifth Turael, the sixth Rumjal, the seventh Danjal, the eighth Neqael, the

ninth Baraqel, the tenth Azazel, the eleventh Armaros, the twelfth

Batarjal, the thirteenth Busasejal, the fourteenth Hananel, the fifteenth

Turel, and the sixteenth Simapesiel, the seventeenth Jetrel, the eighteenth

Tumael, the nineteenth Turel, 3 the twentieth Rumael, the twenty-first

Azazel. And these are the chiefs of their angels and their names, and their

chief ones over hundreds and over fifties and over tens]. 4 The name of the

first Jeqon: that is, the one who led astray [all] the sons of God, and

brought them 5 down to the earth, and led them astray through the daughters

of men. And the second was named Asbeel: he imparted to the holy sons of

God evil counsel, and led them astray so that they defiled 6 their bodies

with the daughters of men. And the third was named Gadreel: he it is who

showed the children of men all the blows of death, and he led astray Eve,

and showed [the weapons of death to the sons of men] the shield and the

coat of mail, and the sword for battle, and all the weapons 7 of death to

the children of men. And from his hand they have proceeded against those

who dwell 8 on the earth from that day and for evermore. And the fourth was

named Penemue: he taught the 9 children of men the bitter and the sweet,

and he taught them all the secrets of their wisdom. And he instructed

mankind in writing with ink and paper, and thereby many sinned from

eternity to 10 eternity and until this day. For men were not created for

such a purpose, to give confirmation 11 to their good faith with pen and

ink. For men were created exactly like the angels, to the intent that they

should continue pure and righteous, and death, which destroys everything,

could not have taken hold of them, but through this their knowledge they

are perishing, and through this power 12 it is consuming me. And the fifth

was named Kasdeja: this is he who showed the children of men all the wicked

smitings of spirits and demons, and the smitings of the embryo in the womb,

that it may pass away, and [the smitings of the soul] the bites of the

serpent, and the smitings 13 which befall through the noontide heat, the

son of the serpent named Taba'et. And this is the task of Kasbeel, the

chief of the oath which he showed to the holy ones when he dwelt high 4

above in glory, and its name is Biqa. This (angel) requested Michael to

show him the hidden name, that he might enunciate it in the oath, so that

those might quake before that name and oath who revealed all that was in

secret to the children of men. And this is the power of this oath, for it

is powerful and strong, and he placed this oath Akae in the hand of

Michael.



16 And these are the secrets of this oath . . .

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.



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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.



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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







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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



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.



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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.



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1 And I saw another course, a law for her, (and) how according to that law

she performs her monthly 2 revolution. And all these Uriel, the holy angel

who is the leader of them all, showed to me, and their positions, and I

wrote down their positions as he showed them to me, and I wrote down their

months 3 as they were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days

were accomplished. In single seventh parts she accomplishes all her light

in the east, and in single seventh parts accomplishes all her 4 darkness in

the west. And in certain months she alters her settings, and in certain

months she pursues 5 her own peculiar course. In two months the moon sets

with the sun: in those two middle portals the 6 third and the fourth. She

goes forth for seven days, and turns about and returns again through the

portal where the sun rises, and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes

from the sun, and in eight 7 days enters the sixth portal from which the

sun goes forth. And when the sun goes forth from the fourth portal she goes

forth seven days, until she goes forth from the fifth and turns back again

in seven days into the fourth portal and accomplishes all her light: and

she recedes and enters into the 8 first portal in eight days. And she

returns again in seven days into the fourth portal from which the 9, 10 sun

goes forth. Thus I saw their position -how the moons rose and the sun set

in those days. And if five years are added together the sun has an overplus

of thirty days, and all the days which accrue 11 to it for one of those

five years, when they are full, amount to 364 days. And the overplus of the

sun and of the stars amounts to six days: in 5 years 6 days every year come

to 30 days: and the 12 moon falls behind the sun and stars to the number of

30 days. And the sun and the stars bring in all the years exactly, so that

they do not advance or delay their position by a single day unto eternity;

but complete the years with perfect justice in 364 days. In 3 years there

are 1,092 days, and in 5 years 1,820 days, so that in 8 years there are

2,912 days. For the moon alone the days amount in 3 years to 1,062 days,

and in 5 years she falls 50 days behind: [i.e. to the sum (of 1,770) there

is 5 to be added (1,000 and) 62 days.] And in 5 years there are 1,770 days,

so that for the moon the days 6 in 8 years amount to 21,832 days. [For in 8

years she falls behind to the amount of 80 days], all the 17 days she falls

behind in 8 years are 80. And the year is accurately completed in

conformity with their world-stations and the stations of the sun, which

rise from the portals through which it (the sun) rises and sets 30 days.



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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.



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1 And at the ends of the earth I saw twelve portals open to all the

quarters (of the heaven), from 2 which the winds go forth and blow over the

earth. Three of them are open on the face (i.e. the east) of the heavens,

and three in the west, and three on the right (i.e. the south) of the

heaven, and 3 three on the left (i.e. the north). And the three first are

those of the east, and three are of the 4 north, and three [after those on

the left] of the south, and three of the west. Through four of these come

winds of blessing and prosperity, and from those eight come hurtful winds:

when they are sent, they bring destruction on all the earth and on the

water upon it, and on all who dwell thereon, and on everything which is in

the water and on the land. 5 And the first wind from those portals, called

the east wind, comes forth through the first portal which is in the east,

inclining towards the south: from it come forth desolation, drought, heat,

6 and destruction. And through the second portal in the middle comes what

is fitting, and from it there come rain and fruitfulness and prosperity and

dew; and through the third portal which lies toward the north come cold and

drought. 7 And after these come forth the south winds through three

portals: through the first portal of 8 them inclining to the east comes

forth a hot wind. And through the middle portal next to it there 9 come

forth fragrant smells, and dew and rain, and prosperity and health. And

through the third portal lying to the west come forth dew and rain, locusts

and desolation. 10 And after these the north winds: from the seventh portal

in the east come dew and rain, locusts and desolation. And from the middle

portal come in a direct direction health and rain and dew and prosperity;

and through the third portal in the west come cloud and hoar-frost, and

snow and rain, and dew and locusts. 12 And after these [four] are the west

winds: through the first portal adjoining the north come forth dew and

hoar-frost, and cold and snow and frost. And from the middle portal come

forth dew and rain, and prosperity and blessing; and through the last

portal which adjoins the south come forth drought and desolation, and

burning and destruction. And the twelve portals of the four quarters of the

heaven are therewith completed, and all their laws and all their plagues

and all their benefactions have I shown to thee, my son Methuselah.



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1 And the first quarter is called the east, because it is the first: and

the second, the south, because the Most High will descend there, yea, there

in quite a special sense will He who is blessed for ever 2 descend. And the

west quarter is named the diminished, because there all the luminaries of

the 3 heaven wane and go down. And the fourth quarter, named the north, is

divided into three parts: the first of them is for the dwelling of men: and

the second contains seas of water, and the abysses and forests and rivers,

and darkness and clouds; and the third part contains the garden of

righteousness. 4 I saw seven high mountains, higher than all the mountains

which are on the earth: and thence 5 comes forth hoar-frost, and days,

seasons, and years pass away. I saw seven rivers on the earth larger than

all the rivers: one of them coming from the west pours its waters into the

Great Sea. 6 And these two come from the north to the sea and pour their

waters into the Erythraean Sea in the 7 east. And the remaining, four come

forth on the side of the north to their own sea, two of them to the

Erythraean Sea, and two into the Great Sea and discharge themselves there

[and some say: 8 into the desert]. Seven great islands I saw in the sea and

in the mainland: two in the mainland and five in the Great Sea.



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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.



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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.



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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.'



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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, Zel