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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
1 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
1 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.
6 In those days ye shall make your names an eternal execration unto all the righteous,
And by you shall all who curse, curse, And all the sinners and godless shall imprecate by you,
And for you the godless there shall be a curse.
And all the . . . shall rejoice,
And there shall be forgiveness of sins,
And every mercy and peace and forbearance:
There shall be salvation unto them, a goodly light.
And for all of you sinners there shall be no salvation,
But on you all shall abide a curse.
7 But for the elect there shall be light and joy and peace,
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 15
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, 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. 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,
8 There I wished to dwell, And my spirit longed for that dwelling-place: And
there heretofore hath been my portion, 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 1 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 other, 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; 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
stablished 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, 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, 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. 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, 9 And through that oath are the depths made fast, And abide and stir not from
their place from eternity to eternity.
20 And through that oath the sun and moon complete their course, And deviate
not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.
21 And through that oath the stars complete their course, And He calls them
by their names, And they answer Him from eternity to eternity.
22 [And in like manner the spirits of the water, and of the winds, and of all
zephyrs, and (their) paths
23 from all the quarters of the winds. And there are preserved the voices of
the thunder and the light of the lightnings: and there are preserved the chambers
of the hail and the chambers of the
24 hoarfrost, and the chambers of the mist, and the chambers of the rain and
the dew. And all these believe and give thanks before the Lord of Spirits, and
glorify (Him) with all their power, and their food is in every act of thanksgiving:
they thank and glorify and extol the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and
ever.]
25 And this oath is mighty over them And through it [they are preserved and]
their paths are preserved, And their course is not destroyed.
26 And there was great joy amongst them, And they blessed and glorified and
extolled Because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed unto them.
27 And he sat on the throne of his glory, And the sum of judgement was given
unto the Son of Man, And he caused the sinners to pass away and be destroyed
from off the face of the earth, And those who have led the world astray.
28 With chains shall they be bound, And in their assemblage-place of destruction
shall they be imprisoned, And all their works vanish from the face of the earth.
29 And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible; For that Son of
Man has appeared, And has seated himself on the throne of his glory, And all
evil shall pass away before his face, And the word of that Son of Man shall
go forth And be strong before the Lord of Spirits.
Chapter 70
1 And it came to pass after this that his name during his lifetime was raised
aloft to that Son of
2 Man and to the Lord of Spirits from amongst those who dwell on the earth.
And he was raised aloft
3 on the chariots of the spirit and his name vanished among them. And from
that day I was no longer numbered amongst them: and he set me between the two
winds, between the North and the
4 West, where the angels took the cords to measure for me the place for the
elect and righteous. And there I saw the first fathers and the righteous who
from the beginning dwell in that place.
Chapter 71
1 And it came to pass after this that my spirit was translated And it ascended
into the heavens: And I saw the holy sons of God. They were stepping on flames
of fire: Their garments were white [and their raiment], And their faces shone
like snow.
2 And I saw two streams of fire, And the light of that fire shone like hyacinth,
And I fell on my face before the Lord of Spirits.
3 And the angel Michael [one of the archangels] seized me by my right hand,
And lifted me up and led me forth into all the secrets, And he showed me all
the secrets of righteousness.
4 And he showed me all the secrets of the ends of the heaven, And all the chambers
of all the stars, and all the luminaries, 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.'
1 The book of the courses of the luminaries of the heaven, the relations of
each, according to their classes, their dominion and their seasons, according
to their names and places of origin, and according to their months, which Uriel,
the holy angel, who was with me, who is their guide, showed me; and he showed
me all their laws exactly as they are, and how it is with regard to all the
years of the world
2 and unto eternity, till the new creation is accomplished which dureth till
eternity. And this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary the Sun
has its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven,
3 and its setting in the western portals of the heaven. And I saw six portals
in which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets and the moon rises
and sets in these portals, and the leaders of the stars and those whom they
lead: six in the east and six in the west, and all following each other
4 in accurately corresponding order: also many windows to the right and left
of these portals. And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun,
and his circumference is like the
5 circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled with illuminating and
heating fire. The chariot on which he ascends, the wind drives, and the sun
goes down from the heaven and returns through the north in order to reach the
east, and is so guided that he comes to the appropriate (lit. ' that ') portal
and
6 shines in the face of the heaven. In this way he rises in the first month
in the great portal, which
7 is the fourth [those six portals in the cast]. And in that fourth portal
from which the sun rises in the first month are twelve window-openings, from
which proceed a flame when they are opened in 8 their season. When the sun rises
in the heaven, he comes forth through that fourth portal thirty,
9 mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the west
of the heaven. And during this period the day becomes daily longer and the night
nightly shorter to the thirtieth
10 morning. On that day the day is longer than the night by a ninth part, and
the day amounts exactly to ten parts and the night to eight parts. And the sun
rises from that fourth portal, and sets in the fourth and returns to the fifth
portal of the east thirty mornings, and rises from it and sets in the fifth
12 portal. And then the day becomes longer by two parts and amounts to eleven
parts, and the night
13 becomes shorter and amounts to seven parts. And it returns to the east and
enters into the sixth
14 portal, and rises and sets in the sixth portal one-and-thirty mornings on
account of its sign. On that day the day becomes longer than the night, and
the day becomes double the night, and the day
15 becomes twelve parts, and the night is shortened and becomes six parts.
And the sun mounts up to make the day shorter and the night longer, and the
sun returns to the east and enters into the
16 sixth portal, and rises from it and sets thirty mornings. And when thirty
mornings are accomplished,
17 the day decreases by exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and the
night seven. And the sun goes forth from that sixth portal in the west, and
goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for
18 thirty mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal.
On that day the day decreases by two parts, and amounts to ten parts and the
night to eight parts. And the sun goes forth from that fifth portal and sets
in the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for one-
20 and-thirty mornings on account of its sign, and sets in the west. On that
day the day is equalized with the night, [and becomes of equal length], and
the night amounts to nine parts and the day to
21 nine parts. And the sun rises from that portal and sets in the west, and
returns to the east and rises
22 thirty mornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third portal.
And on that day the night becomes longer than the day, and night becomes longer
than night, and day shorter than day till the thirtieth morning, and the night
amounts exactly to ten parts and the day to eight
23 parts. And the sun rises from that third portal and sets in the third portal
in the west and returns to the east, and for thirty mornings rises 24 in the
second portal in the east, and in like manner sets in the second portal in the
west of the heaven. And on that day the night amounts to eleven
25 parts and the day to seven parts. And the sun rises on that day from that
second portal and sets in the west in the second portal, and returns to the
east into the first portal for one-and-thirty
26 mornings, and sets in the first portal in the west of the heaven. And on
that day the night becomes longer and amounts to the double of the day: and
the night amounts exactly to twelve parts and
27 the day to six. And the sun has (therewith) traversed the divisions of his
orbit and turns again on those divisions of his orbit, and enters that portal
thirty mornings and sets also in the west
28 opposite to it. And on that night has the night decreased in length by a
ninth part, and the night
29 has become eleven parts and the day seven parts. And the sun has returned
and entered into the second portal in the east, and returns on those his divisions
of his orbit for thirty mornings, rising
30 and setting. And on that day the night decreases in length, and the night
amounts to ten parts
31 and the day to eight. And on that day the sun rises from that portal, and
sets in the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the third portal for
one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the west of the heaven.
32 On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts, and the day to
nine parts, and the night
33 is equal to the day and the year is exactly as to its days three hundred
and sixty-four. And the length of the day and of the night, and the shortness
of the day and of the night arise-through the course
34 of the sun these distinctions are made (lit. ' they are separated '). So
it comes that its course becomes
35 daily longer, and its course nightly shorter. And this is the law and the
course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns sixty times and rises,
i.e. the great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and ever. And that
which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so named according to
37 its appearance, according as the Lord commanded. As he rises, so he sets
and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold
brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.
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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.
Chapter 78
1, 2 And the names of the sun are the following: the first Orjares, and the
second Tomas. And the moon has four names: the first name is Asonja, the second
Ebla, the third Benase, and the fourth
3 Erae. These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like the
circumference of the
4 heaven, and the size of the circumference of both is alike. In the circumference
of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than
to the moon, and in definite measures it is s transferred till the seventh portion
of the sun is exhausted. And they set and enter the portals of the west, and
make their revolution by the north, and come forth through the eastern portals
6 on the face of the heaven. And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part appears
in the heaven:
7 [the light becomes full in her]: on the fourteenth day she accomplishes her
light. And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth
day (when) her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the year, and
she becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by (the addition of) fourteenth
8 parts. And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to fourteen
parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to
twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine,
on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the
tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth
to two, on the
9 fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears
wholly on the fifteenth. And
10 in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once twenty-eight.
And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the moon, and
on which side it is transferred to her by the sun. During all the period during
which the moon is growing in her light, she is transferring it to herself when
opposite to the sun during fourteen days [her light is accomplished in the heaven,
12 and when she is illumined throughout, her light is accomplished full in
the heaven. And on the first
13 day she is called the new moon, for on that day the light rises upon her.
She becomes full moon exactly on the day when the sun sets in the west, and
from the east she rises at night, and the moon shines the whole night through
till the sun rises over against her and the moon is seen over against the sun.
On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she wanes
till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end, and
her circumference is empty, void of 5 light. And three months she makes of thirty
days, and at her time she makes three months of twenty- nine days each, in which
she accomplishes her waning in the first period of time, and in the first 6
portal for one hundred and seventy-seven days. And in the time of her going
out she appears for three months (of) thirty days each, and for three months
she appears (of) twenty-nine each. At night she appears like a man for twenty
days each time, and by day she appears like the heaven, and there is nothing
else in her save her light.
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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
Section II
The Parables
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.
For so has it been established concerning me before the Lord of Spirits.
And the spirit of those who have fallen asleep in righteousness.
c And the righteous shall dwell upon it,
d And the elect shall walk thereon.
And tin [shall be of no service and] shall not be esteemed, And lead shall not
be desired.
And the righteous shall have rest from the oppression of sinners.'
Sheol shall devour the sinners in the presence of the elect.'
And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners, And all the unrighteous are
destroyed from before his face.
And worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man, And petition him and supplicate
for mercy at his hands.
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And it dare not pass beyond it from the creation of the world unto eternity.
Whence they proceed before the face of the holy ones.
Section III
The Book of the Heavenly Luminaries.