Book of Enoch

 

 Contents

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 Book I (The Book of Watchers)

 Part 1 -- Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Part 2 -- Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Part 3 -- Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Part 4 -- Chapters 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

Part 5 -- Chapters 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

 

Book II (The Book of Parables)

 Part 6 -- Chapter 37

Part 7 -- Chapters 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44

Part 8 -- Chapters 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57

Part 9 -- Chapters 58, 59

Part 10 -- Chapters 60, 61, 62, 63, 64

Part 11 -- Chapters 65, 66, 67, 68, 69

Part 12 -- Chapters 70, 71

 

 

Book III (The Astronomical Book)

 

Part 13 -- Chapter 72

Part 14 -- Chapters 73, 74, 75

Part 15 -- Chapters 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82

 

 

Book IV (The Book of Dreams)

 

Part 16 -- Chapter 83

Part 17 -- Chapters 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90

 

 

Book V (The Epistle of Enoch)

 

Part 18 -- Chapter 91

Part 19 -- Chapters 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105

Part 20 -- Chapters 106, 107, 108

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Book of Watchers

 

 

Chapter 1

 

1 The words of the blessing of Enoch,

wherewith he blessed the elect and

righteous, who will be 2 living in the day

of tribulation, when all the wicked and

godless are to be removed. And he took

up his parable and said -Enoch a

righteous man, whose eyes were opened

by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in

the heavens, which the angels showed me,

and from them I heard everything, and

from them I understood as I saw, but not

for this generation, but for a remote one

which is for to come. 3 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.

 

6a In those days ye shall make your

names an eternal execration unto all the

righteous,

b And by you shall all who curse, curse,

And all the sinners and godless shall

imprecate by you,

7c And for you the godless there shall be

a curse.

 

6d And all the . . . shall rejoice,

e And there shall be forgiveness of sins,

f And every mercy and peace and

forbearance:

g There shall be salvation unto them, a

goodly light.

 

I And for all of you sinners there shall be

no salvation,

j But on you all shall abide a curse.

7a But for the elect there shall be light and

joy and peace,

b And they shall inherit the earth.

 

8 And then there shall be bestowed upon

the elect wisdom,

And they shall all live and never again sin,

Either through ungodliness or through

pride:

But they who are wise shall be humble.

 

9 And they shall not again transgress,

Nor shall they sin all the days of their life,

Nor shall they die of (the divine) anger or

wrath,

But they shall complete the number of the

days of their life.

 

And their lives shall be increased in peace,

 

And the years of their joy shall be

multiplied,

In eternal gladness and peace,

All the days of their life.

 

 

Chapter 6

 

1 And it came to pass when the children

of men had multiplied that in those days

were born unto them beautiful and comely

daughters. 2 And the angels, the children

of the heaven, saw and lusted after them,

and said to one another: 'Come, let us

choose us wives from among the children

of men 3 and beget us children.' And

Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto

them: 'I fear ye will not 4 indeed agree to

do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay

the penalty of a great sin.' And they all

answered him and said: 'Let us all swear

an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual

imprecations 5 not to abandon this plan

but to do this thing.' Then sware they all

together and bound themselves 6 by

mutual imprecations upon it. And they

were in all two hundred; who descended

in the days of Jared on the summit of

Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount

Hermon, because they had sworn 7 and

bound themselves by mutual imprecations

upon it. And these are the names of their

leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba,

Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel,

Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, 8 Asael, Armaros,

Batarel, Ananel, Zaq1el, Samsapeel,

Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are

their chiefs of tens.

 

 

Chapter 7

 

1 And all the others together with them

took unto themselves wives, and each

chose for himself one, and they began to

go in unto them and to defile themselves

with them, and they taught them charms 2

and enchantments, and the cutting of

roots, and made them acquainted with

plants. And they 3 became pregnant, and

they bare great giants, whose height was

three thousand ells: Who consumed 4 all

the acquisitions of men. And when men

could no longer sustain them, the giants

turned against 5 them and devoured

mankind. And they began to sin against

birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and 6 fish,

and to devour one another's flesh, and

drink the blood. Then the earth laid

accusation against the lawless ones.

 

 

Chapter 8

 

1 And Azazel taught men to make

swords, and knives, and shields, and

breastplates, and made known to them

the metals of the earth and the art of

working them, and bracelets, and

ornaments, and the use of antimony, and

the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds

of costly stones, and all 2 colouring

tinctures. And there arose much

godlessness, and they committed

fornication, and they 3 were led astray,

and became corrupt in all their ways.

Semjaza taught enchantments, and

root-cuttings, 'Armaros the resolving of

enchantments, Baraqijal (taught)

astrology, Kokabel the constellations,

Ezeqeel the knowledge of the clouds,

Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the

signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of

the moon. And as men perished, they

cried, and their cry went up to heaven . . .

 

Chapter 9

 

1 And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and

Gabriel looked down from heaven and

saw much blood being 2 shed upon the

earth, and all lawlessness being wrought

upon the earth. And they said one to

another: 'The earth made without

inhabitant cries the voice of their cryingst

up to the gates of heaven. 3 And now to

you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of

men make their suit, saying, "Bring our

cause 4 before the Most High."' And they

said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of

lords, God of gods, King of kings, and

God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory

(standeth) unto all the generations of the 5

ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and

blessed unto all the ages! Thou hast made

all things, and power over all things hast

Thou: and all things are naked and open in

Thy sight, and Thou seest all 6 things, and

nothing can hide itself from Thee. Thou

seest what Azazel hath done, who hath

taught all unrighteousness on earth and

revealed the eternal secrets which were

(preserved) in heaven, which 7 men were

striving to learn: And Semjaza, to whom

Thou hast given authority to bear rule over

his associates. And they have gone to the

daughters of men upon the earth, and

have slept with the 9 women, and have

defiled themselves, and revealed to them

all kinds of sins. And the women have 10

borne giants, and the whole earth has

thereby been filled with blood and

unrighteousness. And now, behold, the

souls of those who have died are crying

and making their suit to the gates of

heaven, and their lamentations have

ascended: and cannot cease because of

the lawless deeds which are 11 wrought

on the earth. And Thou knowest all things

before they come to pass, and Thou seest

these things and Thou dost suffer them,

and Thou dost not say to us what we are

to do to them in regard to these.'

 

Chapter 10

 

1 Then said the Most High, the Holy and

Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the

son of Lamech, 2 and said to him: Go to

Noah and tell him in my name "Hide

thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is

approaching: that the whole earth will be

destroyed, and a deluge is about to come

3 upon the whole earth, and will destroy

all that is on it. And now instruct him that

he may escape 4 and his seed may be

preserved for all the generations of the

world. And again the Lord said to

Raphael: Bind Azazel hand and foot, and

cast him into the darkness: and make an

opening 5 in the desert, which is in

Dudael, and cast him therein. And place

upon him rough and jagged rocks, and

cover him with darkness, and let him

abide there for ever, and cover his face

that he may 6,7 not see light. And on the

day of the great judgement he shall be

cast into the fire. And heal the earth which

the angels have corrupted, and proclaim

the healing of the earth, that they may heal

the plague, and that all the children of men

may not perish through all the secret things

that the 8 Watchers have disclosed and

have taught their sons. And the whole

earth has been corrupted 9 through the

works that were taught by Azazel: to him

ascribe all sin. And to Gabriel said the

Lord: Proceed against the bastards and

the reprobates, and against the children of

fornication: and destroy [the children of

fornication and] the children of the

Watchers from amongst men [and cause

them to go forth]: send them one against

the other that they may destroy each other

in 10 battle: for length of days shall they

not have. And no request that they (i.e.

their fathers) make of thee shall be

granted unto their fathers on their behalf;

for they hope to live an eternal life, and 11

that each one of them will live five

hundred years. And the Lord said unto

Michael: Go, bind Semjaza and his

associates who have united themselves

with women so as to have defiled

themselves 12 with them in all their

uncleanness. And when their sons have

slain one another, and they have seen the

destruction of their beloved ones, bind

them fast for seventy generations in the

valleys of the earth, till the day of their

judgement and of their consummation, till

the judgement that is 13 for ever and ever

is consummated. In those days they shall

be led off to the abyss of fire: and 14 to

the torment and the prison in which they

shall be confined for ever. And

whosoever shall be condemned and

destroyed will from thenceforth be bound

together with them to the end of all 15

generations. And destroy all the spirits of

the reprobate and the children of the

Watchers, because 16 they have wronged

mankind. Destroy all wrong from the face

of the earth and let every evil work come

to an end: and let the plant of

righteousness and truth appear: and it shall

prove a blessing; the works of

righteousness and truth shall be planted in

truth and joy for evermore.

 

17 And then shall all the righteous escape,

 

And shall live till they beget thousands of

children,

And all the days of their youth and their

old age

Shall they complete in peace.

 

18 And then shall the whole earth be tilled

in righteousness, and shall all be planted

with trees and 19 be full of blessing. And

all desirable trees shall be planted on it,

and they shall plant vines on it: and the

vine which they plant thereon shall yield

wine in abundance, and as for all the seed

which is sown thereon each measure (of

it) shall bear a thousand, and each

measure of olives shall yield 20 ten

presses of oil. And cleanse thou the earth

from all oppression, and from all

unrighteousness, and from all sin, and

from all godlessness: and all the

uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth

21 destroy from off the earth. And all the

children of men shall become righteous,

and all nations 22 shall offer adoration and

shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me.

And the earth shall be cleansed from all

defilement, and from all sin, and from all

punishment, and from all torment, and I

will never again send (them) upon it from

generation to generation and for ever.

 

 

 

Chapter 11

 

1 And in those days I will open the store

chambers of blessing which are in the

heaven, so as to send 2 them down upon

the earth over the work and labour of the

children of men. And truth and peace shall

be associated together throughout all the

days of the world and throughout all the

generations of men.

 

 

Chapter 12

 

1 Before these things Enoch was hidden,

and no one of the children of men knew

where he was 2 hidden, and where he

abode, and what had become of him. And

his activities had to do with the Watchers,

and his days were with the holy ones. 3

And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of

majesty and the King of the ages, and lo!

the Watchers 4 called me -Enoch the

scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou

scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the

Watchers of the heaven who have left the

high heaven, the holy eternal place, and

have defiled themselves with women, and

have done as the children of earth do, and

have taken unto themselves 5 wives: "Ye

have wrought great destruction on the

earth: And ye shall have no peace nor

forgiveness 6 of sin: and inasmuch as they

delight themselves in their children, The

murder of their beloved ones shall they

see, and over the destruction of their

children shall they lament, and shall make

supplication unto eternity, but mercy and

peace shall ye not attain."

 

 

Chapter 13

 

1 And Enoch went and said: Azazel, thou

shalt have no peace: a severe sentence

has gone forth 2 against thee to put thee in

bonds: And thou shalt not have toleration

nor request granted to thee, because of

the unrighteousness which thou hast

taught, and because of all the works of

godlessness 3 and unrighteousness and sin

which thou hast shown to men. Then I

went and spoke to them all 4 together,

and they were all afraid, and fear and

trembling seized them. And they besought

me to draw up a petition for them that

they might find forgiveness, and to read

their petition in the presence 5 of the Lord

of heaven. For from thenceforward they

could not speak (with Him) nor lift up

their 6 eyes to heaven for shame of their

sins for which they had been condemned.

Then I wrote out their petition, and the

prayer in regard to their spirits and their

deeds individually and in regard to their 7

requests that they should have forgiveness

and length. And I went off and sat down

at the waters of Dan, in the land of Dan,

to the south of the west of Hermon: I read

their petition till I fell 8 asleep. And behold

a dream came to me, and visions fell

down upon me, and I saw visions of

chastisement, and a voice came bidding

(me) I to tell it to the sons of heaven, and

reprimand them. 9 And when I awaked, I

came unto them, and they were all sitting

gathered together, weeping in 10

Abelsjail, which is between Lebanon and

Seneser, with their faces covered. And I

recounted before them all the visions

which I had seen in sleep, and I began to

speak the words of righteousness, and to

reprimand the heavenly Watchers.

 

 

Chapter 14

 

1 The book of the words of

righteousness, and of the reprimand of the

eternal Watchers in accordance 2 with the

command of the Holy Great One in that

vision. I saw in my sleep what I will now

say with a tongue of flesh and with the

breath of my mouth: which the Great One

has given to men to 3 converse therewith

and understand with the heart. As He has

created and given to man the power of

understanding the word of wisdom, so

hath He created me also and given me the

power of reprimanding 4 the Watchers,

the children of heaven. I wrote out your

petition, and in my vision it appeared thus,

that your petition will not be granted unto

you throughout all the days of eternity,

and that judgement 5 has been finally

passed upon you: yea (your petition) will

not be granted unto you. And from

henceforth you shall not ascend into

heaven unto all eternity, and in bonds of

the earth the decree 6 has gone forth to

bind you for all the days of the world.

And (that) previously you shall have seen

the destruction of your beloved sons and

ye shall have no pleasure in them, but they

shall fall before 7 you by the sword. And

your petition on their behalf shall not be

granted, nor yet on your own: even though

you weep and pray and speak all the

words contained in the writing which I

have 8 written. And the vision was shown

to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds

invited me and a mist summoned me, and

the course of the stars and the lightnings

sped and hastened me, and the winds in 9

the vision caused me to fly and lifted me

upward, and bore me into heaven. And I

went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is

built of crystals and surrounded by

tongues of fire: and it began to affright 10

me. And I went into the tongues of fire

and drew nigh to a large house which was

built of crystals: and the walls of the house

were like a tesselated floor (made) of

crystals, and its groundwork was 11 of

crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the

stars and the lightnings, and between them

were 12 fiery cherubim, and their heaven

was (clear as) water. A flaming fire

surrounded the walls, and its 13 portals

blazed with fire. And I entered into that

house, and it was hot as fire and cold as

ice: there 14 were no delights of life

therein: fear covered me, and trembling

got hold upon me. And as I quaked 15

and trembled, I fell upon my face. And I

beheld a vision, And lo! there was a

second house, greater 16 than the former,

and the entire portal stood open before

me, and it was built of flames of fire. And

in every respect it so excelled in splendour

and magnificence and extent that I cannot

describe to 17 you its splendour and its

extent. And its floor was of fire, and

above it were lightnings and the path 18 of

the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming

fire. And I looked and saw therein a lofty

throne: its appearance was as crystal, and

the wheels thereof as the shining sun, and

there was the vision of 19 cherubim. And

from underneath the throne came streams

of flaming fire so that I could not look 20

thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon,

and His raiment shone more brightly than

the sun and 21 was whiter than any snow.

None of the angels could enter and could

behold His face by reason 22 of the

magnificence and glory and no flesh could

behold Him. The flaming fire was round

about Him, and a great fire stood before

Him, and none around could draw nigh

Him: ten thousand times 23 ten thousand

(stood) before Him, yet He needed no

counselor. And the most holy ones who

were 24 nigh to Him did not leave by

night nor depart from Him. And until then

I had been prostrate on my face,

trembling: and the Lord called me with His

own mouth, and said to me: ' Come

hither, 25 Enoch, and hear my word.' And

one of the holy ones came to me and

waked me, and He made me rise up and

approach the door: and I bowed my face

downwards.

 

Chapter 15

 

1 And He answered and said to me, and I

heard His voice: 'Fear not, Enoch, thou

righteous 2 man and scribe of

righteousness: approach hither and hear

my voice. And go, say to the Watchers of

heaven, who have sent thee to intercede

for them: "You should intercede" for men,

and not men 3 for you: Wherefore have

ye left the high, holy, and eternal heaven,

and lain with women, and defiled

yourselves with the daughters of men and

taken to yourselves wives, and done like

the children 4 of earth, and begotten

giants (as your) sons? And though ye

were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life,

you have defiled yourselves with the

blood of women, and have begotten

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

the children of men, have lusted after flesh

and blood as those also do who die 5 and

perish. Therefore have I given them wives

also that they might impregnate them, and

beget 6 children by them, that thus nothing

might be wanting to them on earth. But

you were formerly 7 spiritual, living the

eternal life, and immortal for all

generations of the world. And therefore I

have not appointed wives for you; for as

for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in

heaven is their dwelling. 8 And now, the

giants, who are produced from the spirits

and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon 9

the earth, and on the earth shall be their

dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from

their bodies; because they are born from

men and from the holy Watchers is their

beginning and primal origin; 10 they shall

be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall

they be called. [As for the spirits of

heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling,

but as for the spirits of the earth which

were born upon the earth, on the earth

shall be their dwelling.] And the spirits of

the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack,

do battle, and work destruction on the

earth, and cause trouble: they take no

food, but nevertheless 12 hunger and

thirst, and cause offences. And these

spirits shall rise up against the children of

men and against the women, because they

have proceeded from them.

 

 

Chapter 16

 

1 From the days of the slaughter and

destruction and death of the giants, from

the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having

gone forth, shall destroy without incurring

judgement -thus shall they destroy until the

day of the consummation, the great

judgement in which the age shall be 2

consummated, over the Watchers and the

godless, yea, shall be wholly

consummated." And now as to the

watchers who have sent thee to intercede

for them, who had been aforetime in

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

in heaven, but all the mysteries had not yet

been revealed to you, and you knew

worthless ones, and these in the hardness

of your hearts you have made known to

the women, and through these mysteries

women and men work much evil on

earth." 4 Say to them therefore: " You

have no peace."'

 

 

Chapter 17

 

1 And they took and brought me to a

place in which those who were there were

like flaming fire, 2 and, when they wished,

they appeared as men. And they brought

me to the place of darkness, and to a

mountain the point of whose summit

reached to heaven. And I saw the places

of the luminaries and the treasuries of the

stars and of the thunder and in the

uttermost depths, where were 4 a fiery

bow and arrows and their quiver, and a

fiery sword and all the lightnings. And they

took 5 me to the living waters, and to the

fire of the west, which receives every

setting of the sun. And I came to a river of

fire in which the fire flows like water and

discharges itself into the great sea towards

6 the west. I saw the great rivers and

came to the great river and to the great

darkness, and went 7 to the place where

no flesh walks. I saw the mountains of the

darkness of winter and the place 8

whence all the waters of the deep flow. I

saw the mouths of all the rivers of the

earth and the mouth of the deep.

 

 

Chapter 18

 

1 I saw the treasuries of all the winds: I

saw how He had furnished with them the

whole creation 2 and the firm foundations

of the earth. And I saw the corner-stone

of the earth: I saw the four 3 winds which

bear [the earth and] the firmament of the

heaven. And I saw how the winds stretch

out the vaults of heaven, and have their

station between heaven and earth: these

are the pillars 4 of the heaven. I saw the

winds of heaven which turn and bring the

circumference of the sun and 5 all the

stars to their setting. I saw the winds on

the earth carrying the clouds: I saw the

paths 6 of the angels. I saw at the end of

the earth the firmament of the heaven

above. And I proceeded and saw a place

which burns day and night, where there

are seven mountains of magnificent stones,

7 three towards the east, and three

towards the south. And as for those

towards the east, was of coloured stone,

and one of pearl, and one of jacinth, and

those towards the south of red stone. 8

But the middle one reached to heaven like

the throne of God, of alabaster, and the

summit of the 9,10 throne was of

sapphire. And I saw a flaming fire. And

beyond these mountains Is a region the

end of the great earth: there the heavens

were completed. And I saw a deep

abyss, with columns of heavenly fire, and

among them I saw columns of fire fall,

which were beyond measure alike

towards 12 the height and towards the

depth. And beyond that abyss I saw a

place which had no firmament of the

heaven above, and no firmly founded

earth beneath it: there was no water upon

it, and no 13 birds, but it was a waste and

horrible place. I saw there seven stars like

great burning mountains, 14 and to me,

when I inquired regarding them, The angel

said: 'This place is the end of heaven and

earth: this has become a prison for the

stars and the host of heaven. And the

stars which roll over the fire are they

which have transgressed the

commandment of the Lord in the

beginning of 16 their rising, because they

did not come forth at their appointed

times. And He was wroth with them, and

bound them till the time when their guilt

should be consummated (even) for ten

thousand years.'

 

 

Chapter 19

 

1 And Uriel said to me: 'Here shall stand

the angels who have connected

themselves with women, and their spirits

assuming many different forms are defiling

mankind and shall lead them astray into

sacrificing to demons as gods, (here shall

they stand,) till the day of the great

judgement in 2 which they shall be judged

till they are made an end of. And the

women also of the angels who 3 went

astray shall become sirens.' And I, Enoch,

alone saw the vision, the ends of all things:

and no man shall see as I have seen.

 

 

Chapter 20

 

1,2 And these are the names of the holy

angels who watch. Uriel, one of the holy

angels, who is 3 over the world and over

Tartarus. Raphael, one of the holy angels,

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

one of the holy angels who takes

vengeance on the world of the luminaries.

Michael, one 6 of the holy angels, to wit,

he that is set over the best part of

mankind and over chaos. Saraqael, 7 one

of the holy angels, who is set over the

spirits, who sin in the spirit. Gabriel, one

of the holy 8 angels, who is over Paradise

and the serpents and the Cherubim.

Remiel, one of the holy angels, whom

God set over those who rise.

 

 

Chapter 21

 

1,2 And I proceeded to where things

were chaotic. And I saw there something

horrible: I saw neither 3 a heaven above

nor a firmly founded earth, but a place

chaotic and horrible. And there I saw 4

seven stars of the heaven bound together

in it, like great mountains and burning with

fire. Then 5 I said: 'For what sin are they

bound, and on what account have they

been cast in hither?' Then said Uriel, one

of the holy angels, who was with me, and

was chief over them, and said: 'Enoch,

why 6 dost thou ask, and why art thou

eager for the truth? These are of the

number of the stars of heaven, which have

transgressed the commandment of the

Lord, and are bound here till ten thousand

years, 7 the time entailed by their sins, are

consummated.' And from thence I went to

another place, which was still more

horrible than the former, and I saw a

horrible thing: a great fire there which

burnt and blazed, and the place was cleft

as far as the abyss, being full of great

descending columns of 8 fire: neither its

extent or magnitude could I see, nor could

I conjecture. Then I said: 'How 9 fearful is

the place and how terrible to look upon!'

Then Uriel answered me, one of the holy

angels who was with me, and said unto

me: 'Enoch, why hast thou such fear and

affright?' And 10 I answered: 'Because of

this fearful place, and because of the

spectacle of the pain.' And he said unto

me: 'This place is the prison of the angels,

and here they will be imprisoned for ever.'

 

 

Chapter 22

 

1 And thence I went to another place, and

he mountain [and] of hard rock. 2 And

there was in it four hollow places, deep

and wide and very smooth. How smooth

are the hollow places and deep and dark

to look at. 3 Then Raphael answered, one

of the holy angels who was with me, and

said unto me: 'These hollow places have

been created for this very purpose, that

the spirits of the souls of the dead should

4 assemble therein, yea that all the souls

of the children of men should assemble

here. And these places have been made

to receive them till the day of their

judgement and till their appointed period

[till the period appointed], till the great

judgement (comes) upon them.' I saw (the

spirit of) a dead man making suit, 5 and

his voice went forth to heaven and made

suit. And I asked Raphael the angel who

was 6 with me, and I said unto him: 'This

spirit which maketh suit, whose is it,

whose voice goeth forth and maketh suit

to heaven ?' 7 And he answered me

saying: 'This is the spirit which went forth

from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew,

and he makes his suit against him till his

seed is destroyed from the face of the

earth, and his seed is annihilated from

amongst the seed of men.' 8 The I asked

regarding it, and regarding all the hollow

places: 'Why is one separated from the

other?' 9 And he answered me and said

unto me: 'These three have been made

that the spirits of the dead might be

separated. And such a division has been

make (for) the spirits of the righteous, in

which there is the bright spring of 10

water. And such has been made for

sinners when they die and are buried in

the earth and judgement has not been

executed on them in their 11 lifetime. Here

their spirits shall be set apart in this great

pain till the great day of judgement and

punishment and torment of those who

curse for ever and retribution for their

spirits. There 12 He shall bind them for

ever. And such a division has been made

for the spirits of those who make their

suit, who make disclosures concerning

their destruction, when they were slain in

the days 13 of the sinners. Such has been

made for the spirits of men who were not

righteous but sinners, who were complete

in transgression, and of the transgressors

they shall be companions: but their spirits

shall not be slain in the day of judgement

nor shall they be raised from thence.' 14

The I blessed the Lord of glory and said:

'Blessed be my Lord, the Lord of

righteousness, who ruleth for ever.'

 

 

Chapter 23

 

1,2 From thence I went to another place

to the west of the ends of the earth. And I

saw a burning 3 fire which ran without

resting, and paused not from its course

day or night but (ran) regularly. And 4 I

asked saying: 'What is this which rests

not?' Then Raguel, one of the holy angels

who was with me, answered me and said

unto me: 'This course of fire which thou

hast seen is the fire in the west which

persecutes all the luminaries of heaven.'

 

 

Chapter 24

 

1 And from thence I went to another

place of the earth, and he showed me a

mountain range of 2 fire which burnt day

and night. And I went beyond it and saw

seven magnificent mountains all differing

each from the other, and the stones

(thereof) were magnificent and beautiful,

magnificent as a whole, of glorious

appearance and fair exterior: three

towards the east, one founded on the

other, and three towards the south, one

upon the other, and deep rough ravines,

no one of which 3 joined with any other.

And the seventh mountain was in the

midst of these, and it excelled them 4 in

height, resembling the seat of a throne:

and fragrant trees encircled the throne.

And amongst them was a tree such as I

had never yet smelt, neither was any

amongst them nor were others like it: it

had a fragrance beyond all fragrance, and

its leaves and blooms and wood wither

not for ever: 5 and its fruit is beautiful, and

its fruit n resembles the dates of a palm.

Then I said: 'How beautiful is this tree,

and fragrant, and its leaves are fair, and its

blooms very delightful in appearance.' 6

Then answered Michael, one of the holy

and honoured angels who was with me,

and was their leader.

 

 

Chapter 25

 

1 And he said unto me: 'Enoch, why dost

thou ask me regarding the fragrance of the

tree, 2 and why dost thou wish to learn

the truth?' Then I answered him saying: 'I

wish to 3 know about everything, but

especially about this tree.' And he

answered saying: 'This high mountain

which thou hast seen, whose summit is

like the throne of God, is His throne,

where the Holy Great One, the Lord of

Glory, the Eternal King, will sit, when He

shall come down to visit 4 the earth with

goodness. And as for this fragrant tree no

mortal is permitted to touch it till the great

judgement, when He shall take vengeance

on all and bring (everything) to its

consummation 5 for ever. It shall then be

given to the righteous and holy. Its fruit

shall be for food to the elect: it shall be

transplanted to the holy place, to the

temple of the Lord, the Eternal King.

 

6 Then shall they rejoice with joy and be

glad,

And into the holy place shall they enter;

And its fragrance shall be in their bones,

And they shall live a long life on earth,

Such as thy fathers lived:

 

And in their days shall no sorrow or

plague

Or torment or calamity touch them.'

 

7 Then blessed I the God of Glory, the

Eternal King, who hath prepared such

things for the righteous, and hath created

them and promised to give to them.

 

 

Chapter 26

 

1 And I went from thence to the middle of

the earth, and I saw a blessed place in

which there were 2 trees with branches

abiding and blooming [of a dismembered

tree]. And there I saw a holy mountain, 3

and underneath the mountain to the east

there was a stream and it flowed towards

the south. And I saw towards the east

another mountain higher than this, and

between them a deep and narrow 4

ravine: in it also ran a stream underneath

the mountain. And to the west thereof

there was another mountain, lower than

the former and of small elevation, and a

ravine deep and dry between them: and

another deep and dry ravine was at the

extremities of the three mountains. And all

the ravines were deep rand narrow,

(being formed) of hard rock, and trees

were not planted upon 6 them. And I

marveled at the rocks, and I marveled at

the ravine, yea, I marveled very much.

 

 

Chapter 27

 

1 Then said I: 'For what object is this

blessed land, which is entirely filled with

trees, and this 2 accursed valley

between?' Then Uriel, one of the holy

angels who was with me, answered and

said: 'This accursed valley is for those

who are accursed for ever: Here shall all

the accursed be gathered together who

utter with their lips against the Lord

unseemly words and of His glory speak

hard things. Here shall they be gathered

together, and here 3 shall be their place of

judgement. In the last days there shall be

upon them the spectacle of righteous

judgement in the presence of the righteous

for ever: here shall the merciful bless the

Lord of glory, the Eternal King. 4 In the

days of judgement over the former, they

shall bless Him for the mercy in

accordance with 5 which He has assigned

them (their lot).' Then I blessed the Lord

of Glory and set forth His glory and

lauded Him gloriously.

 

 

Chapter 28

 

1 And thence I went towards the east,

into the midst of the mountain range of the

desert, and 2 I saw a wilderness and it

was solitary, full of trees and plants. And

water gushed forth from 3 above. Rushing

like a copious watercourse [which

flowed] towards the north-west it caused

clouds and dew to ascend on every side.

 

 

Chapter 29

 

1 And thence I went to another place in

the desert, and approached to the east of

this mountain 2 range. And there I saw

aromatic trees exhaling the fragrance of

frankincense and myrrh, and the trees also

were similar to the almond tree.

 

 

Chapter 30

 

1,2 And beyond these, I went afar to the

east, and I saw another place, a valley

(full) of water. And 3 therein there was a

tree, the colour (?) of fragrant trees such

as the mastic. And on the sides of those

valleys I saw fragrant cinnamon. And

beyond these I proceeded to the east.

 

 

Chapter 31

 

1 And I saw other mountains, and

amongst them were groves of trees, and

there flowed forth from 2 them nectar,

which is named sarara and galbanum. And

beyond these mountains I saw another

mountain to the east of the ends of the

earth, whereon were aloe-trees, and all

the trees were full 3 of stacte, being like

almond-trees. And when one burnt it, it

smelt sweeter than any fragrant odour.

 

 

Chapter 32

 

1 And after these fragrant odours, as I

looked towards the north over the

mountains I saw seven mountains full of

choice nard and fragrant trees and

cinnamon and pepper. 2 And thence I

went over the summits of all these

mountains, far towards the east of the

earth, and passed above the Erythraean

sea and went far from it, and passed over

the angel Zotiel. And I came to the

Garden of Righteousness, 3 I and from

afar off trees more numerous than I these

trees and great-two trees there, very

great, beautiful, and glorious, and

magnificent, and the tree of knowledge,

whose holy fruit they eat and know great

wisdom. 4 That tree is in height like the fir,

and its leaves are like (those of) the

Carob tree: and its fruit 5 is like the

clusters of the vine, very beautiful: and the

fragrance of the tree penetrates afar. Then

6 I said: 'How beautiful is the tree, and

how attractive is its look!' Then Raphael

the holy angel, who was with me,

answered me and said: 'This is the tree of

wisdom, of which thy father old (in years)

and thy aged mother, who were before

thee, have eaten, and they learnt wisdom

and their eyes were opened, and they

knew that they were naked and they were

driven out of the garden.'

 

Chapter 33

 

1 And from thence I went to the ends of

the earth and saw there great beasts, and

each differed from the other; and (I saw)

birds also differing in appearance and

beauty and voice, the one differing from

the other. And to the east of those beasts

I saw the ends of the earth whereon the

heaven 2 rests, and the portals of the

heaven open. And I saw how the stars of

heaven come forth, and 3 I counted the

portals out of which they proceed, and

wrote down all their outlets, of each

individual star by itself, according to their

number and their names, their courses and

their positions, and their 4 times and their

months, as Uriel the holy angel who was

with me showed me. He showed all things

to me and wrote them down for me: also

their names he wrote for me, and their

laws and their companies.

 

 

Chapter 34

 

1 And from thence I went towards the

north to the ends of the earth, and there I

saw a great and 2 glorious device at the

ends of the whole earth. And here I saw

three portals of heaven open in the

heaven: through each of them proceed

north winds: when they blow there is cold,

hail, frost, 3 snow, dew, and rain. And out

of one portal they blow for good: but

when they blow through the other two

portals, it is with violence and affliction on

the earth, and they blow with violence.

 

 

 

The Book of Parables

 

 

Chapter 35

 

1 And from thence I went towards the

west to the ends of the earth, and saw

there three portals of the heaven open

such as I had seen in the east, the same

number of portals, and the same number

of outlets.

 

 

Chapter 36

 

1 And from thence I went to the south to

the ends of the earth, and saw there three

open portals 2 of the heaven: and thence

there come dew, rain, and wind. And

from thence I went to the east to the ends

of the heaven, and saw here the three

eastern portals of heaven open and small

portals 3 above them. Through each of

these small portals pass the stars of

heaven and run their course to the west on

the path which is shown to them. And as

often as I saw I blessed always the Lord

of Glory, and I continued to bless the

Lord of Glory who has wrought great and

glorious wonders, to show the greatness

of His work to the angels and to spirits

and to men, that they might praise His

work and all His creation: that they might

see the work of His might and praise the

great work of His hands and bless Him

for ever.

 

 

Chapter 37

 

1 The second vision which he saw, the

vision of wisdom -which Enoch the son of

Jared, the son 2 of Mahalalel, the son of

Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth,

the son of Adam, saw. And this is the

beginning of the words of wisdom which I

lifted up my voice to speak and say to

those which dwell on earth: Hear, ye men

of old time, and see, ye that come after,

the words of the Holy 3 One which I will

speak before the Lord of Spirits. It were

better to declare (them only) to the men of

old time, but even from those that come

after we will not withhold the beginning of

wisdom. 4 Till the present day such

wisdom has never been given by the Lord

of Spirits as I have received according to

my insight, according to the good pleasure

of the Lord of Spirits by whom the lot of

5 eternal life has been given to me. Now

three Parables were imparted to me, and I

lifted up my voice and recounted them to

those that dwell on the earth.

 

 

Chapter 38

 

1 The first Parable.

 

When the congregation of the righteous

shall appear,

And sinners shall be judged for their sins,

And shall be driven from the face of the

earth:

 

2 And when the Righteous One shall

appear before the eyes of the righteous,

Whose elect works hang upon the Lord

of Spirits,

And light shall appear to the righteous and

the elect who dwell on the earth,

 

Where then will be the dwelling of the

sinners,

 

And where the resting-place of those who

have denied the Lord of Spirits?

It had been good for them if they had not

been born.

 

3 When the secrets of the righteous shall

be revealed and the sinners judged,

And the godless driven from the presence

of the righteous and elect,

4 From that time those that possess the

earth shall no longer be powerful and

exalted:

And they shall not be able to behold the

face of the holy,

For the Lord of Spirits has caused His

light to appear

On the face of the holy, righteous, and

elect.

 

5 Then shall the kings and the mighty

perish

And be given into the hands of the

righteous and holy.

6 And thenceforward none shall seek for

themselves mercy from the Lord of Spirits

For their life is at an end.

 

Chapter 39

 

1 And it shall come to pass in those days

that elect and holy children will descend

from the 2 high heaven, and their seed will

become one with the children of men.

And in those days Enoch received books

of zeal and wrath, and books of disquiet

and expulsion.

 

And mercy shall not be accorded to them,

saith the Lord of Spirits.

3 And in those days a whirlwind carried

me off from the earth,

And set me down at the end of the

heavens.

 

4 And there I saw another vision, the

dwelling-places of the holy,

And the resting-places of the righteous.

 

5 Here mine eyes saw their dwellings with

His righteous angels,

And their resting-places with the holy.

 

And they petitioned and interceded and

prayed for the children of men,

And righteousness flowed before them as

water,

 

And mercy like dew upon the earth:

Thus it is amongst them for ever and ever.

 

6a And in that place mine eyes saw the

Elect One of righteousness and of faith,

7a And I saw his dwelling-place under the

wings of the Lord of Spirits.

6b And righteousness shall prevail in his

days,

And the righteous and elect shall be

without number before Him for ever and

ever.

7b And all the righteous and elect before

Him shall be strong as fiery lights,

And their mouth shall be full of blessing,

 

And their lips extol the name of the Lord

of Spirits,

And righteousness before Him shall never

fail,

[And uprightness shall never fail before

Him.]

8 There I wished to dwell,

And my spirit longed for that

dwelling-place:

 

And there heretofore hath been my

portion,

For so has it been established concerning

me before the Lord of Spirits.

9 In those days I praised and extolled the

name of the Lord of Spirits with blessings

and praises, because He hath destined me

for blessing and glory according to the

good pleasure of the Lord of 10 Spirits.

For a long time my eyes regarded that

place, and I blessed Him and praised

Him, saying: Blessed is He, and may He

be blessed from the beginning and for

evermore. And before Him there is no

ceasing. He knows before the world was

created what is for ever and what will be

from 12 generation unto generation.

Those who sleep not bless Thee: they

stand before Thy glory and bless, praise,

and extol, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, is the

Lord of Spirits: He filleth the earth with 3

spirits." And here my eyes saw all those

who sleep not: they stand before Him and

bless and say: Blessed be Thou, and

blessed be the name of the Lord for ever

and ever. And my face was changed; for I

could no longer behold.

 

Chapter 40

 

1 And after that I saw thousands of

thousands and ten thousand times ten

thousand, I saw a multitude 2 beyond

number and reckoning, who stood before

the Lord of Spirits. And on the four sides

of the Lord of Spirits I saw four

presences, different from those that sleep

not, and I learnt their names: for the angel

that went with me made known to me

their names, and showed me all the hidden

things. 3 And I heard the voices of those

four presences as they uttered praises

before the Lord of glory. 4,5 The first

voice blesses the Lord of Spirits for ever

and ever. And the second voice I heard

blessing 6 the Elect One and the elect

ones who hang upon the Lord of Spirits.

And the third voice I heard pray and

intercede for those who dwell on the earth

and supplicate in the name of the Lord of

Spirits. 7 And I heard the fourth voice

fending off the Satans and forbidding them

to come before the Lord 8 of Spirits to

accuse them who dwell on the earth. After

that I asked the angel of peace who went

with me, who showed me everything that

is hidden: Who are these four presences

which I have 9 seen and whose words I

have heard and written down? And he

said to me: This first is Michael, the

merciful and long-suffering: and the

second, who is set over all the diseases

and all the wounds of the children of men,

is Raphael: and the third, who is set over

all the powers, is Gabriel: and the fourth,

who is set over the repentance unto hope

of those who inherit eternal life, is named

Phanuel. 10 And these are the four angels

of the Lord of Spirits and the four voices I

heard in those days.

 

 

Chapter 41

 

1 And after that I saw all the secrets of

the heavens, and how the kingdom is

divided, and how the 2 actions of men are

weighed in the balance. And there I saw

the mansions of the elect and the mansions

of the holy, and mine eyes saw there all

the sinners being driven from thence which

deny the name of the Lord of Spirits, and

being dragged off: and they could not

abide because of the punishment which

proceeds from the Lord of Spirits. 3 And

there mine eyes saw the secrets of the

lightning and of the thunder, and the

secrets of the winds, how they are divided

to blow over the earth, and the secrets of

the clouds and dew, and there 4 I saw

from whence they proceed in that place

and from whence they saturate the dusty

earth. And there I saw closed chambers

out of which the winds are divided, the

chamber of the hail and winds, the

chamber of the mist, and of the clouds,

and the cloud thereof hovers over the

earth from the 5 beginning of the world.

And I saw the chambers of the sun and

moon, whence they proceed and whither

they come again, and their glorious return,

and how one is superior to the other, and

their stately orbit, and how they do not

leave their orbit, and they add nothing to

their orbit and they take nothing from it,

and they keep faith with each other, in

accordance with the oath by which they 6

are bound together. And first the sun goes

forth and traverses his path according to

the commandment 7 of the Lord of

Spirits, and mighty is His name for ever

and ever. And after that I saw the hidden

and the visible path of the moon, and she

accomplishes the course of her path in

that place by day and by night-the one

holding a position opposite to the other

before the Lord of Spirits.

 

And they give thanks and praise and rest

not;

For unto them is their thanksgiving rest.

8 For the sun changes oft for a blessing or

a curse,

And the course of the path of the moon is

light to the righteous

And darkness to the sinners in the name

of the Lord,

Who made a separation between the light

and the darkness,

And divided the spirits of men,

And strengthened the spirits of the

righteous,

In the name of His righteousness.

 

9 For no angel hinders and no power is

able to hinder; for He appoints a judge for

them all and He judges them all before

Him.

 

 

Chapter 42

 

1 Wisdom found no place where she

might dwell;

Then a dwelling-place was assigned her in

the heavens.

 

2 Wisdom went forth to make her

dwelling among the children of men,

And found no dwelling-place:

 

Wisdom returned to her place,

And took her seat among the angels.

 

3 And unrighteousness went forth from

her chambers:

Whom she sought not she found,

And dwelt with them,

 

As rain in a desert

And dew on a thirsty land.

 

 

Chapter 43

 

1 And I saw other lightnings and the stars

of heaven, and I saw how He called them

all by their 2 names and they hearkened

unto Him. And I saw how they are

weighed in a righteous balance according

to their proportions of light: (I saw) the

width of their spaces and the day of their

appearing, and how their revolution

produces lightning: and (I saw) their

revolution according to the 3 number of

the angels, and (how) they keep faith with

each other. And I asked the angel who

went 4 with me who showed me what

was hidden: What are these? And he said

to me: The Lord of Spirits hath showed

thee their parabolic meaning (lit. their

parable): these are the names of the holy

who dwell on the earth and believe in the

name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and

ever.

 

 

Chapter 44

 

Also another phenomenon I saw in regard

to the lightnings: how some of the stars

arise and become lightnings and cannot

part with their new form.

 

 

Chapter 45

 

1 And this is the second Parable

concerning those who deny the name of

the dwelling of the holy ones and the Lord

of Spirits.

 

2 And into the heaven they shall not

ascend,

And on the earth they shall not come:

Such shall be the lot of the sinners

Who have denied the name of the Lord of

Spirits,

Who are thus preserved for the day of

suffering and tribulation.

 

3 On that day Mine Elect One shall sit on

the throne of glory

And shall try their works,

And their places of rest shall be

innumerable.

 

And their souls shall grow strong within

them when they see Mine Elect Ones,

And those who have called upon My

glorious name:

4 Then will I cause Mine Elect One to

dwell among them.

 

And I will transform the heaven and make

it an eternal blessing and light

5 And I will transform the earth and make

it a blessing:

 

And I will cause Mine elect ones to dwell

upon it:

But the sinners and evil-doers shall not set

foot thereon.

 

6 For I have provided and satisfied with

peace My righteous ones

And have caused them to dwell before

Me:

 

But for the sinners there is judgement

impending with Me,

So that I shall destroy them from the face

of the earth.

 

 

Chapter 46

 

1 And there I saw One who had a head

of days,

And His head was white like wool,

And with Him was another being whose

countenance had the appearance of a

man,

And his face was full of graciousness, like

one of the holy angels.

2 And I asked the angel who went with

me and showed me all the hidden things,

concerning that 3 Son of Man, who he

was, and whence he was, (and) why he

went with the Head of Days? And he

answered and said unto me:

This is the son of Man who hath

righteousness,

With whom dwelleth righteousness,

And who revealeth all the treasures of that

which is hidden,

 

Because the Lord of Spirits hath chosen

him,

And whose lot hath the pre-eminence

before the Lord of Spirits in uprightness

for ever.

 

4 And this Son of Man whom thou hast

seen

Shall raise up the kings and the mighty

from their seats,

[And the strong from their thrones]

And shall loosen the reins of the strong,

And break the teeth of the sinners.

 

5[And he shall put down the kings from

their thrones and kingdoms]

Because they do not extol and praise

Him,

Nor humbly acknowledge whence the

kingdom was bestowed upon them.

6 And he shall put down the countenance

of the strong,

And shall fill them with shame.

 

And darkness shall be their dwelling,

And worms shall be their bed,

And they shall have no hope of rising from

their beds,

Because they do not extol the name of the

Lord of Spirits.

 

7 And these are they who judge the stars

of heaven,

[And raise their hands against the Most

High],

And tread upon the earth and dwell upon

it.

And all their deeds manifest

unrighteousness,

And their power rests upon their riches,

And their faith is in the gods which they

have made with their hands,

And they deny the name of the Lord of

Spirits,

 

8 And they persecute the houses of His

congregations,

And the faithful who hang upon the name

of the Lord of Spirits.

 

Chapter 47

 

1 And in those days shall have ascended

the prayer of the righteous,

And the blood of the righteous from the

earth before the Lord of Spirits.

 

2 In those days the holy ones who dwell

above in the heavens

Shall unite with one voice

And supplicate and pray and praise,

And give thanks and bless the name of the

Lord of Spirits

On behalf of the blood of the righteous

which has been shed,

And that the prayer of the righteous may

not be in vain before the Lord of Spirits,

That judgement may be done unto them,

And that they may not have to suffer for

ever.

 

3 In those days I saw the Head of Days

when He seated himself upon the throne

of His glory,

And the books of the living were opened

before Him:

And all His host which is in heaven above

and His counselors stood before Him,

 

4 And the hearts of the holy were filled

with joy;

Because the number of the righteous had

been offered,

And the prayer of the righteous had been

heard,

And the blood of the righteous been

required before the Lord of Spirits.

 

Chapter 48

 

1 And in that place I saw the fountain of

righteousness

Which was inexhaustible:

And around it were many fountains of

wisdom:

And all the thirsty drank of them,

And were filled with wisdom,

And their dwellings were with the

righteous and holy and elect.

2 And at that hour that Son of Man was

named In the presence of the Lord of

Spirits,

And his name before the Head of Days.

 

3 Yea, before the sun and the signs were

created,

Before the stars of the heaven were made,

His name was named before the Lord of

Spirits.

 

4 He shall be a staff to the righteous

whereon to stay themselves and not fall,

And he shall be the light of the Gentiles,

And the hope of those who are troubled

of heart.

 

5 All who dwell on earth shall fall down

and worship before him,

And will praise and bless and celebrate

with song the Lord of Spirits.

 

6 And for this reason hath he been chosen

and hidden before Him,

Before the creation of the world and for

evermore.

 

7 And the wisdom of the Lord of Spirits

hath revealed him to the holy and

righteous;

For he hath preserved the lot of the

righteous,

Because they have hated and despised

this world of unrighteousness,

And have hated all its works and ways in

the name of the Lord of Spirits:

For in his name they are saved,

And according to his good pleasure hath it

been in regard to their life.

 

8 In these days downcast in countenance

shall the kings of the earth have become,

And the strong who possess the land

because of the works of their hands,

For on the day of their anguish and

affliction they shall not (be able to) save

themselves.

And I will give them over into the hands of

Mine elect:

As straw in the fire so shall they burn

before the face of the holy:

As lead in the water shall they sink before

the face of the righteous,

And no trace of them shall any more be

found.

 

10 And on the day of their affliction there

shall be rest on the earth,

And before them they shall fall and not

rise again:

And there shall be no one to take them

with his hands and raise them:

For they have denied the Lord of Spirits

and His Anointed.

The name of the Lord of Spirits be

blessed.

 

Chapter 49

 

l For wisdom is poured out like water,

And glory faileth not before him for

evermore.

 

2 For he is mighty in all the secrets of

righteousness,

And unrighteousness shall disappear as a

shadow,

And have no continuance;

Because the Elect One standeth before

the Lord of Spirits,

And his glory is for ever and ever,

And his might unto all generations.

 

3 And in him dwells the spirit of wisdom,

And the spirit which gives insight,

And the spirit of understanding and of

might,

And the spirit of those who have fallen

asleep in righteousness.

 

4 And he shall judge the secret things,

And none shall be able to utter a lying

word before him;

For he is the Elect One before the Lord of

Spirits according to His good pleasure.

 

Chapter 50

 

1 And in those days a change shall take

place for the holy and elect,

And the light of days shall abide upon

them,

And glory and honour shall turn to the

holy,

2 On the day of affliction on which evil

shall have been treasured up against the

sinners.

 

And the righteous shall be victorious in the

name of the Lord of Spirits:

And He will cause the others to witness

(this)

That they may repent

And forgo the works of their hands.

 

3 They shall have no honour through the

name of the Lord of Spirits,

Yet through His name shall they be saved,

And the Lord of Spirits will have

compassion on them,

For His compassion is great.

 

4 And He is righteous also in His

judgement,

And in the presence of His glory

unrighteousness also shall not maintain

itself:

At His judgement the unrepentant shall

perish before Him.

5 And from henceforth I will have no

mercy on them, saith the Lord of Spirits.

 

Chapter 51

 

1 And in those days shall the earth also

give back that which has been entrusted

to it,

And Sheol also shall give back that which

it has received,

And hell shall give back that which it

owes.

 

5a For in those days the Elect One shall

arise,

2 And he shall choose the righteous and

holy from among them:

For the day has drawn nigh that they

should be saved.

 

3 And the Elect One shall in those days sit

on My throne,

And his mouth shall pour forth all the

secrets of wisdom and counsel:

For the Lord of Spirits hath given (them)

to him and hath glorified him.

 

4 And in those days shall the mountains

leap like rams,

And the hills also shall skip like lambs

satisfied with milk,

And the faces of [all] the angels in heaven

shall be lighted up with joy.

 

5b And the earth shall rejoice,

c And the righteous shall dwell upon it,

d And the elect shall walk thereon.

 

 

Chapter 52

 

1 And after those days in that place where

I had seen all the visions of that which is

hidden -for 2 I had been carried off in a

whirlwind and they had borne me towards

the west-There mine eyes saw all the

secret things of heaven that shall be, a

mountain of iron, and a mountain of

copper, and a mountain of silver, and a

mountain of gold, and a mountain of soft

metal, and a mountain of lead. 3 And I

asked the angel who went with me,

saying, What things are these which I have

seen in 4 secret? And he said unto me: All

these things which thou hast seen shall

serve the dominion of His Anointed that

he may be potent and mighty on the earth.

5 And that angel of peace answered,

saying unto me: Wait a little, and there

shall be revealed unto thee all the secret

things which surround the Lord of Spirits.

6 And these mountains which thine eyes

have seen,

The mountain of iron, and the mountain of

copper, and the mountain of silver,

And the mountain of gold, and the

mountain of soft metal, and the mountain

of lead,

All these shall be in the presence of the

Elect One

As wax: before the fire,

And like the water which streams down

from above [upon those mountains],

And they shall become powerless before

his feet.

7 And it shall come to pass in those days

that none shall be saved,

Either by gold or by silver,

And none be able to escape.

8 And there shall be no iron for war,

Nor shall one clothe oneself with a

breastplate.

Bronze shall be of no service,

And tin [shall be of no service and] shall

not be esteemed,

And lead shall not be desired.

9 And all these things shall be [denied

and] destroyed from the surface of the

earth,

When the Elect One shall appear before

the face of the Lord of Spirits.

 

 

Chapter 53

 

1 There mine eyes saw a deep valley with

open mouths, and all who dwell on the

earth and sea and islands shall bring to

him gifts and presents and tokens of

homage, but that deep valley shall not

become full.

2 And their hands commit lawless deeds,

And the sinners devour all whom they

lawlessly oppress:

Yet the sinners shall be destroyed before

the face of the Lord of Spirits,

And they shall be banished from off the

face of His earth,

And they shall perish for ever and ever.

3 For I saw all the angels of punishment

abiding (there) and preparing all the

instruments of Satan. 4 And I asked the

angel of peace who went with me: For

whom are they preparing these

Instruments? 5 And he said unto me: They

prepare these for the kings and the mighty

of this earth, that they may thereby be

destroyed. 6 And after this the Righteous

and Elect One shall cause the house of his

congregation to appear: henceforth they

shall be no more hindered in the name of

the Lord of Spirits.

7 And these mountains shall not stand as

the earth before his righteousness,

But the hills shall be as a fountain of

water,

And the righteous shall have rest from the

oppression of sinners.

 

 

Chapter 54

 

1 And I looked and turned to another part

of the earth, and saw there a deep valley

with burning 2 fire. And they brought the

kings and the mighty, and began to cast

them into this deep valley. 3 And there

mine eyes saw how they made these their

instruments, iron chains of immeasurable

weight. 4 And I asked the angel of peace

who went with me, saying: For whom are

these chains being prepared ? And he said

unto me: These are being prepared for the

hosts of Azazel, so that they may take

them and cast them into the abyss of

complete condemnation, and they shall

cover their jaws with rough stones as the

Lord of Spirits commanded. 6 And

Michael, and Gabriel, and Raphael, and

Phanuel shall take hold of them on that

great day, and cast them on that day into

the burning furnace, that the Lord of

Spirits may take vengeance on them for

their unrighteousness in becoming subject

to Satan and leading astray those who

dwell on the earth. 7 And in those days

shall punishment come from the Lord of

Spirits, and he will open all the chambers

of waters which are above the heavens,

and of the fountains which are beneath the

earth. 8 And all the waters shall be joined

with the waters: that which is above the

heavens is the masculine, 9 and the water

which is beneath the earth is the feminine.

And they shall destroy all who dwell 10

on the earth and those who dwell under

the ends of the heaven. And when they

have recognized their unrighteousness

which they have wrought on the earth,

then by these shall they perish.

 

 

Chapter 55

 

1 And after that the Head of Days

repented and said: In vain have I

destroyed all who dwell 2 on the earth.

And He sware by His great name:

Henceforth I will not do so to all who

dwell on the earth, and I will set a sign in

the heaven: and this shall be a pledge of

good faith between Me and them for ever,

so long as heaven is above the earth. And

this is in accordance with My command. 3

When I have desired to take hold of them

by the hand of the angels on the day of

tribulation and pain because of this, I will

cause My chastisement and My wrath to

abide upon them, saith 4 God, the Lord of

Spirits. Ye mighty kings who dwell on the

earth, ye shall have to behold Mine Elect

One, how he sits on the throne of glory

and judges Azazel, and all his associates,

and all his hosts in the name of the Lord of

Spirits.

 

 

Chapter 56

 

1 And I saw there the hosts of the angels

of punishment going, and they held

scourges and chains 2 of iron and bronze.

And I asked the angel of peace who went

with me, saying: To whom are 3 these

who hold the scourges going ? And he

said unto me: To their elect and beloved

ones, that they may be cast into the chasm

of the abyss of the valley.

 

4 And then that valley shall be filled with

their elect and beloved,

And the days of their lives shall be at an

end,

And the days of their leading astray shall

not thenceforward be reckoned.

 

5 And in those days the angels shall return

And hurl themselves to the east upon the

Parthians and Medes:

 

They shall stir up the kings, so that a spirit

of unrest shall come upon them,

And they shall rouse them from their

thrones,

 

That they may break forth as lions from

their lairs,

And as hungry wolves among their flocks.

 

6 And they shall go up and tread under

foot the land of His elect ones

[And the land of His elect ones shall be

before them a threshing-floor and a

highway :]

7 But the city of my righteous shall be a

hindrance to their horses.

 

And they shall begin to fight among

themselves,

And their right hand shall be strong against

themselves,

 

And a man shall not know his brother,

Nor a son his father or his mother,

 

Till there be no number of the corpses

through their slaughter,

And their punishment be not in vain.

 

8 In those days Sheol shall open its jaws,

And they shall be swallowed up therein

 

And their destruction shall be at an end;

Sheol shall devour the sinners in the

presence of the elect.

 

 

Chapter 57

 

1 And it came to pass after this that I saw

another host of wagons, and men riding

thereon, and 2 coming on the winds from

the east, and from the west to the south.

And the noise of their wagons was heard,

and when this turmoil took place the holy

ones from heaven remarked it, and the

pillars of the earth were moved from their

place, and the sound thereof was heard

from the one end of heaven 3 to the other,

in one day. And they shall all fall down

and worship the Lord of Spirits. And this

is the end of the second Parable.

 

 

Chapter 58

 

1 And I began to speak the third Parable

concerning the righteous and elect.

 

2 Blessed are ye, ye righteous and elect,

For glorious shall be your lot.

 

3 And the righteous shall be in the light of

the sun.

And the elect in the light of eternal life:

The days of their life shall be unending,

And the days of the holy without number.

 

4 And they shall seek the light and find

righteousness with the Lord of Spirits:

There shall be peace to the righteous in

the name of the Eternal Lord.

 

5 And after this it shall be said to the holy

in heaven

That they should seek out the secrets of

righteousness, the heritage of faith:

For it has become bright as the sun upon

earth,

And the darkness is past.

 

6 And there shall be a light that never

endeth,

And to a limit (lit. number ) of days they

shall not come,

For the darkness shall first have been

destroyed,

[And the light established before the Lord

of Spirits]

And the light of uprightness established for

ever before the Lord of Spirits.

 

Chapter 59

 

1 In those days mine eyes saw the secrets

of the lightnings, and of the lights, and the

judgements they execute (lit. their

judgement ): and they lighten for a blessing

or a curse as the Lord of 2 Spirits willeth.

And there I saw the secrets of the

thunder, and how when it resounds above

in the heaven, the sound thereof is heard,

and he caused me to see the judgements

executed on the earth, whether they be for

well-being and blessing, or for a curse

according to the word of the Lord of

Spirits. 3 And after that all the secrets of

the lights and lightnings were shown to

me, and they lighten for blessing and for

satisfying.

 

 

Chapter 60

 

A Fragment of the Book of Noah

 

1 In the year 500, in the seventh month,

on the fourteenth day of the month in the

life of Enoch. In that Parable I saw how a

mighty quaking made the heaven of

heavens to quake, and the host of the

Most High, and the angels, a thousand

thousands and ten thousand times ten

thousand, were 2 disquieted with a great

disquiet. And the Head of Days sat on the

throne of His glory, and the angels and the

righteous stood around Him.

 

3 And a great trembling seized me,

And fear took hold of me,

And my loins gave way,

And dissolved were my reins,

And I fell upon my face.

 

4 And Michael sent another angel from

among the holy ones and he raised me up,

and when he had raised me up my spirit

returned; for I had not been able to

endure the look of this host, and the 5

commotion and the quaking of the heaven.

And Michael said unto me: Why art thou

disquieted with such a vision ? Until this

day lasted the day of His mercy; and He

hath been merciful and 6 long-suffering

towards those who dwell on the earth.

And when the day, and the power, and

the punishment, and the judgement come,

which the Lord of Spirits hath prepared

for those who worship not the righteous

law, and for those who deny the righteous

judgement, and for those who take His

name in vain-that day is prepared, for the

elect a covenant, but for sinners an

inquisition. 25 When the punishment of the

Lord of Spirits shall rest upon them, it

shall rest in order that the punishment of

the Lord of Spirits may not come, in vain,

and it shall slay the children with their

mothers and the children with their fathers.

Afterwards the judgement shall take place

according to His mercy and His patience.

7 And on that day were two monsters

parted, a female monster named

Leviathan, to dwell in the 8 abysses of the

ocean over the fountains of the waters.

But the male is named Behemoth, who

occupied with his breast a waste

wilderness named Duidain, on the east of

the garden where the elect and righteous

dwell, where my grandfather was taken

up, the seventh from Adam, the first 9

man whom the Lord of Spirits created.

And I besought the other angel that he

should show me the might of those

monsters, how they were parted on one

day and cast, the one into the abysses 10

of the sea, and the other unto the dry land

of the wilderness. And he said to me:

Thou son of man, herein thou dost seek to

know what is hidden. 11 And the other

angel who went with me and showed me

what was hidden told me what is first and

last in the heaven in the height, and

beneath the earth in the depth, and at the

ends of the 12 heaven, and on the

foundation of the heaven. And the

chambers of the winds, and how the

winds are divided, and how they are

weighed, and (how) the portals of the

winds are reckoned, each according to

the power of the wind, and the power of

the lights of the moon, and according to

the power that is fitting: and the divisions

of the stars according to their names, and

how all the divisions 13 are divided. And

the thunders according to the places

where they fall, and all the divisions that

are made among the lightnings that it may

lighten, and their host that they may at

once obey. 14 For the thunder has places

of rest (which) are assigned (to it) while it

is waiting for its peal; and the thunder and

lightning are inseparable, and although not

one and undivided, they both go together

15 through the spirit and separate not. For

when the lightning lightens, the thunder

utters its voice, and the spirit enforces a

pause during the peal, and divides equally

between them; for the treasury of their

peals is like the sand, and each one of

them as it peals is held in with a bridle,

and turned back by the power of the

spirit, and pushed forward according to

the many quarters of the earth. 16 And

the spirit of the sea is masculine and

strong, and according to the might of his

strength he draws it back with a rein, and

in like manner it is driven forward and

disperses amid all the mountains 17 of the

earth. And the spirit of the hoar-frost is his

own angel, and the spirit of the hail is a

good 18 angel. And the spirit of the snow

has forsaken his chambers on account of

his strength -There is a special spirit

therein, and that which ascends from it is

like smoke, and its name is frost. And the

spirit of the mist is not united with them in

their chambers, but it has a special

chamber; for its course is glorious both in

light and in darkness, and in winter and in

summer, and in its chamber is an angel. 20

And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling

at the ends of the heaven, and is

connected with the chambers of the rain,

and its course is in winter and summer:

and its clouds and the clouds of the 21

mist are connected, and the one gives to

the other. And when the spirit of the rain

goes forth from its chamber, the angels

come and open the chamber and lead it

out, and when it is diffused over the whole

earth it unites with the water on the earth.

And whensoever it unites with the water

on 22 the earth . . . For the waters are for

those who dwell on the earth; for they are

nourishment for the earth from the Most

High who is in heaven: therefore there is a

measure for the rain, 22, and the angels

take it in charge. And these things I saw

towards the Garden of the Righteous. 23

And the angel of peace who was with me

said to me: These two monsters, prepared

conformably to the greatness of God, shall

feed . . .

 

 

Chapter 61

 

1 And I saw in those days how long cords

were given to those angels, and they took

to themselves wings and flew, and they

went towards the north. 2 And I asked

the angel, saying unto him: Why have

those (angels) taken these cords and gone

off ? And he said unto me: They have

gone to measure.

 

3 And the angel who went with me said

unto me:

These shall bring the measures of the

righteous,

And the ropes of the righteous to the

righteous,

That they may stay themselves on the

name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and

ever.

 

4 The elect shall begin to dwell with the

elect,

And those are the measures which shall

be given to faith

And which shall strengthen righteousness.

 

5 And these measures shall reveal all the

secrets of the depths of the earth,

And those who have been destroyed by

the desert,

And those who have been devoured by

the beasts,

And those who have been devoured by

the fish of the sea,

That they may return and stay themselves

On the day of the Elect One;

For none shall be destroyed before the

Lord of Spirits,

And none can be destroyed.

 

6 And all who dwell above in the heaven

received a command and power and one

voice and one light like unto fire.

 

7 And that One (with) their first words

they blessed,

And extolled and lauded with wisdom,

And they were wise in utterance and in

the spirit of life.

 

8 And the Lord of Spirits placed the Elect

one on the throne of glory.

And he shall judge all the works of the

holy above in the heaven,

And in the balance shall their deeds be

weighed

 

9 And when he shall lift up his

countenance

To judge their secret ways according to

the word of the name of the Lord of

Spirits,

And their path according to the way of the

righteous judgement of the Lord of Spirits,

Then shall they all with one voice speak

and bless,

And glorify and extol and sanctify the

name of the Lord of Spirits.

 

10 And He will summon all the host of the

heavens, and all the holy ones above, and

the host of God, the Cherubic, Seraphin

and Ophannin, and all the angels of

power, and all the angels of principalities,

and the Elect One, and the other powers

on the earth (and) over the water On that

day shall raise one voice, and bless and

glorify and exalt in the spirit of faith, and in

the spirit of wisdom, and in the spirit of

patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and in

the spirit of judgement and of peace, and

in the spirit of goodness, and shall all say

with one voice: " Blessed is He, and may

the name of the Lord of Spirits be blessed

for ever and ever."

 

12 All who sleep not above in heaven

shall bless Him:

All the holy ones who are in heaven shall

bless Him,

And all the elect who dwell in the garden

of life:

 

And every spirit of light who is able to

bless, and glorify, and extol, and hallow

Thy blessed name,

And all flesh shall beyond measure glorify

and bless Thy name for ever and ever.

 

13 For great is the mercy of the Lord of

Spirits, and He is long-suffering,

And all His works and all that He has

created He has revealed to the righteous

and elect

In the name of the Lord of Spirits.

 

 

Chapter 62

 

1 And thus the Lord commanded the

kings and the mighty and the exalted, and

those who dwell on the earth, and said:

 

Open your eyes and lift up your horns if

ye are able to recognize the Elect One.

2 And the Lord of Spirits seated him on

the throne of His glory,

And the spirit of righteousness was

poured out upon him,

And the word of his mouth slays all the

sinners,

And all the unrighteous are destroyed

from before his face.

3 And there shall stand up in that day all

the kings and the mighty,

And the exalted and those who hold the

earth,

And they shall see and recognize How he

sits on the throne of his glory,

And righteousness is judged before him,

And no lying word is spoken before him.

 

4 Then shall pain come upon them as on a

woman in travail,

[And she has pain in bringing forth]

When her child enters the mouth of the

womb,

And she has pain in bringing forth.

 

And one portion of them shall look on the

other,

And they shall be terrified,

And they shall be downcast of

countenance,

And pain shall seize them,

When they see that Son of Man Sitting on

the throne of his glory.

 

6 And the kings and the mighty and all

who possess the earth shall bless and

glorify and extol him who rules over all,

who was hidden.

 

7 For from the beginning the Son of Man

was hidden,

And the Most High preserved him in the

presence of His might,

And revealed him to the elect.

 

8 And the congregation of the elect and

holy shall be sown,

And all the elect shall stand before him on

that day.

 

9 And all the kings and the mighty and the

exalted and those who rule the earth

Shall fall down before him on their faces,

And worship and set their hope upon that

Son of Man,

And petition him and supplicate for mercy

at his hands.

 

10 Nevertheless that Lord of Spirits will

so press them

That they shall hastily go forth from His

presence,

And their faces shall be filled with shame,

And the darkness grow deeper on their

faces.

 

11 And He will deliver them to the angels

for punishment,

To execute vengeance on them because

they have oppressed His children and His

elect

12 And they shall be a spectacle for the

righteous and for His elect:

They shall rejoice over them,

Because the wrath of the Lord of Spirits

resteth upon them,

And His sword is drunk with their blood.

 

13 And the righteous and elect shall be

saved on that day,

And they shall never thenceforward see

the face of the sinners and unrighteous.

 

14 And the Lord of Spirits will abide over

them,

And with that Son of Man shall they eat

And lie down and rise up for ever and

ever.

 

15 And the righteous and elect shall have

risen from the earth,

And ceased to be of downcast

countenance.

And they shall have been clothed with

garments of glory,

 

16 And these shall be the garments of life

from the Lord of Spirits:

 

And your garments shall not grow old,

Nor your glory pass away before the

Lord of Spirits.

 

 

Chapter 63

 

1 In those days shall the mighty and the

kings who possess the earth implore (Him)

to grant them a little respite from His angels

of punishment to whom they were delivered,

that they might fall 2 down and worship

before the Lord of Spirits, and confess their

sins before Him. And they shall bless and

glorify the Lord of Spirits, and say:

 

Blessed is the Lord of Spirits and the Lord

of kings,

And the Lord of the mighty and the Lord of

the rich,

And the Lord of glory and the Lord of

wisdom,

 

3 And splendid in every secret thing is Thy

power from generation to generation,

And Thy glory for ever and ever:

 

Deep are all Thy secrets and innumerable,

And Thy righteousness is beyond reckoning.

 

4 We have now learnt that we should glorify

And bless the Lord of kings and Him who is

king over all kings.

5 And they shall say:

Would that we had rest to glorify and give

thanks

And confess our faith before His glory !

 

6 And now we long for a little rest but find it

not:

We follow hard upon and obtain (it) not:

 

And light has vanished from before us,

And darkness is our dwelling-place for ever

and ever:

 

7 For we have not believed before Him

Nor glorified the name of the Lord of

Spirits, [nor glorified our Lord]

 

But our hope was in the sceptre of our

kingdom,

And in our glory.

 

8 And in the day of our suffering and

tribulation He saves us not,

And we find no respite for confession

 

That our Lord is true in all His works, and in

His judgements and His justice,

And His judgements have no respect of

persons.

 

And we pass away from before His face on

account of our works,

And all our sins are reckoned up in

righteousness.

 

10 Now they shall say unto themselves: Our

souls are full of unrighteous gain, but it does

not prevent us from descending from the

midst thereof into the burden of Sheol.

 

11 And after that their faces shall be filled

with darkness

And shame before that Son of Man,

And they shall be driven from his presence,

And the sword shall abide before his face in

their midst.

 

12 Thus spake the Lord of Spirits: This is

the ordinance and judgement with respect to

the mighty and the kings and the exalted and

those who possess the earth before the

Lord of Spirits.

 

 

Chapter 641,2 And other forms I saw hidden in thatplace. I heard the voice of the angelsaying: These are the angels whodescended to the earth, and revealedwhat was hidden to the children of menand seduced the children of men intocommitting sin.

Chapter 651, 2 And in those days Noah saw theearth that it had sunk down and itsdestruction was nigh. And he arose from

thence and went to the ends of the earth,

and cried aloud to his grandfather Enoch:

3 and Noah said three times with an

embittered voice: Hear me, hear me, hear

me. And I said unto him: Tell me what it is

that is falling out on the earth that the earth

is in such evil plight 4 and shaken, lest

perchance I shall perish with it ? And

thereupon there was a great commotion ,

on the earth, and a voice was heard from

heaven, and I fell on my face. And Enoch

my grandfather came and stood by me,

and said unto me: Why hast thou cried

unto me with a bitter cry and weeping 6

And a command has gone forth from the

presence of the Lord concerning those

who dwell on the earth that their ruin is

accomplished because they have learnt all

the secrets of the angels, and all the

violence of the Satans, and all their

powers -the most secret ones- and all the

power of those who practice sorcery, and

the power of witchcraft, and the power of

those who make molten images 7 for the

whole earth: And how silver is produced

from the dust of the earth, and how soft

metal 8 originates in the earth. For lead

and tin are not produced from the earth

like the first: it is a fountain 9 that

produces them, and an angel stands

therein, and that angel is pre-eminent. And

after that my grandfather Enoch took hold

of me by my hand and raised me up, and

said unto me: Go, for I have 10 asked the

Lord of Spirits as touching this commotion

on the earth. And He said unto me: "

Because of their unrighteousness their

judgement has been determined upon and

shall not be withheld by Me for ever.

Because of the sorceries which they have

searched out and learnt, the earth and

those 11 who dwell upon it shall be

destroyed." And these-they have no place

of repentance for ever, because they have

shown them what was hidden, and they

are the damned: but as for thee, my son,

the Lord of Spirits knows that thou art

pure, and guiltless of this reproach

concerning the secrets.

 

12 And He has destined thy name to be

among the holy,

And will preserve thee amongst those

who dwell on the earth,

And has destined thy righteous seed both

for kingship and for great honours,

And from thy seed shall proceed a

fountain of the righteous and holy without

number for ever.

 

Chapter 66

 

1 And after that he showed me the angels

of punishment who are prepared to come

and let loose all the powers of the waters

which are beneath in the earth in order to

bring judgement and destruction 2 on all

who [abide and] dwell on the earth. And

the Lord of Spirits gave commandment to

the angels who were going forth, that they

should not cause the waters to rise but

should hold them 3 in check; for those

angels were over the powers of the

waters. And I went away from the

presence of Enoch.

 

Chapter 67

 

1 And in those days the word of God

came unto me, and He said unto me:

Noah, thy lot has come 2 Up before Me,

a lot without blame, a lot of love and

uprightness. And now the angels are

making a wooden (building), and when

they have completed that task I will place

My hand upon it and preserve it, and

there shall come forth from it the seed of

life, and a change shall set in so that the 3

earth will not remain without inhabitant.

And I will make fast thy sed before me for

ever and ever, and I will spread abroad

those who dwell with thee: it shall not be

unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it

shall be blessed and multiply on the earth

in the name of the Lord. 4 And He will

imprison those angels, who have shown

unrighteousness, in that burning valley

which my grandfather Enoch had formerly

shown to me in the west among the

mountains of gold 5 and silver and iron

and soft metal and tin. And I saw that

valley in which there was a great 6

convulsion and a convulsion of the waters.

And when all this took place, from that

fiery molten metal and from the convulsion

thereof in that place, there was produced

a smell of sulphur, and it was connected

with those waters, and that valley of the

angels who had led astray (mankind)

burned 7 beneath that land. And through

its valleys proceed streams of fire, where

these angels are punished who had led

astray those who dwell upon the earth. 8

But those waters shall in those days serve

for the kings and the mighty and the

exalted, and those who dwell on the earth,

for the healing of the body, but for the

punishment of the spirit; now their spirit is

full of lust, that they may be punished in

their body, for they have denied the Lord

of Spirits 9 and see their punishment daily,

and yet believe not in His name. And in

proportion as the burning of their bodies

becomes severe, a corresponding change

shall take place in their spirit for ever and

ever; 10 for before the Lord of Spirits

none shall utter an idle word. For the

judgement shall come upon them, 11

because they believe in the lust of their

body and deny the Spirit of the Lord. And

those same waters will undergo a change

in those days; for when those angels are

punished in these waters, these

water-springs shall change their

temperature, and when the angels ascend,

this water of the 12 springs shall change

and become cold. And I heard Michael

answering and saying: This judgement

wherewith the angels are judged is a

testimony for the kings and the mighty

who possess the 13 earth. Because these

waters of judgement minister to the

healing of the body of the kings and the

lust of their body; therefore they will not

see and will not believe that those waters

will change and become a fire which burns

for ever.

 

Chapter 68

 

1 And after that my grandfather Enoch

gave me the teaching of all the secrets in

the book in the Parables which had been

given to him, and he put them together for

me in the words of the book 2 of the

Parables. And on that day Michael

answered Raphael and said: The power of

the spirit transports and makes me to

tremble because of the severity of the

judgement of the secrets, the judgement of

the angels: who can endure the severe

judgement which has been executed, and

before 3 which they melt away ? And

Michael answered again, and said to

Raphael: Who is he whose heart is not

softened concerning it, and whose reins

are not troubled by this word of

judgement 4 (that) has gone forth upon

them because of those who have thus led

them out ? And it came to pass when he

stood before the Lord of Spirits, Michael

said thus to Raphael: I will not take their

part under the eye of the Lord; for the

Lord of Spirits has been angry with them

because they do 5 as if they were the

Lord. Therefore all that is hidden shall

come upon them for ever and ever; for

neither angel nor man shall have his

portion (in it), but alone they have

received their judgement for ever and

ever.

 

Chapter 69

 

1 And after this judgement they shall

terrify and make them to tremble because

they have shown this to those who dwell

on the earth. 2 And behold the names of

those angels [and these are their names:

the first of them is Samjaza, the second

Artaqifa, and the third Armen, the fourth

Kokabel, the fifth Turael, the sixth Rumjal,

the seventh Danjal, the eighth Neqael, the

ninth Baraqel, the tenth Azazel, the

eleventh Armaros, the twelfth Batarjal, the

thirteenth Busasejal, the fourteenth

Hananel, the fifteenth Turel, and the

sixteenth Simapesiel, the seventeenth

Jetrel, the eighteenth Tumael, the

nineteenth Turel, 3 the twentieth Rumael,

the twenty-first Azazel. And these are the

chiefs of their angels and their names, and

their chief ones over hundreds and over

fifties and over tens. 4 The name of the

first Jeqon: that is, the one who led astray

[all] the sons of God, and brought them 5

down to the earth, and led them astray

through the daughters of men. And the

second was named Asbeel: he imparted

to the holy sons of God evil counsel, and

led them astray so that they defiled 6 their

bodies with the daughters of men. And the

third was named Gadreel: he it is who

showed the children of men all the blows

of death, and he led astray Eve, and

showed [the weapons of death to the sons

of men] the shield and the coat of mail,

and the sword for battle, and all the

weapons 7 of death to the children of

men. And from his hand they have

proceeded against those who dwell 8 on

the earth from that day and for evermore.

And the fourth was named Penemue: he

taught the 9 children of men the bitter and

the sweet, and he taught them all the

secrets of their wisdom. And he instructed

mankind in writing with ink and paper,

and thereby many sinned from eternity to

10 eternity and until this day. For men

were not created for such a purpose, to

give confirmation 11 to their good faith

with pen and ink. For men were created

exactly like the angels, to the intent that

they should continue pure and righteous,

and death, which destroys everything,

could not have taken hold of them, but

through this their knowledge they are

perishing, and through this power 12 it is

consuming me. And the fifth was named

Kasdeja: this is he who showed the

children of men all the wicked smitings of

spirits and demons, and the smitings of the

embryo in the womb, that it may pass

away, and [the smitings of the soul] the

bites of the serpent, and the smitings 13

which befall through the noontide heat, the

son of the serpent named Tabaet. And

this is the task of Kasbeel, the chief of the

oath which he showed to the holy ones

when he dwelt high 4 above in glory, and

its name is Biqa. This (angel) requested

Michael to show him the hidden name,

that he might enunciate it in the oath, so

that those might quake before that name

and oath who revealed all that was in

secret to the children of men. And this is

the power of this oath, for it is powerful

and strong, and he placed this oath Akae

in the hand of Michael.

 

16 And these are the secrets of this oath .

. .

And they are strong through his oath:

And the heaven was suspended before

the world was created,

And for ever.

 

17 And through it the earth was founded

upon the water,

And from the secret recesses of the

mountains come beautiful waters,

From the creation of the world and unto

eternity.

 

18 And through that oath the sea was

created,

And as its foundation He set for it the

sand against the time of (its) anger,

And it dare not pass beyond it from the

creation of the world unto eternity.

 

9 And through that oath are the depths

made fast,

And abide and stir not from their place

from eternity to eternity.

 

20 And through that oath the sun and

moon complete their course,

And deviate not from their ordinance from

eternity to eternity.

 

21 And through that oath the stars

complete their course,

And He calls them by their names,

And they answer Him from eternity to

eternity.

 

22 [And in like manner the spirits of the

water, and of the winds, and of all

zephyrs, and (their) paths 23 from all the

quarters of the winds. And there are

preserved the voices of the thunder and

the light of the lightnings: and there are

preserved the chambers of the hail and the

chambers of the 24 hoarfrost, and the

chambers of the mist, and the chambers of

the rain and the dew. And all these believe

and give thanks before the Lord of Spirits,

and glorify (Him) with all their power, and

their food is in every act of thanksgiving:

they thank and glorify and extol the name

of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.]

 

25 And this oath is mighty over them

And through it [they are preserved and]

their paths are preserved,

And their course is not destroyed.

 

26 And there was great joy amongst

them,

And they blessed and glorified and

extolled

Because the name of that Son of Man had

been revealed unto them.

 

27 And he sat on the throne of his glory,

And the sum of judgement was given unto

the Son of Man,

And he caused the sinners to pass away

and be destroyed from off the face of the

earth,

And those who have led the world astray.

 

28 With chains shall they be bound,

And in their assemblage-place of

destruction shall they be imprisoned,

And all their works vanish from the face

of the earth.

 

29 And from henceforth there shall be

nothing corruptible;

For that Son of Man has appeared,

And has seated himself on the throne of

his glory,

And all evil shall pass away before his

face,

And the word of that Son of Man shall go

forth

 

And be strong before the Lord of Spirits.

 

 

Chapter 70

 

1 And it came to pass after this that his

name during his lifetime was raised aloft to

that Son of 2 Man and to the Lord of

Spirits from amongst those who dwell on

the earth. And he was raised aloft 3 on

the chariots of the spirit and his name

vanished among them. And from that day

I was no longer numbered amongst them:

and he set me between the two winds,

between the North and the 4 West, where

the angels took the cords to measure for

me the place for the elect and righteous.

And there I saw the first fathers and the

righteous who from the beginning dwell in

that place.

 

 

Chapter 71

 

1 And it came to pass after this that my

spirit was translated

And it ascended into the heavens:

And I saw the holy sons of God.

They were stepping on flames of fire:

Their garments were white [and their

raiment] ,

And their faces shone like snow.

 

2 And I saw two streams of fire,

And the light of that fire shone like

hyacinth,

And I fell on my face before the Lord of

Spirits.

 

3 And the angel Michael[one of the

archangels] seized me by my right hand,

And lifted me up and led me forth into all

the secrets,

And he showed me all the secrets of

righteousness.

 

4 And he showed me all the secrets of the

ends of the heaven,

And all the chambers of all the stars, and

all the luminaries,

Whence they proceed before the face of

the holy ones.

 

5 And he translated my spirit into the

heaven of heavens,

And I saw there as it were a structure

built of crystals,

And between those crystals tongues of

living fire.

 

6 And my spirit saw the girdle which girt

that house of fire,

And on its four sides were streams full of

living fire,

And they girt that house.

 

7 And round about were Seraphin,

Cherubic, and Ophannin:

And these are they who sleep not

And guard the throne of His glory.

 

8 And I saw angels who could not be

counted,

A thousand thousands, and ten thousand

times ten thousand,

Encircling that house.

 

And Michael, and Raphael, and Gabriel,

and Phanuel,

And the holy angels who are above the

heavens,

Go in and out of that house.

 

9 And they came forth from that house,

And Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and

Phanuel,

And many holy angels without number.

 

10 And with them the Head of Days,

His head white and pure as wool,

And His raiment indescribable.

 

11 And I fell on my face,

And my whole body became relaxed,

And my spirit was transfigured;

 

And I cried with a loud voice, . . .

with the spirit of power,

And blessed and glorified and extolled.

 

12 And these blessings which went forth

out of my mouth were well pleasing

before that Head of Days. And that Head

of Days came with Michael and Gabriel,

Raphael and Phanuel, thousands and ten

thousands of angels without number.

 

[Lost passage wherein the Son of Man

was described as accompanying the Head

of Days, and Enoch asked one of the

angels (as in xlvi. 3) concerning the Son of

Man as to who he was.]

 

14 And he (i.e. the angel) came to me and

greeted me with His voice, and said unto

me

This is the Son of Man who is born unto

righteousness,

And righteousness abides over him,

And the righteousness of the Head of

Days forsakes him not.

15 And he said unto me:

He proclaims unto thee peace in the name

of the world to come;

For from hence has proceeded peace

since the creation of the world,

And so shall it be unto thee for ever and

for ever and ever.

 

16 And all shall walk in his ways since

righteousness never forsaketh him:

With him will be their dwelling-places, and

with him their heritage,

And they shall not be separated from him

for ever and ever and ever.

 

And so there shall be length of days with

that Son of Man,

And the righteous shall have peace and an

upright way

In the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever

and ever.

 

 

Chapter 72

 

1 The book of the courses of the

luminaries of the heaven, the relations of

each, according to their classes, their

dominion and their seasons, according to

their names and places of origin, and

according to their months, which Uriel, the

holy angel, who was with me, who is their

guide, showed me; and he showed me all

their laws exactly as they are, and how it

is with regard to all the years of the world

2 and unto eternity, till the new creation is

accomplished which dureth till eternity.

And this is the first law of the luminaries:

the luminary the Sun has its rising in the

eastern portals of the heaven, 3 and its

setting in the western portals of the

heaven. And I saw six portals in which the

sun rises, and six portals in which the sun

sets and the moon rises and sets in these

portals, and the leaders of the stars and

those whom they lead: six in the east and

six in the west, and all following each

other 4 in accurately corresponding order:

also many windows to the right and left of

these portals. And first there goes forth

the great luminary, named the Sun, and his

circumference is like the 5 circumference

of the heaven, and he is quite filled with

illuminating and heating fire. The chariot

on which he ascends, the wind drives, and

the sun goes down from the heaven and

returns through the north in order to reach

the east, and is so guided that he comes to

the appropriate (lit. that ) portal and 6

shines in the face of the heaven. In this

way he rises in the first month in the great

portal, which 7 is the fourth [those six

portals in the cast]. And in that fourth

portal from which the sun rises in the first

month are twelve window-openings, from

which proceed a flame when they are

opened in 8 their season. When the sun

rises in the heaven, he comes forth

through that fourth portal thirty, 9

mornings in succession, and sets

accurately in the fourth portal in the west

of the heaven. And during this period the

day becomes daily longer and the night

nightly shorter to the thirtieth 10 morning.

On that day the day is longer than the

night by a ninth part, and the day amounts

exactly to ten parts and the night to eight

parts. And the sun rises from that fourth

portal, and sets in the fourth and returns to

the fifth portal of the east thirty mornings,

and rises from it and sets in the fifth 12

portal. And then the day becomes longer

by two parts and amounts to eleven parts,

and the night 13 becomes shorter and

amounts to seven parts. And it returns to

the east and enters into the sixth 14 portal,

and rises and sets in the sixth portal

one-and-thirty mornings on account of its

sign. On that day the day becomes longer

than the night, and the day becomes

double the night, and the day 15 becomes

twelve parts, and the night is shortened

and becomes six parts. And the sun

mounts up to make the day shorter and

the night longer, and the sun returns to the

east and enters into the 16 sixth portal,

and rises from it and sets thirty mornings.

And when thirty mornings are

accomplished, 17 the day decreases by

exactly one part, and becomes eleven

parts, and the night seven. And the sun

goes forth from that sixth portal in the

west, and goes to the east and rises in the

fifth portal for 18 thirty mornings, and sets

in the west again in the fifth western

portal. On that day the day decreases by

two parts, and amounts to ten parts and

the night to eight parts. And the sun goes

forth from that fifth portal and sets in the

fifth portal of the west, and rises in the

fourth portal for one- 20 and-thirty

mornings on account of its sign, and sets

in the west. On that day the day is

equalized with the night, [and becomes of

equal length] , and the night amounts to

nine parts and the day to 21 nine parts.

And the sun rises from that portal and sets

in the west, and returns to the east and

rises 22 thirty mornings in the third portal

and sets in the west in the third portal.

And on that day the night becomes longer

than the day, and night becomes longer

than night, and day shorter than day till the

thirtieth morning, and the night amounts

exactly to ten parts and the day to eight

23 parts. And the sun rises from that third

portal and sets in the third portal in the

west and returns to the east, and for thirty

mornings rises 24 in the second portal in

the east, and in like manner sets in the

second portal in the west of the heaven.

And on that day the night amounts to

eleven 25 parts and the day to seven

parts. And the sun rises on that day from

that second portal and sets in the west in

the second portal, and returns to the east

into the first portal for one-and-thirty 26

mornings, and sets in the first portal in the

west of the heaven. And on that day the

night becomes longer and amounts to the

double of the day: and the night amounts

exactly to twelve parts and 27 the day to

six. And the sun has (therewith) traversed

the divisions of his orbit and turns again on

those divisions of his orbit, and enters that

portal thirty mornings and sets also in the

west 28 opposite to it. And on that night

has the night decreased in length by a

ninth part, and the night 29 has become

eleven parts and the day seven parts. And

the sun has returned and entered into the

second portal in the east, and returns on

those his divisions of his orbit for thirty

mornings, rising 30 and setting. And on

that day the night decreases in length, and

the night amounts to ten parts 31 and the

day to eight. And on that day the sun rises

from that portal, and sets in the west, and

returns to the east, and rises in the third

portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and

sets in the west of the heaven. 32 On that

day the night decreases and amounts to

nine parts, and the day to nine parts, and

the night 33 is equal to the day and the

year is exactly as to its days three hundred

and sixty-four. And the length of the day

and of the night, and the shortness of the

day and of the night arise-through the

course 34 of the sun these distinctions are

made (lit. they are separated ). So it

comes that its course becomes 35 daily

longer, and its course nightly shorter. And

this is the law and the course of the sun,

and his return as often as he returns sixty

times and rises, i.e. the great luminary

which is named the sun, for ever and ever.

And that which (thus) rises is the great

luminary, and is so named according to 37

its appearance, according as the Lord

commanded. As he rises, so he sets and

decreases not, and rests not, but runs day

and night, and his light is sevenfold

brighter than that of the moon; but as

regards size they are both equal.

 

 

Chapter 73

 

1 And after this law I saw another law

dealing with the smaller luminary, which is

named the Moon. And her circumference

is like the circumference of the heaven,

and her chariot in which she rides is driven

by the wind, and light is given to her in

(definite) measure. And her rising and

setting change every month: and her days

are like the days of the sun, and when her

light is uniform (i.e. full) it amounts to the

seventh part of the light of the sun. And

thus she rises. And her first phase in the

east comes forth on the thirtieth morning:

and on that day she becomes visible, and

constitutes for you the first phase of the

moon on the thirtieth day together with the

sun in the portal where the sun rises. And

the one half of her goes forth by a seventh

part, and her whole circumference is

empty, without light, with the exception of

one-seventh part of it, (and) the 6

fourteenth part of her light. And when she

receives one-seventh part of the half of

her light, her light 7 amounts to

one-seventh part and the half thereof. And

she sets with the sun, and when the sun

rises the moon rises with him and receives

the half of one part of light, and in that

night in the beginning of her morningin the

commencement of the lunar day

 

the moon sets with the sun, and 8 is

invisible that night with the fourteen parts

and the half of one of them. And she rises

on that day with exactly a seventh part,

and comes forth and recedes from the

rising of the sun, and in her remaining days

she becomes bright in the (remaining)

thirteen parts.

 

 

Chapter 74

 

1 And I saw another course, a law for

her, (and) how according to that law she

performs her monthly 2 revolution. And all

these Uriel, the holy angel who is the

leader of them all, showed to me, and

their positions, and I wrote down their

positions as he showed them to me, and I

wrote down their months 3 as they were,

and the appearance of their lights till

fifteen days were accomplished. In single

seventh parts she accomplishes all her

light in the east, and in single seventh parts

accomplishes all her 4 darkness in the

west. And in certain months she alters her

settings, and in certain months she pursues

5 her own peculiar course. In two months

the moon sets with the sun: in those two

middle portals the 6 third and the fourth.

She goes forth for seven days, and turns

about and returns again through the portal

where the sun rises, and accomplishes all

her light: and she recedes from the sun,

and in eight 7 days enters the sixth portal

from which the sun goes forth. And when

the sun goes forth from the fourth portal

she goes forth seven days, until she goes

forth from the fifth and turns back again in

seven days into the fourth portal and

accomplishes all her light: and she recedes

and enters into the 8 first portal in eight

days. And she returns again in seven days

into the fourth portal from which the 9, 10

sun goes forth. Thus I saw their position

-how the moons rose and the sun set in

those days. And if five years are added

together the sun has an overplus of thirty

days, and all the days which accrue 11 to

it for one of those five years, when they

are full, amount to 364 days. And the

overplus of the sun and of the stars

amounts to six days: in 5 years 6 days

every year come to 30 days: and the 12

moon falls behind the sun and stars to the

number of 30 days. And the sun and the

stars bring in all the years exactly, so that

they do not advance or delay their

position by a single day unto eternity; but

complete the years with perfect justice in

364 days. In 3 years there are 1,092

days, and in 5 years 1,820 days, so that in

8 years there are 2,912 days. For the

moon alone the days amount in 3 years to

1,062 days, and in 5 years she falls 50

days behind:i.e. to the sum (of 1,770)

there is 5 to be added (1,000 and) 62

days.

 

And in 5 years there are 1,770 days, so

that for the moon the days 6 in 8 years

amount to 21,832 days.For in 8 years she

falls behind to the amount of 80 days

 

, all the 17 days she falls behind in 8 years

are 80. And the year is accurately

completed in conformity with their

world-stations and the stations of the sun,

which rise from the portals through which

it (the sun) rises and sets 30 days.

 

 

Chapter 75

 

1 And the leaders of the heads of the

thousands, who are placed over the whole

creation and over all the stars, have also

to do with the four intercalary days, being

inseparable from their office, according to

the reckoning of the year, and these

render service on the four days which are

not 2 reckoned in the reckoning of the

year. And owing to them men go wrong

therein, for those luminaries truly render

service on the world-stations, one in the

first portal, one in the third portal of the

heaven, one in the fourth portal, and one

in the sixth portal, and the exactness of the

year is 3 accomplished through its

separate three hundred and sixty-four

stations. For the signs and the times and

the years and the days the angel Uriel

showed to me, whom the Lord of glory

hath set for ever over all the luminaries of

the heaven, in the heaven and in the

world, that they should rule on the face of

the heaven and be seen on the earth, and

be leaders for the day and the night, i.e.

the sun, moon, and stars, and all the

ministering creatures which make their

revolution in all the chariots 4 of the

heaven. In like manner twelve doors Uriel

showed me, open in the circumference of

the suns chariot in the heaven, through

which the rays of the sun break forth: and

from them is warmth 5 diffused over the

earth, when they are opened at their

appointed seasons.And for the winds and

6 the spirit of the dew when they are

opened, standing open in the heavens at

the ends.

 

As for the twelve portals in the heaven, at

the ends of the earth, out of which go

forth the sun, moon, and stars, 7 and all

the works of heaven in the east and in the

west, There are many windows open to

the left and right of them, and one window

at its (appointed) season produces

warmth, corresponding (as these do) to

those doors from which the stars come

forth according as He has commanded

them, 8 and wherein they set

corresponding to their number. And I saw

chariots in the heaven, running 9 in the

world, above those portals in which

revolve the stars that never set. And one

is larger than all the rest, and it is that that

makes its course through the entire world.

 

 

Chapter 76

 

1 And at the ends of the earth I saw twelve

portals open to all the quarters (of the

heaven), from 2 which the winds go forth

and blow over the earth. Three of them are

open on the face (i.e. the east) of the

heavens, and three in the west, and three on

the right (i.e. the south) of the heaven, and 3

three on the left (i.e. the north). And the

three first are those of the east, and three

are of the 4 north, and threeafter those on

the left

of the south, and three of the west. Through

four of these come winds of blessing and

prosperity, and from those eight come

hurtful winds: when they are sent, they bring

destruction on all the earth and on the water

upon it, and on all who dwell thereon, and

on everything which is in the water and on

the land. 5 And the first wind from those

portals, called the east wind, comes forth

through the first portal which is in the east,

inclining towards the south: from it come

forth desolation, drought, heat, 6 and

destruction. And through the second portal

in the middle comes what is fitting, and from

it there come rain and fruitfulness and

prosperity and dew; and through the third

portal which lies toward the north come

cold and drought. 7 And after these come

forth the south winds through three portals:

through the first portal of 8 them inclining to

the east comes forth a hot wind. And

through the middle portal next to it there 9

come forth fragrant smells, and dew and

rain, and prosperity and health. And through

the third portal lying to the west come forth

dew and rain, locusts and desolation. 10

And after these the north winds: from the

seventh portal in the east come dew and

rain, locusts and desolation. And from the

middle portal come in a direct direction

health and rain and dew and prosperity; and

through the third portal in the west come

cloud and hoar-frost, and snow and rain,

and dew and locusts. 12 And after

these four

are the west winds: through the first portal

adjoining the north come forth dew and

hoar-frost, and cold and snow and frost.

And from the middle portal come forth dew

and rain, and prosperity and blessing; and

through the last portal which adjoins the

south come forth drought and desolation,

and burning and destruction. And the twelve

portals of the four quarters of the heaven

are therewith completed, and all their laws

and all their plagues and all their

benefactions have I shown to thee, my son

Methuselah.

 

 

Chapter 77

 

1 And the first quarter is called the east,

because it is the first: and the second, the

south, because the Most High will

descend there, yea, there in quite a special

sense will He who is blessed for ever 2

descend. And the west quarter is named

the diminished, because there all the

luminaries of the 3 heaven wane and go

down. And the fourth quarter, named the

north, is divided into three parts: the first

of them is for the dwelling of men: and the

second contains seas of water, and the

abysses and forests and rivers, and

darkness and clouds; and the third part

contains the garden of righteousness. 4 I

saw seven high mountains, higher than all

the mountains which are on the earth: and

thence 5 comes forth hoar-frost, and

days, seasons, and years pass away. I

saw seven rivers on the earth larger than

all the rivers: one of them coming from the

west pours its waters into the Great Sea.

6 And these two come from the north to

the sea and pour their waters into the

Erythraean Sea in the 7 east. And the

remaining, four come forth on the side of

the north to their own sea, two of them to

the Erythraean Sea, and two into the

Great Sea and discharge themselves

thereand 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: 7the 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 daysher light is

accomplished in the heaven, 12 and when

she is illumined throughout, her light is

accomplished full in the heaven. And on

the first 13 day she is called the new

moon, for on that day the light rises upon

her. She becomes full moon exactly on the

day when the sun sets in the west, and

from the east she rises at night, and the

moon shines the whole night through till

the sun rises over against her and the

moon is seen over against the sun. On the

side whence the light of the moon comes

forth, there again she wanes till all the light

vanishes and all the days of the month are

at an end, and her circumference is empty,

void of 5 light. And three months she

makes of thirty days, and at her time she

makes three months of twenty- nine days

each, in which she accomplishes her

waning in the first period of time, and in

the first 6 portal for one hundred and

seventy-seven days. And in the time of

her going out she appears for three

months (of) thirty days each, and for three

months she appears (of) twenty-nine

each. At night she appears like a man for

twenty days each time, and by day she

appears like the heaven, and there is

nothing else in her save her light.

 

 

Chapter 79

 

1 And now, my son, I have shown thee

everything, and the law of all the stars of

the heaven is 2 completed. And he

showed me all the laws of these for every

day, and for every season of bearing rule,

and for every year, and for its going forth,

and for the order prescribed to it every

month 3 and every week: And the waning

of the moon which takes place in the sixth

portal: for in this 4 sixth portal her light is

accomplished, and after that there is the

beginning of the waning: (And the waning)

which takes place in the first portal in its

season, till one hundred and

seventy-seven 5 days are accomplished:

reckoned according to weeks, twenty-five

(weeks) and two days. She falls behind

the sun and the order of the stars exactly

five days in the course of one period, and

when 6 this place which thou seest has

been traversed. Such is the picture and

sketch of every luminary which Uriel the

archangel, who is their leader, showed

unto me.

 

 

Chapter 80

 

1 And in those days the angel Uriel

answered and said to me: Behold, I have

shown thee everything, Enoch, and I have

revealed everything to thee that thou

shouldst see this sun and this moon, and

the leaders of the stars of the heaven and

all those who turn them, their tasks and

times and departures.

 

2 And in the days of the sinners the years

shall be shortened,

And their seed shall be tardy on their

lands and fields,

And all things on the earth shall alter,

And shall not appear in their time:

And the rain shall be kept back

And the heaven shall withhold (it).

3 And in those times the fruits of the earth

shall be backward,

And shall not grow in their time,

And the fruits of the trees shall be

withheld in their time.

4 And the moon shall alter her order,

And not appear at her time.

5And in those days the sun shall be seen

and he shall journey in the evening on the

extremity of the great chariot in the west

 

 

And shall shine more brightly than accords

with the order of light.

6 And many chiefs of the stars shall

transgress the order (prescribed).

And these shall alter their orbits and tasks,

And not appear at the seasons prescribed

to them.

7 And the whole order of the stars shall

be concealed from the sinners,

And the thoughts of those on the earth

shall err concerning them,

And they shall be altered from all their

ways,

Yea, they shall err and take them to be

gods.

8 And evil shall be multiplied upon them,

And punishment shall come upon them So

as to destroy all.

 

 

Chapter 81

 

1 And he said unto me:

Observe, Enoch, these heavenly tablets,

And read what is written thereon,

And mark every individual fact.

 

2 And I observed the heavenly tablets,

and read everything which was written

(thereon) and understood everything, and

read the book of all the deeds of

mankind, and of all the children of flesh 3

that shall be upon the earth to the

remotest generations. And forthwith I

blessed the great Lord the King of glory

for ever, in that He has made all the

works of the world,

 

And I extolled the Lord because of His

patience,

And blessed Him because of the children

of men.

 

4 And after that I said:

Blessed is the man who dies in

righteousness and goodness,

Concerning whom there is no book of

unrighteousness written,

And against whom no day of judgement

shall be found.

 

5 And those seven holy ones brought me

and placed me on the earth before the

door of my house, and said to me:

Declare everything to thy son Methuselah,

and show to all thy children that no 6 flesh

is righteous in the sight of the Lord, for He

is their Creator. One year we will leave

thee with thy son, till thou givest thy (last)

commands, that thou mayest teach thy

children and record (it) for them, and

testify to all thy children; and in the second

year they shall take thee from their midst.

 

7 Let thy heart be strong,

For the good shall announce righteousness

to the good;

 

The righteous with the righteous shall

rejoice,

And shall offer congratulation to one

another.

 

8 But the sinners shall die with the sinners,

And the apostate go down with the

apostate.

 

9 And those who practice righteousness

shall die on account of the deeds of men,

And be taken away on account of the

doings of the godless.

 

10 And in those days they ceased to

speak to me, and I came to my people,

blessing the Lord of the world.

 

 

Chapter 82

 

1 And now, my son Methuselah, all these

things I am recounting to thee and writing

down for thee! and I have revealed to

thee everything, and given thee books

concerning all these: so preserve, my son

Methuselah, the books from thy fathers

hand, and (see) that thou deliver them to

the generations of the world.

 

2 I have given Wisdom to thee and to thy

children,

And thy children that shall be to thee,

That they may give it to their children for

generations,

This wisdom (namely) that passeth their

thought.

 

3 And those who understand it shall not

sleep,

But shall listen with the ear that they may

learn this wisdom,

And it shall please those that eat thereof

better than good food.

 

4 Blessed are all the righteous, blessed

are all those who walk In the way of

righteousness and sin not as the sinners, in

the reckoning of all their days in which the

sun traverses the heaven, entering into and

departing from the portals for thirty days

with the heads of thousands of the order

of the stars, together with the four which

are intercalated which divide the four

portions of the year, which 5 lead them

and enter with them four days. Owing to

them men shall be at fault and not reckon

them in the whole reckoning of the year:

yea, men shall be at fault, and not

recognize them 6 accurately. For they

belong to the reckoning of the year and

are truly recorded (thereon) for ever, one

in the first portal and one in the third, and

one in the fourth and one in the sixth, and

the year is completed in three hundred

and sixty-four days. 7 And the account

thereof is accurate and the recorded

reckoning thereof exact; for the

luminaries, and months and festivals, and

years and days, has Uriel shown and

revealed to me, to whom the 8 Lord of

the whole creation of the world hath

subjected the host of heaven. And he has

power over night and day in the heaven to

cause the light to give light to men -sun,

moon, and stars, 9 and all the powers of

the heaven which revolve in their circular

chariots. And these are the orders of the

stars, which set in their places, and in their

seasons and festivals and months. 10 And

these are the names of those who lead

them, who watch that they enter at their

times, in their orders, in their seasons, in

their months, in their periods of dominion,

and in their positions. Their four leaders

who divide the four parts of the year enter

first; and after them the twelve leaders of

the orders who divide the months; and for

the three hundred and sixty (days) there

are heads over thousands who divide the

days; and for the four intercalary days

there are the leaders which sunder 12 the

four parts of the year. And these heads

over thousands are intercalated between

13 leader and leader, each behind a

station, but their leaders make the

division. And these are the names of the

leaders who divide the four parts of the

year which are ordained: Milkiel,

Helemmelek, and Melejal, 14 and Narel.

And the names of those who lead them:

Adnarel, and Ijasusael, and Elomeel-

these three follow the leaders of the

orders, and there is one that follows the

three leaders of the orders which follow

those leaders of stations that divide the

four parts of the year. In the beginning of

the year Melkejal rises first and rules, who

is named Tamaini and sun, and 16 all the

days of his dominion whilst he bears rule

are ninety-one days. And these are the

signs of the days which are to be seen on

earth in the days of his dominion: sweat,

and heat, and calms; and all the trees bear

fruit, and leaves are produced on all the

trees, and the harvest of wheat, and the

rose-flowers, and all the flowers which

come forth in the field, but the trees of the

winter season become withered. And

these are the names of the leaders which

are under them: Berkael, Zelebsel, and

another who is added a head of a

thousand, called Hilujaseph: and the days

of the dominion of this (leader) are at an

end. 18 The next leader after him is

Helemmelek, whom one names the shining

sun, and all the days 19 of his light are

ninety-one days. And these are the signs

of (his) days on the earth: glowing heat

and dryness, and the trees ripen their fruits

and produce all their fruits ripe and ready,

and the sheep pair and become pregnant,

and all the fruits of the earth are gathered

in, and everything that is 20 in the fields,

and the winepress: these things take place

in the days of his dominion. These are the

names, and the orders, and the leaders of

those heads of thousands: Gidaljal, Keel,

and Heel, and the name of the head of a

thousand which is added to them, Asfael:

and the days of his dominion are at an end.

 

 

Chapter 83

 

1 And now, my son Methuselah, I will

show thee all my visions which I have

seen, recounting 2 them before thee. Two

visions I saw before I took a wife, and the

one was quite unlike the other: the first

when I was learning to write: the second

before I took thy mother, (when) I saw a

terrible 3 vision. And regarding them I

prayed to the Lord. I had laid me down in

the house of my grandfather Mahalalel,

(when) I saw in a vision how the heaven

collapsed and was borne off and fell to 4

the earth. And when it fell to the earth I

saw how the earth was swallowed up in a

great abyss, and mountains were

suspended on mountains, and hills sank

down on hills, and high trees were rent 5

from their stems, and hurled down and

sunk in the abyss. And thereupon a word

fell into my mouth, 6 and I lifted up (my

voice) to cry aloud, and said: The earth is

destroyed. And my grandfather Mahalalel

waked me as I lay near him, and said unto

me: Why dost thou cry so, my son, and

why 7 dost thou make such lamentation?

And I recounted to him the whole vision

which I had seen, and he said unto me: A

terrible thing hast thou seen, my son, and

of grave moment is thy dream- vision as

to the secrets of all the sin of the earth: it

must sink into the abyss and be destroyed

with 8 a great destruction. And now, my

son, arise and make petition to the Lord

of glory, since thou art a believer, that a

remnant may remain on the earth, and that

He may not destroy the whole 9 earth.

My son, from heaven all this will come

upon the earth, and upon the earth there

will be great 10 destruction. After that I

arose and prayed and implored and

besought, and wrote down my prayer for

the generations of the world, and I will

show everything to thee, my son

Methuselah. And when I had gone forth

below and seen the heaven, and the sun

rising in the east, and the moon setting in

the west, and a few stars, and the whole

earth, and everything as He had known it

in the beginning, then I blessed the Lord

of judgement and extolled Him because

He had made the sun to go forth from the

windows of the east, and he ascended

and rose on the face of the heaven, and

set out and kept traversing the path shown

unto him.

 

Chapter 84

 

1 And I lifted up my hands in

righteousness and blessed the Holy and

Great One, and spake with the breath of

my mouth, and with the tongue of flesh,

which God has made for the children of

the flesh of men, that they should speak

therewith, and He gave them breath and a

tongue and a mouth that they should

speak therewith:

 

2 Blessed be Thou, O Lord, King,

Great and mighty in Thy greatness,

Lord of the whole creation of the heaven,

King of kings and God of the whole

world.

 

And Thy power and kingship and

greatness abide for ever and ever,

And throughout all generations Thy

dominion;

And all the heavens are Thy throne for

ever,

And the whole earth Thy footstool for

ever and ever.

 

3 For Thou hast made and Thou rulest all

things,

And nothing is too hard for Thee,

Wisdom departs not from the place of

Thy throne,

Nor turns away from Thy presence.

And Thou knowest and seest and hearest

everything,

And there is nothing hidden from Theefor

Thou seest everything

 

.

4 And now the angels of Thy heavens are

guilty of trespass,

And upon the flesh of men abideth Thy

wrath until the great day of judgement.

5 And now, O God and Lord and Great

King,

I implore and beseech Thee to fulfil my

prayer,

To leave me a posterity on earth,

And not destroy all the flesh of man,

And make the earth without inhabitant,

So that there should be an eternal

destruction.

6 And now, my Lord, destroy from the

earth the flesh which has aroused Thy

wrath,

But the flesh of righteousness and

uprightness establish as a plant of the

eternal seed,

And hide not Thy face from the prayer of

Thy servant, O Lord.

 

 

Chapter 85

 

1,2 And after this I saw another dream,

and I will show the whole dream to thee,

my son. And Enoch lifted up (his voice)

and spake to his son Methuselah: To thee,

my son, will I speak: hear my

words-incline thine ear to the

dream-vision of thy father. Before I took

thy mother Edna, I saw in a vision on my

bed, and behold a bull came forth from

the earth, and that bull was white; and

after it came forth a heifer, and along with

this (latter) came forth two bulls, one of

them black and 4 the other red. And that

black bull gored the red one and pursued

him over the earth, and thereupon 5 I

could no longer see that red bull. But that

black bull grew and that heifer went with

him, and 6 I saw that many oxen

proceeded from him which resembled and

followed him. And that cow, that first one,

went from the presence of that first bull in

order to seek that red one, but found him

7 not, and lamented with a great

lamentation over him and sought him. And

I looked till that first 8 bull came to her

and quieted her, and from that time

onward she cried no more. And after that

she bore another white bull, and after him

she bore many bulls and black cows. 9

And I saw in my sleep that white bull

likewise grow and become a great white

bull, and from Him proceeded many white

bulls, and they resembled him. And they

began to beget many white bulls, which

resembled them, one following the other,

(even) many.

 

Chapter 86

 

1 And again I saw with mine eyes as I

slept, and I saw the heaven above, and

behold a star fell 2 from heaven, and it

arose and eat and pastured amongst those

oxen. And after that I saw the large and

the black oxen, and behold they all

changed their stalls and pastures and their

cattle, and began 3 to live with each other.

And again I saw in the vision, and looked

towards the heaven, and behold I saw

many stars descend and cast themselves

down from heaven to that first star, and

they became 4 bulls amongst those cattle

and pastured with themamongst them

 

. And I looked at them and saw, and

behold they all let out their privy

members, like horses, and began to cover

the cows of the oxen, 5 and they all

became pregnant and bare elephants,

camels, and asses. And all the oxen

feared them and were affrighted at them,

and began to bite with their teeth and to

devour, and to gore with their 6 horns.

And they began, moreover, to devour

those oxen; and behold all the children of

the earth began to tremble and quake

before them and to flee from them.

 

 

Chapter 87

 

1 And again I saw how they began to

gore each other and to devour each other,

and the earth 2 began to cry aloud. And I

raised mine eyes again to heaven, and I

saw in the vision, and behold there came

forth from heaven beings who were like

white men: and four went forth from that

place 3 and three with them. And those

three that had last come forth grasped me

by my hand and took me up, away from

the generations of the earth, and raised me

up to a lofty place, and showed me 4 a

tower raised high above the earth, and all

the hills were lower. And one said unto

me: Remain here till thou seest everything

that befalls those elephants, camels, and

asses, and the stars and the oxen, and all

of them.

 

 

Chapter 88

 

1 And I saw one of those four who had

come forth first, and he seized that first

star which had fallen from the heaven, and

bound it hand and foot and cast it into an

abyss: now that abyss was 2 narrow and

deep, and horrible and dark. And one of

them drew a sword, and gave it to those

elephants and camels and asses: then they

began to smite each other, and the whole

earth quaked 3 because of them. And as I

was beholding in the vision, lo, one of

those four who had come forth stoned

(them) from heaven, and gathered and

took all the great stars whose privy

members were like those of horses, and

bound them all hand and foot, and cast

them in an abyss of the earth.

 

 

 

Chapter 89

 

1 And one of those four went to that

white bull and instructed him in a secret,

without his being terrified: he was born a

bull and became a man, and built for

himself a great vessel and dwelt thereon; 2

and three bulls dwelt with him in that

vessel and they were covered in. And

again I raised mine eyes towards heaven

and saw a lofty roof, with seven water

torrents thereon, and those torrents 3

flowed with much water into an enclosure.

And I saw again, and behold fountains

were opened on the surface of that great

enclosure, and that water began to swell

and rise upon the surface, 4 and I saw

that enclosure till all its surface was

covered with water. And the water, the

darkness, and mist increased upon it; and

as I looked at the height of that water, that

water had risen above the height of that

enclosure, and was streaming over that

enclosure, and it stood upon the earth. 5

And all the cattle of that enclosure were

gathered together until I saw how they

sank and were 6 swallowed up and

perished in that water. But that vessel

floated on the water, while all the oxen

and elephants and camels and asses sank

to the bottom with all the animals, so that I

could no longer see them, and they were

not able to escape, (but) perished and

sank into the depths. And again I saw in

the vision till those water torrents were

removed from that high roof, and the

chasms 8 of the earth were leveled up and

other abysses were opened. Then the

water began to run down into these, till

the earth became visible; but that vessel

settled on the earth, and the darkness 9

retired and light appeared. But that white

bull which had become a man came out of

that vessel, and the three bulls with him,

and one of those three was white like that

bull, and one of them was red as blood,

and one black: and that white bull

departed from them. 10 And they began

to bring forth beasts of the field and birds,

so that there arose different genera: lions,

tigers, wolves, dogs, hyenas, wild boars,

foxes, squirrels, swine, falcons, vultures,

kites, eagles, and ravens; and among them

was born a white bull. And they began to

bite one another; but that white bull which

was born amongst them begat a wild ass

and a white bull with it, and the 12 wild

asses multiplied. But that bull which was

born from him begat a black wild boar

and a white 13 sheep; and the former

begat many boars, but that sheep begat

twelve sheep. And when those twelve

sheep had grown, they gave up one of

them to the asses, and those asses again

gave up that sheep to the wolves, and that

sheep grew up among the wolves. And

the Lord brought the eleven sheep to live

with it and to pasture with it among the

wolves: and they multiplied and became

many flocks of sheep. And the wolves

began to fear them, and they oppressed

them until they destroyed their little ones,

and they cast their young into a river of

much water: but those sheep began to 16

cry aloud on account of their little ones,

and to complain unto their Lord. And a

sheep which had been saved from the

wolves fled and escaped to the wild

asses; and I saw the sheep how they

lamented and cried, and besought their

Lord with all their might, till that Lord of

the sheep descended at the voice of the

sheep from a lofty abode, and came to

them and pastured them. And He called

that sheep which had escaped the wolves,

and spake with it concerning the wolves

that it should 18 admonish them not to

touch the sheep. And the sheep went to

the wolves according to the word of the

Lord, and another sheep met it and went

with it, and the two went and entered

together into the assembly of those

wolves, and spake with them and

admonished them not to touch the 19

sheep from henceforth. And thereupon I

saw the wolves, and how they oppressed

the sheep 20 exceedingly with all their

power; and the sheep cried aloud. And

the Lord came to the sheep and they

began to smite those wolves: and the

wolves began to make lamentation; but

the sheep became 21 quiet and forthwith

ceased to cry out. And I saw the sheep till

they departed from amongst the wolves;

but the eyes of the wolves were blinded,

and those wolves departed in pursuit of

the sheep 22 with all their power. And the

Lord of the sheep went with them, as their

leader, and all His sheep 23 followed

Him: and his face was dazzling and

glorious and terrible to behold. But the

wolves 24 began to pursue those sheep till

they reached a sea of water. And that sea

was divided, and the water stood on this

side and on that before their face, and

their Lord led them and placed Himself

between 25 them and the wolves. And as

those wolves did not yet see the sheep,

they proceeded into the midst of that sea,

and the wolves followed the sheep,

and those wolves

ran after them into that sea. 26 And when

they saw the Lord of the sheep, they

turned to flee before His face, but that sea

gathered itself together, and became as it

had been created, and the water swelled

and rose till it covered 27 those wolves.

And I saw till all the wolves who pursued

those sheep perished and were drowned.

28 But the sheep escaped from that water

and went forth into a wilderness, where

there was no water and no grass; and they

began to open their eyes and to see; and I

saw the Lord of the sheep 29 pasturing

them and giving them water and grass,

and that sheep going and leading them.

And that 30 sheep ascended to the

summit of that lofty rock, and the Lord of

the sheep sent it to them. And after that I

saw the Lord of the sheep who stood

before them, and His appearance was

great and 31 terrible and majestic, and all

those sheep saw Him and were afraid

before His face. And they all feared and

trembled because of Him, and they cried

to that sheep with themwhich was

amongst 32 them

 

: We are not able to stand before our

Lord or to behold Him. And that sheep

which led them again ascended to the

summit of that rock, but the sheep began

to be blinded and to wander 33 from the

way which he had showed them, but that

sheep wot not thereof. And the Lord of

the sheep was wrathful exceedingly

against them, and that sheep discovered it,

and went down from the summit of the

rock, and came to the sheep, and found

the greatest part of them blinded and

fallen 34 away. And when they saw it they

feared and trembled at its presence, and

desired to return to their 35 folds. And

that sheep took other sheep with it, and

came to those sheep which had fallen

away, and began to slay them; and the

sheep feared its presence, and thus that

sheep brought back those 36 sheep that

had fallen away, and they returned to their

folds. And I saw in this vision till that

sheep became a man and built a house for

the Lord of the sheep, and placed all the

sheep in that house. 37 And I saw till this

sheep which had met that sheep which led

them fell asleep: and I saw till all the great

sheep perished and little ones arose in

their place, and they came to a pasture,

and 38 approached a stream of water.

Then that sheep, their leader which had

become a man, withdrew 39 from them

and fell asleep, and all the sheep sought it

and cried over it with a great crying. And

I saw till they left off crying for that sheep

and crossed that stream of water, and

there arose the two sheep as leaders in

the place of those which had led them and

fallen asleep (lit. had fallen asleep and led

40 them ). And I saw till the sheep came

to a goodly place, and a pleasant and

glorious land, and I saw till those sheep

were satisfied; and that house stood

amongst them in the pleasant land. 41

And sometimes their eyes were opened,

and sometimes blinded, till another sheep

arose and led them and brought them all

back, and their eyes were opened. 42

And the dogs and the foxes and the wild

boars began to devour those sheep till the

Lord of the sheep raised up another sheep

 

a ram from their 43 midst, which led them.

And that ram began to butt on either side

those dogs, foxes, and wild 44 boars till

he had destroyed them all. And that sheep

whose eyes were opened saw that ram,

which was amongst the sheep, till it

forsook its glory and began to butt those

sheep, and trampled upon them, and

behaved itself 45 unseemly. And the Lord

of the sheep sent the lamb to another lamb

and raised it to being a ram and leader of

the sheep instead of that 46 ram which

had forsaken its glory. And it went to it

and spake to it alone, and raised it to

being a ram, and made it the prince and

leader of the sheep; but during all these

things those dogs 47 oppressed the

sheep. And the first ram pursued that

second ram, and that second ram arose

and fled before it; and I saw till those

dogs pulled 48 down the first ram. And

that second ram arose 49 and led the little

sheep. And those sheep grew and

multiplied; but all the dogs, and foxes, and

wild boars feared and fled before it, and

that ram butted and killed the wild beasts,

and those wild beasts had no longer any

power among the 48b sheep and robbed

them no more of ought. And that ram

begat many sheep and fell asleep; and a

little sheep became ram in its stead, and

became prince and leader of those sheep.

50 And that house became great and

broad, and it was built for those sheep:

(and) a tower lofty and great was built on

the house for the Lord of the sheep, and

that house was low, but the tower was

elevated and lofty, and the Lord of the

sheep stood on that tower and they

offered a full table before Him. 51 And

again I saw those sheep that they again

erred and went many ways, and forsook

that their house, and the Lord of the sheep

called some from amongst the sheep and

sent them to the sheep, 52 but the sheep

began to slay them. And one of them was

saved and was not slain, and it sped away

and cried aloud over the sheep; and they

sought to slay it, but the Lord of the sheep

saved it from 53 the sheep, and brought it

up to me, and caused it to dwell there.

And many other sheep He sent to those

sheep to testify unto them and lament over

them. And after that I saw that when they

forsook the house of the Lord and His

tower they fell away entirely, and their

eyes were blinded; and I saw the Lord of

the sheep how He wrought much

slaughter amongst them in their herds until

55 those sheep invited that slaughter and

betrayed His place. And He gave them

over into the hands of the lions and tigers,

and wolves and hyenas, and into the hand

of the foxes, and to all the wild 56 beasts,

and those wild beasts began to tear in

pieces those sheep. And I saw that He

forsook that their house and their tower

and gave them all into the hand of the

lions, to tear and devour them, 57 into the

hand of all the wild beasts. And I began to

cry aloud with all my power, and to

appeal to the Lord of the sheep, and to

represent to Him in regard to the sheep

that they were devoured 58 by all the wild

beasts. But He remained unmoved,

though He saw it, and rejoiced that they

were devoured and swallowed and

robbed, and left them to be devoured in

the hand of all the beasts. 59 And He

called seventy shepherds, and cast those

sheep to them that they might pasture

them, and He spake to the shepherds and

their companions: Let each individual of

you pasture the sheep 60 henceforward,

and everything that I shall command you

that do ye. And I will deliver them over

unto you duly numbered, and tell you

which of them are to be destroyed-and

them destroy ye. And 61 He gave over

unto them those sheep. And He called

another and spake unto him: Observe and

mark everything that the shepherds will do

to those sheep; for they will destroy more

of them than 62 I have commanded them.

And every excess and the destruction

which will be wrought through the

shepherds, record (namely) how many

they destroy according to my command,

and how many according to their own

caprice: record against every individual

shepherd all the destruction he 63 effects.

And read out before me by number how

many they destroy, and how many they

deliver over for destruction, that I may

have this as a testimony against them, and

know every deed of the shepherds, that I

may comprehend and see what they do,

whether or not they abide by my 64

command which I have commanded them.

But they shall not know it, and thou shalt

not declare it to them, nor admonish them,

but only record against each individual all

the destruction which 65 the shepherds

effect each in his time and lay it all before

me. And I saw till those shepherds

pastured in their season, and they began

to slay and to destroy more than they

were bidden, and they delivered 66 those

sheep into the hand of the lions. And the

lions and tigers eat and devoured the

greater part of those sheep, and the wild

boars eat along with them; and they burnt

that tower and demolished 67 that house.

And I became exceedingly sorrowful over

that tower because that house of the

sheep was demolished, and afterwards I

was unable to see if those sheep entered

that house. 68 And the shepherds and

their associates delivered over those

sheep to all the wild beasts, to devour

them, and each one of them received in

his time a definite number: it was written

by the other 69 in a book how many each

one of them destroyed of them. And each

one slew and destroyed many 70 more

than was prescribed; and I began to weep

and lament on account of those sheep.

And thus in the vision I saw that one who

wrote, how he wrote down every one that

was destroyed by those shepherds, day

by day, and carried up and laid down and

showed actually the whole book to the

Lord of the sheep-(even) everything that

they had done, and all that each one of

them had made 71 away with, and all that

they had given over to destruction. And

the book was read before the Lord of the

sheep, and He took the book from his

hand and read it and sealed it and laid it

down. 72 And forthwith I saw how the

shepherds pastured for twelve hours, and

behold three of those sheep turned back

and came and entered and began to build

up all that had fallen down of that 73

house; but the wild boars tried to hinder

them, but they were not able. And they

began again to build as before, and they

reared up that tower, and it was named

the high tower; and they began again to

place a table before the tower, but all the

bread on it was polluted and not pure. 74

And as touching all this the eyes of those

sheep were blinded so that they saw not,

and (the eyes of) their shepherds likewise;

and they delivered them in large numbers

to their shepherds for 75 destruction, and

they trampled the sheep with their feet and

devoured them. And the Lord of the

sheep remained unmoved till all the sheep

were dispersed over the field and mingled

with them (i.e. the 76 beasts), and they

(i.e. the shepherds) did not save them out

of the hand of the beasts. And this one

who wrote the book carried it up, and

showed it and read it before the Lord of

the sheep, and implored Him on their

account, and besought Him on their

account as he showed Him all the doings

77 of the shepherds, and gave testimony

before Him against all the shepherds. And

he took the actual book and laid it down

beside Him and departed.

 

 

Chapter 90

 

1 And I saw till that in this manner

thirty-five shepherds undertook the

pasturing (of the sheep), and they

severally completed their periods as did

the first; and others received them into

their 2 hands, to pasture them for their

period, each shepherd in his own period.

And after that I saw in my vision all the

birds of heaven coming, the eagles, the

vultures, the kites, the ravens; but the

eagles led all the birds; and they began to

devour those sheep, and to pick out their

eyes and to 3 devour their flesh. And the

sheep cried out because their flesh was

being devoured by the birds, 4 and as for

me I looked and lamented in my sleep

over that shepherd who pastured the

sheep. And I saw until those sheep were

devoured by the dogs and eagles and

kites, and they left neither flesh nor skin

nor sinew remaining on them till only their

bones stood there: and their bones too fell

5 to the earth and the sheep became few.

And I saw until that twenty-three had

undertaken the pasturing and completed in

their several periods fifty-eight times. 6

But behold lambs were borne by those

white sheep, and they began to open their

eyes and to see, 7 and to cry to the

sheep. Yea, they cried to them, but they

did not hearken to what they said to 8

them, but were exceedingly deaf, and their

eyes were very exceedingly blinded. And

I saw in the vision how the ravens flew

upon those lambs and took one of those

lambs, and dashed the sheep 9 in pieces

and devoured them. And I saw till horns

grew upon those lambs, and the ravens

cast down their horns; and I saw till there

sprouted a great horn of one of those

sheep, and their eyes 10 were opened.

And it looked at themand their eyes

opened

 

, and it cried to the sheep, and the 11

rams saw it and all ran to it. And

notwithstanding all this those eagles and

vultures and ravens and kites still kept

tearing the sheep and swooping down

upon them and devouring them: still the

sheep remained silent, but the rams

lamented and cried out. And those ravens

fought and battled with it and sought to lay

low its horn, but they had no power over

it. All the eagles and vultures and ravens

and kites were gathered together, and

there came with them all the sheep of the

field, yea, they all came together, and

helped each other to break that horn of

the ram. 19 And I saw till a great sword

was given to the sheep, and the sheep

proceeded against all the beasts of the

field to slay them, and all the beasts and

the birds of the heaven fled before their

face. And I saw that man, who wrote the

book according to the command of the

Lord, till he opened that book concerning

the destruction which those twelve last

shepherds had wrought, and showed that

they had destroyed much more than their

predecessors, before the Lord of the

sheep. And I saw till the Lord of the

sheep came unto them and took in His

hand the staff of His wrath, and smote the

earth, and the earth clave asunder, and all

the beasts and all the birds of the heaven

fell from among those sheep, and were

swallowed up in the earth and it covered

them. 20 And I saw till a throne was

erected in the pleasant land, and the Lord

of the sheep sat Himself thereon, and the

other took the sealed books and opened

those books before the Lord of the sheep.

21 And the Lord called those men the

seven first white ones, and commanded

that they should bring before Him,

beginning with the first star which led the

way, all the stars whose privy members

22 were like those of horses, and they

brought them all before Him. And He said

to that man who wrote before Him, being

one of those seven white ones, and said

unto him: Take those seventy shepherds

to whom I delivered the sheep, and who

taking them on their own authority slew

more 23 than I commanded them. And

behold they were all bound, I saw, and

they all stood before Him. 24 And the

judgement was held first over the stars,

and they were judged and found guilty,

and went to the place of condemnation,

and they were cast into an abyss, full of

fire and flaming, and full 25 of pillars of

fire. And those seventy shepherds were

judged and found guilty, and they were

cast 26 into that fiery abyss. And I saw at

that time how a like abyss was opened in

the midst of the earth, full of fire, and they

brought those blinded sheep, and they

were all judged and found guilty and 27

cast into this fiery abyss, and they burned;

now this abyss was to the right of that

house. And I saw those sheep burning

and their bones burning. 28 And I stood

up to see till they folded up that old house;

and carried off all the pillars, and all the

beams and ornaments of the house were

at the same time folded up with it, and

they carried 29 it off and laid it in a place

in the south of the land. And I saw till the

Lord of the sheep brought a new house

greater and loftier than that first, and set it

up in the place of the first which had beer

folded up: all its pillars were new, and its

ornaments were new and larger than those

of the first, the old one which He had

taken away, and all the sheep were within

it. 30 And I saw all the sheep which had

been left, and all the beasts on the earth,

and all the birds of the heaven, falling

down and doing homage to those sheep

and making petition to and obeying 31

them in every thing. And thereafter those

three who were clothed in white and had

seized me by my handwho had taken me

up before

 

, and the hand of that ram also seizing

hold of me, they 32 took me up and set

me down in the midst of those sheep

before the judgement took place. And

those 33 sheep were all white, and their

wool was abundant and clean. And all

that had been destroyed and dispersed,

and all the beasts of the field, and all the

birds of the heaven, assembled in that

house, and the Lord of the sheep rejoiced

with great joy because they were all good

and had returned to 34 His house. And I

saw till they laid down that sword, which

had been given to the sheep, and they

brought it back into the house, and it was

sealed before the presence of the Lord,

and all the sheep 35 were invited into that

house, but it held them not. And the eyes

of them all were opened, and they 36 saw

the good, and there was not one among

them that did not see. And I saw that that

house was large and broad and very full.

37 And I saw that a white bull was born,

with large horns and all the beasts of the

field and all the 38 birds of the air feared

him and made petition to him all the time.

And I saw till all their generations were

transformed, and they all became white

bulls; and the first among them became a

lamb, and that lamb became a great

animal and had great black horns on its

head; and the Lord of the sheep 39

rejoiced over it and over all the oxen. And

I slept in their midst: and I awoke and saw

everything. 40 This is the vision which I

saw while I slept, and I awoke and

blessed the Lord of righteousness and 41

gave Him glory. Then I wept with a great

weeping and my tears stayed not till I

could no longer endure it: when I saw,

they flowed on account of what I had

seen; for everything shall come and 42 be

fulfilled, and all the deeds of men in their

order were shown to me. On that night I

remembered the first dream, and because

of it I wept and was troubled-because I

had seen that vision.

 

 

Chapter 91

 

1 And now, my son Methuselah, call to

me all thy brothers

And gather together to me all the sons of

thy mother;

For the word calls me,

And the spirit is poured out upon me,

That I may show you everything

That shall befall you for ever.

 

2 And there upon Methuselah went and

summoned to him all his brothers and

assembled his relatives.

3 And he spake unto all the children of

righteousness and said:

 

Hear, ye sons of Enoch, all the words of

your father,

And hearken aright to the voice of my

mouth;

For I exhort you and say unto you,

beloved:

 

4 Love uprightness and walk therein.

And draw not nigh to uprightness with a

double heart,

And associate not with those of a double

heart,

 

But walk in righteousness, my sons.

And it shall guide you on good paths,

And righteousness shall be your

companion.

 

5 For I know that violence must increase

on the earth,

And a great chastisement be executed on

the earth,

And all unrighteousness come to an end:

 

Yea, it shall be cut off from its roots,

And its whole structure be destroyed.

 

6 And unrighteousness shall again be

consummated on the earth,

And all the deeds of unrighteousness and

of violence

And transgression shall prevail in a

twofold degree.

 

7 And when sin and unrighteousness and

blasphemy

And violence in all kinds of deeds

increase,

And apostasy and transgression and

uncleanness increase,

 

A great chastisement shall come from

heaven upon all these,

And the holy Lord will come forth with

wrath and chastisement

To execute judgement on earth.

 

8 In those days violence shall be cut off

from its roots,

And the roots of unrighteousness together

with deceit,

And they shall be destroyed from under

heaven.

 

9 And all the idols of the heathen shall be

abandoned,

And the temples burned with fire,

And they shall remove them from the

whole earth,

 

And they (i.e. the heathen) shall be cast

into the judgement of fire,

And shall perish in wrath and in grievous

judgement for ever.

 

10 And the righteous shall arise from their

sleep,

And wisdom shall arise and be given unto

them.

 

And after that the roots of unrighteousness

shall be cut off, and the sinners shall be

destroyed by the sword . . . shall be cut

off from the blasphemers in every place,

and those who plan violence and those

who commit blasphemy shall perish by the

sword.

 

18 And now I tell you, my sons, and

show you

The paths of righteousness and the paths

of violence.

Yea, I will show them to you again

That ye may know what will come to

pass.

19 And now, hearken unto me, my sons,

And walk in the paths of righteousness,

And walk not in the paths of violence;

For all who walk in the paths of

unrighteousness shall perish for ever.

 

 

Chapter 92

 

1 The book written by Enoch-Enoch

indeed wrote this complete doctrine of

wisdom, (which is) praised of all men and

a judge of all the earth

 

for all my children who shall dwell on the

earth. And for the future generations who

shall observe uprightness and peace.

 

2 Let not your spirit be troubled on

account of the times;

For the Holy and Great One has

appointed days for all things.

 

3 And the righteous one shall arise from

sleep,

Shall arise

 

and walk in the paths of righteousness,

And all his path and conversation shall be

in eternal goodness and grace.

 

4 He will be gracious to the righteous and

give him eternal uprightness,

And He will give him power so that he

shall be (endowed) with goodness and

righteousness.

And he shall walk in eternal light.

 

5 And sin shall perish in darkness for

ever,

And shall no more be seen from that day

for evermore.

 

 

Chapter 93

 

1,2 And after that Enoch both gave and

began to recount from the books. And

Enoch said:

 

Concerning the children of righteousness

and concerning the elect of the world,

And concerning the plant of uprightness, I

will speak these things,

Yea, I Enoch will declare (them) unto

you, my sons:

 

According to that which appeared to me

in the heavenly vision,

And which I have known through the

word of the holy angels,

And have learnt from the heavenly tablets.

 

3 And Enoch began to recount from the

books and said:

I was born the seventh in the first week,

While judgement and righteousness still

endured.

 

4 And after me there shall arise in the

second week great wickedness,

And deceit shall have sprung up;

And in it there shall be the first end.

 

And in it a man shall be saved;

And after it is ended unrighteousness shall

grow up,

And a law shall be made for the sinners.

 

And after that in the third week at its close

A man shall be elected as the plant of

righteous judgement,

And his posterity shall become the plant

of righteousness for evermore.

 

6 And after that in the fourth week, at its

close,

Visions of the holy and righteous shall be

seen,

And a law for all generations and an

enclosure shall be made for them.

 

7 And after that in the fifth week, at its

close,

The house of glory and dominion shall be

built for ever.

 

8 And after that in the sixth week all who

live in it shall be blinded,

And the hearts of all of them shall

godlessly forsake wisdom.

 

And in it a man shall ascend;

And at its close the house of dominion

shall be burnt with fire,

And the whole race of the chosen root

shall be dispersed.

 

9 And after that in the seventh week shall

an apostate generation arise,

And many shall be its deeds,

And all its deeds shall be apostate.

 

10 And at its close shall be elected

The elect righteous of the eternal plant of

righteousness,

To receive sevenfold instruction

concerning all His creation.

 

11For who is there of all the children of

men that is able to hear the voice of the

Holy One without being troubled ? And

who can think His thoughts ? and who is

there that can behold all the works 12 of

heaven ? And how should there be one

who could behold the heaven, and who is

there that could understand the things of

heaven and see a soul or a spirit and

could tell thereof, or ascend and see 13 all

their ends and think them or do like them

? And who is there of all men that could

know what is the breadth and the length

of the earth, and to whom has been

shown the measure of all of them ? 14 Or

is there any one who could discern the

length of the heaven and how great is its

height, and upon what it is founded, and

how great is the number of the stars, and

where all the luminaries rest ?

 

 

Chapter 94

 

1 And now I say unto you, my sons, love

righteousness and walk therein;

For the paths of righteousness are worthy

of acceptation,

But the paths of unrighteousness shall

suddenly be destroyed and vanish.

 

2 And to certain men of a generation shall

the paths of violence and of death be

revealed,

And they shall hold themselves afar from

them,

And shall not follow them.

 

3 And now I say unto you the righteous:

Walk not in the paths of wickedness, nor

in the paths of death,

And draw not nigh to them, lest ye be

destroyed.

 

4 But seek and choose for yourselves

righteousness and an elect life,

And walk in the paths of peace,

And ye shall live and prosper.

 

5 And hold fast my words in the thoughts

of your hearts,

And suffer them not to be effaced from

your hearts;

 

For I know that sinners will tempt men to

evilly-entreat wisdom,

So that no place may be found for her,

And no manner of temptation may minish.

 

6 Woe to those who build

unrighteousness and oppression

And lay deceit as a foundation;

For they shall be suddenly overthrown,

And they shall have no peace.

 

7 Woe to those who build their houses

with sin;

For from all their foundations shall they be

overthrown,

And by the sword shall they fall.

And those who acquire gold and silver in

judgement suddenly shall perish.

 

8 Woe to you, ye rich, for ye have trusted

in your riches,

And from your riches shall ye depart,

Because ye have not remembered the

Most High in the days of your riches.

 

9 Ye have committed blasphemy and

unrighteousness,

And have become ready for the day of

slaughter,

And the day of darkness and the day of

the great judgement.

 

10 Thus I speak and declare unto you:

He who hath created you will overthrow

you,

And for your fall there shall be no

compassion,

And your Creator will rejoice at your

destruction.

 

11 And your righteous ones in those days

shall be

A reproach to the sinners and the godless.

 

 

Chapter 95

 

1 Oh that mine eyes werea cloud of

waters

That I might weep over you,

And pour down my tears as a cloud of

waters:

That so I might rest from my trouble of

heart!

 

2 who has permitted you to practice

reproaches and wickedness ?

And so judgement shall overtake you,

sinners.

 

3 Fear not the sinners, ye righteous;

For again will the Lord deliver them into

your hands,

That ye may execute judgement upon

them according to your desires.

 

4 Woe to you who fulminate anathemas

which cannot be reversed:

Healing shall therefore be far from you

because of your sins.

 

5 Woe to you who requite your neighbour

with evil;

For ye shall be requited according to your

works.

 

6 Woe to you, lying witnesses,

And to those who weigh out injustice,

For suddenly shall ye perish.

 

7 Woe to you, sinners, for ye persecute

the righteous;

For ye shall be delivered up and

persecuted because of injustice,

And heavy shall its yoke be upon you.

 

 

Chapter 96

 

1 Be hopeful, ye righteous; for suddenly

shall the sinners perish before you,

And ye shall have lordship over them

according to your desires.

 

2 And in the day of the tribulation of the

sinners,

Your children shall mount and rise as

eagles,

And higher than the vultures will be your

nest,

And ye shall ascend and enter the

crevices of the earth,

And the clefts of the rock for ever as

coneys before the unrighteous,

And the sirens shall sigh because of

you-and weep.

 

3 Wherefore fear not, ye that have

suffered;

For healing shall be your portion,

And a bright light shall enlighten you,

And the voice of rest ye shall hear from

heaven.

 

4 Woe unto you, ye sinners, for your

riches make you appear like the righteous,

But your hearts convict you of being

sinners,

And this fact shall be a testimony against

you for a memorial of (your) evil deeds.

 

5 Woe to you who devour the finest of

the wheat,

And drink wine in large bowls,

And tread under foot the lowly with your

might.

 

6 Woe to you who drink water from

every fountain,

For suddenly shall ye be consumed and

wither away,

Because ye have forsaken the fountain of

life.

 

7 Woe to you who work unrighteousness

And deceit and blasphemy:

It shall be a memorial against you for evil.

 

8 Woe to you, ye mighty,

Who with might oppress the righteous;

For the day of your destruction is coming.

 

In those days many and good days shall

come to the righteous-in the day of your

judgement.

 

 

Chapter 97

 

1 Believe, ye righteous, that the sinners

will become a shame

And perish in the day of unrighteousness.

2 Be it known unto you (ye sinners) that

the Most High is mindful of your

destruction,

And the angels of heaven rejoice over

your destruction.

 

3 What will ye do, ye sinners,

And whither will ye flee on that day of

judgement,

When ye hear the voice of the prayer of

the righteous ?

 

4 Yea, ye shall fare like unto them,

Against whom this word shall be a

testimony:

" Ye have been companions of sinners."

 

5 And in those days the prayer of the

righteous shall reach unto the Lord,

And for you the days of your judgement

shall come.

 

6 And all the words of your

unrighteousness shall be read out before

the Great Holy One,

And your faces shall be covered with

shame,

And He will reject every work which is

grounded on unrighteousness.

 

7 Woe to you, ye sinners, who live on the

mid ocean and on the dry land,

Whose remembrance is evil against you.

 

8 Woe to you who acquire silver and gold

in unrighteousness and say:

" We have become rich with riches and

have possessions;

And have acquired everything we have

desired.

 

9 And now let us do what we purposed:

For we have gathered silver,

9c And many are the husbandmen in our

houses."

9d And our granaries are (brim) full as

with water,

10 Yea and like water your lies shall flow

away;

For your riches shall not abide

But speedily ascend from you;

 

For ye have acquired it all in

unrighteousness,

And ye shall be given over to a great

curse.

 

 

Chapter 98

 

1 And now I swear unto you, to the wise

and to the foolish,

For ye shall have manifold experiences on

the earth.

 

2 For ye men shall put on more

adornments than a woman,

And coloured garments more than a

virgin:

In royalty and in grandeur and in power,

And in silver and in gold and in purple,

And in splendour and in food they shall be

poured out as water.

 

3 Therefore they shall be wanting in

doctrine and wisdom,

And they shall perish thereby together

with their possessions;

And with all their glory and their

splendour,

And in shame and in slaughter and in great

destitution,

Their spirits shall be cast into the furnace

of fire.

 

4 I have sworn unto you, ye sinners, as a

mountain has not become a slave,

And a hill does not become the handmaid

of a woman,

Even so sin has not been sent upon the

earth,

But man of himself has created it,

And under a great curse shall they fall

who commit it.

 

5 And barrenness has not been given to

the woman,

But on account of the deeds of her own

hands she dies without children.

 

6 I have sworn unto you, ye sinners, by

the Holy Great One,

That all your evil deeds are revealed in the

heavens,

And that none of your deeds of

oppression are covered and hidden.

 

7 And do not think in your spirit nor say in

your heart that ye do not know and that

ye do not see 8 that every sin is every day

recorded in heaven in the presence of the

Most High. From henceforth ye know that

all your oppression wherewith ye oppress

is written down every day till the day of

your judgement. 9 Woe to you, ye fools,

for through your folly shall ye perish: and

ye transgress against the wise, 10 and so

good hap shall not be your portion. And

now, know ye that ye are prepared for

the day of destruction: wherefore do not

hope to live, ye sinners, but ye shall

depart and die; for ye know no ransom;

for ye are prepared for the day of the

great judgement, for the day of tribulation

and great shame for your spirits. 11 Woe

to you, ye obstinate of heart, who work

wickedness and eat blood: Whence have

ye good things to eat and to drink and to

be filled ? From all the good things which

the Lord the Most High has placed in

abundance on the earth; therefore ye shall

have no peace. 12 Woe to you who love

the deeds of unrighteousness: wherefore

do ye hope for good hap unto yourselves?

know that ye shall be delivered into the

hands of the righteous, and they shall cut 3

off your necks and slay you, and have no

mercy upon you. Woe to you who rejoice

in the tribulation of the righteous; for no

grave shall be dug for you. Woe to you

who set at nought the words of 5 the

righteous; for ye shall have no hope of life.

Woe to you who write down lying and

godless words; for they write down their

lies that men may hear them and act

godlessly towards (their) 6 neighbour.

Therefore they shall have no peace but die

a sudden death.

 

 

Chapter 99

 

1 Woe to you who work godlessness,

And glory in lying and extol them:

Ye shall perish, and no happy life shall be

yours.

 

2 Woe to them who pervert the words of

uprightness,

And transgress the eternal law,

And transform themselves into what they

were notinto sinners:

They shall be trodden under foot upon the

earth.

 

3 In those days make ready, ye righteous,

to raise your prayers as a memorial,

And place them as a testimony before the

angels,

That they may place the sin of the sinners

for a memorial before the Most High.

 

4 In those days the nations shall be stirred

up,

And the families of the nations shall arise

on the day of destruction.

 

5 And in those days the destitute shall go

forth and carry off their children,

And they shall abandon them, so that their

children shall perish through them:

Yea, they shall abandon their children

(that are still) sucklings, and not return to

them,

And shall have no pity on their beloved

ones.

 

6, 7 And again I swear to you, ye sinners,

that sin is prepared for a day of unceasing

bloodshed. And they who worship stones,

and grave images of gold and silver and

wood (and stone) and clay, and those

who worship impure spirits and demons,

and all kinds of idols not according to

knowledge, shall get no manner of help

from them.

 

8 And they shall become godless by

reason of the folly of their hearts,

And their eyes shall be blinded through

the fear of their hearts

And through visions in their dreams.

 

9 Through these they shall become

godless and fearful;

For they shall have wrought all their work

in a lie,

And shall have worshiped a stone:

Therefore in an instant shall they perish.

 

10 But in those days blessed are all they

who accept the words of wisdom, and

understand them,

And observe the paths of the Most High,

and walk in the path of His righteousness,

And become not godless with the godless;

For they shall be saved.

 

11 Woe to you who spread evil to your

neighbours;

For you shall be slain in Sheol.

 

12 Woe to you who make deceitful and

false measures,

And (to them) who cause bitterness on

the earth;

For they shall thereby be utterly

consumed.

 

13 Woe to you who build your houses

through the grievous toil of others,

And all their building materials are the

bricks and stones of sin;

I tell you ye shall have no peace.

 

14 Woe to them who reject the measure

and eternal heritage of their fathers

And whose souls follow after idols;

For they shall have no rest.

 

15 Woe to them who work

unrighteousness and help oppression,

And slay their neighbours until the day of

the great judgement.

 

16 For He shall cast down your glory,

And bring affliction on your hearts,

And shall arouse His fierce indignation

And destroy you all with the sword;

And all the holy and righteous shall

remember your sins.

 

 

Chapter 100

 

1 And in those days in one place the

fathers together with their sons shall be

smitten

And brothers one with another shall fall in

death

Till the streams flow with their blood.

 

2 For a man shall not withhold his hand

from slaying his sons and his sons sons,

And the sinner shall not withhold his hand

from his honoured brother:

From dawn till sunset they shall slay one

another.

 

3 And the horse shall walk up to the

breast in the blood of sinners,

And the chariot shall be submerged to its

height.

 

4 In those days the angels shall descend

into the secret places

And gather together into one place all

those who brought down sin

And the Most High will arise on that day

of judgement

To execute great judgement amongst

sinners.

 

5 And over all the righteous and holy He

will appoint guardians from amongst the

holy angels

To guard them as the apple of an eye,

Until He makes an end of all wickedness

and all sin,

And though the righteous sleep a long

sleep, they have nought to fear.

 

6 And (then) the children of the earth shall

see the wise in security,

And shall understand all the words of this

book,

And recognize that their riches shall not be

able to save them

In the overthrow of their sins.

 

7 Woe to you, Sinners, on the day of

strong anguish,

Ye who afflict the righteous and burn them

with fire:

Ye shall be requited according to your

works.

 

8 Woe to you, ye obstinate of heart,

Who watch in order to devise

wickedness:

Therefore shall fear come upon you

And there shall be none to help you.

 

9 Woe to you, ye sinners, on account of

the words of your mouth,

And on account of the deeds of your

hands which your godlessness as wrought,

In blazing flames burning worse than fire

shall ye burn.

 

10 And now, know ye that from the

angels He will inquire as to your deeds in

heaven, from the sun and from the moon

and from the stars in reference to your

sins because upon the earth ye execute 11

judgement on the righteous. And He will

summon to testify against you every cloud

and mist and dew and rain; for they shall

all be withheld because of you from

descending upon you, and they 12 shall

be mindful of your sins. And now give

presents to the rain that it be not withheld

from descending upon you, nor yet the

dew, when it has received gold and silver

from you that it may descend. When the

hoar-frost and snow with their chilliness,

and all the snow-storms with all their

plagues fall upon you, in those days ye

shall not be able to stand before them.

 

 

Chapter 101

 

1 Observe the heaven, ye children of

heaven, and every work of the Most

High, and fear ye Him 2 and work no evil

in His presence. If He closes the windows

of heaven, and withholds the rain and 3

the dew from descending on the earth on

your account, what will ye do then? And if

He sends His anger upon you because of

your deeds, ye cannot petition Him; for ye

spake proud and insolent 4 words against

His righteousness: therefore ye shall have

no peace. And see ye not the sailors of

the ships, how their ships are tossed to

and fro by the waves, and are shaken by

the winds, and are 5 in sore trouble ? And

therefore do they fear because all their

goodly possessions go upon the sea with

them, and they have evil forebodings of

heart that the sea will swallow them and

they will 6 perish therein. Are not the

entire sea and all its waters, and all its

movements, the work of the Most 7 High,

and has He not set limits to its doings, and

confined it throughout by the sand ? And

at His reproof it is afraid and dries up, and

all its fish die and all that is in it; But ye

sinners that are 8 on the earth fear Him

not. Has He not made the heaven and the

earth, and all that is therein ? Who has

given understanding and wisdom to

everything that moves on the earth and in

the sea. 9 Do not the sailors of the ships

fear the sea ? Yet sinners fear not the

Most High.

 

 

Chapter 102

 

1 In those days when He hath brought a

grievous fire upon you,

Whither will ye flee, and where will ye find

deliverance ?

And when He launches forth His Word

against you Will you not be affrighted and

fear ?

 

2 And all the luminaries shall be affrighted

with great fear,

And all the earth shall be affrighted and

tremble and be alarmed.

 

3 And all the angels shall execute their

commandst

And shall seek to hide themselves from

the presence of the Great Glory,

And the children of earth shall tremble and

quake;

And ye sinners shall be cursed for ever,

And ye shall have no peace.

 

4 Fear ye not, ye souls of the righteous,

And be hopeful ye that have died in

righteousness.

 

5 And grieve not if your soul into Sheol

has descended in grief,

And that in your life your body fared not

according to your goodness,

But wait for the day of the judgement of

sinners

And for the day of cursing and

chastisement.

 

6 And yet when ye die the sinners speak

over you:

" As we die, so die the righteous,

And what benefit do they reap for their

deeds ?

 

7 Behold, even as we, so do they die in

grief and darkness,

And what have they more than we ?

From henceforth we are equal.

 

8 And what will they receive and what will

they see for ever ?

Behold, they too have died,

And henceforth for ever shall they see no

light."

 

9 I tell you, ye sinners, ye are content to

eat and drink, and rob and sin, and strip

men naked, and 10 acquire wealth and

see good days. Have ye seen the

righteous how their end falls out, that no

manner 11 of violence is found in them till

their death ? " Nevertheless they perished

and became as though they had not been,

and their spirits descended into Sheol in

tribulation."

 

 

Chapter 103

 

1 Now, therefore, I swear to you, the

righteous, by the glory of the Great and

Honoured and 2 Mighty One in dominion,

and by His greatness I swear to you.

I know a mystery

And have read the heavenly tablets,

And have seen the holy books,

And have found written therein and

inscribed regarding them:

 

3 That all goodness and joy and glory are

prepared for them,

And written down for the spirits of those

who have died in righteousness,

And that manifold good shall be given to

you in recompense for your labours,

And that your lot is abundantly beyond

the lot of the living.

 

4 And the spirits of you who have died in

righteousness shall live and rejoice,

And their spirits shall not perish, nor their

memorial from before the face of the

Great One

Unto all the generations of the world:

wherefore no longer fear their contumely.

 

5 Woe to you, ye sinners, when ye have

died,

If ye die in the wealth of your sins,

And those who are like you say regarding

you:

Blessed are the sinners: they have seen all

their days.

 

6 And how they have died in prosperity

and in wealth,

And have not seen tribulation or murder in

their life;

And they have died in honour,

And judgement has not been executed on

them during their life."

 

7 Know ye, that their souls will be made

to descend into Sheol

And they shall be wretched in their great

tribulation.

 

8 And into darkness and chains and a

burning flame where there is grievous

judgement shall your spirits enter;

And the great judgement shall be for all

the generations of the world.

Woe to you, for ye shall have no peace.

 

9 Say not in regard to the righteous and

good who are in life:

" In our troubled days we have toiled

laboriously and experienced every

trouble,

And met with much evil and been

consumed,

And have become few and our spirit

small.

 

10 And we have been destroyed and

have not found any to help us even with a

word:

We have been torturedand destroyed,

and not hoped to see life from day to

day.

 

11 We hoped to be the head and have

become the tail:

We have toiled laboriously and had no

satisfaction in our toil;

And we have become the food of the

sinners and the unrighteous,

And they have laid their yoke heavily

upon us.

 

12 They have had dominion over us that

hated us and smote us;

And to those that hated us we have

bowed our necks

But they pitied us not.

 

13 We desired to get away from them

that we might escape and be at rest,

But found no place whereunto we should

flee and be safe from them.

 

14 And are complained to the rulers in

our tribulation,

And cried out against those who

devoured us,

But they did not attend to our cries

And would not hearken to our voice.

 

15 And they helped those who robbed us

and devoured us and those who made us

few; and they concealed their oppression,

and they did not remove from us the yoke

of those that devoured us and dispersed

us and murdered us, and they concealed

their murder, and remembered not that

they had lifted up their hands against us.

 

 

Chapter 104

 

1 I swear unto you, that in heaven the

angels remember you for good before the

glory of the Great 2 One: and your names

are written before the glory of the Great

One. Be hopeful; for aforetime ye were

put to shame through ill and affliction; but

now ye shall shine as the lights of heaven,

3 ye shall shine and ye shall be seen, and

the portals of heaven shall be opened to

you. And in your cry, cry for judgement,

and it shall appear to you; for all your

tribulation shall be visited on the 4 rulers,

and on all who helped those who

plundered you. Be hopeful, and cast not

away your hopes for ye shall have great

joy as the angels of heaven. What shall ye

be obliged to do ? Ye shall not have to

hide on the day of the great judgement

and ye shall not be found as sinners, and

the eternal 6 judgement shall be far from

you for all the generations of the world.

And now fear not, ye righteous, when ye

see the sinners growing strong and

prospering in their ways: be not

companions with them, 7 but keep afar

from their violence; for ye shall become

companions of the hosts of heaven. And,

although ye sinners say: " All our sins shall

not be searched out and be written

down," nevertheless 8 they shall write

down all your sins every day. And now I

show unto you that light and darkness, 9

day and night, see all your sins. Be not

godless in your hearts, and lie not and

alter not the words of uprightness, nor

charge with lying the words of the Holy

Great One, nor take account of your 10

idols; for all your lying and all your

godlessness issue not in righteousness but

in great sin. And now I know this mystery,

that sinners will alter and pervert the

words of righteousness in many ways, and

will speak wicked words, and lie, and

practice great deceits, and write books

concerning 11 their words. But when they

write down truthfully all my words in their

languages, and do not change or minish

ought from my words but write them all

down truthfully -all that I first testified 12

concerning them. Then, I know another

mystery, that books will be given to the

righteous and the 13 wise to become a

cause of joy and uprightness and much

wisdom. And to them shall the books be

given, and they shall believe in them and

rejoice over them, and then shall all the

righteous who have learnt therefrom all the

paths of uprightness be recompensed.

 

 

Chapter 105

 

1 In those days the Lord bade (them) to

summon and testify to the children of earth

concerning their wisdom: Show (it) unto

them; for ye are their guides, and a

recompense over the whole earth. 2 For I

and My son will be united with them for

ever in the paths of uprightness in their

lives; and ye shall have peace: rejoice, ye

children of uprightness. Amen.

 

 

Chapter 106

 

1 And after some days my son

Methuselah took a wife for his son

Lamech, and she became 2 pregnant by

him and bore a son. And his body was

white as snow and red as the blooming of

a rose, and the hair of his head and his

long locks were white as wool, and his

eyes beautiful. And when he opened his

eyes, he lighted up the whole house like

the sun, and the whole house 3 was very

bright. And thereupon he arose in the

hands of the midwife, opened his mouth,

and conversed with the Lord of

righteousness. 4 And his father Lamech

was afraid of him and 5 fled, and came to

his father Methuselah. And he said unto

him: I have begotten a strange son,

diverse from and unlike man, and

resembling the sons of the God of heaven;

and his nature is different and he is not like

us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun,

and his 6 countenance is glorious. And it

seems to me that he is not sprung from me

but from the angels, and I fear that in his

days a wonder may be 7 wrought on the

earth. And now, my father, I am here to

petition thee and implore thee that thou

mayest go to Enoch, our father, and learn

from him the truth, for his dwelling-place

is 8 amongst the angels. And when

Methuselah heard the words of his son, he

came to me to the ends of the earth; for

he had heard that 1 was there, and he

cried aloud, and I heard his voice and I

came to him. And 1 said unto him:

Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore

hast 9 thou come to me ? And he

answered and said: Because of a great

cause of anxiety have I come to thee, and

because of a disturbing vision 10 have I

approached. And now, my father, hear

me: unto Lamech my son there hath been

born a son, the like of whom there is

none, and his nature is not like mans

nature, and the colour of his body is

whiter than snow and redder than the

bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head

is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are

like the rays of the sun, and he opened his

eyes and 11 thereupon lighted up the

whole house. And he arose in the hands

of the midwife, and opened 12 his mouth

and blessed the Lord of heaven. And his

father Lamech became afraid and fled to

me, and did not believe that he was

sprung from him, but that he was in the

likeness of the angels of heaven; and

behold I have come to thee that thou

mayest make known to me the truth. And

I, Enoch, answered and said unto him:

The Lord will do a new thing on the earth,

and this I have already seen in a vision,

and make known to thee that in the

generation of my father Jared some of the

angels of heaven transgressed the word of

the Lord. And behold they commit sin and

transgress the law, and have united

themselves with women and commit sin

with them, and have married some of

them, and have begot children by them.

And they shall produce on the earth giants

not according to the spirit, but according

to the flesh, and there shall be a great

punishment on the earth, and the earth

shall be cleansed from all impurity. Yea,

there shall come a great destruction over

the whole earth, and there shall be a

deluge and 16 a great destruction for one

year. And this son who has been born

unto you shall be left on the earth, and his

three children shall be saved with him:

when all mankind that are on the earth 8

shall diehe and his sons shall be saved

 

. And now make known to thy son

Lamech that he who has been born is in

truth his son, and call his name Noah; for

he shall be left to you, and he and his sons

shall be saved from the destruction, which

shall come upon the earth on account of

all the sin and all the unrighteousness,

which shall be consummated on the earth

in his days. And after that there shall be

still more unrighteousness than that which

was first consummated on the earth; for I

know the mysteries of the holy ones; for

He, the Lord, has showed me and

informed me, and I have read (them) in

the heavenly tablets.

 

 

Chapter 107

 

1 And I saw written on them that

generation upon generation shall

transgress, till a generation of

righteousness arises, and transgression is

destroyed and sin passes away from the

earth, and all 2 manner of good comes

upon it. And now, my son, go and make

known to thy son Lamech that this 3 son,

which has been born, is in truth his son,

and that (this) is no lie. And when

Methuselah had heard the words of his

father Enoch-for he had shown to him

everything in secret-he returned and

showed (them) to him and called the name

of that son Noah; for he will comfort the

earth after all the destruction.

 

 

Chapter 108

 

1 Another book which Enoch wrote for

his son Methuselah and for those who will

come after him, 2 and keep the law in the

last days. Ye who have done good shall

wait for those days till an end is made of

those who work evil; and an end of the

might of the transgressors. And wait ye

indeed till sin has passed away, for their

names shall be blotted out of the book of

life and out of the holy books, and their

seed shall be destroyed for ever, and their

spirits shall be slain, and they shall cry and

make lamentation in a place that is a

chaotic wilderness, and in the fire shall

they burn; for there is no earth there. And

I saw there something like an invisible

cloud; for by reason of its depth I could

not look over, and I saw a flame of fire

blazing brightly, and things like shining 5

mountains circling and sweeping to and

fro. And I asked one of the holy angels

who was with me and said unto him: What

is this shining thing? for it is not a heaven

but only the flame of a blazing 6 fire, and

the voice of weeping and crying and

lamentation and strong pain. And he said

unto me: This place which thou seest-here

are cast the spirits of sinners and

blasphemers, and of those who work

wickedness, and of those who pervert

everything that the Lord hath spoken

through the mouth 7 of the

prophets-(even) the things that shall be.

For some of them are written and

inscribed above in the heaven, in order

that the angels may read them and know

that which shall befall the sinners, and the

spirits of the humble, and of those who

have afflicted their bodies, and been

recompensed 8 by God; and of those

who have been put to shame by wicked

men: Who love God and loved neither

gold nor silver nor any of the good things

which are in the world, but gave over their

bodies to torture. Who, since they came

into being, longed not after earthly food,

but regarded everything as a passing

breath, and lived accordingly, and the

Lord tried them much, and their spirits