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There
is some controversy associated with this book of the Bible. Mainly
because it tells of the Magick of the Angels and Revelations shown to
Enoch. The modern Bible does not include the Book of Enoch. It can be
found in the Jewish old testament.
The Book of Enoch
From The Apocrypha and Pseudeipgrapha of the Old Testament by R. H.
Charles, vol. II , Oxford Press
1 I The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect
and righteous, who will be 2 living in the day of tribulation, when all
the wicked and godless are to be removed. And he took up his parable and
said, "Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw
the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, which the angels showed me,
and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw,
but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is 3 for to
come. Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning
them: The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling, 4 And the
eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount Sinai, [And
appear from His camp] And appear in the strength of His might from the
heaven of heaven. 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. And
the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth
shall perish, And there shall be a judgment upon all (men). But with the
righteous He will make peace, And will protect the elect, And. mercy
shall be upon them. And they shall all belong to God, And they shall be
prospered, And they shall all be blessed. And He will help them all, And
light shall appear unto them, And He will make peace with them. 9 And
behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones To execute
judgment upon all, And to destroy all the ungodly: And to convict all
flesh of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly
committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken
against Him.
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 transgress 2 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.
3 Observe and see how (in the winter) all the trees seem as though they
had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do
not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three
years till the new comes.
4 And again, observe ye the days of summer how the sun is above the
earth over against it. And you seek shade and shelter by reason of the
heat of the sun, and the earth also burns with glowing heat, and so you
cannot tread on the earth, or on a rock by reason of its heat.
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.
6 1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in
those days were born unto 2 them beautiful and comely daughters. And the
angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said
to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of
men 3 and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said
unto them: 'I fear ye will not 4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I
alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all
answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves
by mutual imprecations 5 not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.'
Then sware they all together and bound themselves 6 by mutual
imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in
the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it
Mount Hermon, because they had sworn 7 and bound themselves by mutual
imprecations upon it. And these are the names of their leaders: Samiazaz,
their leader, Arakiba, Rameel, Kokabiel, Tamiel, Ramiel, Danel, Ezeqeel,
Baraqijal, 8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaqiel, Samsapeel, Satarel,
Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.
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.
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 rootcuttings,
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 4 of the sun), and Sariel the
course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went
up to heaven...
9 1 And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from
heaven and saw much blood being 2 shed upon the earth, and all
lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. And they said one to another:
'The earth made without inhabitant cries the voice of their cryings up
to the gates of heaven. 3 And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the
souls of men make their suit, saying, Bring our cause 4 before the Most
High.' And they said to the Lord of the ages: ' Lord of lords, God of
gods, King of kings, (and God of the ages); the throne of Thy glory (standeth)
unto all the generations of the 5 ages, and Thy name holy and glorious
and blessed unto all the ages! Thou hast made all things, and power over
all things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight,
and Thou seest all 6 things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. Thou
seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on
earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were (preserved) in heaven,
which men were striving to learn: And Semjaza, to whom Thou hast given
authority to bear rule over 8 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.'
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.
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.'
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."
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 shall 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 till 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) 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.
14 1 The book of the words of righteousness, and of the reprimand of the
eternal Watchers in accordance 2 with the command of the Holy Great One
in that vision. I saw in my sleep what I will now say with a tongue of
flesh and with the breath of my mouth: which the Great One has given to
men to 3 converse therewith and understand with the heart As He has
created and given to man the power of understanding the word of wisdom,
so hath He created me also and given me the power of reprimanding 4 the
Watchers, the children of heaven. I wrote out your petition, and in my
vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted unto you
throughout all the days of eternity, and that judgment 5 has been has
been finally passed upon you: yea (your petition) will not be granted to
you and from henceforth you shall not ascend into heaven unto all
eternity, and in bonds of the earth the decree 6 has gone forth to bind
you for all the days of the world. And (that) previously you shall have
seen the destruction of your beloved sons and ye shall have no pleasure
in them, but they shall fall before 7 you by the sword. And your
petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own: even
though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the
writing which I have 8 written. And the vision was shown to me thus:
Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the
course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the
winds in 9 the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me
into heaven. And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of
crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire: and it began to affright 10
me. And I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house
which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a
tessellated floor (made) of crystals, and its groundwork was 11 of
crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings,
and between them were 12 fiery cherubim, and their heaven was (clear as)
water. A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its 13 portals blazed
with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and
cold as ice: there 14 were no delights of life therein: fear covered me,
and trembling gat 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
counsellor. 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, 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.
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, 11 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 offenses. And these spirits shall rise up against the
children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded [from
them].
16:1 From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death [of the
giants], from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth,
shall destroy without incurring judgment, thus shall they destroy until
the day of the consummation, the great [judgment] in which the age shall
be consummated, 2 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 fall 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." '
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 3 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.
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, (one) 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 11 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 15 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.'
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.
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.
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: 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.'
22 1 And thence I went to another place, and he showed me in the west
another great and high mountain [and] of hard rock. And there were four
hollow places in it, deep 2 and very smooth: three of them were dark and
one bright and there was a fountain of water in its midst. And I said
how smooth are these hollow places, and deep and dark to view.' 3 Then
Raphael answered, one of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto
me: 'These hollow places have been created for this very purpose, that
the spirits of the souls of the dead should 4 assemble therein, yea that
all the souls of the children of men should assemble here. And these
places have been made to receive them till the day of their judgment and
till their appointed period [till the period appointed], till the great
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 Then I asked
regarding it, and regarding all the hollow places: Why is one separated
from the other?' 9 And he answered me and said unto me: 'These three
have been made that the spirits of the dead might be separated. And such
a division has been made (for) the spirits of the righteous, in which
there is the bright spring of water. 10 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 lifetime. 11 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 judgment nor shall they be raised from
thence.' 14 Then I blessed the Lord of glory and said: 'Blessed be my
Lord, the Lord of righteousness, who ruleth for ever.'
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.'
24 1 And from thence I went to another place of the earth, and he showed
a mountain range of 2 fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond
it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the
other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful,
magnificent as a whole, of glorious appearance and fair exterior: three
towards the east, one founded on the other, and three towards the south,
one upon the other, and deep rough ravines, no one of which 3 joined
with any other. And the seventh mountain was in the midst of these and
it excelled them 4 in height, resembling the seat of a throne: and
fragrant trees encircled the throne. And amongst them was a tree such as
I had never yet smelt, neither was any amongst them nor were others like
it: it had a fragrance beyond all fragrance, and its leaves and blooms
and wood wither not for ever: 5 and its fruit is beautiful, and its
fruit resembles the dates of a palm. Then I said: 'How beautiful is this
tree, and fragrant, and its leaves are fair, and its blooms very
delightful in appearance.' 6 Then answered Michael, one of the holy and
honoured angels who was with me, and was their leader.
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, 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) 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.' 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.
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 5 them: and another deep and dry ravine was
at the extremities of the three mountains. And all the ravines were deep
and narrow, (being formed) of hard rock, and trees were not planted upon
6 them. And I marvelled at the rocks, and I marvelled at the ravine,
yea, I marvelled very much.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
32 1 And after these fragrant odours, as I looked 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. 3 And I came to the Garden of
Righteousness; and saw beyond those trees many large trees growing there
and of goodly fragrance, large, very beautiful and glorious, and the
tree of I wisdom whereof 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.'
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.
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.
35 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.
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 4 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.
The Parables
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.
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.
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, 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 of Spirits. For a long time my eyes regarded
that place, and blessed Him and praised Him, saying: 11 '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 13 spirits." 'And here my eyes saw all those
who sleep not: they stand before Him and bless and say: 14 'Blessed be
Thou, and blessed be the name of the Lord for ever and ever.' And my
face was changed; for I could nolonger behold.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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.'
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.
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: And I will
transform the earth and make it a blessing: 5 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.
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. [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.
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. 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. 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 counsellors stood before
Him, 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.
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. 9 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.
49 1 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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.'
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?' 5 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.'
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. Yet 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.'
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.'
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 before the Lord of Spirits. And
this is the end of the second parable.
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.
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.]
60 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 19 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, 23 and the angels take it in charge.
And these things I saw towards the Garden of the Righteous. 24 And the
angel of peace who was with me said to me: 'These two monsters, prepared
conformably to the greatness of God, shall feed...
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 Cherubin, Seraphin
and Ophannin, and all the angels of power, and all the angels of
principalities, 11 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 elects 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.'
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. 5 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 thence forward 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.
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!
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. 9 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.'
64 1, 2 And other forms I saw hidden in that place. I heard the voice of
the angel saying: 'These are the angels who descended to the earth, and
revealed what was hidden to the children of men and seduced the children
of men into committing sin.'
65 1, 2 And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down and
its destruction was nigh. And he arose from thence and went to the ends
of the earth, and cried aloud to his grandfather Enoch: 3 and Noah said
three times with an embittered voice: 'Hear me, hear me, hear me.' And I
said unto him: 'Tell me what it is that is falling out on the earth that
the earth is in such evil plight 4 and shaken, lest perchance I shall
perish with it?' And thereupon there was a great commotion 5 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 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 one -- 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.'
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.
67 1 And in those days the word of God came unto me, and He said unto
me: 'Noah, thy lot has come 2 up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot
of love and uprightness. And now the angels are making a wooden
(building), and when they have completed that task I will place My hand
upon it and preserve it, and there shall come forth from it the seed of
life, and a change shall set in so that the 3 earth will not remain
without inhabitant. And I will make fast thy seed before me for ever and
ever, and I will spread abroad those who dwell with thee: it shall not
be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it shall be blessed and
multiply on the earth in the name of the Lord.' 4 And He will imprison
those angels, who have shown unrighteousness, in that burning valley
which my grandfather Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west among
the mountains of gold 5 and silver and iron and soft metal and tin. And
I saw that valley in which there was a great 6 convulsion and a
convulsion of the waters. And when all this took place, from that fiery
molten metal and from the convulsion thereof in that place, there was
produced a smell of sulphur, and it was connected with those waters, and
that valley of the angels who had led astray (mankind) burned 7 beneath
that land. And through its valleys proceed streams of fire, where these
angels are punished who had led astray those who dwell upon the earth. 8
But those waters shall in those days serve for the kings and the mighty
and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, for the healing of
the body, but for the punishment of the spirit; now their spirit is full
of lust, that they may be punished in their body, for they have denied
the Lord of Spirits 9 and see their punishment daily, and yet believe
not in His name. And in proportion as the burning of their bodies
becomes severe, a corresponding change shall take place in their spirit
for ever and ever; 10 for before the Lord of Spirits none shall utter an
idle word. For the judgement shall come upon them, 11 because they
believe in the lust of their body and deny the Spirit of the Lord. And
those same waters will undergo a change in those days; for when those
angels are punished in these waters, these watersprings 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.
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.'
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 off 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 14 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 15 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. 19 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 hoar-frost, 24 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. This is the third Parable of Enoch.
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.
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, Cherubin, 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 13 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. 17 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.'
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 circumference
5 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 east]. 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 11
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 thirty 18
mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal. On
that day the day decreases 19 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 20 one-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 m the second portal
in the east, and in like manner sets 24 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, ie, the great luminary which is named the sun, 36 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.
73 1 And after this law I saw another law dealing with the smaller
luminary, which is named the Moon. 2 And her circumference is like the
circumference of the heaven, and her chariot in which she rides 3 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 4 (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 5 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 fourteenth 6 part of her
light. And when she receives one-seventh part of the half of her light,
her light 7 amounts to one-seventh part and the half thereof. And she
sets with the sun, and when the sun rises the moon rises with him and
receives the half of one part of light, and in that night in the
beginning of her morning [in the commencement of the lunar day] the moon
sets with the sun, and 8 is invisible that night with the fourteen parts
and the half of one of them. And she rises on that day with exactly a
seventh part, and comes forth and recedes from the rising of the sun,
and in her remaining days she becomes bright in the (remaining) thirteen
parts.
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; 13 but complete the years with
perfect justice in 364 days. In 3 years there are 1,092 days, and in 14
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 15 to be
added (1,000 and) 62 days.] And in 5 years there are 1,770 days, so that
for the moon the days 16 in 8 years amount to 2,832 days. [For in 8
years she falls behind to the amount of 80 days], all the 17 days she
falls behind in 8 years are 80. And the year is accurately completed in
conformity with their world-stations and the stations of the sun, which
rise from the portals through which it (the sun) rises and sets 30 days.
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
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