CHAPTER 84
1. And I raised my hands in righteousness and I blessed the Holy and Great One. And I spoke with the breath of my mouth, and with the tongue of flesh, which God has made for men born of flesh so that they might speak with it; and he has given them breath, and a tongue, and a mouth, so that they might speak with them.
2. “Blessed are you, Oh Lord King, and great and powerful in your majesty, Lord of the whole Creation of Heaven, King of Kings, and God of the whole world! And your kingly authority, and your Sovereignty and your Majesty will last forever, and forever and ever, and your power, for all generations. And all the Heavens are your throne, forever, and the whole Earth your footstool forever, and ever and ever.
3. For you made, and you rule, everything, and nothing is too hard for you, and no wisdom escapes you; it does not turn away from your throne nor from your presence. And you know, and see, and hear, everything, and nothing is hidden from you, for you see everything.
4. And now the Angels of your Heaven are doing wrong and your anger rests upon the flesh of men until the day of the great judgment.
5. And now, Oh God, Lord, and Great King, I entreat and ask that you will fulfill my prayer to leave me a posterity on Earth and not to wipe out all the flesh of men and make the earth empty so that there is destruction forever.
6. And now, my Lord, wipe out from the earth the flesh that has provoked your anger, but the flesh of righteousness and uprightness establish as a seed bearing plant forever. And do not hide your face from the prayer of your servant, Oh Lord.”
CHAPTER 83
1. And now, my son Methuselah, I will show you all the visions that I saw, recounting them before you.
2. Two visions I saw, before I took a woman, and neither one was like the other. For the first time, when I learnt the art of writing, and for the second time, before I took your mother. I saw a terrible vision and concerning this I made supplication to the Lord.
3. I had lain down in the house of my grandfather, Malalel, when I saw in a vision how Heaven was thrown down, and removed, and it fell upon the Earth.
4. And when it fell upon the Earth, I saw how the earth was swallowed up in a great abyss, and mountains were suspended on mountains, and hills sank down upon hills, and tall trees were torn up by their roots, and were thrown down, and sank into the abyss.
5. And then speech fell into my mouth, and I raised my voice to cry out, and said: “The earth is destroyed!”
(Genesis 7:17-23)
6. And my grandfather, Malalel, roused me, since I lay near him, and said to me: “Why did you cry out so, my son, and why do you moan so?”
7. And I recounted to him the whole vision, which I had seen, and he said to me: “A terrible thing you have seen, my son! Your dream vision concerns the secrets of all the sin of the Earth; it is about to sink into the abyss and be utterly destroyed.
8. And now, my son, rise and make supplication to the Lord of Glory, for you are faithful, that a remnant may be left on the Earth and that he may not wipe out the whole Earth.
9. My son, from Heaven all this will come upon the Earth, and upon the Earth there will be great destruction.”
10. And then I rose and prayed, and made supplication, and wrote my prayer down for the generations of eternity, and I will show everything to you my son Methuselah.
11. And, when I went out below and saw the sky, and the Sun rising in the east, and the Moon setting in the west, and some stars, and the whole Earth, and everything as He knew it since the beginning. Then I blessed the Lord of Judgment and ascribed Majesty to him, for he makes the Sun come out from the windows of the east, so that it ascends and rises on the face of Heaven, and follows the path which has been shown to it.
(Psalm 19:4-6), (Matthew 5:45)
CHAPTER 82
1. And now, my son Methuselah, all these things I recount to you, and write down for you. I have revealed everything to you, and have given you books about all these things. Keep, my son Methuselah, the books from the hand of your father so that you may pass them on to the generations of eternity.
2. I have given wisdom to you, and to your children, and to those who will be your children, that they may give it to their children, for all the generations, forever, this wisdom that is beyond their thoughts.
3. And those who understand it will not sleep, but will incline their ears that they may learn this wisdom, and it will be better for those who eat from it than good food.
4. Blessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who walk in the way of righteousness and do not sin like the sinners. In the numbering of all their days in which the Sun journeys in Heaven, coming in and out, through the Gates of Heaven, for thirty days. With the leaders of the thousands, of this order of stars, and with the four which are added, and divided between the four seasons of the year, which lead them and appear with them on four days.
5. Because of them men go wrong, and they do not reckon them in the reckoning of the whole year; for men go wrong in respect of them and do not know them exactly.
6. For they belong in the reckoning of the year, and are truly recorded forever, one in the first Gate, and one in the third, and one in the fourth and one in the sixth. And the year is completed in 364 days.
7. And the account of it is true, and the recorded reckoning of it is exact, for the lights, and the months, and the feasts, and the years, and the days. Uriel showed me, and inspired me; he to whom the Lord of the whole created world gave commands about the Host of Heaven for me.
8. And he has power in Heaven, over night and day, to cause light to shine on men; the Sun, the Moon, and the stars, and all the Powers of Heaven, which rotate in their orbits.
9. And this is the Law of the Stars, which set in their places, at their times, and at their feasts, and in their months.
10. And these are the names of those who lead them, who keep watch, so that they appear at their times, and in their orders, and in their months, and in their periods of rule, and in their positions.
11. Their four leaders, who divide the four parts of the year, appear first; and after them the twelve leaders of the orders, who divide the months and the years into 364 days, with the heads over thousands, who separate the days. And for the four days, that are added to them, there are the leaders who separate the four parts of the year.
12. And as for these heads over thousands, one is added between the leader and the led, but their leaders make the separation.
13. And these are the names of the leaders who separate the four appointed parts of the year: Melkiel, Helemmelek, Meleyal, and Narel.
14. And the names of those whom they lead: Adnarel, Iyasusael, Iylumiel; these three follow behind the leaders of the orders. And all others follow behind the three leaders of the orders, who follow behind those leaders of positions, who separate the four parts of the year.
15. In the beginning of the year, Melkiel rises first and rules, who is called the southern Sun – and all the days of his period, during which he rules, are ninety-one.
16. And these are the signs of the days that are to be seen on the earth, in the days of his period of rule; sweat, and heat, and calm. And all the trees bear fruit, and leaves appear on all the trees, and the wheat harvest, and rose flowers. And all the flowers bloom in the field but the trees of winter are withered.
17. And these are the names of the leaders who are under them: Berkeel, Zelebsael, and another one who is added, a head over a thousand, named Heloyaseph. And the days of the period of rule, of this one, are complete.
18. The second leader, after him, is Helemmelec, whom they call the Shining Sun; and all the days of his light are ninety-one.
19. And these are the signs of the days on earth: heat, and drought. And the trees bring their fruit to ripeness and maturity and make their fruit dry. And the sheep mate and become pregnant. And men gather all the fruits of the earth, and everything that is in the fields, and the vats of wine. And these things occur in the days of his period of rule.
20. And these are the names, and the orders, and the leaders of these heads over thousands: Gedaeyal, Keel, and Heel. And the name of the head-over-a-thousand, who is added to them, is Asfael. And the days of his period of rule are complete.
CHAPTER 81
1. And he said to me: “Oh Enoch, look at the book of the Tablets of Heaven and read what is written upon them, and note every individual fact.”
2. And I looked at everything that was written and I noted everything. And I read the book and everything that was written in it, all the deeds of men, and all the children of flesh who will be upon the Earth, for all the generations of eternity.
3. And then I immediately blessed the Lord, the Eternal King of Glory, in that he has made all the works of the world, and I praised the Lord because of his patience, and I blessed him on account of the sons of Adam.
4. And at that time I said: “Blessed is the man who dies righteous and good, concerning whom no book of iniquity has been written, and against whom no guilt has been found.”
(Psalm 1:1), (Daniel 7:10), (Revelation 20:12)
5. And these three Holy ones brought me and set me on the earth in front of the door of my house, and said to me: “Tell everything to your son Methuselah, and show all your children that no flesh is righteous, before the Lord, for He created them.
(Job 25:4), (Job 9:2), (Psalm 143:2), (Job 9:20), (Proverbs 20:9), (2 Esdras 16:53-54), (Ecclesiastes 7:20), (Psalm 14:1), (1 John 1:8-9), (Isaiah 64:6)
6. For one year we will leave you with your children, until you have regained your strength, so that you may teach your children and write these things down for them, and testify to all your children. And in the second year we will take you from amongst them.
7. Let your heart be strong, for the good will proclaim righteousness to the good, the righteous will rejoice with the righteous and they will wish each other well.
(Daniel 12:3)
8. But the sinner will die with the sinner and the apostate will sink with the apostate.
(Proverbs 5:22-23), (Psalm 92:9), (Psalm 119:155), (Wisdom 3:10), (Wisdom 4:20)
9. And those who practice righteousness will die because of the deeds of men, and will be gathered in because of the deeds of the impious.”
(2 Kings 22:20), (Isaiah 57:1)
10. And in those days they finished speaking to me and I went to my family as I blessed the Lord of Ages.
CHAPTER 80
1. And in those days the angel Uriel answered and said to me: ‘ Behold, I have shown thee everything, Enoch, and I have revealed everything to thee that thou shouldst see this sun and this moon, and the leaders of the stars of the heaven and all those who turn them, their tasks and times and departures.
2. And in the days of the sinners the years shall be shortened, And their seed shall be tardy on their lands and fields, And all things on the earth shall alter, And shall not appear in their time: And the rain shall be kept back And the heaven shall withhold (it).
3. And in those times the fruits of the earth shall be backward, And shall not grow in their time, And the fruits of the trees shall be withheld in their time.
4. And the moon shall alter her order, And not appear at her time.
5. [And in those days the sun shall be seen and he shall journey in the evening on the extremity of the great chariot in the west] And shall shine more brightly than accords with the order of light.
6. And many chiefs of the stars shall transgress the order (prescribed). And these shall alter their orbits and tasks, And not appear at the seasons prescribed to them.
7. And the whole order of the stars shall be concealed from the sinners, And the thoughts of those on the earth shall err concerning them, [And they shall be altered from all their ways], Yea, they shall err and take them to be gods.
(Deuteronomy 17:3), (Wisdom 13:1-3), (Jeremiah 8:2), (Romans 1:25)
8. And evil shall be multiplied upon them, And punishment shall come upon them So as to destroy all.’
(Jonah 2:8), (Micah 5:9)
CHAPTER 79
1. And now, my son, I have shown thee everything, and the law of all the stars of the heaven is completed.
2. And he showed me all the laws of these for every day, and for every season of bearing rule, and for every year, and for its going forth, and for the order prescribed to it every month and every week:
3. And the waning of the moon which takes place in the sixth portal: for in this 4 sixth portal her light is accomplished, and after that there is the beginning of the waning:
4. (And the waning) which takes place in the first portal in its season, till one hundred and seventy-seven days are accomplished: reckoned according to weeks, twenty-five (weeks) and two days.
5. She falls behind the sun and the order of the stars exactly five days in the course of one period, and when this place which thou seest has been traversed.
6. Such is the picture and sketch of every luminary which Uriel the archangel, who is their leader, showed unto me.
CHAPTER 78
1. The names of the Sun are as follows: The first Oryares, and the second Tomases.
2. The Moon has four names: The first name is Asonya, and the second Ebla, and the third Benase, and the fourth Era’e.
3. These are the two great lights; their disc is like the disc of Heaven and in size the two are equal.
4. In the disc of the Sun, are seven parts of light, which are added to it more than to the Moon, and in fixed measure light is transferred to the Moon until a seventh part of the Sun is exhausted.
5. And they set, go into the Gates of the west, go round through the north, and rise through the Gates of the east, on the face of Heaven.
6. And when the Moon rises, it appears in the sky, and has a half of a seventh part of light, and on the fourteenth day it makes all its light full.
7. And fifteen parts of light are transferred to it, until on the fifteenth day its light is full, according to the sign of the year, and amounts to fifteen parts. And the Moon comes into being by halves of a seventh part.
8. And in its waning on the first day, it decreases to fourteen parts of its light. And on the second to thirteen parts, and on the third to twelve parts, on the fourth to eleven parts, and on the fifth to ten parts, and on the sixth to nine parts, and on the seventh to eight parts, and on the eighth to seven parts, and on the ninth to six parts, and on the tenth to five parts, and on the eleventh to four parts, and on the twelfth to three, and on the thirteenth to two, and on the fourteenth to half of a seventh part. And all the light that remains from the total disappears on the fifteenth day.
9. And in certain months the Moon has twenty-nine days and once twenty-eight.
10. And Uriel showed me another law: – when light is transferred to the Moon, and on which side it is transferred from the Sun.
11. All the time that the Moon is increasing in its light, it transfers as it becomes opposite the Sun, until in fourteen days it’s light is full in the sky; and when it is all ablaze, it’s light is full in the sky.
12. And on the first day it is called the New Moon, for on that, daylight rises on it.
13. And its light becomes full exactly on the day that as the Sun goes down in the west it rises from the east for the night. And the Moon shines for the whole night until the Sun rises opposite it, and the Moon is seen opposite the Sun.
14. And on the side on which the light of the Moon appears, there again it wanes, until all its light disappears, and the days of the Moon end and its disc remains empty without light.
15. And for three months, at its proper time, it achieves thirty days, and for three months, it achieves twenty-nine days, during which it completes its waning, in the first period, in the first Gate, 127 days.*
16. And in the time of it’s rising, for three months, it appears in each month with thirty days. And for three months it appears in each month with twenty-nine days
17. By night, for twenty days each time, it looks like a man, and by day like Heaven, for there is nothing else in it except it’s light.
* 177 days according to the version of “R.H. Charles Oxford: The Clarendon Press”
CHAPTER 77
1. They called the first quarter eastern because it is the first, and they call the second the south because there the Most High descends, and there especially the one who is blessed forever descends.
2. And the western quarter is called waning because there all the lights of Heaven wane and go down.
3. And the fourth quarter, named the north, is divided into three parts. And the first of them is the dwelling place for men; and the second contains seas of water, and the deeps, and the forests, and rivers, and darkness and mist; and the third part contains the Garden of Righteousness.
4. I saw seven high mountains, which were higher than all other mountains on the earth; and from them snow comes. And days and times and years, pass away and go by.
5. I saw seven rivers on the earth, larger than all the other rivers; one of them comes from the east and pours out its waters into the Great Sea.
6. And two of them come from the north to the sea and pour out their water into the Erythraean Sea in the east.
7. And the remaining four flow out on the side of the north, to their seas, two to the Erythraean Sea, and two into the Great Sea, and they discharge themselves there, and not into the wilderness, as some say.
8. I saw seven large islands, in the sea and on the land, two on the land, and five in the Great Sea.
HAPTER 76
1. And at the ends of the earth, I saw twelve Gates open to all the winds, from which the winds come out and blow over the earth.
(Ecclesiastes 1:6), (Psalm 135:7)
2. Three of them open in the front of Heaven, and three in the back, and three on the right of Heaven, and three on the left.
3. And the three first are those towards the east, and then the three towards the north, and the three after these towards the south, and the three in the west.
4. Through four of them come winds of blessing and peace. And from the other eight come winds of punishment; when they are sent they bring devastation to the whole Earth, and to the water which is on it, and to all those who dwell upon it, and to everything that is in the water and on dry ground.
(Ben Sira 39:28)
5. And the first wind from those Gates, called the east wind, comes out through the first Gate, which is towards the east. The one that comes from the south brings devastation, drought, heat, and destruction.
6. And through the second Gate, in the middle, comes what is right. And from it come rain, and fruitfulness, and prosperity, and dew. And through the third Gate, which is towards the north, comes cold and drought.
7. And after these, the winds towards the south come out, through three Gates. First, through the first of the Gates, which inclines towards the east, comes a hot wind.
8. And through the middle Gate, which is next to it, come pleasant fragrances, and dew, and rain, and prosperity, and life.
9. And through the third Gate, which is towards the west, come dew, and rain, and locusts, and devastation.
10. And after these, the winds towards the north..(…)..from the seventh Gate, which is towards the east, come dew and rain, locusts and devastation.
11. And through the Gate exactly in the middle, come rain, and dew, and life, and prosperity. And through the third Gate, which is towards the west
come mist and hoarfrost, and snow, and rain, and dew, and locusts.
12. And after these the winds towards the west. Through the first Gate, which inclines towards the north, come dew, and rain, and hoarfrost, and cold, and snow, and frost.
13. And from the middle Gate, come dew and rain, prosperity and blessing. And through the last Gate, which is towards the south, come drought and devastation, burning and destruction.
14. And thus the twelve Gates, of the four quarters of Heaven are complete. And all their laws, and all their punishments, and all their benefits, I have shown to you, my son Methuselah.
CHAPTER 76
1. And at the ends of the earth, I saw twelve Gates open to all the winds, from which the winds come out and blow over the earth.
(Ecclesiastes 1:6), (Psalm 135:7)
2. Three of them open in the front of Heaven, and three in the back, and three on the right of Heaven, and three on the left.
3. And the three first are those towards the east, and then the three towards the north, and the three after these towards the south, and the three in the west.
4. Through four of them come winds of blessing and peace. And from the other eight come winds of punishment; when they are sent they bring devastation to the whole Earth, and to the water which is on it, and to all those who dwell upon it, and to everything that is in the water and on dry ground.
(Ben Sira 39:28)
5. And the first wind from those Gates, called the east wind, comes out through the first Gate, which is towards the east. The one that comes from the south brings devastation, drought, heat, and destruction.
6. And through the second Gate, in the middle, comes what is right. And from it come rain, and fruitfulness, and prosperity, and dew. And through the third Gate, which is towards the north, comes cold and drought.
7. And after these, the winds towards the south come out, through three Gates. First, through the first of the Gates, which inclines towards the east, comes a hot wind.
8. And through the middle Gate, which is next to it, come pleasant fragrances, and dew, and rain, and prosperity, and life.
9. And through the third Gate, which is towards the west, come dew, and rain, and locusts, and devastation.
10. And after these, the winds towards the north..(…)..from the seventh Gate, which is towards the east, come dew and rain, locusts and devastation.
11. And through the Gate exactly in the middle, come rain, and dew, and life, and prosperity. And through the third Gate, which is towards the west
come mist and hoarfrost, and snow, and rain, and dew, and locusts.
12. And after these the winds towards the west. Through the first Gate, which inclines towards the north, come dew, and rain, and hoarfrost, and cold, and snow, and frost.
13. And from the middle Gate, come dew and rain, prosperity and blessing. And through the last Gate, which is towards the south, come drought and devastation, burning and destruction.
14. And thus the twelve Gates, of the four quarters of Heaven are complete. And all their laws, and all their punishments, and all their benefits, I have shown to you, my son Methuselah.
CHAPTER 75
1. And the leaders of the tens of thousands, who are in charge of the whole of creation, and in charge of all the stars, and also the four days which are added, and are not separated from their position, according to the whole reckoning of the year. And these serve on the four days that are not counted in the reckoning of the year.
2. And because of them men go wrong in them. For these lights really serve in the stations of the world, one in the first Gate, and one in the third Gate, and one in the fourth Gate, and one in the sixth Gate. And the exact harmony of the world is completed in the separate 364 stations of the world.
3. For the signs, and the times, and the years, and the days, were showed to me by the Angel Uriel whom the Lord of Eternal Glory has placed in charge of all the Lights of Heaven. In Heaven and in the world, so that they might rule on the Face of Heaven, and appear over the earth, and be leaders of day and night; the Sun, the Moon, the stars, and all the serving creatures who revolve in all the Chariots of Heaven.
4. Likewise, Uriel showed to me twelve Gate-openings in the disc of the chariot of the Sun, in the sky, from which the rays of the Sun come out. And from them heat comes out over the Earth when they are opened at the times that are appointed for them.
5. And there are openings for the winds, and for the spirit of the dew, when they are opened at their times, opened in Heaven, at the ends of the earth.
6. I saw twelve Gates in Heaven, at the ends of the earth, from which the Sun, and the Moon, and the stars, and all the works of Heaven, go out in the east and in the west.
7. And there are many window-openings to the north and to the south, and each window, at its appointed time, sends out heat corresponding to those Gates, from which the stars go out, in accordance with His command to them, and in which they set according to their number.
(Ben Sira 43:9-10)
8. And I saw chariots in Heaven, running through the region above those Gates, in which the stars that never set rotate.
9. And one is bigger than all the others. And it goes round through the whole world.
CHAPTER 74
1. And another journey, and law, I saw for it, in that according to this law it makes its monthly journey.
2. And Uriel, the Holy Angel who is leader of them all, showed me everything, and I wrote down their positions as he showed them to me. And I wrote down their months, as they are, and the appearance of their light, until fifteen days have been completed.
3. In seventh parts it makes all its darkness full, and in seventh parts it makes all its light full, in the east and in the west.
4. And in certain months, it changes its setting, and in certain months, it follows its own individual course.
5. In two months it sets with the Sun, in those two Gates that are in the middle, in the third and in the fourth Gate.
6. It goes out for seven days and turns back, and returns again to the Gate from which the Sun rises. And in that Gate it makes all its light full, and it recedes from the Sun, and comes, in eight days, to the sixth Gate from which the Sun rises.
7. And when the Sun rises from the fourth Gate, the Moon goes out for seven days, until it rises from the fifth Gate. And again it returns in seven days to the fourth Gate, makes all its light full, recedes, and comes to the first Gate in eight days.
8. And again it returns in seven days to the fourth Gate from which the Sun rises.
9. Thus I saw their positions; how the Moon rose and the Sun set in those days.
10. And if five years are added together, the Sun has an excess of thirty days. For each year, of the five years, there are three hundred and sixty four days.
11. And the excess, of the Sun and the stars, comes to six days. In five years, with six days each, they have an excess of thirty days, and the Moon falls behind the Sun and the stars by thirty days.
12. And the Moon conducts the years exactly, all of them according to their eternal positions; they are neither early nor late, even by one day, but change the year in exactly 364 days.
13. In three years, there are 1,092 days, and in five years 1,820 days, so that in eight years there are 2,912 days.
14. For the Moon alone, the days in three years come to 1,062 days, and in five years it is fifty days behind.
15. And there are 1,770 days in five years so that for the Moon the days in eight years amount to 2,832 days.
16. For the difference in eight years is eighty days, and all the days that the Moon is behind, in eight years, are eighty days.
17. And the year is completed exactly, in accordance with their positions, and the positions of the Sun, in that they rise from the Gates from which the Sun rises and sets for thirty days.
CHAPTER 73
1. And after this law I saw another law dealing with the smaller luminary, which is named the Moon.
(Psalm 104:19), (Ben Sira 43:6-8)
2. And her circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and her chariot in which she rides is driven by the wind, and light is given to her in (definite) measure.
3. And her rising and setting change every month: and her days are like the days of the sun, and when her light is uniform (i.e. full) it amounts to the seventh part of the light of the sun.
4. And thus she rises. And her first phase in the east comes forth on the thirtieth morning: and on that day she becomes visible, and constitutes for you the first phase of the moon on the thirtieth day together with the sun in the portal where the sun rises.
5. And the one half of her goes forth by a seventh part, and her whole circumference is empty, without light, with the exception of one-seventh part of it, (and) the 6 fourteenth part of her light.
6. And when she receives one-seventh part of the half of her light, her light amounts to one-seventh part and the half thereof.
7. 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 is invisible that night with the fourteen parts and the half of one of them.
8. And she rises on that day with exactly a seventh part, and comes forth and recedes from the rising of the sun, and in her remaining days she becomes bright in the (remaining) thirteen parts.
CHAPTER 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 and unto eternity, till the new creation is accomplished which dureth till eternity.
2. And this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary the Sun has its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven, and its setting in the western portals of the heaven.
(Psalm 104:19), (Ecclesiastes 1:5), (Sirach 43:1-5)
3. 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 in accurately corresponding order: also many windows to the right and left of these portals.
4. And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun, and his circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire.
5. 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 shines in the face of the heaven.
6. In this way he rises in the first month in the great portal, which is the fourth [those six portals in the cast].
7. 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 their season.
8. When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that fourth portal thirty, mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the west of the heaven.
9. And during this period the day becomes daily longer and the night nightly shorter to the thirtieth morning.
10. On that day the day is longer than the night by a ninth part, and the day amounts exactly to ten parts and the night to eight parts.
11. 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 portal.
12. And then the day becomes longer by two parts and amounts to eleven parts, and the night becomes shorter and amounts to seven parts.
13. And it returns to the east and enters into the sixth portal, and rises and sets in the sixth portal one-and-thirty mornings on account of its sign.
14. On that day the day becomes longer than the night, and the day becomes double the night, and the day becomes twelve parts, and the night is shortened and becomes six parts.
15. 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 sixth portal, and rises from it and sets thirty mornings.
16. And when thirty mornings are accomplished, the day decreases by exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and the night seven.
17. 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 mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal.
18. On that day the day decreases by two parts, and amounts to ten parts and the night to eight parts.
19. And the sun goes forth from that fifth portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for one- and-thirty mornings on account of its sign, and sets in the west.
20. 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 nine parts.
21. And the sun rises from that portal and sets in the west, and returns to the east and rises thirty mornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third portal.
22. 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 parts.
23. 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 in the second portal in the east, and in like manner sets in the second portal in the west of the heaven.
24. And on that day the night amounts to eleven parts and the day to seven parts.
25. 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 mornings, and sets in the first portal in the west of the heaven.
26. 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 the day to six.
27. 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 opposite to it.
28. And on that night has the night decreased in length by a ninth part, and the night has become eleven parts and the day seven parts.
29. 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 and setting.
30. And on that day the night decreases in length, and the night amounts to ten parts and the day to eight.
31. 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.
33. And the length of the day and of the night, and the shortness of the day and of the night arise-through the course of the sun these distinctions are made (lit. ‘ they are separated ‘).
34. So it comes that its course becomes daily longer, and its course nightly shorter.
35. And this is the law and the course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns sixty times and rises, i.e. the great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and ever.
36 And that which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so named according to its appearance, according as the Lord commanded.
37. As he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.
CHAPTER 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.
(Revelation 21:10-11), (Acts 2:3)
6. And my spirit saw the girdle which girt that house of fire, And on its four sides were streams full of living fire, And they girt that house.
7. And round about were Seraphin, Cherubic, and Ophannin: And these are they who sleep not And guard the throne of His glory.
(2 Kings 19:15), (Psalm 80:1), (Psalm 99:1), (Isaiah 37:16)
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.
(Revelation 5:11)
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.
(Isaiah 6:1-5), (Daniel 7:9, 13)
11. And I fell on my face, And my whole body became relaxed, And my spirit was transfigured; And I cried with a loud voice, . . . with the spirit of power, And blessed and glorified and extolled.
12. And these blessings which went forth out of my mouth were well pleasing before that Head of Days.
13. And that Head of Days came with Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel, thousands and ten thousands of angels without number.
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.’
(Daniel 7:13), (Jeremiah 33:15), (The Book of Enoch 62:1-2)
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.
(Psalm 85:11-13)
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.’
(John 14:6), (Isaiah 35:8), (Hebrews 10:19-20), (Jeremiah 50:4-6), (Isaiah 26:3-4, 12), (Isaiah 57:2), (John 14:27), (John 16:33), (Philippians 4:7)
CHAPTER 70
1. And it came to pass, after this, that while he was living his name was lifted from those who dwell upon the dry ground to the presence of that Son of Man, and to the presence of the Lord of Spirits.
(Genesis 5:24), (Hebrews 11:5), (Wisdom 4:10-11), (Sirach 44:16), (Sirach 49:14)
2. And he was lifted on the chariots of the spirit, and his name vanished from among them.
3. And from that day I was not counted among them, and He placed me between two winds, between the north and the west, where the Angels took the cords to measure for me the place for the chosen and the righteous.
4. And there I saw the First Fathers and the righteous who from the beginning of the world dwelt in that place.
CHAPTER 69
1. And after this judgment I will terrify them, and make them tremble, for they have shown this to those who dwell upon the dry ground.”
2. And behold, the names of those Angels: – The first of them is Semyaza, and the second Artaqifa, and the third Armen, and the fourth Kokabiel, and the fifth Turiel, and the sixth Ramiel, and the seventh Daniel, and the eighth Nuqael, and the ninth Baraqiel, and the tenth Azazel, and the eleventh Armaros, the twelfth Batriel, the thirteenth Basasael, the fourteenth Ananel, the fifteenth Turiel, the sixteenth Samsiel, the seventeenth Yetarel, the eighteenth Tumiel, the nineteenth Turiel, the twentieth Rumiel, the twenty-first Azazel.
3. And these are the chiefs of their Angels, and the names of the leaders of hundreds, and their leaders of fifties, and their leaders of tens.
4. The name of the first is Yequn; this is the one who led astray all the children of the Holy Angels, and he brought them down onto the dry ground, and led them astray through the daughters of men.
5. And the name of the second is Asbeel; this one suggested an evil plan to the children of the Holy Angels, and led them astray, so that they corrupted their bodies with the daughters of men.
6. And the name of the third is Gadreel; this is the one that showed all the deadly blows to the sons of men. And he led astray Eve. And he showed the weapons of death to the children of men, the shield and the breastplate, and the sword for slaughter, and all the weapons of death to the sons of men.
7. And from his hand they have gone out against those who dwell the dry ground from that time and forever and ever.
8. And the name of the fourth is Penemue; this one showed the sons of men the bitter and the sweet and showed them all the secrets of their wisdom.
9. He taught men the art of writing with ink and paper, and through this many have gone astray, from eternity to eternity, and to this day.
10. For men were not created for this, that they should confirm their faith like this, with pen and ink.
11. For men were created no differently from the Angels, so that they might remain righteous and pure, and death, which destroys everything, would not have touched them; but through this knowledge of theirs they are being destroyed and through this power death consumes them.
12. And the name of the fifth is Kasdeyae; this one showed the sons of men all the evil blows of the spirits and of the demons, and the blows that attack the embryo in the womb so that it miscarries. And the blows that attack the soul: the bite of the serpent. And the blows that occur at midday, and the son of the serpent – who is strong.
13. And this is the task of Kesbeel, the chief of the oath, who showed the oath to the Holy ones when he dwelt on high in glory. And his name is Beqa.
14. And this one told the Holy Michael that he should show him the secret name so that they might mention it in the oath, so that those, who showed the sons of men everything that is secret, trembled before that name and oath.
15. And this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong, and he placed this oath, Akae, in the charge of the Holy Michael.
16. And these are the secrets of this oath, and they are strong through this oath, and Heaven was suspended, before the world was created, and
forever.
17. And through it the earth was founded upon the water, and from the hidden recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters, from the creation of the world and for ever.
18. And through that oath the sea was created, and as its foundation, for the time of anger, he placed for it the sand, and it does not go beyond it, from the creation of the world and for ever.
19. And through that oath the deeps were made firm, and they stand and do not move from their place, from the creation of the world and for ever.
20. And through that oath the Sun and the Moon complete their course and do not transgress their command, from the creation of the world and for ever.
21. And through that oath the stars complete their course, and he calls their names, and they answer him, from the creation of the world and for ever.
22. And likewise the spirits of the water, of the winds, and of all the breezes, and their paths, according to all the groups of the spirits.
23. And there are kept the storehouses of the sound of thunder, and of the light of the lightning; and there are kept the storehouses of the hail, and the hoarfrost, and the storehouses of the mist, and the storehouses of the rain and dew.
24. And all these make their confession and give thanks in front of the Lord of Spirits and sing praises with all their power. And their food consists of all their thanksgiving and they give thanks, praise, and exalt, in the name of the Lord of Spirits, forever and ever.
25. And this oath is strong over them and through it they are kept safe and their courses are not disturbed.
26. And they had great joy and they blessed, praised, and exalted, because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed to them.
27. And he sat on the Throne of His Glory and the whole judgment was given to the Son of Man and he will cause the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from the face of the Earth.
(Matthew 19:28), (Matthew 25:31-32), (John 5:22), (John 5:27)
(Psalm 37:34), (Proverbs 11:3), (Isaiah 14:20-22), (Micah 5:8-9, 15), (Isaiah 63:1-6), (Revelation 19:13)
28. And those who led astray the world will be bound in chains and will be shut up in the assembly-place of their destruction, and all their works will pass away from the face of the earth.
29. And from then on there will be nothing corruptible. For that Son of Man has appeared, and has sat on the Throne of His Glory, and everything evil will pass away and go from in front of Him; and the word of that Son of Man will be strong in front of the Lord of Spirits. This is the Third Parable of Enoch.
(Sirach 40:12)
CHAPTER 68
1. And after this, my great-grandfather Enoch gave me the explanation of all the secrets, in a book, and the parables that had been given to him; and he put them together for me, in the words of the Book of Parables.
2. And on that day the Holy Michael answered Raphael, saying: “The power of the spirit seizes me and makes me tremble because of the harshness of the judgment of the Angels. Who can endure the harshness of the judgment which has been executed and before which they melt with fear?”
3. And the Holy Michael answered Raphael again, and said to him: “Who would not soften his heart over it, and whose mind would not be disturbed by this word? Judgment has gone out against them, upon those whom they have led out like this.”
4. But it came to pass, when he stood before the Lord of Spirits, that the Holy Michael spoke as follows to Raphael: “I will not take their part under the eye of the Lord, for the Lord of Spirits is angry with them, because they act as if they were the Lord.
5. Because of this the hidden judgment will come upon them for ever and ever; for neither any other Angel, nor any man, will receive their lot, but they alone have received their judgment for ever and ever.
CHAPTER 67
1. And in those days the word of God came unto me, and He said unto me: ‘ Noaḥ̣, thy lot has come Up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and uprightness.
(2 Peter 2:5)
2. 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 earth will not remain without inhabitant.
3. And I will make fast thy sed before me for ever and ever, and I will spread abroad those who dwell with thee: it shall not be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it shall be blessed and multiply on the earth in the name of the Lord.’
4. And He will imprison those angels, who have shown unrighteousness, in that burning valley which my grandfather Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west among the mountains of gold and silver and iron and soft metal and tin.
(Isaiah 24:21-23), (2 Peter 2:4), (Jude 1:5-6)
5. And I saw that valley in which there was a great convulsion and a convulsion of the waters.
6. 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 beneath that land.
7. 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 and see their punishment daily, and yet believe not in His name.
(Job 20:20), (Proverbs 1:19), (Jeremiah 51:13), (Micah 2:2), (Habakkuk 2:9), (1 Timothy 6:10)
(Psalm 73:27), (Jeremiah 5:12), (Jeremiah 17:13), (Job 31:25-28), (Luke 12:9)
(Amos 4:6-13)
9. And in proportion as the burning of their bodies becomes severe, a corresponding change shall take place in their spirit for ever and ever; for before the Lord of Spirits none shall utter an idle word.
(Job 11:2), (Proverbs 14:23), (Matthew 5:37)
10. For the judgement shall come upon them, because they believe in the lust of their body and deny the Spirit of the Lord.
(Galatians 5:16-17), (Galatians 5:24), (Ephesians 2:3), (1 John 2:16)
11. And those same waters will undergo a change in those days; for when those angels are punished in these waters, these water-springs shall change their temperature, and when the angels ascend, this water of the springs shall change and become cold.
12. 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 earth.
13. 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.
(Matthew 3:11-12), (Isaiah 34:7-10), (Revelation 14:11), (Revelation 19:3)
CHAPTER 66
1. And after this, he showed me the Angels of Punishment, who were ready to come and release all the forces of the water, which is under the earth, in order to bring judgment and destruction on all those who reside and dwell upon the dry ground.
2. And the Lord of Spirits commanded the Angels who were coming out, not to raise their hands, but to keep watch; for those Angels were in charge of the forces of the waters.
3. And I came out from before Enoch.
CHAPTER 65
1. And in those days, Noaḥ̣ saw the Earth had tilted and that its destruction was near.
2. And he set off from there and went to the ends of the Earth and cried out to his great-grandfather Enoch; and Noaḥ̣ said three times in a bitter voice: “Hear me, hear me, hear me!”
3. And he said to him: “Tell me, what is it that is being done on the Earth, that the Earth is so afflicted and shaken, lest I be destroyed with it!”
4. And immediately there was a great disturbance on the Earth and a voice was heard from Heaven and I fell upon my face.
5. And my great-grandfather Enoch came, stood by me, and said to me: “Why did you cry out to me, with such bitter crying and weeping?
6. And a command has gone out from the Lord against those who dwell upon the dry ground that this must be their end. For they have learnt all the secrets of the Angels, and all the wrongdoings of the satans, and all their secret power, and all the power of those who practice magic arts, and the power of enchantments, and the power of those who cast molten images for all the Earth.
(Revelation 2:24)
7. And further, how silver is produced from the dust of the earth and how soft metal occurs on the earth.
8. For lead and tin are not produced from the earth, like the former; there is a spring which produces them, and an Angel who stands in it, and that Angel distributes them.”
9. And after this, my great-grandfather Enoch took hold of me with his hand, and raised me, and said to me: “Go, for I have asked the Lord of Spirits about this disturbance on the earth.”
10. And he said to me: “Because of their iniquity, their judgment has been completed, and they will no longer be counted before me; because of the sorceries they have searched out and learnt, the Earth and those who dwell upon it will be destroyed.
(Genesis 6:17), (Genesis 7:21-23), (Luke 17:27)
11. And for these, there will be no place of refuge, for ever, for they showed to them what is secret, and they have been condemned; but not so for you, my son; the Lord of Spirits knows that you are pure and innocent of this reproach concerning the secrets.
(Jude 1:6), (2 Peter 2:4), (2 Peter 2:5), (Genesis 6:8-9), (Genesis 7:1)
12. And he has established your name among the Holy, and will keep you from amongst those who dwell upon the dry ground; and he has destined your seed in righteousness, to be kings, and for great honours. And from your seed will flow out a spring of the Righteous and Holy, without number forever.”
(Genesis 9:1, 18-19)
CHAPTER 63
1. In those days, the mighty kings who possess the dry ground will entreat the Angels of His Punishment to whom they have been handed over so that they might give them a little respite. And so that they might fall down and worship in front of the Lord of Spirits, and confess their sins in front of Him.
2. And they will bless and praise the Lord of Spirits, and say: “Blessed be the Lord of Spirits, and the Lord of Kings, the Lord of the Mighty, and the Lord of the Rich, and the Lord of Glory, and the Lord of Wisdom!
(Philippians 4:20), (1 Timothy 1:17)
3. And everything secret is clear, in front of You, and your power is for all generations, and your glory is forever and ever. Deep and without number are all your secrets and your righteousness is beyond reckoning.
4. Now we realize that we ought to praise and bless the Lord of Kings and the one who is King over all Kings.”
(Isaiah 45:23-25), (Psalm 86:9), (Philippians 2:9-11), (Romans 14:11), (Psalm 22:29), (Revelation 13:8), (Matthew 23:39), (Luke 13:35), (Revelation 17:14), (Revelation 19:16)
5. And they will say: “Would that we might be given a respite, so that we might praise and thank and bless him, and make our confession in front of His Glory.
6. And now we long for a respite, but do not find it; we are driven off and do not obtain it; and the light has passed away from before us, and darkness will be our dwelling forever and ever.
7. For we have not made our confession before him, and we have not praised the name of the Lord of Kings, and we have not praised the Lord for all his works, but our hopes have been on the sceptre of our kingdom, and of our glory.
8. And on the day of our affliction and distress he does not save us, and we find no respite to make our confession that our Lord is faithful in all his doings, and in all his judgments and his justice, and that his judgments show no respect for persons.
(Deuteronomy 10:17), (Romans 2:11), (1 Peter 1:17), (James 2:1-9)
9. And we pass away from in front of him because of all our works and all our sins have been counted exactly.”
(Wisdom 5:1-13)
10. Then they will say to them: “Our souls are sated with possessions gained through iniquity, but they do not prevent our going down into the flames of the torment of Sheol.”
(Proverbs 11:4), (Sirach 5:8), (Sirach 31:5-7), (Proverbs 20:21), (Psalm 52:6-7), (Psalm 49:6-8), (Zephaniah 1:18), (Ezekiel 7:19)
11. And after this their faces will be filled with darkness and shame, in front of that Son of Man, and they will be driven away from him. And the sword will dwell among them – in front of Him.
(Matthew 25:41-46), (Job 22:7), (Psalm 109:16-17)
12. And thus says the Lord of Spirits: “This is the Law and the Judgment for the mighty, and the kings, and the exalted, and for those who possess the dry ground, in front of the Lord of Spirits.”
(Wisdom 6:1-9)
CHAPTER 62
1. And thus the Lord commanded the kings, and the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell upon the earth, and said: “Open your eyes and raise your horns if you are able to acknowledge the Chosen One.”
(Isaiah 53:1), (John 12:37-38), (John 1:1-4, 9-14)
2. And the Lord of Spirits sat on His Throne of Glory, and the spirit of righteousness was poured out on him, and the word of his mouth kills all the sinners and all the lawless, and they are destroyed in front of him.
(Revelation 4:8-10), (Revelation 5:13), (Revelation 7:10)
(Isaiah 41:2), (Isaiah 45:13), (Isaiah 42:6), (Isaiah 32:1), (Jeremiah 23:5-6), (Jeremiah 33:14-16), (Isaiah 11:1-5), (Isaiah 42:1-4), (Isaiah 59:17), (Psalm 85:11, 13), (Romans 5:17)
(Revelation 19:11-16), (Revelation 2:16), (Ephesians 6:17), (John 12:47-49), (2 Samuel 22:9-10, 12-13), (Psalm 18:8-9, 11-13),
(Job 41:18-22), (Jeremiah 5:14), (Isaiah 26:11), (Isaiah 30:27), (Isaiah 33:12), (Isaiah 66:16, 24), (Hebrews 10:27)
(Zephaniah 1:2-3), (2 Samuel 22:14-16), (Psalm 18:13-15), (Revelation 20:9)
3. And on that Day, all the kings and the mighty and the exalted, and those who possess the earth, will stand up and they will see and recognize how he sits on the Throne of His Glory. And the righteous are judged in righteousness, in front of him, and no idle word is spoken in front of him.
(Matthew 25:31-32)
4. And pain will come upon them as upon a woman in labour, for whom giving birth is difficult when her child enters the mouth of the womb, and she has difficulty giving birth.
(1 Thessalonians 5:3)
5. And one half of them will look at the other, and they will be terrified, and will cast down their faces, and pain will take hold of them when they see that Son of Man sitting on the throne of His Glory.
(Mark 14:62), (Matthew 25:31)
6. And the mighty kings, and all those who possess the earth, will praise and bless and exalt Him who rules everything that is hidden.
(Isaiah 24:16), (Isaiah 45:23), (Isaiah 66:18), (Psalm 22:29), (Psalm 86:9), (Philippians 2:9-11), (Romans 14:11), (Revelation 13:8)
7. For from the beginning that Son of Man was hidden, and the Most High kept him in the presence of His power, and revealed him only to the chosen.
(1 Peter 1:11-13), (1 Corinthians 2:9-11)
8. And the community of the Holy and the chosen will be sown and all the chosen will stand before him on that day.
(Malachi 3:2), (Revelation 6:17)
9. And all the mighty kings, and the exalted, and those who rule the dry ground, will fall down before him, on their faces, and worship; and they will set their hopes on that Son of Man, and will entreat him, and will petition for mercy from him.
(Psalm 22:29)
10. But the Lord of Spirits will then so press them that they will hasten to go out from before Him, and their faces will be filled with shame, and the darkness will grow deeper on their faces.
(Psalm 139:19-20), (Matthew 7:22-23), (Matthew 25:41), (Luke 13:27)
11. And the Angels of Punishment will take them so that they may repay them for the wrong that they did to His children and to His chosen ones.
(Deuteronomy 32:43), (Isaiah 1:24), (2 Kings 9:7), (Psalm 58:10), (Psalm 79:10), (Jeremiah 46:10), (Revelation 19:2)
12. And they will become a spectacle to the righteous and to His chosen ones; they will rejoice over them, for the anger of the Lord of Spirits will rest upon them, and the sword of the Lord of Spirits will be drunk with them.
(Isaiah 34:5-8), (Isaiah 63:1-6), (Revelation 14:20), (Revelation 19:13, 15)
13. And the righteous and the chosen will be saved on that Day and they will never see the faces of the sinners and the lawless from then on.
(Job 20:27-29), (Isaiah 17:11), (Daniel 12:1)
14. And the Lord of Spirits will remain over them and with that Son of Man they will dwell, and eat, and lie down, and rise up, forever and ever.
15. And the righteous and chosen will have risen from the earth, and will have ceased to cast down their faces, and will have put on the Garment of Life.
(1 Corinthians 15:53), (Revelation 19:7-8)
16. And this will be a Garment of Life from the Lord of Spirits; and your garments will not wear out, and your glory will not fail, in front of the Lord of Spirits.
(2 Corinthians 5:2)
CHAPTER 61
1. And in those days, I saw long cords given to those Angels and they acquired wings for themselves, and flew, and went towards the north.
(Hebrews 1:14)
2. And I asked the Angel, saying: “Why did these take the long cords, and go?” And he said to me: “They went so that they may measure.”
3. And the Angel who went with me, said to me: “These will bring the measurements of the righteous, and the ropes of the righteous, to the righteous, that they may rely on the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.
(Hebrews 1:14)
4. The chosen will begin to dwell with the chosen, and these measurements will be given to faith, and will strengthen righteousness.
(Romans 12:3), (Romans 12:6), (2 Corinthians 10:13), (Ephesians 4:7)
5. And these measurements will reveal all the secrets of the depths of the Earth, and those who were destroyed by the desert, and those who were devoured by the fish of the sea, and by animals, that they may return and rely on the Day of the Chosen One. For no one will be destroyed in front of the Lord of Spirits, and no one can be destroyed.”
6. And all those in the Heavens above received a command, and power, and one voice, and one light like fire was given to them.
7. And Him, before everything, they blessed, and exalted, and praised in wisdom. And they showed themselves wise in speech and in the spirit of life.
(John 6:63)
8. And the Lord of Spirits set the Chosen One on the throne of his glory, and he will judge all the works of the Holy ones in Heaven above, and in the Balance he will weigh their deeds.
(Revelation 3:21), (Matthew 19:28), (Matthew 25:31), (Psalm 47:6-8)
(Proverbs 24:12), (Jeremiah 17:10), (Jeremiah 20:12), (Jeremiah 32:19), (Revelation 2:23), (Revelation 20:12), (1 Samuel 2:3), (John 5:21-22,27), (Acts 10:38-42), (2 Timothy 4:1), (Acts 17:31), (2 Corinthians 5:10), (Romans 2:16), (Romans 14:12), (Romans 14:10)
9. And when he lifts his face 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 Judgment of the Lord Most High, they will all speak with one voice and bless, and praise, and exalt, and glorify, the Name of the Lord of Spirits.
(John 12:48)
10. And he will call all the Host of the Heavens and all the Holy Ones above, and the Host of the Lord, the keruvim, and the Seraphim, and the Ophannim, and all the Angels of Power, and all the Angels of the Principalities, and the Chosen One, and the other host that is upon the dry ground, and over the water, on that Day.
11. And they will raise one voice, and will bless, and praise, and glorify, and exalt, in the spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom, and of patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and in the spirit of justice, and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness. And they will all say with one voice: “Blessed is He, and blessed be the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.”
(Psalm 145:10), (Psalm 145:21), (2 Samuel 22:47), (Psalm 18:46), (1 Chronicles 16:36), (Psalm 106:48), (1 Chronicles 29:10), (Job 1:21), (Revelation 7:12), (Psalm 72:18), (Psalm 72:19), (Psalm 103:1), (Ephesians 1:3)
12. All Those Who Do Not Sleep in Heaven above will bless him. All His Holy Ones who are in Heaven, will bless Him, and all the chosen ones who dwell in the Garden of Life, and every spirit able to bless, and praise and exalt, and hallow your Holy Name. And all flesh which to the limit of its power, will praise, and bless, your Name forever and ever.
(Psalm 89:15), (Psalm 140:13), (Hebrews 12:23), (Psalm 32:11), (Psalm 33:1), (Psalm 97:12)
13. For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and he is long-suffering; and all his works and all his forces, as many as he has made, he has revealed to the righteous and the chosen, in the Name of the Lord of Spirits.
(1 Timothy 1:12-17), (Psalm 14:5), (Psalm 34:15), (Psalm 34:17), (Psalm 37:39), (Psalm 118:15), (Psalm 118:19-21), (Psalm 142:7), (Psalm 146:8), (Proverbs 3:32), (Proverbs 4:18)
CHAPTER 60
1. In the fiftieth year, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month of the life of Enoch. In that parable, I saw how the Heaven of Heavens was shaken violently, and the Host of the Most High and the Angels, a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, were extremely disturbed.
2. And then I saw the Head of Days sitting on the throne of his glory and the Angels and righteous were sitting around him.
(Revelation 5:11)
3. And a great trembling seized me, and fear took hold of me, and my loins collapsed and gave way, and my whole being melted, and I fell upon my face.
4. And the Holy Michael sent another Holy Angel, one of the Holy Angels, and he raised me; and when he raised me my spirit returned, for I had been unable to endure the sight of that host, and the disturbance, and the shaking of Heaven.
5. And the Holy Michael said to me: “What sight has disturbed you like this? Until today has the day of His mercy lasted and He has been merciful and long suffering towards those who dwell upon the dry ground.
(Psalm 86:15), (Psalm 103:8), (Psalm 145:7-9), (Exodus 34:6), (Nehemiah 9:17), (Joel 2:13), (Numbers 14:18), (Nahum 1:3)
6. “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.” (According to the version of R.H. Charles Oxford: The Clarendon Press)
(Job 19:29), (Matthew 23:25), (Romans 1:18), (1 John 5:17)
(Amos 6:12), (Habakkuk 1:4)
(Sirach 23:9-10), (Exodus 20:7), (Deuteronomy 5:11), (Psalm 139:20), (Leviticus 19:12)
(Jeremiah 31:31, 33), (Jeremiah 32:40), (Jeremiah 33:20-21), (Ezekiel 37:26), (Psalm 111:5), (Psalm 111:9), (Daniel 9:4), (Isaiah 55:2-3), (Isaiah 59:21), (Isaiah 61:1-3, 8), (Luke 4:18-19), (Matthew 26:28), (Hebrews 9:15), (Hebrews 10:15-17), (Matthew 25:46),
(Isaiah 61:2), (Romans 2:8), (2 Thessalonians 2:12), (Isaiah 10:3), (Jeremiah 15:3), (Jeremiah 23:2), (Ezekiel 30:3), (Hebrews 10:29)
7. And on that day two monsters will be separated from one another, a female monster whose name is Leviathan, to dwell in the depths of the sea, above the springs of the waters.
(Job 3:8)
8. And the name of the male is Behemoth who occupies with his breast an immense desert named Dendayn on the east of the Garden where the chosen and the righteous dwell. Where my great-grandfather was received, who was seventh from Adam, the first man whom the Lord of Spirits made.
(Job 40:15)
9. And I asked that other Angel to show me the power of those monsters, how they were separated on one day, and thrown, one into the depths of the sea and the other on to the dry ground of the desert.
10. And he said to me: “Son of man, you here wish to know what is secret.”
11. And the other Angel spoke to me, the one who went with me and showed me what is secret; what is first and last in Heaven, in the heights, and under the dry ground, in the depths, and at the Ends of Heaven, and at the Foundations of Heaven, and in the Storehouses of the Winds.
12. And how the spirits are distributed, and how they are weighed. And how the springs, and the winds, are counted according to the power of their spirit. And the power of the light of the Moon. And the divisions of the stars according to their names. And how all the divisions are made.
13. And the thunder – according to the places were it falls. And all the divisions that are made in lightning – so that it may flash. And its hosts – how they quickly obey.
14. For the thunder have fixed intervals, which have been given to its sound, for waiting. And the thunder and the lightning are not separate although not the same. Through a spirit the two of them move inseparably.
15. For when the lightning flashes the thunder utters its voice, and the spirit, at the proper time, causes it to rest, and divides equally between them because the storehouse of the times for their occurrence is like that of the sand. And each of them, at the proper time, is held by a rein, and turned
back by the power of the spirit, and likewise driven forward, according to the number of the regions of the Earth.
16. And the spirit of the sea is male and strong, and according to the power of its strength, the spirit turns it back with a rein, and likewise it is driven forward, and scattered amongst all the mountains of the Earth.
17. And the spirit of the hoarfrost is its own Angel; and the spirit of the hail, is a good Angel.
18. And the spirit of the snow has withdrawn because of its power, and it has a special spirit, and that which rises from it is like smoke and its name is frost.
19. And the spirit of the mist is not associated with them in their storehouse but has a special storehouse; for its course is glorious both in light and darkness, and in winter and in summer, and its storehouse is an Angel.
20. The spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of Heaven and is connected with the storehouses of the rain. And its course is in winter and in summer and its clouds. And the clouds of the mist are associated and one gives to the other.
21. And when the spirit of the rain moves from its storehouse the Angels come and open the storehouse and bring it out. And when it is scattered over all the dry ground it joins with all the water that is on the dry ground. And whenever it joins with the water that is on the dry ground.
22. For the waters are for those who dwell upon the dry ground, for they are nourishment for the dry ground, from the Most High who is in Heaven. Therefore there is a fixed measure for the rain and the Angels comprehend it.
23. All these things, I saw towards the Garden of Righteousness.
24. And the Angel of Peace who was with me, said to me: “These two monsters, prepared in accordance with the greatness of the Lord, will feed them that Punishment of the Lord. And children will be killed with their mothers and sons with their fathers.
25. When the punishment of the Lord of Spirits rests upon them it will remain resting so that the punishment of the Lord of Spirits may not come in vain upon these. Afterwards, the judgment will be according to His mercy and His patience.”
CHAPTER 59
1. And in those days my eyes saw the secrets of the flashes of lightning, and the lights, and the regulations governing them; and they flash for a blessing or a curse, as the Lord of Spirits wishes.
2. And there I saw the secrets of the thunder and how when it crashes in Heaven above the sound of it is heard. And they showed me the dwellings of the dry ground, and the sound of the thunder, for peace, and for blessing, or for a curse, according to the word of the Lord of Spirits.
(Job 28:24, 26)
3. And after this all the secrets of the lights, and of the flashes of lightning, were shown to me. They flash to bring blessing and satisfaction.
(Psalm 77:18), (Job 38:24-25)
CHAPTER 58
1. And I began to speak The Third Parable. About The Righteous and about The Chosen.
2. Blessed are you, the righteous and the chosen, for your lot will be glorious!
(Romans 5:19), (Hebrews 12:23), (Zechariah 9:16), (Job 36:7), (Psalm 75:10), (Proverbs 29:25), (Isaiah 3:10), (Psalm 89:15-17), (Psalm 58:11), (Proverbs 11:18)
3. And the righteous will be in the light of the Sun and the chosen in the light of eternal life. And there will be no end to the days of their life and the days of the Holy will be without number.
(Psalm 68:3), (Psalm 89:15), (Psalm 140:13), (Matthew 5:3, 8), (Matthew 13:43),
(Wisdom 5:15-16), (Psalm 37:29), (Psalm 37:34), (Isaiah 60:21), (Matthew 25:46), (Matthew 5:5)
4. And they will seek the light and will find righteousness with the Lord of Spirits. Peace be to the righteous with the Lord of the World!
(Ezekiel 37:26), (Psalm 29:10-11), (Isaiah 57:18), (Isaiah 9:7), (Isaiah 32:17), (Psalm 85:10), (Isaiah 48:18), (Psalm 119:165), (Isaiah 57:2), (Isaiah 55:12), (Romans 2:10), (John 14:27), (John 16:33), (Romans 5:1), (Romans 15:13), (Philippians 4:7), (Romans 14:17)
5. And after this it will be said to the Holy that they should seek in Heaven the secrets of righteousness, the lot of faith; for it has become bright as the Sun upon the dry ground, and darkness has passed away.
6. And there will be ceaseless light, and to a limit of days, they will not come, for darkness will have been destroyed previously. And the light will endure in front of the Lord of Spirits, and the light of uprightness will endure in front of the Lord of Spirits, forever.
CHAPTER 57
1. And it came to pass, after this, that I saw another host of chariots with men riding on them, and they came upon the wind from the east and from the west, to the south.
2. And the sound of the noise of their chariots was heard. And when this occurred the Holy Ones observed it from Heaven and the Pillars of the Earth were shaken from their foundations. And the sound was heard from the ends of the Earth to the ends of Heaven throughout one day.
3. And all will fall down and worship the Lord of Spirits. And this is the end of the second parable.
CHAPTER 56
1. And I saw there the hosts of the Angels of Punishment, as they went, and they were holding chains of iron and bronze.
(Psalm 149:6-9)
2. And I asked the Angel of Peace, who went with me, saying: “To whom are those who are holding the chains going?”
3. And he said to me: “Each to his own chosen ones, and to their beloved ones, so that they may be thrown into the chasm, in the depths of the valley.”
4. And then, that valley will be filled with their chosen and beloved ones, and the days of their life will be at an end, and the days of their leading astray will no longer be counted.
5. And in those days, the Angels will gather together, and will throw themselves towards the east, upon the Parthians and Medes. They will stir up the kings so that a disturbing spirit will come upon them, and they will drive them from their thrones; and they will come out like lions from their lairs, and like hungry wolves in the middle of their flocks.
6. And they will go up and trample on the Land of My Chosen Ones, and the land of my chosen ones will become before them a tramping-ground and a beaten track.
7. But the City of My Righteous Ones will be a hindrance to their horses, and they will stir up slaughter amongst themselves, and their own right hand will be strong against them. And a man will not admit to knowing his neighbour, or his brother, nor a son his father, or his mother, until, through their death, there are corpses enough; and their punishment – it will not be in vain.
8. And in those days Sheol will open its mouth and they will sink into it and their destruction; Sheol will swallow up the sinners in front of the faces of the chosen.”
(Proverbs 29:16)
CHAPTER 55
1. And after this, the Head of Days repented, and said: “I have destroyed to no purpose all those who dwell upon the dry ground.”
2. And he swore by His Great Name: “From now on I will not act like this towards all those who dwell upon the dry ground. And I will put a sign in Heaven, and it will be a pledge of faith between me and them forever, so long as Heaven is above the Earth.
(Genesis 8:21-22), (Genesis 9:8-17)
3. And this will be in accordance with my command. When I want to take hold of them with the hands of the Angels, on the day of distress and pain, in the face of my anger and my wrath, my wrath and anger will remain upon them” says the Lord, The Lord of Spirits.
4. “You powerful kings who dwell upon the dry ground will be obliged to watch my Chosen One sit down on the throne of My Glory, and judge, in the Name of the Lord of Spirits, Azazel and all his associates and all his hosts.”
(Psalm 9:7), (Proverbs 20:8-9), (Isaiah 9:6-7), (Isaiah 16:5), (John 5:22,27), (John 5:30), (Matthew 19:28), (Acts 10:38-42), (Acts 17:31), (2 Timothy 4:1), (Romans 14:10, 12), (Romans 2:3), (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14), (Ecclesiastes 3:17)
CHAPTER 54
1. And I looked, and turned to another part of the Earth, and I saw there a deep valley with burning fire.
(Jude 1:7), (Matthew 18:8-9), (Matthew 25:41-46)
2. And they brought the kings and powerful and threw them into that valley.
(Revelation 20:15)
3. And there my eyes saw how they made instruments for them – iron chains of immeasurable weight.
(Revelation 20:1)
4. And I asked the Angel of Peace, who went with me, saying: “These chain instruments – for whom are they being prepared?”
5. And he said to me: “These are being prepared for the hosts of Azazel, so that they may take them, and throw them into the lowest part of hell; and they will cover their jaws with rough stones, as the Lord of Spirits commanded.
(Isaiah 16:4), (Matthew 8:12), (Hebrews 2:16), (Hebrews 2:5), (2 Peter 2:4), (Jude 1:6)
6. And Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel – these will take hold of them on that great day. And throw them, on that day, into the furnace of burning fire, so that the Lord of Spirits may take vengeance on them for their iniquity, in that they became servants of Satan, and led astray those who dwell upon the dry ground.
(Revelation 19:20), (Revelation 20:10)
7. And in those days, the punishment of the Lord of Spirits will go out, and all the storehouses of the waters which are above the sky and under the
earth, will be opened.
(Genesis 6:17), (Genesis 7:6, 10-12, 17-20)
8. And all the waters will be joined with the waters that are above the sky. The water that is above the sky is male and the water that is under the Earth is female.
9. And all those who dwell upon the dry ground, and those who dwell under the ends of Heaven, will be wiped out.
(Genesis 7:21-24), (2 Peter 3:6), (Luke 17:27), (Psalm 119:119)
10. And because of this they will acknowledge their iniquity which they have committed on the Earth and through this they will be destroyed.”
(Psalm 101:8), (Isaiah 13:9), (Malachi 4:1), (2 Thessalonians 2:12)
CHAPTER 53
1. And there my eyes saw a deep valley, and its mouth was open; and all those who dwell upon dry ground and the sea and the islands will bring gifts and presents and offerings to him, but that deep valley will not become full.
2. And their hands commit evil, and everything at which the righteous toil the sinners evilly devour; and so the sinners will be destroyed from in front of the Lord of Spirits, and will be banished from the face of His Earth, unceasingly for ever and ever.
(Micah 3:2-4), (Psalm 37:34), (Proverbs 11:6), (Isaiah 1:28), (Psalm 104:35), (Isaiah 51:6), (2 Peter 2:12), (Isaiah 13:9), (Amos 9:10), (Psalm 37:20), (Psalm 68:2), (Psalm 73:27), (Psalm 92:9), (Isaiah 41:11)
3. For I saw the Angels of Punishment going and preparing all the instruments of Satan.
4. And I asked the Angel of Peace, who went with me, and I said to him: “These instruments – for whom are they preparing them?”
5. And he said to me: “They are preparing these for the kings and the powerful of this Earth, so that by means of them they may be destroyed.
(Psalm 75:10), (Psalm 135:10), (Psalm 136:18), (Job 12:18-19), (Isaiah 40:23), (Ezekiel 7:24), (Luke 1:52), (Revelation 6:15-16)
6. And after this the Righteous and Chosen One will cause the house of his congregation to appear; from then on, in the name of the Lord of Spirits, they will not be hindered.
(The Book of Enoch 62:8), (Psalm 1:5), (Psalm 7:7), (Psalm 74:2), (Psalm 74:19), (Psalm 89:5-7), (Psalm 102:21-22), (Psalm 107:3), (John 11:52), (Hebrews 12:22-23), (Joel 3:11)
7. And in front of him these mountains will not be firm like the earth, and the hills will be like a spring of water; and the righteous will have rest from the ill-treatment of the sinners.”
CHAPTER 52
1. And after those days, in that place where I had seen all the visions of that which is secret, for I had been carried off by a whirlwind, and they had brought me to the west.
2. There my eyes saw the secrets of Heaven; everything that will occur on Earth: 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 are these things which I have seen in secret?”
4. And he said to me: “All these things which you have seen serve the authority of His Messiah, so that he may be strong and powerful on the Earth.”
(Psalm 45:1-7), (Hebrews 1:5-13), (Psalm 89:20-28), (Acts 10:38), (Luke 2:25-26), (Psalm 2:1-12), (1 Samuel 2:10), (Isaiah 11:1-2), (Isaiah 33:6), (Luke 17:22-27)
5. And that Angel of Peace answered me, saying: “Wait a little and you will see, and everything which is secret, which the Lord of Spirits has established, will be revealed to you.
6. And these mountains, that you 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 in front of the Chosen One will be like wax before fire, and like the water that comes down from above onto these mountains they will be weak under his feet.
(Daniel 2:34-45)
7. And it will come to pass in those days, that neither by gold, nor by silver, will men save themselves; they will be unable to save themselves, or to flee.
(Ezekiel 7:19), (Zephaniah 1:18), (Proverbs 11:4), (Jeremiah 6:11), (Joel 2:1-3), (Joel 2:10-11)
8. And there will be neither iron for war nor material for a breastplate; bronze will be no use, and tin will be of no use and will count for nothing, and lead will not be wanted.
9. All these will be wiped out and destroyed from the face of the earth when the Chosen One appears in front of the Lord of Spirits.”
CHAPTER 51
1. And in those days the Earth will return that which has been entrusted to it, and Sheol will return that which has been entrusted to it and that which it has received. And destruction will return what it owes.
(Proverbs 15:11), (Acts 24:15), (Isaiah 26:19), (Ezekiel 37:1-4), (Daniel 12:2), (Revelation 20:13),
2. And He will choose the Righteous and the Holy from among them; for the day has come near when they must be saved.
(Matthew 13:49), (Matthew 25:32-34, 41)
3. And in those days, the Chosen One will sit on his throne, and all the Secrets of Wisdom will flow out from the council of his mouth, for the Lord of Spirits has appointed him and glorified him.
(Isaiah 16:5), (Acts 2:30), (Revelation 3:21), (Revelation 12:5), (Revelation 7:17), (Revelation 22:1), (Revelation 22:3)
(Luke 9:35), (Colossians 2:2-3), (Matthew 11:27), (Luke 10:22)
4. And in those days the mountains will leap like rams, and the hills will skip like lambs satisfied with milk, and all will become Angels in Heaven.
5. Their faces will shine with joy, for in those days the Chosen One will have risen and the earth will rejoice. And the righteous will dwell upon it and the chosen will walk upon it.
(Psalm 37:29), (Isaiah 60:21)
CHAPTER 50
1. And in those days a change will occur for the Holy and the chosen; the Light of Days will rest upon them, and glory and honour will return to the Holy.
(Sirach 24:32-33), (Joel 2:28-29), (Acts 2:17-18), (Isaiah 44:3), (Isaiah 32:15-16), (2 Corinthians 1:22), (Romans 2:10)
2. And on the day of trouble, calamity will be heaped up over the sinners, but the righteous will conquer in the Name of the Lord of Spirits and He will show this to others so that they might repent and abandon the works of their hands.
(Daniel 12:3), (Daniel 12:10), (Acts 20:19-21), (Wisdom 12:19), (Wisdom 11:23), (Psalm 90:3), (Romans 2:4)
3. And they will have no honour in front of the Lord of Spirits, but in His Name they will be saved and the Lord of Spirits will have mercy on them,
for his mercy is great.
(John 11:25-26), (John 6:47), (John 3:15-16), (John 3:36), (John 5:24), (Luke 8:50), (Acts 16:31), (Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13), (Isaiah 28:16), (1 Peter 2:6), (Romans 9:33), (Romans 10:8-13), (1 John 5:11-13)
4. And He is righteous in His judgment, and in front of His Glory iniquity will not be able to stand against His Judgment; he who does not repent will be destroyed.
(Jeremiah 4:4), (Acts 17:30-31), (1 Timothy 2:3-4), (Luke 13:1-5), (2 Esdras 16:53-54, 62-67), (Psalm 7:11-13)
5. “And from then on I will not have mercy on them,” says the Lord of Spirits.
(1 Corinthians 15:50), (Revelation 9:20-21), (Romans 2:2-5, 8-9)
CHAPTER 49
1. For wisdom has been poured out like water and glory will not fail in front of Him forever and ever.
(John 7:37-39), (Revelation 7:17), (Revelation 22:1), (Ezekiel 47:1-12), (Isaiah 41:17-20), (Isaiah 43:19-21), (Isaiah 44:2-6), (Psalm 65:9-10), (Numbers 24:5-7)
2. For He is powerful in all the secrets of righteousness and iniquity will pass away like a shadow, and will have no existence; for the Chosen One stands in front of the Lord of Spirits and His Glory is for ever and ever, and His Power for all generations.
(Matthew 26:64), (Mark 14:62), (Mark 16:19), (Luke 22:69), (Acts 7:55-56), (Romans 8:34), (Colossians 3:1), (Hebrews 1:2-3), (Hebrews 10:12), (1 Peter 3:22)
(Hebrews 13:21), (1 Peter 4:11)
3. And in Him dwell the spirit of wisdom, and the spirit that gives understanding, and the spirit of knowledge and of power, and the spirit of those who sleep in righteousness.
(Isaiah 11:2), (1 Corinthians 1:24), (Psalm 45:1-2, 6-7), (Hebrews 1:8-9), (Isaiah 61:1), (Luke 4:17-18), (Micah 3:8), (Isaiah 42:1), (Matthew 12:17-18)
4. And he will judge the things that are secret, and no one will be able to say an idle word in front of him, for he has been chosen in front of the Lord of Spirits, in accordance with His wish.
(Matthew 10:26), (Luke 12:2-3), (Mark 4:22-23), (Luke 8:17)
(Matthew 12:36), (Matthew 5:37), (James 5:12), (Ecclesiastes 5:2), (Sirach 5:10-11), (1 John 3:18)
(Isaiah 42:1), (Matthew 12:17-18)
CHAPTER 48
1. And in that place I saw an inexhaustible spring of righteousness and many springs of wisdom surrounded it, and all the thirsty drank from them and were filled with wisdom, and their dwelling was with the Righteous and the Holy and the Chosen.
(Wisdom 12:15-16)
(Sirach 1:1, 5-21), (Sirach 24:1, 8-12), (Sirach 15:1-3), (Wisdom 7:22-30), (Isaiah 41:18-20), (Isaiah 43:18-20), (Isaiah 44:1-5), (Isaiah 49:10), (Isaiah 55:1-3), (Jeremiah 31:8-9), (Psalm 73:10), (Revelation 22:1)
2. And at that hour that Son of Man was named, in the presence of the Lord of Spirits, and his name brought to the Head of Days.
(John 3:18), (Revelation 19:11-13)
3. Even before the Sun and the constellations were created, before the Stars of Heaven were made, his name was named in front of the Lord of Spirits.
(John 3:18), (Revelation 19:11-13)
4. He will be a staff to the righteous and the Holy, so that they may lean on him and not fall, and he will be the Light of the Nations, and he will be the hope of those who grieve in their hearts.
(Psalm 145:14)
(Isaiah 42:6), (Isaiah 49:5-6), (John 1:9-12), (John 8:12), (John 9:5), (John 12:35-36), (John 12:46)
(Isaiah 29:19), (Isaiah 57:18-19), (Luke 6:20-21; Matthew 5.1-12), (James 1:12), (James 2:5), (James 5:11), (Romans 12:12), (Colossians 1:27), (1 Timothy 1:1)
5. All those who dwell upon the dry ground will fall down and worship in front of him, and they will bless, and praise, and celebrate with psalms, the name of the Lord of Spirits.
(Isaiah 66:18), (Psalm 22:29), (Psalm 86:9), (Isaiah 45:22-24), (Philippians 2:9-11), (Romans 14:11), (Revelation 13:8), (Isaiah 24:16), (Revelation 5:8-9), (Revelation 5:11-13)
6. And because of this he was chosen, and hidden in front of Him, before the World was created, and forever.
(Isaiah 48:12-14), (1 Peter 1:19-21)
7. But the wisdom of the Lord of Spirits has revealed him to the Holy and the righteous, for he has kept safe the lot of the righteous, for they have hated and rejected this world of iniquity. And all its works and its ways they have hated in the name of the Lord of Spirits. For in His name they are saved and he is the one who will require their lives.
(1 Corinthians 2:6-8) (Ephesians 1:17-18)
(Deuteronomy 32:43)
8. And in those days the kings of the Earth, and the strong who possess the dry ground, will have downcast faces because of the works of their hands, for on the day of their distress and trouble they will not save themselves.
(Wisdom 4:19-20), (Wisdom 6:1-9)
9. And I will give them into the hands of my chosen ones; like straw in the fire, and like lead in water, so they will burn in front of the righteous, and sink in front of the Holy, and no trace will be found of them.
(Jeremiah 51:19-24), (Psalm 49:14), (Job 24:20), (Proverbs 10:7), (Psalm 11:6), (Isaiah 66:16, 24)
10. And on the day of their trouble there will be rest on the earth and they will fall down in front of him and will not rise. And there will be no one who will take them with his hands and raise them for they denied the Lord of Spirits and his Messiah. May the name of the Lord of Spirits be blessed!
(Jude 1:4), (John 3:18)
CHAPTER 47
1. And in those days, the prayer of the righteous, and the blood of the righteous will have ascended from the Earth in front of the Lord of Spirits.
(Psalm 141:2), (Revelation 5:8)
2. In these days the Holy Ones who live in Heaven above will unite with one voice, and supplicate, and pray, and praise, and give thanks, and bless, in the name of the Lord of Spirits. Because of the blood of the righteous that has been poured out. And because of the prayer of the righteous, so that it may not cease in front of the Lord of Spirits, so that justice might be done to them, and that their patience may not have to last forever.”
(Revelation 19:1-2), (Psalm 79:10)
3. And in those days, I saw the Head of Days sit down on the Throne of his Glory and the Books of the Living were opened in front of him and all His Host, which dwell in the Heavens above, and his Council were standing in front of Him.
(Daniel 7:9-10), (Daniel 7:22), (Revelation 20:11-12)
4. And the hearts of the Holy Ones were full of joy that the number of righteousness had been reached, and the prayer of the righteous had been heard, and the blood of the righteous had not been required in front of the Lord of Spirits.
(Revelation 6:11), (Psalm 44:22), (Romans 8:36), (Deuteronomy 32:43)
CHAPTER 46
1. And there I saw One who had a head of days, And His head was white like wool, And with Him was another being whose countenance had the appearance of a man, And his face was full of graciousness, like one of the holy angels.
(The Book of Enoch 48:2), (Daniel 7:9), (Daniel 7:13), (Daniel 7:22), (Daniel 10:5-6, 16-19), (Revelation 1:13-16), (Revelation 2:18), (Revelation 19:12-13)
2. And I asked the angel who went with me and showed me all the hidden things, concerning that Son of Man, who he was, and whence he was, (and) why he went with the Head of Days
3. 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.
(Isaiah 32:1), (Jeremiah 23:5-6), (Jeremiah 33:14-16), (Isaiah 11:1-5), (Isaiah 59:17), (Psalm 45:6-7), (Hebrews 1:6-9), (Psalm 72:7)
(Daniel 2:28), (Ephesians 3:8-11), (1 Corinthians 2:7)
(2 Peter 1:17; Matthew 3:17), (Colossians 1:19), (John 10:17), (John 8:29), (Ephesians 1:6-7)
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.
(Psalm 110:5)
5. [And he shall put down the kings from their thrones and kingdoms] Because they do not extol and praise Him, Nor humbly acknowledge whence the kingdom was bestowed upon them.
(Luke 1:52)
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.
(Job 17:13-15), (Isaiah 14:11), (Sirach 7:16-17), (Job 8:13), (Job 14:19), (Job 27:8), (Proverbs 10:28), (Proverbs 11:7), (Proverbs 11:23), (Proverbs 14:32)
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,
(Psalm 58:1), (Isaiah 59:4), (Romans 2:1-3)
(Revelation 11:18)
(Psalm 52:6-7), (Sirach 31:5-7), (Psalm 73:3-9, 11-12), (Zephaniah 1:18), (Ezekiel 7:19), (Psalm 49:6-14, 16-20)
(Ezekiel 14:5), (1 Kings 14:9), (Jeremiah 13:25), (Psalm 115:4-8), (Isaiah 44:17-18), (Hosea 13:2), (Isaiah 42:17), (Psalm 97:7), (Isaiah 41:29), (Ezekiel 11:21)
8. And they persecute the houses of His congregations, And the faithful who hang upon the name of the Lord of Spirits.
(Matthew 23:34), (Luke 11:49), (Luke 21:12), (John 15:20), (Acts 8:1), (Acts 11:19), (1 Corinthians 15:9), (Galatians 1:13), (2 Thessalonians 1:4)
CHAPTER 45
1. And this is The Second Parable. About those who deny the Name of the Dwelling of the Holy Ones and of the Lord of Spirits.
(Jude 1:8), (Deuteronomy 32:41), (Jude 1:14-15), (Psalm 83:1-10), (Psalm 129:4-7), (Proverbs 29:10)
2. They will not ascend into Heaven nor will they come upon the earth; such will be the lot of the sinners who deny the Name of the Lord of Spirits who will thus be kept for the Day of Affliction and Distress.
(Proverbs 2:22), (Proverbs 10:30)
(Proverbs 16:4), (2 Peter 2:9), (Psalm 34:21), (Deuteronomy 32:39-42), (Job 8:22), (Psalm 21:8-9), (Isaiah 66:5)
3. “On that day the Chosen One will sit on the Throne of Glory and will choose their works. And their resting places will be without number and their spirits within them will grow strong when they see My Chosen One and those who appeal to My Holy and Glorious Name.
(Isaiah 16:5), (Matthew 19:28), (Matthew 25:31), (Jeremiah 32:19)
4. And on that day I will cause My Chosen One to dwell among them and I will transform Heaven and make it an Eternal Blessing and Light.
(John 14:16-20), (Matthew 28:20)
(Revelation 21:5), (Isaiah 65:17), (Isaiah 66:22-23), (2 Peter 3:13), (Revelation 21:1)
5. And I will transform the dry ground and make it a blessing, and I will cause My Chosen Ones to dwell upon it; but those who commit sin and evil will not tread upon it.
(Psalm 37:3), (Proverbs 2:21), (Isaiah 65:9), (Jeremiah 23:8), (Ezekiel 28:25)
(Revelation 21:5), (Isaiah 65:17), (Isaiah 66:22-23), (2 Peter 3:13), (Revelation 21:1)
6. For I have seen, and have satisfied with peace, My Righteous Ones, and have placed them in front of Me; but for the sinners My Judgement draws near so that I may destroy them from the face of the earth.”
(Ezekiel 34:25), (Isaiah 57:18-19), (Psalm 29:11), (Isaiah 57:2)
(Proverbs 2:22), (Proverbs 10:30)
CHAPTER 44
1 And other things I saw concerning lightning, how some of the stars rise and become lightning but cannot lose their form.
CHAPTER 43
1. And again I saw flashes of lightning and the stars of Heaven, and I saw how He called them all by their names, and they obeyed Him.
(Psalm 147:4-5), (Baruch 3:34-35)
(John 10:27-28), (John 18:37), (John 8:47), (John 5:24)
2. And I saw the Balance of Righteousness, how they are weighed according to their light, according to the width of their areas, and the day of their appearing. And how their revolutions produce lightning, and I saw their revolutions, according to the number of the Angels, and how they keep faith with one another.
(Psalm 34:7), (Hebrews 1:14), (Psalm 91:11-12), (1 Samuel 2:9)
3. And I asked the Angel, who went with me and showed me what is secret: “What are these?”
4. And he said to me: “Their likeness, the Lord of Spirits has shown to you; these are the names of the righteous who, dwell on the dry ground and
believe in the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.”
(John 12:44), (John 11:25-27), (John 6:47)
CHAPTER 42
1 Wisdom found no place where she could dwell, and her dwelling was in Heaven.
(Wisdom 6:16), (Sirach 6:22), (Job 28:12-14, 20-22), (Wisdom 1:4-5), (Baruch 3:15-31)
2 Wisdom went out, in order to dwell among the sons of men, but did not find a dwelling; wisdom returned to her place, and took her seat in the midst of the Angels.
(Proverbs 1:20-21), (Proverbs 8:1-4), (Sirach 24:1-4), (Wisdom 7:22-23)
3 And iniquity came out from her chambers; those whom she did not seek she found, and dwelt among them, like rain in the desert, and like dew on the parched ground.
(Ecclesiastes 3:16)
CHAPTER 41
1 And after this, I saw all the secrets of Heaven, and how the Kingdom is divided, and how the deeds of men are weighed in the Balance.
(The Book of Enoch 61:8), (1 Samuel 2:3), (Job 6:1-3), (Job 31:4-6), (Daniel 5:22-28), (Revelation 19:7-8)
2 There I saw the Dwelling of the Chosen, and the Resting Places of the Holy; and my eyes saw there all the sinners who deny the name of the Lord of Spirits being driven from there. And they dragged them off, and they were not able to remain, because of the punishment that went out from the Lord of Spirits.
(Psalm 26:8), (Isaiah 32:18), (Isaiah 33:20)
3 And there my eyes saw the secrets of the flashes of lightning and of the thunder. And the secrets of the winds, how they are distributed in order to blow over the earth, and the secrets of the clouds, and of the dew; and there I saw from where they go out, in that place. And how, from there, the dust of the earth is saturated.
(Job 28:24-26), (Job 38:24-25), (Psalm 77:18), (Revelation 4:5), (Psalm 135:7), (Jeremiah 10:13), (Jeremiah 51:16)
4 And there I saw closed storehouses from which the winds are distributed, and the storehouse of the hail, and the storehouse of the mist, and the storehouse of the clouds; and its cloud remained over the earth, from the beginning of the world.
(Ecclesiastes 1:6), (Sirach 43:13-22)
5 And I saw the Chambers of the Sun and the Moon, where they go out, and where they return. And their glorious return; and how one is more honoured than the other is. And their magnificent course, and how they do not leave their course, neither adding nor subtracting from their course. And how they keep faith in one another, observing their oath.
(Psalm 104:19), (Job 9:7)
6 And the Sun goes out first, and completes its journey at the command of the Lord of Spirits – and his Name endures forever and ever.
(Psalm 19:1-5), (Sirach 43:1-5), (Ecclesiastes 1:5)
7 And after this is the hidden, and visible, path of the Moon, and it travels the course of its journey, in that place, by day and by night. One stands opposite the other, in front of the Lord of Spirits, and they give thanks, and sing praise, and do not rest, because their thanksgiving is like rest to them.
(Sirach 43:6-8), (Psalm 148:3)
8 For the shining Sun makes many revolutions; for a blessing and for a curse. And the path of the journey of the Moon is for the righteous light but for the sinners; darkness. In the Name of the Lord, who has created a division between light and darkness, and has divided the spirits of men, and has established the spirits of the righteous, in the name of His Righteousness.
(Psalm 72:1), (Isaiah 32:1, 17), (Isaiah 61:3), (Romans 1:17), (Romans 8:4), (James 3:18)
9 For no Angel hinders, and no power is able to hinder, because the judge sees them all, and judges them all Himself.
CHAPTER 40
1 And after this I saw a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand! A multitude beyond number, or reckoning, who stood in front of the Glory of the Lord of Spirits.
(Revelation 5:11), (Daniel 7:10)
2 I looked, and on the four sides of the Lord of Spirits, I saw four figures, different from those who were standing; and I learnt their names, because the Angel who went with me made known their names, and showed me all the secret things.
3 And I heard the voices of those four figures as they sang praises in front of the Lord of Glory.
(Psalm 103:20), (Psalm 148:2)
4 The first voice blesses the Lord of Spirits forever and ever.
(Psalm 103:20), (Psalm 148:2)
5 And the second voice I heard blessing the Chosen One and the chosen who depend on the Lord of Spirits.
(1 Timothy 5:21), (Matthew 13:41), (Matthew 16:27), (Matthew 24:31), (Mark 13:27)
6 And the third voice I heard, petitioned, and prayed, on behalf of those who dwell on dry ground and supplicate in the name of the Lord of Spirits.
7 And the fourth voice I heard driving away the Satans and not allowing them to come in front of the Lord of Spirits to accuse those who dwell on the high ground.
(Zechariah 3:1)
8 And after this I asked the Angel of Peace, who went with me, and showed me everything which is secret: “Who are those four figures, whom I have seen, and whose words I have heard and written down?”
9 And he said to me: “This first one, is the Holy Michael, the merciful and long-suffering. And the second, who is in charge of all the diseases, and in charge of all the wounds of the sons of men, is Raphael. And the third, who is in charge of all the powers, is the Holy Gabriel. And the fourth, who is in charge of repentance and hope of those who will inherit eternal life, is Phanuel.”
(Daniel 10:13), (Daniel 10:21), (Daniel 12:1), (Jude 1:9), (Revelation 12:7)
(Tobit 12:15), (Tobit 3:16-17), (Tobit 5:4-17), (Tobit 6:1-17), (Tobit 12:15-22)
(Daniel 8:16), (Daniel 9:21), (Luke 1:19), (Luke 1:26), (Genesis 3:24), (Exodus 25:18-22), (Ezekiel 10:4-5)
10 And these are the four Angels of the Lord Most High; and the four voices that I heard in those days.
CHAPTER 39
1. [And it shall come to pass in those days that elect and holy children will descend from the high heaven, and their seed will become one with the children of men.
2. 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.
6. And in that place mine eyes saw the Elect One of righteousness and of faith, And I saw his dwelling-place under the wings of the Lord of Spirits. And righteousness shall prevail in his days, And the righteous and elect shall be without number before Him for ever and ever.
(Malachi 4:2), (Isaiah 51:4-5), (Isaiah 61:11), (Isaiah 42:1, 3-4, 6), (Matthew 12:18-21), (Isaiah 45:13), (Isaiah 9:7), (Isaiah 16:5), (Isaiah 32:1), (Zechariah 3:8), (Jeremiah 23:5-6), (Jeremiah 33:15-16), (Psalm 85:11, 13), (Psalm 40:8-10), (Psalm 72:1-2), (Psalm 45:1-7), (Hebrews 1:8-9), (Isaiah 45:13), (Zechariah 6:12-13)
(Psalm 72:7), (Isaiah 11:5), (Isaiah 59:17)
(Micah 2:12-13), (Isaiah 49:14-19), (Revelation 7:9), (Revelation 21:24), (Daniel 12:10)
7. 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.]
(Psalm 91:1), (Psalm 86:12)
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.
(Jeremiah 50:19), (Jeremiah 23:3)
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 Spirits.
10. For a long time my eyes regarded that place, and I blessed Him and praised Him, saying: ‘Blessed is He, and may He be blessed from the beginning and for evermore.
11. And before Him there is no ceasing. He knows before the world was created what is for ever and what will be from generation unto generation.
12. 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 spirits.”‘
(Isaiah 6:1-5), (Revelation 4:8)
13. And here my eyes saw all those who sleep not: they stand before Him and bless and say: ‘Blessed be Thou, and blessed be the name of the Lord for ever and ever.’
14. And my face was changed; for I could no longer behold.
CHAPTER 38
1 The First Parable. When the community of the righteous appears and the sinners are judged for their sins and are driven from the face of the dry ground.
(Psalm 74:2), (Psalm 107:3), (Psalm 102:21-22), (John 11:52), (Psalm 7:7-8), (Psalm 1:5), (Hebrews 12:23)
(Jeremiah 25:31), (Jeremiah 46:10), (Isaiah 13:9), (Zephaniah 1:3), (Job 38:12-13), (Psalm 101:7-8), (Psalm 104:35), (Psalm 119:119), (Proverbs 2:22), (Proverbs 10:30)
2 And when the Righteous One appears, in front of the chosen righteous, whose works are weighed by the Lord of Spirits. And when light appears to the righteous and chosen who dwell on the dry ground. Where will be the dwelling of the sinners? And where will be the resting- place of those who denied the Lord of Spirits? It would have been better for them, if they had not been born.
(1 Peter 3:18), (1 John 2:1), (1 Peter 1:19), (Hebrews 9:14), (Hebrews 4:14-15), (Hebrews 7:26)
(Isaiah 26:12), (Ephesians 2:10), (Philippians 2:13)
(Isaiah 51:4), (Psalm 36:9), (Isaiah 2:5), (Psalm 97:11), (Isaiah 49:6), (Isaiah 42:6), (Psalm 112:4), (Isaiah 9:2), (Matthew 4:16), (Luke 1:78-79), (Luke 2:32), (John 1:1-5, 9-13), (John 8:12), (John 12:46)
(1 Peter 4:18), (Proverbs 11:31), (Isaiah 33:14)
(Mark 14:21)
3 And when the secrets of the righteous are revealed, the sinners will be judged, and the impious driven from the presence of the righteous and the chosen.
4 And from then on, those who possess the earth will not be mighty and exalted. Nor will they be able to look at the face of the Holy ones, for the light of the Lord of the Spirits will have appeared on the face of the Holy, the righteous, and the chosen.
(Job 12:18-20), (Isaiah 40:23), (Ezekiel 7:24), (Luke 1:52), (Revelation 6:14-16)
5 And the mighty kings will at that time be destroyed and given into the hand of the righteous and the Holy.
(Psalm 149:2-9), (Psalm 58:10)
6 And from then on no one will be able to seek the Lord of Spirits for their life will be at an end.
(Proverbs 10:7), (Proverbs 11:7), (Job 24:19-20)
CHAPTER 37
1 The second vision that he saw, the vision of wisdom, which Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Malalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, saw.
2 And this is the beginning of the words of wisdom, which I raised my voice to speak, and say. “To those who dwell on dry ground: – Hear, you men of old, and see, those who come after; the words of the Holy One, which I will speak, in front of the Lord of Spirits.”
(Amos 3:7)
3 “It would have been better to have said these things before, but from those who come after, we will not withhold the beginning of wisdom.”
4 Until now, there has not been given, by the Lord of Spirits, such wisdom as I have received. In accordance with my insight, in accordance with the wish of the Lord of Spirits: by whom the lot of eternal life has been given to me.
(Ephesians 3:5), (Matthew 13:16-17), (Luke 10:23-24)
5 And the three parables were imparted to me and I raised my voice, and said to those who dwell on the dry ground:
CHAPTER 36
1 And from there I went towards the south, to the ends of the Earth, and there I saw three Gates of Heaven open; and the south wind, the mist, and the rain, and wind, come out from there.
2 And from there I went towards the east of the ends of Heaven, and there I saw the three eastern Gates of Heaven open, and above them, there were smaller Gates.
3 Through each of these smaller Gates, the stars of Heaven pass, and go towards the west, on the path that has been shown to them.
4 And when I saw, I blessed, and I will always bless the Lord of Glory, who has made Great and Glorious Wonders so that he might show the greatness of His Work, to His Angels, and to the souls of men, so that they might praise His Work. And so that all his creatures might see the work of His Power, and praise the great work of His Hands, and bless Him forever!
(Psalm 145:9-12), (Psalm 106:1-2), (Psalm 107:21-22)
CHAPTER 35
1 And from there I went towards the west, to the ends of the Earth, and I saw there, as I saw in the east, three open Gates – as many Gates and as many outlets.
CHAPTER 34
1 And from there I went towards the north, to the ends of the Earth, and there I saw a great and glorious wonder at the ends of the whole Earth.
2 And there I saw three Gates of Heaven; through each of them north winds go out; when they blow there is cold, hail, hoarfrost, snow, fog, and rain.
(Job 37:9-10), (Job 38:28-29)
3 And from one Gate, it blows for good; but when they blow through the other two Gates, it is with force, and it brings torment over the earth, and they blow with force.
(Sirach 39:28)
CHAPTER 33
1 And from there I went to the ends of the earth, and I saw there large animals, each different from the other, and also birds, which differed in form, beauty, and call – each different from the other.
2 And to the east of these animals, I saw the ends of the Earth, on which Heaven rests, and the open Gates of Heaven.
3 And I saw how the stars of Heaven come out, and counted the Gates out of which they come, and wrote down all their outlets, for each one, individually, according to their number. And their names, according to their constellations, their positions, their times, and their months, as the Angel Uriel, who was with me, showed me.
(Psalm 147:4-5), (Sirach 43:9-10)
4 And he showed me everything, and wrote it down, and also their names he wrote down for me, and their laws and their functions.
(Psalm 147:4-5), (Sirach 43:9-10)
CHAPTER 32
1 And after these fragrant odours, as I looked towards the north over the mountains I saw seven mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and cinnamon and pepper.
2 And thence I went over the summits of all these mountains, far towards the east of the earth, and passed above the Erythraean sea and went far from it, and passed over the angel Zotiel. And I came to the Garden of Righteousness,
3 I and from afar off trees more numerous than I these trees and great-two trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great wisdom.
(Proverbs 3:13, 18)
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.’
(Genesis 2:8-9), (Genesis 2:16-17), (Genesis 3:2-7)
CHAPTER 31
1 And I saw another mountain on which there were trees, and there flowed out water, and there flowed out from it, as it were, a nectar whose name is styrax and galbanum.
2 And beyond this mountain I saw another mountain, and on it there were aloe trees, and those trees were full of a fruit, which is like an almond, and is hard.
3 And when they take this fruit it is better than any fragrance.
CHAPTER 30
1 And above it, above these, above the mountains of the east, and not far away, I saw another place, valleys of water, like that which does not fail.
2 And I saw a beautiful tree, and its fragrance was like that of the mastic.
3 And by the banks of these valleys I saw fragrant cinnamon. And beyond those valleys I came towards the east.
CHAPTER 29
1 And I went to another place, away from the wilderness; I came near to the east of this mountain.
2 And there I saw Trees of Judgment, especially vessels of the fragrance of incense and myrrh, and the trees were not alike.
CHAPTER 28
1 And from there, I went towards the east, to the middle of the mountain of the wilderness, and I saw only desert.
2 But it was full of trees from this seed and water gushed out over it from above.
3 The torrent, which flowed towards the northwest, seemed copious, and from all sides, there went up spray and mist.
CHAPTER 27
1 Then I said: “What is the purpose of this blessed land, which is completely full of trees, and of this accursed valley in the middle of them?”
2 Then Raphael, one of the Holy Angels who was with me, answered me, and said to me: “This accursed valley, is for those who are cursed for ever. Here will be gathered together all who speak with their mouths against the Lord – words that are not fitting, and say hard things about His Glory. Here they will gather them together, and here will be their place of judgment.
(2 Peter 2:9-10), (Jude 1:8, 10), (Proverbs 3:32-33)
3 And in the last days there will be the spectacle of the righteous judgment upon them, in front of the righteous, forever. For here, the merciful will bless the Lord of Glory the Eternal King.
(Psalm 91:8), (Proverbs 29:16)
4 And in the days of the judgment on them they will bless Him, on account of his mercy, according as He has assigned to them their lot.”
5 Then I myself blessed the Lord of Glory, I addressed Him, and I remembered His majesty, as was fitting.
CHAPTER 26
1 And from there, I went to the middle of the earth, and saw a blessed, well watered place, which had branches which remained alive, and sprouted from a tree which had been cut down.
2 And there I saw a holy mountain, and under the mountain, to the east of it, there was water, and it flowed towards the south.
3 And I saw towards the east, another mountain, which was of the same height, and between them, there was a deep and narrow valley; and in it, a stream ran by the mountain.
4 And to the west of this one, was another mountain, which was lower than it was and not high; and under it, there was a valley between them. And there were other deep and dry valleys at the end of the three mountains.
5 And all the valleys were deep and narrow, of hard rock, and trees were planted on them.
6 And I was amazed at the rock, and I was amazed at the valley; I was very much amazed.
CHAPTER 25
1 answered me and said to me: “Enoch, why do you ask me about the fragrance of this tree, and why do you inquire to learn?”
2 Then I, Enoch, answered him saying: “I wish to learn about everything, but especially about this tree.”
3 And he answered me, saying: “This high mountain, which you saw, whose summit is like the Throne of the Lord, is the throne where the Holy and Great One, the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, will sit, when he comes down to visit the Earth for good.
4 And this beautiful and fragrant tree, and no creature of flesh has authority to touch it until the great judgment, when he will take vengeance on all and bring everything to a consummation forever, this will be given to the righteous and the humble.
(Genesis 3:23-24), (Revelation 2:7), (Revelation 22:2), (Revelation 22:14)
5 From its fruit, life will be given to the chosen; towards the north it will be planted, in a Holy place, by the house of the Lord, the Eternal King.
6 Then they will rejoice with joy and be glad in the Holy place. They will each draw the fragrance of it into their bones, and they will live a long life on earth, as your fathers lived. And in their days sorrow and pain, and toil and punishment, will not touch them.”
(Jeremiah 30:18-20)
7 Then I blessed the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, because he has prepared such things for righteous men, and has created such things, and said that they are to be given to them.
(Psalm 37:29), (Isaiah 60:21)
CHAPTER 24
1 And from there I went to another place of the Earth and he showed me a mountain of fire that blazed day and night.
2 And I went towards it and saw seven magnificent mountains. And all were different from one another, and precious and beautiful stones, and all were precious, and their appearance glorious, and their form was beautiful. Three towards the east one fixed firmly on another and three towards the south one on another, and deep and rugged valleys, no one of which was near another.
3 And there was a seventh mountain, in the middle of these, and in their height they were all like the seat of a throne and fragrant trees surrounded it.
4 And there was among them a tree such as which I have never smelt, and none of them, or any others, were like it. It smells more fragrant than any fragrance, and its leaves, and its flowers, and its wood never wither. Its fruit is good, and its fruit is like bunches of dates on a palm.
5 And then I said: “Behold, this beautiful tree! Beautiful to look at, and pleasant are its leaves, and its fruit very delightful in appearance.”
6 And then Michael, one of the Holy and Honoured Angels, who was with me, and was in charge of them,
CHAPTER 23
1 And from there I went to another place, towards the west, to the ends of the Earth.
2 And I saw a fire that burnt and ran, without resting or ceasing from running, by day or by night, but continued in exactly the same way.
3 And I asked saying: “What is this which has no rest?”
4 Then Raguel, one of the Holy Angels, who was with me, answered me, and said to me: “This burning fire, whose course you saw towards the west, is the fire of all the Lights of Heaven.”
CHAPTER 22
1 And from there, I went to another place, and he showed me in the west a large and high mountain, and a hard rock, and four beautiful places.
2 And inside, it was deep, wide, and very smooth. How smooth is that which rolls, and deep and dark to look at!
(Proverbs 15:24)
3 Then Raphael, one of the Holy Angels who was with me, answered me, and said to me: “These beautiful places are there so that the spirits, the souls of the dead, might be gathered into them. For them they were created; so that here they might gather the souls of the sons of men.
(1 Peter 3:18-20), (1 Peter 4:6), (Psalm 68:18), (Ephesians 4:8-10)
4 And these places they made, where they will keep them until the Day of Judgment, and until their appointed time, and that appointed time will be long, until the great judgment comes upon them.
(1 Peter 3:18-20), (1 Peter 4:6), (Psalm 68:18), (Ephesians 4:8-10)
5 And I saw the spirits of the sons of men who were dead and their voices reached Heaven and complained.
(Genesis 4:10)
6 Then I asked Raphael, the Angel who was with me, and said to him: “Whose is this spirit, whose voice thus reaches Heaven and complains?”
7 And he answered me, and said to me, saying: “This spirit is the one that came out of Abel, whom Cain, his brother, killed. And he will complain about him until his seed are destroyed from the face of the Earth, and from amongst the seed of men, his seed perish.”
(Genesis 4:3-8), (Genesis 4:9-11), (Matthew 23:35), (Luke 11:51), (1 John 3:12), (Jude 1:10-11)
8 Then I asked about him, and about judgment on all, and I said: “Why is one separated from another?”
9 And he answered me, and said to me: “These three places where made, in order that they might separate the spirits of the dead. And thus the souls of the righteous have been separated; this is the spring of water, and on it the light.
(Revelation 14:13), (John 4:14), (John 7:38), (Revelation 22:1)
10 Likewise, a place has been created for sinners, when they die, and are buried in the earth, and judgment has not come upon them during their life.
(Exodus 23:7), (Sirach 9:11-12)
11 And here their souls will be separated for this great torment, until the Great Day of Judgment and Punishment and Torment for those who curse, forever, and of vengeance on their souls. And there he will bind them forever. Verily, He is, from the beginning of the world.
(Sirach 21:10), (Job 24:19-20), (Job 7:9-11), (Wisdom 16:14), (Job 14:11-13), (Psalm 17:13-15), (Daniel 12:2), (Matthew 25:46), (John 5:28-29), (Acts 24:15)
12 And thus a place has been separated for the souls of those who complain, and give information about their destruction, about when they were killed, in the days of the sinners.
13 Thus a place has been created, for the souls of men who are not righteous, but sinners, accomplished in wrongdoing, and with the wrongdoers will be their lot. But their souls will not be killed on the day of judgment, nor will they rise from here.”
(Psalm 1:5-6), (Revelation 20:5), (Psalm 119:155), (Sirach 41:5-11), (Wisdom 1:16), (Wisdom 2:21-24), (Wisdom 3:10), (Wisdom 4:20), (Wisdom 5:13-14), (Job 8:11-14), (Job 27:7-10)
14 Then I blessed the Lord of Glory, and said: “Blessed be my Lord, the Lord of Glory and Righteousness, who rules everything forever.”
(1 Kings 8:32)
CHAPTER 21
1 And I went round to a place where nothing was made.
2 And I saw a terrible thing, neither the High Heaven nor the firm ground, but a desert place, prepared and terrible.
3 And there, I saw seven Stars of Heaven, bound on it together, like great mountains, and burning like fire.
4 Then I said: “For what sin have they been bound, and why have they been thrown here?”
5 And Uriel, one of the Holy Angels, who was with me and led me, spoke to me and said: “Enoch, about whom do you ask? About whom do you inquire, ask, and care?
6 These are some of the stars which transgressed the command of the Lord Most High, and they have been bound here until ten thousand ages are completed; the number of days of their sin.”
7 And from there I went to another place, more terrible than this. And I saw a terrible thing: there was a great fire there, which burnt and blazed. And the place had a cleft reaching into the abyss, full of great pillars of fire, which were made to fall; neither its extent nor its size could I see, nor could
I see its source.
(Matthew 3:11-12), (Matthew 25:41), (Matthew 5:22), (Mark 9:43-48), (James 3:6), (Matthew 23:15, 33), (2 Peter 2:4), (Revelation 19:20), (Revelation 20:10), (Revelation 14:9-11), (Revelation 21:8), (Revelation 20:14-15)
8 Then I said: “How terrible this place is, and how painful to look at!”
9 Then Uriel, one of the Holy Angels, who was with me, answered me. He answered me and said to me: “Enoch, why do you have such fear and terror because of this terrible place, and before this pain?”
10 And he said to me: “This place is the prison of the Angels, and there they will be held for ever.”
(Matthew 3:11-12), (Matthew 25:41), (Matthew 5:22), (Mark 9:43-48), (James 3:6), (Matthew 23:15, 33), (2 Peter 2:4), (Revelation 19:20), (Revelation 20:10), (Revelation 14:9-11), (Revelation 21:8), (Revelation 20:14-15)
CHAPTER 20
1. And these are the names of the holy angels who watch.
(Revelation 8:2), (Hebrews 1:7), (Revelation 1:4), (Revelation 4:5), (Revelation 5:6), (Zechariah 4:10) (Revelation 1:16), (Revelation 1:20), (Zechariah 3:9), (Revelation 2:1), (Revelation 3:1), (Revelation 15:6)
2. Uriel, one of the holy angels, who is over the world and over Tartaros.
3. Raphael, one of the holy angels, who is over the spirits of men.
(Tobit 12:15), (Tobit 3:16-17), (Tobit 5:4-17), (Tobit 6), (Tobit 12:15-22)
4. Raguel, one of the holy angels who takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries.
5. Michael, one of the holy angels, to wit, he that is set over the best part of mankind and over chaos.
(Daniel 10:13), (Daniel 10:21), (Daniel 12:1), (Jude 1:9), (Revelation 12:7)
6. Saraqael, one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits, who sin in the spirit.
7. Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the keruvim.
(Daniel 8:16), (Daniel 9:21), (Luke 1:19), (Luke 1:26), (Genesis 3:24), (Exodus 25:18-22), (Ezekiel 10:4-5)
8. Remiel, one of the holy angels, whom God set over those who rise.
(Matthew 28:2, 5), (Mark 16:5)
CHAPTER 19
1 And Uriel said to me: “The spirits of the Angels who were promiscuous with women will stand here; and they, assuming many forms, made men unclean and will lead men astray so that they sacrifice to demons as gods. And they will stand there until the great judgment day, on which they will be judged, so that an end will be made of them.
(Genesis 6:1-2)
(2 Corinthians 11:13-15), (Revelation 12:9)
(Romans 1:18-23), (Colossians 2:18), (Deuteronomy 32:16-21), (1 Corinthians 10:20), (Revelation 9:20), (Psalm 106:36-38), (Hosea 13:2), (2 Chronicles 33:1-7, 9), (1 Kings 14:9), (2 Kings 17:16-17), (2 Kings 21:3, 5-6), (2 Kings 23:4-5), (Jeremiah 7:31), (Jeremiah 19:4-6), (Proverbs 15:8), (Proverbs 21:27)
2 And their wives, having led astray the Angels of Heaven, will become peaceful.”
3 And I, Enoch, alone saw the sight, the ends of everything; and no man has seen what I have seen.
CHAPTER 18
1 And I saw the storehouses of all the winds, and I saw how with them He has adorned all creation, and I saw the foundations of the Earth.
2 And I saw the cornerstone of the Earth. And I saw the four winds which support the Earth and the sky.
(Job 38:4-7), (Zechariah 10:3-4), (Isaiah 28:16)
(Zechariah 6:1-5), (Revelation 7:1)
3 And I saw how the winds stretch out the height of Heaven, and how they position themselves between Heaven and Earth; they are the Pillars of Heaven.
4 And I saw the winds which turn the sky and cause the disc of the Sun and all the stars to set.
5 And I saw the winds on the Earth which support the clouds and I saw the paths of the Angels. I saw at the end of the Earth; the firmament of
Heaven above.
6 And I went towards the south, and it was burning day and night, where there were seven mountains of precious stones, three towards the east and three towards the south.
7 And those towards the east were of coloured stone, and one was of pearl, and one of healing stone; and those towards the south, of red stone.
8 And the middle one reached to Heaven, like the throne of the Lord, of stibium, and the top of the throne was of sapphire.
9 And I saw a burning fire, and what was in all the mountains.
10 And I saw a place there, beyond the great earth; there the waters gathered together.
11 And I saw a deep chasm of the earth, with pillars of heavenly fire, and I saw among them fiery pillars of Heaven, which were falling, and as regards both height and depth, they were immeasurable.
(Matthew 25:41), (Psalm 140:9-10), (Jude 1:7), (Proverbs 23:26-28)
12 And beyond this chasm, I saw a place, and it had neither the sky above it, nor the foundation of earth below it; there was no water on it, and no birds, but it was a desert place.
13 And a terrible thing I saw there, seven stars, like great burning mountains.
14 And like a spirit questioning me, the Angel said: “This is the place of the end of Heaven and Earth; this is the prison for the Stars of Heaven and the Host of Heaven.
(Revelation 20:7)
15 And the stars which roll over the fire, these are the ones which transgressed the command of the Lord, from the beginning of their rising, because they did not come out at their proper times.
(Revelation 12:3-4, 7-9), (Matthew 25:41)
16 And He was angry with them, and bound them until the time of the consummation of their sin, in the Year of Mystery.”
(2 Peter 2:4), (Jude 1:6, 13), (Revelation 10:7)
CHAPTER 17
1 And they took me to a place where they were like burning fire, and, when they wished, they made themselves look like men.
(Hebrews 1:7)
2 And they led me to a place of storm, and to a mountain, the tip of whose summit reached to Heaven.
(Deuteronomy 4:10-12), (Deuteronomy 5:22-23), (Hebrews 12:18)
3 And I saw lighted places, and thunder in the outermost ends, in its depths a bow of fire, and arrows and their quivers, and a sword of fire, and all the flashes of lightning.
(Deuteronomy 33:2), (Isaiah 66:16)
4 And they took me to the Water of Life, as it is called, and to the Fire of the West, which receives every setting of the Sun.
(Isaiah 49:10), (Revelation 7:17), (Psalm 23:2), (John 4:14), (Revelation 21:6), (Revelation 22:1), (Revelation 22:17)
5 And I came to a river of fire, whose fire flows like water, and pours out into the Great Sea, which is towards the west.
(Daniel 7:9-11), (Psalm 97:1-3)
6 And I saw all the great rivers, and I reached the Great Darkness, and went where all flesh walks.
(Lamentations 3:6), (Job 10:21-22), (Jude 1:6, 13), (2 Peter 2:4), (2 Peter 2:17-18)
7 And I saw the Mountains of the Darkness of Winter and the place where the water of all the deeps pours out.
8 And I saw the mouths of all the rivers of the Earth, and the mouth of the deep.
CHAPTER 16
1 And the death of the giants, wherever the spirits have gone out from their bodies, their flesh will be destroyed, before the Judgment. Thus they will be destroyed until the Day of the Great Consummation is accomplished, upon the Great Age, upon the Watchers and the impious ones.”
(Isaiah 10:23-25), (Isaiah 24:1-3), (Isaiah 30:27-28, 30-31), (Nahum 1:7-10), (Ezekiel 21:25-27), (Jeremiah 5:3-5), (Jeremiah 25:31), (2 Peter 3:7), (Jude 1:15), (Romans 3:19), (Revelation 14:7), (John 5:21-22, 27), (John 9:39), (John 12:31), (Revelation 18:10), (Acts 17:31), (Matthew 25:31-33, 41, 46), (Daniel 7:9-10), (Revelation 20:11-13), (Revelation 20:10), (Revelation 21:8)
2 And now to the Watchers, who sent you to petition on their behalf, who were formerly in Heaven:
3 “You were in Heaven but its secrets had not yet been revealed to you; and a worthless mystery you knew. This you made known to women, in the hardness of your hearts. And through this mystery the women and the men cause evil to increase on the Earth.”
(Romans 16:25-26), (Ephesians 3:3-5), (Ephesians 3:8-11), (Colossians 1:26), (Colossians 2:2-3), (1 Corinthians 2:7)
(Ecclesiastes 8:6), (Matthew 24:12)
4 Say to them therefore: “You will not have peace.”
(Isaiah 48:22), (Isaiah 57:21), (Isaiah 59:7-9), (Romans 3:15-17), (Jeremiah 12:12), (Ezekiel 7:25)
CHAPTER 15
1 And He answered me, and said to me with His voice: “Hear! Do not be afraid, Enoch, you righteous man, and scribe of righteousness. Come here and hear my voice.
2 And go say to the Watchers of Heaven, who sent you to petition on their behalf: You ought to petition on behalf of men, not men on behalf of you.
3 Why have you left the High, Holy and Eternal Heaven, and lain with women, and become unclean with the daughters of men, and taken wives for yourselves, and done as the sons of the earth, and begotten giant sons?
(Genesis 6:1-4)
4 And you were spiritual, Holy, living an eternal life, but you became unclean upon the women, and begot children through the blood of flesh, and lusted after the blood of men, and produced flesh and blood, as they do, who die and are destroyed.
5 And for this reason I give men wives; so that they might sow seed in them, and so that children might be born by them, so that deeds might be done on the Earth.
6 But you, formerly, were spiritual, living an eternal, immortal life, for all the generations of the world.
7 For this reason I did not arrange wives for you; because the dwelling of the spiritual ones is in Heaven.
8 And now, the giants who were born from body and flesh will be called Evil Spirits on the Earth, and on the Earth will be their dwelling.
(Baruch 3:24-28)
(Matthew 8:28-32), (Matthew 10:1), (Mark 1:23-27), (Mark 3:11), (Mark 5:2-13), (Mark 9:25), (Luke 4:33-36), (Luke 6:18), (Luke 7:21), (Luke 8:2), (Luke 8:28-31), (Luke 9:42), (Acts 5:16), (Acts 8:7), (Acts 19:12-16)
9 And evil spirits came out from their flesh, because from above they were created, from the Holy Watchers was their origin and first foundation. Evil spirits they will be on Earth and ‘Spirits of the Evil Ones’ they will be called.
(Baruch 3:24-28)
(Matthew 8:28-32), (Matthew 10:1), (Mark 1:23-27), (Mark 3:11), (Mark 5:2-13), (Mark 9:25), (Luke 4:33-36), (Luke 6:18), (Luke 7:21), (Luke 8:2), (Luke 8:28-31), (Luke 9:42), (Acts 5:16), (Acts 8:7), (Acts 19:12-16)
10 And the dwelling of the Spirits of Heaven is Heaven, but the dwelling of the spirits of the Earth, who were born on the Earth, is Earth.
(Baruch 3:24-28)
(Matthew 8:28-32), (Matthew 10:1), (Mark 1:23-27), (Mark 3:11), (Mark 5:2-13), (Mark 9:25), (Luke 4:33-36), (Luke 6:18), (Luke 7:21), (Luke 8:2), (Luke 8:28-31), (Luke 9:42), (Acts 5:16), (Acts 8:7), (Acts 19:12-16)
11 And the spirits of the giants do wrong, are corrupt, attack, fight, break on the Earth, and cause sorrow. And they eat no food, do not thirst, and are not observed.
(Baruch 3:24-28)
(Matthew 8:28-32), (Matthew 10:1), (Mark 1:23-27), (Mark 3:11), (Mark 5:2-13), (Mark 9:25), (Luke 4:33-36), (Luke 6:18), (Luke 7:21), (Luke 8:2), (Luke 8:28-31), (Luke 9:42), (Acts 5:16), (Acts 8:7), (Acts 19:12-16)
12 And these spirits will rise against the sons of men, and against the women, because they came out of them during the days of slaughter and destruction.
(Baruch 3:24-28)
(Matthew 8:28-32), (Matthew 10:1), (Mark 1:23-27), (Mark 3:11), (Mark 5:2-13), (Mark 9:25), (Luke 4:33-36), (Luke 6:18), (Luke 7:21), (Luke 8:2), (Luke 8:28-31), (Luke 9:42), (Acts 5:16), (Acts 8:7), (Acts 19:12-16)
CHAPTER 14
1 This book is the word of righteousness, and of reproof, for the Watchers who are from Eternity; as the Holy and Great One commanded in that vision.
2 I saw in my sleep what I will now tell, with the tongue of flesh, and with my breath, which the Great One has given men in the mouth, so that they might speak with it, and understand with the heart.
3 As He has created, and appointed, men to understand the word of knowledge, so He created and appointed me to reprove the Watchers, the sons of Heaven.
4 And I wrote out your petition, but in my vision, thus it appeared, that your petition would not be granted to you, for all the days of eternity; and complete judgment has been decreed against you, and you will not have peace.
5 And from now on, you will not ascend into Heaven, for all eternity, and it has been decreed that you will be bound on Earth for all the days of eternity.
(Hebrews 2:16), (Hebrews 2:5), (2 Peter 2:4), (Jude 1:6)
6 And before this, you will have seen the destruction of your beloved sons, and you will not be able to enjoy them, but they will fall before you by the sword.
7 And your petition will not be granted in respect of them or in respect of yourselves. And while you weep and supplicate you do not speak a single word from the writings which I have written.
8 And the vision appeared to me, as follows: – Behold; clouds called me in the vision, and mist called me. And the path of the stars, and flashes of lightning, hastened me and drove me. And in the vision winds caused me to fly, and hastened me, and lifted me up into the sky.
9 And I proceeded until I came near a wall which was made of hailstones, and a tongue of fire surrounded it, and it began to make me afraid.
(Acts 2:2-6)
10 And I went into the tongue of fire and came near to a large house, which was built of hailstones, and the wall of that house was like a mosaic of hailstones and its floor was snow.
11 Its roof was like the path of the stars and flashes of lightning, and among them was fiery keruvim, and their sky was like water.
12 And there was a fire burning around its wall and its door was ablaze with fire.
13 And I went into that house, and it was as hot as fire and as cold as snow, and there was neither pleasure nor life in it. Fear covered me and trembling took hold of me.
14 And as I was shaking and trembling, I fell on my face.
15 And I saw in the vision, and behold, another house which was larger than the former and all its doors were open before me, and it was built of a tongue of fire.
16 And in everything, it so excelled in glory and splendor and size, so that I am unable to describe to you its glory and its size.
17 And its floor was fire, and above lightning and the path of the stars, and its roof also was a burning fire.
18 And I looked, and I saw in it, a high throne, and its appearance was like ice, and its surrounds like the shining Sun and the sound of keruvim.
19 And from underneath the high throne there flowed out rivers of fire so that it was impossible to look at it.
(Daniel 7:9-10), (Revelation 4:5-6), (Ezekiel 1:13)
20 And He who is Great in Glory sat upon it, and his raiment was brighter than the Sun, and whiter than any snow.
21 And no Angel could enter, and at the appearance of the face of Him who is Honoured and Praised, no creature of flesh could look.
22 A sea of fire burnt around Him, and a great fire stood in front of Him, and none of those around Him came near to Him. Ten thousand times
ten thousand stood before Him but He needed no Holy Council.
(Daniel 7:9-10), (Revelation 4:5-6), (Ezekiel 1:13)
(Job 11:7-9), (Isaiah 40:13-14), (Romans 11:34-36), (1 Corinthians 2:16), (Isaiah 55:8-9)
23 And the Holy Ones who were near to Him did not leave by night or day and did not depart from Him.
24 And until then I had a covering on my face, as I trembled. And the Lord called me with his own mouth, and said to me: “Come here, Enoch, to my Holy Word.”
25 And He lifted me up and brought me near to the door. And I looked, with my face down.
CHAPTER 13
1 And Enoch went and said to Azazel: “You will not have peace. A severe sentence has come out against you that you should be bound.
2 And you will have neither rest nor mercy, nor the granting of any petitions, because of the wrong which you have taught, and because of all the works of blasphemy and wrong and sin which you have shown to the sons of men.”
3 And then I went and spoke to them all together, and they were all afraid; fear and trembling seized them.
(James 2:19)
4 And they asked me to write out for them the record of a petition, so that they might receive forgiveness, and to take a record of their petition up to the Lord in Heaven.
5 For they were not able, from then on, to speak, and they did not raise their eyes to Heaven, out of shame for the sins, for which they had been condemned.
6 And then I wrote out the record of their petition, and their supplication in regard to their spirits, and the deeds of each one of them, and in regard to what they asked; that they should obtain absolution and forbearance.
7 And I went and sat down by the waters of Dan, in Dan, which is southwest of Hermon; and I read out the record of their petition, until I fell asleep.
8 And behold a dream came to me, and visions fell upon me, and I saw a vision of wrath; that I should speak to the sons of Heaven and reprove them.
9 And I woke up and went to them, and they were all sitting gathered together as they mourned, in Ubelseyael, which is between Lebanon and Senir, with their faces covered.
10 And I spoke in front of them all; the visions that I had seen in my sleep, and I began to speak these words to reprove the Watchers of Heaven.
CHAPTER 12
1 And then Enoch disappeared and none of the sons of men knew where he was hidden, where he was, or what had happened.
(Sirach 44:16), (Sirach 49:14), (Wisdom 4:10-11), (Genesis 5:24), (Hebrews 11:5)
2 And all his doings were with the Holy Ones, and with the Watchers, in his days.
3 And I Enoch, was blessing the Great Lord and the King of Eternity. And behold, the Watchers called to me – Enoch the scribe – and said to me:
4 “Enoch, scribe of righteousness. Go and inform the Watchers of Heaven, who have left the High Heaven and the Holy Eternal Place, and have corrupted themselves with women, and have done as the sons of men do and have taken wives for themselves, and have become completely corrupt on the earth.
(2 Peter 2: 4-5), (Jude 1:6)
5 They will have on Earth, neither peace, nor forgiveness of sin, for they will not rejoice in their sons.
(2 Peter 2: 4-5), (Jude 1:6)
6 The slaughter of their beloved ones they will see; and over the destruction of their sons they will lament and petition forever. But they will have neither mercy nor peace.
(2 Peter 2: 4-5), (Jude 1:6)
CHAPTER 11
1 And in those days, I will open the Storehouses of Blessing, which are in Heaven, so that I may send them down upon the Earth, upon the work, and upon the toil, of the sons of men.
(Psalm 29:11), (Psalm 115:12-13), (Psalm 128:4), (Proverbs 3:32-34), (Isaiah 44:2-4), (Ezekiel 34:25-27)
2 Peace and truth will be united, for all the days of eternity, and for all the generations of eternity.
(Psalm 85:10), (Ezekiel 34:25-27)
CHAPTER 10
1 And then the Most High, the Great and Holy One, spoke and sent Arsyalalyur to the son of Lamech, and said to him:
2 “Say to him in my name; hide yourself! And reveal to him the end, which is coming, because the whole earth will be destroyed. A deluge is about to come on all the earth; and all that is in it will be destroyed.
(Genesis 6:8), (Sirach 44:17-18), (Genesis 6:17), (Genesis 7:6-24), (2 Peter 3:6), (Luke 17:27), (Hebrews 11:7), (Sirach 40:9-10)
3 And now teach him so that he may escape and his seed may survive for the whole Earth.”
(Sirach 44:17-18), (Proverbs 10:16), (Proverbs 11:19), (Proverbs 14:27), (Genesis 7:1, 6-7, 13), (Genesis 9:1), (Genesis 9:7), (Genesis 9:18-19), (Genesis 10:1, 32), (Wisdom 14:6)
4 And further the Lord said to Raphael: “Bind Azazel by his hands and his feet and throw him into the darkness. And split open the desert, which is in Dudael, and throw him there.
5 And throw on him jagged and sharp stones and cover him with darkness. And let him stay there forever. And cover his face so that he may not see the light.
6 And so that, on the Great Day of Judgment, he may be hurled into the fire.
(Isaiah 24:21-22), (2 Peter 2:4), (Jude 1:6), (Revelation 20:1-3)
7 And restore the Earth which the Angels have ruined. And announce the restoration of the Earth. For I shall restore the Earth so that not all the sons of men shall be destroyed because of the knowledge which the Watchers made known and taught to their sons.
(Joel 2:22)
8 And the whole Earth has been ruined by the teaching of the works of Azazel; and against him write: ALL SIN.”
(Genesis 6:5-7), (Genesis 6:12)
9 And the Lord said to Gabriel: “Proceed against the bastards, and the reprobates, and against the sons of the fornicators. And destroy the sons of the fornicators, and the sons of the Watchers, from amongst men. And send them out, and send them against one another, and let them destroy themselves in battle; for they will not have length of days.
(Baruch 3:24-28), (Wisdom 14:6)
10 And they will petition you, but the petitioners will gain nothing in respect of them, for they hope for eternal life, and that each of them will live life for five hundred years.”
11 And the Lord said to Michael: “Go, inform Semyaza, and the others with him, who have associated with the women to corrupt themselves with them in all their uncleanness.
12 When all their sons kill each other, and when they see the destruction of their loved ones, bind them for seventy generations, under the hills of the earth, until the day of their judgment and of their consummation, until the judgment, which is for all eternity, is accomplished.
(2 Peter 2:4), (Jude 1:6)
13 And in those days, they will lead them to the Abyss of Fire; in torment, and in prison they will be shut up for all eternity.
(Psalm 140:10), (Revelation 19:20), (Revelation 20:10)
14 And then Semyaza will be burnt, and from then on destroyed with them; together they will be bound until the end of all generations.
(Revelation 20:15), (Psalm 68:2), (Psalm 73:27)
15 And destroy all the souls of lust, and the sons of the Watchers, for they have wronged men.
(Baruch 3:24-28)
16 Destroy all wrong from the face of the Earth and every evil work will cease.
(Isaiah 60:21-22)
17 And now all the righteous will be humble, and will live until they beget thousands. And all the days of their youth, and their sabbaths, they will fulfill in peace.
(Exodus 20:6; Deuteronomy 5:10), (Isaiah 61:3)
18 And in those days the whole earth will be tilled in righteousness and all of it will be planted with trees; and it will be filled with blessing.
(Exodus 20:6; Deuteronomy 5:10), (Isaiah 61:3)
19 And all the pleasant trees they will plant on it and they will plant on it vines. And the vine that is planted on it will produce fruit in abundance; and every seed that is sown on it, each measure will produce a thousand, and each measure of olives will produce ten baths of oil.
20 And you cleanse the Earth from all wrong, and from all iniquity, and from all sin, and from all impiety, and from all the uncleanness which is brought about on the earth.
(2 Peter 2:17-18), (Jude 1:12-15)
21 And all the sons of men shall be righteous, and all the nations shall serve and bless me and all shall worship me.
(Psalm 72:11), (Psalm 86:9)
22 And the Earth will be cleansed from all corruption, and from all sin, and from all wrath, and from all torment; and I will not again send a flood upon it, for all generations, forever.
(Revelation 21:4)
CHAPTER 9
1 And then Michael, Gabriel, Suriel and Uriel, looked down from Heaven and saw the mass of blood that was being shed on the earth and all the iniquity that was being done on the earth.
(Genesis 6:11-12), (Jeremiah 23:10), (Job 9:24), (Psalm 107:34), (Hosea 1:2), (Jeremiah 3:9),
(Hosea 4:1-2), (Genesis 6:5-6)
2 And they said to one another: “Let the devastated Earth cry out with the sound of their cries, up to the Gate of Heaven.
3 And now to you, Oh Holy Ones of Heaven, the souls of men complain, saying: “Bring our complaint before the Most High.”
4 And they said to their Lord, the King: “Lord of Lords, God of Gods, King of Kings! Your glorious throne endures for all the generations of the world, and blessed and praised!
(Deuteronomy 10:17), (1 Timothy 6:14-16), (Psalm 83:18), (Ephesians 4:6), (Isaiah 66:1), (Sirach 1:8-9), (Acts 7:49), (1 Chronicles 29:10-12)
5 You have made everything, and power over everything is yours. And everything is uncovered, and open, in front of you, and you see everything, and there is nothing that can be hidden from you.
(Hebrews 4:13), (Psalm 139:1-4), (1 Samuel 2:3), (Luke 12:30), (Matthew 6:7-8), (1 John 3:20), (Romans 11:33-36), (Job 34:21-22), (Job 42:1-2), (Psalm 38:9)
6 See then what Azazel has done; how he has taught all iniquity on the earth and revealed the eternal secrets that are made in Heaven.
7 And Semyaza has made known spells, he to whom you gave authority to rule over those who are with him.
8 And they went into the daughters of men together, lay with those women, became unclean, and revealed to them these sins.
(Genesis 6:1-2), (Genesis 6:4-5), (Genesis 6:11), (Numbers 13:33), (Baruch 3:24-28)
9 And the women bore giants, and thereby the whole Earth has been filled with blood and iniquity.
(Genesis 6:1-2), (Genesis 6:4-5), (Genesis 6:11), (Numbers 13:33), (Baruch 3:24-28)
10 And now behold the souls which have died cry out and complain unto the Gate of Heaven, and their lament has ascended, and they cannot go out in the face of the iniquity which is being committed on the earth.
(Revelation 6:10)
11 And you know everything, before it happens, and you know this, and what concerns each of them. But you say nothing to us. What ought we to do with them, about this?”
(Isaiah 45:11), (Isaiah 46:9-10), (Isaiah 48:4-6), (Luke 8:17), (Mark 4:22), (Matthew 10:26), (Luke 12:2-3), (Job 24:1)
CHAPTER 8
1 And Azazel taught men to make swords, and daggers, and shields, and breastplates. And he showed them the things after these, and the art of making them; bracelets, and ornaments, and the art of making up the eyes, and of beautifying the eyelids, and the most precious stones, and all kinds of coloured dyes. And the world was changed.
2 And there was great impiety, and much fornication, and they went astray, and all their ways became corrupt.
(Genesis 6:5-7), (Genesis 6:11-13)
3 Amezarak taught all those who cast spells and cut roots, Armaros the release of spells, and Baraqiel astrologers, and Kokabiel portents, and Tamiel taught astrology, and Asradel taught the path of the Moon.
4 And at the destruction of men they cried out; and their voices reached Heaven.
CHAPTER 7
1 And they took wives for themselves and everyone chose for himself one each. And they began to go into them and were promiscuous with them. And they taught them charms and spells, and they showed them the cutting of roots and trees.
2 And they became pregnant and bore large giants. And their height was three thousand cubits.
(Genesis 6:1-4), (Numbers 13:30-33), (Deuteronomy 2:10-12), (Deuteronomy 2:19-21),
(Deuteronomy 3:11), (2 Samuel 21:16), (2 Samuel 21:18-22), (Baruch 3:24-28)
3 These devoured all the toil of men; until men were unable to sustain them.
4 And the giants turned against them in order to devour men.
(Psalm 14:4), (Micah 3:3)
5 And they began to sin against birds, and against animals, and against reptiles, and against fish, and they devoured one another’s flesh, and drank the blood from it.
(Jeremiah 12:4)
6 Then the Earth complained about the lawless ones.
(Genesis 6:5-13)
CHAPTER 6
1 And it came to pass, when the sons of men had increased, that in those days there were born to them fair and beautiful daughters.
2 And the Angels, the sons of Heaven, saw them and desired them. And they said to one another: “Come, let us choose for ourselves wives, from the children of men, and let us beget, for ourselves, children.”
(Genesis 6:1-4), (Numbers 13:33), (Baruch 3:24-28)
3 And Semyaza, who was their leader, said to them: “I fear that you may not wish this deed to be done and that I alone will pay for this great sin.”
4 And they all answered him, and said: “Let us all swear an oath, and bind one-another with curses, so not to alter this plan, but to carry out this plan effectively.”
5 Then they all swore together and all bound one another with curses to it.
6 And they were, in all, two hundred and they came down on Ardis, which is the summit of Mount Hermon. And they called the mountain Hermon because on it they swore and bound one another with curses.
7 And these are the names of their leaders: Semyaza, who was their leader, Urakiba, Ramiel, Kokabiel, Tamiel, Ramiel, Daniel, Ezeqiel, Baraqiel, Asael, Armaros, Ananel, Zaqiel, Samsiel, Satael, Turiel, Yomiel, Araziel.
8 These are the leaders of the two hundred Angels and of all the others with them.
CHAPTER 5
1 Contemplate how the trees are covered with green leaves and bear fruit. And understand, in respect of everything, and perceive how He Who Lives Forever made all these things for you.
2 And how His works are before Him in each succeeding year, and all His works serve Him and do not change; but as God has decreed – so everything is done.
(Psalm 119:90-91)
3 And consider how the seas and rivers together complete their tasks.
(Jeremiah 5:22), (Job 38:8-11)
4 But you have not persevered in, nor observed, the Law of the Lord. But you have transgressed and have spoken proud and hard words with your unclean mouth against his majesty. You hard of heart! You will not have peace!
(Romans 5:12), (Romans 3:23), (Job 9:24), (Psalm 107:34), (Genesis 6:5-6), (Hosea 1:2), (Romans 1:18-21), (Jeremiah 9:12-14), (Hosea 4:1-3), (Hosea 14:22-28), (Wisdom 14:22-29), (2 Peter 2:9-12), (Jude 1:8, 10), (Jude 1:15), (Isaiah 26:21), (Daniel 9:14), (Isaiah 48:22), (Isaiah 57:21), (Isaiah 59:7-9), (Jeremiah 12:12), (Ezekiel 7:25)
5 And because of this you will curse your days, and the years of your life you will destroy. And the eternal curse will increase and you will not receive mercy.
(Isaiah 47:11), (Jeremiah 12:12), (Ezekiel 7:25), (Isaiah 48:22), (Isaiah 57:21), (2 Peter 2:12)
6 In those days, you will transform your name into an eternal curse to all the righteous. And they will curse you sinners forever.
7 For the chosen; there will be light, joy, and peace, and they will inherit the earth. But for you, the impious, there will be a curse.
(Psalm 37:22), (Job 34:11), (Psalm 37:11), (Psalm 112:4), (Isaiah 9:2), (Matthew 4:16), (Luke 1:78-79)
8 When wisdom is given to the chosen they will all live, and will not again do wrong, either through forgetfulness, or through pride. But those who possess wisdom will be humble.
(Ecclesiastes 2:26), (Daniel 2:20-22), (Luke 21:15), (Sirach 3:17-18),
(Isaiah 11:9), (1 John 3:3, 6, 9), (1 John 5:18)
9 They will not again do wrong, and they will not be judged in all the days of their life, and they will not die of wrath or anger. But they will complete the number of the days of their life. And their life will grow in peace, and the years of their joy will increase in gladness and eternal peace; all the days of their life.
(Isaiah 11:9), (1 John 3:3, 6, 9), (1 John 5:18)
(Romans 5:9), (1 Thessalonians 1:10), (Matthew 25:34), (Daniel 7:27), (Isaiah 66:10-14)
CHAPTER 3
1 Contemplate and see how all the trees appear withered and all their leaves are stripped – with the exception of the fourteen trees, which are not stripped, which remain with the old leaves until the new come after two or three years.
CHAPTER 2
1 Contemplate all the events in the sky; how the lights in the sky do not change their courses, how each rises and sets in order, each at its proper time, and they do not transgress their law.
(Psalm 19:1), (Psalm 74:16), (Psalm 104:19), (Job 9:6-9), (Sirach 39:16), (Sirach 43:1-12)
2 Consider the earth and understand from the work that is done upon it, from the beginning to the end, that no work of God changes as it becomes manifest.
(Genesis 8:22), (Sirach 39:16-19), (Sirach 43:13-33), (Psalm 104:16-18), (Job 36:24-25)
(Job 37:5-6, 12-13)
3 Consider the summer and the winter; how the whole earth is full of water and the clouds and dew and rain rest upon it.
(Psalm 74:17), (2 Peter 3:5), (Psalm 135:6-7)
The Book of Enoch (also known as 1 Enoch) was written during the second century B.C. The older sections (mainly in the Book of the Watchers) of the text are estimated to date from about 300–200 B.C., and the latest part (Book of Parables) probably to 100 B.C. Various Aramaic fragments found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as Koine Greek and Latin fragments, were proof that The Book of Enoch was known by early Jews and Christians.
CHAPTER 1
1 These are the words of the blessing of Enoch; according to which he blessed the chosen and righteous who must be present on the day of distress, which is appointed, for the removal of all the wicked and impious.
(Zephaniah 1:14-18), (Matthew 24:21-22), (Matthew 13:30), (Revelation 7:14)
2 And Enoch began his story and said: –
There was a righteous man whose eyes were opened by the Lord, and he saw a Holy vision in the Heavens, which the Angels showed to me. And I heard everything from them, and I understood what I saw: but not for this generation, but for a distant generation that will come.
3 Concerning the Chosen I spoke; and I uttered a parable concerning them: The Holy and Great One will come out of his dwelling.
(Isaiah 35:4), (Ezekiel 34:11-12)
4 And the Eternal God will tread from there upon Mount Sinai, and he will appear with his Host, and will appear in the strength of his power from Heaven.
(Mount Sinai: relationship with Moses and Jerusalem)
(Galatians 4:24-26)
5. And all will be afraid, and the Watchers will shake, and fear and great trembling will seize them, up to the ends of the earth.
(James 2:19), (Isaiah 24:21-22)
6 And the high mountains will be shaken; and the high hills will be laid low and will melt like wax in a flame.
(Jeremiah 4:24), (Micah 1:4)
7 And the earth will sink, and everything that is on the earth will be destroyed, and there will be judgment upon all, and upon all the righteous.
(Zephaniah 1:2-3, 6,18), (Zephaniah 3:8), (2 Peter 3:7,10-12), (Isaiah 13:9), (Isaiah 24:1-23), (Isaiah 28:22)
8 But for the righteous: He will make peace, and He will keep safe the Chosen, and mercy will be upon them. They will all belong to God, and will prosper and be blessed, and the light of God will shine on them.
(Psalm 29:11), (Romans 15:13), (Isaiah 26:3-4, 12), (Ezekiel 34:25)
(Isaiah 41:10), (Isaiah 41:13), (Psalm 121:5), (Psalm 31:20), (John 14:18), (Matthew 28:20)
(Malachi 3:17), (Micah 4:5), (Isaiah 44:5)
(2 Chronicles 9:7), (Psalm 115:15), (Matthew 25:34)
(1 John 1:5), (Revelation 21:23), (Revelation 22:5)
9 And behold! He comes with ten thousand Holy Ones; to execute judgment upon them and to destroy the impious, and to contend with all flesh concerning everything that the sinners and the impious have done and wrought against Him.
(Deuteronomy 33:2), (Jude 1:14-15), (Psalm 68:16-17)