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The Book of Enoch


A Warning About "The Keys of Enoch" The Keys of Enoch is not a "lost book" of the Bible. From a description of the book: "The Book of Knowledge: The Keys of Enoch is a paraphysical text or "code-book" written in !"#$ %t is a text of higher conscio&sness experience which explains how the h&man race is connected with a more ad'anced higher e'ol&tionary str&ct&re of &ni'ersal intelligence$ The linkage is made thro&gh () areas of f&t&re science* the basis of an ongoing st&dy that is part of a #+-year program of h&man de'elopment* co'ering a wide spectr&m of independent scientific confirmations$ The o'er'iew describes how The Book of Knowledge: The Keys of Enoch prepares &s for the paradigm shift that will affect all aspects of the social* psychological* and spirit&al dimensions of life$" From a re'iew of the book by the a&thor ,, -&rtak: "This is a spirit&al scientific textbook that in poetic science states the iss&es of the f&t&re$ The Keys examines the p&..les of life and gi'es a spirit&al explanation as to why we exist in this reality$ %t sho&ld be pointed o&t that this text was not "channelled" b&t gi'en directly to the a&thor in direct face-to-face experience with two beings of -igher /&perl&minal %ntelligence$"

The Book Of Enoch


Enoch* the son of ,ared* is mentioned se'eral times in the Bible at 0enesis 1: 2-3)* -ebrews :1* and ,&de : )- 1$ The 4erse in ,&de directly 5&otes The Book of Enoch$ The Book of Enoch was considered canon and exact by the early 6hristians$ Early ch&rch a&thorities s&ch as ,&stin 7artyr* 8&g&stine* %renae&s* 9rigin* and 6lement of 8lexandria all made &se of The Book 9f Enoch and considered it gen&ine$ Tert&llian considered it script&re* calling The Book of Enoch "-oly /cript&re"$ %t was also added to the official canon of the Ethiopic 6h&rch$ The Book of Enoch was widely read and &sed d&ring the first three cent&ries after the death of 6hrist$ The 6o&ncil of :aodicia* #2 8;* discredited The Book of Enoch and banned it$ %t grad&ally disappeared* b&t in ""# ,ames Br&ce* a famo&s explorer* ret&rned from 8byssinia with three Ethiopic copies of the text$ %n time* se'eral sections of the 0reek 'ersion were fo&nd$ /e'en fragments of The Book of Enoch in the 8ramaic text were disco'ered in 6a'e ) of the ;ead /ea /crolls$ The original Book of Enoch was composed in -ebrew$ The Book of Enoch can be di'ided into fi'e parts: The Book of <atchers* The Book of the /imilit&des* The Book of 8stronomical <ritings* The Book of ;ream 4isions* and The Book of the Epistle of Enoch$

The Secrets of Enoch


The /ecrets of Enoch is fo&nd only in the /la'onic interpretation* hence* it is often referred to as /la'onic Enoch$ %t appears that The /ecrets of Enoch had a great infl&ence on the writers of the =ew Testament* explaining and 'erifying some of the more darker passages fo&nd in the =ew Testament$ Enoch li'ed #(1 years* was the son of ,ared* father of 7eth&selah* grandfather of :amech and greatgrandfather of =oah$ -is f&ll genealogy can be fo&nd in the fifth chapter of 0enesis$ Below are some of the more interesting references fo&nd in the writings of Enoch: The "Taking Up" of Enoch Enoch 39:3 8 clo&d then snatched me &p* and the wind raised me abo'e the s&rface of the earth* placing me at the extremity of the hea'ens$

Enoch Is Snatched Up By !hirl"ind Enoch #$:$ 8fter that period* in the place where % had seen e'ery secret sight* % was snatched &p in a whirlwind* and carried off westwards$ Enoch scends Into %ea&en Enoch '(:$ 8fterwards my spirit was concealed* ascending into the hea'ens$ % beheld the sons of the holy angels treading on flaming fire* whose garments and robes were white* and whose co&ntenances were transparent as crystal$ 3 % saw two ri'ers of fire glittering like the hyacinth$ # Then % fell on my face before the :ord of spirits$ )any people do not kno" that Enoch "as taken *p +ore than once, %e "as act*ally ret*rned to Earth after his first "taking *p", %ere are &erses concerning this: Sa+*il nd -ag*il re To Take Enoch .o"n To Earth Secrets Of Enoch 33:' 8nd % gi'e yo& /am&il and >ag&il * who led yo& &p* and the books* and go down to earth* and tell yo&r sons all that % ha'e told yo&* and all that yo& ha'e seen* from the lower hea'en &p to my throne* and all the troops$ The ngels Take Enoch .o"n To Earth Secrets Of Enoch 3/:$ 8nd the :ord said to those men who first led me &p: :et Enoch go down on to earth with yo&* and await him till the determined day$ 3 8nd they placed me by night on my bed$ The ngels 0lace Enoch On The Earth Enoch /(:' Then those three holy ones ca&sed me to approach* and placed me on the earth* before the door of my ho&se$ !hat did Enoch do "hile he "as in the hea&ens1 Enoch !as Taken To %ea&en 2or 3( .ays nd !rote 333 Books Secrets Of Enoch 3/:$ Enoch was born on the sixth day of the month Tsi'an* and li'ed three h&ndred and sixty-fi'e years$ 3 -e was taken &p to hea'en on the first day of the month Tsi'an and remained in hea'en sixty days$ # -e wrote all these signs of all creation* which the :ord created* and wrote three h&ndred and sixty-six books* and handed them o'er to his sons and remained on earth thirty days* and was again taken &p to hea'en on the sixth day of the month Tsi'an* on the 'ery day and ho&r when he was born$ The rchangel4 0ra&*il4 The -eed Of 5*ick !riting Enoch 66:$( 8nd the :ord s&mmoned one of his archangels by name ?ra'&il* whose knowledge was 5&icker in wisdom than the other archangels* who wrote all the deeds of the :ord@ and the :ord said to ?ra'&il: Bring o&t the books from my store-ho&ses* and a reed of 5&ick-writing* and gi'e it to Enoch* and deli'er to him the choice and comforting books o&t of yo&r hand$ !here "as Enoch d*ring this ti+e1 Enoch !as %idden !ith The %oly Ones Enoch $6:$ Before all these things Enoch was concealed@ nor did any one of the sons of men know where he was concealed* where he had been* and what had happened$ 3 -e was wholly engaged with the holy ones* and with the <atchers in his days$ )ichael 7onceals The Spirit Of Enoch Enoch '(:8 8nd 7ichael* one of the archangels* took me by my right hand* raised me &p* and bro&ght me o&t to where was e'ery secret of mercy and secret of righteo&sness$ 1 -e showed me all the hidden things of the

extremities of hea'en* all the receptacles of the stars* and the splendo&rs of all* from whence they went forth before the face of the holy$ ( 8nd he concealed the spirit of Enoch in the hea'en of hea'ens$ 9od:s Oint+ent Enoch 66:9 8nd 7ichael did th&s* as the :ord told him$ -e anointed me* and dressed me* and the appearance of that ointment is more than the great light* and his ointment is like sweet dew* and its smell mild* shining like the s&nAs ray* and % looked at myself* and % was like one of his glorio&s ones$ Since Enoch !as nointed !ith The Oint+ent Of 9od4 %e .id ;ot Eat Enoch #3:6 Enoch answered to his son 7athosalam and said: -ear* child* from the time when the :ord anointed me with the ointment of his glory* there has been no food in me* and my so&l remembers not earthly enBoyment* neither do % want anything earthly$ Enoch Taken Up gain Enoch !as Translated nd .id ;ot <no" .eath $st 7le+ent 9:8 :et &s set before &s Enoch* who being fo&nd righteo&s in obedience was translated* and his death was not fo&nd$ 9od Transports Enoch4 %e .oes ;ot See .eath 6nd da+ and E&e 66:/ <hen Enoch had ended his commandments to them* 0od transported him from that mo&ntain to the land of life* to the mansions of the righteo&s and of the chosen* the abode of ?aradise of Boy* in light that reaches &p to hea'en@ light that is o&tside the light of this world@ for it is the light of 0od* that fills the whole world* b&t which no place can contain$ ! Th&s* beca&se Enoch was in the light of 0od* he fo&nd himself o&t of the reach of death@ &ntil 0od wo&ld ha'e him die$ Enoch !as To Be Taken In One =ear Enoch /(:9 ;&ring one year we shall lea'e yo& with yo&r children* &ntil yo& shalt again reco'er yo&r strength* that yo& may instr&ct yo&r family* write these things* and explain them to all yo&r children$ B&t in another year they shall take yo& from the midst of them* and yo&r heart shall be strengthened@ for the elect shall point o&t righteo&sness to the elect@ the righteo&s with the righteo&s shall reBoice* congrat&lating each other@ b&t the sinners with sinners shall die* Eli>ah Translated In 2iery 7hariot4 Enoch nd Eli>ah !ill -et*rn To Earth ;icode+*s 6(:3 9ne of them answering* said* % am Enoch* who was translated by the word of 0od: and this man who is with me* is EliBah the Tishbite* who was translated in a fiery chariot$ ) -ere we ha'e hitherto been and ha'e not tasted death* b&t are now abo&t to ret&rn at the coming of 8ntichrist* being armed with di'ine signs and miracles* to engage with him in battle* and to be slain by him at ,er&salem* and to be taken &p ali'e again into the clo&ds* after three days and a half$

The Book of Enoch


Book $: !atchers - Part 1
Chapters 1 - 1 7hapter $ $ The words of the blessing of Enoch* wherewith he blessed the elect and righteo&s* who will be 6 li'ing in the day of trib&lation* when all the wicked and godless are to be remo'ed$ 8nd he took &p his parable and said -Enoch a righteo&s man* whose eyes were opened by 0od* saw the 'ision of the -oly 9ne in the hea'ens* which the angels showed me* and from them % heard e'erything* and from them % &nderstood as % saw* b&t not

for this generation* b&t for a remote one which is for to come$ 3 6oncerning the elect % said* and took &p my parable concerning them: The -oly 0reat 9ne will come forth from -is dwelling* 8 8nd the eternal 0od will tread &pon the earth* Ce'enD on 7o&nt /inai* E8nd appear from -is campF 8nd appear in the strength of -is might from the hea'en of hea'ens$ # 8nd all shall be smitten with fear 8nd the <atchers shall 5&ake* 8nd great fear and trembling shall sei.e them &nto the ends of the earth$ 3 8nd the high mo&ntains shall be shaken* 8nd the high hills shall be made low* 8nd shall melt like wax before the flame ' 8nd the earth shall be wholly rent in s&nder* 8nd all that is &pon the earth shall perish* 8nd there shall be a B&dgment &pon all CmenD$ / B&t with the righteo&s -e will make peace$ 8nd will protect the elect* 8nd mercy shall be &pon them$ 8nd they shall all belong to 0od* 8nd they shall be prospered* 8nd they shall all be blessed$ 8nd -e will help them all* 8nd light shall appear &nto them* 8nd -e will make peace with themG$ 9 8nd beholdH -e cometh with ten tho&sands of -is holy ones To exec&te B&dgment &pon all* 8nd to destroy all the &ngodly: 8nd to con'ict all flesh 9f all the works of their &ngodliness which they ha'e &ngodly committed* 8nd of all the hard things which &ngodly sinners ha'e spoken against -im$ 7hapter 6 $ 9bser'e ye e'erything that takes place in the hea'en* how they do not change their orbits* and the l&minaries which are in the hea'en* how they all rise and set in order each in its season* and 6 transgress not against their appointed order$ Behold ye the earth* and gi'e heed to the things which take place &pon it from first to last* how steadfast they are* how none of the things &pon earth 3 change* b&t all the works of 0od appear to yo&$ Behold the s&mmer and the winter* how the whole earth is filled with water* and clo&ds and dew and rain lie &pon it$ 7hapter 3 $ 9bser'e and see how Cin the winterD all the trees seem as tho&gh they had withered and shed all their lea'es* except fo&rteen trees* which do not lose their foliage b&t retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes$ 7hapter 8 $ 8nd again* obser'e ye the days of s&mmer how the s&n is abo'e the earth o'er against it$ 8nd yo& seek shade and shelter by reason of the heat of the s&n* and the earth also b&rns with growing heat* and so yo& cannot tread on the earth* or on a rock by reason of its heat$ 7hapter # $ 9bser'e ye how the trees co'er themsel'es with green lea'es and bear fr&it: wherefore gi'e ye heed and know with regard to all -is works* and recogni.e how -e that li'eth for e'er hath made them so$ 6 and all -is works go on th&s from year to year for e'er* and all the tasks which they accomplish for -im* and their tasks change not* b&t according as 0od hath ordained so is it done$ 3 8nd behold how the sea and the ri'ers in like manner accomplish and change not their tasks from -is commandmentsG$ 8 B&t ye -ye ha'e not been steadfast* nor done the commandments of the :ord* B&t ye ha'e t&rned away and spoken pro&d and hard words <ith yo&r imp&re mo&ths against -is greatness$ 9h* ye hard-hearted* ye shall find no peace$ # Therefore shall ye execrate yo&r days* 8nd the years of yo&r life shall perish* 8nd the years of yo&r destr&ction shall be m&ltiplied in eternal execration* 8nd ye shall find no mercy$ 3a %n those days ye shall make yo&r names an eternal execration &nto all the righteo&s* 3b 8nd by yo& shall all who c&rse* c&rse* 8nd all the sinners and godless shall imprecate by yo&* 3c 8nd for yo& the godless there shall be a c&rse$ 3d 8nd all the $ $ $ shall reBoice* 3e 8nd there shall be forgi'eness of sins* 3f 8nd e'ery mercy and peace and forbearance: 3g There shall be sal'ation &nto them* a goodly light$ 3h 8nd for all of yo& sinners there shall be no sal'ation* 3i B&t on yo& all shall abide a c&rse$ 'a B&t for the elect there shall be light and Boy and peace* 'b 8nd they shall inherit the earth$ / 8nd then there shall be bestowed &pon the elect wisdom* 8nd they shall all li'e and ne'er

again sin* Either thro&gh &ngodliness or thro&gh pride: B&t they who are wise shall be h&mble$ 9 8nd they shall not again transgress* =or shall they sin all the days of their life* =or shall they die of Cthe di'ineD anger or wrath* B&t they shall complete the n&mber of the days of their life$ 8nd their li'es shall be increased in peace* 8nd the years of their Boy shall be m&ltiplied* %n eternal gladness and peace* 8ll the days of their life$ 7hapter 3 $ 8nd it came to pass when the children of men had m&ltiplied that in those days were born &nto them bea&tif&l and comely da&ghters$ 6 8nd the angels* the children of the hea'en* saw and l&sted after them* and said to one another: G6ome* let &s choose &s wi'es from among the children of men 3 and beget &s children$G 8nd /emBa.a* who was their leader* said &nto them: G% fear ye will not 8 indeed agree to do this deed* and % alone shall ha'e to pay the penalty of a great sin$G 8nd they all answered him and said: G:et &s all swear an oath* and all bind o&rsel'es by m&t&al imprecations # not to abandon this plan b&t to do this thing$G Then sware they all together and bo&nd themsel'es 3 by m&t&al imprecations &pon it$ 8nd they were in all two h&ndred@ who descended in the days of ,ared on the s&mmit of 7o&nt -ermon* and they called it 7o&nt -ermon* beca&se they had sworn ' and bo&nd themsel'es by m&t&al imprecations &pon it$ 8nd these are the names of their leaders: /amla.a.* their leader* 8raklba* >ameel* Kokablel* Tamlel* >amlel* ;anel* E.e5eel* Bara5iBal* / 8sael* 8rmaros* Batarel* 8nanel* Ia5 el* /amsapeel* /atarel* T&rel* ,omBael* /ariel$ These are their chiefs of tens$ 7hapter ' $ 8nd all the others together with them took &nto themsel'es wi'es* and each chose for himself one* and they began to go in &nto them and to defile themsel'es with them* and they ta&ght them charms 6and enchantments* and the c&tting of roots* and made them ac5&ainted with plants$ 8nd they 3 became pregnant* and they bare great giants* whose height was three tho&sand ells: <ho cons&med 8 all the ac5&isitions of men$ 8nd when men co&ld no longer s&stain them* the giants t&rned against # them and de'o&red mankind$ 8nd they began to sin against birds* and beasts* and reptiles* and 3 fish* and to de'o&r one anotherGs flesh* and drink the blood$ Then the earth laid acc&sation against the lawless ones$ 7hapter / $ 8nd 8.a.el ta&ght men to make swords* and kni'es* and shields* and breastplates* and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them* and bracelets* and ornaments* and the &se of antimony* and the bea&tifying of the eyelids* and all kinds of costly stones* and all 6 colo&ring tinct&res$ 8nd there arose m&ch godlessness* and they committed fornication* and they 3 were led astray* and became corr&pt in all their ways$ /emBa.a ta&ght enchantments* and root-c&ttings* G8rmaros the resol'ing of enchantments* Bara5iBal Cta&ghtD astrology* Kokabel the constellations* E.e5eel the knowledge of the clo&ds* 8ra5iel the signs of the earth* /hamsiel the signs of the s&n* and /ariel the co&rse of the moon$ 8nd as men perished* they cried* and their cry went &p to hea'en $ $ $ 7hapter 9 $ 8nd then 7ichael* Jriel* >aphael* and 0abriel looked down from hea'en and saw m&ch blood being 6 shed &pon the earth* and all lawlessness being wro&ght &pon the earth$ 8nd they said one to another: GThe earth made witho&t inhabitant cries the 'oice of their cryings &p to the gates of hea'en$ 3 8nd now to yo&* the holy ones of hea'en* the so&ls of men make their s&it* saying* "Bring o&r ca&se 8 before the 7ost -igh$"G 8nd they said to the :ord of the ages: G:ord of lords* 0od of gods* King of kings* and 0od of the ages* the throne of Thy glory CstandethD &nto all the generations of the # ages* and Thy name holy and glorio&s and blessed &nto all the agesH Tho& hast made all things* and power o'er all things hast Tho&: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight* and Tho& seest all 3 things* and nothing can hide itself from Thee$ Tho& seest what 8.a.el hath done* who hath ta&ght all &nrighteo&sness on earth and re'ealed the eternal secrets which were Cpreser'edD in hea'en*

which ' men were stri'ing to learn: 8nd /emBa.a* to whom Tho& hast gi'en a&thority to bear r&le o'er his associates$ 8nd they ha'e gone to the da&ghters of men &pon the earth* and ha'e slept with the 9 women* and ha'e defiled themsel'es* and re'ealed to them all kinds of sins$ 8nd the women ha'e $( borne giants* and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and &nrighteo&sness$ 8nd now* behold* the so&ls of those who ha'e died are crying and making their s&it to the gates of hea'en* and their lamentations ha'e ascended: and cannot cease beca&se of the lawless deeds which are $$ wro&ght on the earth$ 8nd Tho& knowest all things before they come to pass* and Tho& seest these things and Tho& dost s&ffer them* and Tho& dost not say to &s what we are to do to them in regard to these$G 7hapter $( $ Then said the 7ost -igh* the -oly and 0reat 9ne spake* and sent Jriel to the son of :amech* 6 and said to him: 0o to =oah and tell him in my name "-ide thyselfH" and re'eal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed* and a del&ge is abo&t to come 3 &pon the whole earth* and will destroy all that is on it$ 8nd now instr&ct him that he may escape 8 and his seed may be preser'ed for all the generations of the world$ 8nd again the :ord said to >aphael: Bind 8.a.el hand and foot* and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening # in the desert* which is in ;&dael* and cast him therein$ 8nd place &pon him ro&gh and Bagged rocks* and co'er him with darkness* and let him abide there for e'er* and co'er his face that he may 34' not see light$ 8nd on the day of the great B&dgment he shall be cast into the fire$ 8nd heal the earth which the angels ha'e corr&pted* and proclaim the healing of the earth* that they may heal the plag&e* and that all the children of men may not perish thro&gh all the secret things that the / <atchers ha'e disclosed and ha'e ta&ght their sons$ 8nd the whole earth has been corr&pted 9 thro&gh the works that were ta&ght by 8.a.el: to him ascribe all sin$ 8nd to 0abriel said the :ord: ?roceed against the bastards and the reprobates* and against the children of fornication: and destroy Ethe children of fornication andF the children of the <atchers from amongst men Eand ca&se them to go forthF: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in $( battle: for length of days shall they not ha'e$ 8nd no re5&est that they Ci$e$ their fathersD make of thee shall be granted &nto their fathers on their behalf@ for they hope to li'e an eternal life* and $$ that each one of them will li'e fi'e h&ndred years$ 8nd the :ord said &nto 7ichael: 0o* bind /emBa.a and his associates who ha'e &nited themsel'es with women so as to ha'e defiled themsel'es $6 with them in all their &ncleanness$ 8nd when their sons ha'e slain one another* and they ha'e seen the destr&ction of their belo'ed ones* bind them fast for se'enty generations in the 'alleys of the earth* till the day of their B&dgment and of their cons&mmation* till the B&dgment that is $3 for e'er and e'er is cons&mmated$ %n those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and $8 to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for e'er$ 8nd whosoe'er shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bo&nd together with them to the end of all $# generations$ 8nd destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of the <atchers* beca&se $3 they ha'e wronged mankind$ ;estroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let e'ery e'il work come to an end: and let the plant of righteo&sness and tr&th appear: and it shall pro'e a blessing@ the works of righteo&sness and tr&th shall be planted in tr&th and Boy for e'ermore$ $' 8nd then shall all the righteo&s escape* 8nd shall li'e till they beget tho&sands of children* 8nd all the days of their yo&th and their old age /hall they complete in peace$ $/ 8nd then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteo&sness* and shall all be planted with trees and $9 be f&ll of blessing$ 8nd all desirable trees shall be planted on it* and they shall plant 'ines on it: and the 'ine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in ab&ndance* and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each meas&re Cof itD shall bear a tho&sand* and each meas&re of oli'es shall yield 6( ten presses of oil$ 8nd cleanse tho& the earth from all oppression* and from all &nrighteo&sness* and from all sin* and from all godlessness: and all the &ncleanness that is wro&ght &pon the earth 6$ destroy from off the earth$ 8nd all the children of men shall become righteo&s* and all nations 66 shall offer adoration and shall praise 7e* and all shall worship 7e$ 8nd the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement* and from all sin* and from all p&nishment* and from all torment* and % will ne'er again send CthemD &pon it from generation to generation and for e'er$

7hapter $$ $ 8nd in those days % will open the store chambers of blessing which are in the hea'en* so as to send 6 them down &pon the earth o'er the work and labo&r of the children of men$ 8nd tr&th and peace shall be associated together thro&gho&t all the days of the world and thro&gho&t all the generations of men$ 7hapter $6 $ Before these things Enoch was hidden* and no one of the children of men knew where he was 6 hidden* and where he abode* and what had become of him$ 8nd his acti'ities had to do with the <atchers* and his days were with the holy ones$ 3 8nd % Enoch was blessing the :ord of maBesty and the King of the ages* and loH the <atchers 8called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: GEnoch* tho& scribe of righteo&sness* go* declare to the <atchers of the hea'en who ha'e left the high hea'en* the holy eternal place* and ha'e defiled themsel'es with women* and ha'e done as the children of earth do* and ha'e taken &nto themsel'es # wi'es: "Ke ha'e wro&ght great destr&ction on the earth: 8nd ye shall ha'e no peace nor forgi'eness 3 of sin: and inasm&ch as they delight themsel'es in their children* The m&rder of their belo'ed ones shall they see* and o'er the destr&ction of their children shall they lament* and shall make s&pplication &nto eternity* b&t mercy and peace shall ye not attain$" 7hapter $3 $ 8nd Enoch went and said: 8.a.el* tho& shalt ha'e no peace: a se'ere sentence has gone forth 6 against thee to p&t thee in bonds: 8nd tho& shalt not ha'e toleration nor re5&est granted to thee* beca&se of the &nrighteo&sness which tho& hast ta&ght* and beca&se of all the works of godlessness 3 and &nrighteo&sness and sin which tho& hast shown to men$ Then % went and spoke to them all 8 together* and they were all afraid* and fear and trembling sei.ed them$ 8nd they beso&ght me to draw &p a petition for them that they might find forgi'eness* and to read their petition in the presence # of the :ord of hea'en$ For from thenceforward they co&ld not speak Cwith -imD nor lift &p their 3 eyes to hea'en for shame of their sins for which they had been condemned$ Then % wrote o&t their petition* and the prayer in regard to their spirits and their deeds indi'id&ally and in regard to their ' re5&ests that they sho&ld ha'e forgi'eness and length$ 8nd % went off and sat down at the waters of ;an* in the land of ;an* to the so&th of the west of -ermon: % read their petition till % fell / asleep$ 8nd behold a dream came to me* and 'isions fell down &pon me* and % saw 'isions of chastisement* and a 'oice came bidding CmeD % to tell it to the sons of hea'en* and reprimand them$ 9 8nd when % awaked* % came &nto them* and they were all sitting gathered together* weeping in $( 8belsBail* which is between :ebanon and /eneser* with their faces co'ered$ 8nd % reco&nted before them all the 'isions which % had seen in sleep* and % began to speak the words of righteo&sness* and to reprimand the hea'enly <atchers$ 7hapter $8 $ The book of the words of righteo&sness* and of the reprimand of the eternal <atchers in accordance 6 with the command of the -oly 0reat 9ne in that 'ision$ % saw in my sleep what % will now say with a tong&e of flesh and with the breath of my mo&th: which the 0reat 9ne has gi'en to men to 3 con'erse therewith and &nderstand with the heart$ 8s -e has created and gi'en to man the power of &nderstanding the word of wisdom* so hath -e created me also and gi'en me the power of reprimanding 8 the <atchers* the children of hea'en$ % wrote o&t yo&r petition* and in my 'ision it appeared th&s* that yo&r petition will not be granted &nto yo& thro&gho&t all the days of eternity* and that B&dgment # has been finally passed &pon yo&: yea Cyo&r petitionD will not be granted &nto yo&$ 8nd from henceforth yo& shall not ascend into hea'en &nto all eternity* and in bonds of the earth the decree 3 has gone forth to bind yo& for all the days of the world$ 8nd CthatD pre'io&sly yo& shall ha'e seen the destr&ction of yo&r belo'ed sons and ye shall ha'e no pleas&re in them* b&t they shall fall before ' yo& by the sword$ 8nd yo&r petition on their behalf shall not be granted* nor yet on yo&r own: e'en tho&gh yo& weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing which % ha'e / written$ 8nd the 'ision was shown to me th&s: Behold* in the 'ision clo&ds in'ited me and a mist s&mmoned me* and the co&rse of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me* and the winds in 9 the 'ision ca&sed me to fly

and lifted me &pward* and bore me into hea'en$ 8nd % went in till % drew nigh to a wall which is b&ilt of crystals and s&rro&nded by tong&es of fire: and it began to affright $( me$ 8nd % went into the tong&es of fire and drew nigh to a large ho&se which was b&ilt of crystals: and the walls of the ho&se were like a tesselated floor CmadeD of crystals* and its gro&ndwork was $$ of crystal$ %ts ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings* and between them were $6 fiery cher&bim* and their hea'en was Cclear asD water$ 8 flaming fire s&rro&nded the walls* and its $3 portals bla.ed with fire$ 8nd % entered into that ho&se* and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there $8 were no delights of life therein: fear co'ered me* and trembling got hold &pon me$ 8nd as % 5&aked $# and trembled* % fell &pon my face$ 8nd % beheld a 'ision* 8nd loH there was a second ho&se* greater $3 than the former* and the entire portal stood open before me* and it was b&ilt of flames of fire$ 8nd in e'ery respect it so excelled in splendo&r and magnificence and extent that % cannot describe to $' yo& its splendo&r and its extent$ 8nd its floor was of fire* and abo'e it were lightnings and the path $/ of the stars* and its ceiling also was flaming fire$ 8nd % looked and saw therein a lofty throne: its appearance was as crystal* and the wheels thereof as the shining s&n* and there was the 'ision of $9 cher&bim$ 8nd from &nderneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that % co&ld not look 6( thereon$ 8nd the 0reat 0lory sat thereon* and -is raiment shone more brightly than the s&n and 6$ was whiter than any snow$ =one of the angels co&ld enter and co&ld behold -is face by reason 66 of the magnificence and glory and no flesh co&ld behold -im$ The flaming fire was ro&nd abo&t -im* and a great fire stood before -im* and none aro&nd co&ld draw nigh -im: ten tho&sand times 63 ten tho&sand CstoodD before -im* yet -e needed no co&nselor$ 8nd the most holy ones who were 68 nigh to -im did not lea'e by night nor depart from -im$ 8nd &ntil then % had been prostrate on my face* trembling: and the :ord called me with -is own mo&th* and said to me: G 6ome hither* 6# Enoch* and hear my word$G 8nd one of the holy ones came to me and waked me* and -e made me rise &p and approach the door: and % bowed my face downwards$

The Book of Enoch


Book $: !atchers- Part !
Chapters 1" - #$ 7hapter $# $ 8nd -e answered and said to me* and % heard -is 'oice: GFear not* Enoch* tho& righteo&s 6 man and scribe of righteo&sness: approach hither and hear my 'oice$ 8nd go* say to the <atchers of hea'en* who ha'e sent thee to intercede for them: "Ko& sho&ld intercede" for men* and not men 3 for yo&: <herefore ha'e ye left the high* holy* and eternal hea'en* and lain with women* and defiled yo&rsel'es with the da&ghters of men and taken to yo&rsel'es wi'es* and done like the children 8 of earth* and begotten giants Cas yo&rD sonsL 8nd tho&gh ye were holy* spirit&al* li'ing the eternal life* yo& ha'e defiled yo&rsel'es with the blood of women* and ha'e begotten CchildrenD with the blood of flesh* and* as the children of men* ha'e l&sted after flesh and blood as those also do who die # and perish$ Therefore ha'e % gi'en them wi'es also that they might impregnate them* and beget 3 children by them* that th&s nothing might be wanting to them on earth$ B&t yo& were formerly ' spirit&al* li'ing the eternal life* and immortal for all generations of the world$ 8nd therefore % ha'e not appointed wi'es for yo&@ for as for the spirit&al ones of the hea'en* in hea'en is their dwelling$ / 8nd now* the giants* who are prod&ced from the spirits and flesh* shall be called e'il spirits &pon 9 the earth* and on the earth shall be their dwelling$ E'il spirits ha'e proceeded from their bodies@ beca&se they are born from men and from the holy <atchers is their beginning and primal origin@ $( they shall be e'il spirits on earth* and e'il spirits shall they be called$ E8s for the spirits of hea'en* in hea'en shall be their dwelling* b&t as for the spirits of the earth which were born &pon the earth* on the earth shall be their dwelling$F $$ 8nd the spirits of the giants afflict* oppress* destroy* attack* do battle* and work destr&ction on the earth* and ca&se tro&ble: they take no food* b&t ne'ertheless $6 h&nger and thirst* and ca&se offences$ 8nd these spirits shall rise &p against the children of men and against the women* beca&se they ha'e proceeded from them$

7hapter $3 $ From the days of the sla&ghter and destr&ction and death of the giants* from the so&ls of whose flesh the spirits* ha'ing gone forth* shall destroy witho&t inc&rring B&dgment -th&s shall they destroy &ntil the day of the cons&mmation* the great B&dgment in which the age shall be 6 cons&mmated* o'er the <atchers and the godless* yea* shall be wholly cons&mmated$" 8nd now as to the <atchers who ha'e sent thee to intercede for them* who had been aforetime in hea'en* say to them: 3 "Ko& ha'e been in hea'en* b&t all the mysteries had not yet been re'ealed to yo&* and yo& knew worthless ones* and these in the hardness of yo&r hearts yo& ha'e made known to the women* and thro&gh these mysteries women and men work m&ch e'il on earth$" 8 /ay to them therefore: " Ko& ha'e no peace$"G 7hapter $' $ 8nd they took and bro&ght me to a place in which those who were there were like flaming fire* 6 and* when they wished* they appeared as men$ 8nd they bro&ght me to the place of darkness* and to a mo&ntain the point of whose s&mmit reached to hea'en$ 3 8nd % saw the places of the l&minaries and the treas&ries of the stars and of the th&nder and in the &ttermost depths* where were 8 a fiery bow and arrows and their 5&i'er* and a fiery sword and all the lightnings$ 8nd they took # me to the li'ing waters* and to the fire of the west* which recei'es e'ery setting of the s&n$ 8nd % came to a ri'er of fire in which the fire flows like water and discharges itself into the great sea towards 3 the west$ % saw the great ri'ers and came to the great ri'er and to the great darkness* and went ' to the place where no flesh walks$ % saw the mo&ntains of the darkness of winter and the place / whence all the waters of the deep flow$ % saw the mo&ths of all the ri'ers of the earth and the mo&th of the deep$ 7hapter $/ $ % saw the treas&ries of all the winds: % saw how -e had f&rnished with them the whole creation 6 and the firm fo&ndations of the earth$ 8nd % saw the corner-stone of the earth: % saw the fo&r 3 winds which bear Ethe earth andF the firmament of the hea'en$ 8nd % saw how the winds stretch o&t the 'a&lts of hea'en* and ha'e their station between hea'en and earth: these are the pillars 8 of the hea'en$ % saw the winds of hea'en which t&rn and bring the circ&mference of the s&n and # all the stars to their setting$ % saw the winds on the earth carrying the clo&ds: % saw the paths 3 of the angels$ % saw at the end of the earth the firmament of the hea'en abo'e$ 8nd % proceeded and saw a place which b&rns day and night* where there are se'en mo&ntains of magnificent stones* ' three towards the east* and three towards the so&th$ 8nd as for those towards the east* was of colo&red stone* and one of pearl* and one of Bacinth* and those towards the so&th of red stone$ / B&t the middle one reached to hea'en like the throne of 0od* of alabaster* and the s&mmit of the 94$( throne was of sapphire$ 8nd % saw a flaming fire$ 8nd beyond these mo&ntains %s a region the end of the great earth: there the hea'ens were completed$ $$ 8nd % saw a deep abyss* with col&mns of hea'enly fire* and among them % saw col&mns of fire fall* which were beyond meas&re alike towards $6 the height and towards the depth$ 8nd beyond that abyss % saw a place which had no firmament of the hea'en abo'e* and no firmly fo&nded earth beneath it: there was no water &pon it* and no $3 birds* b&t it was a waste and horrible place$ % saw there se'en stars like great b&rning mo&ntains* $8 and to me* when % in5&ired regarding them* The angel said: GThis place is the end of hea'en and earth: this has become a prison for the stars and the host of hea'en$ $# 8nd the stars which roll o'er the fire are they which ha'e transgressed the commandment of the :ord in the beginning of $3 their rising* beca&se they did not come forth at their appointed times$ 8nd -e was wroth with them* and bo&nd them till the time when their g&ilt sho&ld be cons&mmated Ce'enD for ten tho&sand years$G 7hapter $9 $ 8nd Jriel said to me: G-ere shall stand the angels who ha'e connected themsel'es with women* and their spirits ass&ming many different forms are defiling mankind and shall lead them astray into sacrificing to demons as gods* Chere shall they stand*D till the day of the great B&dgment in 6 which they shall be B&dged till

they are made an end of$ 8nd the women also of the angels who 3 went astray shall become sirens$G 8nd %* Enoch* alone saw the 'ision* the ends of all things: and no man shall see as % ha'e seen$ 7hapter 6( $46 8nd these are the names of the holy angels who watch$ Jriel* one of the holy angels* who is 3 o'er the world and o'er Tartar&s$ >aphael* one of the holy angels* who is o'er the spirits of men$ 84# >ag&el* one of the holy angels who takes 'engeance on the world of the l&minaries$ 7ichael* one 3 of the holy angels* to wit* he that is set o'er the best part of mankind and o'er chaos$ /ara5ael* ' one of the holy angels* who is set o'er the spirits* who sin in the spirit$ 0abriel* one of the holy / angels* who is o'er ?aradise and the serpents and the 6her&bim$ >emiel* one of the holy angels* whom 0od set o'er those who rise$ 7hapter 6$ $46 8nd % proceeded to where things were chaotic$ 8nd % saw there something horrible: % saw neither 3 a hea'en abo'e nor a firmly fo&nded earth* b&t a place chaotic and horrible$ 8nd there % saw 8 se'en stars of the hea'en bo&nd together in it* like great mo&ntains and b&rning with fire$ Then # % said: GFor what sin are they bo&nd* and on what acco&nt ha'e they been cast in hitherLG Then said Jriel* one of the holy angels* who was with me* and was chief o'er them* and said: GEnoch* why 3 dost tho& ask* and why art tho& eager for the tr&thL These are of the n&mber of the stars of hea'en* which ha'e transgressed the commandment of the :ord* and are bo&nd here till ten tho&sand years* ' the time entailed by their sins* are cons&mmated$G 8nd from thence % went to another place* which was still more horrible than the former* and % saw a horrible thing: a great fire there which b&rnt and bla.ed* and the place was cleft as far as the abyss* being f&ll of great descending col&mns of / fire: neither its extent or magnit&de co&ld % see* nor co&ld % conBect&re$ Then % said: G-ow 9 fearf&l is the place and how terrible to look &ponHG Then Jriel answered me* one of the holy angels who was with me* and said &nto me: GEnoch* why hast tho& s&ch fear and affrightLG 8nd $( % answered: GBeca&se of this fearf&l place* and beca&se of the spectacle of the pain$G 8nd he said &nto me: GThis place is the prison of the angels* and here they will be imprisoned for e'er$G 7hapter 66 $ 8nd thence % went to another place* and the mo&ntain EandF of hard rock$ 6 8nd there was in it fo&r hollow places* deep and wide and 'ery smooth$ -ow smooth are the hollow places and deep and dark to look at$ 3 Then >aphael answered* one of the holy angels who was with me* and said &nto me: GThese hollow places ha'e been created for this 'ery p&rpose* that the spirits of the so&ls of the dead sho&ld 8 assemble therein* yea that all the so&ls of the children of men sho&ld assemble here$ 8nd these places ha'e been made to recei'e them till the day of their B&dgment and till their appointed period Etill the period appointedF* till the great B&dgment CcomesD &pon them$G % saw Cthe spirit ofD a dead man making s&it* # and his 'oice went forth to hea'en and made s&it$ 8nd % asked >aphael the angel who was 3 with me* and % said &nto him: GThis spirit which maketh s&it* whose is it* whose 'oice goeth forth and maketh s&it to hea'en LG ' 8nd he answered me saying: GThis is the spirit which went forth from 8bel* whom his brother 6ain slew* and he makes his s&it against him till his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth* and his seed is annihilated from amongst the seed of men$G / Then % asked regarding it* and regarding all the hollow places: G<hy is one separated from the otherLG 9 8nd he answered me and said &nto me: GThese three ha'e been made that the spirits of the dead might be separated$ 8nd s&ch a di'ision has been made CforD the spirits of the righteo&s* in which there is the bright spring of $( water$ 8nd s&ch has been made for sinners when they die and are b&ried in the earth and B&dgment has not been exec&ted on them in their $$ lifetime$ -ere their spirits shall be set apart in this great pain till the great day of B&dgment and p&nishment and torment of those who c&rse for e'er and retrib&tion for their spirits$ There $6 -e shall bind them for e'er$ 8nd s&ch a di'ision has been made for the spirits of those who make their s&it* who make disclos&res concerning their destr&ction* when they were slain in the days $3 of the sinners$ /&ch has been made for the spirits of men who were not righteo&s b&t sinners* who were complete in transgression* and of the transgressors they shall be companions: b&t their spirits shall not be slain in the day of B&dgment nor shall they be raised from

thence$G $8 Then % blessed the :ord of glory and said: GBlessed be my :ord* the :ord of righteo&sness* who r&leth for e'er$G 7hapter 63 $46 From thence % went to another place to the west of the ends of the earth$ 8nd % saw a b&rning 3 fire which ran witho&t resting* and pa&sed not from its co&rse day or night b&t CranD reg&larly$ 8nd 8 % asked saying: G<hat is this which rests notLG Then >ag&el* one of the holy angels who was with me* answered me and said &nto me: GThis co&rse of fire which tho& hast seen is the fire in the west which persec&tes all the l&minaries of hea'en$G 7hapter 68 $ 8nd from thence % went to another place of the earth* and he showed me a mo&ntain range of 6 fire which b&rnt day and night$ 8nd % went beyond it and saw se'en magnificent mo&ntains all differing each from the other* and the stones CthereofD were magnificent and bea&tif&l* magnificent as a whole* of glorio&s appearance and fair exterior: three towards the east* one fo&nded on the other* and three towards the so&th* one &pon the other* and deep ro&gh ra'ines* no one of which 3 Boined with any other$ 8nd the se'enth mo&ntain was in the midst of these* and it excelled them 8 in height* resembling the seat of a throne: and fragrant trees encircled the throne$ 8nd amongst them was a tree s&ch as % had ne'er yet smelt* neither was any amongst them nor were others like it: it had a fragrance beyond all fragrance* and its lea'es and blooms and wood wither not for e'er: # and its fr&it is bea&tif&l* and its fr&it resembles the dates of a palm$ Then % said: G-ow bea&tif&l is this tree* and fragrant* and its lea'es are fair* and its blooms 'ery delightf&l in appearance$G 3 Then answered 7ichael* one of the holy and hono&red angels who was with me* and was their leader$ 7hapter 6# $ 8nd he said &nto me: GEnoch* why dost tho& ask me regarding the fragrance of the tree* 6 and why dost tho& wish to learn the tr&thLG Then % answered him saying: G% wish to 3 know abo&t e'erything* b&t especially abo&t this tree$G 8nd he answered saying: GThis high mo&ntain which tho& hast seen* whose s&mmit is like the throne of 0od* is -is throne* where the -oly 0reat 9ne* the :ord of 0lory* the Eternal King* will sit* when -e shall come down to 'isit 8 the earth with goodness$ 8nd as for this fragrant tree no mortal is permitted to to&ch it till the great B&dgment* when -e shall take 'engeance on all and bring Ce'erythingD to its cons&mmation # for e'er$ %t shall then be gi'en to the righteo&s and holy$ %ts fr&it shall be for food to the elect: it shall be transplanted to the holy place* to the temple of the :ord* the Eternal King$ 3 Then shall they reBoice with Boy and be glad* 8nd into the holy place shall they enter@ 8nd its fragrance shall be in their bones* 8nd they shall li'e a long life on earth* /&ch as thy fathers li'ed: 8nd in their days shall no sorrow or plag&e 9r torment or calamity to&ch them$G ' Then blessed % the 0od of 0lory* the Eternal King* who hath prepared s&ch things for the righteo&s* and hath created them and promised to gi'e to them$ 7hapter 63 $ 8nd % went from thence to the middle of the earth* and % saw a blessed place in which there were 6 trees with branches abiding and blooming Eof a dismembered treeF$ 8nd there % saw a holy mo&ntain* 3 and &nderneath the mo&ntain to the east there was a stream and it flowed towards the so&th$ 8nd % saw towards the east another mo&ntain higher than this* and between them a deep and narrow 8 ra'ine: in it also ran a stream &nderneath the mo&ntain$ 8nd to the west thereof there was another mo&ntain* lower than the former and of small ele'ation* and a ra'ine deep and dry between them: and another deep and dry ra'ine was at the extremities of the three mo&ntains$ # 8nd all the ra'ines were deep rand narrow* Cbeing formedD of hard rock* and trees were not planted &pon 3 them$ 8nd % mar'eled at the rocks* and % mar'eled at the ra'ine* yea* % mar'eled 'ery m&ch$ 7hapter 6'

$ Then said %: GFor what obBect is this blessed land* which is entirely filled with trees* and this 6 acc&rsed 'alley betweenLG Then Jriel* one of the holy angels who was with me* answered and said: GThis acc&rsed 'alley is for those who are acc&rsed for e'er: -ere shall all the acc&rsed be gathered together who &tter with their lips against the :ord &nseemly words and of -is glory speak hard things$ -ere shall they be gathered together* and here 3 shall be their place of B&dgment$ %n the last days there shall be &pon them the spectacle of righteo&s B&dgment in the presence of the righteo&s for e'er: here shall the mercif&l bless the :ord of glory* the Eternal King$ 8 %n the days of B&dgment o'er the former* they shall bless -im for the mercy in accordance with # which -e has assigned them Ctheir lotD$G Then % blessed the :ord of 0lory and set forth -is glory and la&ded -im glorio&sly$ 7hapter 6/ $ 8nd thence % went towards the east* into the midst of the mo&ntain range of the desert* and 6 % saw a wilderness and it was solitary* f&ll of trees and plants$ 8nd water g&shed forth from 3 abo'e$ >&shing like a copio&s waterco&rse Ewhich flowedF towards the north-west it ca&sed clo&ds and dew to ascend on e'ery side$ 7hapter 69 $ 8nd thence % went to another place in the desert* and approached to the east of this mo&ntain range$ 6 8nd there % saw aromatic trees exhaling the fragrance of frankincense and myrrh* and the trees also were similar to the almond tree$ 7hapter 3( $46 8nd beyond these* % went afar to the east* and % saw another place* a 'alley Cf&llD of water$ 8nd 3 therein there was a tree* the colo&r CLD of fragrant trees s&ch as the mastic$ 8nd on the sides of those 'alleys % saw fragrant cinnamon$ 8nd beyond these % proceeded to the east$ 7hapter 3$ $ 8nd % saw other mo&ntains* and amongst them were gro'es of trees* and there flowed forth from 6 them nectar* which is named sarara and galban&m$ 8nd beyond these mo&ntains % saw another mo&ntain to the east of the ends of the earth* whereon were aloe-trees* and all the trees were f&ll 3 of stacte* being like almond-trees$ 8nd when one b&rnt it* it smelt sweeter than any fragrant odo&r$ 7hapter 36 $ 8nd after these fragrant odo&rs* as % looked towards the north o'er the mo&ntains % saw se'en mo&ntains f&ll of choice nard and fragrant trees and cinnamon and pepper$ 6 8nd thence % went o'er the s&mmits of all these mo&ntains* far towards the east of the earth* and passed abo'e the Erythraean sea and went far from it* and passed o'er the angel Iotiel$ 8nd % came to the 0arden of >ighteo&sness* 3 % and from afar off trees more n&mero&s than % these trees and great-two trees there* 'ery great* bea&tif&l* and glorio&s* and magnificent* and the tree of knowledge* whose holy fr&it they eat and know great wisdom$ 8 That tree is in height like the fir* and its lea'es are like Cthose ofD the 6arob tree: and its fr&it # is like the cl&sters of the 'ine* 'ery bea&tif&l: and the fragrance of the tree penetrates afar$ Then 3 % said: G-ow bea&tif&l is the tree* and how attracti'e is its lookHG Then >aphael the holy angel* who was with me* answered me and said: GThis is the tree of wisdom* of which thy father old Cin yearsD and thy aged mother* who were before thee* ha'e eaten* and they learnt wisdom and their eyes were opened* and they knew that they were naked and they were dri'en o&t of the garden$G

7hapter 33 $ 8nd from thence % went to the ends of the earth and saw there great beasts* and each differed from the other@ and C% sawD birds also differing in appearance and bea&ty and 'oice* the one differing from the other$ 8nd to the east of those beasts % saw the ends of the earth whereon the hea'en 6 rests* and the portals of the hea'en open$ 8nd % saw how the stars of hea'en come forth* and 3 % co&nted the portals o&t of which they proceed* and wrote down all their o&tlets* of each indi'id&al star by itself* according to their n&mber and their names* their co&rses and their positions* and their 8 times and their months* as Jriel the holy angel who was with me showed me$ -e showed all things to me and wrote them down for me: also their names he wrote for me* and their laws and their companies$ 7hapter 38 $ 8nd from thence % went towards the north to the ends of the earth* and there % saw a great and 6 glorio&s de'ice at the ends of the whole earth$ 8nd here % saw three portals of hea'en open in the hea'en: thro&gh each of them proceed north winds: when they blow there is cold* hail* frost* 3 snow* dew* and rain$ 8nd o&t of one portal they blow for good: b&t when they blow thro&gh the other two portals* it is with 'iolence and affliction on the earth* and they blow with 'iolence$ 7hapter 3# $ 8nd from thence % went towards the west to the ends of the earth* and saw there three portals of the hea'en open s&ch as % had seen in the east* the same n&mber of portals* and the same n&mber of o&tlets$ 7hapter 33 $ 8nd from thence % went to the so&th to the ends of the earth* and saw there three open portals 6 of the hea'en: and thence there come dew* rain* and wind$ 8nd from thence % went to the east to the ends of the hea'en* and saw here the three eastern portals of hea'en open and small portals 3 abo'e them$ Thro&gh each of these small portals pass the stars of hea'en and r&n their co&rse to the west on the path which is shown to them$ 8nd as often as % saw % blessed always the :ord of 0lory* and % contin&ed to bless the :ord of 0lory who has wro&ght great and glorio&s wonders* to show the greatness of -is work to the angels and to spirits and to men* that they might praise -is work and all -is creation: that they might see the work of -is might and praise the great work of -is hands and bless -im for e'er$

The Book of Enoch


Book 2: Parables- Part 1
Chapters 37 - 55 7hapter 3' $ The second 'ision which he saw* the 'ision of wisdom -which Enoch the son of ,ared* the son 6 of 7ahalalel* the son of 6ainan* the son of Enos* the son of /eth* the son of 8dam* saw$ 8nd this is the beginning of the words of wisdom which % lifted &p my 'oice to speak and say to those which dwell on earth: -ear* ye men of old time* and see* ye that come after* the words of the -oly 3 9ne which % will speak before the :ord of /pirits$ %t were better to declare Cthem onlyD to the men of old time* b&t e'en from those that come after we will not withhold the beginning of wisdom$ 8 Till the present day s&ch wisdom has ne'er been gi'en by the :ord of /pirits as % ha'e recei'ed according to my insight* according to the good pleas&re of the :ord of /pirits by whom the lot of # eternal life has been gi'en to me$ =ow three ?arables were imparted to me* and % lifted &p my 'oice and reco&nted them to those that dwell on the earth$

7hapter 3/ $ The first ?arable$ <hen the congregation of the righteo&s shall appear* 8nd sinners shall be B&dged for their sins* 8nd shall be dri'en from the face of the earth: 6 8nd when the >ighteo&s 9ne shall appear before the eyes of the righteo&s* <hose elect works hang &pon the :ord of /pirits* 8nd light shall appear to the righteo&s and the elect who dwell on the earth* <here then will be the dwelling of the sinners* 8nd where the resting-place of those who ha'e denied the :ord of /piritsL %t had been good for them if they had not been born$ 3 <hen the secrets of the righteo&s shall be re'ealed and the sinners B&dged* 8nd the godless dri'en from the presence of the righteo&s and elect* 8 From that time those that possess the earth shall no longer be powerf&l and exalted: 8nd they shall not be able to behold the face of the holy* For the :ord of /pirits has ca&sed -is light to appear 9n the face of the holy* righteo&s* and elect$ # Then shall the kings and the mighty perish 8nd be gi'en into the hands of the righteo&s and holy$ 3 8nd thenceforward none shall seek for themsel'es mercy from the :ord of /pirits For their life is at an end$ 7hapter 39 $ 8nd it shall come to pass in those days that elect and holy children will descend from the 6 high hea'en* and their seed will become one with the children of men$ 8nd in those days Enoch recei'ed books of .eal and wrath* and books of dis5&iet and exp&lsion$ 8nd mercy shall not be accorded to them* saith the :ord of /pirits$ 3 8nd in those days a whirlwind carried me off from the earth* 8nd set me down at the end of the hea'ens$ 8 8nd there % saw another 'ision* the dwelling-places of the holy* 8nd the resting-places of the righteo&s$ # -ere mine eyes saw their dwellings with -is righteo&s angels* 8nd their resting-places with the holy$ 8nd they petitioned and interceded and prayed for the children of men* 8nd righteo&sness flowed before them as water* 8nd mercy like dew &pon the earth: Th&s it is amongst them for e'er and e'er$ 3a 8nd in that place mine eyes saw the Elect 9ne of righteo&sness and of faith* 8nd % saw his dwelling-place &nder the wings of the :ord of /pirits$ 3b 8nd righteo&sness shall pre'ail in his days* 8nd the righteo&s and elect shall be witho&t n&mber before -im for e'er and e'er$ ' 8nd all the righteo&s and elect before -im shall be strong as fiery lights* 8nd their mo&th shall be f&ll of blessing* 8nd their lips extol the name of the :ord of /pirits* 8nd righteo&sness before -im shall ne'er fail* E8nd &prightness shall ne'er fail before -im$F / There % wished to dwell* 8nd my spirit longed for that dwelling-place: 8nd there heretofore hath been my portion* For so has it been established concerning me before the :ord of /pirits$ 9 %n those days % praised and extolled the name of the :ord of /pirits with blessings and praises* beca&se -e hath destined me for blessing and glory according to the good pleas&re of the :ord of $( /pirits$ For a long time my eyes regarded that place* and % blessed -im and praised -im* saying: Blessed is -e* and may -e be blessed from the beginning and for e'ermore$ 8nd before -im there is no ceasing$ -e knows before the world was created what is for e'er and what will be from $$ generation &nto generation$ Those who sleep not bless Thee: they stand before Thy glory and bless* praise* and extol* saying: "-oly* holy* holy* is the :ord of /pirits: -e filleth the earth with $6 spirits$" 8nd here my eyes saw all those who sleep not: they stand before -im and bless and say: Blessed be Tho&* and blessed be the name of the :ord for e'er and e'er$ 8nd my face was changed@ for % co&ld no longer behold$ 7hapter 8( $ 8nd after that % saw tho&sands of tho&sands and ten tho&sand times ten tho&sand* % saw a m&ltit&de 6 beyond n&mber and reckoning* who stood before the :ord of /pirits$ 8nd on the fo&r sides of the :ord of /pirits % saw fo&r presences* different from those that sleep not* and % learnt their names: for the angel that went with me made known to me their names* and showed me all the hidden things$ 3 8nd % heard the 'oices of those fo&r presences as they &ttered praises before the :ord of glory$ 84# The first 'oice blesses the :ord of /pirits for e'er and e'er$ 8nd the second 'oice % heard blessing 3 the Elect 9ne and the elect ones who hang &pon the :ord of /pirits$ 8nd the third 'oice % heard pray and intercede for those who dwell on the earth and s&pplicate in the name of the :ord of /pirits$ ' 8nd % heard the fo&rth 'oice fending off the /atans and forbidding them to

come before the :ord / of /pirits to acc&se them who dwell on the earth$ 8fter that % asked the angel of peace who went with me* who showed me e'erything that is hidden: <ho are these fo&r presences which % ha'e 9 seen and whose words % ha'e heard and written downL 8nd he said to me: This first is 7ichael* the mercif&l and long-s&ffering: and the second* who is set o'er all the diseases and all the wo&nds of the children of men* is >aphael: and the third* who is set o'er all the powers* is 0abriel: and the fo&rth* who is set o'er the repentance &nto hope of those who inherit eternal life* is named ?han&el$ $( 8nd these are the fo&r angels of the :ord of /pirits and the fo&r 'oices % heard in those days$ 7hapter 8$ $ 8nd after that % saw all the secrets of the hea'ens* and how the kingdom is di'ided* and how the 6 actions of men are weighed in the balance$ 8nd there % saw the mansions of the elect and the mansions of the holy* and mine eyes saw there all the sinners being dri'en from thence which deny the name of the :ord of /pirits* and being dragged off: and they co&ld not abide beca&se of the p&nishment which proceeds from the :ord of /pirits$ 3 8nd there mine eyes saw the secrets of the lightning and of the th&nder* and the secrets of the winds* how they are di'ided to blow o'er the earth* and the secrets of the clo&ds and dew* and these 8 % saw from whence they proceed in that place and from whence they sat&rate the d&sty earth$ 8nd there % saw closed chambers o&t of which the winds are di'ided* the chamber of the hail and winds* the chamber of the mist* and of the clo&ds* and the clo&d thereof ho'ers o'er the earth from the # beginning of the world$ 8nd % saw the chambers of the s&n and moon* whence they proceed and whither they come again* and their glorio&s ret&rn* and how one is s&perior to the other* and their stately orbit* and how they do not lea'e their orbit* and they add nothing to their orbit and they take nothing from it* and they keep faith with each other* in accordance with the oath by which they 3 are bo&nd together$ 8nd first the s&n goes forth and tra'erses his path according to the commandment ' of the :ord of /pirits* and mighty is -is name for e'er and e'er$ 8nd after that % saw the hidden and the 'isible path of the moon* and she accomplishes the co&rse of her path in that place by day and by night-the one holding a position opposite to the other before the :ord of /pirits$ 8nd they gi'e thanks and praise and rest not@ For &nto them is their thanksgi'ing rest$ / For the s&n changes oft for a blessing or a c&rse* 8nd the co&rse of the path of the moon is light to the righteo&s 8nd darkness to the sinners in the name of the :ord* <ho made a separation between the light and the darkness* 8nd di'ided the spirits of men* 8nd strengthened the spirits of the righteo&s* %n the name of -is righteo&sness$ 9 For no angel hinders and no power is able to hinder@ for -e appoints a B&dge for them all and -e B&dges them all before -im$ 7hapter 86 $ <isdom fo&nd no place where she might dwell@ Then a dwelling-place was assigned her in the hea'ens$ 6 <isdom went forth to make her dwelling among the children of men* 8nd fo&nd no dwelling-place: <isdom ret&rned to her place* 8nd took her seat among the angels$ 3 8nd &nrighteo&sness went forth from her chambers: <hom she so&ght not she fo&nd* 8nd dwelt with them* 8s rain in a desert 8nd dew on a thirsty land$ 7hapter 83 $ 8nd % saw other lightnings and the stars of hea'en* and % saw how -e called them all by their 6 names and they hearkened &nto -im$ 8nd % saw how they are weighed in a righteo&s balance according to their proportions of light: C% sawD the width of their spaces and the day of their appearing* and how their re'ol&tion prod&ces lightning: and C% sawD their re'ol&tion according to the 3 n&mber of the angels* and ChowD they keep faith with each other$ 8nd % asked the angel who went 8 with me who showed me what was hidden: <hat are theseL 8nd he said to me: The :ord of /pirits hath showed thee their parabolic meaning Clit$ their parableD: these are the names of the holy who dwell on the earth and belie'e in the name of the :ord of /pirits for e'er and e'er$ 7hapter 88

8lso another phenomenon % saw in regard to the lightnings: how some of the stars arise and become lightnings and cannot part with their new form$ 7hapter 8# $ 8nd this is the second ?arable concerning those who deny the name of the dwelling of the holy ones and the :ord of /pirits$ 6 8nd into the hea'en they shall not ascend* 8nd on the earth they shall not come: /&ch shall be the lot of the sinners <ho ha'e denied the name of the :ord of /pirits* <ho are th&s preser'ed for the day of s&ffering and trib&lation$ 3 9n that day 7ine Elect 9ne shall sit on the throne of glory 8nd shall try their works* 8nd their places of rest shall be inn&merable$ 8nd their so&ls shall grow strong within them when they see 7ine Elect 9nes* 8nd those who ha'e called &pon 7y glorio&s name: 8 Then will % ca&se 7ine Elect 9ne to dwell among them$ 8nd % will transform the hea'en and make it an eternal blessing and light # 8nd % will transform the earth and make it a blessing: 8nd % will ca&se 7ine elect ones to dwell &pon it B&t the sinners and e'il-doers shall not set foot thereon$ 3 For % ha'e pro'ided and satisfied with peace 7y righteo&s ones 8nd ha'e ca&sed them to dwell before 7e: B&t for the sinners there is B&dgment impending with 7e* /o that % shall destroy them from the face of the earth$ 7hapter 83 $ 8nd there % saw 9ne who had a head of days* 8nd -is head was white like wool* 8nd with -im was another being whose co&ntenance had the appearance of a man* 8nd his face was f&ll of gracio&sness* like one of the holy angels$ 6 8nd % asked the angel who went with me and showed me all the hidden things* concerning that 3 /on of 7an* who he was* and whence he was* CandD why he went with the -ead of ;aysL 8nd he answered and said &nto me: This is the son of 7an who hath righteo&sness* <ith whom dwelleth righteo&sness* 8nd who re'ealeth all the treas&res of that which is hidden* Beca&se the :ord of /pirits hath chosen him* 8nd whose lot hath the pre-eminence before the :ord of /pirits in &prightness for e'er$ 8 8nd this /on of 7an whom tho& hast seen /hall raise &p the kings and the mighty from their seats* E8nd the strong from their thronesF 8nd shall loosen the reins of the strong* 8nd break the teeth of the sinners$ # E8nd he shall p&t down the kings from their thrones and kingdomsF Beca&se they do not extol and praise -im* =or h&mbly acknowledge whence the kingdom was bestowed &pon them$ 3 8nd he shall p&t down the co&ntenance of the strong* 8nd shall fill them with shame$ 8nd darkness shall be their dwelling* 8nd worms shall be their bed* 8nd they shall ha'e no hope of rising from their beds* Beca&se they do not extol the name of the :ord of /pirits$ ' 8nd these are they who B&dge the stars of hea'en* E8nd raise their hands against the 7ost -ighF* 8nd tread &pon the earth and dwell &pon it$ 8nd all their deeds manifest &nrighteo&sness* 8nd their power rests &pon their riches* 8nd their faith is in the gods which they ha'e made with their hands* 8nd they deny the name of the :ord of /pirits* / 8nd they persec&te the ho&ses of -is congregations* 8nd the faithf&l who hang &pon the name of the :ord of /pirits$ 7hapter 8' $ 8nd in those days shall ha'e ascended the prayer of the righteo&s* 8nd the blood of the righteo&s from the earth before the :ord of /pirits$ 6 %n those days the holy ones who dwell abo'e in the hea'ens /hall &nite with one 'oice 8nd s&pplicate and pray and praise* 8nd gi'e thanks and bless the name of the :ord of /pirits 9n behalf of the blood of the righteo&s which has been shed* 8nd that the prayer of the righteo&s may not be in 'ain before the :ord of /pirits* That B&dgment may be done &nto them* 8nd that they may not ha'e to s&ffer for e'er$ 3 %n those days % saw the -ead of ;ays when -e seated himself &pon the throne of -is glory* 8nd the books of the li'ing were opened before -im: 8nd all -is host which is in hea'en abo'e and -is co&nselors stood before -im* 8 8nd the hearts of the holy were filled with Boy@ Beca&se the n&mber of the righteo&s had been offered* 8nd the prayer of the righteo&s had been heard* 8nd the blood of the righteo&s been re5&ired before the :ord of /pirits$

7hapter 8/ $ 8nd in that place % saw the fo&ntain of righteo&sness <hich was inexha&stible: 8nd aro&nd it were many fo&ntains of wisdom: 8nd all the thirsty drank of them* 8nd were filled with wisdom* 8nd their dwellings were with the righteo&s and holy and elect$ 6 8nd at that ho&r that /on of 7an was named %n the presence of the :ord of /pirits* 8nd his name before the -ead of ;ays$ 3 Kea* before the s&n and the signs were created* Before the stars of the hea'en were made* -is name was named before the :ord of /pirits$ 8 -e shall be a staff to the righteo&s whereon to stay themsel'es and not fall* 8nd he shall be the light of the 0entiles* 8nd the hope of those who are tro&bled of heart$ # 8ll who dwell on earth shall fall down and worship before him* 8nd will praise and bless and celebrate with song the :ord of /pirits$ 3 8nd for this reason hath he been chosen and hidden before -im* Before the creation of the world and for e'ermore$ ' 8nd the wisdom of the :ord of /pirits hath re'ealed him to the holy and righteo&s@ For he hath preser'ed the lot of the righteo&s* Beca&se they ha'e hated and despised this world of &nrighteo&sness* 8nd ha'e hated all its works and ways in the name of the :ord of /pirits: For in his name they are sa'ed* 8nd according to his good pleas&re hath it been in regard to their life$ / %n these days downcast in co&ntenance shall the kings of the earth ha'e become* 8nd the strong who possess the land beca&se of the works of their hands* For on the day of their ang&ish and affliction they shall not Cbe able toD sa'e themsel'es$ 8nd % will gi'e them o'er into the hands of 7ine elect: 9 8s straw in the fire so shall they b&rn before the face of the holy: 8s lead in the water shall they sink before the face of the righteo&s* 8nd no trace of them shall any more be fo&nd$ $( 8nd on the day of their affliction there shall be rest on the earth* 8nd before them they shall fall and not rise again: 8nd there shall be no one to take them with his hands and raise them: For they ha'e denied the :ord of /pirits and -is 8nointed$ The name of the :ord of /pirits be blessed$ 7hapter 89 l For wisdom is po&red o&t like water* 8nd glory faileth not before him for e'ermore$ 6 For he is mighty in all the secrets of righteo&sness* 8nd &nrighteo&sness shall disappear as a shadow* 8nd ha'e no contin&ance@ Beca&se the Elect 9ne standeth before the :ord of /pirits* 8nd his glory is for e'er and e'er* 8nd his might &nto all generations$ 3 8nd in him dwells the spirit of wisdom* 8nd the spirit which gi'es insight* 8nd the spirit of &nderstanding and of might* 8nd the spirit of those who ha'e fallen asleep in righteo&sness$ 8 8nd he shall B&dge the secret things* 8nd none shall be able to &tter a lying word before him@ For he is the Elect 9ne before the :ord of /pirits according to -is good pleas&re$ 7hapter #( $ 8nd in those days a change shall take place for the holy and elect* 8nd the light of days shall abide &pon them* 8nd glory and hono&r shall t&rn to the holy* 6 9n the day of affliction on which e'il shall ha'e been treas&red &p against the sinners$ 8nd the righteo&s shall be 'ictorio&s in the name of the :ord of /pirits: 8nd -e will ca&se the others to witness CthisD That they may repent 8nd forgo the works of their hands$ 3 They shall ha'e no hono&r thro&gh the name of the :ord of /pirits* Ket thro&gh -is name shall they be sa'ed* 8nd the :ord of /pirits will ha'e compassion on them* For -is compassion is great$ 8 8nd -e is righteo&s also in -is B&dgment* 8nd in the presence of -is glory &nrighteo&sness also shall not maintain itself: 8t -is B&dgment the &nrepentant shall perish before -im$ # 8nd from henceforth % will ha'e no mercy on them* saith the :ord of /pirits$ 7hapter #$ $ 8nd in those days shall the earth also gi'e back that which has been entr&sted to it* 8nd /heol also shall gi'e back that which it has recei'ed* 8nd hell shall gi'e back that which it owes$ For in those days the Elect 9ne shall arise* 6 8nd he shall choose the righteo&s and holy from among them: For the day has drawn nigh that they sho&ld be sa'ed$ 3 8nd the Elect 9ne shall in those days sit on 7y throne* 8nd his mo&th shall po&r forth all the secrets of wisdom and co&nsel: For the :ord of /pirits hath gi'en CthemD to him and hath glorified him$ 8

8nd in those days shall the mo&ntains leap like rams* 8nd the hills also shall skip like lambs satisfied with milk* 8nd the faces of EallF #a the angels in hea'en shall be lighted &p with Boy$ #b 8nd the earth shall reBoice* #c 8nd the righteo&s shall dwell &pon it* #d 8nd the elect shall walk thereon$ 7hapter #6 $ 8nd after those days in that place where % had seen all the 'isions of that which is hidden* for 6 % had been carried off in a whirlwind and they had borne me towards the west-There mine eyes saw all the secret things of hea'en that shall be* a mo&ntain of iron* and a mo&ntain of copper* and a mo&ntain of sil'er* and a mo&ntain of gold* and a mo&ntain of soft metal* and a mo&ntain of lead$ 3 8nd % asked the angel who went with me* saying* <hat things are these which % ha'e seen in 8 secretL 8nd he said &nto me: 8ll these things which tho& hast seen shall ser'e the dominion of -is 8nointed that he may be potent and mighty on the earth$ # 8nd that angel of peace answered* saying &nto me: <ait a little* and there shall be re'ealed &nto thee all the secret things which s&rro&nd the :ord of /pirits$ 3 8nd these mo&ntains which thine eyes ha'e seen* The mo&ntain of iron* and the mo&ntain of copper* and the mo&ntain of sil'er* 8nd the mo&ntain of gold* and the mo&ntain of soft metal* and the mo&ntain of lead* 8ll these shall be in the presence of the Elect 9ne 8s wax: before the fire* 8nd like the water which streams down from abo'e E&pon those mo&ntainsF* 8nd they shall become powerless before his feet$ ' 8nd it shall come to pass in those days that none shall be sa'ed* Either by gold or by sil'er* 8nd none be able to escape$ / 8nd there shall be no iron for war* =or shall one clothe oneself with a breastplate$ Bron.e shall be of no ser'ice* 8nd tin Eshall be of no ser'ice andF shall not be esteemed* 8nd lead shall not be desired$ 9 8nd all these things shall be Edenied andF destroyed from the s&rface of the earth* <hen the Elect 9ne shall appear before the face of the :ord of /pirits$ 7hapter #3 $ There mine eyes saw a deep 'alley with open mo&ths* and all who dwell on the earth and sea and islands shall bring to him gifts and presents and tokens of homage* b&t that deep 'alley shall not become f&ll$ 6 8nd their hands commit lawless deeds* 8nd the sinners de'o&r all whom they lawlessly oppress: Ket the sinners shall be destroyed before the face of the :ord of /pirits* 8nd they shall be banished from off the face of -is earth* 8nd they shall perish for e'er and e'er$ 3 For % saw all the angels of p&nishment abiding CthereD and preparing all the instr&ments of /atan$ 8 8nd % asked the angel of peace who went with me: For whom are they preparing these %nstr&mentsL # 8nd he said &nto me: They prepare these for the kings and the mighty of this earth* that they may thereby be destroyed$ 3 8nd after this the >ighteo&s and Elect 9ne shall ca&se the ho&se of his congregation to appear: henceforth they shall be no more hindered in the name of the :ord of /pirits$ ' 8nd these mo&ntains shall not stand as the earth before his righteo&sness* B&t the hills shall be as a fo&ntain of water* 8nd the righteo&s shall ha'e rest from the oppression of sinners$ 7hapter #8 $ 8nd % looked and t&rned to another part of the earth* and saw there a deep 'alley with b&rning 6 fire$ 8nd they bro&ght the kings and the mighty* and began to cast them into this deep 'alley$ 3 8nd there mine eyes saw how they made these their instr&ments* iron chains of immeas&rable weight$ 8 8nd % asked the angel of peace who went with me* saying: For whom are these chains being prepared L 8nd he said &nto me: These are being prepared for the hosts of 8.a.el* so that they may take them and cast them into the abyss of complete condemnation* and they shall co'er their Baws with ro&gh stones as the :ord of /pirits commanded$ 3 8nd 7ichael* and 0abriel* and >aphael* and ?han&el shall take hold of them on that great day* and cast them on that day into the b&rning f&rnace* that the :ord of /pirits may take 'engeance on them for their &nrighteo&sness in becoming s&bBect to /atan and leading astray those who dwell on the earth$ ' 8nd in those days shall p&nishment come from the :ord of /pirits* and he will open all the chambers of waters which are abo'e the hea'ens* and of the fo&ntains which are beneath the earth$ / 8nd all the waters shall be Boined with the waters: that which is abo'e the hea'ens is the masc&line* 9 and the water which is beneath the earth is the feminine$ 8nd they shall destroy all who dwell $( on the earth and those who dwell &nder the ends of the hea'en$ 8nd

when they ha'e recogni.ed their &nrighteo&sness which they ha'e wro&ght on the earth* then by these shall they perish$ 7hapter ## $ 8nd after that the -ead of ;ays repented and said: %n 'ain ha'e % destroyed all who dwell 6 on the earth$ 8nd -e sware by -is great name: -enceforth % will not do so to all who dwell on the earth* and % will set a sign in the hea'en: and this shall be a pledge of good faith between 7e and them for e'er* so long as hea'en is abo'e the earth$ 8nd this is in accordance with 7y command$ 3 <hen % ha'e desired to take hold of them by the hand of the angels on the day of trib&lation and pain beca&se of this* % will ca&se 7y chastisement and 7y wrath to abide &pon them* saith 8 0od* the :ord of /pirits$ Ke mighty kings who dwell on the earth* ye shall ha'e to behold 7ine Elect 9ne* how he sits on the throne of glory and B&dges 8.a.el* and all his associates* and all his hosts in the name of the :ord of /pirits$

The Book of Enoch


Book 2: Parables- Part 2
Chapters 56 - 69 7hapter #3 $ 8nd % saw there the hosts of the angels of p&nishment going* and they held sco&rges and chains 6 of iron and bron.e$ 8nd % asked the angel of peace who went with me* saying: To whom are 3 these who hold the sco&rges goingL 8nd he said &nto me: To their elect and belo'ed ones* that they may be cast into the chasm of the abyss of the 'alley$ 8 8nd then that 'alley shall be filled with their elect and belo'ed* 8nd the days of their li'es shall be at an end* 8nd the days of their leading astray shall not thenceforward be reckoned$ # 8nd in those days the angels shall ret&rn 8nd h&rl themsel'es to the east &pon the ?arthians and 7edes: They shall stir &p the kings* so that a spirit of &nrest shall come &pon them* 8nd they shall ro&se them from their thrones* That they may break forth as lions from their lairs* 8nd as h&ngry wol'es among their flocks$ 3 8nd they shall go &p and tread &nder foot the land of -is elect ones E8nd the land of -is elect ones shall be before them a threshing-floor and a highway :F ' B&t the city of my righteo&s shall be a hindrance to their horses$ 8nd they shall begin to fight among themsel'es* 8nd their right hand shall be strong against themsel'es* 8nd a man shall not know his brother* =or a son his father or his mother* Till there be no n&mber of the corpses thro&gh their sla&ghter* 8nd their p&nishment be not in 'ain$ / %n those days /heol shall open its Baws* 8nd they shall be swallowed &p therein 8nd their destr&ction shall be at an end@ /heol shall de'o&r the sinners in the presence of the elect$ 7hapter #' $ 8nd it came to pass after this that % saw another host of wagons* and men riding thereon* and 6 coming on the winds from the east* and from the west to the so&th$ 8nd the noise of their wagons was heard* and when this t&rmoil took place the holy ones from hea'en remarked it* and the pillars of the earth were mo'ed from their place* and the so&nd thereof was heard from the one end of hea'en 3 to the other* in one day$ 8nd they shall all fall down and worship the :ord of /pirits$ 8nd this is the end of the second ?arable$ 7hapter #/ $ 8nd % began to speak the third ?arable concerning the righteo&s and elect$ 6 Blessed are ye* ye righteo&s and elect* For glorio&s shall be yo&r lot$ 3 8nd the righteo&s shall be in the light of the s&n$ 8nd the elect in the light of eternal life: The days of their life shall be &nending* 8nd the days of the holy witho&t n&mber$ 8 8nd they shall seek the light and find righteo&sness with the :ord of /pirits: There shall be peace to the righteo&s in the name of the Eternal :ord$ # 8nd after this it shall be said to the holy in hea'en That they sho&ld seek o&t the secrets of righteo&sness* the heritage of faith: For it has become bright as the s&n &pon earth* 8nd the darkness

is past$ 3 8nd there shall be a light that ne'er endeth* 8nd to a limit Clit$ n&mber D of days they shall not come* For the darkness shall first ha'e been destroyed* E8nd the light established before the :ord of /piritsF 8nd the light of &prightness established for e'er before the :ord of /pirits$ 7hapter #9 $ %n those days mine eyes saw the secrets of the lightnings* and of the lights* and the B&dgements they exec&te Clit$ their B&dgment D: and they lighten for a blessing or a c&rse as the :ord of 6 /pirits willeth$ 8nd there % saw the secrets of the th&nder* and how when it reso&nds abo'e in the hea'en* the so&nd thereof is heard* and he ca&sed me to see the B&dgements exec&ted on the earth* whether they be for well-being and blessing* or for a c&rse according to the word of the :ord of /pirits$ 3 8nd after that all the secrets of the lights and lightnings were shown to me* and they lighten for blessing and for satisfying$ 7hapter 3( 8 Fragment of the Book of =oah $ %n the year 1++* in the se'enth month* on the fo&rteenth day of the month in the life of Enoch$ %n that ?arable % saw how a mighty 5&aking made the hea'en of hea'ens to 5&ake* and the host of the 7ost -igh* and the angels* a tho&sand tho&sands and ten tho&sand times ten tho&sand* were 6 dis5&ieted with a great dis5&iet$ 8nd the -ead of ;ays sat on the throne of -is glory* and the angels and the righteo&s stood aro&nd -im$ 3 8nd a great trembling sei.ed me* 8nd fear took hold of me* 8nd my loins ga'e way* 8nd dissol'ed were my reins* 8nd % fell &pon my face$ 8 8nd 7ichael sent another angel from among the holy ones and he raised me &p* and when he had raised me &p my spirit ret&rned@ for % had not been able to end&re the look of this host* and the # commotion and the 5&aking of the hea'en$ 8nd 7ichael said &nto me: <hy art tho& dis5&ieted with s&ch a 'ision L Jntil this day lasted the day of -is mercy@ and -e hath been mercif&l and 3 long-s&ffering towards those who dwell on the earth$ 8nd when the day* and the power* and the p&nishment* and the B&dgment come* which the :ord of /pirits hath prepared for those who worship not the righteo&s law* and for those who deny the righteo&s B&dgment* and for those who take -is name in 'ain-that day is prepared* for the elect a co'enant* b&t for sinners an in5&isition$ ' <hen the p&nishment of the :ord of /pirits shall rest &pon them* it shall rest in order that the p&nishment of the :ord of /pirits may not come* in 'ain* and it shall slay the children with their mothers and the children with their fathers$ 8fterwards the B&dgment shall take place according to -is mercy and -is patience$ ' 8nd on that day were two monsters parted* a female monster named :e'iathan* to dwell in the / abysses of the ocean o'er the fo&ntains of the waters$ B&t the male is named Behemoth* who occ&pied with his breast a waste wilderness named ;&idain* on the east of the garden where the elect and righteo&s dwell* where my grandfather was taken &p* the se'enth from 8dam* the first 9 man whom the :ord of /pirits created$ 8nd % beso&ght the other angel that he sho&ld show me the might of those monsters* how they were parted on one day and cast* the one into the abysses $( of the sea* and the other &nto the dry land of the wilderness$ 8nd he said to me: Tho& son of man* herein tho& dost seek to know what is hidden$ $$ 8nd the other angel who went with me and showed me what was hidden told me what is first and last in the hea'en in the height* and beneath the earth in the depth* and at the ends of the $6 hea'en* and on the fo&ndation of the hea'en$ 8nd the chambers of the winds* and how the winds are di'ided* and how they are weighed* and ChowD the portals of the winds are reckoned* each according to the power of the wind* and the power of the lights of the moon* and according to the power that is fitting: and the di'isions of the stars according to their names* and how all the di'isions $3 are di'ided$ 8nd the th&nders according to the places where they fall* and all the di'isions that are made among the lightnings that it may lighten* and their host that they may at once obey$ $8 For the th&nder has places of rest CwhichD are assigned Cto itD while it is waiting for its peal@ and the th&nder and lightning are inseparable* and altho&gh not one and &ndi'ided* they both go together $# thro&gh the spirit and separate not$ For when the lightning lightens* the th&nder &tters its 'oice* and the spirit enforces a pa&se d&ring the peal* and di'ides e5&ally between them@ for the treas&ry of their peals is like the sand* and each one of them as it peals is held in with a bridle* and t&rned back by the power of the spirit* and p&shed forward according to the many 5&arters of the earth$ $3 8nd the spirit of the sea is masc&line and strong* and according to the might of his strength he draws it back with a rein* and in like manner it is dri'en forward and disperses amid all the mo&ntains

$' of the earth$ 8nd the spirit of the hoar-frost is his own angel* and the spirit of the hail is a good $/ angel$ 8nd the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on acco&nt of his strength -There is a special spirit therein* and that which ascends from it is like smoke* and its name is frost$ $9 8nd the spirit of the mist is not &nited with them in their chambers* b&t it has a special chamber@ for its co&rse is glorio&s both in light and in darkness* and in winter and in s&mmer* and in its chamber is an angel$ 6( 8nd the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of the hea'en* and is connected with the chambers of the rain* and its co&rse is in winter and s&mmer: and its clo&ds and the clo&ds of the 6$ mist are connected* and the one gi'es to the other$ 8nd when the spirit of the rain goes forth from its chamber* the angels come and open the chamber and lead it o&t* and when it is diff&sed o'er the whole earth it &nites with the water on the earth$ 8nd whensoe'er it &nites with the water on 66 the earth $ $ $ For the waters are for those who dwell on the earth@ for they are no&rishment for the earth from the 7ost -igh who is in hea'en: therefore there is a meas&re for the rain* and the angels take it in charge$ 8nd these things % saw towards the 0arden of the >ighteo&s$ 63 8nd the angel of peace who was with me said to me: These two monsters* prepared conformably to the greatness of 0od* shall feed $ $ $ 7hapter 3$ $ 8nd % saw in those days how long cords were gi'en to those angels* and they took to themsel'es wings and flew* and they went towards the north$ 6 8nd % asked the angel* saying &nto him: <hy ha'e those CangelsD taken these cords and gone off L 8nd he said &nto me: They ha'e gone to meas&re$ 3 8nd the angel who went with me said &nto me: These shall bring the meas&res of the righteo&s* 8nd the ropes of the righteo&s to the righteo&s* That they may stay themsel'es on the name of the :ord of /pirits for e'er and e'er$ 8 The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect* 8nd those are the meas&res which shall be gi'en to faith 8nd which shall strengthen righteo&sness$ # 8nd these meas&res shall re'eal all the secrets of the depths of the earth* 8nd those who ha'e been destroyed by the desert* 8nd those who ha'e been de'o&red by the beasts* 8nd those who ha'e been de'o&red by the fish of the sea* That they may ret&rn and stay themsel'es 9n the day of the Elect 9ne@ For none shall be destroyed before the :ord of /pirits* 8nd none can be destroyed$ 3 8nd all who dwell abo'e in the hea'en recei'ed a command and power and one 'oice and one light like &nto fire$ ' 8nd that 9ne CwithD their first words they blessed* 8nd extolled and la&ded with wisdom* 8nd they were wise in &tterance and in the spirit of life$ / 8nd the :ord of /pirits placed the Elect one on the throne of glory$ 8nd he shall B&dge all the works of the holy abo'e in the hea'en* 8nd in the balance shall their deeds be weighed 7hapter 36 $ 8nd th&s the :ord commanded the kings and the mighty and the exalted* and those who dwell on the earth* and said: 9pen yo&r eyes and lift &p yo&r horns if ye are able to recogni.e the Elect 9ne$ 6 8nd the :ord of /pirits seated him on the throne of -is glory* 8nd the spirit of righteo&sness was po&red o&t &pon him* 8nd the word of his mo&th slays all the sinners* 8nd all the &nrighteo&s are destroyed from before his face$ 3 8nd there shall stand &p in that day all the kings and the mighty* 8nd the exalted and those who hold the earth* 8nd they shall see and recogni.e -ow he sits on the throne of his glory* 8nd righteo&sness is B&dged before him* 8nd no lying word is spoken before him$ 8 Then shall pain come &pon them as on a woman in tra'ail* E8nd she has pain in bringing forthF <hen her child enters the mo&th of the womb* 8nd she has pain in bringing forth$ # 8nd one portion of them shall look on the other* 8nd they shall be terrified* 8nd they shall be downcast of co&ntenance* 8nd pain shall sei.e them* <hen they see that /on of 7an /itting on the throne of his glory$ 3 8nd the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth shall bless and glorify and extol him who r&les o'er all* who was hidden$ ' For from the beginning the /on of 7an was hidden* 8nd the 7ost -igh preser'ed him in the presence of -is might* 8nd re'ealed him to the elect$ / 8nd the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown* 8nd all the elect shall stand before him on that day$ 9 8nd all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those who r&le the earth /hall fall down before him on their faces* 8nd worship and set their hope &pon that /on of 7an* 8nd petition him and s&pplicate for mercy at his hands$ $( =e'ertheless that :ord of /pirits will so press them That they shall hastily go forth from -is presence* 8nd their faces shall be filled with shame* 8nd the darkness grow deeper on their faces$ $$ 8nd -e will deli'er them to the angels for p&nishment* To exec&te 'engeance on them beca&se they ha'e oppressed -is children and -is elect $6 8nd they shall be a spectacle for

the righteo&s and for -is elect: They shall reBoice o'er them* Beca&se the wrath of the :ord of /pirits resteth &pon them* 8nd -is sword is dr&nk with their blood$ $3 8nd the righteo&s and elect shall be sa'ed on that day* 8nd they shall ne'er thenceforward see the face of the sinners and &nrighteo&s$ $8 8nd the :ord of /pirits will abide o'er them* 8nd with that /on of 7an shall they eat 8nd lie down and rise &p for e'er and e'er$ $# 8nd the righteo&s and elect shall ha'e risen from the earth* 8nd ceased to be of downcast co&ntenance$ 8nd they shall ha'e been clothed with garments of glory* $3 8nd these shall be the garments of life from the :ord of /pirits: 8nd yo&r garments shall not grow old* =or yo&r glory pass away before the :ord of /pirits$ 7hapter 33 $ %n those days shall the mighty and the kings who possess the earth implore C-imD to grant them a little respite from -is angels of p&nishment to whom they were deli'ered* that they might fall 6 down and worship before the :ord of /pirits* and confess their sins before -im$ 8nd they shall bless and glorify the :ord of /pirits* and say: Blessed is the :ord of /pirits and the :ord of kings* 8nd the :ord of the mighty and the :ord of the rich* 8nd the :ord of glory and the :ord of wisdom* 3 8nd splendid in e'ery secret thing is Thy power from generation to generation* 8nd Thy glory for e'er and e'er: ;eep are all Thy secrets and inn&merable* 8nd Thy righteo&sness is beyond reckoning$ 8 <e ha'e now learnt that we sho&ld glorify 8nd bless the :ord of kings and -im who is king o'er all kings$ # 8nd they shall say: <o&ld that we had rest to glorify and gi'e thanks 8nd confess o&r faith before -is glory H 3 8nd now we long for a little rest b&t find it not: <e follow hard &pon and obtain CitD not: 8nd light has 'anished from before &s* 8nd darkness is o&r dwelling-place for e'er and e'er: ' For we ha'e not belie'ed before -im =or glorified the name of the :ord of /pirits* Enor glorified o&r :ordF B&t o&r hope was in the sceptre of o&r kingdom* 8nd in o&r glory$ / 8nd in the day of o&r s&ffering and trib&lation -e sa'es &s not* 8nd we find no respite for confession That o&r :ord is tr&e in all -is works* and in -is B&dgements and -is B&stice* 8nd -is B&dgements ha'e no respect of persons$ 8nd we pass away from before -is face on acco&nt of o&r works* 8nd all o&r sins are reckoned &p in righteo&sness$ $( =ow they shall say &nto themsel'es: 9&r so&ls are f&ll of &nrighteo&s gain* b&t it does not pre'ent &s from descending from the midst thereof into the b&rden of /heol$ $$ 8nd after that their faces shall be filled with darkness 8nd shame before that /on of 7an* 8nd they shall be dri'en from his presence* 8nd the sword shall abide before his face in their midst$ $6 Th&s spake the :ord of /pirits: This is the ordinance and B&dgment with respect to the mighty and the kings and the exalted and those who possess the earth before the :ord of /pirits$ 7hapter 38 $*6 8nd other forms % saw hidden in that place$ % heard the 'oice of the angel saying: These are the angels who descended to the earth* and re'ealed what was hidden to the children of men and sed&ced the children of men into committing sin$ 7hapter 3# $4 6 8nd in those days =oah saw the earth that it had s&nk down and its destr&ction was nigh$ 8nd he arose from thence and went to the ends of the earth* and cried alo&d to his grandfather Enoch: 3 and =oah said three times with an embittered 'oice: -ear me* hear me* hear me$ 8nd % said &nto him: Tell me what it is that is falling o&t on the earth that the earth is in s&ch e'il plight 8 and shaken* lest perchance % shall perish with it L 8nd there&pon there was a great commotion * on the earth* and a 'oice was heard from hea'en* and % fell on my face$ # 8nd Enoch my grandfather came and stood by me* and said &nto me: <hy hast tho& cried &nto me with a bitter cry and weeping 3 8nd a command has gone forth from the presence of the :ord concerning those who dwell on the earth that their r&in is accomplished beca&se they ha'e learnt all the secrets of the angels* and all the 'iolence of the /atans* and all their powers -the most secret ones- and all the power of those who practice sorcery* and the power of witchcraft* and the power of those who make molten images ' for the whole earth: 8nd how sil'er is prod&ced from the d&st of the earth* and how soft metal / originates in the earth$ For lead and tin are not prod&ced from the earth like the first: it is a fo&ntain 9 that prod&ces them* and an angel stands therein* and that angel is pre-eminent$ 8nd after that my grandfather Enoch took hold of me by my hand and

raised me &p* and said &nto me: 0o* for % ha'e $( asked the :ord of /pirits as to&ching this commotion on the earth$ 8nd -e said &nto me: " Beca&se of their &nrighteo&sness their B&dgment has been determined &pon and shall not be withheld by 7e for e'er$ Beca&se of the sorceries which they ha'e searched o&t and learnt* the earth and those $$ who dwell &pon it shall be destroyed$" 8nd these-they ha'e no place of repentance for e'er* beca&se they ha'e shown them what was hidden* and they are the damned: b&t as for thee* my son* the :ord of /pirits knows that tho& art p&re* and g&iltless of this reproach concerning the secrets$ $6 8nd -e has destined thy name to be among the holy* 8nd will preser'e thee amongst those who dwell on the earth* 8nd has destined thy righteo&s seed both for kingship and for great hono&rs* 8nd from thy seed shall proceed a fo&ntain of the righteo&s and holy witho&t n&mber for e'er$ 7hapter 33 $ 8nd after that he showed me the angels of p&nishment who are prepared to come and let loose all the powers of the waters which are beneath in the earth in order to bring B&dgment and destr&ction 6 on all who Eabide andF dwell on the earth$ 8nd the :ord of /pirits ga'e commandment to the angels who were going forth* that they sho&ld not ca&se the waters to rise b&t sho&ld hold them 3 in check@ for those angels were o'er the powers of the waters$ 8nd % went away from the presence of Enoch$ 7hapter 3' $ 8nd in those days the word of 0od came &nto me* and -e said &nto me: =oah* thy lot has come 6 Jp before 7e* a lot witho&t blame* a lot of lo'e and &prightness$ 8nd now the angels are making a wooden Cb&ildingD* and when they ha'e completed that task % will place 7y hand &pon it and preser'e it* and there shall come forth from it the seed of life* and a change shall set in so that the 3 earth will not remain witho&t inhabitant$ 8nd % will make fast thy seed before me for e'er and e'er* and % will spread abroad those who dwell with thee: it shall not be &nfr&itf&l on the face of the earth* b&t it shall be blessed and m&ltiply on the earth in the name of the :ord$ 8 8nd -e will imprison those angels* who ha'e shown &nrighteo&sness* in that b&rning 'alley which my grandfather Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west among the mo&ntains of gold # and sil'er and iron and soft metal and tin$ 8nd % saw that 'alley in which there was a great 3 con'&lsion and a con'&lsion of the waters$ 8nd when all this took place* from that fiery molten metal and from the con'&lsion thereof in that place* there was prod&ced a smell of s&lph&r* and it was connected with those waters* and that 'alley of the angels who had led astray CmankindD b&rned ' beneath that land$ 8nd thro&gh its 'alleys proceed streams of fire* where these angels are p&nished who had led astray those who dwell &pon the earth$ / B&t those waters shall in those days ser'e for the kings and the mighty and the exalted* and those who dwell on the earth* for the healing of the body* b&t for the p&nishment of the spirit@ now their spirit is f&ll of l&st* that they may be p&nished in their body* for they ha'e denied the :ord of /pirits 9 and see their p&nishment daily* and yet belie'e not in -is name$ 8nd in proportion as the b&rning of their bodies becomes se'ere* a corresponding change shall take place in their spirit for e'er and e'er@ $( for before the :ord of /pirits none shall &tter an idle word$ For the B&dgment shall come &pon them* $$ beca&se they belie'e in the l&st of their body and deny the /pirit of the :ord$ 8nd those same waters will &ndergo a change in those days@ for when those angels are p&nished in these waters* these water-springs shall change their temperat&re* and when the angels ascend* this water of the $6 springs shall change and become cold$ 8nd % heard 7ichael answering and saying: This B&dgment wherewith the angels are B&dged is a testimony for the kings and the mighty who possess the $3 earth$ Beca&se these waters of B&dgment minister to the healing of the body of the kings and the l&st of their body@ therefore they will not see and will not belie'e that those waters will change and become a fire which b&rns for e'er$ 7hapter 3/ $ 8nd after that my grandfather Enoch ga'e me the teaching of all the secrets in the book in the ?arables which had been gi'en to him* and he p&t them together for me in the words of the book 6 of the ?arables$ 8nd on that day 7ichael answered >aphael and said: The power of the spirit transports and makes me to tremble beca&se of

the se'erity of the B&dgment of the secrets* the B&dgment of the angels: who can end&re the se'ere B&dgment which has been exec&ted* and before 3 which they melt away L 8nd 7ichael answered again* and said to >aphael: <ho is he whose heart is not softened concerning it* and whose reins are not tro&bled by this word of B&dgment 8 CthatD has gone forth &pon them beca&se of those who ha'e th&s led them o&t L 8nd it came to pass when he stood before the :ord of /pirits* 7ichael said th&s to >aphael: % will not take their part &nder the eye of the :ord@ for the :ord of /pirits has been angry with them beca&se they do # as if they were the :ord$ Therefore all that is hidden shall come &pon them for e'er and e'er@ for neither angel nor man shall ha'e his portion Cin itD* b&t alone they ha'e recei'ed their B&dgment for e'er and e'er$ 7hapter 39 $ 8nd after this B&dgment they shall terrify and make them to tremble beca&se they ha'e shown this to those who dwell on the earth$ 6 8nd behold the names of those angels Eand these are their names: the first of them is /amBa.a* the second 8rta5ifa* and the third 8rmen* the fo&rth Kokabel* the fifth T&rael* the sixth >&mBal* the se'enth ;anBal* the eighth =e5ael* the ninth Bara5el* the tenth 8.a.el* the ele'enth 8rmaros* the twelfth BatarBal* the thirteenth B&saseBal* the fo&rteenth -ananel* the fifteenth T&rel* and the sixteenth /imapesiel* the se'enteenth ,etrel* the eighteenth T&mael* the nineteenth T&rel* 3 the twentieth >&mael* the twenty-first 8.a.el$ 8nd these are the chiefs of their angels and their names* and their chief ones o'er h&ndreds and o'er fifties and o'er tens$ 8 The name of the first ,e5on: that is* the one who led astray EallF the sons of 0od* and bro&ght them # down to the earth* and led them astray thro&gh the da&ghters of men$ 8nd the second was named 8sbeel: he imparted to the holy sons of 0od e'il co&nsel* and led them astray so that they defiled 3 their bodies with the da&ghters of men$ 8nd the third was named 0adreel: he it is who showed the children of men all the blows of death* and he led astray E'e* and showed Ethe weapons of death to the sons of menF the shield and the coat of mail* and the sword for battle* and all the weapons ' of death to the children of men$ 8nd from his hand they ha'e proceeded against those who dwell / on the earth from that day and for e'ermore$ 8nd the fo&rth was named ?enem&e: he ta&ght the 9 children of men the bitter and the sweet* and he ta&ght them all the secrets of their wisdom$ 8nd he instr&cted mankind in writing with ink and paper* and thereby many sinned from eternity to $( eternity and &ntil this day$ For men were not created for s&ch a p&rpose* to gi'e confirmation $$ to their good faith with pen and ink$ For men were created exactly like the angels* to the intent that they sho&ld contin&e p&re and righteo&s* and death* which destroys e'erything* co&ld not ha'e taken hold of them* b&t thro&gh this their knowledge they are perishing* and thro&gh this power $6 it is cons&ming me$ 8nd the fifth was named KasdeBa: this is he who showed the children of men all the wicked smitings of spirits and demons* and the smitings of the embryo in the womb* that it may pass away* and Ethe smitings of the so&lF the bites of the serpent* and the smitings $3 which befall thro&gh the noontide heat* the son of the serpent named Tabaet$ 8nd this is the task of Kasbeel* the chief of the oath which he showed to the holy ones when he dwelt high $8 abo'e in glory* and its name is Bi5a$ This CangelD re5&ested 7ichael to show him the hidden name* that he might en&nciate it in the oath* so that those might 5&ake before that name and oath who re'ealed all that was in secret to the children of men$ 8nd this is the power of this oath* for it is powerf&l and strong* and he placed this oath 8kae in the hand of 7ichael$ $3 8nd these are the secrets of this oath $ $ $ 8nd they are strong thro&gh his oath: 8nd the hea'en was s&spended before the world was created* 8nd for e'er$ $' 8nd thro&gh it the earth was fo&nded &pon the water* 8nd from the secret recesses of the mo&ntains come bea&tif&l waters* From the creation of the world and &nto eternity$ $/ 8nd thro&gh that oath the sea was created* 8nd as its fo&ndation -e set for it the sand against the time of CitsD anger* 8nd it dare not pass beyond it from the creation of the world &nto eternity$ $9 8nd thro&gh that oath are the depths made fast* 8nd abide and stir not from their place from eternity to eternity$ 6( 8nd thro&gh that oath the s&n and moon complete their co&rse* 8nd de'iate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity$ 6$ 8nd thro&gh that oath the stars complete their co&rse* 8nd -e calls them by their names* 8nd they answer -im from eternity to eternity$ 66 E8nd in like manner the spirits of the water* and of the winds* and of all .ephyrs* andCtheirD paths 63 from all the 5&arters of the winds$ 8nd there are preser'ed the 'oices of the th&nder and the light of the lightnings: and there are preser'ed the chambers of the hail and the chambers of the 68 hoarfrost* and the chambers of the mist* and the chambers of the rain and the dew$ 8nd all these belie'e and gi'e thanks before the :ord of /pirits* and glorify C-imD with all their power* and their food is in e'ery act of thanksgi'ing: they thank and glorify and extol the name of the :ord of /pirits

for e'er and e'er$F 6# 8nd this oath is mighty o'er them 8nd thro&gh it Ethey are preser'ed andF their paths are preser'ed* 8nd their co&rse is not destroyed$ 63 8nd there was great Boy amongst them* 8nd they blessed and glorified and extolled Beca&se the name of that /on of 7an had been re'ealed &nto them$ 6' 8nd he sat on the throne of his glory* 8nd the s&m of B&dgment was gi'en &nto the /on of 7an* 8nd he ca&sed the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off the face of the earth* 8nd those who ha'e led the world astray$ 6/ <ith chains shall they be bo&nd* 8nd in their assemblage-place of destr&ction shall they be imprisoned* 8nd all their works 'anish from the face of the earth$ 69 8nd from henceforth there shall be nothing corr&ptible@ For that /on of 7an has appeared* 8nd has seated himself on the throne of his glory* 8nd all e'il shall pass away before his face* 8nd the word of that /on of 7an shall go forth 8nd be strong before the :ord of /pirits$

The Book of Enoch


Book 3: strono+y - Part 1
Chapter %& - '! 7hapter '( $ 8nd it came to pass after this that his name d&ring his lifetime was raised aloft to that /on of 6 7an and to the :ord of /pirits from amongst those who dwell on the earth$ 8nd he was raised aloft 3 on the chariots of the spirit and his name 'anished among them$ 8nd from that day % was no longer n&mbered amongst them: and he set me between the two winds* between the =orth and the 8 <est* where the angels took the cords to meas&re for me the place for the elect and righteo&s$ 8nd there % saw the first fathers and the righteo&s who from the beginning dwell in that place$ 7hapter '$ $ 8nd it came to pass after this that my spirit was translated 8nd it ascended into the hea'ens: 8nd % saw the holy sons of 0od$ They were stepping on flames of fire: Their garments were white Eand their raimentF* 8nd their faces shone like snow$ 6 8nd % saw two streams of fire* 8nd the light of that fire shone like hyacinth* 8nd % fell on my face before the :ord of /pirits$ 3 8nd the angel 7ichael Eone of the archangelsF sei.ed me by my right hand* 8nd lifted me &p and led me forth into all the secrets* 8nd he showed me all the secrets of righteo&sness$ 8 8nd he showed me all the secrets of the ends of the hea'en* 8nd all the chambers of all the stars* and all the l&minaries* <hence they proceed before the face of the holy ones$ # 8nd he translated my spirit into the hea'en of hea'ens* 8nd % saw there as it were a str&ct&re b&ilt of crystals* 8nd between those crystals tong&es of li'ing fire$ 3 8nd my spirit saw the girdle which girt that ho&se of fire* 8nd on its fo&r sides were streams f&ll of li'ing fire* 8nd they girt that ho&se$ ' 8nd ro&nd abo&t were /eraphin* 6her&bic* and 9phannin: 8nd these are they who sleep not 8nd g&ard the throne of -is glory$ / 8nd % saw angels who co&ld not be co&nted* 8 tho&sand tho&sands* and ten tho&sand times ten tho&sand* Encircling that ho&se$ 8nd 7ichael* and >aphael* and 0abriel* and ?han&el* 8nd the holy angels who are abo'e the hea'ens* 0o in and o&t of that ho&se$ 9 8nd they came forth from that ho&se* 8nd 7ichael and 0abriel* >aphael and ?han&el* 8nd many holy angels witho&t n&mber$ $( 8nd with them the -ead of ;ays* -is head white and p&re as wool* 8nd -is raiment indescribable$ $$ 8nd % fell on my face* 8nd my whole body became relaxed* 8nd my spirit was transfig&red@ 8nd % cried with a lo&d 'oice* $ $ $with the spirit of power* 8nd blessed and glorified and extolled$ $6 8nd these blessings which went forth o&t of my mo&th were well pleasing before that -ead of ;ays$ 8nd that -ead of ;ays came with 7ichael and 0abriel* >aphael and ?han&el* tho&sands and ten tho&sands of angels witho&t n&mber$ $3 Lost passage wherein the Son of Man was described as accompanying the Head of Days, and Enoch asked one of the angels (as in xlvi !" concerning the Son of Man as to who he was # $8 8nd he Ci$e$ the angelD came to me and greeted me with -is 'oice* and said &nto me G This is the /on of 7an who is born &nto righteo&sness* 8nd righteo&sness abides o'er him* 8nd the righteo&sness of the -ead of ;ays forsakes him not$G $# 8nd he said &nto me: G -e proclaims &nto thee peace in the name of the world to come@ For from

hence has proceeded peace since the creation of the world* 8nd so shall it be &nto thee for e'er and for e'er and e'er$$3 8nd all shall walk in his ways since righteo&sness ne'er forsaketh him: <ith him will be their dwelling-places* and with him their heritage* 8nd they shall not be separated from him for e'er and e'er and e'er$ 8nd so there shall be length of days with that /on of 7an* 8nd the righteo&s shall ha'e peace and an &pright way %n the name of the :ord of /pirits for e'er and e'er$G 7hapter '6 $ The book of the co&rses of the l&minaries of the hea'en* 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 Jriel* the holy angel* who was with me* who is their g&ide* 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 6 and &nto eternity* till the new creation is accomplished which d&reth till eternity$ 8nd this is the first law of the l&minaries: the l&minary the /&n has its rising in the eastern portals of the hea'en* 3 and its setting in the western portals of the hea'en$ 8nd % saw six portals in which the s&n rises* and six portals in which the s&n 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 8 in acc&rately corresponding order: also many windows to the right and left of these portals$ 8nd first there goes forth the great l&minary* named the /&n* and his circ&mference is like the # circ&mference of the hea'en* and he is 5&ite filled with ill&minating and heating fire$ The chariot on which he ascends* the wind dri'es* and the s&n goes down from the hea'en and ret&rns thro&gh the north in order to reach the east* and is so g&ided that he comes to the appropriate Clit$ that D portal and 3 shines in the face of the hea'en$ %n this way he rises in the first month in the great portal* which ' is the fo&rth Ethose six portals in the castF$ 8nd in that fo&rth portal from which the s&n rises in the first month are twel'e window-openings* from which proceed a flame when they are opened in / their season$ <hen the s&n rises in the hea'en* he comes forth thro&gh that fo&rth portal thirty* 9 mornings in s&ccession* and sets acc&rately in the fo&rth portal in the west of the hea'en$ 8nd d&ring this period the day becomes daily longer and the night nightly shorter to the thirtieth $( morning$ 9n that day the day is longer than the night by a ninth part* and the day amo&nts exactly to ten parts and the night to eight parts$ 8nd the s&n rises from that fo&rth portal* and sets in the fo&rth and ret&rns to the fifth portal of the east thirty mornings* and rises from it and sets in the fifth $6 portal$ 8nd then the day becomes longer by two parts and amo&nts to ele'en parts* and the night $3 becomes shorter and amo&nts to se'en parts$ 8nd it ret&rns to the east and enters into the sixth $8 portal* and rises and sets in the sixth portal one-and-thirty mornings on acco&nt of its sign$ 9n that day the day becomes longer than the night* and the day becomes do&ble the night* and the day $# becomes twel'e parts* and the night is shortened and becomes six parts$ 8nd the s&n mo&nts &p to make the day shorter and the night longer* and the s&n ret&rns to the east and enters into the $3 sixth portal* and rises from it and sets thirty mornings$ 8nd when thirty mornings are accomplished* $' the day decreases by exactly one part* and becomes ele'en parts* and the night se'en$ 8nd the s&n goes forth from that sixth portal in the west* and goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for $/ thirty mornings* and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal$ 9n that day the day decreases by two parts* and amo&nts to ten parts and the night to eight parts$ $9 8nd the s&n goes forth from that fifth portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west* and rises in the fo&rth portal for one- 6( and-thirty mornings on acco&nt of its sign* and sets in the west$ 9n that day the day is e5&ali.ed with the night* Eand becomes of e5&al lengthF* and the night amo&nts to nine parts and the day to 6$ nine parts$ 8nd the s&n rises from that portal and sets in the west* and ret&rns to the east and rises 66 thirty mornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third portal$ 8nd 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 amo&nts exactly to ten parts and the day to eight 63 parts$ 8nd the s&n rises from that third portal and sets in the third portal in the west and ret&rns to the east* and for thirty mornings rises 68 in the second portal in the east* and in like manner sets in the second portal in the west of the hea'en$ 8nd on that day the night amo&nts to ele'en 6# parts and the day to se'en parts$ 8nd the s&n rises on that day from that second portal and sets in the west in the second portal* and ret&rns to the east into the first portal for one-and-thirty 63 mornings* and sets in the first portal in the west of the hea'en$ 8nd on that day the night becomes longer and amo&nts to the do&ble of the day: and the night amo&nts exactly to twel'e parts and 6' the day to six$ 8nd the s&n has CtherewithD tra'ersed the di'isions of his orbit and t&rns again on those di'isions of his orbit* and enters that portal thirty

mornings and sets also in the west 6/ opposite to it$ 8nd on that night has the night decreased in length by a ninth part* and the night 69 has become ele'en parts and the day se'en parts$ 8nd the s&n has ret&rned and entered into the second portal in the east* and ret&rns on those his di'isions of his orbit for thirty mornings* rising 3( and setting$ 8nd on that day the night decreases in length* and the night amo&nts to ten parts 3$ and the day to eight$ 8nd on that day the s&n rises from that portal* and sets in the west* and ret&rns to the east* and rises in the third portal for one-and-thirty mornings* and sets in the west of the hea'en$ 36 9n that day the night decreases and amo&nts to nine parts* and the day to nine parts* and the night 33 is e5&al to the day and the year is exactly as to its days three h&ndred and sixty-fo&r$ 8nd the length of the day and of the night* and the shortness of the day and of the night arise-thro&gh the co&rse 38 of the s&n these distinctions are made Clit$ they are separated D$ /o it comes that its co&rse becomes 3# daily longer* and its co&rse nightly shorter$ 8nd this is the law and the co&rse of the s&n* and his ret&rn as often as he ret&rns sixty times and rises* i$e$ the great l&minary which is named the s&n* for e'er and e'er$ 33 8nd that which Cth&sD rises is the great l&minary* and is so named according to 3' its appearance* according as the :ord commanded$ 8s he rises* so he sets and decreases not* and rests not* b&t r&ns day and night* and his light is se'enfold brighter than that of the moon@ b&t as regards si.e they are both e5&al$ 7hapter '3 $ 8nd after this law % saw another law dealing with the smaller l&minary* which is named the 7oon$ 6 8nd her circ&mference is like the circ&mference of the hea'en* and her chariot in which she rides is dri'en by the wind* and light is gi'en to her in CdefiniteD meas&re$ 8nd her rising and setting change e'ery month: 3 and her days are like the days of the s&n* and when her light is &niform Ci$e$ f&llD it amo&nts to the se'enth part of the light of the s&n$ 8 8nd th&s she rises$ 8nd her first phase in the east comes forth on the thirtieth morning: and on that day she becomes 'isible* and constit&tes for yo& the first phase of the moon on the thirtieth day together with the s&n in the portal where the s&n rises$ # 8nd the one half of her goes forth by a se'enth part* and her whole circ&mference is empty* witho&t light* with the exception of one-se'enth part of it* CandD the 3 fo&rteenth part of her light$ 8nd when she recei'es one-se'enth part of the half of her light* her light ' amo&nts to one-se'enth part and the half thereof$ 8nd she sets with the s&n* and when the s&n rises the moon rises with him and recei'es the half of one part of light* and in that night in the beginning of her morning in the commencement of the l&nar day the moon sets with the s&n* and / is in'isible that night with the fo&rteen parts and the half of one of them$ 8nd she rises on that day with exactly a se'enth part* and comes forth and recedes from the rising of the s&n* and in her remaining days she becomes bright in the CremainingD thirteen parts$ 7hapter '8 $ 8nd % saw another co&rse* a law for her* CandD how according to that law she performs her monthly 6 re'ol&tion$ 8nd all these Jriel* the holy angel who is the leader of them all* showed to me* and their positions* and % wrote down their positions as he showed them to me* and % wrote down their months 3 as they were* and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days were accomplished$ %n single se'enth parts she accomplishes all her light in the east* and in single se'enth parts accomplishes all her 8 darkness in the west$ 8nd in certain months she alters her settings* and in certain months she p&rs&es # her own pec&liar co&rse$ %n two months the moon sets with the s&n: in those two middle portals the 3 third and the fo&rth$ /he goes forth for se'en days* and t&rns abo&t and ret&rns again thro&gh the portal where the s&n rises* and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes from the s&n* and in eight ' days enters the sixth portal from which the s&n goes forth$ 8nd when the s&n goes forth from the fo&rth portal she goes forth se'en days* &ntil she goes forth from the fifth and t&rns back again in se'en days into the fo&rth portal and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes and enters into the / first portal in eight days$ 8nd she ret&rns again in se'en days into the fo&rth portal from which the 94 $( s&n goes forth$ Th&s % saw their position -how the moons rose and the s&n set in those days$ 8nd if fi'e years are added together the s&n has an o'erpl&s of thirty days* and all the days which accr&e $$ to it for one of those fi'e years* when they are f&ll* amo&nt to #() days$ 8nd the o'erpl&s of the s&n and of the stars amo&nts to six days: in # years 3 days e'ery year come to 3( days: and the $6 moon falls behind the s&n and stars to the n&mber of #+ days$ 8nd the s&n and the stars bring in all the years exactly* so that they do not ad'ance or delay

their position by a single day &nto eternity@ b&t complete the years with perfect B&stice in #() days$ $3 %n 3 years there are *+!3 days* and in # years *23+ days* so that in 2 years there are 3*! 3 days$ $8 For the moon alone the days amo&nt in 3 years to *+(3 days* and in # years she falls #( days behind: i$e$ to the s&m Cof *""+D there is # to be added C *+++ andD 36 days$ $# 8nd in # years there are *""+ days* so that for the moon the days ( in / years amo&nt to 3 *2#3 days$ $3 For in / years she falls behind to the amo&nt of /( days* all the $' days she falls behind in / years are /($ 8nd the year is acc&rately completed in conformity with their world-stations and the stations of the s&n* which rise from the portals thro&gh which it Cthe s&nD rises and sets 3( days$ 7hapter '# $ 8nd the leaders of the heads of the tho&sands* who are placed o'er the whole creation and o'er all the stars* ha'e also to do with the fo&r intercalary days* being inseparable from their office* according to the reckoning of the year* and these render ser'ice on the fo&r days which are not 6 reckoned in the reckoning of the year$ 8nd owing to them men go wrong therein* for those l&minaries tr&ly render ser'ice on the world-stations* one in the first portal* one in the third portal of the hea'en* one in the fo&rth portal* and one in the sixth portal* and the exactness of the year is 3 accomplished thro&gh its separate three h&ndred and sixty-fo&r stations$ For the signs and the times and the years and the days the angel Jriel showed to me* whom the :ord of glory hath set for e'er o'er all the l&minaries of the hea'en* in the hea'en and in the world* that they sho&ld r&le on the face of the hea'en and be seen on the earth* and be leaders for the day and the night* i$e$ the s&n* moon* and stars* and all the ministering creat&res which make their re'ol&tion in all the chariots 8 of the hea'en$ %n like manner twel'e doors Jriel showed me* open in the circ&mference of the s&ns chariot in the hea'en* thro&gh which the rays of the s&n break forth: and from them is warmth # diff&sed o'er the earth* when they are opened at their appointed seasons$ 8nd for the winds and 3 the spirit of the dew when they are opened* standing open in the hea'ens at the ends$ 8s for the twel'e portals in the hea'en* at the ends of the earth* o&t of which go forth the s&n* moon* and stars* ' and all the works of hea'en in the east and in the west* There are many windows open to the left and right of them* and one window at its CappointedD season prod&ces warmth* corresponding Cas these doD to those doors from which the stars come forth according as -e has commanded them* / and wherein they set corresponding to their n&mber$ 8nd % saw chariots in the hea'en* r&nning 9 in the world* abo'e those portals in which re'ol'e the stars that ne'er set$ 8nd one is larger than all the rest* and it is that that makes its co&rse thro&gh the entire world$ 7hapter '3 $ 8nd at the ends of the earth % saw twel'e portals open to all the 5&arters Cof the hea'enD* from 6 which the winds go forth and blow o'er the earth$ Three of them are open on the face Ci$e$ the eastD of the hea'ens* and three in the west* and three on the right Ci$e$ the so&thD of the hea'en* and 3 three on the left Ci$e$ the northD$ 8nd the three first are those of the east* and three are of the 8 north* and three after those on the left of the so&th* and three of the west$ Thro&gh fo&r of these come winds of blessing and prosperity* and from those eight come h&rtf&l winds: when they are sent* they bring destr&ction on all the earth and on the water &pon it* and on all who dwell thereon* and on e'erything which is in the water and on the land$ # 8nd the first wind from those portals* called the east wind* comes forth thro&gh the first portal which is in the east* inclining towards the so&th: from it come forth desolation* dro&ght* heat* 3 and destr&ction$ 8nd thro&gh the second portal in the middle comes what is fitting* and from it there come rain and fr&itf&lness and prosperity and dew@ and thro&gh the third portal which lies toward the north come cold and dro&ght$ ' 8nd after these come forth the so&th winds thro&gh three portals: thro&gh the first portal of / them inclining to the east comes forth a hot wind$ 8nd thro&gh the middle portal next to it there 9 come forth fragrant smells* and dew and rain* and prosperity and health$ 8nd thro&gh the third portal lying to the west come forth dew and rain* loc&sts and desolation$ $( 8nd after these the north winds: from the se'enth portal in the east come dew and rain* loc&sts and desolation$ $$ 8nd from the middle portal come in a direct direction health and rain and dew and prosperity@ and thro&gh the third portal in the west come clo&d and hoar-frost* and snow and rain* and dew and loc&sts$ $6 8nd after these fo&r are the west winds: thro&gh the first portal adBoining the north come forth dew and hoarfrost* and cold and snow and frost$ 8nd from the middle portal come forth dew and rain* and prosperity and

blessing@ and thro&gh the last portal which adBoins the so&th come forth dro&ght and desolation* and b&rning and destr&ction$ 8nd the twel'e portals of the fo&r 5&arters of the hea'en are therewith completed* and all their laws and all their plag&es and all their benefactions ha'e % shown to thee* my son 7eth&selah$ 7hapter '' $ 8nd the first 5&arter is called the east* beca&se it is the first: and the second* the so&th* beca&se the 7ost -igh will descend there* yea* there in 5&ite a special sense will -e who is blessed for e'er 6 descend$ 8nd the west 5&arter is named the diminished* beca&se there all the l&minaries of the 3 hea'en wane and go down$ 8nd the fo&rth 5&arter* named the north* is di'ided into three parts: the first of them is for the dwelling of men: and the second contains seas of water* and the abysses and forests and ri'ers* and darkness and clo&ds@ and the third part contains the garden of righteo&sness$ 8 % saw se'en high mo&ntains* higher than all the mo&ntains which are on the earth: and thence # comes forth hoar-frost* and days* seasons* and years pass away$ % saw se'en ri'ers on the earth larger than all the ri'ers: one of them coming from the west po&rs its waters into the 0reat /ea$ 3 8nd these two come from the north to the sea and po&r their waters into the Erythraean /ea in the ' east$ 8nd the remaining* fo&r come forth on the side of the north to their own sea* two of them to the Erythraean /ea* and two into the 0reat /ea and discharge themsel'es there and some say: / into the desert$ /e'en great islands % saw in the sea and in the mainland: two in the mainland and fi'e in the 0reat /ea$ 7hapter '/ $46 8nd the names of the s&n are the following: the first 9rBares* and the second Tomas$ 8nd the moon has fo&r names: the first name is 8sonBa* the second Ebla* the third Benase* and the fo&rth 3 Erae$ These are the two great l&minaries: their circ&mference is like the circ&mference of the 8 hea'en* and the si.e of the circ&mference of both is alike$ %n the circ&mference of the s&n there are se'en portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon* and in definite meas&res it is s transferred till the se'enth portion of the s&n is exha&sted$ # 8nd they set and enter the portals of the west* and make their re'ol&tion by the north* and come forth thro&gh the eastern portals 3 on the face of the hea'en$ 8nd when the moon rises one-fo&rteenth part appears in the hea'en: the light becomes f&ll in her : on the fo&rteenth day she accomplishes her light$ ' 8nd fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth day CwhenD her light is accomplished* according to the sign of the year* and she becomes fifteen parts* and the moon grows by Cthe addition ofD fo&rteenth / parts$ 8nd in her waning Cthe moonD decreases on the first day to fo&rteen parts of her light* on the second to thirteen parts of light* on the third to twel'e* on the fo&rth to ele'en* on the fifth to ten* on the sixth to nine* on the se'enth to eight* on the eighth to se'en* on the ninth to six* on the tenth to fi'e* on the ele'enth to fo&r* on the twelfth to three* on the thirteenth to two* on the 9 fo&rteenth to the half of a se'enth* and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth$ 8nd $( in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once twentyeight$ 8nd Jriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the moon* and on which side it is transferred to her by the s&n$ $$ ;&ring all the period d&ring which the moon is growing in her light* she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the s&n d&ring fo&rteen days her light is accomplished in the hea'en* $6 and when she is ill&mined thro&gho&t* her light is accomplished f&ll in the hea'en$ 8nd on the first $3 day she is called the new moon* for on that day the light rises &pon her$ /he becomes f&ll moon exactly on the day when the s&n sets in the west* and from the east she rises at night* and the moon shines the whole night thro&gh till the s&n rises o'er against her and the moon is seen o'er against the s&n$ $8 9n the side whence the light of the moon comes forth* there again she wanes till all the light 'anishes and all the days of the month are at an end* and her circ&mference is empty* 'oid of $# light$ 8nd three months she makes of thirty days* and at her time she makes three months of twenty- nine days each* in which she accomplishes her waning in the first period of time* and in the first $3 portal for one h&ndred and se'enty-se'en days$ 8nd in the time of her going o&t she appears for three months CofD thirty days each* and for three months she appears CofD twenty-nine each$ 8t night she appears like a man for twenty days each time* and by day she appears like the hea'en* and there is nothing else in her sa'e her light$

7hapter '9 $ 8nd now* my son* % ha'e shown thee e'erything* and the law of all the stars of the hea'en is 6 completed$ 8nd he showed me all the laws of these for e'ery day* and for e'ery season of bearing r&le* and for e'ery year* and for its going forth* and for the order prescribed to it e'ery month 3 and e'ery week: 8nd the waning of the moon which takes place in the sixth portal: for in this 8 sixth portal her light is accomplished* and after that there is the beginning of the waning: C8nd the waningD which takes place in the first portal in its season* till one h&ndred and se'enty-se'en # days are accomplished: reckoned according to weeks* twenty-fi'e CweeksD and two days$ /he falls behind the s&n and the order of the stars exactly fi'e days in the co&rse of one period* and when 3 this place which tho& seest has been tra'ersed$ /&ch is the pict&re and sketch of e'ery l&minary which Jriel the archangel* who is their leader* showed &nto me$ 7hapter /( $ 8nd in those days the angel Jriel answered and said to me: Behold* % ha'e shown thee e'erything* Enoch* and % ha'e re'ealed e'erything to thee that tho& sho&ldst see this s&n and this moon* and the leaders of the stars of the hea'en and all those who t&rn them* their tasks and times and depart&res$ 6 8nd in the days of the sinners the years shall be shortened* 8nd their seed shall be tardy on their lands and fields* 8nd all things on the earth shall alter* 8nd shall not appear in their time: 8nd the rain shall be kept back 8nd the hea'en shall withhold CitD$ 3 8nd in those times the fr&its of the earth shall be backward* 8nd shall not grow in their time* 8nd the fr&its of the trees shall be withheld in their time$ 8 8nd the moon shall alter her order* 8nd not appear at her time$ # 8nd in those days the s&n shall be seen and he shall Bo&rney in the e'ening on the extremity of the great chariot in the west 8nd shall shine more brightly than accords with the order of light$ 3 8nd many chiefs of the stars shall transgress the order CprescribedD$ 8nd these shall alter their orbits and tasks* 8nd not appear at the seasons prescribed to them$ ' 8nd the whole order of the stars shall be concealed from the sinners* 8nd the tho&ghts of those on the earth shall err concerning them* 8nd they shall be altered from all their ways* Kea* they shall err and take them to be gods$ / 8nd e'il shall be m&ltiplied &pon them* 8nd p&nishment shall come &pon them /o as to destroy all$ 7hapter /$ $ 8nd he said &nto me: 9bser'e* Enoch* these hea'enly tablets* 8nd read what is written thereon* 8nd mark e'ery indi'id&al fact$ 6 8nd % obser'ed the hea'enly tablets* and read e'erything which was written CthereonD and &nderstood e'erything* and read the book of all the deeds of mankind* and of all the children of flesh 3 that shall be &pon the earth to the remotest generations$ 8nd forthwith % blessed the great :ord the King of glory for e'er* in that -e has made all the works of the world* 8nd % extolled the :ord beca&se of -is patience* 8nd blessed -im beca&se of the children of men$ 8 8nd after that % said: Blessed is the man who dies in righteo&sness and goodness* 6oncerning whom there is no book of &nrighteo&sness written* 8nd against whom no day of B&dgment shall be fo&nd$ # 8nd those se'en holy ones bro&ght me and placed me on the earth before the door of my ho&se* and said to me: ;eclare e'erything to thy son 7eth&selah* and show to all thy children that no 3 flesh is righteo&s in the sight of the :ord* for -e is their 6reator$ 9ne year we will lea'e thee with thy son* till tho& gi'est thy ClastD commands* that tho& mayest teach thy children and record CitD for them* and testify to all thy children@ and in the second year they shall take thee from their midst$ ' :et thy heart be strong* For the good shall anno&nce righteo&sness to the good@ The righteo&s with the righteo&s shall reBoice* 8nd shall offer congrat&lation to one another$ / B&t the sinners shall die with the sinners* 8nd the apostate go down with the apostate$ 9 8nd those who practice righteo&sness shall die on acco&nt of the deeds of men* 8nd be taken away on acco&nt of the doings of the godless$ $( 8nd in those days they ceased to speak to me* and % came to my people* blessing the :ord of the world$

7hapter /6 $ 8nd now* my son 7eth&selah* all these things % am reco&nting to thee and writing down for theeH and % ha'e re'ealed to thee e'erything* and gi'en thee books concerning all these: so preser'e* my son 7eth&selah* the books from thy fathers hand* and CseeD that tho& deli'er them to the generations of the world$ 6 % ha'e gi'en <isdom to thee and to thy children* 8nd thy children that shall be to thee* That they may gi'e it to their children for generations* This wisdom CnamelyD that passeth their tho&ght$ 3 8nd those who &nderstand it shall not sleep* B&t shall listen with the ear that they may learn this wisdom* 8nd it shall please those that eat thereof better than good food$ 8 Blessed are all the righteo&s* blessed are all those who walk %n the way of righteo&sness and sin not as the sinners* in the reckoning of all their days in which the s&n tra'erses the hea'en* entering into and departing from the portals for thirty days with the heads of tho&sands of the order of the stars* together with the fo&r which are intercalated which di'ide the fo&r portions of the year* which # lead them and enter with them fo&r days$ 9wing to them men shall be at fa&lt and not reckon them in the whole reckoning of the year: yea* men shall be at fa&lt* and not recogni.e them 3 acc&rately$ For they belong to the reckoning of the year and are tr&ly recorded CthereonD for e'er* one in the first portal and one in the third* and one in the fo&rth and one in the sixth* and the year is completed in three h&ndred and sixty-fo&r days$ ' 8nd the acco&nt thereof is acc&rate and the recorded reckoning thereof exact@ for the l&minaries* and months and festi'als* and years and days* has Jriel shown and re'ealed to me* to whom the / :ord of the whole creation of the world hath s&bBected the host of hea'en$ 8nd he has power o'er night and day in the hea'en to ca&se the light to gi'e light to men -s&n* moon* and stars* 9 and all the powers of the hea'en which re'ol'e in their circ&lar chariots$ 8nd these are the orders of the stars* which set in their places* and in their seasons and festi'als and months$ $( 8nd these are the names of those who lead them* who watch that they enter at their times* in their orders* in their seasons* in their months* in their periods of dominion* and in their positions$ Their fo&r leaders who di'ide the fo&r parts of the year enter first@ and after them the twel'e leaders of the orders who di'ide the months@ $$ and for the three h&ndred and sixty CdaysD there are heads o'er tho&sands who di'ide the days@ and for the fo&r intercalary days there are the leaders which s&nder $6 the fo&r parts of the year$ 8nd these heads o'er tho&sands are intercalated between $3 leader and leader* each behind a station* b&t their leaders make the di'ision$ 8nd these are the names of the leaders who di'ide the fo&r parts of the year which are ordained: 7ilkiel* -elemmelek* and 7eleBal* $8 and =arel$ 8nd the names of those who lead them: 8dnarel* and %Bas&sael* and Elomeel- these three follow the leaders of the orders* $# and there is one that follows the three leaders of the orders which follow those leaders of stations that di'ide the fo&r parts of the year$ %n the beginning of the year 7elkeBal rises first and r&les* who is named Tamaini and s&n* and $3 all the days of his dominion whilst he bears r&le are ninetyone days$ 8nd these are the signs of the days which are to be seen on earth in the days of his dominion: sweat* and heat* and calms@ and all the trees bear fr&it* and lea'es are prod&ced on all the trees* and the har'est of wheat* and the rose-flowers* and all the flowers which come forth in the field* $' b&t the trees of the winter season become withered$ 8nd these are the names of the leaders which are &nder them: Berkael* Ielebsel* and another who is added a head of a tho&sand* called -il&Baseph: and the days of the dominion of this CleaderD are at an end$ $/ The next leader after him is -elemmelek* whom one names the shining s&n* and all the days $9 of his light are ninety-one days$ 8nd these are the signs of ChisD days on the earth: glowing heat and dryness* and the trees ripen their fr&its and prod&ce all their fr&its ripe and ready* and the sheep pair and become pregnant* and all the fr&its of the earth are gathered in* and e'erything that is 6( in the fields* and the winepress: these things take place in the days of his dominion$ These are the names* and the orders* and the leaders of those heads of tho&sands: 0idalBal* Keel* and -eel* and the name of the head of a tho&sand which is added to them* 8sfael: and the days of his dominion are at an end$

The Book of Enoch


Book 8: ?isions
Chapter '# -(& 7hapter /3 $ 8nd now* my son 7eth&selah* % will show thee all my 'isions which % ha'e seen* reco&nting 6 them before thee$ Two 'isions % saw before % took a wife* and the one was 5&ite &nlike the other: the first when % was learning to write: the second before % took thy mother* CwhenD % saw a terrible 3 'ision$ 8nd regarding them % prayed to the :ord$ % had laid me down in the ho&se of my grandfather 7ahalalel* CwhenD % saw in a 'ision how the hea'en collapsed and was borne off and fell to 8 the earth$ 8nd when it fell to the earth % saw how the earth was swallowed &p in a great abyss* and mo&ntains were s&spended on mo&ntains* and hills sank down on hills* and high trees were rent # from their stems* and h&rled down and s&nk in the abyss$ 8nd there&pon a word fell into my mo&th* 3 and % lifted &p Cmy 'oiceD to cry alo&d* and said: The earth is destroyed$ 8nd my grandfather 7ahalalel waked me as % lay near him* and said &nto me: <hy dost tho& cry so* my son* and why ' dost tho& make s&ch lamentationL 8nd % reco&nted to him the whole 'ision which % had seen* and he said &nto me: 8 terrible thing hast tho& seen* my son* and of gra'e moment is thy dream- 'ision as to the secrets if all the sin of the earth: it m&st sink into the abyss and be destroyed with / a great destr&ction$ 8nd now* my son* arise and make petition to the :ord of glory* since tho& art a belie'er* that a remnant may remain on the earth* and that -e may not destroy the whole 9 earth$ 7y son* from hea'en all this will come &pon the earth* and &pon the earth there will be great $( destr&ction$ 8fter that % arose and prayed and implored and beso&ght* and wrote down my prayer for the generations of the world* and % will show e'erything to thee* my son 7eth&selah$ 8nd when % had gone forth below and seen the hea'en* and the s&n rising in the east* and the moon setting in the west* and a few stars* and the whole earth* and e'erything as -e had known it in the beginning* then % blessed the :ord of B&dgment and extolled -im beca&se -e had made the s&n to go forth from the windows of the east* and he ascended and rose on the face of the hea'en* and set o&t and kept tra'ersing the path shown &nto him$ 7hapter /8 $ 8nd % lifted &p my hands in righteo&sness and blessed the -oly and 0reat 9ne* and spake with the breath of my mo&th* and with the tong&e of flesh* which 0od has made for the children of the flesh of men* that they sho&ld speak therewith* and -e ga'e them breath and a tong&e and a mo&th that they sho&ld speak therewith: 6 Blessed be Tho&* 9 :ord* King* 0reat and mighty in Thy greatness* :ord of the whole creation of the hea'en* King of kings and 0od of the whole world$ 8nd Thy power and kingship and greatness abide for e'er and e'er* 8nd thro&gho&t all generations Thy dominion@ 8nd all the hea'ens are Thy throne for e'er* 8nd the whole earth Thy footstool for e'er and e'er$ 3 For Tho& hast made and Tho& r&lest all things* 8nd nothing is too hard for Thee* <isdom departs not from the place of Thy throne* =or t&rns away from Thy presence$ 8nd Tho& knowest and seest and hearest e'erything* 8nd there is nothing hidden from Thee for Tho& seest e'erything$ 8 8nd now the angels of Thy hea'ens are g&ilty of trespass* 8nd &pon the flesh of men abideth Thy wrath &ntil the great day of B&dgment$ # 8nd now* 9 0od and :ord and 0reat King* % implore and beseech Thee to f&lfil my prayer* To lea'e me a posterity on earth* 8nd not destroy all the flesh of man* 8nd make the earth witho&t inhabitant* /o that there sho&ld be an eternal destr&ction$ 3 8nd now* my :ord* destroy from the earth the flesh which has aro&sed Thy wrath* B&t the flesh of righteo&sness and &prightness establish as a plant of the eternal seed* 8nd hide not Thy face from the prayer of Thy ser'ant* 9 :ord$ 7hapter /# $46 8nd after this % saw another dream* and % will show the whole dream to thee* my son$ 8nd Enoch lifted &p Chis 'oiceD and spake to his son 7eth&selah: To thee* my son* will % speak: hear my words-incline thine ear to the dream-'ision of thy father$ 3 Before % took thy mother Edna* % saw in a 'ision on my bed* and behold a b&ll

came forth from the earth* and that b&ll was white@ and after it came forth a heifer* and along with this ClatterD came forth two b&lls* one of them black and 8 the other red$ 8nd that black b&ll gored the red one and p&rs&ed him o'er the earth* and there&pon # % co&ld no longer see that red b&ll$ B&t that black b&ll grew and that heifer went with him* and 3 % saw that many oxen proceeded from him which resembled and followed him$ 8nd that cow* that first one* went from the presence of that first b&ll in order to seek that red one* b&t fo&nd him ' not* and lamented with a great lamentation o'er him and so&ght him$ 8nd % looked till that first / b&ll came to her and 5&ieted her* and from that time onward she cried no more$ 8nd after that she bore another white b&ll* and after him she bore many b&lls and black cows$ 9 8nd % saw in my sleep that white b&ll likewise grow and become a great white b&ll* and from -im proceeded many white b&lls* and they resembled him$ 8nd they began to beget many white b&lls* which resembled them* one following the other* Ce'enD many$ 7hapter /3 $ 8nd again % saw with mine eyes as % slept* and % saw the hea'en abo'e* and behold a star fell 6 from hea'en* and it arose and eat and past&red amongst those oxen$ 8nd after that % saw the large and the black oxen* and behold they all changed their stalls and past&res and their cattle* and began 3 to li'e with each other$ 8nd again % saw in the 'ision* and looked towards the hea'en* and behold % saw many stars descend and cast themsel'es down from hea'en to that first star* and they became 8 b&lls amongst those cattle and past&red with them amongst them$ 8nd % looked at them and saw* and behold they all let o&t their pri'y members* like horses* and began to co'er the cows of the oxen* # and they all became pregnant and bare elephants* camels* and asses$ 8nd all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them* and began to bite with their teeth and to de'o&r* and to gore with their 3 horns$ 8nd they began* moreo'er* to de'o&r those oxen@ and behold all the children of the earth began to tremble and 5&ake before them and to flee from them$ 7hapter /' $ 8nd again % saw how they began to gore each other and to de'o&r each other* and the earth 6 began to cry alo&d$ 8nd % raised mine eyes again to hea'en* and % saw in the 'ision* and behold there came forth from hea'en beings who were like white men: and fo&r went forth from that place 3 and three with them$ 8nd those three that had last come forth grasped me by my hand and took me &p* away from the generations of the earth* and raised me &p to a lofty place* and showed me 8 a tower raised high abo'e the earth* and all the hills were lower$ 8nd one said &nto me: >emain here till tho& seest e'erything that befalls those elephants* camels* and asses* and the stars and the oxen* and all of them$ 7hapter // $ 8nd % saw one of those fo&r who had come forth first* and he sei.ed that first star which had fallen from the hea'en* and bo&nd it hand and foot and cast it into an abyss: now that abyss was 6 narrow and deep* and horrible and dark$ 8nd one of them drew a sword* and ga'e it to those elephants and camels and asses: then they began to smite each other* and the whole earth 5&aked 3 beca&se of them$ 8nd as % was beholding in the 'ision* lo* one of those fo&r who had come forth stoned CthemD from hea'en* and gathered and took all the great stars whose pri'y members were like those of horses* and bo&nd them all hand and foot* and cast them in an abyss of the earth$ 7hapter /9 $ 8nd one of those fo&r went to that white b&ll and instr&cted him in a secret* witho&t his being terrified: he was born a b&ll and became a man* and b&ilt for himself a great 'essel and dwelt thereon@ 6 and three b&lls dwelt with him in that 'essel and they were co'ered in$ 8nd again % raised mine eyes towards hea'en and saw a lofty roof* with se'en water torrents thereon* and those torrents 3 flowed with m&ch water into an enclos&re$ 8nd % saw again* and behold fo&ntains were opened on the s&rface of that great enclos&re* and that water began to swell and rise &pon the s&rface* 8 and % saw that enclos&re till all its s&rface was co'ered with water$ 8nd the

water* the darkness* and mist increased &pon it@ and as % looked at the height of that water* that water had risen abo'e the height of that enclos&re* and was streaming o'er that enclos&re* and it stood &pon the earth$ # 8nd all the cattle of that enclos&re were gathered together &ntil % saw how they sank and were 3 swallowed &p and perished in that water$ B&t that 'essel floated on the water* while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals* so that % co&ld no longer see them* ' and they were not able to escape* Cb&tD perished and sank into the depths$ 8nd again % saw in the 'ision till those water torrents were remo'ed from that high roof* and the chasms / of the earth were le'eled &p and other abysses were opened$ Then the water began to r&n down into these* till the earth became 'isible@ b&t that 'essel settled on the earth* and the darkness 9 retired and light appeared$ B&t that white b&ll which had become a man came o&t of that 'essel* and the three b&lls with him* and one of those three was white like that b&ll* and one of them was red as blood* and one black: and that white b&ll departed from them$ $( 8nd they began to bring forth beasts of the field and birds* so that there arose different genera: lions* tigers* wol'es* dogs* hyenas* wild boars* foxes* s5&irrels* swine* falcons* '&lt&res* kites* eagles* and ra'ens@ $$ and among them was born a white b&ll$ 8nd they began to bite one another@ b&t that white b&ll which was born amongst them begat a wild ass and a white b&ll with it* and the $6 wild asses m&ltiplied$ B&t that b&ll which was born from him begat a black wild boar and a white $3 sheep@ and the former begat many boars* b&t that sheep begat twel'e sheep$ 8nd when those twel'e sheep had grown* they ga'e &p one of them to the asses* and those asses again ga'e &p that sheep to the wol'es* $8 and that sheep grew &p among the wol'es$ 8nd the :ord bro&ght the ele'en sheep to li'e with it and to past&re with it among the wol'es: and they m&ltiplied and became many flocks of sheep$ $#8nd the wol'es began to fear them* and they oppressed them &ntil they destroyed $3 cry alo&d on acco&nt of their little ones* and to complain &nto their :ord$ 8nd a sheep which had been sa'ed from the wol'es fled and escaped to the wild asses@ and % saw the sheep how they lamented and cried* and beso&ght their :ord with all their might* till that :ord of the sheep descended at the 'oice of the sheep from a lofty abode* and came to them and past&red them$ $' 8nd -e called that sheep which had escaped the wol'es* and spake with it concerning the wol'es that it sho&ld $/ admonish them not to to&ch the sheep$ 8nd the sheep went to the wol'es according to the word of the :ord* and another sheep met it and went with it* and the two went and entered together into the assembly of those wol'es* and spake with them and admonished them not to to&ch the $9 sheep from henceforth$ 8nd there&pon % saw the wol'es* and how they oppressed the sheep 6( exceedingly with all their power@ and the sheep cried alo&d$ 8nd the :ord came to the sheep and they began to smite those wol'es: and the wol'es began to make lamentation@ b&t the sheep became 6$ 5&iet and forthwith ceased to cry o&t$ 8nd % saw the sheep till they departed from amongst the wol'es@ b&t the eyes of the wol'es were blinded* and those wol'es departed in p&rs&it of the sheep 66 with all their power$ 8nd the :ord of the sheep went with them* as their leader* and all -is sheep 63 followed -im: and his face was da..ling and glorio&s and terrible to behold$ B&t the wol'es 68 began to p&rs&e those sheep till they reached a sea of water$ 8nd that sea was di'ided* and the water stood on this side and on that before their face* and their :ord led them and placed -imself between 6# them and the wol'es$ 8nd as those wol'es did not yet see the sheep* they proceeded into the midst of that sea* and the wol'es followed the sheep* and those wol'es ran after them into that sea$ 63 8nd when they saw the :ord of the sheep* they t&rned to flee before -is face* b&t that sea gathered itself together* and became as it had been created* and the water swelled and rose till it co'ered 6' those wol'es$ 8nd % saw till all the wol'es who p&rs&ed those sheep perished and were drowned$ 6/ B&t the sheep escaped from that water and went forth into a wilderness* where there was no water and no grass@ and they began to open their eyes and to see@ and % saw the :ord of the sheep 69 past&ring them and gi'ing them water and grass* and that sheep going and leading them$ 8nd that 3( sheep ascended to the s&mmit of that lofty rock* and the :ord of the sheep sent it to them$ 8nd after that % saw the :ord of the sheep who stood before them* and -is appearance was great and 3$ terrible and maBestic* and all those sheep saw -im and were afraid before -is face$ 8nd they all feared and trembled beca&se of -im* and they cried to that sheep with them which was amongst 36 them: <e are not able to stand before o&r :ord or to behold -im$ 8nd that sheep which led them again ascended to the s&mmit of that rock* b&t the sheep began to be blinded and to wander 33 from the way which he had showed them* b&t that sheep wot not thereof$ 8nd the :ord of the sheep was wrathf&l exceedingly against them* and that sheep disco'ered it* and went down from the s&mmit of the rock* and came to the sheep* and fo&nd the greatest part of them blinded and fallen 38 away$ 8nd when they saw it they feared and trembled at its presence* and desired to ret&rn to their 3# folds$ 8nd that sheep took other sheep with it* and came to those sheep which had fallen away* and began to slay them@ and the

sheep feared its presence* and th&s that sheep bro&ght back those 33 sheep that had fallen away* and they ret&rned to their folds$ 8nd % saw in this 'ision till that sheep became a man and b&ilt a ho&se for the :ord of the sheep* and placed all the sheep in that ho&se$ 3' 8nd % saw till this sheep which had met that sheep which led them fell asleep: and % saw till all the great sheep perished and little ones arose in their place* and they came to a past&re* and 3/ approached a stream of water$ Then that sheep* their leader which had become a man* withdrew 39 from them and fell asleep* and all the sheep so&ght it and cried o'er it with a great crying$ 8nd % saw till they left off crying for that sheep and crossed that stream of water* and there arose the two sheep as leaders in the place of those which had led them and fallen asleep Clit$ had fallen asleep and led 8( them D$ 8nd % saw till the sheep came to a goodly place* and a pleasant and glorio&s land* and % saw till those sheep were satisfied@ and that ho&se stood amongst them in the pleasant land$ 8$ 8nd sometimes their eyes were opened* and sometimes blinded* till another sheep arose and led them and bro&ght them all back* and their eyes were opened$ 86 8nd the dogs and the foxes and the wild boars began to de'o&r those sheep till the :ord of the sheep raised &p another sheep a ram from their 83 midst* which led them$ 8nd that ram began to b&tt on either side those dogs* foxes* and wild 88 boars till he had destroyed them all$ 8nd that sheep whose eyes were opened saw that ram* which was amongst the sheep* till it forsook its glory and began to b&tt those sheep* and trampled &pon them* and beha'ed itself 8# &nseemly$ 8nd the :ord of the sheep sent the lamb to another lamb and raised it to being a ram and leader of the sheep instead of that 83 ram which had forsaken its glory$ 8nd it went to it and spake to it alone* and raised it to being a ram* and made it the prince and leader of the sheep@ b&t d&ring all these things those dogs 8' oppressed the sheep$ 8nd the first ram p&rs&ed that second ram* and that second ram arose and fled before it@ and % saw till those dogs p&lled 8/ down the first ram$ 8nd that second ram arose 8/b and led the little sheep$ 8nd those sheep grew and m&ltiplied@ b&t all the dogs* and foxes* and wild boars feared and fled before it* and that ram b&tted and killed the wild beasts* and those wild beasts had no longer any power among the 89 sheep and robbed them no more of o&ght$ 8nd that ram begat many sheep and fell asleep@ and a little sheep became ram in its stead* and became prince and leader of those sheep #( 8nd that ho&se became great and broad* and it was b&ilt for those sheep: CandD a tower lofty and great was b&ilt on the ho&se for the :ord of the sheep* and that ho&se was low* b&t the tower was ele'ated and lofty* and the :ord of the sheep stood on that tower and they offered a f&ll table before -im$ #$ 8nd again % saw those sheep that they again erred and went many ways* and forsook that their ho&se* and the :ord of the sheep called some from amongst the sheep and sent them to the sheep* #6 b&t the sheep began to slay them$ 8nd one of them was sa'ed and was not slain* and it sped away and cried alo&d o'er the sheep@ and they so&ght to slay it* b&t the :ord of the sheep sa'ed it from #3 the sheep* and bro&ght it &p to me* and ca&sed it to dwell there$ 8nd many other sheep -e sent to those sheep to testify &nto them and lament o'er them$ #8 8nd after that % saw that when they forsook the ho&se of the :ord and -is tower they fell away entirely* and their eyes were blinded@ and % saw the :ord of the sheep how -e wro&ght m&ch sla&ghter amongst them in their herds &ntil ## those sheep in'ited that sla&ghter and betrayed -is place$ 8nd -e ga'e them o'er into the hands of the lions and tigers* and wol'es and hyenas* and into the hand of the foxes* and to all the wild #3 beasts* and those wild beasts began to tear in pieces those sheep$ 8nd % saw that -e forsook that their ho&se and their tower and ga'e them all into the hand of the lions* to tear and de'o&r them* #' into the hand of all the wild beasts$ 8nd % began to cry alo&d with all my power* and to appeal to the :ord of the sheep* and to represent to -im in regard to the sheep that they were de'o&red #/ by all the wild beasts$ B&t -e remained &nmo'ed* tho&gh -e saw it* and reBoiced that they were de'o&red and swallowed and robbed* and left them to be de'o&red in the hand of all the beasts$ #9 8nd -e called se'enty shepherds* and cast those sheep to them that they might past&re them* and -e spake to the shepherds and their companions: :et each indi'id&al of yo& past&re the sheep 3( henceforward* and e'erything that % shall command yo& that do ye$ 8nd % will deli'er them o'er &nto yo& d&ly n&mbered* and tell yo& which of them are to be destroyed-and them destroy ye$ 8nd 3$ -e ga'e o'er &nto them those sheep$ 8nd -e called another and spake &nto him: 9bser'e and mark e'erything that the shepherds will do to those sheep@ for they will destroy more of them than 36 % ha'e commanded them$ 8nd e'ery excess and the destr&ction which will be wro&ght thro&gh the shepherds* record CnamelyD how many they destroy according to my command* and how many according to their own caprice: record against e'ery indi'id&al shepherd all the destr&ction he 33 effects$ 8nd read o&t before me by n&mber how many they destroy* and how many they deli'er o'er for destr&ction* that % may ha'e this as a testimony against them* and know e'ery deed of the shepherds* that % may comprehend and see what they do* whether or not they abide by my 38 command which % ha'e commanded them$ B&t they shall

not know it* and tho& shalt not declare it to them* nor admonish them* b&t only record against each indi'id&al all the destr&ction which 3# the shepherds effect each in his time and lay it all before me$ 8nd % saw till those shepherds past&red in their season* and they began to slay and to destroy more than they were bidden* and they deli'ered 33 those sheep into the hand of the lions$ 8nd the lions and tigers eat and de'o&red the greater part of those sheep* and the wild boars eat along with them@ and they b&rnt that tower and demolished 3' that ho&se$ 8nd % became exceedingly sorrowf&l o'er that tower beca&se that ho&se of the sheep was demolished* and afterwards % was &nable to see if those sheep entered that ho&se$ 3/ 8nd the shepherds and their associates deli'ered o'er those sheep to all the wild beasts* to de'o&r them* and each one of them recei'ed in his time a definite n&mber: it was written by the other 39 in a book how many each one of them destroyed of them$ 8nd each one slew and destroyed many '( more than was prescribed@ and % began to weep and lament on acco&nt of those sheep$ 8nd th&s in the 'ision % saw that one who wrote* how he wrote down e'ery one that was destroyed by those shepherds* day by day* and carried &p and laid down and showed act&ally the whole book to the :ord of the sheep-Ce'enD e'erything that they had done* and all that each one of them had made '$ away with* and all that they had gi'en o'er to destr&ction$ 8nd the book was read before the :ord of the sheep* and -e took the book from his hand and read it and sealed it and laid it down$ '6 8nd forthwith % saw how the shepherds past&red for twel'e ho&rs* and behold three of those sheep t&rned back and came and entered and began to b&ild &p all that had fallen down of that '3 ho&se@ b&t the wild boars tried to hinder them* b&t they were not able$ 8nd they began again to b&ild as before* and they reared &p that tower* and it was named the high tower@ and they began again to place a table before the tower* b&t all the bread on it was poll&ted and not p&re$ '8 8nd as to&ching all this the eyes of those sheep were blinded so that they saw not* and Cthe eyes ofD their shepherds likewise@ and they deli'ered them in large n&mbers to their shepherds for '# destr&ction* and they trampled the sheep with their feet and de'o&red them$ 8nd the :ord of the sheep remained &nmo'ed till all the sheep were dispersed o'er the field and mingled with them Cthe beastsD* '3 and they Cthe shepherdsD did not sa'e them o&t of the hand of the beasts$ 8nd this one who wrote the book carried it &p* and showed it and read it before the :ord of the sheep* and implored -im on their acco&nt* and beso&ght -im on their acco&nt as he showed -im all the doings '' of the shepherds* and ga'e testimony before -im against all the shepherds$ 8nd he took the act&al book and laid it down beside -im and departed$ 7hapter 9( $ 8nd % saw till that in this manner thirty-fi'e shepherds &ndertook the past&ring Cof the sheepD* and they se'erally completed their periods as did the first@ and others recei'e them into their 6 hands* to past&re them for their period* each shepherd in his own period$ 8nd after that % saw in my 'ision all the birds of hea'en coming* the eagles* the '&lt&res* the kites* the ra'ens@ b&t the eagles led all the birds@ and they began to de'o&r those sheep* and to pick o&t their eyes and to 3 de'o&r their flesh$ 8nd the sheep cried o&t beca&se their flesh was being de'o&red by the birds* 8 and as for me % looked and lamented in my sleep o'er that shepherd who past&red the sheep$ 8nd % saw &ntil those sheep were de'o&red by the dogs and eagles and kites* and they left neither flesh nor skin nor sinew remaining on them till only their bones stood there: and their bones too fell # to the earth and the sheep became few$ 8nd % saw &ntil that twenty-three had &ndertaken the past&ring and completed in their se'eral periods fifty-eight times$ 3 B&t behold lambs were borne by those white sheep* and they began to open their eyes and to see* ' and to cry to the sheep$ Kea* they cried to them* b&t they did not hearken to what they said to / them* b&t were exceedingly deaf* and their eyes were 'ery exceedingly blinded$ 8nd % saw in the 'ision how the ra'ens flew &pon those lambs and took one of those lambs* and dashed the sheep 9 in pieces and de'o&red them$ 8nd % saw till horns grew &pon those lambs* and the ra'ens cast down their horns@ and % saw till there spro&ted a great horn of one of those sheep* and their eyes $( were opened$ 8nd it looked at them and their eyes opened* and it cried to the sheep* and the $$ rams saw it and all ran to it$ $6 8nd notwithstanding all this those eagles and '&lt&res and ra'ens and kites $3 still kept tearing the sheep and swooping down &pon them $8 and de'o&ring them: still the sheep remained silent* b&t the rams lamented and cried o&t$ $# 8nd those ra'ens fo&ght and battled with it and so&ght to lay low its horn* b&t they had no power o'er it$ $3 8ll the eagles and '&lt&res and ra'ens and kites were gathered together* $' and there came with them all the sheep of the field* $/ yea* they all came together* and helped each other to break that horn of the ram$ $9 8nd % saw till a great sword was gi'en to the sheep* and the sheep proceeded against all the beasts of the field to

slay them* and all the beasts and the birds of the hea'en fled before their face$ 8nd % saw that man* who wrote the book according to the command of the :ord* till he opened that book concerning the destr&ction which those twel'e last shepherds had wro&ght* and showed that they had destroyed m&ch more than their predecessors* before the :ord of the sheep$ 8nd % saw till the :ord of the sheep came &nto them and took in -is hand the staff of -is wrath* and smote the earth* and the earth cla'e as&nder* and all the beasts and all the birds of the hea'en fell from among those sheep* and were swallowed &p in the earth and it co'ered them$ 6( 8nd % saw till a throne was erected in the pleasant land* and the :ord of the sheep sat -imself thereon* and the other took the sealed books and opened those books before the :ord of the sheep$ 6$ 8nd the :ord called those men the se'en first white ones* and commanded that they sho&ld bring before -im* beginning with the first star which led the way* all the stars whose pri'y members 66 were like those of horses* and they bro&ght them all before -im$ 8nd -e said to that man who wrote before -im* being one of those se'en white ones* and said &nto him: Take those se'enty shepherds to whom % deli'ered the sheep* and who taking them on their own a&thority slew more 63 than % commanded them$ 8nd behold they were all bo&nd* % saw* and they all stood before -im$ 68 8nd the B&dgment was held first o'er the stars* and they were B&dged and fo&nd g&ilty* and went to the place of condemnation* and they were cast into an abyss* f&ll of fire and flaming* and f&ll 6# of pillars of fire$ 8nd those se'enty shepherds were B&dged and fo&nd g&ilty* and they were cast 63 into that fiery abyss$ 8nd % saw at that time how a like abyss was opened in the midst of the earth* f&ll of fire* and they bro&ght those blinded sheep* and they were all B&dged and fo&nd g&ilty and 6' cast into this fiery abyss* and they b&rned@ now this abyss was to the right of that ho&se$ 8nd % saw those sheep b&rning and their bones b&rning$ 6/ 8nd % stood &p to see till they folded &p that old ho&se@ and carried off all the pillars* and all the beams and ornaments of the ho&se were at the same time folded &p with it* and they carried 69 it off and laid it in a place in the so&th of the land$ 8nd % saw till the :ord of the sheep bro&ght a new ho&se greater and loftier than that first* and set it &p in the place of the first which had been folded &p: all its pillars were new* and its ornaments were new and larger than those of the first* the old one which -e had taken away* and all the sheep were within it$ 3( 8nd % saw all the sheep which had been left* and all the beasts on the earth* and all the birds of the hea'en* falling down and doing homage to those sheep and making petition to and obeying 3$ them in e'ery thing$ 8nd thereafter those three who were clothed in white and had sei.ed me by my hand who had taken me &p before* and the hand of that ram also sei.ing hold of me* they 36 took me &p and set me down in the midst of those sheep before the B&dgment took place$ 8nd those 33 sheep were all white* and their wool was ab&ndant and clean$ 8nd all that had been destroyed and dispersed* and all the beasts of the field* and all the birds of the hea'en* assembled in that ho&se* and the :ord of the sheep reBoiced with great Boy beca&se they were all good and had ret&rned to 38 -is ho&se$ 8nd % saw till they laid down that sword* which had been gi'en to the sheep* and they bro&ght it back into the ho&se* and it was sealed before the presence of the :ord* and all the sheep 3# were in'ited into that ho&se* b&t it held them not$ 8nd the eyes of them all were opened* and they 33 saw the good* and there was not one among them that did not see$ 8nd % saw that that ho&se was large and broad and 'ery f&ll$ 3' 8nd % saw that a white b&ll was born* with large horns and all the beasts of the field and all the 3/ birds of the air feared him and made petition to him all the time$ of 8nd % saw till all their generations were transformed* and they all became white b&lls@ and the first among them became a lamb* and that lamb became a great animal and had great black horns on its head@ and the :ord of the sheep 39 reBoiced o'er it and o'er all the oxen$ 8nd % slept in their midst: and % awoke and saw e'erything$ 8( This is the 'ision which % saw while % slept* and % awoke and blessed the :ord of righteo&sness and 8$ ga'e -im glory$ Then % wept with a great weeping and my tears stayed not till % co&ld no longer end&re it: when % saw* they flowed on acco&nt of what % had seen@ for e'erything shall come and 86 be f&lfilled* and all the deeds of men in their order were shown to me$ 9n that night % remembered the first dream* and beca&se of it % wept and was tro&bled-beca&se % had seen that 'ision$

The Book of Enoch


Book #: Epistle of Enoch - Part 1
Chapter (1 - (( 7hapter 9$

$ 8nd now* my son 7eth&selah* call to me all thy brothers 8nd gather together to me all the sons of thy mother@ For the word calls me* 8nd the spirit is po&red o&t &pon me* That % may show yo& e'erything That shall befall yo& for e'er$ 6 8nd there &pon 7eth&selah went and s&mmoned to him all his brothers and assembled his relati'es$ 3 8nd he spake &nto all the children of righteo&sness and said: -ear* ye sons of Enoch* all the words of yo&r father* 8nd hearken aright to the 'oice of my mo&th@ For % exhort yo& and say &nto yo&* belo'ed: 8 :o'e &prightness and walk therein$ 8nd draw not nigh to &prightness with a do&ble heart* 8nd associate not with those of a do&ble heart* B&t walk in righteo&sness* my sons$ 8nd it shall g&ide yo& on good paths* 8nd righteo&sness shall be yo&r companion$ # For % know that 'iolence m&st increase on the earth* 8nd a great chastisement be exec&ted on the earth* 8nd all &nrighteo&sness come to an end: Kea* it shall be c&t off from its roots* 8nd its whole str&ct&re be destroyed$ 3 8nd &nrighteo&sness shall again be cons&mmated on the earth* 8nd all the deeds of &nrighteo&sness and of 'iolence 8nd transgression shall pre'ail in a twofold degree$ ' 8nd when sin and &nrighteo&sness and blasphemy 8nd 'iolence in all kinds of deeds increase* 8nd apostasy and transgression and &ncleanness increase* 8 great chastisement shall come from hea'en &pon all these* 8nd the holy :ord will come forth with wrath and chastisement To exec&te B&dgment on earth$ / %n those days 'iolence shall be c&t off from its roots* 8nd the roots of &nrighteo&sness together with deceit* 8nd they shall be destroyed from &nder hea'en$ 9 8nd all the idols of the heathen shall be abandoned* 8nd the temples b&rned with fire* 8nd they shall remo'e them from the whole earth* 8nd they Cthe heathenD shall be cast into the B&dgment of fire* 8nd shall perish in wrath and in grie'o&s B&dgment for e'er$ $( 8nd the righteo&s shall arise from their sleep* 8nd wisdom shall arise and be gi'en &nto them$ $$8nd after that the roots of &nrighteo&sness shall be c&t off* and the sinners shall be destroyed by the sword and the blasphemers destroyed in e'ery place* $6 and those who plan 'iolence and those who commit blasphemy shall perish by the sword$ $3 8nd now % tell yo&* my sons* and show yo& The paths of righteo&sness and the paths of 'iolence$ Kea* % will show them to yo& again That ye may know what will come to pass$ $8 8nd now* hearken &nto me* my sons* 8nd walk in the paths of righteo&sness* 8nd walk not in the paths of 'iolence@ For all who walk in the paths of &nrighteo&sness shall perish for e'er$ 7hapter 96 $ The book written by Enoch-Enoch indeed wrote this complete doctrine of wisdom* Cwhich isD praised of all men and a B&dge of all the earth for all my children who shall dwell on the earth$ 8nd for the f&t&re generations who shall obser'e &prightness and peace$ 6 :et not yo&r spirit be tro&bled on acco&nt of the times@ For the -oly and 0reat 9ne has appointed days for all things$ 3 8nd the righteo&s one shall arise from sleep* /hall arise and walk in the paths of righteo&sness* 8nd all his path and con'ersation shall be in eternal goodness and grace$8 -e will be gracio&s to the righteo&s and gi'e him eternal &prightness* 8nd -e will gi'e him power so that he shall be CendowedD with goodness and righteo&sness$ 8nd he shall walk in eternal light$ # 8nd sin shall perish in darkness for e'er* 8nd shall no more be seen from that day for e'ermore$ 7hapter 93 $46 8nd after that Enoch both ga'e and began to reco&nt from the books$ 8nd Enoch said: 6oncerning the children of righteo&sness and concerning the elect of the world* 8nd concerning the plant of &prightness* % will speak these things* Kea* % Enoch will declare CthemD &nto yo&* my sons: 8ccording to that which appeared to me in the hea'enly 'ision* 8nd which % ha'e known thro&gh the word of the holy angels* 8nd ha'e learnt from the hea'enly tablets$ 3 8nd Enoch began to reco&nt from the books and said: % was born the se'enth in the first week* <hile B&dgment and righteo&sness still end&red$ 8 8nd after me there shall arise in the second week great wickedness* 8nd deceit shall ha'e spr&ng &p@ 8nd in it there shall be the first end$ 8nd in it a man shall be sa'ed@ 8nd after it is ended &nrighteo&sness shall grow &p* 8nd a law shall be made for the sinners$ 8nd after that in the third week at its close 8 man shall be elected as the plant of righteo&s B&dgment* 8nd his posterity shall become the plant of righteo&sness for e'ermore$ 3 8nd after that in the fo&rth week* at its close* 4isions of the holy and righteo&s shall be seen* 8nd a law for all generations and an enclos&re shall be made for them$ ' 8nd after that in the fifth week* at its close* The ho&se of glory and dominion shall be b&ilt for e'er$/ 8nd after that in the sixth week all who li'e in it shall be blinded* 8nd the

hearts of all of them shall godlessly forsake wisdom$ 8nd in it a man shall ascend@ 8nd at its close the ho&se of dominion shall be b&rnt with fire* 8nd the whole race of the chosen root shall be dispersed$ 9 8nd after that in the se'enth week shall an apostate generation arise* 8nd many shall be its deeds* 8nd all its deeds shall be apostate$ $( 8nd at its close shall be elected The elect righteo&s of the eternal plant of righteo&sness* To recei'e se'enfold instr&ction concerning all -is creation$ $$ For who is there of all the children of men that is able to hear the 'oice of the -oly 9ne witho&t being tro&bled L 8nd who can think -is tho&ghts L and who is there that can behold all the works $6 of hea'en L 8nd how sho&ld there be one who co&ld behold the hea'en* and who is there that co&ld &nderstand the things of hea'en and see a so&l or a spirit and co&ld tell thereof* or ascend and see $3 all their ends and think them or do like them L 8nd who is there of all men that co&ld know what is the breadth and the length of the earth* and to whom has been shown the meas&re of all of them L $8 9r is there any one who co&ld discern the length of the hea'en and how great is its height* and &pon what it is fo&nded* and how great is the n&mber of the stars* and where all the l&minaries rest L 7hapter 98 $ 8nd now % say &nto yo&* my sons* lo'e righteo&sness and walk therein@ For the paths of righteo&sness are worthy of acceptation* B&t the paths of &nrighteo&sness shall s&ddenly be destroyed and 'anish$ 6 8nd to certain men of a generation shall the paths of 'iolence and of death be re'ealed* 8nd they shall hold themsel'es afar from them* 8nd shall not follow them$ 3 8nd now % say &nto yo& the righteo&s: <alk not in the paths of wickedness* nor in the paths of death* 8nd draw not nigh to them* lest ye be destroyed$ 8 B&t seek and choose for yo&rsel'es righteo&sness and an elect life* 8nd walk in the paths of peace* 8nd ye shall li'e and prosper$ # 8nd hold fast my words in the tho&ghts of yo&r hearts* 8nd s&ffer them not to be effaced from yo&r hearts@ For % know that sinners will tempt men to e'illy-entreat wisdom* /o that no place may be fo&nd for her* 8nd no manner of temptation may minish$ 3 <oe to those who b&ild &nrighteo&sness and oppression 8nd lay deceit as a fo&ndation@ For they shall be s&ddenly o'erthrown* 8nd they shall ha'e no peace$ ' <oe to those who b&ild their ho&ses with sin@ For from all their fo&ndations shall they be o'erthrown* 8nd by the sword shall they fall$ 8nd those who ac5&ire gold and sil'er in B&dgment s&ddenly shall perish$ / <oe to yo&* ye rich* for ye ha'e tr&sted in yo&r riches* 8nd from yo&r riches shall ye depart* Beca&se ye ha'e not remembered the 7ost -igh in the days of yo&r riches$ 9 Ke ha'e committed blasphemy and &nrighteo&sness* 8nd ha'e become ready for the day of sla&ghter* 8nd the day of darkness and the day of the great B&dgment$ $( Th&s % speak and declare &nto yo&: -e who hath created yo& will o'erthrow yo&* 8nd for yo&r fall there shall be no compassion* 8nd yo&r 6reator will reBoice at yo&r destr&ction$ $$ 8nd yo&r righteo&s ones in those days shall be 8 reproach to the sinners and the godless$ 7hapter 9# $ 9h that mine eyes were a clo&d of waters That % might weep o'er yo&* 8nd po&r down my tears as a clo&d of waters: That so % might rest from my tro&ble of heartH 6 who has permitted yo& to practice reproaches and wickedness L 8nd so B&dgment shall o'ertake yo&* sinners$ 3 Fear not the sinners* ye righteo&s@ For again will the :ord deli'er them into yo&r hands* That ye may exec&te B&dgment &pon them according to yo&r desires$ 8 <oe to yo& who f&lminate anathemas which cannot be re'ersed: -ealing shall therefore be far from yo& beca&se of yo&r sins$ # <oe to yo& who re5&ite yo&r neighbo&r with e'il@ For ye shall be re5&ited according to yo&r works$ 3 <oe to yo&* lying witnesses* 8nd to those who weigh o&t inB&stice* For s&ddenly shall ye perish$ ' <oe to yo&* sinners* for ye persec&te the righteo&s@ For ye shall be deli'ered &p and persec&ted beca&se of inB&stice* 8nd hea'y shall its yoke be &pon yo&$ 7hapter 93 $ Be hopef&l* ye righteo&s@ for s&ddenly shall the sinners perish before yo&* 8nd ye shall ha'e lordship o'er them according to yo&r desires$ 6 8nd in the day of the trib&lation of the sinners* Ko&r children shall mo&nt and rise as eagles* 8nd higher than the '&lt&res will be yo&r nest* 8nd ye shall ascend and enter the cre'ices of the earth* 8nd the clefts of the rock for e'er as coneys before the &nrighteo&s* 8nd the sirens shall sigh beca&se of

yo&-and weep 3 <herefore fear not* ye that ha'e s&ffered@ For healing shall be yo&r portion* 8nd a bright light shall enlighten yo&* 8nd the 'oice of rest ye shall hear from hea'en$ 8 <oe &nto yo&* ye sinners* for yo&r riches make yo& appear like the righteo&s* B&t yo&r hearts con'ict yo& of being sinners* 8nd this fact shall be a testimony against yo& for a memorial of Cyo&rD e'il deeds$ # <oe to yo& who de'o&r the finest of the wheat* 8nd drink wine in large bowls* 8nd tread &nder foot the lowly with yo&r might$ 3 <oe to yo& who drink water from e'ery fo&ntain* For s&ddenly shall ye be cons&med and wither away* Beca&se ye ha'e forsaken the fo&ntain of life$ ' <oe to yo& who work &nrighteo&sness 8nd deceit and blasphemy: %t shall be a memorial against yo& for e'il$ / <oe to yo&* ye mighty* <ho with might oppress the righteo&s@ For the day of yo&r destr&ction is coming$ %n those days many and good days shall come to the righteo&s-in the day of yo&r B&dgment$ 7hapter 9' $ Belie'e* ye righteo&s* that the sinners will become a shame 8nd perish in the day of &nrighteo&sness$ 6 Be it known &nto yo& Cye sinnersD that the 7ost -igh is mindf&l of yo&r destr&ction* 8nd the angels of hea'en reBoice o'er yo&r destr&ction$ 3 <hat will ye do* ye sinners* 8nd whither will ye flee on that day of B&dgment* <hen ye hear the 'oice of the prayer of the righteo&s L 8 Kea* ye shall fare like &nto them* 8gainst whom this word shall be a testimony: " Ke ha'e been companions of sinners$" # 8nd in those days the prayer of the righteo&s shall reach &nto the :ord* 8nd for yo& the days of yo&r B&dgment shall come$ 3 8nd all the words of yo&r &nrighteo&sness shall be read o&t before the 0reat -oly 9ne* 8nd yo&r faces shall be co'ered with shame* 8nd -e will reBect e'ery work which is gro&nded on &nrighteo&sness$ ' <oe to yo&* ye sinners* who li'e on the mid ocean and on the dry land* <hose remembrance is e'il against yo&$ / <oe to yo& who ac5&ire sil'er and gold in &nrighteo&sness and say: " <e ha'e become rich with riches and ha'e possessions@ 8nd ha'e ac5&ired e'erything we ha'e desired$ 9 8nd now let &s do what we p&rposed: For we ha'e gathered sil'er* 9c 8nd many are the h&sbandmen in o&r ho&ses$" 9d 8nd o&r granaries are CbrimD f&ll as with water* $( Kea and like water yo&r lies shall flow away@ For yo&r riches shall not abide B&t speedily ascend from yo&@ For ye ha'e ac5&ired it all in &nrighteo&sness* 8nd ye shall be gi'en o'er to a great c&rse$ 7hapter 9/ $ 8nd now % swear &nto yo&* to the wise and to the foolish* For ye shall ha'e manifold experiences on the earth$ 6 For ye men shall p&t on more adornments than a woman* 8nd colo&red garments more than a 'irgin: %n royalty and in grande&r and in power* 8nd in sil'er and in gold and in p&rple* 8nd in splendo&r and in food they shall be po&red o&t as water$ 3 Therefore they shall be wanting in doctrine and wisdom* 8nd they shall perish thereby together with their possessions@ 8nd with all their glory and their splendo&r* 8nd in shame and in sla&ghter and in great destit&tion* Their spirits shall be cast into the f&rnace of fire$ 8 % ha'e sworn &nto yo&* ye sinners* as a mo&ntain has not become a sla'e* 8nd a hill does not become the handmaid of a woman* E'en so sin has not been sent &pon the earth* B&t man of himself has created it* 8nd &nder a great c&rse shall they fall who commit it$ # 8nd barrenness has not been gi'en to the woman* B&t on acco&nt of the deeds of her own hands she dies witho&t children$ 3 % ha'e sworn &nto yo&* ye sinners* by the -oly 0reat 9ne* That all yo&r e'il deeds are re'ealed in the hea'ens* 8nd that none of yo&r deeds of oppression are co'ered and hidden$ ' 8nd do not think in yo&r spirit nor say in yo&r heart that ye do not know and that ye do not see / that e'ery sin is e'ery day recorded in hea'en in the presence of the 7ost -igh$ From henceforth ye know that all yo&r oppression wherewith ye oppress is written down e'ery day till the day of yo&r B&dgment $ 9 <oe to yo&* ye fools* for thro&gh yo&r folly shall ye perish: and ye transgress against the wise* $( and so good hap shall not be yo&r portion$ 8nd now* know ye that ye are prepared for the day of destr&ction: wherefore do not hope to li'e* ye sinners* b&t ye shall depart and die@ for ye know no ransom@ for ye are prepared for the day of the great B&dgment* for the day of trib&lation and great shame for yo&r spirits$ $$ <oe to yo&* ye obstinate of heart* who work wickedness and eat blood: <hence ha'e ye good things to eat and to drink and to be filled L From all the good things which the :ord the 7ost -igh has placed in ab&ndance on the earth@ therefore ye shall ha'e no peace$ $6 <oe to yo& who lo'e the deeds of &nrighteo&sness: wherefore do ye hope for good hap &nto yo&rsel'esL know that ye shall be deli'ered into the hands of the righteo&s* and they shall c&t $3 off yo&r necks

and slay yo&* and ha'e no mercy &pon yo&$ <oe to yo& who reBoice in the trib&lation of the righteo&s@ for no gra'e shall be d&g for yo&$ <oe to yo& who set at no&ght the words of $8 the righteo&s@ for ye shall ha'e no hope of life$ <oe to yo& who write down lying and godless words@ for they write down their lies that men may hear them and act godlessly towards CtheirD $# neighbo&r$ Therefore they shall ha'e no peace b&t die a s&dden death$ 7hapter 99 $ <oe to yo& who work godlessness* 8nd glory in lying and extol them: Ke shall perish* and no happy life shall be yo&rs$ 6 <oe to them who per'ert the words of &prightness* 8nd transgress the eternal law* 8nd transform themsel'es into what they were not into sinners : They shall be trodden &nder foot &pon the earth$ 3 %n those days make ready* ye righteo&s* to raise yo&r prayers as a memorial* 8nd place them as a testimony before the angels* that they may place the sin of the sinners for a memorial before the 7ost -igh$ 8 %n those days the nations shall be stirred &p* 8nd the families of the nations shall arise on the day of destr&ction$ # 8nd in those days the destit&te shall go forth and carry off their children* 8nd they shall abandon them* so that their children shall perish thro&gh them: Kea* they shall abandon their children Cthat are stillD s&cklings* and not ret&rn to them* 8nd shall ha'e no pity on their belo'ed ones$ 34' 8nd again % swear to yo&* ye sinners* that sin is prepared for a day of &nceasing bloodshed$ 8nd they who worship stones* and gra'e images of gold and sil'er and wood Cand stoneD and clay* and those who worship imp&re spirits and demons* and all kinds of idols not according to knowledge* shall get no manner of help from them$ / 8nd they shall become godless by reason of the folly of their hearts* 8nd their eyes shall be blinded thro&gh the fear of their hearts 8nd thro&gh 'isions in their dreams$ 9 Thro&gh these they shall become godless and fearf&l@ For they shall ha'e wro&ght all their work in a lie* 8nd shall ha'e worshiped a stone: Therefore in an instant shall they perish$ $( B&t in those days blessed are all they who accept the words of wisdom* and &nderstand them* 8nd obser'e the paths of the 7ost -igh* and walk in the path of -is righteo&sness* 8nd become not godless with the godless@ For they shall be sa'ed$ $$ <oe to yo& who spread e'il to yo&r neighbo&rs@ For yo& shall be slain in /heol$ $6 <oe to yo& who make deceitf&l and false meas&res* 8nd Cto themD who ca&se bitterness on the earth@ For they shall thereby be &tterly cons&med$ $3 <oe to yo& who b&ild yo&r ho&ses thro&gh the grie'o&s toil of others* 8nd all their b&ilding materials are the bricks and stones of sin@ % tell yo& ye shall ha'e no peace$ $8 <oe to them who reBect the meas&re and eternal heritage of their fathers 8nd whose so&ls follow after idols@ For they shall ha'e no rest$ $# <oe to them who work &nrighteo&sness and help oppression* 8nd slay their neighbo&rs &ntil the day of the great B&dgment$ $3 For -e shall cast down yo&r glory* 8nd bring affliction on yo&r hearts* 8nd shall aro&se -is fierce indignation 8nd destroy yo& all with the sword@ 8nd all the holy and righteo&s shall remember yo&r sins$

The Book of Enoch


Book #: Epistle of Enoch- Part !
Chapter 1&& - 1&' 7hapter $(( $ 8nd in those days in one place the fathers together with their sons shall be smitten 8nd brothers one with another shall fall in death Till the streams flow with their blood$ 6 For a man shall not withhold his hand from slaying his sons and his sons sons* 8nd the sinner shall not withhold his hand from his hono&red brother: From dawn till s&nset they shall slay one another$ 3 8nd the horse shall walk &p to the breast in the blood of sinners* 8nd the chariot shall be s&bmerged to its height$8 %n those days the angels shall descend into the secret places 8nd gather together into one place all those who bro&ght down sin 8nd the 7ost -igh will arise on that day of B&dgment To exec&te great B&dgment amongst sinners$ # 8nd o'er all the righteo&s and holy -e will appoint g&ardians from amongst the holy angels To g&ard them as the apple of an eye* Jntil -e makes an end of all wickedness and all sin* 8nd tho&gh the righteo&s sleep a long sleep* they ha'e no&ght to fear$ 3 8nd CthenD the children of the earth shall see the wise in sec&rity* 8nd shall &nderstand all the words of this book* 8nd

recogni.e that their riches shall not be able to sa'e them %n the o'erthrow of their sins$ ' <oe to yo&* /inners* on the day of strong ang&ish* Ke who afflict the righteo&s and b&rn them with fire: Ke shall be re5&ited according to yo&r works$ / <oe to yo&* ye obstinate of heart* <ho watch in order to de'ise wickedness: Therefore shall fear come &pon yo& 8nd there shall be none to help yo&$ 9 <oe to yo&* ye sinners* on acco&nt of the words of yo&r mo&th* 8nd on acco&nt of the deeds of yo&r hands which yo&r godlessness as wro&ght* %n bla.ing flames b&rning worse than fire shall ye b&rn$ $( 8nd now* know ye that from the angels -e will in5&ire as to yo&r deeds in hea'en* from the s&n and from the moon and from the stars in reference to yo&r sins beca&se &pon the earth ye exec&te $$ B&dgment on the righteo&s$ 8nd -e will s&mmon to testify against yo& e'ery clo&d and mist and dew and rain@ for they shall all be withheld beca&se of yo& from descending &pon yo&* and they $6 shall be mindf&l of yo&r sins$ 8nd now gi'e presents to the rain that it be not withheld from descending &pon yo&* nor yet the dew* when it has recei'ed gold and sil'er from yo& that it may descend$ <hen the hoar-frost and snow with their chilliness* and all the snow-storms with all their plag&es fall &pon yo&* in those days ye shall not be able to stand before them$ 7hapter $($ $ 9bser'e the hea'en* ye children of hea'en* and e'ery work of the 7ost -igh* and fear ye -im 6 and work no e'il in -is presence$ %f -e closes the windows of hea'en* and withholds the rain and 3 the dew from descending on the earth on yo&r acco&nt* what will ye do thenL 8nd if -e sends -is anger &pon yo& beca&se of yo&r deeds* ye cannot petition -im@ for ye spake pro&d and insolent 8 words against -is righteo&sness: therefore ye shall ha'e no peace$ 8nd see ye not the sailors of the ships* how their ships are tossed to and fro by the wa'es* and are shaken by the winds* and are # in sore tro&ble L 8nd therefore do they fear beca&se all their goodly possessions go &pon the sea with them* and they ha'e e'il forebodings of heart that the sea will swallow them and they will 3 perish therein$ 8re not the entire sea and all its waters* and all its mo'ements* the work of the 7ost ' -igh* and has -e not set limits to its doings* and confined it thro&gho&t by the sand L 8nd at -is reproof it is afraid and dries &p* and all its fish die and all that is in it@ B&t ye sinners that are / on the earth fear -im not$ -as -e not made the hea'en and the earth* and all that is therein L <ho has gi'en &nderstanding and wisdom to e'erything that mo'es on the earth and in the sea$ 9 ;o not the sailors of the ships fear the sea L Ket sinners fear not the 7ost -igh$ 7hapter $(6 $ %n those days when -e hath bro&ght a grie'o&s fire &pon yo&* <hither will ye flee* and where will ye find deli'eranceL 8nd when -e la&nches forth -is <ord against yo& <ill yo& not be affrighted and fearL 6 8nd all the l&minaries shall be affrighted with great fear* 8nd all the earth shall be affrighted and tremble and be alarmed$ 3 8nd all the angels shall exec&te their commands 8nd shall seek to hide themsel'es from the presence of the 0reat 0lory* 8nd the children of earth shall tremble and 5&ake@ 8nd ye sinners shall be c&rsed for e'er* 8nd ye shall ha'e no peace$ 8 Fear ye not* ye so&ls of the righteo&s* 8nd be hopef&l ye that ha'e died in righteo&sness$ # 8nd grie'e not if yo&r so&l into /heol has descended in grief* 8nd that in yo&r life yo&r body fared not according to yo&r goodness* B&t wait for the day of the B&dgment of sinners 8nd for the day of c&rsing and chastisement$ 3 8nd yet when ye die the sinners speak o'er yo&: " 8s we die* so die the righteo&s* 8nd what benefit do they reap for their deeds L ' Behold* e'en as we* so do they die in grief and darkness* 8nd what ha'e they more than we L From henceforth we are e5&al$ / 8nd what will they recei'e and what will they see for e'er L Behold* they too ha'e died* 8nd henceforth for e'er shall they see no light$" 9 % tell yo&* ye sinners* ye are content to eat and drink* and rob and sin* and strip men naked* and $( ac5&ire wealth and see good days$ -a'e ye seen the righteo&s how their end falls o&t* that no manner $$ of 'iolence is fo&nd in them till their death L " =e'ertheless they perished and became as tho&gh they had not been* and their spirits descended into /heol in trib&lation$"

7hapter $(3 $ =ow* therefore* % swear to yo&* the righteo&s* by the glory of the 0reat and -ono&red and 6 7ighty 9ne in dominion* and by -is greatness % swear to yo&$ % know a mystery 8nd ha'e read the hea'enly tablets* 8nd ha'e seen the holy books* 8nd ha'e fo&nd written therein and inscribed regarding them: 3 That all goodness and Boy and glory are prepared for them* 8nd written down for the spirits of those who ha'e died in righteo&sness* 8nd that manifold good shall be gi'en to yo& in recompense for yo&r labo&rs* 8nd that yo&r lot is ab&ndantly beyond the lot of the li'ing$ 8 8nd the spirits of yo& who ha'e died in righteo&sness shall li'e and reBoice* 8nd their spirits shall not perish* nor their memorial from before the face of the 0reat 9ne Jnto all the generations of the world: wherefore no longer fear their cont&mely$ # <oe to yo&* ye sinners* when ye ha'e died* %f ye die in the wealth of yo&r sins* 8nd those who are like yo& say regarding yo&: Blessed are the sinners: they ha'e seen all their days$ 3 8nd how they ha'e died in prosperity and in wealth* 8nd ha'e not seen trib&lation or m&rder in their life@ 8nd they ha'e died in hono&r* 8nd B&dgment has not been exec&ted on them d&ring their life$" ' Know ye* that their so&ls will be made to descend into /heol 8nd they shall be wretched in their great trib&lation$ / 8nd into darkness and chains and a b&rning flame where there is grie'o&s B&dgment shall yo&r spirits enter@ 8nd the great B&dgment shall be for all the generations of the world$ <oe to yo&* for ye shall ha'e no peace$ 9 /ay not in regard to the righteo&s and good who are in life: " %n o&r tro&bled days we ha'e toiled laborio&sly and experienced e'ery tro&ble* 8nd met with m&ch e'il and been cons&med* 8nd ha'e become few and o&r spirit small$ $( 8nd we ha'e been destroyed and ha'e not fo&nd any to help &s e'en with a word: <e ha'e been tort&red and destroyed* and not hoped to see life from day to day$ $$ <e hoped to be the head and ha'e become the tail: <e ha'e toiled laborio&sly and had no satisfaction in o&r toil@ 8nd we ha'e become the food of the sinners and the &nrighteo&s* 8nd they ha'e laid their yoke hea'ily &pon &s$ $6 They ha'e had dominion o'er &s that hated &s and smote &s@ 8nd to those that hated &s we ha'e bowed o&r necks B&t they pitied &s not$ $3 <e desired to get away from them that we might escape and be at rest* B&t fo&nd no place where&nto we sho&ld flee and be safe from them$ $8 8nd are complained to the r&lers in o&r trib&lation* 8nd cried o&t against those who de'o&red &s* B&t they did not attend to o&r cries 8nd wo&ld not hearken to o&r 'oice$ $# 8nd they helped those who robbed &s and de'o&red &s and those who made &s few@ and they concealed their oppression* and they did not remo'e from &s the yoke of those that de'o&red &s and dispersed &s and m&rdered &s* and they concealed their m&rder* and remembered not that they had lifted &p their hands against &s$ 7hapter $(8 $ % swear &nto yo&* that in hea'en the angels remember yo& for good before the glory of the 0reat 6 9ne: and yo&r names are written before the glory of the 0reat 9ne$ Be hopef&l@ for aforetime ye were p&t to shame thro&gh ill and affliction@ b&t now ye shall shine as the lights of hea'en* 3 ye shall shine and ye shall be seen* and the portals of hea'en shall be opened to yo&$ 8nd in yo&r cry* cry for B&dgment* and it shall appear to yo&@ for all yo&r trib&lation shall be 'isited on the 8 r&lers* and on all who helped those who pl&ndered yo&$ Be hopef&l* and cast not away yo&r hopes for ye shall ha'e great Boy as the angels of hea'en$ # <hat shall ye be obliged to do L Ke shall not ha'e to hide on the day of the great B&dgment and ye shall not be fo&nd as sinners* and the eternal 3 B&dgment shall be far from yo& for all the generations of the world$ 8nd now fear not* ye righteo&s* when ye see the sinners growing strong and prospering in their ways: be not companions with them* ' b&t keep afar from their 'iolence@ for ye shall become companions of the hosts of hea'en$ 8nd* altho&gh ye sinners say: " 8ll o&r sins shall not be searched o&t and be written down*" ne'ertheless / they shall write down all yo&r sins e'ery day$ 8nd now % show &nto yo& that light and darkness* 9 day and night* see all yo&r sins$ Be not godless in yo&r hearts* and lie not and alter not the words of &prightness* nor charge with lying the words of the -oly 0reat 9ne* nor take acco&nt of yo&r $( idols@ for all yo&r lying and all yo&r godlessness iss&e not in righteo&sness b&t in great sin$ 8nd now % know this mystery* that sinners will alter and per'ert the words of righteo&sness in many ways* and will speak wicked words* and lie* and practice great deceits* and write books concerning $$ their words$ B&t when they write down tr&thf&lly all my words in their lang&ages* and do not change or minish o&ght from my words b&t write them all down tr&thf&lly -all that % first testified $6 concerning them$ Then* % know another mystery* that books will be gi'en to the righteo&s and the $3 wise to become a

ca&se of Boy and &prightness and m&ch wisdom$ 8nd to them shall the books be gi'en* and they shall belie'e in them and reBoice o'er them* and then shall all the righteo&s who ha'e learnt therefrom all the paths of &prightness be recompensed$ 7hapter $(# $ %n those days the :ord bade CthemD to s&mmon and testify to the children of earth concerning their wisdom: /how CitD &nto them@ for ye are their g&ides* and a recompense o'er the whole earth$ 6 For % and 7y son will be &nited with them for e'er in the paths of &prightness in their li'es@ and ye shall ha'e peace: reBoice* ye children of &prightness$ 8men$ 7hapter $(3 $ 8nd after some days my son 7eth&selah took a wife for his son :amech* and she became 6 pregnant by him and bore a son$ 8nd his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose* and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool* and his eyes bea&tif&l$ 8nd when he opened his eyes* he lighted &p the whole ho&se like the s&n* and the whole ho&se 3 was 'ery bright$ 8nd there&pon he arose in the hands of the midwife* opened his mo&th* and con'ersed with the :ord of righteo&sness$ 8 8nd his father :amech was afraid of him and # fled* and came to his father 7eth&selah$ 8nd he said &nto him: % ha'e begotten a strange son* di'erse from and &nlike man* and resembling the sons of the 0od of hea'en@ and his nat&re is different and he is not like &s* and his eyes are as the rays of the s&n* and his 3 co&ntenance is glorio&s$ 8nd it seems to me that he is not spr&ng from me b&t from the angels* and % fear that in his days a wonder may be ' wro&ght on the earth$ 8nd now* my father* % am here to petition thee and implore thee that tho& mayest go to Enoch* o&r father* and learn from him the tr&th* for his dwelling-place is / amongst the angels$ 8nd when 7eth&selah heard the words of his son* he came to me to the ends of the earth@ for he had heard that 9 % was there* and he cried alo&d* and % heard his 'oice and % came to him$ 8nd % said &nto him: Behold* here am %* my son* wherefore hast tho& come to me L 8nd he answered and said: Beca&se of a great ca&se of anxiety ha'e % come to thee* and beca&se of a dist&rbing 'ision $( ha'e % approached$ 8nd now* my father* hear me: &nto :amech my son there hath been born a son* the like of whom there is none* and his nat&re is not like mans nat&re* and the colo&r of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose* and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool* and his eyes are like the rays of the s&n* and he opened his eyes and $$ there&pon lighted &p the whole ho&se$ 8nd he arose in the hands of the midwife* and opened $6 his mo&th and blessed the :ord of hea'en$ 8nd his father :amech became afraid and fled to me* and did not belie'e that he was spr&ng from him* b&t that he was in the likeness of the angels of hea'en@ and behold % ha'e come to thee that tho& mayest make known to me the tr&th$ $3 8nd %* Enoch* answered and said &nto him: The :ord will do a new thing on the earth* and this % ha'e already seen in a 'ision* and make known to thee that in the generation of my father ,ared some of the angels of hea'en transgressed the word of the :ord$ $8 8nd behold they commit sin and transgress the law* and ha'e &nited themsel'es with women and commit sin with them* and ha'e married some of them* and ha'e begot children by them$ $# 8nd they shall prod&ce on the earth giants not according to the spirit* b&t according to the flesh* and there shall be a great p&nishment on the earth* and the earth shall be cleansed from all imp&rity$ Kea* there shall come a great destr&ction o'er the whole earth* and there shall be a del&ge and $3 a great destr&ction for one year$ 8nd this son who has been born &nto yo& shall be left on the earth* and his three children shall be sa'ed with him: when all mankind that are on the earth $' shall die he and his sons shall be sa'ed$ 8nd now make known to thy son :amech that he who has been born is in tr&th his son* and call his name =oah@ for he shall be left to yo&* and he and his sons shall be sa'ed from the destr&ction* which shall come &pon the earth on acco&nt of all the sin and all the &nrighteo&sness* which shall be cons&mmated on the earth in his days$ 8nd after that there shall be still more &nrighteo&sness than that which was first cons&mmated on the earth@ for % know the mysteries of the holy ones@ for -e* the :ord* has showed me and informed me* and % ha'e read CthemD in the hea'enly tablets$

7hapter $(' $ 8nd % saw written on them that generation &pon generation shall transgress* till a generation of righteo&sness arises* and transgression is destroyed and sin passes away from the earth* and all 6 manner of good comes &pon it$ 8nd now* my son* go and make known to thy son :amech that this 3 son* which has been born* is in tr&th his son* and that CthisD is no lie$ 8nd when 7eth&selah had heard the words of his father Enoch-for he had shown to him e'erything in secret-he ret&rned and showed CthemD to him and called the name of that son =oah@ for he will comfort the earth after all the destr&ction$ 7hapter $(/ $ 8nother book which Enoch wrote for his son 7eth&selah and for those who will come after him* 6 and keep the law in the last days$ Ke who ha'e done good shall wait for those days till an end is made of those who work e'il@ and an end of the might of the transgressors$ 8nd wait ye indeed till sin has passed away* 3 for their names shall be blotted o&t of the book of life and o&t of the holy books* and their seed shall be destroyed for e'er* 8 and their spirits shall be slain* and they shall cry and make lamentation in a place that is a chaotic wilderness* and in the fire shall they b&rn@ for there is no earth there$ 8nd % saw there something like an in'isible clo&d@ for by reason of its depth % co&ld not look o'er* and % saw a flame of fire bla.ing brightly* and things like shining # mo&ntains circling and sweeping to and fro$ 8nd % asked one of the holy angels who was with me and said &nto him: <hat is this shining thingL for it is not a hea'en b&t only the flame of a bla.ing 3 fire* and the 'oice of weeping and crying and lamentation and strong pain$ 8nd he said &nto me: This place which tho& seest-here are cast the spirits of sinners and blasphemers* and of those who work wickedness* and of those who per'ert e'erything that the :ord hath spoken thro&gh the mo&th ' of the prophets-Ce'enD the things that shall be$ For some of them are written and inscribed abo'e in the hea'en* in order that the angels may read them and know that which shall befall the sinners* and the spirits of the h&mble* and of those who ha'e afflicted their bodies* and been recompensed / by 0od@ and of those who ha'e been p&t to shame by wicked men: <ho lo'e 0od and lo'ed neither gold nor sil'er nor any of the good things which are in the world* b&t ga'e o'er their bodies to tort&re$ 9 <ho* since they came into being* longed not after earthly food* b&t regarded e'erything as a passing breath* and li'ed accordingly* and the :ord tried them m&ch* and their spirits were $( fo&nd p&re so that they sho&ld bless -is name$ 8nd all the blessings destined for them % ha'e reco&nted in the books$ 8nd he hath assigned them their recompense* beca&se they ha'e been fo&nd to be s&ch as lo'ed hea'en more than their life in the world* and tho&gh they were trodden &nder foot of wicked men* and experienced ab&se and re'iling from them and were p&t to shame* $$ yet they blessed 7e$ 8nd now % will s&mmon the spirits of the good who belong to the generation of light* and % will transform those who were born in darkness* who in the flesh were not recompensed $6 with s&ch hono&r as their faithf&lness deser'ed$ 8nd % will bring forth in shining light those who $3 ha'e lo'ed 7y holy name* and % will seat each on the throne of his hono&r$ 8nd they shall be resplendent for times witho&t n&mber@ for righteo&sness is the B&dgment of 0od@ for to the faithf&l $8 -e will gi'e faithf&lness in the habitation of &pright paths$ 8nd they shall see those who were* $# born in darkness led into darkness* while the righteo&s shall be resplendent$ 8nd the sinners shall cry alo&d and see them resplendent* and they indeed will go where days and seasons are prescribed for them$

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