THE BOOK OF ENOCH : CHAPTERS 16 - 38
1 From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death
of the giants, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits,
having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgement
-thus shall they destroy until the day of the consummation,
the great judgement in which the age shall be
2 consummated, over the Watchers and the godless, yea, shall
be wholly consummated." And now as to the Watchers who have
sent thee to intercede for them, who had been aforetime in
heaven, (say
3 to them): "You have been in heaven, but all the mysteries
had not yet been revealed to you, and you knew worthless
ones, and these in the hardness of your hearts you have made
known to the women, and through these mysteries women and
men work much evil on earth."
4 Say to them therefore: " You have no peace."'
[Chapter 17]
1 And they took and brought me to a place in which those who
were there were like flaming fire,
2 and, when they wished, they appeared as men. And they
brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain the
point of whose summit reached to heaven. And I saw the
places of the luminaries and the treasuries of the stars and
of the thunder and in the uttermost depths, where were
4 a fiery bow and arrows and their quiver, and a fiery sword
and all the lightnings. And they took
5 me to the living waters, and to the fire of the west,
which receives every setting of the sun. And I came to a
river of fire in which the fire flows like water and
discharges itself into the great sea towards
6 the west. I saw the great rivers and came to the great
river and to the great darkness, and went
7 to the place where no flesh walks. I saw the mountains of
the darkness of winter and the place
8 whence all the waters of the deep flow. I saw the mouths
of all the rivers of the earth and the mouth of the deep.
[Chapter 18]
1 I saw the treasuries of all the winds: I saw how He had
furnished with them the whole creation
2 and the firm foundations of the earth. And I saw the
corner-stone of the earth: I saw the four
3 winds which bear [the earth and] the firmament of the
heaven. And I saw how the winds stretch out the vaults of
heaven, and have their station between heaven and earth:
these are the pillars
4 of the heaven. I saw the winds of heaven which turn and
bring the circumference of the sun and
5 all the stars to their setting. I saw the winds on the
earth carrying the clouds: I saw the paths
6 of the angels.
I saw at the end of the earth the firmament of the heaven
above. And I proceeded and saw a place which burns day and
night, where there are seven mountains of magnificent
stones,
7 three towards the east, and three towards the south. And
as for those towards the east, was of coloured stone, and
one of pearl, and one of jacinth, and those towards the
south of red stone.
8 But the middle one reached to heaven like the throne of
God, of alabaster, and the summit of the
9,10 throne was of sapphire. And I saw a flaming fire. And
beyond these mountains is a region the end of the great
earth: there the heavens were completed. And I saw a deep
abyss, with columns of heavenly fire, and among them I saw
columns of fire fall, which were beyond measure alike
towards
12 the height and towards the depth. And beyond that abyss I
saw a place which had no firmament of the heaven above, and
no firmly founded earth beneath it: there was no water upon
it, and no
13 birds, but it was a waste and horrible place. I saw there
seven stars like great burning mountains,
14 and to me, when I inquired regarding them, The angel
said: 'This place is the end of heaven and earth: this has
become a prison for the stars and the host of heaven. And
the stars which roll over the fire are they which have
transgressed the commandment of the Lord in the beginning of
16 their rising, because they did not come forth at their
appointed times. And He was wroth with them, and bound them
till the time when their guilt should be consummated (even)
for ten thousand years.'
[Chapter 19]
1 And Uriel said to me: 'Here shall stand the angels who
have connected themselves with women, and their spirits
assuming many different forms are defiling mankind and shall
lead them astray into sacrificing to demons as gods, (here
shall they stand,) till the day of the great judgement in
2 which they shall be judged till they are made an end of.
And the women also of the angels who
3 went astray shall become sirens.' And I, Enoch, alone saw
the vision, the ends of all things: and no man shall see as
I have seen.
[Chapter 20]
1,2 And these are the names of the holy angels who watch.
Uriel, one of the holy angels, who is
3 over the world and over Tartarus. Raphael, one of the holy
angels, who is over the spirits of men.
4,5 Raguel, one of the holy angels who takes vengeance on
the world of the luminaries. Michael, one
6 of the holy angels, to wit, he that is set over the best
part of mankind and over chaos. Saraqael,
7 one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits, who
sin in the spirit. Gabriel, one of the holy
8 angels, who is
over Paradise and the serpents and the Cherubim. Remiel, one
of the holy angels, whom God set over those who rise.
[Chapter 21]
1,2 And I proceeded to where things were chaotic. And I saw
there something horrible: I saw neither
3 a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a place
chaotic and horrible. And there I saw
4 seven stars of the heaven bound together in it, like great
mountains and burning with fire. Then
5 I said: 'For what sin are they bound, and on what account
have they been cast in hither?' Then said Uriel, one of the
holy angels, who was with me, and was chief over them, and
said: 'Enoch, why
6 dost thou ask, and why art thou eager for the truth? These
are of the number of the stars of heaven, which have
transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are bound here
till ten thousand years,
7 the time entailed by their sins, are consummated.' And
from thence I went to another place, which was still more
horrible than the former, and I saw a horrible thing: a
great fire there which burnt and blazed, and the place was
cleft as far as the abyss, being full of great descending
columns of
8 fire: neither its extent or magnitude could I see, nor
could I conjecture. Then I said: 'How
9 fearful is the place and how terrible to look upon!' Then
Uriel answered me, one of the holy angels who was with me,
and said unto me: 'Enoch, why hast thou such fear and
affright?' And
10 I answered: 'Because of this fearful place, and because
of the spectacle of the pain.' And he said unto me: 'This
place is the prison of the angels, and here they will be
imprisoned for ever.'
[Chapter 22]
1 And thence I went to another place, and the mountain [and]
of hard rock.
2 And there was in it four hollow places, deep and wide and
very smooth. How smooth are the hollow places and deep and
dark to look at.
3 Then Raphael answered, one of the holy angels who was with
me, and said unto me: 'These hollow places have been created
for this very purpose, that the spirits of the souls of the
dead should
4 assemble therein, yea that all the souls of the children
of men should assemble here. And these places have been made
to receive them till the day of their judgement and till
their appointed period [till the period appointed], till the
great judgement (comes) upon them.' I saw (the spirit of) a
dead man making suit,
5 and his voice went forth to heaven and made suit. And I
asked Raphael the angel who was
6 with me, and I said unto him: 'This spirit which maketh
suit, whose is it, whose voice goeth forth and maketh suit
to heaven ?'
7 And he answered me saying: 'This is the spirit which went
forth from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes
his suit against him till his seed is destroyed from the
face of the earth, and his seed is annihilated from amongst
the seed of men.'
8 Then I asked regarding it, and regarding all the hollow
places: 'Why is one separated from the other?'
9 And he answered me and said unto me: 'These three have
been made that the spirits of the dead might be separated.
And such a division has been made (for) the spirits of the
righteous, in which there is the bright spring of
10 water. And such has been made for sinners when they die
and are buried in the earth and judgement has not been
executed on them in their
11 lifetime. Here their spirits shall be set apart in this
great pain till the great day of judgement and punishment
and torment of those who curse for ever and retribution for
their spirits. There
12 He shall bind them for ever. And such a division has been
made for the spirits of those who make their suit, who make
disclosures concerning their destruction, when they were
slain in the days
13 of the sinners. Such has been made for the spirits of men
who were not righteous but sinners, who were complete in
transgression, and of the transgressors they shall be
companions: but their spirits shall not be slain in the day
of judgement nor shall they be raised from thence.'
14 Then I blessed the Lord of glory and said: 'Blessed be my
Lord, the Lord of righteousness, who ruleth for ever.'
[Chapter 23]
1,2 From thence I went to another place to the west of the
ends of the earth. And I saw a burning
3 fire which ran without resting, and paused not from its
course day or night but (ran) regularly. And
4 I asked saying: 'What is this which rests not?' Then
Raguel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered me
and said unto me: 'This course of fire which thou hast seen
is the fire in the west which persecutes all the luminaries
of heaven.'
[Chapter 24]
1 And from thence I went to another place of the earth, and
he showed me a mountain range of
2 fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond it and
saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the
other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and
beautiful, magnificent as a whole, of glorious appearance
and fair exterior: three towards the east, one founded on
the other, and three towards the south, one upon the other,
and deep rough ravines, no one of which
3 joined with any other. And the seventh mountain was in the
midst of these, and it excelled them
4 in height, resembling the seat of a throne: and fragrant
trees encircled the throne. And amongst them was a tree such
as I had never yet smelt, neither was any amongst them nor
were others like it: it had a fragrance beyond all
fragrance, and its leaves and blooms and wood wither not for
ever:
5 and its fruit is beautiful, and its fruit resembles the
dates of a palm. Then I said: 'How beautiful is this tree,
and fragrant, and its leaves are fair, and its blooms very
delightful in appearance.'
6 Then answered Michael, one of the holy and honoured angels
who was with me, and was their leader.
[Chapter 25]
1 And he said unto me: 'Enoch, why dost thou ask me
regarding the fragrance of the tree,
2 and why dost thou wish to learn the truth?' Then I
answered him saying: 'I wish to
3 know about everything, but especially about this tree.'
And he answered saying: 'This high mountain which thou hast
seen, whose summit is like the throne of God, is His throne,
where the Holy Great One, the Lord of Glory, the Eternal
King, will sit, when He shall come down to visit
4 the earth with goodness. And as for this fragrant tree no
mortal is permitted to touch it till the great judgement,
when He shall take vengeance on all and bring (everything)
to its consummation
5 for ever. It shall then be given to the righteous and
holy. Its fruit shall be for food to the elect: it shall be
transplanted to the holy place, to the temple of the Lord,
the Eternal King.
6 Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad, And into the
holy place shall they enter; And its fragrance shall be in
their bones, And they shall live a long life on earth, Such
as thy fathers lived: And in their days shall no sorrow or
plague Or torment or calamity touch them.'
7 Then blessed I the God of Glory, the Eternal King, who
hath prepared such things for the righteous, and hath
created them and promised to give to them.
[Chapter 26]
1 And I went from thence to the middle of the earth, and I
saw a blessed place in which there were
2 trees with branches abiding and blooming [of a dismembered
tree]. And there I saw a holy mountain,
3 and underneath the mountain to the east there was a stream
and it flowed towards the south. And I saw towards the east
another mountain higher than this, and between them a deep
and narrow
4 ravine: in it also ran a stream underneath the mountain.
And to the west thereof there was another mountain, lower
than the former and of small elevation, and a ravine deep
and dry between them: and another deep and dry ravine was at
the extremities of the three mountains. And all the ravines
were deep and narrow, (being formed) of hard rock, and trees
were not planted upon
6 them. And I marveled at the rocks, and I marveled at the
ravine, yea, I marveled very much.
[Chapter 27]
1 Then said I: 'For what object is this blessed land, which
is entirely filled with trees, and this
2 accursed valley between?' Then Uriel, one of the holy
angels who was with me, answered and said: 'This accursed
valley is for those who are accursed for ever: Here shall
all the accursed be gathered together who utter with their
lips against the Lord unseemly words and of His glory speak
hard things. Here shall they be gathered together, and here
3 shall be their place of judgement. In the last days there
shall be upon them the spectacle of righteous judgement in
the presence of the righteous for ever: here shall the
merciful bless the Lord of glory, the Eternal King.
4 In the days of judgement over the former, they shall bless
Him for the mercy in accordance with
5 which He has assigned them (their lot).' Then I blessed
the Lord of Glory and set forth His glory and lauded Him
gloriously.
[Chapter 28]
1 And thence I went towards the east, into the midst of the
mountain range of the desert, and
2 I saw a wilderness and it was solitary, full of trees and
plants. And water gushed forth from
3 above. Rushing like a copious watercourse [which flowed]
towards the north-west it caused clouds and dew to ascend on
every side.
[Chapter 29]
1 And thence I went to another place in the desert, and
approached to the east of this mountain
2 range. And there I saw aromatic trees exhaling the
fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, and the trees also were
similar to the almond tree.
[Chapter 30]
1,2 And beyond these, I went afar to the east, and I saw
another place, a valley (full) of water. And
3 therein there was a tree, the colour (?) of fragrant trees
such as the mastic. And on the sides of those valleys I saw
fragrant cinnamon. And beyond these I proceeded to the east.
[Chapter 31]
1 And I saw other mountains, and amongst them were groves of
trees, and there flowed forth from
2 them nectar, which is named sarara and galbanum. And
beyond these mountains I saw another mountain to the east of
the ends of the earth, whereon were aloe-trees, and all the
trees were full
3 of stacte, being like almond-trees. And when one burnt it,
it smelt sweeter than any fragrant odour.
[Chapter 32]
1 And after these fragrant odours, as I looked towards the
north over the mountains I saw seven mountains full of
choice nard and fragrant trees and cinnamon and pepper.
2 And thence I went over the summits of all these mountains,
far towards the east of the earth, and passed above the
Erythraean sea and went far from it, and passed over the
angel Zotiel. And I came to the Garden of Righteousness,
3 and from afar off trees more numerous than these trees and
great-two trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious,
and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit
they eat and know great wisdom.
4 That tree is in height like the fir, and its leaves are
like (those of) the Carob tree: and its fruit
5 is like the clusters of the vine, very beautiful: and the
fragrance of the tree penetrates afar. Then
6 I said: 'How beautiful is the tree, and how attractive is
its look!' Then Raphael the holy angel, who was with me,
answered me and said: 'This is the tree of wisdom, of which
thy father old (in years) and thy aged mother, who were
before thee, have eaten, and they learnt wisdom and their
eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked and
they were driven out of the garden.'
[Chapter 33]
1 And from thence I went to the ends of the earth and saw
there great beasts, and each differed from the other; and (I
saw) birds also differing in appearance and beauty and
voice, the one differing from the other. And to the east of
those beasts I saw the ends of the earth whereon the heaven
2 rests, and the portals of the heaven open. And I saw how
the stars of heaven come forth, and
3 I counted the portals out of which they proceed, and wrote
down all their outlets, of each individual star by itself,
according to their number and their names, their courses and
their positions, and their
4 times and their months, as Uriel the holy angel who was
with me showed me. He showed all things to me and wrote them
down for me: also their names he wrote for me, and their
laws and their companies.
[Chapter 34]
1 And from thence I went towards the north to the ends of
the earth, and there I saw a great and
2 glorious device at the ends of the whole earth. And here I
saw three portals of heaven open in the heaven: through each
of them proceed north winds: when they blow there is cold,
hail, frost,
3 snow, dew, and rain. And out of one portal they blow for
good: but when they blow through the other two portals, it
is with violence and affliction on the earth, and they blow
with violence.
[Chapter 35]
1 And from thence I went towards the west to the ends of the
earth, and saw there three portals of the heaven open such
as I had seen in the east, the same number of portals, and
the same number of outlets.
[Chapter 36]
1 And from thence I went to the south to the ends of the
earth, and saw there three open portals
2 of the heaven: and thence there come dew, rain, and wind.
And from thence I went to the east to the ends of the
heaven, and saw here the three eastern portals of heaven
open and small portals
3 above them. Through each of these small portals pass the
stars of heaven and run their course to the west on the path
which is shown to them. And as often as I saw I blessed
always the Lord of Glory, and I continued to bless the Lord
of Glory who has wrought great and glorious wonders, to show
the greatness of His work to the angels and to spirits and
to men, that they might praise His work and all His
creation: that they might see the work of His might and
praise the great work of His hands and bless Him for ever.
Section II. Chapters XXXVII - LXXI The Parables
[Chapter 37]
1 The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom
-which Enoch the son of Jared, the son
2 of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son
of Seth, the son of Adam, saw. And this is the beginning of
the words of wisdom which I lifted up my voice to speak and
say to those which dwell on earth: Hear, ye men of old time,
and see, ye that come after, the words of the Holy
3 One which I will speak before the Lord of Spirits. It were
better to declare (them only) to the men of old time, but
even from those that come after we will not withhold the
beginning of wisdom.
4 Till the present day such wisdom has never been given by
the Lord of Spirits as I have received according to my
insight, according to the good pleasure of the Lord of
Spirits by whom the lot of
5 eternal life has been given to me. Now three Parables were
imparted to me, and I lifted up my voice and recounted them
to those that dwell on the earth.
[Chapter 38]
1 The first Parable. When the congregation of the righteous
shall appear, And sinners shall be judged for their sins,
And shall be driven from the face of the earth:
2 And when the Righteous One shall appear before the eyes of
the righteous, Whose elect works hang upon the Lord of
Spirits, And light shall appear to the righteous and the
elect who dwell on the earth, Where then will be the
dwelling of the sinners, And where the resting-place of
those who have denied the Lord of Spirits? It had been good
for them if they had not been born.
3 When the secrets of the righteous shall be revealed and
the sinners judged, And the godless driven from the presence
of the righteous and elect,
4 From that time those that possess the earth shall no
longer be powerful and exalted: And they shall not be able
to behold the face of the holy, For the Lord of Spirits has
caused His light to appear On the face of the holy,
righteous, and elect.
5 Then shall the kings and the mighty perish And be given
into the hands of the righteous and holy.
6 And thenceforward none shall seek for themselves mercy
from the Lord of Spirits For their life is at an end.
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