THE BOOK OF ENOCH : CHAPTERS 89 - 92
1 And one of those four went to that white bull and
instructed him in a secret, without his being terrified: he
was born a bull and became a man, and built for himself a
great vessel and dwelt thereon;
2 and three bulls dwelt with him in that vessel and they
were covered in. And again I raised mine eyes towards heaven
and saw a lofty roof, with seven water torrents thereon, and
those torrents
3 flowed with much water into an enclosure. And I saw again,
and behold fountains were opened on the surface of that
great enclosure, and that water began to swell and rise upon
the surface,
4 and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was covered
with water. And the water, the darkness, and mist increased
upon it; and as I looked at the height of that water, that
water had risen above the height of that enclosure, and was
streaming over that enclosure, and it stood upon the earth.
5 And all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered
together until I saw how they sank and were
6 swallowed up and perished in that water. But that vessel
floated on the water, while all the oxen and elephants and
camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals, so
that I could no longer see them, and they were not able to
escape, (but) perished and sank into the depths. And again I
saw in the vision till those water torrents were removed
from that high roof, and the chasms
8 of the earth were leveled up and other abysses were
opened. Then the water began to run down into these, till
the earth became visible; but that vessel settled on the
earth, and the darkness
9 retired and light appeared. But that white bull which had
become a man came out of that vessel, and the three bulls
with him, and one of those three was white like that bull,
and one of them was red as blood, and one black: and that
white bull departed from them.
10 And they began to bring forth beasts of the field and
birds, so that there arose different genera: lions, tigers,
wolves, dogs, hyenas, wild boars, foxes, squirrels, swine,
falcons, vultures, kites, eagles, and ravens; and among them
was born a white bull. And they began to bite one another;
but that white bull which was born amongst them begat a wild
ass and a white bull with it, and the
12 wild asses multiplied. But that bull which was born from
him begat a black wild boar and a white
13 sheep; and the former begat many boars, but that sheep
begat twelve sheep. And when those twelve sheep had grown,
they gave up one of them to the asses, and those asses again
gave up that sheep to the wolves, and that sheep grew up
among the wolves. And the Lord brought the eleven sheep to
live with it and to pasture with it among the wolves: and
they multiplied and became many flocks of sheep. And the
wolves began to fear them, and they oppressed them until
they destroyed their little ones, and they cast their young
into a river of much water: but those sheep began to
16 cry aloud on account of their little ones, and to
complain unto their Lord. And a sheep which had been saved
from the wolves fled and escaped to the wild asses; and I
saw the sheep how they lamented and cried, and besought
their Lord with all their might, till that Lord of the sheep
descended at the voice of the sheep from a lofty abode, and
came to them and pastured them. And He called that sheep
which had escaped the wolves, and spake with it concerning
the wolves that it should
18 admonish them not to touch the sheep. And the sheep went
to the wolves according to the word of the Lord, and another
sheep met it and went with it, and the two went and entered
together into the assembly of those wolves, and spake with
them and admonished them not to touch the
19 sheep from henceforth. And thereupon I saw the wolves,
and how they oppressed the sheep
20 exceedingly with all their power; and the sheep cried
aloud. And the Lord came to the sheep and they began to
smite those wolves: and the wolves began to make
lamentation; but the sheep became
21 quiet and forthwith ceased to cry out. And I saw the
sheep till they departed from amongst the wolves; but the
eyes of the wolves were blinded, and those wolves departed
in pursuit of the sheep
22 with all their power. And the Lord of the sheep went with
them, as their leader, and all His sheep
23 followed Him: and his face was dazzling and glorious and
terrible to behold. But the wolves
24 began to pursue those sheep till they reached a sea of
water. And that sea was divided, and the water stood on this
side and on that before their face, and their Lord led them
and placed Himself between
25 them and the wolves. And as those wolves did not yet see
the sheep, they proceeded into the midst of that sea, and
the wolves followed the sheep, and [those wolves] ran after
them into that sea.
26 And when they saw the Lord of the sheep, they turned to
flee before His face, but that sea gathered itself together,
and became as it had been created, and the water swelled and
rose till it covered
27 those wolves. And I saw till all the wolves who pursued
those sheep perished and were drowned.
28 But the sheep escaped from that water and went forth into
a wilderness, where there was no water and no grass; and
they began to open their eyes and to see; and I saw the Lord
of the sheep
29 pasturing them and giving them water and grass, and that
sheep going and leading them. And that
30 sheep ascended to the summit of that lofty rock, and the
Lord of the sheep sent it to them. And after that I saw the
Lord of the sheep who stood before them, and His appearance
was great and
31 terrible and majestic, and all those sheep saw Him and
were afraid before His face. And they all feared and
trembled because of Him, and they cried to that sheep with
them [which was amongst
32 them]: ' We are not able to stand before our Lord or to
behold Him.' And that sheep which led them again ascended to
the summit of that rock, but the sheep began to be blinded
and to wander
33 from the way which he had showed them, but that sheep wot
not thereof. And the Lord of the sheep was wrathful
exceedingly against them, and that sheep discovered it, and
went down from the summit of the rock, and came to the
sheep, and found the greatest part of them blinded and
fallen
34 away. And when they saw it they feared and trembled at
its presence, and desired to return to their
35 folds. And that sheep took other sheep with it, and came
to those sheep which had fallen away, and began to slay
them; and the sheep feared its presence, and thus that sheep
brought back those
36 sheep that had fallen away, and they returned to their
folds. And I saw in this vision till that sheep became a man
and built a house for the Lord of the sheep, and placed all
the sheep in that house.
37 And I saw till this sheep which had met that sheep which
led them fell asleep: and I saw till all the great sheep
perished and little ones arose in their place, and they came
to a pasture, and
38 approached a stream of water. Then that sheep, their
leader which had become a man, withdrew
39 from them and fell asleep, and all the sheep sought it
and cried over it with a great crying. And I saw till they
left off crying for that sheep and crossed that stream of
water, and there arose the two sheep as leaders in the place
of those which had led them and fallen asleep (lit. ' had
fallen asleep and led
40 them '). And I saw till the sheep came to a goodly place,
and a pleasant and glorious land, and I saw till those sheep
were satisfied; and that house stood amongst them in the
pleasant land.
41 And sometimes their eyes were opened, and sometimes
blinded, till another sheep arose and led them and brought
them all back, and their eyes were opened.
42 And the dogs and the foxes and the wild boars began to
devour those sheep till the Lord of the sheep raised up
[another sheep] a ram from their
43 midst, which led them. And that ram began to butt on
either side those dogs, foxes, and wild
44 boars till he had destroyed them all. And that sheep
whose eyes were opened saw that ram, which was amongst the
sheep, till it forsook its glory and began to butt those
sheep, and trampled upon them, and behaved itself
45 unseemly. And the Lord of the sheep sent the lamb to
another lamb and raised it to being a ram and leader of the
sheep instead of that
46 ram which had forsaken its glory. And it went to it and
spake to it alone, and raised it to being a ram, and made it
the prince and leader of the sheep; but during all these
things those dogs
47 oppressed the sheep. And the first ram pursued that
second ram, and that second ram arose and fled before it;
and I saw till those dogs pulled
48 down the first ram. And that second ram arose
49 and led the [little] sheep. And those sheep grew and
multiplied; but all the dogs, and foxes, and wild boars
feared and fled before it, and that ram butted and killed
the wild beasts, and those wild beasts had no longer any
power among the
48b sheep and robbed them no more of ought. And that ram
begat many sheep and fell asleep; and a little sheep became
ram in its stead, and became prince and leader of those
sheep.
50 And that house became great and broad, and it was built
for those sheep: (and) a tower lofty and great was built on
the house for the Lord of the sheep, and that house was low,
but the tower was elevated and lofty, and the Lord of the
sheep stood on that tower and they offered a full table
before Him.
51 And again I saw those sheep that they again erred and
went many ways, and forsook that their house, and the Lord
of the sheep called some from amongst the sheep and sent
them to the sheep,
52 but the sheep began to slay them. And one of them was
saved and was not slain, and it sped away and cried aloud
over the sheep; and they sought to slay it, but the Lord of
the sheep saved it from
53 the sheep, and brought it up to me, and caused it to
dwell there. And many other sheep He sent to those sheep to
testify unto them and lament over them. And after that I saw
that when they forsook the house of the Lord and His tower
they fell away entirely, and their eyes were blinded; and I
saw the Lord of the sheep how He wrought much slaughter
amongst them in their herds until
55 those sheep invited that slaughter and betrayed His
place. And He gave them over into the hands of the lions and
tigers, and wolves and hyenas, and into the hand of the
foxes, and to all the wild
56 beasts, and those wild beasts began to tear in pieces
those sheep. And I saw that He forsook that their house and
their tower and gave them all into the hand of the lions, to
tear and devour them,
57 into the hand of all the wild beasts. And I began to cry
aloud with all my power, and to appeal to the Lord of the
sheep, and to represent to Him in regard to the sheep that
they were devoured
58 by all the wild beasts. But He remained unmoved, though
He saw it, and rejoiced that they were devoured and
swallowed and robbed, and left them to be devoured in the
hand of all the beasts.
59 And He called seventy shepherds, and cast those sheep to
them that they might pasture them, and He spake to the
shepherds and their companions: ' Let each individual of you
pasture the sheep
60 henceforward, and everything that I shall command you
that do ye. And I will deliver them over unto you duly
numbered, and tell you which of them are to be destroyed-and
them destroy ye.' And
61 He gave over unto them those sheep. And He called another
and spake unto him: ' Observe and mark everything that the
shepherds will do to those sheep; for they will destroy more
of them than
62 I have commanded them. And every excess and the
destruction which will be wrought through the shepherds,
record (namely) how many they destroy according to my
command, and how many according to their own caprice: record
against every individual shepherd all the destruction he
63 effects. And read out before me by number how many they
destroy, and how many they deliver over for destruction,
that I may have this as a testimony against them, and know
every deed of the shepherds, that I may comprehend and see
what they do, whether or not they abide by my
64 command which I have commanded them. But they shall not
know it, and thou shalt not declare it to them, nor admonish
them, but only record against each individual all the
destruction which
65 the shepherds effect each in his time and lay it all
before me.' And I saw till those shepherds pastured in their
season, and they began to slay and to destroy more than they
were bidden, and they delivered
66 those sheep into the hand of the lions. And the lions and
tigers eat and devoured the greater part of those sheep, and
the wild boars eat along with them; and they burnt that
tower and demolished
67 that house. And I became exceedingly sorrowful over that
tower because that house of the sheep was demolished, and
afterwards I was unable to see if those sheep entered that
house.
68 And the shepherds and their associates delivered over
those sheep to all the wild beasts, to devour them, and each
one of them received in his time a definite number: it was
written by the other
69 in a book how many each one of them destroyed of them.
And each one slew and destroyed many
70 more than was prescribed; and I began to weep and lament
on account of those sheep. And thus in the vision I saw that
one who wrote, how he wrote down every one that was
destroyed by those shepherds, day by day, and carried up and
laid down and showed actually the whole book to the Lord of
the sheep-(even) everything that they had done, and all that
each one of them had made
71 away with, and all that they had given over to
destruction. And the book was read before the Lord of the
sheep, and He took the book from his hand and read it and
sealed it and laid it down.
72 And forthwith I saw how the shepherds pastured for twelve
hours, and behold three of those sheep turned back and came
and entered and began to build up all that had fallen down
of that
73 house; but the wild boars tried to hinder them, but they
were not able. And they began again to build as before, and
they reared up that tower, and it was named the high tower;
and they began again to place a table before the tower, but
all the bread on it was polluted and not pure.
74 And as touching all this the eyes of those sheep were
blinded so that they saw not, and (the eyes of) their
shepherds likewise; and they delivered them in large numbers
to their shepherds for
75 destruction, and they trampled the sheep with their feet
and devoured them. And the Lord of the sheep remained
unmoved till all the sheep were dispersed over the field and
mingled with them (i.e. the
76 beasts), and they (i.e. the shepherds) did not save them
out of the hand of the beasts. And this one who wrote the
book carried it up, and showed it and read it before the
Lord of the sheep, and implored Him on their account, and
besought Him on their account as he showed Him all the
doings
77 of the shepherds, and gave testimony before Him against
all the shepherds. And he took the actual book and laid it
down beside Him and departed.
[Chapter 90]
1 And I saw till that in this manner thirty-five shepherds
undertook the pasturing (of the sheep), and they severally
completed their periods as did the first; and others
received them into their
2 hands, to pasture them for their period, each shepherd in
his own period. And after that I saw in my vision all the
birds of heaven coming, the eagles, the vultures, the kites,
the ravens; but the eagles led all the birds; and they began
to devour those sheep, and to pick out their eyes and to
3 devour their flesh. And the sheep cried out because their
flesh was being devoured by the birds,
4 and as for me I looked and lamented in my sleep over that
shepherd who pastured the sheep. And I saw until those sheep
were devoured by the dogs and eagles and kites, and they
left neither flesh nor skin nor sinew remaining on them till
only their bones stood there: and their bones too fell
5 to the earth and the sheep became few. And I saw until
that twenty-three had undertaken the pasturing and completed
in their several periods fifty-eight times.
6 But behold lambs were borne by those white sheep, and they
began to open their eyes and to see,
7 and to cry to the sheep. Yea, they cried to them, but they
did not hearken to what they said to
8 them, but were exceedingly deaf, and their eyes were very
exceedingly blinded. And I saw in the vision how the ravens
flew upon those lambs and took one of those lambs, and
dashed the sheep
9 in pieces and devoured them. And I saw till horns grew
upon those lambs, and the ravens cast down their horns; and
I saw till there sprouted a great horn of one of those
sheep, and their eyes
10 were opened. And it looked at them [and their eyes
opened], and it cried to the sheep, and the
11 rams saw it and all ran to it. And notwithstanding all
this those eagles and vultures and ravens and kites still
kept tearing the sheep and swooping down upon them and
devouring them: still the sheep remained silent, but the
rams lamented and cried out. And those ravens fought and
battled with it and sought to lay low its horn, but they had
no power over it. All the eagles and vultures and ravens and
kites were gathered together, and there came with them all
the sheep of the field, yea, they all came together, and
helped each other to break that horn of the ram.
19 And I saw till a great sword was given to the sheep, and
the sheep proceeded against all the beasts of the field to
slay them, and all the beasts and the birds of the heaven
fled before their face. And I saw that man, who wrote the
book according to the command of the Lord, till he opened
that book concerning the destruction which those twelve last
shepherds had wrought, and showed that they had destroyed
much more than their predecessors, before the Lord of the
sheep. And I saw till the Lord of the sheep came unto them
and took in His hand the staff of His wrath, and smote the
earth, and the earth clave asunder, and all the beasts and
all the birds of the heaven fell from among those sheep, and
were swallowed up in the earth and it covered them.
20 And I saw till a throne was erected in the pleasant land,
and the Lord of the sheep sat Himself thereon, and the other
took the sealed books and opened those books before the Lord
of the sheep.
21 And the Lord called those men the seven first white ones,
and commanded that they should bring before Him, beginning
with the first star which led the way, all the stars whose
privy members
22 were like those of horses, and they brought them all
before Him. And He said to that man who wrote before Him,
being one of those seven white ones, and said unto him: '
Take those seventy shepherds to whom I delivered the sheep,
and who taking them on their own authority slew more
23 than I commanded them.' And behold they were all bound, I
saw, and they all stood before Him.
24 And the judgement was held first over the stars, and they
were judged and found guilty, and went to the place of
condemnation, and they were cast into an abyss, full of fire
and flaming, and full
25 of pillars of fire. And those seventy shepherds were
judged and found guilty, and they were cast
26 into that fiery abyss. And I saw at that time how a like
abyss was opened in the midst of the earth, full of fire,
and they brought those blinded sheep, and they were all
judged and found guilty and
27 cast into this fiery abyss, and they burned; now this
abyss was to the right of that house. And I saw those sheep
burning and their bones burning.
28 And I stood up to see till they folded up that old house;
and carried off all the pillars, and all the beams and
ornaments of the house were at the same time folded up with
it, and they carried
29 it off and laid it in a place in the south of the land.
And I saw till the Lord of the sheep brought a new house
greater and loftier than that first, and set it up in the
place of the first which had beer folded up: all its pillars
were new, and its ornaments were new and larger than those
of the first, the old one which He had taken away, and all
the sheep were within it.
30 And I saw all the sheep which had been left, and all the
beasts on the earth, and all the birds of the heaven,
falling down and doing homage to those sheep and making
petition to and obeying
31 them in every thing. And thereafter those three who were
clothed in white and had seized me by my hand [who had taken
me up before], and the hand of that ram also seizing hold of
me, they
32 took me up and set me down in the midst of those sheep
before the judgement took place. And those
33 sheep were all white, and their wool was abundant and
clean. And all that had been destroyed and dispersed, and
all the beasts of the field, and all the birds of the
heaven, assembled in that house, and the Lord of the sheep
rejoiced with great joy because they were all good and had
returned to
34 His house. And I saw till they laid down that sword,
which had been given to the sheep, and they brought it back
into the house, and it was sealed before the presence of the
Lord, and all the sheep
35 were invited into that house, but it held them not. And
the eyes of them all were opened, and they
36 saw the good, and there was not one among them that did
not see. And I saw that that house was large and broad and
very full.
37 And I saw that a white bull was born, with large horns
and all the beasts of the field and all the
38 birds of the air feared him and made petition to him all
the time. And I saw till all their generations were
transformed, and they all became white bulls; and the first
among them became a lamb, and that lamb became a great
animal and had great black horns on its head; and the Lord
of the sheep
39 rejoiced over it and over all the oxen. And I slept in
their midst: and I awoke and saw everything.
40 This is the vision which I saw while I slept, and I awoke
and blessed the Lord of righteousness and
41 gave Him glory. Then I wept with a great weeping and my
tears stayed not till I could no longer endure it: when I
saw, they flowed on account of what I had seen; for
everything shall come and
42 be fulfilled, and all the deeds of men in their order
were shown to me. On that night I remembered the first
dream, and because of it I wept and was troubled-because I
had seen that vision.
Section V. XCI - CIV (i.e. XCII, XCI. 1 - 1O, 18 - 19, XCIII.
1 - 1O, XCI. 12 - 17, XCIV - CIV.).
A Book of Exhortation and Promised Blessing for the
Righteous and of Malediction and Woe for the Sinners.
[Chapter 92]
1 The book written by Enoch-[Enoch indeed wrote this
complete doctrine of wisdom, (which is) praised of all men
and a judge of all the earth] for all my children who shall
dwell on the earth. And for the future generations who shall
observe uprightness and peace.
2 Let not your spirit be troubled on account of the times;
For the Holy and Great One has appointed days for all
things.
3 And the righteous one shall arise from sleep, [Shall
arise] and walk in the paths of righteousness, And all his
path and conversation shall be in eternal goodness and
grace.
4 He will be gracious to the righteous and give him eternal
uprightness, And He will give him power so that he shall be
(endowed) with goodness and righteousness. And he shall walk
in eternal light.
5 And sin shall perish in darkness for ever, And shall no
more be seen from that day for evermore.
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