THE BOOK OF ENOCH

THE PEOPHET

TRANSLATED FROM

AN ETHIOPIC MS. IN THE BODLEIAN LIBEAEY

BY THE LATE

RICHARD LAURENCE, LL.D.

ARCHBISHOP OP CASHEL

THE TEXT NOW CORRECTED FROM HIS LATEST NOTES

WITH Alf INTRODUCTION BY

LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, FATERNOSTER SQUARE
1883
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INTRODUCTION.

In the Authorized Version of the Epistle of Jude,

we read the following words :

" Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied

of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten
thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon
all, and to convince all that are ungodly among
them of ungodly deeds which they have
all their
ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches
which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." 1^
Modern research sees in the Epistle of Jude a
work of the second century: but as orthodox
theologians accept
its contents as the inspired
utterance of an Apostle, let us diligently search the
Hebrew Scriptures for this important forecast of the
second Advent of the Messiah. In vain we turn
over the pages of the sacred Canon not even
in the
;

Apocrypha can we trace one line from the pen of

the marvellous being to whom uninterrupted immor-
' Compare Book of Enoch ii.
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tality is assigned by apostolic^ interpretation of inspired,' let us reject nothing which belongs to us.
Genesis v. 24. "Were the prophecies of Enoch, It may now seem to have been disavowed by the
therefore, accepted as a Divine revelation on that Jews like all other scripture which speaks of Christ
momentous day when Jesus explained the Scrip- — a fact which should cause us no surprise, as they
tures, after his resurrection, to Jude and his apostolic were not to receive him, even when personally
brethren and have we moderns betrayed our trust
; addressed by himself." These views Tertullian con-
by excluding an inspired record from the Bible ? firms by appealing to the testimony of the Apostle
Eeverting to the second century of Christianity, Jude.^ The Book of Enoch was therefore as sacred
we find Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria citing as the Psalms or Isaiah in the eyes of the famous
the Book of Enoch without questioning its sacred theologian, on whom modern orthodoxy relies as
character. Thus, Irenaeus, assigning to the Book of the chief canonist of New Testament scripture.
Enoch an authenticity analogous to that of Mosaic Origen (a.d. 254), in quoting Hebrew literature,
literature, affirms that Enoch, although a man, assigns to the Book of Enoch the same authority
filled the office of God's messenger to the angels.^ as to the Psalms. In polemical discussion with
Tertullian, who flourished at the close of the first Celsus, he affirms that the work of the antediluvian
and at the beginning of the second century, whilst patriarch was not accepted in the Churches as
admitting that the " Scripture of Enoch " is not Divine and modern theologians have accordingly
;

received by some because it is not included in the assumed that he rejected its inspiration: but the
Hebrew Canon, speaks of the author as " the most extent to which he adopts its language and ideas
ancient prophet, Enoch," and of the book as the discloses personal conviction that Enoch was one of
divinely inspired autograph of that immortal patri- the greatest of the prophets. Thus, in his treatise
by Noah in the ark, or miraculously
arch, preserved on the angels, we read :
" We are not to suppose
reproduced by him through the inspiration of the that a special office has been assigned by mere
Holy Spirit. Tertullian adds, " But as Enoch has accident to a particular angel : as to Raphael, the
spoken in the same scripture of the Lord, and work of curing and healing to Gabriel, the direction
;

*
every scripture suitable for edification is divinely of wars to Michael, the duty of hearing the prayers
;

> Heb. xi. 5. and supplications of men." ^ From what source

' " Against Heresies," iv. 16. Compare Book of Enocli xv.
' " On Female Dress," ii. « « De Principiis," viii.
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VI INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION. vu

but assumed revelation could Origen obtain and ments preserved by Greorgius Syncellus (circa 792,
publish these circumstantial details of ministerial A.D,), was at length discovered by Bruce in Abyssinia,
administration in heaven ? who brought home three copies of the Ethiopic
Turning to the Enoch we read " After
Book of : version in 1773, respecting which he writes :

this I besought the angel of peace, who proceeded " Amongst the articles I consigned to the library at
with me, to explain was concealed. I said
all that Paris was a very beautiful and magnificent copy of
to him, Who are those whom I have seen on the the Prophecies of Enoch, in large quarto ; another
four sides, and whose words I have heard and isamongst the Books of Scripture which I brought
written down. He replied. The first is the merciful, home, standing immediately before the Book of
the patient, the holy Michael. The second is he who Job, which is its proper place in the Abyssinian
presides over every suffering and every affliction of Canon; and a third copy I have presented to the
the sons of men, the holy Eaphael. The third, who Bodleian Library at Oxford, by the hands of Dr.
presides over all that is powerful, is Gabriel. And Douglas, the Bishop of Carlisle."
the fourth, who presides over repentance and the hope This priceless manuscript, destined, some day, to
of those who will inherit eternal life, is Phanuel." ^ reveal the forgotten source of many Christian dogmas
We thus discover the source of Origen's apparently and mysteries, rested in Bodleian obscurity, until
superhuman knowledge, and detect his implicit presented to the world through an English trans-
trust in the Book of Enoch as a Divine revelation. lation by Dr. Laurence, Archbishop of Cashel,
Whenprimitive Christianity had freely appro- formerly Professor of Hebrew at Oxford, who issued
priated the visions of Enoch as the materials of his first edition in 1821, in apparent unconsciousness
constructive dogmas, this remarkable book gradually that he was giving to mankind the theological
sank into oblivion, disappeared Western out of fossils through which we, in the clearer light
Christendom, and was eventually forgotten by a of our generation, may study the "Evolution of
Church, which unconsciously perpetuated its teach- Christianity."
ing as the miraculous revelations of Christianity. The scarcity of Archbishop Laurence's translation,
The Book Enoch, unknown to Europe for
of before the publication of the second edition in 1833,
nearly a thousand years, except through the frag- produced an impression in Germany that the work
'
Book of Enoch xl. 8, 9.
had been suppressed by its author but this report
;
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is contradicted in the preface to the third edition, the Ethiopia edition, whether translated from
issued in 1838, in response to a large order from Aramaean or Greek, is the same work as that cited
America. by the Apostle.
The Book of Enoch excited more interest on the In attestation of the theory of an Aramaic or
Continent than in England. Itwas translated into Syro-Chaldaean origin. Archbishop Laurence refers
German by Dr. Hoffman in 1838, into Latin by to the " most ancient remains of the Cabbala
Gfrorer in 1840, again into German by Dillmann in (Hebrew traditions) contained in the * Zohar,' a
1853, and has been discussed by Weisse, Lucke, species of philosophical commentary upon the Law,
Hilgenfeld, and Kalisch, the latter of whom uttered combining theological opinions with the allegorical
the prediction, that the book of Enoch "will one subtleties of the mystical school. In this cele-
day be employed as a most important witness in brated compilation of what was long supposed to
the history of religious dogmas." The day and the constitute the hidden wisdom of the Jewish nation,
hour have come, the clock has struck, and in thus occasional references are made to the Book of
publishing an edition of Archbishop Laurence's Enoch, as a book carefully preserved from generation
translation of the Book of Enoch, we place within to generation." Archbishop Laurence then gives
the reach of all readers of the English language, extracts from the "Zohar," referring to important
the means of studying the pre-Christian origin of passages in the Book of Enoch, and infers that
Christian mysteries. "the authors of the Cabbalistical remains wrote
Turning towards the " Preliminary Dissertation " their recondite doctrines in Chaldee," and possessed
of Archbishop Laurence, in which he discusses, with a copy of the Book of Enoch, written in that
impartial criticism and accomplished scholarship, language or in Hebrew, "which they regarded as
the origin of the Book of Enoch, we find him the genuine work of him whose name it bore, and
attaining the important conclusions, that it was not as the spurious production of a later age."
written by a Jew of the Dispersion in his own Archbishop Laurence then considers the probable
language, whether Hebrew or the later Aramaean date of the work, and infers, from the quotation of
acquired in exile ; that the version in the hands of Jude, that it must have been written antecedent to
the author of the Epistle of Jude and the Ante- the Christian era, but not before the Captivity of
Nicene Fathers was a Greek translation ; and that Babylon, because it contains the language and
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imagery of Daniel, "in the representation of the bability of date through another line of argument.

Ancient of Days coming to judgment with the Son In chapter liv. 9, of the Book of Enoch we read,
of man." But since Archbishop Laurence wrote, " The chiefs of the East, among the Parthians and
modern criticism has disclosed how nebulous is the Medes, shall remove kings, in whom a spirit of
date of Daniel, so that it becomes as reasonable to perturbation shall enter. They shall hurl them
assume that the author or compiler borrowed from from their thrones, springing as lions from their
the Book of Enoch, as to attribute plagiarism to dens, and like famished wolves into the midst of
the pseudo-patriarch. The learned translator, how- the flock." Commenting on this passage. Arch-
ever, discovered more satisfactory proof, through bishop Laurence says, Now the Parthians were
"

internal evidence, that the book " was written long altogether unknown in history, until the 250th year
subsequent to the commencement, and eveu to the before Christ, when, under the guidance of Arsaces
conclusion, of the Babylonian Captivity." (the family name of all their subsequent kings)
That section of the Book of Enoch, extending they revolted from Antiochus Theus, the then king
from chapter Ixxxii. to xc, contains an allegorical of Syria. It was not, however, until the year 23U
narrative of the royal dynasties of Israel and Judah, B.o. that their empire became firmly established,

from which Archbishop Laurence constructs a when Arsaces defeated and took prisoner Seleucus
history extending from Saul to the beginning of Callicinus, the Syrian monarch, and first assumed
the reign of Herod the Great, and infers that the the title of King of Parthia. By degrees they
Book of Enoch was written "before the rise of expelled the Syrian dominion from every province
Christianity ; most probably at an early period of over which it extended east of the Euphrates ; so
the reign of Herod." The Archbishop adds: that from about the year 140 B.C. their vast empire
" That it could not have been the production of a reached from the Ganges to the Euphrates, and
writer who lived after the inspired authors of the from the Euphrates to the Caucasus." These facts
New Testament, or who was even coeval with them, would therefore lead to the conclusion that the
must be manifest from the quotation of St. Jude Book of Enoch was written about the middle of the
a quotation which proves it to have been in his second century B.C. but as the author adds to
;

time a work ascribed to Enoch himself." the passage already cited, " They shall go up, and
Archbishop Laurence, furthermore, attains pro- tread upon the land of their elect, the land of their
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Zll INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION.

elect shall be before them. The threshing-floor, hours long, we shall immediately perceive that
the path, and the city of my righteous people shall Palestine could not be such a country. We may
impede the progress of their horses," Archbishop then safely conclude that the region in which the
Laurence connects this language with the invasion author lived must have been situated not lower
of Syria by the Parthians in the year 54 B.C., and than forty-five degrees north latitude, where the
their defeat of Anthony eighteen years later, " when longest day is fifteen hours and a half, nor higher
the credit of the Parthian arms was at the highest
perhaps than forty-nine degrees, where the longest
and it is probable that about the same period, or day is precisely sixteen hours. This will bring the
at least not long after, the Book of Enoch was country where he wrote, as high up at least as the
written."
northern districts of the Caspian and Euxine seas
The question now naturally arises, How was this probably it was situated somewhere between the
work of fiction accepted within so short a period, as upper parts of both these seas; and if the latter
the genuine production of the patriarch Enoch?
conjecture be well founded, the author of the Book
The Archbishop answers by showing, through of Enoch was perhaps a member of one of the tribes
internal evidence, that the book was written by a which Shalmaneser carried away, and placed 'in
Jew residing at a distance from Palestine, and Halah and in Habor by the river Goshen, and in the
having been brought into Judaea in the name of the cities of the Medes,' and who never returned from
prophet Enoch, the obscurity of its origin caused captivity."
some to accept it as the genuine production of the Since Archbishop Laurence wrote his "Pre-
patriarch himself. In chapter Ixxi. Pseudo-Enoch liminary Dissertation," fresh light has been thrown
divides the day and night into eighteen parts, and on the origin of the Book of Enoch through the
represents the longest day in the year as consisting publication of Mr, Layard's " Nineveh and Babylon,"
of twelve out of these eighteen parts. " Now the recording the discovery, in Babylonian ruins, of cups
proportion of twelve to eighteen is precisely the or bowls of terra cotta, covered on the inner surface
same as and twenty, the present
sixteen to four with inscriptions in ink, which have been deciphered
division in hours of the period constituting day and by Mr. Thomas Ellis of the Manuscript Department
night. If therefore we consider in what latitude a in the British Museum, as amulets or charms
against
country must be situated to have a day of sixteen evil spirits, disease, calamity, and sudden death,
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XIV INTRODUCTION. ^^
INTRODUCTION.

English readers, except those who may

composed the Chaldean language mingled with
in possess or
translation last
Hebrew words,^ and written in characters which have access to copies of the English
combine Syriac and Palmyrene with the ancient issued in 1838. On this aspect of the question
Phoenician. These inscriptions are undated; but Archbishop Laurence writes
:

Mr. Ellis attained the conclusion through internal " The fate of the Apocryphal writings in general
the influence
evidence, that these cups belonged to the descen- has been singular. On one side, from
dants of the Jews who were carried captive
to of theological opinion or theological caprice, they
into
Babylon and the surrounding cities. have been sometimes injudiciously admitted
other side,
But the most
important revelation attained the Canon of Scripture; while on the
through these discoveries of Mr. Layard lies in the from an over-anxiety to preserve that
Canon in-
rejected, but
interesting fact, mentioned in his work, that
the violate, they have been not simply
obloquy.
names of the angels inscribed on these cups, and loaded with every epithet of contempt and
those recorded in the Book of Enoch, are, in many The feelingsperhaps of both parties have on such
instances identical, so that no doubt remains as run awaywith their judgment. For
to occasions
the Hebrew-Chaldee origin of that great Semitic writings of this description, whatever may or may
least of
work, whether assignable to human genius or Divine not be their claim to inspiration, are at
theo-
revelation; and the exhumed amulets of Jews of considerable utility, where they indicate the
the Dispersion attest the accuracy of Archbishop logical opinions of the periods at which they were
Laurence's conclusions respecting the nationality of composed. This I apprehend to be peculiarly the
Pseudo-Enoch. the case of the Book of Enoch which, as ;
having
Ignorance of the contents of the Apocrypha, as manifestly written before the doctrines of
been
canonized by the Church of Home, is so general Christianity were promulgated to the world, must
in England that many otherwise well-informed afford us, when it refers to the nature and character
people imagine that the Book of Enoch may be of the Messiah, as repeatedly does so refer,
it

found in its pages, whereas it has been lost to all credible proof of what were the Jewish opinions
upon those points before the birth of Christ ; and
' " Halleluiah " appears upon the cupa and thus a word,
witli
consequently before the possible predominance of
;

which ancient Syro-Chaldseans conjured, has become, through the

vicissitudes of language, the Shibboleth of modern " lievivalists. the Christian creed."
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INTBODUCTION. INTRODUCTION. xvii

Archbishop Laurence thus clearly recognized female frailty. The advent of the angels multiplies
that the visions of Enoch preceded the teaching of transgressions on earth, they are condemned to
Jesus ; but it was not given to him, or to his "the lowest depths of the fire in torments," and
generation, to see how deeply his conclusions affected Enoch, as the messenger of God, announces to them
the supernatural claims of Christianity. the eternity of their punishment.
Turning to the contents of the Book of Enoch, Chapters xvii. to xxxvi. give a graphic descrip-
the first six chapters announce the condemnation tion of the miraculous journeys of Enoch in the
of transgressors and the blessings of the righteous, company of an angel, from whom he learns the
through the triumphal advent of the Messiah, fore- secrets of creation and the mysteries of Infinity.
famous prediction quoted by the author
cast in the From the top of a lofty mountain " which reached
of the Epistle attributed to Jude. to heaven," he beheld the receptacles of light,
Chapters vii. to xvi. record the descent of two thunder, and lightning, "the great darkness or
hundred angels on the earth, their selection of mountains of gloom which constitute winter, the
wives, the birth of their gigantic offspring, and mouths of rivers and of the deep, the stone which
the instruction of mankind in the manufacture supports the corners of the earth, and the four winds
of offensive and defensive weapons, the fabrication which bear up the earth, and constitute the pillars
of mirrors, the workmanship of jewellery, and the of heaven." ^ Is not this obviously the inspired cos-
use of cosmetics and dyes, combined with lessons mology, through which the author of the Book of
in sorcery, astrology, divination, and astronomy Enoch unconsciously condemned mediaeval physicists
all which Tertullian accepts as Divine revelation, to the stake for impiously proclaiming the mobility
when he denounces woman as the " devil's gate- of the earth ? If an inspired prophet saw the stone
way," ^ and assures her, on the authority of the which supports the corners of the earth, how inex-
inspired Enoch, that Tyrian dyes, Phrygian em- piable the guilt of men, who fostered scepticism
broidery, Babylonian cloth, golden bracelets, gleam- through the heliocentric theory of a world coursing
ing pearls, flashing onyx-stones, and brilliant swiftly round the sun
emeralds, with all the other adjuncts of an elegant But had not the Book of Enoch disappeared for
toilette, are the special gifts of fallen angels to centuries out of Europe, before the persecution of
> " On Female Dress," bk. i. chap. i. ' Chap, xviii.
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xviii INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION.

Galileo and the martyrdom of Bruno ? We answer from an appalling abyss. He saw the regions in
that its teaching had survived, as numerous other which the spirits of the dead await the day of judg-
superstitions have passed from generation to genera- ment; he looked upon the trees of knowledge and
tion long after all knowledge of their origin has of life, exhaling fragrant odours from leaves which
been lost to the theologians who accept them as never withered, and from fruit which ever bloomed ;

Divine. and he beheld the " great and glorious wonder " of
In the " Evolution of Christianity " we cite the the celestial stars, coming forth through the " gates

following passage from Irenseus " It is impossible

:
of heaven."

that the Gospels can be more or less than they are. Chapters xxxvii. to Ixxi. record the second vision
which we of wisdom, divided into three parables. Tlie first
For as there are four zones in the world
inhabit, and four principal winds, while the Church depicts the future happiness and glory of the elect,

is spread abroad throughout the earth, and the whom Enoch beheld reclining on couches in the

pillar and basis of the Church is the gospel and habitations of angels, or standing in thousands of

the spirit of life, it is right that she should have

thousands and myriads of myriads before the throne

four pillars exhaling immortality on every side, and of God, blessing and glorifying Him with celestial

bestowing renewed vitality on men. From which song, as the Holy, Holy Lord of spirits, before whom
righteousness eternally dwells.
fact it follows that the Word has given us four
versions of the Gospel, united by one spirit." We As Enoch uttered his prophecies respecting the
elect, before the existence of Christianity, it is
now recognize that this fanciful theory of a limited
important to learn in what sense he understood the
number of Evangelists is based on the cosmology
doctrine of election. The language of the first
of Enoch and if in the second century, Irena9us
;

accepted the visions of an antediluvian patriarch

parable happily leaves no room for doubt
— " The
righteous will be elected for their good works
as facts, the traditional survival of the earth's
" corner stone " doubtless controlled the orthodox duly weighed by the Lord of Spirits." ^ Election,
therefore, traced to its original source, means nothing
astronomy of mediaeval theologians.
Proceeding on his journey with the angel Uriel, more than Divine " selection of the fittest " —
theory more consistent with the justice of God, than
Enoch furthermore beheld the prison of the fallen
angels, in which struggling columns of fire ascended
' Chap, xxxviii. 2.
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xz. INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION. xsf

the capricious choice of the metamorphical potter, dew, the lightning's flash, and reverberating thunder.
whose arbitrary fashioning of plastic clay symbo- The names of the principal fallen angels are also
lized, in Pauline theology, the doctrine of predesti- given, among whom we recognize some of the in-
nation. visible powers named in the incantations inscribed
The second parable (xlv.-lv.) demands the ab- on the terra cotta cups of Hebrew-Chaldee conju-
sorbed attention of modern Jews and Gentiles ration.
for it is either the inspired forecast of a great Chapters Ixxi. to Ixxxi. contain the " book of the
Hebrew prophet, predicting with miraculous accuracy revolutions of the luminaries of heaven," the sun, the
the future teaching of Jesus of Nazareth, or the moon, and the stars, controlled in their movements
Semitic romance from which the latter borrowed by the administration of angels. In commenting
His conceptions of the triumphant return of the Son on this section of the Book of Enoch, Archbishop
of man, to occupy a judicial throne in the midst Laurence says, "This system of astronomy is pre-
of rejoicing saints and trembling sinners, expect- cisely that of an untutored, but accurate observer of
ant of everlasting happiness or eternal fire : and the heavens. He describes the eastern and western
whether these celestial visions be accepted as human parts of heaven, where the sun and moon rise and
or Divine, they have exercised so vast an influence set, asdivided each into six different gates, through
on the destinies of mankind for nearly two thousand which those orbs of light pass at their respective
years, that candid and impartial seekers after re- periods. In the denomination of these gates he
ligious truth can no longer delay inquiry into the begins with that through which the sun passes at
relationship of the Book of Enoch with the revela- the winter solstice ; and this he terms the first gate.
tion, or the evolution, of Christianity. It of course answers to the sign of Capricornus ; and
The third parable (Ivi.-lxx.) recurs, with glowing is the southernmost point to which the sun reaches,
eloquence, to the inexhaustible theme of Messianic both at rising and setting. The next gate, at which
glory, and again depicts the happy future of the the sun arrives in its progress towards the east at
righteous in contrast with the appalling misery of rising,and towards the west at setting, and which
the wicked. It also records the supernatural control answers to the sign of Aquarius, he terms the second
of the elements, through the action of individual gate. The next, in continuation of the
same course
angels presiding over the winds, the sea, hail, frost, of the sun, which answers to the sign of Pisces, he
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terms the third gate. The fourth gate in his de- Enoch was perhaps formed in this respect upon the
scription is that which is situated due east at sun- same principles as the astronomy of Homer, who
rising,and due west at sun-setting, and which, places the situation of the island Sujo/»? under the
answering to the sign of Aries, the sun enters at the turning of the sun, 66i rpoTrai rttXioio (Odyss. lib.
vernal equinox. With this fourth gate he com- XV. 404)."
mences his account of the sun's annual circuit, and Chapters Ixxxiii. to Ixxxix. contain a vision of
of the consequent change in the length of day and Enoch giving an allegorical forecast of the history
night at the various seasons of the year. His fifth of the worldup to the kingdom of the Messiah.
gate is now to be found in the sun's progress north- Chapter xcii. records a series of prophecies
Avards, and answers to the sign of Taurus. And his extending from Enoch's own time to about one
sixth gate is situated still further north; which, thousand years beyond the present generation. In
answering to the sign of Gemini, concludes at the the system of chronology adopted, a day stands for
most northern point of heaven to which the sun hundred, and a week for hundred years.
seven
arrives, and from which it turns at the summer Reference is made to the deluge, the call of Abra-
solstice, again to measure back its course south- ham, the Mosaic dispensation, the building and the
wards. destruction of the Temple of Solomon events —
"Hence it happens, that the same gates which which preceded the date at which the Book of
answers to the six signs alluded to in the sun's Enoch was probably written : but when the author,
passage from the winter to the summer solstice, in his character of a divinely inspired seer, extends
necessarily also answer to the remaining six of his vision beyond the horizon of his own age, he
the twelve signs of the Zodiac in its passage back discloses the vanity of his predictive pretensions,
again. through prophecies which remain unfulfilled. If,
" The turning of the sun both at the winter and however, the Book of Enoch had reached us through
summer solstices, the first at the most southern, the the Western, as well as the Ethiopic Canon, apolo-
last at the most northern point of its progress, must getic theologians woiild doubtless affirm that cen-
have always struck the eye of those who contem- turies are but trifles in prophetic time;and that
plated the variety as well as the splendour of its the predictions of the great antediluvian prophet
daily appearance. The astronomy of the apocryphal shall, sooner or later, attain miraculous fulfilment.
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Chapters xciii. to' civ. contain the eloquent ex- generation to generation.^ How profound the im-
hortations of Enoch, addressed to his children, in pression necessarily produced on the Semitic imagi-
which he follows Buddha in commending the nation by this impassioned language, uttered in an
"Paths of Eighteousness," and anticipates Jesus age of faith in inspired dreams and celestial visions
in pronouncing the doom of sinners and the joys of by a supposed visitant of the unseen world, who had
saints, and gives utterance to the most emphatic conversed with angels in the presence of the Lord
assurance of immortality which has ever flowed of spirits
from human lips " Fear not, ye souls of the
: The final chapter of the Book of Enoch records
righteous, but wait with patient hope for the day the birth of Noah, and the further prophecies of
of your death in righteousness. Grieve not because Enoch, addressed to Methuselah on the subject of
your souls descend in trouble and sorrow to the the birth of Noah and the future deluge.
receptacle of the dead for great joy shall be yours,
; In attestation of the relationship between the
like that of the angels in heaven. And when you Book Enoch and Christianity, we now collate its
of
die, sinners say concerning you, 'As we die the language and ideas with parallel passages in New
righteous die. What profit have they in their Testament scripture.
works ? Behold, like
they expire in sorrow and
us,

in darkness. What advantage have they over us ? En. Ixiv. 4. " And a voice Matt. iii. 17. " And lo, a
Henceforward are we equal; for behold they are was heard from heaven." voice from heaven, saying."
En. vi. 9. "The elect Matt. V. 5. "Blessed are
dead, and never will they again perceive the light.'
shall possess light, joy, and the meek, for they shall in-
But now I swear to you, ye righteous that I . . .
peace, and they shall in- herit the earth."
comprehend this mystery; that I have read the herit the earth."
En. " He shall Liike xxi. 28. " Your re-
tablet of heaven, have seen the writing of the holy 1. 2, 4, 5.
select the righteous and demption draweth nigh."
ones, and have discovered what is written and
holy from among them; for Matt. xxii. 30. "In the
impressed on it concerning you. I have seen that the day of their salvation has resurrection . . . they are as
all goodness, joy, and glory have been prepared for approached and they
. . . the angels of God in heaven."

you. . The spirits of you who die in righteous-

. .
shall become angels in hea- Matt. xiii. 43. "Then
ven. Their countenances shall shall the righteous shine
ness shall exist and rejoice and their remembrance
;

shall be before the face of the Mighty One from Chap. ciL, ciii.
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INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION.

be bright with joy. . . . The forth as the sun in the king- En. xix. 2. " So that they 1 Cor. X. 20. " The things
earth shall rejoice; and the dom of their Father." sacrifice to devils as to Gods." which the Gentiles sacrifice,
elect possess it." they sacrifice to devils, and
En. xciii. 7. " Those, too, James v. 1. " Go to now, not to God."
who acquire gold and silver, ye rich men, weep and howl En. xxii. 10, 12. (The angel Luke xvi. 26 (Abraham
shall and suddenly
justly for your miseries that shall Eaphael addressing Enoch in addressing Dives from the
perish. Woe to you who are come upon you." the region of the dead :) region of the blessed :) " Be-
rich, for in your riches have Luke vi. 24. unto " Woe " Here their souls are sepa- tween us and you there is a
you trusted but from your ; you that are rich! for ye rated ... by a chasm." great gulf fixed."
riches you shall be removed." have received your consola- En. xxxix. 3, 4, 7. "A 2 Cor. xii. "I will come
tion." cloud then snatched me up to visions and revelations of
En. xcvi. 6, 7,25. "Woe Luke xii. Compare the . .placing me at the ex-
. the Lord. I knew a man in
unto you, sinners, who say, parable of the rich man tremity of the heavens. There Christ .caught up to the
. .

'
We are rich, possess wealth, whose barns were full, and I saw another vision. I saw third heaven, whether in . . .

and have acquired everything who said to himself, " Soul, the habitations and couches the body or out of the body I
which we can desire. -Now thou hast much goods laid of the saints . . . with the cannot tell God knoweth.
:

then will we do whatsoever up for many years, take thine angels . . . under the wings How that he was caught up
we are disposed to do; for ease, eat, drink, and be of the Lord of spirits. All into paradise, and heard un-
we have amassed silver ; our merry. But God said unto the holy and the elect sung speakable words, which it is
barns are full.' . . . They shall him. Thou fool, this night thy before him, in appearance not lawful for a man to
surely die suddenly." soul shall be required of like a blaze of fire, their utter."
thee." mouths being full of bless- Eev. xix. " I heard a 1.
En. cv. 26. " And I will Matt. xix. 28. " Ye also ings, and their lips glori- great voice of much people
place each of them on a shall sit upon twelve thrones, fying the name of the Lord in heaven, saying, Alleluia,
throne of glory, of glory judging the twelve tribes of of spirits." salvation, and glory, and
peculiarly his own." Israel." honour, and power, unto the
En. Ixii. 11. " In his j udg- Eom. "
For there is
ii. 11. Lord our God."
ments he pays no respect to no respect of persons with En. xlvi. 2. " This is the Col. ii. 3. " In whom are
persons." God." Son of man . . . who will re- hid all the treasures of wis-
En. xxxviii. 2. " Where Woe unto
Matt. xxvi. 24. " veal all the treasures of that dom and knowledge."
will the habitation of sinners that man through whom the which is concealed."
be . . . who have rejected the Son of man is betrayed It !
En. ix. 3, 4. " Then they Eev. xvii. 14; xix. 16.
Lord of spirits. It would would be good for that man said to their Lord, the King " King of kings, and Lord of
have been better for them, if he had not been born." Thou art Lord of lords, God lords."
had they never been born." of gods. King of kings. The Eev. iv. 11. "Thou art
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throne of thy glory is for worthy Lord, to receive also, the Lord said, Go and kept not their first estate,
ever and ever, and for ever glory, and
honour, and announce bis crime to Sam- but left their own habitation,
and ever is thy name sancti- power for thou hast created
; yaza and to the others who he hath reserved in everlast-
fiedand glorified. Thou art all things, and for thy plea- are with him who have been ing chains under darkness,
blessed and glorified. Thou sure they are, and associated with women. unto the judgment of the
were . . .

hast made all
possessestpower over all
things:and all things are
open and manifest before
thee. Thou beholdest
things, and nothing can be
concealed from thee."
En. xxiv. 11, 10. "I blessed
the Lord of glory, the ever-
lasting King, because
prepared this
things; thou created." Bind them for seventy gene- great day."
Heb. iv. 13. "Neither is rations underneath the earth, 2 Pet. ii. 4. "God spared
there any creature that is even to the day of judgment, not the angelj when they
not manifest in his sight; and of consummation, until sinned, but cast them down
all but all things are naked and the judgment, which shall to hell, and committed them
opened unto the eyes of him last for ever, be completed. to pits of darkness, to be
with whom we have to do." Then they be taken
shall reserved unto judgment."
Rev. xxii. 2. "On either away into the lowest depths Eev. XX. 10. " The devil
side of the river was a tree of the fire in torments, and that deceived them was cast
Hehas of which bare twelve
life, in confinement shall they be into the lake of fire and
tree for the .
manner of fruits, and yielded shut up for ever." brimstone, and shall be
. . .

saints, formed it, and de- its fruit every month; and tormented day and night for
clared that he would give it the leaves of the tree were ever."
to them. .The sweet
. . for the healing of the na- En. xxi. 56. "I beheld Eev. XX. 1-3. " And I saw
odour shall enter into their tions." columns of fire struggling an angel come down from
bones and they shall live a
; Eev. ii. 7. " To him that together to the end of the heaven, having the key of
long life on the earth, as overcometh will I give to eat abyss,and deep was their the bottomless pit (abyss)
thy forefathers have lived; of the tree of life, which is in descent. But neither its and a great chain in his
neither in their days shall the midst of the paradise of measurement nor magnitude hand. And he laid hold on
sorrow, distress, and punish- God." was I able to discover. the devil and
. . . cast him. . .

ment aflflict them." Eev. xxii. 14. " Blessed are Uriel, one of the holy angels into the bottomless pit, and
they that do his command- . . . said. This is the prison shut it, and sealed it over
ments, that they may have of the angels, and here are him."
the right to the tree of life." they kept for ever."
En. Ixxxv. " And behold Eev. ix. 1. " 1 saw a star
2. En. Ixxix. "In the days Matt. xxiv. 7, 21, 22, 29, 30.
a single star fell from hea- fall from heaven unto the of sinners the years shall be " There shall be famines and
ven." earth." shortened, and every
. . . earthquakes in divers places
En. Ix. 13. " All the angels 2 Thess. i. "The thing done on earth shall be
angels . .great tribulation, such
.

of power." of His power." subverted and disappear in its as was not since the beginning
En. X. 15, 16. " To Michael Jude 6. " The angels which season. ... In those days of the world to this time, no.
XXX INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION.

the fruits of the earth shall nor ever shall be. And ex- stroy and swallow up sinners
not flourish in their season, cept days should be
those from the face of the elect."
En. xl. 1. "After this I Eev. v. 11. " I beheld, and
. heaven shall stand still.
. .
shortened, there should no
The moon shall change its flesh be saved. Imme- . . .
beheld thousands of thou- I heard the voice of many
laws,and not be seen at its diately after the tribulation sands, and ten thousand angels round about the
proper period; and . . . all of those days, the sun shall times ten thousand, and an throne, and the number
. . .

be darkened, and. the moon infinite number of people, of them was ten thousand
the classes of the stars shall
shall not give her light, and standing before the Lord of times ten thousand, and
be shut up against sinners."
En. Ixi. 9. " And trouble the stars shall fall from spirits." thousands of thousands."
them when they heaven. Then shall the En. xlv. 8. " In that day llatt. XXV. 31, 32. " Then
shall seize . . .

shall behold this Son of wo- tribes of the earth mourn ;

shall the Elect One sit upon shall he sit upon the throne
upon the throne and they shall see the Son of a throne of glory, and shall of his glory and before him
man sitting
;

of his glory.'.' man coming in the clouds of choose their conditions and shall be gathered all nations ;

heaven, with power and great countless habitations." and he shall separate them
glory." one from another."
En. xlvii. 3. " He sat upon llev. XX. 11-13, 15. " I saw John xiv. 2. " In my
the throne of his glory, while a great white throne, and father's house are many
the book of the living was him that sat on it, and . . . habitations."

opened in his presence, and I saw the dead, small and En. xlv. 4. " In that day I Eev. vii. 15. "He that
while all the powers which great, standing before the will cause my Elect One to sitteth on the throne shall
were above the heavens stood throne and the books were
; dwell in the midst of them. dwell among them."
around and before him." opened, and another book I will change the face of the 2 Peter iii. 13. " Neverthe-

Eu. I. " In those days shall was opened, which is the heaven : I will bless it and less, we, according to his

book of life, and the dead illuminate it for ever. I will promise, look for new heavens
the earth deliver up from her
womb, and hell deliver up were judged out of those also change the face of the and a new earth, wherein
has things what were written in earth I will bless it, and dwelleth righteousness."
from hers, that which it :

received, and destruction the books, according to their cause those whom I have
sliall restore that which it
works. And the sea gave up chosen to dwell upon it."
He shall select the the dead which were in it, En. xcii. 17. " The former Eev. xxii. 1. " I saw a new
owes.
righteous and holy from and death and hell delivered heaven shall depart and pass heaven and a new earth, for
up the dead which were in away, a new heaven shall the first heaven and the first
among them."
En. liv. "In those days them. . And whosoever
. . appear." earth were passed away."
be was not found written in the En. Ixi. 4-9. "The word 2 Thess. i. 9. " Who shall
shall the mouth of hell
opened into which they shall book of life was cast into the of his mouth -shall destroy be punished with everlasting
lake of all sinners, and all the un- destruction from the presence
be immerged; hell shall de- fire.
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XSXII INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION. zxxni

"In that John " But whoso-

iv. 14.
godly who shall perish at his of the Lord, and from the En. xlviii. 1-7.

presence. . . . Trouble shall glory of his power." place I beheld a fountain of ever drinketh of the water
come upon thera, as upon a 1 Thess. v. 3. "Then righteousness which never that I shall give him shall

woman in travail. One por- sudden destruction cometh failed, encircled by many never thirst : but the water
tion of them shall look upon upon them as travail upon springs of wisdom. Of these that I shall give him shall

another ; they shall be as- a woman with child, and they all the thirsty drank, and be in him a well of water
tonished, and shall abase shall not escape." were filled with wisdom, springing up into everlasting
their countenances ; and 2 Thess. ii. 8. " That wicked having their habitation with life."

trouble them,
shall seize whom the Lord shall con- the righteous, the elect, and Eev. xxi. 6. " I will give
when they shall behold this sume with the Spirit of his the holy." unto him that is athirst of
Son of woman sitting upon mouth." the fountain of the water of
the throne of His glory." Matt. XXV. 3L "When the life freely."

En. " He has pre- Gal. 4. " "Who gave him-

Son of man shall come in his xlviii. i.

served the lot of the right- self for our sins, that he
glory, then shall he sit upon
the throne of his glory." eous, because they have hated might deliver us from this

En. Ixvi. 5-8. "I beheld Matt. xiii. 42. " And shall and rejected this world of present evil world, according
that valley in which . . . cast them into a furnace of iniquity,and have detested to the will of God and onr
arose a strong smell of sul- fire." works and ways in the
all its Father."
name of the Lord of spirits." 1 John ii. 15. " Love not
phur which became mixed Matt. XXV. 41. "Depart
with the waters; and the from me, ye cursed, into the world, neitlier the things
valley of the angels, who had everlasting fire, prepared for that are in the world."

been guilty of seduction, the devil and his angels." En. ii. xxvi, 2. "Behold, Jude 14, 15. " Enoch also,
burned iinderneath its soil. Eev. XX. 10. "And the he comes with ten thousands the seventh from Adam, pro-

Through that va"lley also devil that deceived them of his saints, to execute judg- phesied of these, saying, Be- '

was cast into the lake ment upon them, and destroy hold, the Lord cometh with
rivers of fire were flowing, of fire
towhich the angels shall be and brimstone." the wicked, and reprove all ten thousands of his saints,
condemned, who seduced the the carnal for everything to execute judgment upon
inhabitants of the earth." which the sinful and ungodly all, and to convict all the
En. civ. " Now will I point 1 Tim. iv. 12. " The Spirit have done and committed ungodly of all their ungodly
out a mystery. Many sinners saith expressly, that in later against him. [who utter
. . . deeds which they have un-
shall turn and transgress times some shall fall away with their mouths unbecom- godly committed, and of all
against the word of upright- from the faith, . . . through ing language against God, the hard things which un-
ness. They shall speak evil the hypocrisy of men that and speak harsh things of godly sinners have spoken
things ; they shall utter false- speak lies." ^his glory]." against him.'

hood."
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The bracketed words, in the last quotation from wrote in their names, borrowed their conceptions of
the Book of Enoch, establish its complete identity the resurrection, judgment, immortality, perdition,
with the parallel passage in the Epistle of Jude and of the universal reign of righteousness under
— an identity of marvellous clearness when we the eternal dominion of the Son of man. This
consider that the original version reaches us evangelical plagiarism culminates in the Kevela-
through translations and retranslations from Ara- tion of John, which adapts the visions of Enoch
maean, Greek, and Ethiopic, and now assumes the to Christianity with modifications in which we miss
modern form of Anglo-Saxon. Archbishop Laurence, the sublime simplicity of the great master of apoca-
although convinced that the apostle cited the lyptic prediction, who prophesied in the name of the
Greek version of the extant Ethiopic manuscripts, antediluvian patriarch.
was not aware that the last sentence of his quo- It is important to observe that it was not the
tation is present in the text. We have dis- practice of early Christian writers to name the
covered it in chapter xxvi. 2 of the Book of authors whose language and ideas they borrowed.
Enoch ; and in thus perfecting the parallelism When we therefore detect the teaching and diction
between prophet and apostle, have placed beyond of Enochin Gospels and Epistles, our conclusions are
controversy that, in the eyes of the author of an analogous to those of the orthodox theologians who
Epistle accepted as Divine revelation, the Book identify passages of Scripture in the pages of the
of Enoch was the inspired production of an ante-Nicene Fathers, although frequently cited from
antediluvian patriarch. unnamed sources, with an obscurity of expression
The attention of theologians has been concentrated
more dubious in attestation of their origin, than the
on the passage in the Epistle of Jude because the remarkable clearness with which the languao-e of
author specifically names the prophet; but the Enoch may be recognized in the New Testament.
cumulative coincidence of language and ideas in Biblical analysts may question obscure traces of
Enoch and the authors of New Testament Scripture, evangelical diction in apostolic Fathersbut what
;

which we have
as disclosed in the parallel passages candid and impartial inquirer can doubt the
collated, clearly indicates that the work of the
Enochian origin of the "Son of man sitting upon
Semitic Milton was the inexhaustible source from
wliich Evangelists and Apostles, or the men who
the throne of his glory"
;
—
the "new heaven"
and the " new earth " the " many habitations " of
 INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION.

tlie elect, and "the everlasting fire prepared for defenders of the faith thus accuse primitive saints
the devil and his angels " ? and martyrs of literary forgery, how can they accept
We have merely collated some of the most striking an infallible New Testament at the hands of men
instances of parallel passages in the Book of Enoch thus guilty of conspiring for the deception of
and in the New Testament. Our readers can sup- posterity ? Convinced of the honesty of early
plement our labours through their own research, in Christians, we concur with the opinion of Arch-
further attestation of the controlling influence bishop Laurence, confirmed by Hoffman, that the
exercised by the uncanonical author on the language passages in question are so intimately interwoven
and ideas of canonical works. with the general context that they cannot be
Some orthodox theologians, unwilling to admit removed without evidently destroying the texture
that an apostle quoted an apocryphal book, contend of the whole.
that Jude referred to a traditional utterance of the The astronomical calculations on which Arch-
ancient patriarch ; but this obviously fanciful theory bishop Laurence based his theory of the residence of
inevitably vanishes in the presence of the numerous the author of the Book of Enoch have been ques-
passages from the Book of Enoch, which enter into tioned; but, once his Hebrew nationality has been
the composition of New Testament Scripture. Other admitted, it matters not whether he wrote in or out
pious apologists affirm the post-Christian authorship of Palestine, with this exception, that if the work
of the book, a theory which involves the most was not brought from a distant country into Judaea,
improbable assumption that an author, familiar the facility with which a pseudonymous book was
Avith the story of a suffering and crucified Messiah, accepted in the locality of its recent composition
uttered fictitious predictions in the name of an as the genuine production of an antediluvian
ancient prophet, which depicted the career of the prophet, necessarilyencourages scepticism as to
Son of man on earth march of
as the triumphal the dates and authorship of all ancient Hebrew
a victorious king. Again, theologians who shrink literature. It cannot be said that internal evidence
from the admission that the language and ideas of attests the superiority of the Old Testament to the
evangelists and apostles were anticipated in an Book of Enoch; for no Hebrew prophet is more
apocryphal book, suggest that the Messianic passages eloquent than its author in denouncing iniquity,
contain Christian interpolations. But if modern commending righteousness, and inviting all men
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to place implicit trust in the final vindication of tortured for aeons of aeons they may look forward
Divine justice. hopefully to the future. It is questionable whether
Internal evidence indicates the presence of inde- finaldespair would not be preferable to this form of
pendent Tracts in the Book of Enoch, possibly- " hope deferred ; " but if modern believers
adopt the
composed by different authors. Thus chapters Ixiv. terminable theory of aeonian fire, this commutation
to Ixvii. 1 record a vision of the Deluge, narrated of sentence becomes equally applicable to the devil
as if by Noah instead of Enoch, and inserted in the and his angels, whose punishment has been decreed
middle of another vision with which it has no con- of same duration as that of human sinners;^ and
nection. But if Pseudo-Enoch borrowed from thus the traditional enemies of God and man may
earlier writers, the presence of the language and hope for joyful restoi-ation to fellowship with
ideas of every section of his work in the pages of Gabriel, Michael, and Kaphael, and communion
New Testament Scripture inevitably indicates that with the saints, whom they once sought to betray
the Book or Books of Enoch existed in their present by arts infernal. And as the righteous are also
form before the Christian era. only promised their rewards in heaven for aeons of
Christianity obviously borrows the terrors of aeons,** if these words mean not eternity, saints may
eternal fire from the Book of Enoch. Evangelists fear, whilst sinners hope for, the vicissitudes of
and Apostles define the duration of Divine retribution aeonian futurity. Again, as the dominion of the
by 8Bons of seons ^ {al alijvtg tCjv alwvwv), or millions Messiah,^ and even the power of God,* are depicted
of millions of years, expressive of eternity. It is of aeonian duration, any limitation of the infinite in
true that the word aeon can be used in the sense of
finite time, but when the authors of New Testament
the sacred terminology — aeons of aeons —imperils the
eternal in Divinity.
Scripture speak of seonian fire (to nvp to alwviov) they Theologians who seek to vindicate Divine clemency
obviously mean eternal flames. Modern humanity, through the dubious expedient of substituting aeonian
shrinking from so merciless a view of Divine retri- for eternal retribution, overlook the fact that their
bution, suggests that when sinners have been theory imputes to Divine wisdom the adoption of
• In "ThoEvolution of Christianity," page 355, we mention torture as the most effectual means of transforming
that " the Greek word aliiv (aeon), signifying an age, a genera-

tion, or time everlasting," was the tide adopted by Yalentinus for

' Matt. XXV. 41 ; Kev. xx. 10. * Rev. xxii. 5.

Divine emauatiuns. ' Kev. xi. 15. Rev. vii. 12.

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xl INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION. xl

sinners into saints, —a theory which practically Trinity of futurity; but although Enoch's ideal
invites us to follow the Divine
example by torturing Messiah doubtless exercised an important influence
our criminals into reformation. How much more on primitive conceptions of the Divinity of the Son
consistent for those who cannot reconcile eternal of man, we fail to identify his obscure reference to
firewith infinite mercy, to take one step further in another "Power" with the Trinitarianism of the
the paths of scepticism, by rejecting everlasting tor- Alexandrine school more especially as " angels of
;

ture as the nightmare of Enochian visions instead
of assuming that revelation speaks in language so
ambiguous that primitive saints condemned unbap-
tized babes to eternal fire, whilst modern piety
; power " abound in the visions of Enoch.
That remarkable passage in the Book of Enoch,
which declares that the heathen " sacrificed to devils
as to gods," is the obvious source of that super-
^

would even rescue hardened sinners from the flames stition through which primitive Christianity saw in
If inspired terminology encouraged spiritual ferocity
Olympian deities, not the mere phantoms of man's
in the age of St. Augustine, and fosters theological imagination, but the fallen angels who, driven forth
humanity in the nineteenth century, what may not from heaven, sought compensation in spiritual
be the future interpretation of words, now supposed
—
dominion on earth, a superstition still further con-
to convey an infallible meaning to students of firmed by universal belief in miracles, wrought, not
Scripture ?
merely by the Supreme, but by subordinate powers,
The Book of Enoch teaches the pre-existence of whether good or evil.
the Son of Man, the Elect One, the Messiah, who Thus we learn that the Book of Enoch was
far
" from the beginning existed in secret," ^ and whose published before the Christian era by some great
" name was invoked in the presence of the Lord of
Unknown of Semitic race, who, believing himself to
spirits, before the sun and the signs were created." ^
be inspired in a post-prophetic age, borrowed the
The author also refers to the " other Power who was name of an antediluvian patriarch to authenticate
upon earth over the water on that day,"^ — an his own enthusiastic forecast of the Messianic
apparent reference to the language of Gen. i, 2. kingdom. And as the contents of his marvellous
We have thus the Lord of spirits, the Elect One, Book enter freely into the composition of the New
and a third Power, seemingly foreshadowing the Testament, it follows that if the author was not an
' Cliap. Ixi. 10. = Chap, xlviii. 3 Chap. k. '
Chap. xix. 2.
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inspired prophet, who predicted the teaching of that through the accidental synchronism of some
Christianity, he was a visionary enthusiast whose pre-arranged sign, he may have personated Enoclx
illusions were accepted by Evangelists and Apostles in the conscientious conviction that he was piously
as revelation —alternative conclusions which involve fulfilling the will of the Deity.

the Divine or human origin of Christianity. The recent death of Dr. Pusey recalls the fact,
It may be said that if the author of the Book of that the learned translator of the Book of Enoch
Enoch was not the patriarch in whose name he was his predecessor as Professor of Hebrew in the
wrote, was he not obviously an impostor? In University of Oxford. The and admirers
friends
treating of Hebrew divination in "The Evolution of of the eminent theologian, who was one of the
Christianity," we refer to the oracles ofUrim and authors of the Tractarian movement, propose to
the predictions of Prophets. There was, however, a found a memorial Library in his name, with " two
third form of divination, known as Bath Kol, or the or more clergymen, who shall act as librarians, and
Daughter of the Voice, through which the Israelites shall promote in whatever way the interests of
consulted the Deity by accepting some preconceived theological study and religious life within the
sign in attestation of the Divine approval of con- —
University " a programme which seems to in-
templated action. This method of artificial (re^vticT}) augurate the reign of original research within the
divination is said to have succeeded the revelation domains of ecclesiastical theology. But if, as we
of prophets, but was practised by the Israelites at are informed by the promoters of tlie proposed
a much earlier period of their history. Thus the endowment. Dr. Pusey was above all things "a
servant of Abraham predetermined the sign through Christian apologist, the advocate and champion of
which he would recognize the future wife of Isaac the Church of eighteen centuries," how can the
as divinely chosen and Jonathan, the son of Saul,
; disciples, who saw in him the " great pillar which
preconcerted the verbal omen through which the once sustained the fortunes of the Church of
Israelites might know that Jehovah had delivered England," encourage a freedom of inquiry, in his
the Philistines into their hands. name, which may result in conclusions adverse to
The Kol was doubtless familiar
practice of Bath the ecclesiastical faith in which their master lived
Book of Enoch let us
to the Semitic author of the ; and died ?

not therefore condemn him as an impostor, knowing Eminent theologians tell us that the future
xliv INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION. xlv

librarians " should be students of theology —the of Enoch, and thus unconsciously placed in our
queen of sciences, —among whom Dr. Pusey held hands the Ethiopia key to " the evolution of
a position in the first rank ;
"
and yet that he was Christianity." It remains for future generations to
a zealous supporter of " a movement which embodied determine whether his labours, or those of his
trutlis included ages ago in the formularies of the successor in the Semitic chair of Oxford, shall prove
Church," But how can theology be enrolled among more conducive to the religious enlightenment of
the sciences if its professors reason in ecclesiastical posterity.
fetters ? As well might a modern astronomer Palaeontologists who compare the organic fossils
demand the assent of his pupils to the mediaeval of distinctive epochs in geologic time, and discover
theory of the earth's immobility, before proceeding in the more recent formations, organisms partially
to investigate the laws of the solar system : and divergent in structure from pre-existent forms,
thus, doubtless, most theologians seek Divine truth, attribute variation, not to creative miracles, but to
weighted with a heritage of foregone conclusions, the continuous action of natural causes fashioning
adverse to the admission of unorthodox facts. species, throughout the ages, in harmony with the
AVe all can sympathize with the desire of his natural law of " Survival of the Fittest." We also,
disciples to do honour to the memory of the having identified the kindred fossils of Enoch ian
Tractarian apostle, of many virtues, in whom they and Evangelical epochs, inevitably infer that
see a " great man, raised up by God Almighty to modified versions of pre-existent ideas are traceable,
live and labour for His Church " but men who take
; not to miraculous, but to natural sources,-^-conclu-
this transcendental view of a movement, in which sions which inaugurate the science of theologic
others simply see progress on the road to Kome, palaeontology, and invite all learned travellers to
can scarcely consider the prescriptive rights of follow the example of Bruce, by searching the
primitive or mediieval dogmas, in that impartial world for ancient manuscripts which may disclose
mood which theologians must attain before
to the merely human origin of dogmas and mysteries,
theology becomes the " Queen of Sciences." now accepted as Divine.
Archbishop Laurence was an industrious worker Archbishop Laurence, when Professor of Hebrew
iu the scientific laboratory of theology, when he in the University of Oxford, translated the Book
translated the Bodleian manuscript of the Book of Enoch within the walls of the Bodleian Library,
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xlvi INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION. xlvii

and when appealed to by the Kev. I. M. Butt, in VIlI. to discountenance a philosophy which ap-
1827, to publish the Ethiopic original, answered, proached so closely to the truths of the gospel
" I cannot, the manuscript not being my own, but obviously meaning that it would be inexpedient for
belonging to the University of Oxford." In his the Church to favour a merely human system which
preface to the third edition of his translation, the anticipated the Trinitarian theosophy of alleged
Archbishop adds, "If the University of Oxford revelation : not possible that further delay in
is it

would oblige the literary world by publishing the presenting the world with the Ethiopic text of
original Ethiopic from the manuscript in its pos- Enoch, may suggest to adverse critics, that Oxford
session, I am
persuaded that Ethiopic scholars would neglects the Hebrew patriarch for the same reason
not be wanting to accomplish more than has been thatRome slighted the Athenian philosopher ?
hitherto done for this long regretted book, after its Archbishop Laurence's translation, now however,
sleep of ages," Since these words were written, places the Book of Enoch within the reach of all
great progress has been made in the study of English readers. Catholics may disregard its con-
comparative philology ;and there are now doubtless tents, as it is not found in the sacred Canon of
many eminent linguists in England, on the Conti- their infallible Church
but Protestants, who adhere
;

nent, and in the United States, who could still to the principles of the Reformation, and whose
further illumine the pages of the Book of Enoch, tenure of Christianity is therefore contingent on
through co-operative criticism of the Ethiopic text. the appeal to reason, must inevitably enroll Enoch
Is not the time therefore come for the University among the prophets, or reconsider the supernatural
of Oxford to publish the original manuscript in in Christianity.
their possession, that learned Jews and Gentiles It is important for readers of the Book of Enoch
may study the inspired predictions of a great to recollect that we owe the Reformation to inde-
Hebrew prophet, or admire the sublime imagery of pendent study of sacred literature, previously with-
the Semitic Milton who ascended to the heavens drawn from the people through the oblivion of dead
to dramatize Divinity ? and untranslated languages. The long neglected
At the era of the Renaissance, when enfranchised Book Enoch now stands in analogous relationship
of
thought turned from Aristotle to Plato, it is said with modern seekers after religious truth and it ;

that Cardinal Beilarmine advised Pope Clement remains for its readers to exercise that right of
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xlviii INTRODUCTION.

private judgment, to which Protestantism owes its

existence, by impartially considering the inevitable

modifications of faith involved in the discovery, that
the language and ideas of alleged revelation are THE BOOK OF ENOCH.
found in a pre-existent work, accepted by Evange-
lists and Apostles as inspired, but classed by modern
theologians among apocryphal productions.
CHAP. I.

[In revising the proof-sheets of the Book of

1. The word of the blessing of Enoch, how he
Enoch, we have been still further impressed by its
blessed the elect and the righteous, who were to
relationship with New Testament Scripture. Thus,
exist in the time of trouble ; rejecting ^ all the
the parable of the sheep, rescued by the good Shep-
wicked and ungodly. Enoch, a righteous man, who
herd from hireling guardians and ferocious wolves,
was with God, answered and spoke, while his eyes
is obviously borrowed by the fourth Evangelist
were open, and while he saw a holy vision in the
from Enoch Ixxxix., in which the author depicts
heavens.^ This the angels showed me.
the shepherds as killing and destroying the sheep
2. From them I heard all things, and understood
before the advent of their Lord, and thus discloses
what I saw that which will not take place in this
;

the true meaning of that hitherto mysterious passage

in the
—
Johannine parable "All that ever came
generation, but in a generation which is to succeed
at a distant period, on account of the elect.
—
before me are thieves and robbers" language in
3. Upon their account I spoke and conversed
which we now detect an obvious reference to the
with him, who will go forth from his habitation, the
allegorical shepherds of Enoch.]
Holy and Mighty One, the God of the world
' to the rejection of. N.B, The Italic words in the text supply an
ellipsis. In the notes they are used to mark the literal sense.
" which was in the heavens.
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2 ENOCH. CHAP. III. IV. r.

4. "Who will hereafter tread upon Mount Sinai

appear with his hosts and be manifested in the
; CHAP. III.

strength of his power from heaven. 1. All who are in the heavens know what is
5. All shall be afraid, and the Watchers be transacted ^ there.
terrified. 2.They know that the heavenly luminaries change
6. Great fear and trembling shall seize them, not their paths that each rises and sets regularly,
;

even to the ends of the earth. The lofty moun- every one at its proper period, without transgressing
tains shall be troubled, and the exalted hills de- the commands whichthey have received. They behold
pressed, melting like a honeycomb in the flame. the earth, and understand what is there transacted,
The earth shall be immerged, and all things which from the beginning to the end of it.
are in it perish ; while judgment shall come upon 3. They see that every work of God is invariable
all, even upon all the righteous :
in the period of its appearance. They behold sum-
7. But to them shall he give peace: he shall mer and winter perceiving that the whole earth is
:

preserve the elect, and towards them exercise cle- water and that the cloud, the dew, and the
full of ;

mency. rain refresh it.

8. Then shall all belong to God ; be happy and

blessed; and the splendour of the Godhead shall
CHAP. IV.
illuminate them.
They consider and behold every tree, how it ap-
pears to wither, and every leaf to fall off, except of
CHAP. 11. fourteen trees, which are not deciduous ; which wait
from the old, to the appearance of the new leaf, for
Behold, he comes with ten thousands of his
two or three winters.
saints, to execute judgment upon them, and destroy
the wicked, and reprove all the carnal^ for every-
CHAP. V.
thing which the sinful and ungodly have done, and
committed against him.^ Again they consider the days of summer, that
the sun is upon it at its very beginning while you
'
of flesh. * Quoted by St. Jude ver. 14, 15. ;

' the work.

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ENOCH. CHAP. VII. 5

tion shall be multiplied, and you shall not obtain

seek for a covered and shady spot on account of the
mercy.
burning sun while the earth is scorched up with
;

7. In those days shall you resign your peace

fervid heat,and you become incapable of walking
with the eternal maledictions of all the righteous,
either upon the ground or upon the rocks in conse-
and sinners shall perpetually execrate you
quence of that heat. ;

8. Shall execrate you with the ungodly.

9. The elect shall possess light, joy, and peace
CHAP. VI.
and they shall inherit the earth.

1. They consider how the trees, when they put 10. But you, ye unholy, shall be accursed.
forth their green leaves, become covered, and pro- 11. Then shall wisdom be given to the elect, all

duce fruit ;understanding everything, and knowing of whom shall live, and not again transgress by
that He who lives for ever does all these things for impiety or pride ; but shall humble themselves,
possessing prudence, and shall not repeat trans-
you:
gression.
That the works at the beginning of every
-

2.

existing year, that all his works, are subservient to

12. They shall not be condemned the whole
period of their lives, nor die in torment and indig-
him, and invariable yet as God has appointed, so
;

are all things brought to pass.

nation but the sum of their days ^ shall be com-
;

and the rivers to- pleted, and they shall grow old in peace while the
3. They see, too, how the seas ;

gether complete their respective operations : years of their happiness shall be multiplied with

4. But you endure not patiently, nor

fulfil the joy, and with peace, for ever, the whole duration of
commandments of the Lord ;but you transgress their existence.

and calumniate his greatness; and malignant are

the words in your polluted mouths against his
CHAP. VII. [SECT. II.2]
Majesty.
5. Ye withered in heart, no peace shall be to 1. *It happened after the sons of men had multi-

you !
' the days of their life.

you curse, and the ' Section II. Paris MS. transcribed by Woide.
6. Therefore your days shall
' The first two extracts made by Syncellus from the Greek com-

years of your lives shall perish ;

perpetual execra- mence here, and end with the 15th verse of chap. x.
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ENOCH. CHAP. rilL 7

plied in those days, that daughters were boru to Armers, Batraal, Anane, Zavebe, Samsaveel, Ertael,
them, elegant and beautiful. Turel, Yomyael, Arazyal. These were the prefects
2. And when the angels, the sons of heaven, of the two hundred angels, and the remainder were
beheld them, they became enamoured of them, say- all with them.
ing to each other, Come, let us select for ourselves 10. Then they took wives, each choosing for
wives from the progeny of men, and let us beget himself; whom they began to approach, and with
children. whom they cohabited teaching them sorcery, incan-
;

3. Then their leader Samyaza said to them; I tations, and the dividing of roots and trees.
fear that you may perhaps be indisposed to the 11. ^And the women'* conceiving brought forth
performance of this enterprise ;
giants,
4. And that I alone shall suffer for so grievous a 12. Whose
stature was each three hundred cubits.
crime. These devoured all which the labour of men pvo-
5. But they answered him and said ; We all duced ; until it became impossible to feed them ;

swear 13. When they turned themselves against men, in

6. And bind ourselves by mutual execrations, order to devour them
that we will not change our intention, but execute 14. And began to injure birds, beasts, reptiles,
our projected undertaking. and fishes, to eat their flesh one after another, and
7. Then they swore all together, and all bound to drink their blood.
themselves by mutual execrations. Their whole 15. Then the earth reproved the unrighteous.
number was two hundred, who descended upon
Ardis, which is the top of mount Armon.
CHAP. VIII.
8. That mountain therefore was called^ Armon,

because they had sworn upon it, and bound them- 1. Moreover Azazyel taught men to make swords,
selves by mutual execrations. knives, shields, breastplates, the fabrication of mir-
9. These are the names of their chiefs Samyaza,
:
• This and the following verses of this chapter, viz. 11, 12, 13,
who was their leader, Urakabarameel, Akibeel, 14, 15,seem to belong to the next chapter, and should perhaps be
inserted between the 8th and 9th verses of that chapter.
Tamiel, Kamuel, Danel, Azkeel, Saraknyal, Asael, Such
appears to be their situation in the Greek fragment, quoted by
' they called. Syncellus. •
They.
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'^
ENOCH.
CHAP. IX.

roiV and the workmanship of bracelets and orna-

3. And now to you, ye holy ones of heaven,
ments, the use of paint, the beautifying
of the eye- the souls of men complain, saying. Obtain Justice
brows, the use of stones of every
valuable and select for us with^ the Most High. Then they said to
kind, and of all sorts of dyes, so
that the world their Lord, the King, Thou art Lord of lords, God
became altered.
of gods. King of kings. The throne of thy glory
2. Impiety increased fornication multiplied and
; ;
is for ever and ever, and for ever and ever thy is
they transgressed and corrupted all their ways.
name sanctified and glorified. Thou art blessed and
3. Amazarak taught all the sorcerers, and dividers glorified.
of roots
4. Thou hast made all things; thou possessest
4. Armers taught the solution of sorcery
power over all things ; and all things are open and
5. Barkayal taught the observers of the stars ; manifest before thee. Thou beholdest all things,
6. Akibeel taught signs
and nothing can be concealed from thee.
7. Tamiel taught astronomy
5. Thou hast seen what Azazyel has done, how
8. And Asaradel taught the motion of the moon.
he as taught every species of iniquity upon earth,
9. And men, being destroyed, cried out and their ;
and has disclosed to the world all the secret things
voice reached to heaven.
which are done in the heavens.
6. Samyaza also has taught sorcery, to whom
thou hast given authority over those who are
CHAP. IX. associated with him. They have gone together to
Then Michael and Gabriel, Eaphael, Suryal,
1.
the daughters of men ; have lain with them have ;

and Uriel, looked down from heaven, and saw the become polluted
7. And have discovered crimes to them.
quantity of blood which was shed on earth, and all
the iniquity which was done upon it, and said one 8. The women likewise have brought forth giants.
9. Thus has the whole earth been filled with
to another. It is the voice of their cries
;
blood and with iniquity.
2. The earth deprived of her children has
cried
10. And now behold the souls of those who are
even to the gate of heaven.
dead, cry out.
* made them see that which vcas behind them.
' Bring judgment to us from.
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10 ENOCH. CHAP. X. 11

11. And
complain even to the gate of heaven. 8.There shall he remain for ever ; cover his face,
12. Their groaning ascends nor can they escape ; that he may not see the light.
from the unrighteousness which is committed on 9. And in the great day of judgment let him be
earth. Thou knowest all things, before they exist. cast into the fire.

13. Thou knowest

these things, and what has 10. Eestore the earth, which the angels have
been done by them; yet thou dost not speak to us. corrupted ; and announce life to it, that I may
14. What on account of these things ought we to revive it.

do to them ? 11. All the sons of men shall not perish in con-
sequence of every secret, by which the Watchers
CHAP. X. have destroyed, and which they have taught, their
1. Then the Most High, the Great and Holy One offspring.

spoke, 12. All the earth has been corrupted by the effects

2. And sent Arsayalalyur to the son of Lamech,

of the teaching^ of Azazyel. To him therefore
ascribe the whole crime.
3. Saying, Say to him in my name, Conceal
thyself. 13. To Gabriel also the Lord said. Go to the
4. Then explain to him the consummation which biters, to the reprobates, to the children of fornica-
isabout to take place for all the earth shall perish
;
tion ; and destroy the children of fornication, the
;

the waters of a deluge shall come over the whole offspring of the Watchers, from among men ; bring
earth, and all things which are in it shall be de-
them forth, and excite^ them one against another.
stroyed. Let them perish by mutual slaughter for length of ;

5. And now teach him how he may escape, and days shall not be theirs.

how may remain in all the earth.

his seed 14. They shall all entreat thee, but their fathers
Again the Lord said to Eaphael, Bind Azaz-
6. shall not obtain their wishes respecting them ; for

yel hand and foot cast him into darkness

; and ;
they shall hope for eternal life, and that they may
opening the desert which is in Dudael, cast him in live, each of them, five hundred years.

there. 15. To Michael likewise the Lord said. Go and

Throw upon him hurled and pointed
7. stones,
announce his crime to Samyaza, and to the others
covering him with darkness ' hy the teaching o/ the work of Azazyel. '
send.
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12 ENOCH. CHAP. X. 13

who are with him,who have been associated with while the whole period of their youth, and their sab-
women, that they might be polluted with all their baths shall be completed in peace. In those days all

impurity. And when all their sons shall be slain, the earth shall be cultivated in righteousness; it shall

when they shall see the perdition of their beloved, be wholly planted with trees, and filled with bene-
bind them for seventy generations underneath the diction ; every tree of delight shall be planted in it.

earth, even to theday of judgment, and of consum- 24. In it shall vines be planted and the vine ;

mation, until the judgment, the effect of which will which shall be planted in it shall yield fruit to sa-
last for ever, be completed.^ tiety every seed, which shall be sown in it, shall
;

16. Then shall they be taken away into the lowest produce for one measure a thousand and one mea- ;

depths of the fire in torments; and in confinement sure of olives shall produce ten presses of oil.

shall they be shut up for ever. 25. Purify the earth from all oppression, from all
Immediately after this shall he, together with
17. injustice, from all crime, from all impiety, and from
them, burn and perish; they shall be bound until all the pollution which is committed upon it. Ex-
the consummation of many generations. terminate them from the earth.
18. Destroy all the souls addicted to dalliance, 26. Then shall all the children of men be right-
and the offspring of the Watchers, for they have eous, and all nations shall pay me divine honours,
tyrannized over mankind. and bless me and
; all shall adore me.
19. Let every oppressor perish from the face of 27. The earth shall be cleansed from all corrup-
the earth tion, from every crime, from all punishment, and
20. Let every
work be destroyed
evil from all suffering ; neither will I again send a deluge
21. The plant of righteousness and of rectitude upon from generation to generation for ever.
it

appear, and its produce ^ become a blessing. 28. In those

days I will open the treasures of
22. Eighteousness and rectitude shall be for ever blessing which are in heaven, that I may cause
planted with delight. them to descend upon earth, and upon all the works
23. And then shall all the saints give thanks, and and labour of man.
live until they have begotten a thousand children, 29. Peace and equity shall associate with the sons
of men all the days of the world, in every generation
' Here end the first two extracts made by Synoellua,
of it.
' and the work of righteousness and rectitude.
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14 ENOCH. CHAP. xni. 15

(No CHAP. XI.i)

CHAP. XIII.
CHAP. XII. [SECT. III.2]

1. Before Enoch was concealed

all these things 1. Then Enoch, passing on, said to Azazyel : Thou
;

nor did any one of the sons of men know where he shalt not obtain peace. A great sentence is gone
was concealed, where he had been, and what had
forth against thee. He shall bind thee

happened. 2. Neither shall relief, mercy, and supplication

be thine, on account of the oppression which thou
2. He was wholly engaged with the holy ones,
hast taught
and with the Watchers in his days.
3. And on account of every act of blasphemy,
3. I, Enoch, was blessing the great Lord and
tyranny, and sin, which thou hast discovered to the
King of peace.
me Enoch children of men.
4. And behold the Watchers called
the scribe.
4. Then departing from him I spoke to them all

Then the Lord said to me Enoch, scribe of together

5. :

righteousness, go tell the Watchers of heaven, who 5. And they all became terrified, and trembled
have deserted the lofty sky, and their holy everlast- 6. Beseeching me to write for them a memorial
ing station, who have been polluted with women. might obtain forgiveness
of supplication, that they
;

6. Arid have done as the sons of men do, by

and that I might make the memorial of their prayer
taking to themselves wives, and who have been ascend up before the God of heaven because they ;

greatly corrupted on the earth could not themselves thenceforwards address him,

7. That on the earth they shall never obtain peace

nor raise up their eyes to heaven on account of the

and remission of sin. For they shall not rejoice in disgraceful offence for which they were judged.

their offspring they shall behold the slaughter of

;
7. ThenI wrote a memorial of their prayer and

their beloved shall lament for the destruction of

;
supplication, for their spirits, for everything which

their sons and shall petition for ever

; but shall ;
they had done, and for the subject of their entreaty,

not obtain mercy and peace. that they might obtain remission and rest.
8. Proceeding on, I continued over the waters of
'
The Paris MS. makes the last two verses of the preceding
chapter, the xi. chapter. " Paris MS. Danbadan, which is on the right to the west of
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16 ENOCH. CHAP. XIV. 17

Armon, reading the memorial of their prayer, until the offspring of heaven. I have written your petition
I fell asleep. and in my vision it has been shown me, that what
9. And behold a dream came to me, and visions you request will not be granted you as long as the
appeared above me, I fell down and saw a vision world endures.^
of punishment, that I might relate it to the sons of 3. Judgment has been passed upon you : your
heaven, and reprove them. When I awoke I went request will not be granted you.

to them. All being collected together stood weep- 4. From this time forward, never shall you ascend
ing in Oubelseyael, which is situated between Liba- into heaven ; He has said, that on the earth He will
nos and Seneser, with their faces veiled. bind you, as long as the world endures.
10. I related in their presence all the visions 5. But before these things you shall behold the
which I had seen, and my dream destruction of your beloved sons ;
you shall not
11. And began to utter these words of righteous- possess them, but they shall fall before you by the
ness, reproving the Watchers of heaven. the sword.
6. Neither shall you entreat for them, nor for
yourselves
CHAP. XIV.
7. But you shall weep and supplicate in silence.
1. This is the book of the words of righteousness, The words of the book which I wrote.
and of the reproof of the Watchers, who belong to 8. A vision thus appeared to me,
the world, according to that which He, who is holy 9. Behold, in that vision clouds and a mist invited
and great, commanded in the vision. I perceived me ;
^ agitated stars ^ and flashes of lightning
in my dream, that I was now speaking with a tongue impelled and pressed me forwards, while winds
of flesh, and with my breath, which the Mighty One my
in the vision assisted flight, accelerating my
has put into the mouth of men, that they might progress.*
converse with it. 10. They elevated me aloft to heaven. I pro-
2. And understand with the heart. As he has ceeded, until I arrived at a wall built with stones of
created and given to men
power of comprehend-
the ' in all the days of the world.
ing the word of understanding, so has he created " clouds invited me, and a mist invited me.
the running of the stars.
and given to me the power of reproving the Watchers,
'

* hastening me.
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18 ENOCH. CHAP. xir. 19

cr5'stal.^ A vibrating flame ^ surrounded it, wliicli and agitated stars, while its roof exhibited a blazing
began to strike me with terror. fire.

11. Into this vibrating flame I entered 17. Attentively I surveyed it, and saw that it

12. And drew nigh to a spacious habitation built contained an exalted throne ;

also with stones of crystal. Its walls too, as well 18. The appearance of which was like that of
as pavement, were formed with stones of crystal, frost; while its circumference resembled the orb of
and crystal likewise was the ground. Its roof bad the brilliant sun ; and there was the voice of the
the appearance of agitated^ stars and flashes of cherubim.
lightning and among them were cherubim of fire
;
19. From underneath this mighty throne rivers
in a stormy sky.* A flame burned around its walls of flaming fire issued.

and its portal blazed with fire. When I entered 20. To look upon it was impossible.
into this dwelling, it was hot as fire and cold as ice. 21. One great in glory sat upon it
No trace of delight or of life was there. Terror 22. Whose robe was brighter than the sun, and
overwhelmed me, and a fearful shaking seized whiter than snow.
me. 23. No angel was capable of penetrating to view
13. Violently agitated and trembling, I fell upon the face of Him, the Glorious and the Efi'ulgent
my face. In the vision I looked, nor could any mortal behold Him. A fire was
14. And behold there was another habitation flaming^ around Him.
more spacious than the former, every entrance to 24. A fire also of great extent continued- to rise
which was open before me, erected in the midst of a up before Him so; who sur-
that not one of those
vibrating flame. rounded Him was
capable of approaching Him,
15. So greatly did it excel in all points, in glory, among the myriads of "myriads who were before
in magnificence, and in magnitude, that it is impos- Him. To Him holy consultation was needless.^
sible to describe to you either the splendour or the Yet did not the sanctified, who were near Him,
extent of it. depart far from Him either by night or by day
16. Its floor was on fire ; above were lightnings nor were they removed from Him. I also was so

the course of the.

far advanced, with a veil on my face, and trembling.
'
hail, crystal. ^ a tongue of fire. *

and their heaven (i.e. whose heaven) was water. '

Afire of flaming fire. ' And he required not holy counsel.
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20 ENOCH. CHAP. XV. 21

Then the Lord with his own mouth called me, say- 5. Therefore have I given to them wives, that
ing, Approach hither, Enoch, at my holy word. they might cohabit with them that sons might be ;

25. And He raised me up, making me draw near born of them; and that this might be transacted
even to the entrance. My eye was directed to the upon earth.
ground. 6. But you from the beginning were made
spiritual, possessing a life which is eternal, and
CHAP. XV. not subject to death for ever.^
1. Then addressing me. He spoke and said,^ 7. Therefore I made not wives for you, because,
Hear, neither be afraid, righteous Enoch, thou being spiritual, your dwelling is in heaven.
scribe of righteousness ;
^ approach hither, and hear 8. ^Now the giants, who have been born of spirit
my voice. Go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who and of flesh, shall be called upon earth evil spirits,
have sent thee to pray for them, You ought to and on earth shall be their habitation. Evil spirits
pray for men, and not men for you. shall proceed from their flesh, because they were
2. Wherefore have you forsaken the lofty and created from above; from the holy Watchers was
holy heaven, which endures for ever, and have lain their beginning and primary foundation. Evil
with women
have defiled yourselves with the
; spirits shall they be upon earth, and the spirits of
daughters of men
have taken to yourselves wives
; the wicked shall they be called. The habitation of
have acted like the sons of the earth, and have the spirits of heaven shall be in heaven; but upon
begotten an impious offspring ?^ earth shall be the habitation of terrestrial spirits,
3. You being spiritual, holy, and possessing a who are born on earth.
life* which is eternal, have polluted yourselves 9. The spirits of the giants shall he like clouds,
with women; have begotten in carnal blood; have which shall oppress, corrupt, fall, contend, and bruise
lusted in the blood of men ; and have done as those upon earth.
who are flesh and blood do. 10. They shall cause lamentation. No food shall
4. These however die and perish. they eat and they shall be thirsty
; ; they shall be
' he said with his voice. ' in all the generations of the world,
' Enoch, righteous man, and scribe of righteousness.
The
* third extract made by Syncellus begins here, and ends
' giants. * living a life.
with the first verse of the next chapter.
22 ENOCH. CHAP. XVII. 23

concealed, and shall not^ rise up against the sons

of men, and against women for they come forth
; CHAP. XVII. [SECT. TV.']
during the days of slaughter and destruction.
1. They raised me up into a certain place,^ where
there was the appearance of a burning fire ; and
when they pleased they assumed the likeness of
CHAP. XVI. men.
1. And as to the death of the giants, Avheresoever
2. They carried me to a lofty spot, to a mountain,

their spirits depart from their bodies, let their flesh,

the top of which reached to heaven.

that which is perishable, be without judgment. 3. And I beheld the receptacles of light
and of
Thus shall they perish, until the day of the great thunder at the extremities of the place, where it
consummation of the great world. A destruction was deepest. There was a bow of fire, and arrows
^ the Watchers and the impious. in their quiver, a sword of fire, and every species of
shall take place of
2. And now to the Watchers, who have sent thee lightning.

to pray for them, who in the beginning were in 4. Then they elevated me to a babbling stream,^

heaven, and to a fire in the west, which received all the

3. Say, In heaven have you been ; secret things, setting of the sun. I came to a river of fire, which
however, have not been manifested to you yet flowed like water, and emptied itself into the great
;

have you known a reprobated mystery. sea westwards.

4. And this you have related to women in the 5. I saw every large river, until I arrived at the

hardness of your heart, and by that mystery have great darkness. I went to where all of flesh mi-

Avomen and mankind multiplied evils upon the grate and I beheld the mountains of the gloom
;

earth. which constitutes winter, and the place from which

5. Say to them. Never therefore shall you obtain issues the water in every abyss.

peace. 6. I saw also the

mouths of all the rivers in the
world, and the mouths of the deep.
'
and those spirits shall not. M. De Sacy here remnrks, that
the sense seems to require au affirmative, instead of a negative, ' Paris MS., in which however the title of chap. xvii. is omitted,
cliiuse.
(iltliough the section is noticed.
* It shall he consummated respecting.
* 0716 place. ' to u-ater of life, which spoke.
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24 ENOCH. CHAP. XVIII. 25

and another of antimony. Those towards the south

CHAP. XVIII.
were. of a red stone. The middle one reached to

1. then surveyed the receptacles of all the

I heaven like the throne of God a throne composed ;

winds, perceiving that they contributed to adorn

^ of alabaster, the top of which was of sapphire. I saw,

the whole creation, and to preserve the foundation too, a blazing fire hanging over ^ all the mountains.
11. And there I saw a place on the other side of
of the earth.
2. I surveyed the stone ivMch supports the corners an extended territory, where waters were collected.
of the earth. 12. I likewise beheld terrestrial fountains, deep
3. I also beheld the four winds, which bear up in the fierycolumns of heaven.
the earth, and the firmament of heaven. 13. And in the columns of heaven I beheld fires,

4. And I beheld the winds occupying the exalted which descended without number, but neither on
sky.2 high, nor into the deep. Over these fountains also
Arising in the midst of heaven and of earth,
5.
I perceived a place which had neither the firma-
and constituting the pillars of heaven. ment of heaven above it, nor the solid ground
6. I saw the winds which turn the sky, which
underneath it neither was there water above it, nor
;

cause the orb of the sun and of all the stars to set anything on wing but the spot was desolate.
;

and over the earth I saw the winds which support 14. And there I beheld seven stars, like great

the clouds. blazing mountains, and like spirits entreating me.

7. I saw the path of the angels. 15. Then the angel said. This place, until the
8. I perceived at the extremity of the earth the consummation of heaven and earth, will be the
firmament of heaven above it. Then I passed on prison of the stars, and the host of heaven.
towards the south 16. The stars which roll over fire are those which

9. Where burnt, both by day and night, six transgressed the commandment of God before their
mountains formed of glorious stones three towards
; time arrived; for they came not in their proper

the east, and three towards the south. season. Therefore was He offended with them, and
10. Those which were towards the east were of a bound them, until the period of the consummation
variegated stone; one of which was of margarite. of their crimes in the secret year.

the height of heaven.

' which icas over.
that in them were the ornaments of.
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26 ENOCH. CHAP. XXI. 27

7. Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who presides

CHAP. XIX.
over Ikisat,^ over paradise, and over the cherubim.
1. Then Uriel said, Here the angels, who co-
habited with women, appointed their leaders
CHAP. XXI.
2. And being numerous in appearance made men
profane, and caused them to err ; so that they sacri- 1. Then I made a circuit to a place in which

ficed to devils as to gods. For in the great day nothing was completed.
there shall be a judgment, with which they shall be 2. And there I beheld neither the tremendous
judged, until they are consumed and their wives ; workmanship of an exalted heaven, nor of an
also shall be judged, who led astray the angels of established earth, but a desolate spot, prepared, and
heaven that they might salute them. terrific.
3. And I, Enoch, I alone saw the likeness of the 3. There, too, I beheld seven stars of heaven
end of all things. Nor did any human being see it, bound and like
in it together, like great mountains,
as I saw it. a blazing fire, For what species of
I exclaimed.
crime have they been bound, and why have they
CHAP. XX.
been removed to this place ? Then Uriel, one of
1. These are the names of the angels who watch. the holy angels who was with me, and who con-
2. Uriel, one of the holy angels, who presides
ducted me, answered: Enoch, wherefore dost thou
over ^ clamour and terror.
ask; wherefore reason with thyself, and anxiously
3. Eaphael, one of the holy angels, who presides inquire ? These are those of the which have
stars
over the spirits of men.
transgressed the commandment of the most high
4. Kaguel, one of the holy angels, who inflicts
God ; and are here bound, until the infinite number
punishment on the world and the luminaries. of the days of their crimes be completed.
5. Michael, one of the holy angels, who, presiding
4. From thence I afterwards passed on to another
over human virtue, commands the nations.
terrific place
6. Sarakiel, one of the holy angels, who presides
5. Where I beheld the operation of a great fire
over the spirits of the children of men that trans- blazing and glittering, in the midst of which there
gress.
'
for he it is who is over. ' Ikisat. This appears to be a proper name.
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28 ENOCH. CHAP. XXII. 29

was a Columns of fire struggled together

division. occupy until the day of judgment, and until their
to the end of the abyss, and deep was their descent. appointed period.
But neither its measurement nor magnitude was I 5. Their appointed period will be long, even until
able to discover ; neither could I perceive its origin. the great judgment. And I saw the spirits of the
Then I exclaimed, How terrible is this place, and sons of men who were dead; and their voices
how difficult to explore reached to heaven, while they were accusing.^
6. Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, 6. Then I inquired of Eaphael, an angel who was

answered and said: Enoch, why art thou alarmed with me, and said. Whose spirit is that, the voice
and amazed at this terrific place, at the sight of this of which reaches to heaven, and accuses ?
place of suffering ? This, he said, is the prison of 7. He answered, saying, This is the spirit of
the angels ; and here they are kept for ever. Abel, who was slain by Cain his brother ; and who
will accuse that brother,^ until his seed be destroyed
from the face of the earth ;
CHAP. XXII. [SECT. V.i]
8. Until his seed perish from the seed of the
.

1. From
thence I proceeded to another spot, human race.
where I saw on the west a great and lofty mountain, 9. At that time therefore I inquired respecting
a strong rock, and four delightful places. him, and respecting the general judgment, saying,
2. was deep, capacious, and very
Internally it Why is one separated from another ? He answered,
smooth as smooth as if it had been rolled over it
; : Three separations have been made between the
was both deep and dark to behold. spirits of the dead, and thus have the spirits of the
3. Then Eaphael, one of the holy angels who were righteous been separated.
with me, answered and said, These are the delight- 10. Namely, by a chasm, by water, and by light
ful places where the spirits, the souls of the dead, above it.

Avill be collected ; for them were they formed ; and 11. And
same way likewise are sinners
in the
here will be collected all the souls of the sons of separated when they die, and are buried in the
men. earth judgment not overtaking them in their life-
;

4. These places, in which they dwell, shall they time.

' Paris MS. ' blaming or reproving. ' and he icill accuse him.
30 ENOCH. CHAP. xxir. ?.l

12. Here their souls are separated. Moreover, neither by day nor by night ; but continued always
abundant is their suflferiug until the time of the the same.
great judgment, the castigation, and the torment 3. I inquired, saying. What is this, which never
of those who eternally execrate, whose souls are ceases ?

punished and bound there for ever. 4. Then Raguel, one of the holy angels who were
13. And thus has it been from the beginning of with me, answered,
the world. Thus has there existed a separation 5. And said. This blazing fire, which thou be-
between the souls of those who utter complaints, holdest running towards the west, is that of all the

aud of those w'ho watch for their destruction, to luminaries of heaven.

slaughter them in the day of sinners.
14. A receptacle of this sort has been formed ^
CHAP. XXIV.
for the souls of unrighteous men, and of sinners ; of
those who have completed crime, and associated 1. Iwent from thence to another place, aud saw
with the impious, whom they resemble. Their souls a mountain of fire flashing both by day and night.
shall not be annihilated in the day of judgment, I proceeded towards it and perceived seven splen-
;

neither shall they arise from this place. Then I did mountains, which were all different from each
blessed God, other.
15. And said. Blessed be my Lord, the Lord of 2. Their stones were brilliant and beautiful ; all
glory and of righteousness, who reigns over all for were brilliant and splendid to behold and beautiful;

ever and for ever. was their surface. Three mountains were towards
the east, and strengthened by being placed one
CHAP. XXIIL upon another; and three were towards the south,
strengthened in a similar manner. There were like-
1. From thence I went to another place, towards wise deep valleys, which did not approach each
the west, unto the extremities of the earth. other. And the seventh mountain was in the midst
2. Where I beheld a fire blazing and running of them. In length they all resembled the seat of
along without cessation, which intermitted its course a throne, and odoriferous trees surrounded them.

Tints has it been made. 3. Among these there was a tree of an unceasing
32 ENOCH. 0'\
CHAP. XXV.

smell nor of those which were in Eden was there

;
For towards
of this tree shall be given to the elect.
one of all the fragrant trees which smelt like this. the north life shall be planted in the holy place,
Its leaf, its flower, and its bark never withered, and
towards the habitation of the everlasting King,
its fruitwas beautiful. Then shall they greatly rejoice and exult in
10.
4. Its fruit resembled the cluster of the palm. I
the Holy One. The sweet odour shall enter into
exclaimed, Behold! this tree is goodly in aspect, their bones and they shall live a long life on the
;

pleasing in its leaf, and the sight of its fruit is de-

earth, as thy forefathers have lived neither in their ;

lightful to the eye. Then Michael, one of the holy

days shall sorrow, distress, trouble, and punishment
and glorious angels who were with me, and one who
afflict them.
presided over them, answered, 11. And I blessed the Lord of glory, the ever-
And Enoch, why dost thou inquire re-
said
5. :
lasting King, because He has prepared this tree for
specting the odour of this tree ? the saints, formed it, and declared that He would
6. Why art thou inquisitive to know it ?
give it to them.
7. Then I, Enoch, replied to him, and said.
Con-
cerning everything I am desirous of instruction, CHAP. XXV.
but particularly concerning this tree.
1. From thence I proceeded to the middle of the
8. answered me, saying, That mountain which
He
earth, and beheld a happy and which fertile spot,
thou beholdest, the extent of whose head resembles
contained branches continually sprouting from the
the seat of the Lord, will be the seat on which shall
trees which were planted in it. There I saw a holy
sit the holy and great Lord of glory, the everlasting
mountain, and underneath it water on the eastern
Kino-, when he shall come and descend to visit the
side, which flowed towards the south. I saw also
earth with goodness.
on the east another mountain as high as that and ;

9. that tree of an agreeable smell, not one of

And
between them there were deep, but not wide valleys.
carnal odour,^ there shall be no power to touch, until
2. Water ran towards the mountain to the west
the period of the great judgment. When all shall
of this and underneath there was likewise another
;

be punished and consumed for ever, this shall be

mountain.
bestowed on the righteous and humble. The fruit
3. There was a valley, but not a wide one, below
'
of flesh. it ; and in the midst of them were other deep and
 CUAF. XXVII. XXriII. XXIX. ."5
aI ENOCn.

dry valleys towards the extremity of the three. . CHAP. XXVII.

All these valleys, which were deep, but not wide,
consisted of a strong rock, with a tree which was 1. From thence I proceeded towards the east, to

planted in them. And I wondered at the rock and the middle of the mountain in the desert, the level

at the valleys, being extremely surprised. surface only of which I perceived.

2. It was full of trees of the seed alluded to ; and
water leaped down upon it.
CHAP. XXVI. 3. There appeared a cataract composed as of

What means this blessed land,

many cataracts both towards the west and towards
1, Tlien I said.
the east. Upon one side were trees upon the other
these lofty trees, and the accursed valley between
;

all
water and dew.
them ?

2, Then Uriel, .one of the holy angels who were

CHAP. XXVIII.
with me, replied, This valley is the accursed of the
accursed for ever. Here shall be collected all who 1. Then I went to another place from the desert,
utter with their mouths unbecoming language towards the east of that mountain which I had
against God, and speak harsh things of His glory. approached.

Here shall they be collected. Here shall be their 2.There I beheld choice trees, particularly those
territory.
which produce the sweet-smelling drugs, frankin-
In the latter days an example of judgment
o.
cense and myrrh ;
^and trees unlike to each other.
shall be made of them in righteousness before the 3. And over it, above them, was the elevation of
saints while those who have received mercy shall
:
the eastern mountain at no great distance.

for ever, all their days, bless God, the everlasting

King. CHAP. XXIX.
And at the
4. period of judgment shall they
1. I likewise saw another place with valleys of
bless Him for hismercy, as He has distributed it
water which never wasted,
to them. Then I blessed God, addressing myself
to Him, and making mention, as was meet, of His
' trees
of judgment, particularly furniture of the sweet smell of
frankincense and myrrh.
greatness.
3G ENOCH. CHAP. XXXII. ?^l

2. Where I perceived a goodly tree, which in ness. In this garden I beheld, among other trees,

smell resembled Zasakinon. s(jme which were numerous and large, and which
3. And towards the sides of these valleys I per- flourished there.

ceived cinnamon of a sweet odour. Over them I 3. Their fragrance was agreeable and powerful,^

advanced towards the east. and their appearance both varied and elegant. The
tree of knowledge also was there, of which if any
one eats, he becomes endowed with great wisdom.
CHAP. XXX. 4. It was like a species of the tamarind tree,

bearing fruit which resembled grapes extremely

1. Then I beheld another mountain containing
line; and its fragrance extended to a considerable
from which water flowed like Neketro. Its
trees,
name was Sarira, and Kalboneba. And upon this distance. I exclaimed, How beautiful is this tree,

mountain I beheld another mountain, upon which

and how delightful appearance
is its !

5. Then holy Eaphael, an angel who was with

were trees of Alva.
almond and me, answered and said, This is the tree of know-
2. These trees were full, like trees,
ledge, of which thy ancient father and thy aged
strong; and when they produced fruit, it was
mother ate, who were before thee and who, obtain-
superior to all perfume. ;

ing knowledge, their eyes being opened, and knowing

themselves to be naked, were expelled from the
CHAP. XXXI. garden.

After these things, surveying the entrances of

1. CHAP. XXXII.
the north, above the mountains, I perceived seven
mountains replete with pure nard, odoriferous trees, 1. From thence I went on towards the extremities
cinnamon and papyrus. of the earth; where I saw large beasts different
2. From thence I passed on above the summits from each other, and birds various in their counte-
of those mountains to some distance eastwards, and nances and forms, as well as with notes of different
went over the Erythraean sea. And when I was sounds.

advanced far beyond it, I passed along above the 2. To the east of these beasts I perceived the

angel Zateel, and arrived at the garden of righteous- ' good and great.
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ss ENOCH. CBAP. XXXIV. XXXV. 39

extremities of the earth, where heaven ceased.

The gates of heaven stood open, and I beheld the CHAP. XXXIV.
celestial stars numbered them as
come forth. I
1. From
thence I went to the extremities of the
they proceeded out of the gate, and wrote them all
world westwards
down, as they came out one by one according to
2. Where I perceived three gates open, as I had
their number. I wrote down their names altogether,
seen in the north ; the gates and passages through
their times and their seasons, as the angel Uriel,
them being of equal magnitude.
who was with me, pointed them out to me.
3. He showed them all to me, and wrote down an

account of them. CHAP. XXXV.

4. He also wrote down for me their names, their 1. Then I proceeded to the extremities of the
regulations, and their operations. earth southwards where I saw three gates open to
;

the south, from which issued dew, rain, and wind.

CHAP. XXXIII. 2. Fromthence I went to the extremities of

heaven eastwards; where I saw three heavenly
1. From thence I advanced on towards the north, gates open to the east, which had smaller
gates
to the extremities of the earth, within them. Through each of these
small gates
2. And there I saw a great and glorious wonder the stars of heaven passed on, and
proceeded to-
at the extremities of the whole earth. wards the west by a path which was seen
by them,
3. I saw there heavenly gates opening into and that at every period of their appearance.
heaven ; three of them distinctly separated. The 3. When I beheld them, I blessed ; every time in
northern winds proceeded from them, blowing cold, tvhich they appeared, I blessed
the Lord of glory,
hail, frost, snow, dew, and rain. who had made those great and splendid signs,
that
4. From one of the gates they blew mildly ; but they might display the magnificence
of his works
when they blew from the two other gates, it was to angels and to the souls
of men; and that these
with violence and force. They blew over the earth might glorify all his works
and operations; mi-ht
strongly. see the effect of his power;
might glorify the great
labour of his hands and bless
; him for ever.
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•10 ENOCH. CHAP. XXXVIIl. 41

CHAP. XXXVII.i [SECT. VI.^]

CHAP. XXXVIIL
1. The vision which he saw, the second vision of 1. Parable the first. When the congregation of
wisdom, which Enoch saw, the son of Jared, the son the righteous shall be manifested; and sinners be
of Malaleel, the son of Canan, the son of Enos, the judged for their crimes, and be troubled in the sight
sou of Seth, the son of Adam. This is the com- of the world
mencement word of wisdom, which I received
of the 2. When righteousness shall be manifested in the
to declare and tell to those who dwell upon earth. presence of the righteous themselves, who will be
Hear from the beginning, and understand to the elected for their good works diihj weighed by the
end, the holy things which I utter in the presence Lord of spirits and when the light of the righteous
;

of the Lord of spirits. Those who were before us and the elect, who dwell on earth, shall be mani-
thought it good to speak ;
fested where will the habitation of sinners be ? and
;

2. And let not us, who come after, obstruct the

beginning of wisdom. Until the present period
never has there been given before the Lord of spirits
that which I have received, wisdom according to
the capacity of my intellect,^ and according to the
where the place of rest for those who have rejected
the Lord of spirits ? It would have been better for
them, had they never been born.
3. When, too, the secrets of the righteous shall
be revealed, then shall sinners be judged and im- ;

pleasure of the Lord of spirits ; that which I have pious men shall be afflicted in the presence of the
received from him,* a portion of life eternal. righteous and the elect.
And I obtained three parables, which I declared
3. 4. From that period those who possess the earth
to the inhabitants of the world. shall cease to be^ powerful and exalted. Neither
>
Chap, xxxvi. does not occur in the 5IS. shall they be capable of beholding the countenances
2 Paris MS. and Bodleian MS. of the holy for the light of the
; countenances of the
' aceording as I have thought.
holy, the righteous, and the elect, has been seen by
* idnch has been giceu to me by him.
the Lord of spirits.
5. Yet shall not the mighty kings of that period

' shall not be.

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;

CHAP. XXXIX. 43
42 ENOCH.

be destroyed; but be delivered into the hands

of 6. Countless shall be the number of the holy
the righteous and the holy. and the elect, in the presence of God^ for ever and

6. Nor thenceforwards shall any obtain com- for ever.

miseration from the Lord of spirits, because

their Their residence I beheld under the wings of
7.

lives in this world will have been completed. the Lord of spirits. All the holy and the elect
sung before him, in appearance like a blaze of fire
CHAP. XXXIX. their mouths being full of blessings, and their lips

race glorifying the name of the Lord of spirits. And

In those days shall the elect and holy
1.
seed righteousness incessantly dwelt before him,
descend from the upper heavens, and their
There was I desirous of remaining, and my
shall then be with the sons of men. Enoch
received 8.

hurry soul longed for that habitation. There was my

books of indignation and wrath, and books of
antecedent inheritance; for thus had I prevailed^
and agitation.
Never shall they obtain mercy, saith the
Lord before the Lord of spirits.
2.
9. At that time I glorified and extolled the name
of spirits.
me up, and the wind of the Lord of with blessing and with praise
spirits
3. A cloud then snatched
above the surface of the earth, placing for he has established it with blessing and with
raised me
the extremity of the heavens.
praise, according to hisown good pleasure.^
me at
There I saw another vision
4. ; I saw the habita- That place long did my eyes contemplate. I
10.

tions and couches of the saints. There my eyes blessed and said. Blessed be he, blessed from the
beginning In the beginning, before the
beheld their habitations with the angels, and
their for ever.
world was created, and without end is his know-
couches with the holy ones. They were entreating,
of men; ledge.*
supplicating, and praying for the sons
while righteousness like water flowed before
them, 11. What is this world ? Of every existing gene-
over the earth. ration those shall bless thee who do not sleep in the
and mercy like dew was scattered
And thus shall with them for ever and for ever.
it be ' in his presence.
^ of
At that time my eyes beheld the dwelling There was my for thus had been prevailed
* portion bejore it
;
5.
respecting me.
righteousness.
the elect, of truth, faith, and ' according to the will of the Lord of spirits.
'
flace..
* without end he knows.
 CHAP. XLI. 45
44 ENOCH.
6. The third voice I heard petitioning and pray-
dust, but stand before thy glory, blessing, glorifying,
ing for those who dwell upon earth, and supplicate
exalting thee, and saying, The holy, holy, Lord of
the name of the Lord of spirits.
spirits, fills the whole world of spirits.
7. The fourth voice I heard expelling the impious
12. There my eyes beheld all who, without
angels,^ and prohibiting them from entering into
sleeping, stand before him and bless him, saying,
presence of the Lord of spirits, to prefer accusations
Blessed be thou, and blessed be the name of God
against the inhabitants of the earth.
for ever and for ever. Then my countenance be-
8. After this I besought the angel of peace, who
came changed, until I was incapable of seeing.
proceeded with me, to explain all that was con-
cealed. I said to him, Who are those ivhom I
CHAP. XL. have seen on the four sides, and whose words I have
heard and written down ? He replied. The first is
1. After this I beheld thousands of thousands, the merciful, the patient, the holy Michael.
and myriads of myriads, and an infinite number of 9. The second is he who presides over every
people, standing before the Lord of spirits.
suffering and every affliction^ of the sons of men,
2. On the four wings likewise of the Lord of
the holy Raphael. The
who presides over all
third,
spirits,on the four sides, I perceived others, besides
that is powerful, is Gabriel. And the fourth, who
those who were standing lefore him. Their names,
presides over repentance, and the hope of those who
too, I know because the angel, who proceeded with
;
will inherit eternal life, is Phanuel.
These are the
me, declared them to me, discovering to me every four angels of the most high God, and their four
secret thing.
voices, which at that time I heard.
3. Then I heard the voices of those upon the four
sides magnifying the Lord of glory.
CHAP. XLI.
4. The first voice blessed the Lord of spirits for

ever and for ever. 1. After this I beheld the secrets of the heavens
5. The second voice I heard blessing the elect and of paradise,^ according to its divisions ; and of
One, and the elect who suffer^ on account of the human action,* as they weigh it there in balances.
Lords of spirits. ' the Satans. *
wound.
' the kingdom or paradise. * the work or labour of man.
'
are crucified or tormented.
4G ENOCH. CHAP. XLII. 47

I saw the habitations of the and the habita-elect, path allotted them,^ in obedience to the command
tions of the holy. And there my eyes beheld all of the Lord of spirits. Potent is his name for ever
the sinners, who denied the
Lord of glory, and and for ever.

whom they were expelling from thence, and drag- 5. After this I perceived, that the path both con-
ging away, as they stood there; no punishment cealed and manifest of the moon, as well as the
proceeding against them from the Lord of
spirits. progress of its path, was there completed by day and
2. There, too, my eyes
beheld the secrets of the by night; while each, one with another, looked
lio-htningand the thunder and the secrets of the
; towards the Lord of spirits, magnifying and praising
winds, how they are distributed as they blow over without cessation, since praise to them is rest for ;

the earth the secrets of the winds, of the dew, and

: in the splendid sun there is a frequent conversion
of the clouds. There I perceived the place from to blessing and to malediction.
which they issued forth, and became saturated with 6. The course of the moon's path to the righteous
the dust of the earth. is light, but to sinners it is darkness ; in the name
3. There I saw the wooden^
receptacles out of of the Lord of spirits, who created a division be-
which the winds became separated, the receptacle tween light and darkness, and, separating the spirits
of the
of hail, the receptacle of snow, the receptacle of men, strengthened the spirits of the righteous in
clouds, and the cloud itself, which continued over the name of his own righteousness.
the earth before the creation of the world. 7. Nor does the angel prevent is he this, neither
4. I beheld also the receptacles of
the moon, endowed with the power of preventing it for the ;

whence the moons came, whither

^ they proceeded, Judge beholds them all, and judges them all in
their glorious return,and how one became more his own presence.
pro-
splendid than another. I marhed their rich
their disunited
gress, their unchangeable progress,
of a
CHAP. XLIL
and undiminished progress their observance
;

their proceeding
mutual fidelity by a stable oath 3; 1. Wisdom found not a place on earth where she
forth before the sun, and
their adherence to the could inhabit her dwelling therefore
; is in heaven.

' <''«!/•
2. Wisdom went forth to dwell among the sons of
of icoods.
'
by an oath to loUch they adhered. • to their path.
 ;

48 ENOCH. CHAP. XLJV. XLV. 4D

men, but she obtained not an habitation. Wisdom CHAP. XLIV.

returned to her place, and seated herself in the
Another thing also I saw respecting splendour;
midst of the angels. But iniquity went forth after
that it rises out of the stars, and becomes splendour
her return, who unwillingly found an hahitation, and
being incapable of forsaking them.
resided among them, as rain in the desert, and as a

dew in a thirsty land.

CHAP. XLV. [SECT. YILi]
1. Parable the second, respecting these who
CHAP. XLIII.
deny the name of the habitation of the holy ones,
^

I beheld another splendour, and the stars of

1.
and of the Lord of spirits.
heaven. I observed that he called them all by 2. Heaven they shall not ascend, nor shall they

their respective names, and that they heard. In a come on the earth. This shall be the portion of
rio-hteous balance Isaw that he weighed out with sinners, who deny the name of the Lord of spirits,

their light the amplitude of their places, and the and who are thus reserved for the day of punish-
day of their appearance,^ and their conversion. ment and of affliction.
Splendour produced splendour; and their conver- In that day shall the Elect One sit upon a
3.

sion was into the number of the angels, and of the throne of glory and shall choose their conditions
;

faithful. and countless habitations (while their spirits within

2. Then I inquired of the angel, who proceeded them shall bo strengthened, when they behold my

with me, and explained to me secret things. What Elect One), shall choose them for those who have fled
their names were. He answered, A similitude of for protection to my holy and glorious name.

those has the Lord of spirits shown thee. They are 4. In that day I will cause my Elect One to dwell

names of the righteous who dwell upon earth, and in the midst of them ; will change the face of
who believe in the name of the Lord of spirits for heaven ; will bless it, and illuminate it for ever.
ever and for ever. ' In the Paris MS. it is section viii. In the Bodleian MS. sec-
tion vii.
'
of their exuting. ' In the Bodleian MS. there seoms
here an evident omission.
This omission is supplied in the Paris MS. I have followed the
latter.
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50 ENOCH. CHAP. XLVI. 51

I will also change the face of the earth

5.
will ; surpassed^ all before the Lord of spirits in ever-
bless it; and cause those whom I have elected to lasting uprightness.

dwell upon it. But those who have committed sin 3. This Son of man, whom thou beholdest, shall
aud iniquity shall not inhabit it,^ for I have marked raise up kings and the mighty from their couches,
their proceedings.^ My righteous ones will I satisfy and the powerful from their thrones shall loosen
;

with peace, placing them before me ; but the con- the bridles of the powerful, and break in pieces the
demnation of sinners shall draw near, that I may teeth of sinners.

destroy them from the face of the earth. 4. He shall hurl kings
from their thrones and
their dominions; because they will not exalt and
praise him, nor humble themselves before him, by
CHAP. XLVI.
whom ^ kingdoms were granted to them. The
their
1. There I beheld the Ancient of days,^ whose countenance likewise of the mighty shall He cast
head was like white wool, and with him another, down, filling them with confusion. Darkness shall
whose countenance resembled that of man. His be their habitation, and worms shall be their bed ;

countenance was full of grace, like that of one of nor from that their bed shall they hope to be again
the holy angels. Then I inquired of one of the raised, because they exalted not the name of the
angels,* who went with me, and who showed me Lord of spirits.
every secret thing, concerning this Son of man who ;
5.They shall condemn the stars of heaven, shall
he was whence he was
;
; and why he accompanied liftup their hands against the Most High, shall
the Ancient of days. tread upon and inhabit the earth, exhibiting all
2. He answered and said to me. This is the Son their works of iniquity, even their works of iniquity.
of man, to whom righteousness belongs ; with whom Their strength shall be in their riches, and their
righteousness has dwelt ; and who will reveal all the
faith in the gods whom they have formed with
treasures of that which is concealed for the Lord their own hands.
:
They shall deny the name of
of spirits has chosen him ; and his portion has the Lord of spirits, and shall expel him from the
>
tread upon it.
"
MI have seen them. temples, in which they assemble
' The Chief or Head of days, Dan. vii. 9. 6. And ivith him the faithful, who suffer in the
" The words, Then I inquired of one of the angels, are omitted name
Tliey occur in tlie i'aris MS. of the Lord of spirits.
ill tliu Bodleian MS.
 ENOCH. CHAP. XLVIII. .53

CHAP. XLVII. CHAP. XLVIIL

1. In that day the prayer of the holy and the 1. In that place I beheld a fountain of righteous-
ness, which never failed, encircled by many springs
righteous, and the blood of the righteous, shall
ascend from the earth into the presence of the Lord
of wisdom. Of these all the thirsty drank, and were
tilledwith wisdom, having their habitation with the
of spirits.
righteous, the elect, and the holy.
2. In that day shall the holy ones assemble, who
dwell above the heavens, and with united voice
2. In that hour was this Son of man invoked
petition, supplicate, praise, laud, and bless the name before the Lord of spirits, and his name in the
of spirits, on account of the blood of
presence of the Ancient of days.
of the Lord
righteous which been shed
has that the 3. Before the sun and the signs were created,
the ;

before the stars of heaven were formed, his name

prayer of the righteous may not be intermitted
was invoked in the presence of the Lord of spirits.
before the Lord of spirits that for them he would
;

execute judgment ; and that his patience may not A support shall he be for the righteous and the
holy to lean upon, without falling and he shall be
endure for ever. ;

the light of nations.

3. At that time I beheld the Ancient of days,
while he sat upon the throne of his glory, while the
4. He shall be the hope of those Avhose hearts
are troubled. All, who dwell on earth, shall fall
book of the living was opened in his presence, and
while all the powers which were above the heavens
down and worship before him; shall bless and
stood around and before him.
glorify him, and sing praises to the name of the
4. Then were the hearts of the saints full of joy^
Lord of spirits.
5. Therefore the Elect and the Concealed One
because the consummation^ of righteousness was
existed iu his presence, before the world
arrived, the supplication of the saints heard, and the was
created, and for ever.
blood of the righteous appreciated by the Lord of
6. In his presence he existed, and has revealed
spirits. to
' the number. the saints and to the righteous the wisdom of the
Lord of spirits ; for he has preserved the lot of the
righteous, because they have hated and rejected
51 ENOCH. CHAP. XLVIII. XLIX. 55

this world and have detested all its

of iniquity,
works and ways, in the name of the Lord of spirits. CHAP. XLVIIL^
7. For in his name shall they be preserved and ;
1. Wisdom is poured forth like water, and glory
his will shall be their life. In. those days shall the
fails not before him for ever and ever ; for potent
kings of the earth and the mighty men, who have is he in all the secrets of righteousness.
gained the world by their achievements,^ become
2. But iniquity passes away like a shadov/, and
humble in countenance.
possesses not a fixed station: for the Elect One
8. For in the day of their anxiety and trouble
stands before the Lord of spirits ; and his glory is
their souls shall not be saved and they shall be iu
;
for ever and ever; and his power from generation
subjection to ^ those whom I have chosen.
to generation.
9. I will cast them like hay into the fire, antl
3. With him dwells the spirit of intellectual
like lead into the water. Thus shall tliey burn wisdom, the spirit of instruction and of power, and
in the presence of the righteous, and sink in the
the spirit of those who sleep in righteousness he ;
presence of the holy ; nor shall a tenth part of them
shall judge secret things.
be found.
4. Nor shall any be able to utter a single word
10. But in the day of their trouble, the world
before him for the Elect One is in the presence
;
shall obtain tranquillity.^
of the Lord of spirits, according to his own
11. In his presence shall they fall, and not be
pleasure.
raised up again ; nor shall there be any one to take
them out and to lift them up for
of his hands, :

they have denied the Lord of spirits, and his CHAP. XLIX.
Messiah. The name of the Lord of spirits shall be
In those days the saints and the chosen shall
1.
blessed.
undergo a change. The light of day shall
rest
' hy the ivork of their oivn hands. in the hand of. upon them; and the splendour and glory
of the
' rest shall be on earth.
saints shall be changed.
2. In the day of trouble evil shall be
heaped up
" Chap, xlviii. occurs twice.
5C ENOCH. CHAP. LI. 57

upon sinners ; but the righteous shall triumph in the In those days the mountains shall skip like
4.

name of the Lord of spirits. rams, and the hills shall leap like young sheep ^
3. Others shall be made to they must see, that satiated with milk and
; all the righteous shall become
repent, and forsake the works of their hands and ; angels in heaven.
that glory awaitsthem not in the presence of the 5. Their countenance shall be bright with joy ;

Lord of spirits yet that by his name they may be

;
for in those days shall the Elect One be exalted.
saved. The Lord of spirits will have compassion The earth shall rejoice ; the righteous shall inhabit
on them for great is his mercy and righteousness
: ;
it, and the elect possess it.^

is in his judgment, and in the presence of his glory ;

nor in his judgment shall iniquity stand. He who

CHAP. LI.
repents not before him shall perish.
4. Henceforward I will not have mercy on them, After that period, in the place where I had
1.
saith the Lord of spirits. seen every secret sight, I was snatched up in a
whirlwind, and carried off westwards.
2. There my eyes beheld the secrets of heaven,

CHAP. L. and all which existed on earth a mountain of iron, ;

a mountain of copper,^ a mountain of silver, a

1. In those days shall the earth deliver up from mountain of gold, a mountain of fluid metal, and a
her womb, and hell deliver up from hers, that which mountain of lead.
it has received; and destruction shall restore that 3. And I inquired of the angel who went with
which it owes. me, saying. What are these things, which in secret
2. He shall select the righteous and holy from I behold ?
among them ; for the day of their salvation has 4. He said, All these things which thou be-
approached. holdest shall be for the dominion of the Messiah,
3. And in those days shall the Elect One sit upon that he may command, and be powerful upon earth.
his tlirone, while every secret of intellectual wisdom 5. And that angel of peace answered me, saying,
shall proceed from his mouth ; for the Lord of
' Psalm cxiv. 4. » go and walk upon it.
spirits has gifted and glorified him. ' nummus tninutitsimus. Obolua.
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58 ENOCH. CHAP. LII. 59

Wait but a short time, and thou shalt understand, 2. All who dwell on land, on the sea, and in
and every secret thing shall be revealed to thee, islands, shall bring to it gifts, presents,
and offerings
which the Lord of spirits has decreed. Those moun- yet that deep valley shall not be Their handsfull.
tains which thou hast seen, the mountain of iron, shall commitiniquity. Whatsoever they produce
the mountain of copper, the mountain of silver, the by labour, the sinners shall devour witli crime. But
mountain of gold, the mountain of fluid metal, and they shall perish from the face of the Lord of
spirits,
the mountain of lead, all these in the presence of and from the face of his earth. They shall stand
the Elect One honeycomb before the
shall be like a up, and shall not fail for ever and ever.
fire, and like water descending from above upon 3. I beheld the angels of punishment, who were
these mountains and shall become debilitated before
; dwelling there, and preparing every instrument of
his feet. Satan.
6. In those days men^ shall not be saved by 4. Then I inquired of the angel of peace, who
gold and by silver. proceeded with me, for whom those instruments
7. Nor shall they have it in their power to secure were preparing.
themselves, and to fly. 5. He
said. These they are preparing
for the
8. There shall be neither iron for war, nor a coat kings and powerful ones of the earth,
that thus^
of mail for the breast. they may perish.
Copper shall be useless; useless
9. also that 6. After which the righteous and chosen
house of
which neither rusts nor consumes away ; and lead his congregation shall appear,
thenceforward un-
shall not be coveted. changeable, in the name of the Lord of
spirits.
10. All these things shall be rejected, and perish 7. Nor shall those mountains
exist in his presence,
from off the earth, when the Elect One shall appear as the earth and the hills, as the
fountains of water
in the presence of the Lord of spirits. exist. And the righteous shall be relieved from the
vexation of sinners.
CHAP. LII. ' by this.

1. There my eyes beheld a deep valley ; and wide

was its entrance.
'
they.
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CO ENOCH. CHAP. LIV. CI

the fountains likewise, which are under the heavens

CHAP. LIII.
and under the earth.
1. Then I looked and turned myself to another 8. All the waters, which are in the heavens and

part of the earth, where I beheld a deep valley above them, shall be mixed together.
burning with fire. 9. The water which is above heaven shall be the

2. To this valley they brought monarchs and the agent ;

mighty. 10. And the water which

is under the earth shall

3. And there my eyes beheld the instruments be the recipient '^i and all shall be destroyed who
which they were making, fetters of iron without dwell upon earth, and who dwell under the extremi-
weight.^ ties of heaven.
4. Then I inquired of the angel of peace, who 11. By these means shall they understand the
proceeded with me, saying, For whom are these iniquity which they have committed on earth : and
fetters and instruments prepared ? by these means shall they perish.
5. He replied. These are prepared for the host
of Azazeel, that they maybe delivered over and ad-
judged to the lowest condemnation ; and that their CHAP. LIV.
angels may be overwhelmed with hurled stones, as
Afterwards the Ancient of days repented, and
1.
the Lord of spirits has commanded.
said. In vain have I destroyed all the inhabitants
Michael aud Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel
6. of
the earth.
shall be strengthened in that day, and shall then
blazing that the
2. And he sware by his
name, saying, great
cast them into a furnace of fire,
Henceforwards I will not act thus towards all those
Lord of spirits may be avenged of them for their
who dwell upon earth.
crimes because they became
; ministers of Satan,
3. But I will place a sign in the heavens ^ and
and seduced those who dwell upon earth.
;

it shall be a faithful witness * between me and them

7. In those days shall punishment go forth from

the Lord of and the receptacles of water

spirits; ' "'a'e. »
female.
which are above the heavens shall be opened, and
' Gen. ix. 13. " I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shallbe for
a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
'
in uhkh there was not iceujUt. * faith, or fidelity.
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62 ENOCH. CHAP. LV. 63

for ever, as long as the days of heaven and earth spirit of perturbation shall enter. They shall hurl
last upon the earth. them from their thrones, springing as lions from
4. Afterwards, according to this my decree,when their dens, and like famished wolves into the midst
I shall be disposed to seize them beforehand, by of the flock.
the instrumentality of angels, in the day of affliction 10. They shall go up, and tread upon the land of
and trouble, my wrath and my punishment shall their elect. The land of their elect shall be before
remain upon them, my punishment and my wrath, them. The threshing-floor, the path, and the city
saith God the Lord of spirits, of my righteous people shall impede the progress of
5. ye kings, ye mighty, who inhabit the their horses. They shall rise up to destroy each
world, you shall behold my Elect One, sitting upon other ; their right hand shall be strengthened
the throne of my glory. And he shall judge Aza- nor shall a man acknowledge his friend or his
zeel, all his associates, and all his hosts, in the name brother
of the Lord of spirits. 11. Nor the son his father and his mother; until
6. There likewise I beheld hosts of angels who the number of the dead bodies shall be completed,
were moving in punishment, confined in a net-work by their death and punishment. Neither shall this
of iron and brass. Then I inquired of the angel of take place without cause.
peace, who proceeded with me, To whom those In those days shall the mouth of hell be
12.
under confinement were going. opened, into which they shall be immerged; hell
7. He said, To each of their elect and their shall destroy and swallow up sinners from the face
beloved, that they may be cast into the fountains of the elect.
and deep recesses of the valley.
8. And that valley shall be filled with their CHAP. LV.
electand beloved the days of whose life shall be
;
1. After this I beheld another army of chariots,
consumed, but the days of their error shall be with men riding in them.
innumerable. 2. And they came upon the wind from the east,
9. Then shall princes combine together, and from the west, and from the south.^
conspire. The chiefs of the east, among the Par-
' from the midst of the day. The army alluded
thians and Medes, shall remove kings, in whom a Koiuau.
to was probably
64 ENOCH. CHAP. LVII. G5

3. The sound of the noise of their chariots was of faith; for like the sun has it arisen upon the
heard. earth, while darkness has passed away. There shall
4. And when that agitation took place, the saints be light interminable ^ nor shall they enter upon
:

out of heaven perceived it ; the pillar of the earth the enumeration of time for darkness shall be pre-
;

shook from its foundation and the sound was ; viously destroyed, and light shall increase before
heard from the extremities of the earth unto the the Lord of spirits ; before the Lord of spirits shall
extremities of heaven at the same time. the light of uprightness increase for ever.
5. Then they all fell down, and worshipped the
Lord of spirits.
CHAP. LVIL
6. This is the end of the second parable.
1. In those days my eyes beheld the secrets
of
the lightnings and the splendours, and the judgment
CHAP. LVI. [SECT. IX.^]
belonging to them.
I now began to utter the third parable, con- 2. They lighten for a blessing and for
1. a curse,
cerning the saints and the elect. according to the will of the Lord of spirits.
2. Blessed are ye, saints and elect, for glorious 3. And there I saw the secrets of the thunder,
is your lot. when it rattles ^ above in heaven, and its sound is
3. The saints shall exist in the light of the sun, heard.
and the elect in the light of everlasting life, the 4.The habitations also of the earth were shown
days of whose life shall never terminate ; nor shall to me. The sound of the thunder is for peace and
the days of the saints be numbered, who seek for for blessing, as well as for a curse, according to the
light, and obtain righteousness with the Lord of word of the Lord of spirits.

spirits. Afterwards every secret of the splendours and

5.

4. Peace be to the saints with the Lord of the of the lightnings was seen by me. For blessing and
world. for fertility they lighten.

Henceforward shall the saints be told to seek

5. ' which cannot he numbered. - it is grinding, as in a mortar.
in heaven the secrets of righteousness, the portion

' Paris MS.

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6G ENOCH. CHAP. LVIII.

CHAP. LVIII.i [SECT. X.^] power, the punishment, and the judgment tahe place,
which the Lord of spirits has prepared for those
1. hundredth year, and in the seventh
In the five
who prostrate themselves to the judgment of right-
month, on the fourteenth day of the month, of the
eousness, for those who abjure that judgment, and
lifetime of Enoch, in that parable, I saw that the
for those who take Ms name in vain.
heaven of heavens shook that it shook violently
; ;
That day has been prepared for the elect
6.
and that the powers of the Most High, and the as a day of covenant and for sinners as a day of
;

angels, thousands of thousands, and myriads of

inquisition.
myriads, were agitated with great agitation. And
In that day shall be distributed for food two
7.
when I looked, the Ancient of days was sitting on
monsters; a female monster, whose name is Levia-
the throne of his glory, while the angels and saints than, dwelling in the depths of the sea, above the
were standing around him. A great trembling came springs of waters
upon me, and terror seized me. My loins were And
8. a male monster, whose name is Behemoth
bowed down and loosened my reins were dissolved;
;
;
which possesses, moving on his breast, the invisible
and I fell upon my face. The holy Michael, another wilderness.
holy angel, one of the holy ones, was sent, who
His name was Dendayen in the east of the
9.
raised me up. garden, where the elect and the righteous will
2. he raised me, my spirit returned
And when dwell where he received it from my ancestor, who
;
;

for I was incapable of enduring this vision of violence,

its agitation, and the concussion of heaven.
3. Then holy Michael said to me. Wherefore art
thou disturbed at this vision ?
4. Hitherto has existed the day of mercy and
he has been merciful and longsuffering towards all
who dwell upon the earth.
5. But when the time shall come, then
'
There is no chop. Iviii. in the MS.
chap. lix. into two parts, denominating
was man, from Adam the first of men, whom the
Lord of spirits made.
10. Then I asked of another angel to show me
the power of those monsters, how they became
;
separated on the same day, one heing in the depths
of the sea, and one in the dry desert.
11. And he said, Thou, son of man, art here
shall the
desirous of understanding secret things.
I have therefore divided
12} And the angel of peace, who was with me,
this first part chap. Iviii.

s
Paris MS. ' These last three verses, viz. 12, 13, 14, are placed in both MSS.
 ; : ; ; ;;

CHAP. LIX. 69
C8 ENOCH.
6. That every division is divided that the light-
said,These two monsters are by the pnwer of Gorl ;

ning flashes
prepared to become food, that the punishment of
7. That its troops ^ immediately obey ; and that
God may not be in vain.
with their a cessation takes place during thunder in continu-
13. Then shall children be slain
ance of its sound. Nor are the thunder and the
mothers, and sons with their fathers.
the punishment of the Lord of
lightning separated ; neither do both of them move
14. And when
with one spirit yet are they not separated,
spirits shall continue, upon them shall it continue,
;

For when the lightning lightens, the thunder

8.
that the punishment of the Lord of spirits may not
sounds, and the spirit at a proper period pauses,
take place in vain. After that, judgment shall exist
making an equal division between tliem for the ;
with mercy and longsuffering.
receptacle, upon which their periods depend, is loose
as sand.^ Each of them at a proper season is re-
CHAP. LIX.
strained with a bridle and turned by the power of ;

1. Then another angel, 'who proceeded with me, the spirit, which thus propels them according to the
spoke to me spacious extent of the earth.
2. And showed me the first and last secrets in 9. The spirit likewise of the sea is potent and
heaven above, and in the depths of the earth strong ; and as a strong power causes it to ebb,^ so is
3. In the extremities of heaven, and in the foun- it driven forwards, and scattered against the moun-
dations of it, and in the receptacle of the winds. tains of the earth. The spirit of the frost has its
4. He shon-ed me how their spirits were divided angel ; in the spirit of hail there is a good angel
how they were balanced and how both the springs
;
the spirit of snow ceases in its strength, and a soli-
and the winds were numbered according to the force tary spirit is in it, which ascends from it like vapour,
of their spirit. and is called refrigeration.
5. He showed me the power of the moon's light, 10. The spirit also of mist dwells with them in
that its power is a just one as well as the divisions
;
their receptacle ; but it has a receptacle to itself
of the stars, according to their respective names ; for its progress is in splendour,

at the end of chap. lix. but they bo evidently belong to this

;

' Their host. ' the receptacle, of their times is what sand
account of the Leviathan and Behemoth, that I have ventured
is.
* turns it bach with a bridle.
to insert them here.
70 ENOCH. CHAP. LX. 71

11. In light, and in darkness, in winter and in fore have they taken those long ropes, and gone
summer. It receptacle is bright, and an angel is forth ? He said, They are gone forth to measure.
in it. 3. The angel, who proceeded with me,
said. These
12. The spirit of dew has its abode in the extre- are the measures of the righteous; and
cords shall
mities of heaven, in connection with the receptacle the righteous bring, that they may trust in ' the
of rain and its progress is in winter and in summer.
; name of the Lord of spirits for ever and ever.
The cloud produced by it, and the cloud of the mist, 4. The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect.
become united one gives to the other ; and when
; 5. And these are the measures which shall be
the spirit of rain is in motion from its receptacle, given to faith, and tohich shall strengthen the words
ungels come, and opening its receptacle, bring it of righteousness.
forth. 6. These measures shall reveal all the secrets in
13. When likewise it is sprinkled over all the the depth of the earth.
earth, it forms an union with every kind of water 7. And it shall he, that those who
have been de-
on the ground; for the waters remain on the ground, stroyed in the desert, and who have been devoured
because they afford nourishment to the earth from by the fish of the sea, and by wild beasts, shall
the Most High, who is in heaven. return, and trust in the day of the Elect
'
One for ;

14. Upon this account therefore there is a regu- none shall perish in the presence of the Lord of
lation in the quantity of rain,^ which the angels spirits, nor shall any be capable of
perishing.
receive. 8. Then they received the Commandment,
all who
15. These things I saw ; all of them, even para- were in the heavens above to whom a combined
;

dise.^ power, voice, and splendour, like fire, were

given.
9. And first, with their voice, they
CHAP. LX. blessed him,
they exalted him, they glorified him with
wisdom^
1. In those days I beheld long ropes given to and ascribed to him wisdom with the word,
and
those angels ; who took to their wings, and fled, with the breath of life.
advancing towards the north. 10. Then the Lord of spirits seated upon the
2. And I inquired of the angel, saying, Where- throne of his glory the Elect One ;

'
a meuBure in the ram, ' even to the garden of the righteous.
' lean iqion.
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72 ENOCH.
CHAP. LXI. 73

11. Who shall judge all the works of the holy, in mortal man,^ more than the powers
of heaven, shall
heaven above, and in a balance shall he weigh their glorify and bless thy name for ever and ever.
actions. And when he shall lift up his countenance
16. For great is the mercy of the Lord of spirits
to judge their secret ways in the word of the name
;

long-suffering is he; and all his works, all his

of the Lord of spirits, and their progress in the path power, great as are the things which he has done,
of the righteous judgment of God most high ; has he revealed to the saints and to the elect, in
12. They shall all speak with united voice ; and the name of the Lord of spirits.
bless, glorify, exalt, and praise, in the name of the
Lord of spirits.
CHAP. LXL
13. He power of the heavens,
shall call to every
to all the holy above, and to the power of God. The 1. Thus the Lord commanded the kings, the
Cherubim, the Seraphim, and the Ophanin, all the princes, the exalted, and those who dwell
on earth,
angels of power, and all the angels of the Lords, saying. Open your eyes, and lift up
your horns, if
namely, of the Elect One, and of the other Power, you are capable of comprehending the Elect One.
who was upon earth over the water on that day, 2. The Lord of spirits sat upon
the throne of his
14. Shall raise their united voice ; shall bless, glory.

glorify, praise, and exalt with the spirit of faith, 3. And the spirit of righteousness was poured out
with the spirit of wisdom and patience, with the over him.
spirit of mercy, with the spirit of judgment and 4. The word of his mouth shall destroy all the
peace, and with the spirit of benevolence all shall ;
sinners and all the ungodly, who shall perish at his
say with united voice Blessed is He : and the ;
presence.

name of the Lord of spirits shall be blessed for ever 5. In that day shall all the
kings, the princes,
and for ever all, who sleep not, shall bless it in the exalted, and those who possess the
;
earth, stand
heaven above. up, behold, and perceive, that he is
sitting on the
15. All the holy in heaven shall bless it all the throne of his glory; that before him
;
the saints
elect who dwell in the garden of life and every ;
shall be judged in righteousness

spirit of light, who is capable of blessing, glorifying, 6. And that nothing, which
shall be spoken
exalting, and praising thy holy name ; and every before him, shall be spoken in vain.

' all of flesh.

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ENOCH. CHAP. LXIL 75

7. Trouble shall come upon a

upon them, as The angels shall take them to punishment, that
woman in travail, whose labour is severe, when her vengeance may be inflicted on
those who have
child comes to the mouth of the womb, and she oppressed his children and his elect. And they shall
finds it difficult to bring forth. become an example to the saints and to his elect.
8. One portion of them shall look upon another. Through them shall these be made joyful ; for the
They shall be astonished, and shall humble their anger of the Lord of spirits shall rest upon them.
countenance 15. Then the swordof the Lord of spirits shall
And trouble shall seize them, when they shall be drunk with their blood ;i but the saints
9. and
behold this Son of woman sitting upon the throne elect shall be safe in that day nor the face of the
;

of his glory. sinners and the ungodly shall they thenceforwards

10. Then shall the kings, the princes, and all who behold.

possess the earth, glorify him who has dominion 16. The Lordof spirits shall remain over them :

over all things, him who was concealed ; for from 17. Andwith this Son of man shall they dwell,
the beginning the Son of man existed in secret,^ eat, lie down, and rise up, for ever and
ever.
whom the Most High preserved in the presence of 18. The saints and the elect have
arisen from the
his power, and revealed to the elect. earth,have left off to depress their countenances,
11. He shall sow the congregation of the saints, and have been clothed with the garment
of life.
and of the elect ; and all the elect shall stand That garment of life is with the Lord of spirits,
iii

before him in that day. whose presence your garment shall not wax
old, Lor
12. All the kings, the princes, the exalted, and shall your glory diminish.
those who rule over the earth, shall fall down on
their faces before him, and shall worship him. CHAP. LXIL
13. They shall fix their hopes on this Son of man,
shall pray to him, and petition him for mercy. 1. In those days the kings who possess
the earth
14. Then shall the Lord of spirits hasten to expel shall be punished by the angels of his
wrath,^
them from his presence. Their faces shall be full wheresoever they shall be delivered up,
that he
of confusion, and their faces shall darkness cover.^ may give rest for a short period; and that
they
icas concealed. he added to their faces. ' be drunJt from them. '

punishment.
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76 ENOCH. CHAP. LXIII. 77

may fall down and worship before the Lord of confess that our Lord is faithful in all his works, in
spirits, confessing their sins before him. all his judgments, and in his righteousness.

2. They shall bless and glorify the Lord of 11. In his judgments he pays no respect to

spirits, saying, Blessed is the Lord of spirits, the persons and we must depart from his presence, on
;

Lord of kings, the Lord of princes, the Lord of account of our evil deeds.

the rich, the Lord of glory, and the Lord of wisdom. 12. All our sins are truly without number.
3. He shall enlighten every secret thing. 13. Then shall they say to themselves. Our souls
4. Thy power is from generation to generation ;
are satiated with the instruments of crime
and thy glory for ever and ever. 14. But that prevents us not from descending to
5. Deep are all thy secrets, and numberless and ; the flaming womb of hell.
thy righteousness cannot be computed. 15. Afterwards, theircountenances shall be filled
6. Now we know, that we should glorify and with darkness and confusion before the Son of man
bless the Lord of kings, him who is King over all from whose presence they shall be expelled, and
things. before whom
the sword shall remain to expel them.
7. They shall also say. Who has granted us rest 16. Thus saith the Lord of spirits, This is the

to glorify, laud, bless, and confess in the presence of decree and the judgment against the princes, the
his glory ? kings, the exalted, and those who possess the earth,

8. And now small is the rest we desire; but we in the presence of the Lord of spirits.

do not find it; we reject, and do not possess it.

Light has passed away from before us and dark- ;
CHAP. LXIIL
ness has covered our thrones for ever.
9. For we have not confessed before him we ; 1. I saw also othercountenances in that secret
have not glorified the name of the Lord of kings ; place. I heard the voice of an angel, saying. These

we have not glorified the Lord in all his works; but are the angels who have descended from heaven to
we have trusted in the sceptre of our dominion and earth, and have revealed secrets to the sons of men,

of our glory. and have seduced the sons of men to the commission
10. In the day of our suffering and of our trouble of sin.

he will not save us, neither shall we find rest. We

78 ENOCH. CHAP. LXIV. 7!)

7. They know how silver is produced from the

CHAR LXIV. [SECT. XI.^]
dust of the earth, and how on the earth the metallic
drop exists for lead and tin are not produced from
In those days Noah saw that the earth became
1.
;

inclined, and that destruction approached.

earth, as the primary fountain of their production.
Then he lifted up his feet, and went to the
8. There isan angel standing upon it, and that
2.
angel struggles to prevail.
ends of the earth, to the dwelling of his great-
grandfather Enoch.
Afterwards my great-grandfather Enoch seized
9.

3. And Noah cried with a bitter voice. Hear me me with his hand, raising me up, and saying to me.
;

Go, for I have asked the Lord of spirits respecting

hear me hear me three times. And he said, Tell
; :

this perturbation of the earth; who replied. On

me what is transacting upon earth; for the earth
account of their impiety have their innumerable
labours, and is violently shaken. Surely I shall
perish with it.
judgments been consummated before me. Respect-
ing the moons have they inquired, and they have
4. After this there was a great perturbation on
and a voice was heard from heaven. I fell
known that the earth vcill perish with those who
earth,
dwell upon it, and that to these there will be no
down on my face, when my great-grandfather Enoch
place of refuge for ever.
came and stood by me.
Why 10. They have discovered secrets, and they are
5. He said to me, hast thou cried out to
those who have been judged; but not thou, my
me with a bitter cry and lamentation ?
son. The Lord of spirits knows that thou art pure
6. A
commandment has gone forth from the
and good, free from the reproach of discovering
Lord against those who dwell on the earth, that
secrets.
they may be destroyed ;
^ for they know every
and secret He, the holy One, will establish thy name in
11.
secret of the angels, every oppressive
the midst of the saints, and will preserve thee
power of the devils,^ and every power of thosewho from
those who make those who dwell upon the earth. He will establish
commit sorcery, as well as of
thy seed in righteousness, with dominion and great
molten images in the whole earth.
glory ;i and from thy seed shall spring
forth ^
'
Chapters Ixiv. Ixv. Ixvi. and the first verse of Ixvii. evidently righteous and holy men without number for ever.
contain a vision of Noah, and not of Enoch.
2 their end may be. ' the Satans, » for kings, and for great glory. " shall go forth a spring of.
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so ENOCH. CRAP. LXVI. 81

for ever and ever, and the seed of those who dwell
CEAP. LXV.
with thee on the surface of the earth. It shall be
1. After this he showed me the angels of punish- blessed and multiplied in the presence of the earth,
ment, who were prepared to come, and to open all in the name of the Lord.
the mighty waters ^ under the earth 4. And they shall confine those angels who dis-
2. That they may be for judgment, and for the closed impiety. In that burning valley it is, that
destruction of all those who remain and dwell upon which at first my great-grand-
they shall be confined,
the earth. father Enoch showed me in the west, where there
3. And the Lord of spirits commanded the were mountains of gold and silver, of iron, of fluid
angels who went forth, not to take up the men and metal, and of tin.
preserve tliem. 5. I beheld that valley in which there was great

4. For those angels presided over all the mighty perturbation, and where the waters were troubled.
waters. Then I went out from the presence of 6. And when all this was from the fluid
effected,
Enoch. mass of fire, and the perturbation which prevailed ^
in that place, there arose a strong smell of sulphur,
CHAP. LXVI.
which became mixed with the waters ; and the val-
\. In those days the word of God came to me,^ ley of the angels, who had been guilty of seduction,
and said, Noah, behold, thy lot ^ has ascended up burned underneath its soil.

to me, a lot void of crinie,* a lot beloved^ and 7. Through that valley also rivers of fire were
\ipright. flowing,^ to which those angels shall be condemned,
2. Now
then shall the angels labour at the trees ;
who seduced the inhabitants of the earth.
but when they proceed to this, I will put my hand 8. And in those
days shall these waters be to kings,
upon it, and preserve it. to princes, to the exalted,and to the inhabitants of
3. The seed of life shall arise ^ from it, and a the earth, for the healing of the soul and body, and
change shall take place,' that the dry land may not for the judgment of the spirit.
be left empty. I will establish thy seed before me 9. Their spirits be full of revelry,s that
shall

^ was with me. ' portion.

they may be judged in their bodies because they ;
> the 'power of water.
•
fault.
' ' of hve. ' he. ' shall enter. ' troubled them. ' loerit. '
sport.
82 ENOCH. CHAP Lxrii. 83

liave denied the Lord of spirits, and although they

perceive their condemnation day by day, they believe CHAP. LXVIL
not in his name.
10. And as the inflammation of their
bodies shall 1. After this he gave me the characteristical
be great, so shall their spirits undergo a change for marks ^ of all the secret things in the book of my
ever. great-grandfather Enoch, and in the parables which
11. For no word which is uttered before the Lord had been given him; inserting them for me
to

of spirits shall be in vain. among the words of the book of parables.

Judgment has come upon them, because they
12. 2. At that time holy Michael answered and said

trusted in their carnal revelry,^ and denied the

Lord to Raphael, The power of the spirit hurries me
of spirits. away, and impels me on.^ The severity of the
^
13. In those days shall the waters of
that valley judgment, of the secret judgment of the angels, who
be changed ; for when the angels shall be judged, is capable of beholding —
the endurance of that severe
ex-
then shall the heat of those springs of water judgment which has taken place and been made
perience an alteration. —
permanent without being melted at the sight of
And when the angels shall ascend, the water
14. it ? ^ Again holy Michael answered and said to holy

undergo a change, and be

of the springs shall again Raphael, Who is there whose heart is not softened
frozen. Then I heard holy Michael answering by it, and whose reins are not troubled at this
angels
and saying, This judgment, with which the thing ?
against the Judgment has gone forth against them by
shall be judged, shall bear testimony 3.

kings, the princes, and those who possess the those who have thus dragged them away and that ;

earth. was, when they stood in the presence of the Lord of

15. For these waters of judgment shall be for spirits.
of their bodies.
their healing, and for the death 4. In like manner also holy Rakael said to
and believe that the Raphael, They shall not be before the eye of the
But they shall not perceive
a fire, which
waters will be changed, and become liord since the Lord of spirits has been offended
;

shall blaze for ever. ' the signs. ' irritates or excites me,
s'porl of their bodies.
' its waters. ' and not be melted in the presence of it.
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P4 ENOCH. CHAP. LXVIII. S5

with them ; for like Lords ^ have they conducted them to descend on earth, led astray the offspring
themselves. Therefore will he bring upon them a of men.
secret judgment for ever and ever. 5. The name of the second is Kesabel, who
5. For neither shall angel nor man receive a pointed out evil counsel to the sons of the holy
portion of it ; but they alone shall receive their own angels, and induced them to corrupt their bodies
by
judgment for ever and ever. generating mankind.
6.The name of the third is Gadrel: he dis-
CHAP. LXVIII. covered every stroke of death to the children of
1. After this judgment they shall be astonished men.
and irritated ; for it shall be exhibited to the inhabi- He seduced Eve
7. ; and discovered to the chil-
tants of the earth. dren of men
the instruments of death, the coat of
2. Behold the names of those angels. These are mail, the shield, and the sword for slaughter ; every
their names. The first of them is Samyaza ; the instrument of death to the children of men.
second, Arstikapha : the third, Armen ; the fourth, 8. From hand were these things derived to
his
Kakabael ; the fifth, Turel ; the sixth, Rumyel them who dwell upon earth, from that period for
the seventh, Danyal ; the eighth, Kael ; the ninth, ever.
Barakel ; the tenth, Azazel ; the eleventh, Armers 9. The name
;
of the fourth is Penemue he dis-
:

the twelfth, Bataryal ; the thirteenth, Basasael ; the covered to the children of men bitterness and sweet-
fourteenth, Ananel ; the fifteenth, Turyal ; the six- ness;
teenth, Simapiseel ; the seventeenth, Yetarel ; the 10. And pointed out to them every secret of their
eighteenth, Tumael ; the nineteenth, Tarel ; the wisdom.
twentieth, Rumel ; the twenty-first, Azazyel. 11. He taught men to understand writing, and
These are the chiefs of their angels, and the
3. the use
of ink and paper.
names of the leaders of their hundreds, and the 12. Therefore numerous have been those who
leaders of their fifties, and the leaders of their tens. have gone astray from every period of the world,
4. The name of the first is Yekun he it was who :
even to this day.
seduced all the sons of the holy angels and causing ;
13. For men were not born for this, thus with pen
' in the similitude of, or, as the Lord. and with ink to confirm their faith;
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8fi ENOCH. CHAP. LXVIII. 87

14. Since they were not created, except that, like 23. These are the secrets of this oath, and by it
the angels, they might remain righteous and pure. were they confirmed.
15. Nor would death, which destroys everything, 24. Heaven was suspended by it before the world
have affected them was made, for ever.
16. But by this their knowledge they perish, and 25. By it has the earth been founded upon the
by this alsopower consumes ^ them.
its flood; while from the concealed parts of the hills
17. The name of the fifth is Kasyade he dis- :
the agitated waters proceed forth from the creation
covered to the children of men every wicked stroke to the end of the world.
of spirits and of demons 26. By this oath the sea has been formed, and
18. The stroke of the embryo in the womb, to the foundation of it.

diminish it ; the stroke of the spirit hy the bite of 27. During the period of its fury he has estab-
the serpent, and the stroke which is given in the lished the sand against
it, which continues un-
mid-day hy the offspring of the serpent, the name of changed for ever; and by this oath the abyss has
which is Tabaet.^ been made strong; nor is it removable from its
19. This is the number of the Kesbel the princi- ;
station for ever and ever.
pal part of the oath which the Most High, dwelling 28. By this oath the sun and moon complete
in glory, revealed to the holy ones. their progress, never swerving from the command
20. Its name is Beka. He spoke to holy Michael given to them for ever and ever.
to discover to them the sacred name, that they 29. By this oath the stars complete their pro-
might understand that secret name, and thus re- gress ;

member the oath and that those who pointed out

; 30. And when theirnames are called, they return
every secret thing to the children of men might an answer, for ever and ever.
tremble at that name and oath. 31.Thus in the heavens take place the blowings
21. This is the power of that oath for powerful ;
of the winds: all of them have breathings,^ and
it is, and strong. a complete combination of breathings.
effect
22. And he established this oath of Akae by the 32. There the treasures of thunder are kept, and
instrumentality ^ of the holy Michael. the splendour of the lightning.
'
eats, feeds xij^on, devours. ' male. by the hands. ' or spirits.
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88 ENOCH. CBAP. LXIX. LXX. 89

33. There are kept the treasures of hail and of of man shall become powerful in the presence of the

frost, the treasures of snow, the treasures of rain and Lord of spirits.

of dew. 42. This is the third parable of Enoch.

34. All these confess and laud before the Lord of
spirits. CHAP. LXIX. [SECT. XIL^]
35. They glorify with all their power of praise
1. After this the name Son of man, living
of the
and he sustains them in all that act of thanksgiving
with the Lord of spirits,^ was exalted by the inhabi-
while they laud, glorify, and exalt the name of the
tants of the earth.
Lord of spirits for ever and ever.
2. It was exalted in the chariots of the Spirit
36. And with them he establishes this oath, by
nor does and the name went forth in the midst of them.
which they and their paths are preserved ;

3. From that time I was not drawn in the midst

their progress perish.
of them; but he seated me between two spirits,
37. Great was their joy.
and exalted, because between the north and the west, where the angels
They blessed,
38. glorified,
of man was revealed to them. received their ropes, to measure out a place ^ for the
the name of the Son
and the elect and the righteous.
39. He sat upon the throne of his glory ;

4. There I beheld the fathers of the first men, and

principal part of the judgment was assigned to him,
the Son of man. Sinners shall disappear and perisli the saints, who dwell in that place for ever.

from the face of the earth, while those who seduced

them shall be bound with chains for ever. CHAP. LXX.
40. According to their ranks of corruption shall
they be imprisoned, and all their works shall dis-
1. Afterwards my
was concealed, ascending
spirit
into the heavens. I beheld the sons of the holy
appear from the face of the earth; nor thencefor-
angels treading on flaming fire, whose garments and
ward shall there be any to corrupt; for the Son
robes were white, and whose countenances were
of man has been seen, sitting on the throne of his
transparent as crystal.
glory.
Everything wicked shall disappear, and de-
41.
• Paris MS.
' the name of him living with him, of this Son of man, living
part from before his face and the word of the Son
;
with the Lord of spirita. ' to measure me a place.
90 ENOCH. CHAP. LXX. 91

2. I saw two rivers of fire glittering like the 11. Michael,Eaphael, Gabriel, Phanuel, and the
hyacinth. holy angels who were in the heavens
above, went in
3. Then I fell on my face before the Lord of spirits. and out of it. Michael, Eaphael, and Gabriel
went
4. And Michael, one of the archangels, took me out of that habitation, and holy angels
innumerable.
by my right hand, raised me up, and brought me 12. With them was the Ancient
of days, whose
out to where was every secret of mercy and secret of head was white as wool, and pure, and his
robe was
righteousness. indescribable.
5. He showed me all the hidden things of the 13. Then I upon my
fell face, while all my flesh
extremities of heaven, all the receptacles of the was dissolved, and my spirit became changed.
and the splendours of all, from whence they
stars, 14. I cried out with a loud voice,
with a powerful
went forth before the face of the holy. spirit, blessing, glorifying, and exalting.
6. And he concealed the spirit of Enoch in the 15. And
those blessings, which proceeded from
heaven of heavens. my mouth, became acceptable in the presence of
7. There I beheld, in the midst of that light, a the Ancient of days.
building raised with stones of ice ;
^
16. The Ancient of days came
with Michael and
8. And in the midst of these stones vibrations ^ of Gabriel, Eaphael and Phanuel, with
thousands of
living fire. My spirit saw
around the circle of ^ this thousands, and myriads of myriads,
which could not
flaming habitation, on one of its extremities, that be numbered.
there were rivers full of living fire, which encom- 17. Then that angel came to me, and with his
passed it.
voice saluted me, saying. Thou art
the offspring of
9. Then the Seraphim, the Cherubim, and Ophanin man, who art born for righteousness,
and righteous-
surrounded it these are those who never sleep, but
:
ness has rested on thee.
watch the throne of his glory. 18. The righteousness of the
Ancient of days shall
10. And I beheld angels innumerable, thousands not forsake thee.
of thousands, and myriads of myriads, who sur- 19. He
said, On thee shall he
confer peace ^ in
rounded that habitation. the name
of the existing world ; for from
thence has
peace gone forth since the world was
that in it there was that which was built with stones of ice. created.
' tongues. ' around that ivhich encompassed. ' he shall call to thee peace.
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92 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXI. 93

20. And thus shall it happen to thee for ever and 2. This is the first law of the luminaries. The
ever. sun and the light arrive at the gates of heaven,
21. All who shall exist, and who shall walk in which are on the east, and on the west of it at the
thy path of righteousness, shall not forsake thee for western gates of heaven.
ever. 3. I beheld the gates whence the sun goes forth

22. thee shall be their habitations, with

With and the gates where the sun sets ;

thee their lot nor from thee shall they be separated

; 4. In which gates also the moon rises and sets
;

for ever and ever. and I beheld the conductors of the stars, among
23. And thus shall length of days be with the those who precede them ; six gates were at the rising,
offspring of man. and six at the setting of the sun.
24. Peace shall be to the righteous ; and the path 5. All these respectively, one after another, are on
of integrity shall the righteous pursue,^ in the name a level ; and numerous windows are on the right and
of the Lord of spirits, for ever and ever. on the left sides of those gates.
6; First proceeds forth that great luminary, which

is called the sun ; the orb of which is as the orb of

CHAP. LXXI. [SECT. XIII.^]
heaven, the whole of it being replete with splendid
1. The book of the revolutions of the luminaries and flaming fire.

of heaven, according to their respective classes, their 7. Its chariot, where it ascends, the wind blows.
respective powers, their respective periods, their 8. The sun sets in heaven, and, returning by the
respective names, the places where they commence north, to proceed towards the east, is conducted so

their progress,^ and their respective months, which as to enter by that gate, and illuminate the face of

Uriel, the holy angel who was with me, explained heaven.
he who conducts them. The whole account 9. In the same manner
to me ;
it goes forth in the first

of them, according to every year of the world for month by a great gate.
ever, until a new work shall be effected, which will 10. It goes forth through the fourth of those six
be eternal. gates, which are at the rising of the sun.
11. And in the fourth gate, through which the
'
his upright path shall be to the righteous.
sun with the moon proceeds, in the first part of
' Paris MS. ' the i)laces of their nativity. it.
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!)4 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXI. 95

there are twelve open windows ; from which issues parts. Then the sun rises up, that the day may be
out a flame, when they are opened at their proper shortened, and the night lengthened.
periods. 20. And the sun returns towards the
east, enter-
12. When
the sun rises in heaven, it goes forth ing into the sixth gate, where it rises
and sets for
through this fourth gate thirty days, and by the thirty days.
fourth gate in the west of heaven on a level with it 21. When that period is completed, the day be-
descends. comes shortened precisely one part, so that it is
During that period the day is lengthened
13. eleven parts, while the night seven parts.
is
from the day, and the night curtailed from the 22. Then the sun goes from the
west, from that
night for thirty days. And then the day is longer sixth gate, and proceeds eastwards,
rising in the
by two parts than the night. fifth gate for thirty days, and
setting again west-
14. The day is precisely ten parts, and the night wards in the fifth gate of the west.
is eight. 23. At that period the day becomes shortened
15. The sun^ goes forth through this fourth gate, two parts ;
and is ten parts, while the night is eight
and sets in it,and turns to the fifth gate during parts.
thirty days ; after which it proceeds from, and sets 24. Then the sun goes from the fifth gate, as it
in, the fifth gate. sets in the fifth gate of the west
; and rises in the
16. Then the day becomes lengthened by a fourth gate for thirty-one days, on
account of its
second portion, so that it is eleven parts : while the signs, setting in the west.
night becomes shortened, and is only seven parts. 25. At that period the day is made
equal with
17. The sun now returns to the east, entering the night; and, being equal with
it, the night
into the sixth gate, and rising and setting in the becomes nine parts, and the day nine parts.
sixth gate thirty-one days, on account of its signs. 26. Then the sun goes from that gate, as it sets
18. At that period the day is longer than the m the west ;
and returning to the east proceeds by
night, being twice as lo7ig as the night ; and becomes the third gate for thirty days, setting
in the west at
twelve parts the third gate.
19. But the night is shortened, and becomes six 27. At that period the night is
lengthened from
' And he. the day during thirty mornings, and
the day is cur-
96 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXI. 97

tailed from the day during thirty days the night ; length a fourth part, that is, one portion, and be-
being ten parts precisely, and the day eight parts. comes eleven parts.
28. The sun now goes from the third gate, as it 38. The day is seven parts.

sets in the third gate in the west ; but returning to 39. Then the sun returns, and enters into the
the east, it proceeds by the second gate of the east second gate of the east.
for thirty days. 40. It returns by these beginnings thirty days,
29. In like manner also it sets in the second gate rising and setting.

in the west of heaven. 41. At that period the night is contracted in its

30. At that period the night is eleven parts, and length. It becomes ten
and the day eight
^ parts,
the day seven parts. parts. Then the sun goes from that second gate,
31. Then the sun goes at that time from the and sets in the west but returns to the east, and
;

second gate, as it sets in the second gate in the rises in the east, in the third gate, thirty-one days,
west ; but returns to the east, proceeding by the first setting in the west of heaven.

gate, for thirty-one days. 42. At that period the night becomes shortened.
32. And sets in the west in the first ^ gate. It is nine parts. And the night is equal with the
33. At that period the night is .lengthened as day. The year is precisely three hundred and
much again as the day. sixty-four days.
34. It is twelve ^ parts precisely, while the day is 43. The lengthening of the day and night, and

six parts. the contraction of the day and night, are made to
35. The sun has thus completed its beginnings, differ from each other by the progress of the sun.

and a second time goes round from these begin- By means of this progress the day is daily
44.
nings. lengthened, and the night greatly shortened.^
36. Into that gate it enters for thirty days, and 45. This is the law and progress of the sun, and
sets in the west, in the opposite part of heaven. its turning when it turns back, turning during sixty
37. At that period the night is contracted in its day8,3 and going forth. This is the great everlast-

»
second. A manifest error. The Paris MS. is correct. » seven. Another error. »
apinoaches.
' eleven. A mistake of the transcriber. In the Paris MS. it is ' That is, it is sixty days in the same gates, viz. thirty days twice
tivelve.
every year.
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ENOCH. CHAP. LXXIIL 99

98

ever Half of it is in extent seven portions, one

6.
ing luminary, that which he names the sun for
half; and the whole of its orb is void of light, ex-
and ever.
that which goes forth a great cept a seventh portion out of the fourteen portions of
46. This also is

luminary, and which is named after its peculiar its light. And in a day it receives a seventh portion,
or half that portion, of its light. Its light is by
kind, as God commanded.
And thus it goes in and out, neither slackening sevens, by one portion, and by the half of a portion.
47.
It sets with the sun.
nor resting but running on in its chariot by day and
;

by night. It shines with a seventh portion of light

7. And when the sun rises, the moon rises with
it receiving half a portion of light.
from the moon ; but the dimensions of both are equal. ;

8. On that night, when it commences its period,'

previously to the day of the month, the moon sets
CHAP. LXXII. [SECT. XIV.'] with the sun.
9. And on that night it is dark in its fourteen
1 After this law I beheld another law of an in-
portions, that is, in each half but it rises on that
is the moon,
;

ferior luminary, the name of which

day with one seventh portion precisely, and in its
and the orb of which is as the orb of heaven.
wind progress declines from the rising of the sun.
2. Its chariot, wUch it secretly ascends, the
10. During the remainder of its period ^ its light
blows and light is given to it by measure.
;
increases to fourteen portions.
3. Every month at its exit
and entrance it be-
comes changed and its periods are as the periods
;

of the sun. And when in like manner its light is to CHAP. LXXIII.
exist, its light is a seventh portion from the light of
1. Then I saw another progress and regulation
the sun.
and at its commencement towards which He effected in the law of the moon.^ The
4. Thus it rises,
progress of the moons, and everything relating to
the east goes forth for thirty days.
them, Uriel showed me, the holy angel who con-
5. At that time it appears,
and becomes to you
Thirty days it is with ducted them all.
the beginning of the month.
the sun goes forth.
the sun in the gate from which • at the beginning of its morning, or day.
• Paris MS. * of its day. ' in that law.
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100 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXIII. 101

2. Their stations I wrote down as he showed them to the fixed order of the months the sun rises and
sets.
to me.
3. I wrote down their mouths, as they occur, and 11. At an excess of thirty
those times there is

the appearance of their light, until it is completed days belonging to the sun in five years all the days ;

in fifteen days. belonging to each year of the five years, when com-
4. In each of its two seven portions it completes pleted, amount to three hundred and sixty-four

and at setting.
all its light at rising
days and to the sun and stars belong six days six
; ;

.5. On stated months it changes its settings and

;
'
days in each of the five years thus thirty days;

on stated months it makes its progress through each belong to them

gate. In two gates the moon sets with the sun, 12. So that the moon has thirty days less than
viz. in those two gates which are in the midst, in
the sun and stars.
From the third gate it 13. The moon brings on all the years exactly,
the third and fourth gate.
goes forth for seven days, and makes its circuit. that their stations may come neither too forwards

6. Again it returns to the gate whence the sun

nor too backwards a single day ; but that the years
goes forth, and in that completes the whole of its may be changed with correct precision in three

litrht. Then it declines from the sun, and enters in hundred and sixty-four days. In three years the
days into the sixth gate, and returns in seven
eif^ht days are one thousand and ninety-two in five years ;

days to the third gate, from which the sun goes they are one thousand eight hundred and twenty
forth. and in eight years two thousand nine hundred and
7. When the sun proceeds to the fourth gate, twelve days.

the moon goes forth for seven days, until it passes 14. To the moon alone belong in three years one
from the fifth gate. thousand and sixty-two days; in five years it has
Again it returns in seven days to the fourtli
8. fifty days less than the sun, for an addition being
gate, and completing all its light, declines, and made to the one thousand and sixty-two days, in

l)asses on by the first gate in eight days five years there are one thousand seven hundred and
9. And returns in seven days to the fourth gate, seventy days ; and the days of the moon in eight
from which the sun goes forth. years are two thousand eight hundred and thirty-
10. Thus I beheld their stations, as according two days.
102 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXIV. 103

15. For days in eight years are less than those

its whom the Lord of glory appointed over all tlie

of the sun by eighty days, which eighty days are its luminaries.
diminution in eight years. Of heaven
8. in heaven, and in the world ; that
16. The year then becomes truly complete accord- they might rule in the face of the sky, and appear-
ing to the station of the moons, and the station of ing over the earth, become
the sun which rise in the different gates which
; ; Conductors of the days and nights the sun,
9. :

rise and set in them for thirty days. the moon, the stars, and all the ministers of heaven,
which make their circuit with all the chariots of
heaven.
CHAP. LXXIV. 10. Thus Uriel showed me twelve gates open for

leaders of the chiefs of the the circuit of the chariots of the sun in heaven,
1. These are the
which preside over all creation, from which the rays of the sun shoot forth.
thousands, those
11. From these proceed heat over the earth, when
and over all the stars with the four days which
;

they are opened in their stated seasons. They are

are added and never separated from the place
allotted them, according to the complete computa-
for the winds, and the spirit of the dew, when in
their seasons they are opened opened in heaven at
tion of the year. ;

its extremities.
2. And these serve four days, which are not com-
puted in the computation of the year. Twelve gates I beheld in heaven, at the ex-
12.
tremities of the earth, through which the sun, moon,
3. Eespecting them, men greatly err, for these

luminaries truly serve, in the mansion of the world, and stars, and all the works of heaven, proceed at
their rising and setting.
one day in the first gate, one in the third gate, one
in the fourth, and one in the sixth gate. 13. Many windows also are open on the right
4. And the harmony of the world becomes com-
and on the left.

plete every three hundred and sixty-fourth state of 14. One window at a certain
season grows ex-
it. For the signs, tremely hot. So also are there gates from which
5. The seasons, the stars go forth as they are commanded, and m

6. The years, which they set according to their number.

And the days, Uriel showed me the angel 15. I saw likewise the chariots of heaven, runniuir
7. ;
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ENOCH. CHAP. LXXV. 105

lOi

the stars and dew and from the third gate northwards, pro-
iu the world above to those gates in wliicli
;

One of these is greater than ceed cold and drought.

turn, which never set.
6. After these proceed the south winds through
all, which goes round the whole world.
three principal gates through their first gate, which
;

inclines eastwards, proceeds a hot wind.

CHAP. LXXV. [SECT. XV.^] 7. But from the middle gate proceed grateful
odour, dew, rain, health, and life.

1. And at the extremities of the earth I

beheld 8. From the third gate, which is westwards, pro-
twelve gates open for all the winds, from which ceed dew, rain, blight, and destruction.
they proceed and blow over the earth. 9. After these are the winds to the north, which
2. Three of them are open in the front of heaven, is called the sea. They proceed from three gates.
three in the west, three on the right side of heaven, The first ^ gate is thatwhich is on the east, in-
and three on the left. The first three are those clining southwards; from this proceed dew, rain,
which are towards the east, three are towards the blight, and destruction. From the middle direct
north, three behind those which are upon the left, gate proceed rain, dew, life, and health. And from
towards the south, and three on the west. the third gate, which is westwards, inclining to-
3. From four of them proceed winds of blessing, wards the south,'^ proceed mist, frust, snow, rain,
and of health; aud from eight proceed winds of dew, and blight.
punishment; when they are sent to destroy the 10. After these in the fourth quarter are the
earth,and the heaven above it, all its inhabitants, winds to the west. From the first gate, inclining

and all which are in the waters, or on dry land. northwards, proceed dew, rain, frost, cold, snow, and
4. The first of these winds proceeds from the gate chill; from the middle gate proceed rain, health,

termed the eastern, through the first gate on the and blessing
east, which inclines southwards. From this goes 11. And from the southwards,
last gate, which is

forth destruction, drought, heat, and perdition. proceed drought, destruction, scorching, and perdi-
5. From the second gate, the middle one, proceeds
tion.

equity. There issue from it rain, fruitfulness, health, ' seventh. Perhaps the seventh which had been enumerated.

MS.
' the north. An error iu both MSS.
' Paris
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106 ENOCH. CHAP. Lxxrii. 107

12. The account of the twelve gates of the four 7. Two come from the north to the sea, their
quarters of heaven is ended. waters flowing into the Erythraean sea, on the east.
13. All their laws, all their infliction of punish- And with respect to the remaining four, they take
ment, and the health prodwed by them, have I their course in the cavity of the north, two to their
explained to thee, my son Mathusala. sea, the Erythraean sea, and two are poured into a
great sea, where also it is said there is a desert.
8. Seven great islands I saw in the sea and on
CHAP. LXXVI.
the earth. Seven in the great sea.
1. The first wind is called the eastern, because it

is the first.

The second is called the south, because the

2.
CHAP. LXXVII.
Most High there descends, and frequently there 1. The names of the sun are these : one Aryares,
descends he who is blessed for ever. the other Tomas.
3. The western wind has the name of diminution,
2. The moon has four names. The first is Asonya
because there all the luminaries of heaven are
the second, Ebla ; the third, Benase ; and the fourth,
diminished, and descend. Erae.
4. The fourth wind, which is named the north,
3. These are the two great luminaries, whose orbs
is divided into three parts ; one of which is for the
are as the orbs of heaven; and the dimensions of
habitation of man ; another for seas of water, with both are equal.
valleys, woods, rivers, shady places, and snow and
;
4. In the orb of the sun there is a seventh portion
the third part contains paradise. of light, which is added to it from the moon. By
Seven high mountains I beheld, higher than
5. measure it is put in, until a seventh portion of the
all the mountains of the earth, from which frost light of the sun is departed. They set, enter into
proceeds while days, seasons, and years depart and
;
the western gate, circuit by the north, and through
pass away. the eastern gate go forth over the face of heaven.
Seven rivers I beheld upon earth, greater than
6. 5. When the moon rises, it appears in heaven
all rivers, one of which takes its course from the and the half of a seventh portion of light is all
west ; into a great sea its water flows.
which is in it.
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;

108 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXVII. 109

6. In fourteen days the whole of its light is com- with its light, it is poured into it in the presence
pleted. of the sun, until its light is in fourteen days com-
7. By three quintuples light is put into it, until pleted in heaven.
in fifteen days its light is completed, according to 14. And when it is wholly extinguished, its light
the signs of the year ; it has three quintuples. is consumed and on the first day it
in heaven ; is

8. The moon has the half of a seventh portion. called the new moon, for on that day light is
9. During its diminution on the first day its light received into it.

decreases a fourteenth part; on the second day it 15. It becomes precisely completed on the day
decreases a thirteenth part ; on the third day a that the sun descends into the west, while the moon
twelfth part ; on the fourth day an eleventh part ascends at night from the east.
on the day a tenth part on the sixth day a
fifth ; The moon then shines all the night, until the
16.
ninth part; on the seventh day it decreases an sun rises before it when the moon disappears in
;

eighth part on the eighth day it decreases a seventh

; turn before the sun.
part on the ninth day it decreases a sixth part
; 17. Where light comes to the moon, there again
on the tenth day it decreases a fifth part; on the it decreases, until all its light is extinguished, and
eleventh day it decreases a fourth part on the ; the days of the moon pass away.
twelfth day it decreases a third part on the thir- ; 1 8. Then its orb remains solitary without light.
teenth day it decreases a second part ; on the four- During three months it effects in thirty days
19.
teenth day it decreases a half of its seventh part each month
its period and during three more
;

and on the fifteenth day the whole remainder of its months it effects it in twenty-nine days each.
light is consumed. These are the times in which it effects its decrease
10. On stated months the moon has twenty-nine in its first period, and in the first gate, namely, in
days. one hundred and seventy-seven days.
11. It also has a period of twenty-eight days. 20. And at the time of its going forth during
12. Uriel likewise showed me another regulation, three months it appears thirty days each, and
when light is poured into the moon, how it is poured during three more months it appears twenty-nine
into it from the sun. days each.
13. All the time that the moon is in progress 21. In the night it appears for each twenty days
 ;

no ENOCH. CHAP. LXXIX. Ill

as the face of a, man, and in the day as heaven; for

it is nothing else except its light.
CHAP. LXXIX.
1.In those days Uriel answered and said to me,

CHAP. LXXVIII. Behold, I have showed thee all things, Enoch

2. And all things have I revealed to thee. Thou
1. And now, my son Mathusala, I have shown seest the sun, the moon, and those which conduct
thee everything and the account of every ordinance
;
the stars of heaven, which cause all their operations,
of the stars of heaven is finished. seasons, and arrivals to return.
2. He showed me every ordinance respecting 3. In the days of sinners the years shall be
these, which tahes place at all times and in all shortened,
seasons under every influence, in all years, at the 4. Their seed shall be backward in their prolific
arrival and under the rule of each, during every soil; and everything done on earth shall be sub-
month and every week. He showed me also the verted, and disappear in its season. The rain shall
decrease of the moon, which is effected in the sixth be restrained, and heaven shall stand still.
gate for in that sixth gate is its light consumed.
;
5. In those days the fruits of the earth shall be
3. From this is the beginning of the month and ;
late, and not flourish in their season and in their
;

its decrease is effected in the sixth gate in its season the fruits of the trees shall be withholden.
period, until ahundred and seventy-seven days are 6. The moon shall change its laws, and not be
completed according to the mode of computation
; seen at its proper period. But in those days shall
by weeks,^ twenty-five weeks and two days. heaven be seen; and barrenness shall take place
4. Its period is less than that of the sun, accord- in the borders of the great chariots in the west.
ing to the ordinance of the stars, by five days in Heaven shall shine more than when illuminated hy
one half year ^ precisely. the orders of light ; while many chiefs among the
5. When that their visible situation is completed. stars of authority shall err, perverting their
ways
Such is the appearance and likeness of every lumi- and works.
nary, which Uriel, the great angel who conducts 7. Those shall not appear in their season, who
them, showed to me. command them, and all the classes of the star's
' according to the ordinance of the week. ' in one time. shall be shut up against sinners.
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112 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXX. 113

8. The thoughts of those who dwell on earth lojgue of crime has been written, and with whom
shall transgress within them ; and they shall be iniquity is not found.
perverted in all their ways. 7. Then those three holy ones caused me to
9. They shall and think themselves
transgress, approach, and placed me on the earth, before the
gods ; while evil shall be multiplied among them. door of my house.
10. And punishment shall come upon them, so 8. And they said unto me. Explain everything
that all of them shall be destroyed. to Mathusala thy son and inform all thy children,
;

that no flesh shall be justified before the Lord ; for

he is their Creator.
CHAP. LXXX.
9. During one year we
will leave thee with
1. He Enoch, look on the book which
said, thy children, until thou shalt again recover thy
heaven has gradually dropped down ;^ and, reading strength, that thou mayest instruct thy family,
that which is written in it, understand every part write these things, and explain them to all thy
of it. children. . But in another year they shall take
2. Then I looked on all which was written, and thee from the midst of them, and thy heart shall
understood all, reading the book and everything be strengthened ; for the elect shall point out
written in it, all the works of man righteousness to the elect ; the righteous with
3. And of all the children of flesh upon earth, the righteous shall rejoice, congratulating each
during the generations of the world. other; but sinners with sinners shall die,
4. Immediately after I blessed the Lord, the 10. And the perverted with the perverted shall
King of glory, who has thus for ever formed the be drowned.
whole workmanship of the world. 11. Those likewise who act righteously shall die
5. And I glorified the Lord, on account of his on account of the works of man, and shall be
long-suffering and blessing towards the children of gathered together on account of the works of the
tlie world. wicked.
6. At that time I said, Blessed is the man, who 12. In those days they finished conversing with me.
shall die righteous and good, against whom no cata- 13. And I returned to my fellow men, blessing
' has distilled.
the Lord of worlds.
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ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXI. 115

114

compute them in the computation of every age ; for

CHAP. LXXXI.
they greatly err respecting them ; nor do men know
my son Mathusala, all these things I accurately that they are in the computation of the
1. Now,
apeak unto thee, and write for thee. To thee I year. But indeed these are marked down ^ for ever

and have given thee books of one in the first gate, one in the third, one in the
have revealed all,
fourth, and one in the sixth :
everything.
son Mathusala, the books written 7. So that the year is completed in three hundred
2. Preserve, my
^ that thou mayest transmit them to and sixty-four days.
by thy father ;

8. Truly has been stated,'' and accurately has

future generations.
I given to thee, to thy children,
Wisdom have been computed that which is marked down for the ;
3.
luminaries, the months, the fixed periods, the years,
and thy posterity, that they may transmit to their
children, for generations for ever, this wisdom in
and the days, Uriel has explained to me, and com-
their thoughts ; and that those who comprehend it municated to me ^ whom the Lord of all creation,
;

not slumber, but hear with their ears; that

on my account, commanded (according to the might
may
of heaven, and the power which it possesses both by
they may learn this wisdom, and be deemed worthy
wholesome food. night and by day) to explain the laws of light to
of eating this
4. Blessed are all the righteous ; blessed all who man, of the sun, moon, and stars, and of all the
walk in the paths of righteousness; in whom no powers of heaven, which are turned with their
respective orbs.
crime is found, as in sinners, when all their days
9. This is the ordinance of the stars, which set in
are numbered.
With respect to the progress of the sun in their places, in their seasons, in their periods, in
5.

heaven, it enters and goes out of each gate for thirty their days,and in their months.
days, with the leaders of the thousand classes of the
10.These are the names of those who conduct
stars; with four which are added, and
appertain them, who watch and enter in their seasons, according
the four quarters of the year, which conduct to their ordinance in their periods, in their months,
to
them, and accompany them at four periods. in the times of their influence, and in their stations.
err, and do not
6. Kespecting these, men greatly ' to impress, express, or to seal * have they related.
hand of thy father. •*
has breathed into me.
»
the hooks of the
116 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXI. 117

11. Four conductors of them first enter, who are seen upon earth. In the days of his influence
separate the four quarters of the year. After these, there is perspiration, heat, and trouble. All the
twelve conductors of their classes, who separate the trees become fruitful ; the leaf of every tree comes
months and the year into three hundred and sixty- forth ; the corn is reaped ; the rose and every
four days, with the leaders of a thousand, who dis- species of flowers blossoms in the field ; and the
tinguish between the days, as well as between the trees of winter are dried up.

four additional ones ; which, as conductors, divide 19.These are the names of the conductors who
the four quarters of the year. are under them Barkel, Zelsabel
: and another ;

12. These leaders of a thousand are in the midst additional conductor of a thousand is named Helo-
of the conductors, and the conductors are added yalef, the days of whose influence have been com-
each behind his station, and their conductors make pleted. The other conductor next after them is
the separation. These are the names of the con- Helemmelek, whose name they call the splendid
ductors, who separate the four quarters of the year, Zahay.
who are appointed over them : Melkel, Helammelak, 20. All the days of his light are ninety-one days.
13. Meliyal, and Narel. 21. These are the signs of the days upon earth,
14. And the names of those who conduct them heat and drought ; while the trees bring forth their
are Adnarel, Jyasusal, and Jyelumeal. fruits, warmed and concocted, and give their fruits
15. These are the three who follow after the con- to dry.
ductors of the classes of stars ; each following after 22. The flocks follow and yean. All the fruits
the three conductors of the classes, which them- of the earth are collected, with everything in the
selves follow after those conductors of the stations, and the vines are trodden. This takes place
fields,

who divide the four quarters of the year. during the time of his influence.
16. In the first part of the year rises and rules 23. These are their names and orders, and the
Melkyas, who is named Tamani, and Zahay.^ names of the conductors who are under them, of
17. All the days of his influence, during which those who are chiefs of a thousand : Gedaeyal, Keel,
he rules, are ninety-one days. Heel.
18. And these are the signs of the days which 24. And the name of the additional leader of a
'
the sun.
thousand is Asphael.
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118 ENOCE. CEAP. LXXXII. 119

25. The days of his influence have been com- up, and said to me: Why dost thou thus cry out,
pleted. my son ? and wherefore dost thou thus lament ?
8. I related to him the whole vision which I had

CHAP. LXXXII. [SECT. seen. He said to me, Confirmed is that which

XVI.^]
thou hast seen, my son ;

1. And now have shown thee, my son Mathu-

I 9. And
potent the vision of thy dream respecting
sala, every sight which I saw prior to thy birth.^
every secret sin of the earth. Its substance shall
I will relate another vision, which I saw before I sink into the abyss, and a great destruction take
was married they resemble each other.
;
place.
2. The first was when I was learning a book;
10. Now, my up
and beseech the Lord
son, rise ;

and the other before 1 was married to thy mother. of glory (for thou art faithful), that a remnant may
I saw a potent vision be left upon earth, and that he would not wholly
8. And on account of these things besought the destroy it. My son, all this calamity upon earth
Lord. comes down from heaven ;
^ upon earth shall there
4. Iwas lying down in the house of my grand- be a great destruction.
father Malalel, when I saw in a vision heaven puri-
11.Then I arose, prayed, and entreated; and
fying, and snatched away.
wrote down my prayer for the generations of the
5. And falling to the earth, I
saw likewise the world, explaining everything to my son Mathusala.
earth absorbed by a great abyss; and mountains 12. When I went out below,
and looking up to
suspended over mountains. heaven, beheld the sun proceeding from the east, the
t). Hills were sinking upon hills, lofty trees
were moon descending to the west, a few scattered stars,
gliding 8 off from their trunks, and were in the act and everything which God ^ has known from the
of being projected, and of sinking into the abyss. beginning, I blessed the Lord of judgment, and
7. Being alarmed at these things, my voice magnified him because he hath sent forth the
:
sun
faltered.'* I cried out and said. The earth is de- from the chambers ^ of the east that, ascending and ;

stroyed. Then my grandfather Malalel raised me rising in the face of heaven, it might spring up,
and
'
Paris MS. ' hefore thee. '
cutting. pursue the path which has been pointed out to it.
* the word fell down in my mouth.
all this upon earth is from heaven. ' he. '
windows.
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120 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXIV. 121

CHAP. LXXXIII. 6. Now then, God, Lord and mighty King, I

entreat thee, and beseech thee to grant my prayer,
1. I lifted up my hands in righteousness, and that a posterity may be left to me on earth, and
blessed the holy, and the Great One, I spoke with that the whole human race may not perish ;

the breath of my
mouth, and with a tongue of flesh, 7. That the earth may not be left destitute, and
which God has formed for all the sons of mortal destruction take place for ever.
men, that with it they may speak giving them ; 8. my Lord, let the race perish from off the
breath, a mouth, and a tongue to converse with. earth which has ofi^ended thee, but a righteous
2. Blessed art thou, Lord, the King, great and and upright race establish for a posterity ^ for ever.
powerful in thy greatness, Lord of all the creatures Hide not thy face, Lord, from the prayer of thy
of heaven. King of kings, God of the whole world, servant.
whose reign, whose kingdom, and whose majesty
endure for ever and ever. CHAP. LXXXIV. [SECT. XVIL^]
3. From generation to generation shall thy do-
1. After this I saw another dream, and explained
minion exist. All the heavens are thy throne for

ever, and all the earth thy footstool for ever and for it all to thee, my son. Enoch arose and said to his

ever.
son Mathusala, To thee, my son, will I speak. Hear
4. For thou hast made them, and over all thou my word and incline thine ear to the visionary
;

reignest. No act whatsoever exceeds thy power. dream of thy father. Before I married thy mother
With thee wisdom is unchangeable ; nor from thy Edna, I saw a vision on my bed
2. And behold, a cow sprung forth from the
throne and from thy presence is it ever averted.
Thou knowest and hearest them
all things, seest earth ;
;

nor is anything concealed from thee for thou ;

3. And this cow was white.
perceivest all things. Afterwards a female heifer sprung forth and
4. ;

The angels of thy heavens have transgressed

5.
with it another heifer * one of them was black, and
:
;

and on mortal flesh shall thy wrath remain,' until one was red.*

the day of the great judgment. ' the plant of a seed. » Paris MS.

' The sense seems to require that the passage should be, " two
• be. other heifers." * Cain and Abel.
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ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXV. 123

122

5. The black heifer then struck the red one, and

pursued over the earth.
it
CHAP. LXXXV.
6. From that period I could see
nothing more of
1. Again I looked attentively,^ while sleeping,
the red heifer but the black one increased in bulk,
;
and surveyed heaven above.
and a female heifer came with him. 2. And behold a single star fell from heaven.
7. After this I saw that many cows
proceeded
3. Which being raised up, ate and fed among
forth, resembling him, and following after him.
those cows.
8. The first female young one also
went out in the
4. After that I perceived other large and black
presence of the first cow and sought the red heifer
;
cows ; and beholdthem changed their stalls
all of
but found him not.
and pastures, while their young began to lament
9. And she lamented with a great lamentation,
one with another. Again I looked in my vision,
while she was seeking him.
and surveyed heaven when behold I saw many
;

10. Then I looked until that first cow came to

stars which descended, and projected themselves
her, from which time she became silent, and ceased
from heaven to where the first star was,
to lament.
5. Into the midst of those young ones while ;

11. Afterwards she calved another white

cow.
the eows were with them, feeding in the midst of
12. And again calved many cows and black
them.
heifers.
6. I looked at and observed them when behold,
;

13. In my sleep also I perceived a white bull,

they all acted after the manner of horses, and
which in like manner grew, and became a large
began to approach the young cows, all of whom
white bull.
became pregnant, and brought forth elephants,
14. After him many white cows came forth, re-
camels, and asses.
sembling him.
7. At these all the cows were alarmed and terri-
other white
15. And they began to calve many
each fied when they began biting with their teeth,
;

cows, which resembled them and followed

swallowing, and striking with their horns.
other.
8. They began also to devour the cows; and

' with my eyes.

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124 ENOCH. CHAP. Lxxxriil. 125

behold all the children of the earth trembled, shook a valley; a valley narrow, deep, stupendous, and
with terror at them, and suddenly fled away. gloomy.
4. Then one of them drew his sword, and gave it
to the elephants, camels, and asses, who began
CHAP. LXXXVI. to
strike each other. And the whole earth shook on
Again I perceived them, when they began to
1. account of them.
strike and to swallow each other; and the earth 5. And when I looked in the vision, behold, one
cried out. Then I raised my eyes a second time of those four angels, who came forth, hurled from
towards heaven, and saw in a vision, that, behold, heaven, collected together, and took all the great
there came forth from heaven as it were the likeness stars, whose form partly resembled that of
horses
of white men. One came forth from thence, and and binding them all hand and foot, cast them into
three with him. the cavities of the earth.
Those three, who came forth last, seized me
2.

by myhand and raising me up from the genera-

;
CHAP. LXXXVIII.
tions of the earth, elevated me to a high station.
3. Then they showed me a lofty tower on the 1. Then one of those four went to the white
earth, while every hill became diminished. And cows, and taught them a mystery. While the cow
they said, Remain here, until thou perceivest what was trembling, it was born, and became a man,^
shall come upon those elephants, camels, and asses, and fabricated for himself a large ship. In this he
upon the stars, and upon all the cows. dwelt, and three cows ^ dwelt with him in that
ship, which covered them.
2. Again I lifted up my eyes towards heaven,
and
CHAP. LXXXVII. saw a lofty roof. Above it were seven cataracts,
which poured forth on a certain village much water.
Then I looked
1. at that one of the four white
3. Again I looked, and behold there were foun-
men, who came forth first.
tains open on the earth in that large village.
2. He seized the first star which fell down from
4. The water began to boil up, and rose over
heaven. the
3. And, binding it hand and foot, he cast it into ' Noah. ' Shem, Ham, and Japheth,
126 ENOCH. CHAP. Lxxxriii. 127

earth; so that the village was not seen, while its 14. Then began wild beasts and birds to bring
whole was covered with water.
soil forth.

5. Much water was over it, darkness, and clouds. 15. Of all these the difierent kinds assembled
Then I surveyed the height of this water; and it together, lions, tigers, wolves, dogs, wild boars, foxes,

was elevated above the village. rabbits, and the hanzar,

6. It flowed over the village, and stood higher 16. The siset, the avest, kites, the phonkas, and
than the earth. ravens.

7. Then all the cows which were collected there, 17. Then a white cow^ was born in the midst of

while I looked on them, were drowned, swallowed them.

up, and destroyed in the water. 18. And they began to bite each other ; when the
8. But the ship floated above it. All the cows, white cow, which was born in the midst of them,
the elephants, the camels, and the asses,were brought forth a wild ass and a white cow at the
drowned on the earth, and all cattle. Nor could I same time, and after that many wild asses. Then
perceive them. Neither were they able to get out, the white cow,^ which was born, brought forth a
but perished, and sunk into the deep. black wild sow and a white sheep.^
9. Again I looked in the vision until those 19. That wild sow also brought forth many swine;
cataracts from that lofty roof were removed, and 20. And that sheep brought forth twelve sheep.*
the fountains of the earth became equalized, while 21. When those twelve sheep grew up, they
other depths were opened ;
delivered one of them ^ to the asses.^
which the water began to descend, until
10. Into 22. Again those asses delivered that sheep to the
;

the dry ground appeared. wolves ''

11. The ship remained on the earth the dark- ; 23. And he grew up in the midst of them.

ness receded and it became

; light. 24. Then the Lord brought the eleven other
12. Then the white cow, which became a man, sheep, that they might dwell and feed with hini in
went out of the ship, and the three cows with him. the midst of the wolves.
13. One of the three cows was white, resembling
1 Abraham. ' Isaac. • Esau and Jacob.
that cow one of them was red as blood and one of
; ;
* The twelve Patriarchs. » Joseph. ' The Midianites.

them was black. And the white cow left them. 7 The Egyptians.
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CHAP. LXXXVIJI. 129

128 ENOCH.
prevailing over the sheep with their whole force.
25. They multiplied, and there was abundance of
The sheep cried out; and their Lord came to
pasture for them.
and oppress them.
26. But the wolves began to frighten
35. He began to strike the wolves, who com-
them, while they destroyed their young ones.
of deep menced a grievous lamentation ; but the sheep were
27. And they left their young in torrents
silent, nor from that time did they cry out.
water.
36. I then looked at them, until they departed
28. the sheep began to cry out on account
Now
to their Lord. from the wolves. The eyes of the wolves were
of their young, and fled for refuge
went blind, who went out and followed them with all
One ^ however, which was saved, escaped, and
their might. But the Lord of the sheep proceeded
away to the wild asses.
with them, and conducted them.
beheld the sheep moaning, crying, and
29. I
37. All his sheep followed him.
petitioning their Lord,
Lord of the 38. His countenance was terrific and splendid,
30. With all their might, until the
Us lofty and glorious was his aspect. Yet the wolves began
sheep descended at their voice from
them. to follow the sheep, until they overtook them in a
habitation went to them ; and inspected
;

had secretly certain lake of water.^

31. He called to that sheep which
him make 39. Then that lake became divided; the water
stolen away from the wolves, and told to
were not to touch standing up on both sides before their face.
the wolves understand that they
40. And while their Lord was conducting them,
the sheep.
he placed himself between them and the wolves.
32. Then that sheep went to the wolves with the
41. The wolves however perceived not the sheep,
word of the Lord, when another met him,^ and
but went into the midst of the lake, following them,
proceeded with him.
and running after them into the lake of water.
33. them together entered the dwelling
Both of
conversing with them made 42. But when they saw the Lord of the sheep,
of the wolves; and
thenceforwards they they turned to fly from before his face.
them understand, that from
43. Then the water of the lake returned, and that
were not to touch the sheep.
the wolves greatly suddenly, according to its nature. It became full,
34. Afterwards I perceived
'
The Red Sea.
> Moses.
' Aaron.
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lUO ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXVIII. 131

and was raised up, until it covered the wolves. And

indignation against them ; and when that sheep had
the sheep learned what had happened,
I saw that all of them which had followed
perished, and were drowned.
54. He descended from the top of the rock, and
this water, pro- coming to them, found that there were many,
44. But the sheep passed over
ceeding to a wilderness, which was without both
55. Which had become blind ;

water and grass. And they began to open their

56. And had wandered from his path. As soon
as they beheld him, they feared, and trembled at his
eyes and to see.
'
Lord of the sheep inspect- presence
45. Then I beheld the
ing them, and giving them water and grass.
57. And became desirous of returning to their fold.
46.' The sheep already mentioned was proceeding 58. Then that sheep, taking with him other
sheep, went to those which had wandered.
with them, and conducting them.
47. ascended the top of a lofty
And when he had 59. And afterwards began to kill them. They
rock, the Lord of the sheep sent him to them.
were terrified at his countenance. Then he caused
those which had wandered to return who went back
48. Afterwards I perceived their Lord standing
;

to their fold.
before them, with an aspect terrific and severe.
60. I likewise saw there in the vision, that this
49. And when they all beheld him, they were
sheep became a man, built an house for the Lord of
frightened at his countenance.
the sheep, and made them all stand in that house.
50. All of them were alarmed, and trembled.
and to the other
cried out after that sheep
61. I perceived also that the sheep which pro-
They ;

ceeded to meet this sheep, their conductor, died. I

sheep who had been with him, and who was in the
midst of them, saying, We are not able to stand
saw, too, that all the great sheep perished, while

before our Lord, or to look upon him.

smaller ones rose up in their place, entered into a
pasture, and approached a river of
51. Then that sheep who conducted them went
water.^

away, and ascended the top of the rock

62. Then that sheep, their conductor, who became
a man, was separated from them, and died.
52. When the rest of the sheep began to grow
63. All the sheep sought after him, and cried for
blind,and to wander from the path which he had
shown them but he knew it not.
;
him with bitter lamentation.

53. Their Lord however was moved with great ' The river Jordan.
132 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXVIir. 133

64. I saw likewise that they ceased to cry after a ram, and to conduct them instead of that sheep
that sheep, and passed over the river of water. who had laid aside his glory.
65. And that there arose other sheep, all of whom Going therefore to him, and conversing with
72.
conducted them,^ instead of those who were dead, him alone, he raised up that ram, and made him a
and who had previously conducted them. prince and leader of the flock. All the time that
66. Then I saw that the sheep entered into a the dogs ^ troubled the sheep,
goodly place, and a territory delectable and glorious. 73. The first ram paid respect to this latter ram.
67. I saw also that they became satiated that ; 74. Then the latter ram arose, and fled away from
their house was in the midst of a delectable terri- before his face. And I saw that those dogs caused
tory: and that sometimes their eyes were opened, the first ram to fall.
and that sometimes thev were blind until another ; 75. But the latter ram arose, and conducted the
sheep ^ arose and conducted them. He brought smaller sheep.
tbem all back and their eyes were opened.
; 76.That ram likewise begat many sheep, and died,
68. Then dogs, foxes, and wild boars began to 77. Then there was a smaller sheep,^ a ram,
devour them, until again another sheep * arose, the instead of him, which became a prince and leader,
master of the flock, one of themselves, a ram, to conducting the flock.
conduct them. This ram began to butt on every 78. And the sheep increased in size, and multi-
side those dogs, foxes, and wild boars, until they all plied.
perished. 79. And all the dogs, foxes, and wild boars feared,
But the former sheep opened his eyes, and
69. and fled away from him.
saw the ram in the midst of them, who had laid 80. That ram also struck and killed all the wild
aside his glory. they could not again prevail in the
beasts, so that
70. And
he began to strike the sheep, treading midst of the sheep, nor at any time ever snatch
upon them, and behaving himself without dignity. tnem away.
71. Then their Lord sent the former sheep again 81. And that house was made large and wide ; a
to a still different* sheep,^ and raised him up to be lofty tower being built upon it by the sheep, for the
The Judges of Israel. ' Samuel.
Lord of the sheep.
Saul. * another. ' David.
The Philistines. Solomon.
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134 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXVIII. 135

82. The house was low, but the tower was elevated 91. And the wild beasts began to tear them.

and very high. 92. I saw, too, thathe forsook the house of their
83. Then the Lord of the sheep stood upon that fathers,and their tower giving them all into the
;

tower, and caused a full table to approach before him. power of lions to tear and devour them into the ;

84. Again I saw that those sheep wandered, and
went various ways, forsaking that their house
85. And that their Lord called to some among
power of every beast.
93. Then 1 began to cry out with all my might,
imploring the Lord of the sheep, and showing him

them, whom he sent ^ to them. how the sheep were devoured by all the beasts of
And when prey.
86. But these the sheep began to kill.
one of them was saved from slaughter,*^ he leaped, 94. But he looked on in silence, rejoicing that

and cried out against those who were desirous of they were devoured, swallowed up, and carried off
killing him.
and leaving them in the power of every beast for

87. But the Lord of the sheep delivered him from food. He called also seventy shepherds, and re-

their hands, and made him ascend to him, and signed to them the care of the sheep, that they

remain with him. might overlook them

95. Saying to them and to their associates, Every
88. He sent also many others to them, to testify,
one of you henceforwards overlook the sheep, and
and with lamentations to exclaim against them.
Again I saw, when some of them forsook the whatsoever I command you, do ; and I will deliver
89.
house of their Lord, and his tower wandering on all;
them to you numbered.^
sides, and growing blind,
96. I will tell you which of them shall be slain
these destroy. And he delivered the sheep to tliem.
90. I saw that the Lord of the sheep made a
among them in their pasture, until 97. Then he called to another, and said, Under-
great slaughter
stand, and watch everything which the shepherds
they cried out to him in consequence of that
shall do to these sheep for many more of them
slaughter. Then he departed from the place ofhis ;

shall perish than I have commanded.

habitation, and left them in the power of lions,
power of 98. Of every excess and slaughter, which the
tigers, wolves, and the zeebt, and in the
foxes, and of every beast. shepherds shall commit, the7-e shall be an account
'
wilh numher.
•
The prophets. » Elijah.
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136 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXVIIJ. 137

as,how many may have perished by my command,
and how many they may have destroyed of their
own heads.
99. Of all the destruction hrought about hy each
of the shepherds there shall be an account;
according to the number I will cause a recital to be
103. Neither was I afterwards able to perceive
whether they again entered that house.
104. The shepherds likewise, and their associates,
delivered them to all the wild beasts, that they
and might devour them. Each of them in his season,
according to his number, was delivered up each of ;

made before me, how many they have destroyed of them, one with another, was described in a book,
their own heads, and how many they have delivered how many of them, one with another, were de-
up to destruction, that I may have this testimony stroyed, in a book.
against them ; that I may know all their proceed- 105. More, however, than was ordered, every
ings and that, delivering the sheep to them, I may
; shepherd killed and destroyed.
see what they will do whether they will act as I
;
106. Then I began to weep, and was greatly in-
have commanded them, or not. dignant, on account of the sheep.
100. Of this, however, they shall be ignorant ; 107. In like manner also I saw in the vision
neither shalt thou make any explanation to them, him who wrote, how he wrote down one, de-
neither shalt thou reprove them but there shall ;
stroyed by the shepherds, every day. He ascended,
be an account of all the destruction done by them remained, and exhibited each of his books to the
in their respective seasons. Then they began to Lord of the sheep, containing all which they had
kill, and destroy more than it was commanded done, and all which each of them had made away
them. with
101. And they left the sheep in the power of 108. And all which they had delivered up to
lions, so that very many of them were devoured and destruction.
swallowed up by lions and tigers and wild boars ;
109. He took the book up in his hands, read it,
preyed upon them. That tower they burnt, and sealed and deposited it.
it,

overthrew that house. 110. After this, I saw shepherds overlooking for
102. Then I grieved extremely on account of the twelve hours.
tower, and because the house of the sheep was over- 111. And behold three of the sheep ^ departed,
thrown. ' Zerubbabel, Joshua, aud Nehemiah.
138 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXIX. 139

arrived, went in and began building all which was

;
CHAP. LXXXIX.
fallendown of that house.
112. But the wild boars^ hindered them, although
1. And I observed during the time, that thus
thirty-seven ^ shepherds were overlooking, all of
they prevailed not.
113. Again they began to build as before, and
whom finished in their respective periods as the
first. Others then received them into their hands,
raised up that tower, which was called a lofty
that they might overlook them in their respective
tower.
periods, every shepherd in his own period.
114. And
again they began to place before the
2. Afterwards I saw in the vision, that all the
tower a table, with every impure and unclean kind
birds of heaven arrived ; eagles, the avest, kites and
of bread upon it.
ravens. The eagle instructed them all.
115. Moreover also all the sheep were blind, and
3. They began to devour the sheep, to peck out
could not see ; as were the shepherds likewise.
their eyes, and to eat up their bodies.
Thus were they delivered up to the shep-
116.
4. The sheep then cried out for their bodies were
herds for a great destruction, who trod them under
;

devoured by the birds.

foot, and devoured them.
the sheep 5. I also and groaned in my sleep
cried out,
117. Yet was their Lord silent, until all
The shepherds and the against that shepherd which overlooked the flock.
in the field were destroyed.
6. And I looked, while the sheep were eaten up
sheep were all mixed together; but they did not
by the dogs, by the eagles, and by the kites. They
save them from the power of the beasts.
neither left them their body, nor their skin, nor
118. Then he who wrote the book ascended, ex-
Lord their muscles, until their bones alone remained;
hibited it, and read it at the residence of the
of the sheep. He petitioned him for them, and until their bones fell upon the ground. And the
sheep became diminished.
prayed, pointing out every act of the shepherds,
7. I observed likewise during the time, that
and testifying before him against them all. Then
with him, and twenty-three shepherds ^ were overlooking who
taking the book, he deposited it ;

departed.
' An apparent error for thirty-five. See verse 7. The kings of
The Samaritans. Judah and Israel.
' The kings of Babylon, etc., during and after the captivity.

The numbers thirty-^ie and twenty-three make fifty-eight; and

not thirty-set'CM, as erroneously put in the first verse.
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140 ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXIX. Ill

completed in their respective periods fifty-eight The sheep were silent, but the dabela lamented and
periods. cried out.
8. Then were small lambs born of those white 17. Then the ravens contended, and struggled
sheep who began to open their eyes and to see,
; with them.
crying out to the sheep. 1 8. They wished among them to break his horn
9. The sheep, however, cried not out to them, but they prevailed not over him.
neither did they hear what they uttered to them ;
looked on them, until the shepherds, the
19. I
but were deaf, blind, and obdurate in the greatest eagles, the avest, and the kites came.
degrees. 20. Who cried out to the ravens to break the
10. I saw in the vision that ravens flew down horn of the dabela to contend with him
; and to ;

upon those lambs kill But he struggled with them, and cried
him.
11. That they seized one of them and that tear- ; out, that help might come to him.
ing the sheep in pieces, they devoured them. 21. Then I perceived that the man came who had
12. I saw also, that horns grew upon those lambs ;
written down the names of the shepherds, and who
and that the ravens lighted down upon their ascended up before the Lord of the sheep.
horns. 22. He brought assistance, and caused every one
13. I saw, too, that a large horn sprouted out on to see him descending to the help of the dabela.
an animal ^ among the sheep, and that their eyes 23. I perceived likewise that the Lord of the
were opened. sheep came to them in wrath, while all those who
14. He looked at them. Their eyes were wide saw him fled away ; all fell down in his tabernacle
open ; and he cried out to them. before his face ; while all the eagles, the avest,
15. Then the dabela^ saw him; all of whom ran ravens, and kites assembled, and brought with them
to him. all the sheep of the field.

16. And besides this, all the eagles, the avest, 24. All came together, and strove to break the
the ravens and the kites, were still carrying off the horn of the dabela.
sheep, flying down upon them, and devouring them. 25. Then
I saw, that the man, who wrote the

' on one.
book at the word of the Lord, opened the book of
' The ibex, probably symbolizing Alexander the Great. destruction, of that destruction which the last
 ; ; ;

142 ENOCH.
CHAP. LXXXIX. 143

twelve sliepherda ^ wrought and pointed out before

;
presence, who was one of the seven white ones, say-
the Lord of the sheep, that they destroyed more ing.Take those seventy shepherds, to whom I de-
than those who preceded them. liveredup the sheep, and who receiving them killed
Lord of the sheep came
26. I saw also that the
more of them than I commanded. Behold, I saw
to them, and taking in his hand the sceptre of his them all bound, and all standing before him. First
wrath seized the earth, which became rent asunder came on the trial of the stars, which, being judged,
while all the beasts and birds of heaven fell from and found guilty, went to the place of punishment.
the sheep, and sunk into the earth, which closed They thrust them into a johce, deep, and full of
over them. flaming fire, and
full of pillars of fire. Then the
27. I saw, too, that a large sword was given to
seventy shepherds were judged, and being found
the sheep, who went forth against all the beasts of guilty, were thrust into the flaming abyss.
the field to slay them. 34. At that time likewise I perceived, that one
28. But all the beasts and birds of heaven fled
abyss was thus opened in the midst of the earth,
away from before their face.
which was full of fire.
29. And I saw a throne erected in a delectable
35. And to this were
brought the blind sheep
land;
which being judged, and found guilty, were all
30. Upon this sat the Lord of the sheep, who thrust into that abyss of fire on the earth, and
received all the sealed books
burnt.
31. Which were open before him. 36. The abyss was on the right of that house.
32. Then the Lord called the first seven white 37. And I saw the sheep burning, and their bones
ones, and commanded them to bring before him
consuming.
the first of the which preceded the stars
first stars,
38. I stood beholding him immerge that ancient
whose form partly resembled that of horses ; the house, while they brought out its pillars, every
first star, which fell down first and they brought;
plant in it, and the ivory infolding it. They brought
them all before him. it out, and deposited it in a place on the right side
33. And he spoke to the man who wrote in his
of the earth.
' The native princes of Judah after its delivery from the Syrian 39. I also saw, that the Lord of the
sheep pro-
yoke. duced a new house, great, and loftier than
the
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ENOCH. CHAP. LXXXIX. 145

144

bounded by the former circular One ; nor was there one among them who did not
former, which he
behold him.
spot. All its pillars were new, and its ivory new,
45. I likewise perceived that the house was large,
as well as more abundant than the former ancient
wide, and extremely full. I saw, too, that a white
ivory, which be had brought out.
the sheep which were left were cow was born, whose horns were great and that all ;
40. And while all
the beasts of the field, and all the birds of heaven,
in the midst of it, all the beasts of the earth, and
down and worshipped were alarmed at him, and entreated him at all
all the birds of heaven, fell
times.
them, petitioning them, and obeying them in
46. Then I saw that the nature of all of them was
everything.
who were clothed in white, changed, and that they became white cows
41. Then those three, ;

47. And who was in the midst of

that the first,
and who, holding me by my hand, had before caused
held them, spoke,^ when that word became a large beast,
me to ascend, while the hand of him who spoke
me in the midst of upon the head of which were great and black
me raised me
; up, and placed
horns
the sheep, before the judgment took
place.

white, with wool long and 48. While the Lord of the sheep rejoiced over
42. The sheep were all
who had perished, and had been them, and over all the cows.
pure. Then all
every bird of 49. I lay down in the midst of them I awoke
destroyed, every beast of the field, and
:

the Lord of and saw the whole. This is the vision which I saw,
heaven, assembled in that house while :

all were lying down and waking. Then I blessed the Lord
the sheep rejoiced with great joy, because
dwelling. of righteousness, and gave glory to Him.
good, and had come back again to his
50. Afterwards I wept abundantly, nor did my
And I saw that they laid down the sword
43.
and returned it tears cease, so that I became incapable of enduring
which had been given to the sheep,
up in the presence of the it. While I was looking on, they flowed on account '^

to his house, sealing it

of what I saw for all was come and gone by every
; ;
Lord. . , J •

would have been inclosed in individual circumstance respecting the conduct of

44. All the sheep
been capable of containing them
^
mankind was seen by me.
that house, had it ;

on the good 51. In that night I remembered my former

and the eyes of all were open, gazing
did not contain them.
• became a word. ' descended.
'
were inclosed in that house, and it
146 ENOCH. CHAP. XC. 147

dream and therefore wept and was troubled, be-

;
cut off from its root, and every fabric raised by it

cause I had seen that vision. shall pass away. '

Iniquity, however, shall again be
renewed, and consummated on earth. Every act of
crime, and every act of oppression and impiety,
CHAP. XC. [SECT. XVIII.1]
shall be a second time embraced.
1. And now, my son Mathusala, call to me all thy 7. When therefore iniquity, sin, blasphemy,
brethren, and assemble for me all the children of tyranny, and every evil work, shall increase, and
thy mother for a voice calls me, and the spirit is
;
when transgression, impiety, and uncleanness also
poured out upon me, that I may show you every- shall increase, then upon them all shall great

thing which shall happen to you for ever. punishment be inflicted from heaven.
2. Then Mathusala went, called to him all his 8. The holy Lord shall go forth in wrath, and

brethren, and assembled his kindred. upon them all shall great punishment from heaven
3. And conversing with all his children in truth,
be inflicted.^

4. Enoch said. Hear, my children, every word of 9. The holy Lord shall go forth in wrath, and
your father, and listen in uprightness to the voice with punishment, that he may execute judgment
of my mouth; for I would gain your attention, upon earth.

while I address you. My beloved, be attached to In those days oppression shall be cut off from
10.

and walk in it.

integrity, its roots, and iniquity with fraud shall be eradicated,

5. Approach not integrity with a double heart;

perishing from under heaven.

nor be associated with double-minded men but :

11. Every place of strength ^ shall be surrendered
walk, my children, in righteousness, which will with its inhabitants; withfire shall it be burnt.

conduct you in good paths; and be truth your They shall be brought from every part of the earth,
companion. and be cast into a judgment of fire. They shall
For I know, that oppression exist and will perish in wrath, and by a judgment overpowering
6.

prevail on earth that on earth great

;
punishment them ^ for ever.

shall in the end take place and that there shall ;

This verse is wanting in the Paris MS. as transcribed by
Woide. It seems in the Bodleian MS. to be a mere lapse of tlie
be a consummation of all iniquity, which shall be transcriber, who wrote the same words twice over.
> Paris MS. ^ tower, palace, 01 temple. > powerful judgment.
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148 ENOCH. CHAP. XCI. XCII. 149

12. Eighteousness shall be raised up from

up, and con-
CHAP. XCI. [SECT. XIX.i]
slumber ; and wisdom sball be raised
ferred upon them. 1. That which was written by Enoch. He wrote
13. Then shall the roots of iniquity be cut off all this instruction of wisdom for every man of

sinners perish by the sword ; and blasphemers be dignity, and every judge of the earth; for all my
annihilated everywhere.^ children who shall dwell upon earth, and for subse-
Those who meditate oppression, and those
14. quent generations, conducting themselves uprightly
who blaspheme, by the sword shall perish.^ and peaceably.
15. And now, my children, I will describe and 2. Let not your be grieved on account of
spirit
point out to you the path of righteousness and the the times ; for the holy, the Great One, has pre-
path of oppression. scribed a period ^ to all.
16. I will again point them out to you, that you 3. Let the righteous man arise from slumber let ;

may know what is to come. him arise, and proceed in the path of righteousness,
17. Here now, my children, and walk in the path in all its paths him advance * in goodness
; and let
of righteousness, but shun that of oppression; for and in eternal clemency. Mercy shall be showed
all who walk in the path of iniquity shall perish to the righteous man upon him shall be conferred
;

for ever. integrity and power for ever. In goodness and in

righteousness shall he exist, and shall walk in
' cut off.
* Between the 14th and 15tli verses of this chapter sis others everlasting light ; but sin shall perish in eternal
are inserted both in the Bodleian and Paris MSS., which I have darkness, nor be seen from this time forward for
transposed so as to constitute the 13th, 14th, 15th, I6th, 17th, and
evermore.
18th verses of the ninety-second chapter. This transposition
seemed absolutely necessary to make sense of that chapter; in
which, after the enumeration of seven weeks, or periods, the CHAP. XCIL
account of the eighth, ninth, and tenth weeks, contained in the
verses transposed, seemed necessary to complete the narrative. 1. After this, Enoch began
speak from a book. to
Here they are clearly unconnected and misplaced. 2. And Enoch Concerning the children of
said.
riglifeousness, concerning the elect of the world,

' Paris MS. ' has given days.

* his goings be.
150 ENOCH. CHAP. XCII. 151

and concerning the plant of righteousness and shall be seen, the order of generation after genera-
integrity. tion shall take place, and an habitation shall be
3. Concerning these things will I speak, and these made for them.^ Then in the fifth week, during
things will I explain to you, my children: I who its completion, the house of glory and of dominion ^

am Enoch, In consequence of that which has been shall be erected for ever.
shown to me, from my heavenly vision and from the 10. After that, in the sixth week, all those who
voice of the holy angels have I acquired knowledge; are in it shall be darkened, the hearts of all of them
and from the tablet of heaven have I acquired shall be forgetful of wisdom, and in it shall a man ^
understanding. ascend.
4. Enoch then began to speak from a book, and 11. And during its completion he shall burn the
said, I have been born the seventh in the first house of dominion with fire, and all the race of the
week, while judgment and righteousness wait with elect root shall be dispersed.*
patience. 12. Afterwards, in the seventh week, a perverse
5. But after me, in the second week, great wicked- generation shall arise abundant shall be its deeds
;

ness shall arise, and fraud shall spring forth. and all its During its completion,
deeds perverse.
6. In that week ^ the end of the first shall take the righteous shall be selected from the everlasting
place, in which mankind shall be safe. plant of righteousness and to them shall be given
;

7. But when first the is completed,^ iniquity the sevenfold doctrine of his whole creation.
shall grow up and he shall execute the decree upon
;
13. Afterwards there shall be another week, the
sinners.^ eighth of righteousness, to which shall be given' a
8. Afterwards, in the third week, during its sword to execute judgment and justice upon all
completion, a man* of the plant of righteous judg- oppressors.
ment shall be selected ; and after him the plant of 14. Sinners shall be delivered up into the hands
ri2;hteousness shall come for ever. of the righteous, who during its completion shall
Subsequently, in the fourth week, during its
9. acquire halj^ 'tions by their righteousness
and the ;

completion, the visions of the holy and the righteous house of the great King shall be established for

' in it.
' after it has been completed. > The Law. * Temple of Solomon.
' The deluge. * Abraham. ' Nebuchadnezzar. * Babylonian captivity.
152 ENOCH. CHAP. XCIII. 153

celebrations for ever. After, this, in the ninth week, Who capable of contemplating all the workmanship
shall the judgment of righteousness be revealed to of heaven? Who of comprehending the deeds of
the whole world. heaven ?
15. Every work of the ungodly shall disappear 21. He may behold its animation, but not its

from the whole earth the world shall be marked

; spirit. He may be capable of conversing respecting
for destruction and all men shall be on the look out
; it, but not of ascending to it. He may see all the
for the path of integrity. boundaries of these things, and meditate upon
16. And oh the seventh day of the
after this, them ; but he can make nothing like them.
tenth week, there shall be an everlasting judgment, 22. Who of all. men is able to understand the
which shall be executed upon the Watchers and a ; breadth and length of the earth ?
spacious eternal heaven shall spring forth in the 23. By whom have been seen the dimensions of
midst of the angels. all these things ? Is it every man who is capable
17. The former heaven shall depart and pass of comprehending the extent of heaven; what its
away a new heaven shall appear and all the celes-
; ;
elevation is, and by what it is supported ?

tialpowers shine with sevenfold splendour for ever. 24. How many are the numbers of the stars and ;

Afterwards likewise shall there be many weeks, where all the luminaries remain at rest ?
which shall externally exist in goodness and in
righteousness. CHAP. XCIII.
18. Neither shall sin be named there for ever and
1. And now let me exhort you, my children, to
for ever.^ love righteousness, and to walk in it for the paths
;

19. Who is there of all the children of men, of righteousness are worthy of acceptation; but
capable of hearing the voice of the Holy One without the paths of iniquity shall suddenly fail, and be
emotion ? diminished.
20. Who is there capable of thinking his thoughts ? 2. To men of note in their generation the paths
The preceding six verses, viz. 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, of oppr. aon and death are revealed but they keep;

and 18th, are taken from between the 14th and 15th verses of the far from them, and do not follow them.
nineteenth chapter, where they are to be found in the MSS. But
the sense in this place seemed so manifestly to require them here,
3. Now, too, let me exhort you who are righteous,
that I have ventured to tianspose them. not to walk in the paths of evil and oppression, nor
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154 ENOCH. CHAP. xcir. 155

in the paths of death. Approach them uot, that you 8. You have committed blasphemy and iniquity ;

may not perish ; but covet, and. are destined to the day of the efifusion of blood,
4. And choose for yourselves righteousness, and to theday of darkness, and to the day of the great
a good life. judgment.
5. Walk in the paths of peace, that you may live, 9. This I declare and point out to you, that he

and be found worthy. Ketain my words in your who created you will destroy you.
inmost thoughts, and obliterate them not from your 10. When you fall, he will not show you mercy
hearts : for I know that sinners counsel men to but your Creator will rejoice in your destruction.
commit crime craftily. They are not found in every 11. Let those, then, who shall be righteous among
place, nor does every counsel possess a little of them. you in those days, detest sinners, and the ungodly.
6. Woe to those who build up iniquity and
oppression, and who lay the foundation of fraud
for suddenly shall they be subverted, and never CHAP. XCIV.
obtain peace.
1. that my eyes were clouds of water, that I
7. Woe to those who build up their houses with
might weep over you, and pour forth my tears like
crime from their very foundations shall their
; for
rain,^ and rest from the sorrow of my heart
houses be demolished, and by the sword shall they
^
2. Who has permitted you to hate and to trans-
themselves fall. Those, too, who acquire gold and
gress ? Judgment shall overtake you, ye sinners.
and suddenly perish. Woe to you
silver, shall justly
3. The righteous shall not fear the wicked
who are rich, for in your riches have you trusted
because God will again bring them into your power,
but from your riches you shall be removed because ;

that you may avenge yourselves of them according

you have not remembered the Most High in the
to your pleasure.
days of your prosperity: [you shall be removed,
4. Woe toyou who shall be so bound by exe-
because you have not remembered the Most High in
crations, that you cannot be released from them
the days of your prosperity.^]
the remedy being far removed from you on account
they.
These lines are evidently a repetition of the preceding,
"
of your sins. Woe to you who recompense your
from an error in the transcription. They do uot occur in the
' a cloud of water.
Paris MS.
156 ENOCH. CHAP. XCVI. 157

neighbour with evil ; for you shall be recompensed This word shall testify against you, for the remem-
according to your works. brance of crime.
5. Woe to you, ye false witnesses, you who aggra- 5. Woe to you who feed upon the glory of the
vate iniquity ; for you shall suddenly perish. corn,and drink the strength of the deepest spring,^
6, Woe to you, ye sinners; for you reject the and in the pride of your power tread down the
righteous; for you receive or reject at pleasure humble.
those who commit iniquity and their yoke shall
; 6. Woe you who drink water at pleasure ^ for
to ;

prevail over you. suddenly shall you be recompensed, consumed, and

withered, because you have forsaken the fountain of
life.
CHAP. XCV.
7. Woe to you who act iniquitously, fraudulently,

1. Wait in hope, ye righteous ; for suddenly shall and blasphemously there shall be a remembrance
;

sinners perish from before you, and you shall exer- against you for evil.
cise dominion over them, according to your will. 8. Woeto you, ye powerful, who with power

2. In the day of the sufferings of sinners your strike down righteousness for the day of your ;

offspring shall be elevated, and lifted up like eagles. destruction shall come while at that very time
;

Your nest shall be more exalted than that of the many and good days shall be the portion of the

avest you shall ascend, and enter into the cavities righteous,^ even at the period of your judgment.
;

of the earth, and into the clefts of the rocks for

ever, like conies, from the sight of the ungodly ;
CHAP. XCVI.
3. Who shall groan over you, and weep like 1. The righteous are confident that
sinners will
sirens. be disgraced, and perish in the day of iniquity.
4. You shall not fear those who trouble you ; for 2. You shall yourselves be conscious of it ; for
restoration shall be yours; a splendid light shall the Most High will remember your destruction, and
shine around you, and the voice of tranquillity shall the angels shall rejoice over it. What willyou do
be heard from heaven. Woe to you, sinners for ;
ye sinners, and where will you fly in the day of
your wealth makes you resemble saints, but your
' of the root of the spring. s
at all timss.
hearts reproach you, hnoiving that you are sinners. ' nhall come to the righteous.
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158 ENOCH. CHAP. XCVI. 159

judgment, when you shall hear the words of the simple ones ; that you, often contemplating the
prayer of the righteous ? earth, you who are men, clothe yourselves more
3. You are not like them who in this respect elegantly ^ than married women, and both together
witness against you ;
you are associates of sinners. more so than unmarried ones, everywhere arraying
In those days shall the prayers of the righteous
4. yourselves in majesty, in magnificence, in authority,

come up before the Lord. When the day of your and in silver : but gold, purple, honour, and wealth,
judgment and every circumstance of
shall arrive; like water, flow away.

your iniquity be related before the great and the 10. Erudition therefore and wisdom are not theirs.

holy One Thus ^ shall they perish, together with their riches,

5. Your faces shall be covered with shame; while with all their glory, and with their honours
every deed, strengthened by crime, shall be rejected. 11. While with disgrace, with slaughter, and in

6. Woe unto you, sinners, who in the midst of extreme penury, shall their spirits be thrust into a
the sea, and on dry land, are those against whom an furnace of fire.

evil record exists. Woe

you who squander silver to have sworn to you, ye sinners, that neither
12. I

and gold, not obtained in righteousness, and say. moiintain nor hill has been or shall be subservient ^
We are rich, possess wealth, and have acquired to woman.
everything which we can desire. Neither in this way has crime been sent down
13.

7. Now then will we do whatsoever we are dis- to us * upon earth, but men of their own heads have

posed to do for we have amassed silver our barns

; ; invented it; and greatly shall those who give it
are full, and the husbandmen of our families are efficiency be execrated.

like overflowing water.^ 14. Barrenness shall not be previously inflicted on

8. Like water shall your falsehood pass away ; woman ; but on account of the work of her hands
for your wealth will not be permanent, but shall shall she die childless.

suddenly ascend from you, because you have 15. I have sworn to you, ye sinners, by the holy
obtained it all iniquitously ; to extreme maledic- and the Great One, that all your evil deeds are
tion shall you be delivered up.
put elegance upon you more.
' ' And in it.

9. And now I swear to you, ye crafty, as well as a nervant.

* Perhaps in furnishing them with treasures for
ornaments. * has our crime been gent down.
'
like much water.
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IGO ENOCH. CHAP, cxrii. 161

disclosed in the heavens ; and that none of your Why good ? Know
do you hope for that which is

oppressive acts are concealed and secret. that you shall be given up into the hands of the
16. Think not in your minds, neither say in your righteous who shall cut off your necks, slay you,
;

hearts, that every crime is not manifested and seen. and show you no compassion.
In heaven it is daily written down before the Most 22. Woe to you who rejoice in the trouble of the
High. Henceforwards shall it be manifested ; for righteous ; for a grave shall not be dug for you.
every act of oppression which you commit shall be 23. Woe to you who frustrate the word of the
daily recorded, until the period of your condemnation. righteous; for to you there shall be no hope of
17. Woe to you, ye simple ones, for you shall life.

perish in your simplicity. To the wise you will 24. Woeyou who write down the word of
to

not listen, and that which is good you shall not falsehood, and the word of the wicked; for their
obtain.^ falsehood they record, that they may hear and not
18. Now therefore know that you are destined to forget folly.
the day of destruction ; nor hope that sinners shall 25. To them there shall be no peace ; but they
live ; but in process of time you shall die ;
^ for you shall surely die suddenly.
are notmarked ^ for redemption ;

19. But are destined to the day of the great

CHAP. XCVII.
judgment, to the day of distress, and the extreme
ignominy of your souls. 1. Woe to them who who laud and
act impiously,
20. Woe to you, ye obdurate in heart, who commit honour the word of falsehood. You have been lost
crime, and feed on blood. Whence is it that you in perdition and have never led a virtuous life.
;

feed on good things, drink, and are satiated ? Is it 2. Woe to you who change the words of integrity.

not because our Lord, the Most High, has abundantly They transgress against the everlasting decree
supplied every good thing upon earth? To you 3. And cause the heads of those who are not
there shall not be peace. sinners to be trodden down upon the earth.
21. Woe to you who love the deeds of iniquity. 4. In those days you, ye righteous, shall have
' you shall go on, and die.
been deemed worthy of having your prayers rise
shall not find you.
' pointed out. up in remembrance ; and shall have deposited them
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162 ENOCH. CHAP. XCVII. 1C3

in testimony before the angels, that they might out and pursue the path of the Most High who ;
record the sins of sinners iu the presence of the walk in the way of righteousness, and who act not
Most High. impiously with the impious.
5. In those days the nations shall he overthrown 10. They shall be saved.
but the families of the nations shall again in the
rise Woe to you who expand the crime of your
11.
day of perdition. neighbour; for in hell shall you be slain.
6. In those days they who become pregnant shall
12. Woe to you who lay the foundation
of sin and
go forth, carry off their children, and forsake them. deceit,and who are bitter on earth ; for on it shall
Their offspring shall slip from them, and while you be consumed.
suckling them shall they forsake them they shall ;
13. Woe to you who build your houses
by the
never return to them, and never instruct their labour of others, every part of which is
constructed
beloved. with brick,! and with the stone of crime I tell
you, ;

7. Again I swear to you, ye sinners, that crime that you shall not obtain peace.
has been prepared for the day of blood, which never 14. Woe
to you who despise the extent of the
ceases.
everlasting inheritance of your fathers, while
your
8. They
shall worship stones, and engrave golden,
souls follow after idols ; for to you there
shall be no
silver,and wooden images. They shall worship tranquillity.
impure spirits, demons, and every idol, in temples ; 15. Woe
them who commit iniquity, and give
to
but no help shall be obtained for them.^ Their aid to blasphemy, who slay their neighbour
until
hearts shall become impious through their folly,
the day of the great judgment for your glory
shall ;

and their eyes be blinded with mental superstition.^ fall ;

malevolence shall He put into your hearts, and
In their visionary dreams shall they be impious and the spirit of his wrath shall stir you up,
that every
superstitious,^ lying in all their actions, and wor- one of you may perish by the sword.
shipping a stone. Altogether shall they perish. 16.Then shall all the righteous and the holy
9. But in those days blessed shall they be, to remember your crimes.
whom the word of wisdom is delivered ; who point
' every structure of ivliich is hrich.
' shall he found for them. " with the fear of their heart.
' and fear.
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l&i ENOCH. CHAP. XCIX. 165

3. Whether or not the righteous sleep securely,^

CHAP. XCVIll. wise men shall then truly perceive.

1. In those days shall fathers be struck down 4. And the sons of the earth shall understand
^
with their children in the presence of each other ;
every word of that book, knowing that their riches
and brethren with their brethren shall fall dead: cannot save them in the ruin of their crimes.
until a river shall flow from their blood. 5. Woe to you, ye sinners, when you shall be
2. For a man shall not restrain his hand from his affiicted on account of the righteous in the day of
children, nor from his children's children his mercy
;
the great trouble shall be burnt in the
; fire ; and
will be to kill them. ^ be recompensed according to your deeds.
3. Nor shall the sinner restrain his hand from his 6. Woe to you, ye perverted in heart, who are

honoured brother. Erom the dawn of day to the watchful to obtain an accurate knowledge of evil,
setting sun shall the slaughter continue.^ The horse and to discover terrors. No one shall assist you.
shall wade up to his breast, and the chariot shall 7. Woe to you, ye sinners for with the words of
;

sink to its axle,* in the blood of sinners. your mouths, and with the work of your hands,
have you acted impiously in the flame of a blazing
;

fire shall you be burnt.

CHAP. XCIX.
8. And now know ye, that the angels shall in-
1. In those days the angels shall descend into quire into your conduct in heaven ; of the sun, the
places of concealment, and gather together in one moon, and the stars, shall they inquire respecting
spot all who have assisted in crime. your sins; for upon earth you exercise jurisdiction
2. In that day shall the Most High up to
rise
over the righteous.
execute the great judgment upon all sinners, and
9. Every cloud shall bear witness against
you,
to commit the guardianship of all the righteous and the snow, the dew, and the rain for all of them :

holy to the holy angels, that they may protect them shall be withholden from you, that they may not
as the apple of an eye, until every evil and every descend upon you, nor become subservient to your
crime be annihilated. crimes.
'
in one place. ' he has been merciful, that he may kill. 10. Now th 'u bring gifts of salutation to the rain
' * its upper part.
they shall be slain.
' a deep sleep.
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166 ENOCH. CHAP. CII. 167

that, not being withholden, it may descend upon that they forbode evil ^ in their hearts, because it
you; and to the dew, if it has received from you may swallow them up, and they may perish in it ?

gold and But when the frost, snow, cold,

silver. 6. Is not the whole
and all its
sea, all its waters,
every snowy wind, and every suffering belonging to commotion, the work of him, the Most High; of
them, fall upon you, in those days you will be him veho has sealed up all its exertions, and girded
utterly incapable of standing before them. it on every side with sand ?

7. Is it not at his rebuke dried up, and alarmed

CHAP. C. while all with everything contained in it

its fish

die ? And will not you, ye sinners, who are on

1. Attentively consider heaven, all ye progeny earth, fear him ? Is not He the maker of heaven
of heaven, and all ye works of the Most High and earth, and of all things which are in them ?
fear him, nor conduct yourselves criminally before 8. And who has given erudition and wisdom to
him. all that move progressive upon the earth, and over
2. If He
shut up the windows of heaven, restrain- the sea ?
ing the rain and dew, that it may not descend upon 9. Are not the commanders of ships terrified at
earth on your account, what will you do ? the ocean? And shall not sinners be terrified at
3. And if He send his wrath upon you, and upon the Most High ?
all your deeds, you are not they who can supplicate
him; you who utter ^ against his righteousness,
language proud and powerful.^ To you there shall CHAP. CII.2
be no peace.
4. Do you not see the commanders' of ships, 1. In those days, when He shall cast the calamity

how their vessels are tossed about by the waves, of fire upon you, whither will you fly, and where
torn to pieces by the winds, and exposed to the will you be safe ?
greatest peril ?
2. Ar when He sends
1 forth his word against
That they therefore fear, because their whole
5.
you, aiu ) not spared, and terrified ?

property is embarked with them on the ocean and ;

3. All r luminaries are agitated with great

'
fur you utter. great and powerful things. kings • think not gi d. " There is no chap. ci. in the MSS.
168 ENOCH. CHAP. cm. 169

fear ; and all the earth is spared, while it trembles, with meat and drink, with human plunder and
and suffers anxiety. rapine, with sin, with the acquisition of wealth and
4. All the angels fulfil the commands received by with the sight of good days. Have you not marked
them, and are desirous of being concealed from the the righteous, how their end is in peace? for no
presence of the great Glory while the children of ;
oppression found in them even to the day of their
is

the earth are alarmed and troubled. death. They perish, and are as if they were not,
5. But you, ye sinners, are for ever accursed ; to while their souls descend in trouble to the re-
you there shall be no peace. ceptacle of the dead.
6. Fear not, ye souls of the righteous but wait ;

with patient hope for the day of your death in

righteousness. Grieve not, because your souls de- CHAP. cm.
scend in great trouble, with groaning, lamentation,
1. But now I swear to you, ye righteous, by the
and sorrow, to the receptacle of the dead. In your greatness of his splendour and his glory; by his
lifetime your bodies have not received a recompense
illustrious kingdom and by his majesty, to you I
in proportion to your goodness,^ but in the period
swear, that I comprehend this mystery that I have ;
of your existence have sinners existed ; in the read the tablet of heaven, have seen the writing of
period of execration and of punishment.
the holy Ones, and have discovered what is written
7. And when you die, sinners say concerning
and impressed on it concerning you.
you, "As we die, the righteous die. What profit
2, I have see» that all goodness, joy, and glory
have they in their works? Behold, like us, they
has been prepared for you, and been written down
expire in sorrow and in darkness. What advantage for the spirits of them who die eminently righteous
have they over us? Henceforward are we equal.
and good.^ To you it shall be given in return for
What will be within their grasp, and what before
your troubles ; and your portion of hapjyiness shall
their eyes ^ for ever ? For behold they are dead ;
Jar exceed the portion of the living.
and never will they again ^ perceive the light." I
P '''le spirits of you who die in righteousness
say unto you, ye sinners. You have been satiated
shall j and rejoice. Their spirits shall exult;
* your fiesh has not found according to your goodness.
in righteousness and in much goodness.
* What will they obtain, and what behold. ' henceforward for ever.
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170 ENOCH. CHAP. cm. 171

and their remembrance shall be before the face of bility of help for us in word or in deed : we have
the mighty One from generation to generation. found none, but have been tormented and de-
Nor shall they now fear disgrace. stroyed.

4. Woe to you, sinners, when you die in your 9. We have not expected to live day after day. ^

sins; and they, who are like you, say respecting 10. We hoped indeed to have been the head;

you. Blessed are these sinners. They have lived 11. But we have become the tail. We have been
out their whole period ^ and now they die in happi-
;
afflicted,when we have exerted ourselves but we ;

ness ^ and in wealth. Distress and slaughter they have been devoured by sinners ^ and the ungodly ;

knew not^ while honour they die; nor

alive; in their yoke has been heavy upon us.

ever in their lifetime did judgment overtake them. 12. Those have exercised dominion over us who

5. But has it not been shown to them, that, when detest andwho goad us and to those who hate us
;

to the receptacle of the dead their souls shall be have we humbled our neck but they have shown ;

made to descend, their evil deeds shall become their no compassion towards us.
greatest torment? Into darkness, into the snare, 13. We have been desirous of escaping from

and into the flame, which shall burn to the great them, that we might fly away and be at rest but ;

judgment, shall their spirits enter; and the great we have found no place to which we could fly, and
judgment shall take efiect for ever and for ever.* be secure from them. We have sought an asylum
6. Woe to you for to you there shall be no peace.
;
with princes in our distress, and have cried out to
Neither can you say to the righteous, and to the those who were devouring us but our cry has not ;

good who are alive, " In the days of our trouble been regarded, nor have they been disposed to hear
have we been afflicted every species of trouble have
;
our voice
we seen, and many evil things have suffered.^ 14. But rather to assist those who plunder and
7. Our spirits have been consumed, lessened, and devour us ; those who diminish us,and hide their
diminished. oppression; who remove not their yoke from us,
8. We have perished ; nor has there been a possi- but devour, enervate, and slay us who conceal our ;

slaughter, nor remember that they have lifted up

' in goodness.
'
They have seen all their days.
generation, even for ever.
their hands against us."
' they saw not. * shall be for every
* found. ' to see life. '

food for sinners.

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172

account of, and be recorded. But all your trans-

CHAP. CIV.
gressions shall be recorded daily.

I swear to you, ye righteous, that in heaven

1.
6. And be assured by me,^ that light and dark-
glory of day and night, behold all your transgressions.
the angels record your goodness before the
ness,

the mighty One.

Be not impious in your thoughts ; lie not ; surrender

2. Wait with patient hope for formerly you have

;
not the word of uprightness; lie not against the

been disgraced with evil and with affliction ;

but word of the holy and the mighty One glorify not ;

now shall you shine like the luminaries of heaven. your idols for all your lying and all your impiety
;

is not for righteousness, but for great crime.

You shall be seen, and the gates of heaven shall be
opened to you. Your cries have cried for judg- 7. Now will I point out a mystery Many sinners :

shall turn and transgress against the word of up-

ment and it has appeared to you for an account
;
:

of all your sufferings shall be required

from the rightness.

princes, and from every one who has

assisted your 8. They shall speak evil things ; they shall utter

plunderers.
falsehood ; execute great undertakings and com- ;
^

3. Wait with patient hope ; nor relinquish your pose books in their own words. But when they
confidence joy shall be yours, like that of
; for great shall write all my words correctly in their own
as you languages,
the angels in heaven. Conduct yourselves
still you shall not be concealed in
the day of 9. They change or diminish them
shall neither
may,
be found like
You shall not but shall write them all correctly all which from
the great judgment.
;

be far from the first I have uttered concerning them.

sinners and eternal condemnation shall
;

you, so long as the world exists.^

10. Another mystery also I point out. To the
4. And now fear not, ye righteous,
when you see righteous and the wise shall be given books of joy,

sinners flourishing and prosperous " ia their ways. of integrity, and of great wisdom. To them shall
not associates with them ; but keep
your- books be given, in which they shall believe
5. Be ;

be you 11. And in which they shall rejoice. And all the
selves at a distance from their oppression ;

associated with the host of heaven. You,

ye sinners, righteous shall be rewarded, who from these shall
not be taken [uire the knowledge of every upright path.
say. All our transgressions shall
;

the tcorld. ' drong and ivortUy. ' I ivill show you. create a great creation.
»
during every gmeration of
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174 ENOCH. CHAP. CV. 175

Lord of righteousness. Then Lamech his father

CHAP. CIV.i
was afraid of hirri and flying away came to his
;

1. In those days, saith the Lord, they shall call own father Mathusala, and said, I have begotten a
to the children of the earth, and make them listen son, unlike to other children.^ He is not human
to their wisdom. Show them that you are their but, resembling the offspring of the angels of heaven,

leaders is of a different nature from ours, being altogether

2. And that renumeration shall take place over unlike to us.
the whole earth ; for I and my Son will for ever His eyes are bright as the rays of the sun his
4. ;

hold communion with them in the paths of upright- countenance glorious, and he looks not as if he be-
ness, while they are still alive.^ Peace shall be longed to me, but to the angels.
yours. Kejoice, children of integrity, in the truth. 5. I am afraid, lest something miraculous should
take place on earth in his days.
6. And now, my
father, let me entreat and request
CHAP. CV. you to go to our progenitor Enoch, and to learn
1. After a time,^ my son Mathusala took a wife from him the truth for his residence is with the
;

for his son Lamech. angels.

2. She became pregnant by him, and brought

7. When Mathusala heard the words of his son,
forth a child, the flesh of which was as white as snow, he came to me at the extremities of the earth for ;

and red as a rose; the hair of whose head was he had been informed that I was there: and he
and whose eyes were cried out.
white like wool, and long ;

beautiful. When he opened them, he illuminated 8. I heard his voice, and went to him saying.

all the house, like the sun ; the whole house Behold, I am here, my son since thou art come to
;

abounded with light.

me.

3. And when he was taken from the hand of the 9. He answered and On
account of a great
said.
event have I come to thee and on account of a
midwife, opening also his mouth, he spoke to the ;

sight diflBcult to be comprehended have I approached

' This chapter occurs twice.
thee.
' we will for ever mix with them in the paths of uprightness in
their lives. ' after days. ' a changed son.
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10. A-nd DOW, my father, liear me ;

for to my son 15. This child which is born to you shall survive
Lamech a child has been born, who resembles not on the earth, and his three sons shall be saved with
him; and whose nature is not like the nature of him. When all mankind who are on earth shall
man. His colour is whiter than snow ; he is redder die, he shall be safe.

than the rose ; the hair of his head is whiter than 16. And his posterity shall beget on the earth
white wool ; his eyes are like the rays of the sun ; giants, not spiritual, but carnal. Upon the earth
and when he opened them he illuminated the whole shall a great punishment be and it shall be
inflicted,

house. washed from all corruption. Now therefore inform

11. When he was taken from the hand of
also thy son Lamech, that he who is born is his child
the midwife, he opened his mouth, and blessed the in truth and he shall call his name Noah, for he
;

Lord of heaven. shall be to you a survivor. He and his children

12. His father Lamech feared, and fled to me, shall be saved from the corruption which shall take
believing not that the child belonged to him, but place in the world from all the sin and from all the
;

that he resembled the angels of heaven. And iniquity which shall be consummated on earth in his
behold I am come to thee, that thou mightest point days. Afterwards shall greater impiety take place
out to me the truth. than that which had been before consummated on
Theu Enoch, answered and said, The Lord
I, the earth ; for I am acquainted with holy mysteries,
will effect a -new thing upon the earth. This have which the Lord himself has discovered and ex-
I explained, and seen in a vision. I have shown plained to meand which I have read in the tablets
;

thee that in the generations of Jared my father, of heaven.

those who were from heaven disregarded the word 17. In them I saw it written, that generation after
of the Lord. Behold they committed crimes laid ; generation shall transgress, until a righteous race
aside their class, and intermingled with
women. shall arise; until transgression and crime perish
With them also they transgressed; married with from off the earth ; until all goodness come upon it.
them, and begot children. 18. And j.ow, my
go tell son, thy son Lamech,
14. great destruction therefore shall come upon
A 19. That the child which is born is his child in

all the earth a deluge, a great destruction, shall

; truth and that there is no deception.
;

take place in one year. 20. When Mathusala heard the word of his father
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Enoch, who had shown him every secret thing, he beholdest, shall be thrust the spirits of sinners and

returned with understanding,^ and called the name blasphemers ; of those who shall do evil, and who
of that child Noah ; because he was to console the shall pervert all which God has spoken by the
earth on account of all its destruction. mouth of the prophets ; all which they ought to do.

21. Another book, which Enoch wrote for his son For respecting these things there shall be writings
Mathusala, and for those who should come after him, and impressions above in heaven, that the angels
and preserve their purity of conduct ^ in the latter may read them and know what shall happen both
days. You, who have laboured, shall wait in those to sinners and to the spirits of the humble to those ;

days, until the evil doers be consumed, and the who have suffered in their bodies, but have been
power of the guilty be annihilated. Wait, until sin rewarded by God who have been injuriously treated
;

pass away for their names shall be blotted out of

;
by wicked men who have loved God who have
; ;

the holy books their seed shall be destroyed, and

;
been attached neither to gold nor silver, nor to any
their spirits slain. They shall cry out and lament good thing in the world, but have given their bodies
in the invisible waste,and in the bottomless fire to torment

shall they burn.^ There I perceived, as it were, a 24. To those who from the period of their birth ^

cloud which could not be seen through for from ;

have not been covetous of earthly riches ; but have
the depth of it I was unable to look upwards. I regarded themselves as a breath passing away.
25. Such has been their conduct ^ and much has
beheld also a flame of fire blazing brightly, and, as ;

the Lord tried them ; and their spirits have been

it were, glittering mountains whirled around, and

agitated from side to side. found pure, that they might bless his name. All '

I inquired of one of the holy angels their blessings have I related in a book ; and He has
22. Then
What this splendid rewarded them for they have been found to love
who was with me, and said. is ;

object For it is not heaven, but a flame of fire

"?
heaven with an everlasting aspiration. God has

alone which blazes and in it there is the clamour of

;
said, While they have been trodden down by
wicked men, they have heard from them revilings
exclamation, of woe, and of great suffering.
and blasphemies and have been ignominiously
23. He said, There, into that place which thou
;

treated, while they were blossing mo. And now will

itrrilirj. Ihcir stair of life.

ill Ihrjiir 'hHll Ihcy Imii', nhcie llim i< no taiih. '
from Ike time Ihi.ij n-cir. And Ihi!- have Ihcij hcpl.
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180 ENOCH.

good from the generation of

I call the spirits of the
light, and will change those who have been born
in darkness; who have not in their bodies been
recompensed with glory, as their faith may have
merited.
26. I will bring them into the splendid light of
those who love my holy name and I will place :

each of them on a throne of glory, of glory peculiarly

his own, and they shall be at rest during unnum-
bered periods. Righteous is the judgment of God
27. For to the faithful shall he give faith in the
habitations of uprightness.^ They shall see those,
who having been born in darkness unto darkness
shall be cast; while the righteous shall be at rest.
Sinners shall cry out, beholding them, while they
exist in splendour and proceed forwards to the days
and periods prescribed to them.^

Here ends the vision of Enoch the prophet. May

the benediction of his prayer, and the gift of
his appointed period, be with his beloved
Amen,
'
of uprigM tcays. ' written dnurn for them.

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