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RI CHA R D L AU R ENC E L L D , . .

AR CHBI SHOP OF CASHEL

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IN the Authorized Ve rsi o n o f the Epi st l e —o fi Jud e -

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we read the fo l l o w i n g wor d s

En o c h al s o the seventh from Adam prophesied
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o f these saying Behold t h e Lord cometh with ten

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thousands o f his saints to execute judgment upon
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all and to convince all that are ungodly among

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them o f all their ungodl y deeds which they have

ungodly committed and o f all their hard speeches
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which u n godl y sinners have spoken against Him 1

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Modern research sees in the Epistle o f Jude 9 .

work o f the s econd century : but as orthodox

theologians accept i t s contents as the in s pired
utterance of an A po s tle let us diligently s earch the
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Hebrew S criptures for this important forecast o f the

s econd Advent o f the Me s siah I n vain we turn
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ov e r the page s of the sacred Canon ; not even in the

A pocry pha can we trace o n e line from the pen o f
the marvellou s bei n g t o whom uninterrupted i m m o r
C o m p a re Bo o k of En o c h 11 .
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tality is as signed by apostolic interpretation o f
Genesis v 24 Were the prophecies o f Enoch
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therefore accepted as a Divine revelation o n that

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momentous day when Jesus explained the S crip

ture s after h i s resurrection to Jude and h i s apostolic
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brethren ; and have we mo derns betrayed o ur trust

by excludin g an inspired record from the Bible
Reverting to the second century of Chri s ti anity ,

we find Iren aeu s and Clement o f Alexandria citing

the Bo o k o f Enoch without questioning its sacred
character Thus Iren aeus a s mg n m g to the Book o f
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Enoch an authenticity analogous to that o f Mosaic

literature affirms that Enoch although a man
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filled the o ffice o f God s messenger to the angels 2
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Tertullian who flouri s hed at the close o f t h e first

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and at the beginning o f the second century whil s t ,

admitting that the S crip t ure o f Enoch is n o t

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received by some because it is not included i n the

Hebre w Canon speaks o f the author as the mo s t
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ancient prophet Enoch and o f the book as the , ,

divinely inspired autograph o f t hat immortal patri

arch preserved by Noah i n the ark o r miraculously
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reproduced by him through the in s piration of the

Holy S pirit Tertullian adds But a s Enoch has
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spoken in the same scripture o f the Lord and ,

every scripture suitable for e d i fica t i o n i s divinely

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He b . Xi . 5 .

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Ag a i ns t He re si e s , iv . 16 . C o m p a re 3 o 0k Of EHOC I I X V
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inspired let us reject nothing which belong s to us
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It may n o w se e m to have b een d i s avowed by the

Je w s like all other scripture which speaks of Chri s t
a fact which should cau s e us no s urpri s e a s th e y ,

were not to receive him even when per s onally ,

addre ss ed by hi m s e lf The s e vie w s Tertullian con

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firm s by appealing to the te s timony of the Apostle

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Jude . The Book o f Enoch w a s th e refore a s s acred
a s the P s alms o r I s aiah in the eye s of the famou s

theologian o n whom modern orthodox y relie s as

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the chief canoni s t of Ne w Te s tament s cripture .

O rigen (AD . in quoting Hebre w literature

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a s s ign s to the Book of Enoch the s a m e authority

as to the P s alm s I n polemical di s c uss ion wit h
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Cel s u s he a ffir m s that the work of the ant e diluvian

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patriarch was not accepted in the Churche s a s

Divine ; and m odern theo l ogians have accordingly
as s umed that he rejected i t s in s piration : b ut the
extent to which he adopts i t s language and idea s
d i s closes per s onal conviction that Enoch was o n e of
the greate s t o f the prophet s Thu s in h i s treati s e f .
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o n the angel s we read : We are not to s uppo s e
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that a s pecial o ffice has been a s s igned b y mere

accident to a particular angel : as to ,Raphael the ,

work o f curing and healing ; to C a b ri e l the direction

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o f war s ; to Michael the duty o f hearing the prayers

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a n d s upplication s of men Fro m what source .

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On Fe m a l e D re s s ,
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De P ri n c i p i i s , v ii i .
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but assumed revelation could O rigen obtain a n d

publi s h these circum s tantial d e ta ils o f min i sterial
administration in heaven ?
Turning to the Book o f Enoch we r ead : A fter
this I be s ought the angel o f peace who proc eeded ,

with me to explain all that was concealed I said

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to him Who are those whom I have seen o n the

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four sides and w hose words I have heard and

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written down He replied The firs t i s t h e merciful

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t h e patient the holy Michael

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Th e s econd i s he who .

presides over every s u ffering and ever y a ffl iction o f

the son s o f men the hol y Raphael Th e third who
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preside s over all that is pow e rful is Gabriel 7 A nd"

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the fourth who presides over repentance and the hope

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o f those who will inherit eternal life is P h azue l

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We thus d i s cover the s ource o f O rigen s apparently
s uperhuman knowledge and detect h i s implicit
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tru s t in the Book o f Enoch a s a Divine revelation .

When primitive Chri s tianity had freely app ro

ri a t e d the visions o f Enoch a s the m aterials of
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con s tructive dogmas this remarkable book gradually
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s ank into oblivion disappeared out o f We s t ern

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Christendom and was e v entually forgotten by a

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Church which unconsciou s ly perpetuated i t s teach

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ing as the miraculo us revelation s o f Christianity .

The Book o f Enoch unknown to E urope for ,

nearly a thousand years except through the frag ,

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B ook of En o ch x1
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m ents preserved by Georgius Sy ncellus (circa 7 92 ,

was at length discovered by Bruce in A b y ssinia ,

who brought home three C opies o f the Ethiopic

version in 1 7 7 3 respecting which he wri tes
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A mongst the articles I consigned to the library at

Paris was a very beautiful and ma g nificent copy o f
t h e Prophecies o f Enoch in large quar t o ; ano t her
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i s amongst the Books o f S cripture which I brought

home standing
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Job

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a ry .
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o ffl arl i s l e .

This priceles s manuscript d e stined some day to , , ,

reveal the forgotten source of many Chri s tian dogma s A

and mysteries rested in Bo dleian ob s curity un t il
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presented t o t h e world through an Engli s h tran s

lation by Dr Laurence A rchbi s hop o f Cashel
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formerly Professor o f Hebrew at O x ford who issued ,

his first edition in 1 8 2 1 in ap p arent unconsciousness

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that he was giving t o m ankind the theologic a l

fos s ils through which we in the clearer li ht
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Christianity
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The scarcity o f Archbi s hop Laurence s tran s lation ’
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before the publication o f the second edition in 1 8 3 3 ,

produced an impre s s ion in Ger m any that t h e work

had been suppressed b y its author ; but this report
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is contradicted in the preface to the third edition ,

issued in 1 83 8 in response to a large order from

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A merica .

The Book o f Enoch excited more interest o n the

Continent than in England It was translated into
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German b y Dr Ho ffman in 1 83 8 into Latin b y

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Gfro re r in 1 840 again into German by Di l l m a n n in

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1 8 5 3 and has been discussed b y We i sse L ii ck e

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Hi l g e n fe l d and Kalisch the latter of whom uttered

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the prediction that the book of Enoch will o n e

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day be employed as a most important witness in

the histor y of religious dogmas The da y and the
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hour have come the clock has struck and in thu s

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publishing an edition o f Archbi s hop Laurence s ’

translation o f the Book o f Enoch we place within ,

the reach o f all readers o f the English language ,

the means o f studying the pre Christian origin of-

Christian mysteries .

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Turning towards the Preliminary Dissertation
o f A rchbishop Laurence in which he discus s es with
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impartial criticism and accomplished scholarship ,

the origin o f the Book o f Enoch we find him ,

attaining the important conclu s ions that it was ,

written by a Jew o f the Dispersion in his o w n

language whether Hebrew o r the later Aram ae an
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acquired in exile ; that the version in the hands of

the author o f the Epistle o f Jude and the Ante -

Nicene Fathers was a Greek translation ; and that

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the Ethiopic edition whether translated fro m ,

A ram aean o r Greek is the same work as that cited

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by the A postle .

In atte s tation of the theory o f an Aramaic o r

S yro Chald aean ori gin Archbi s hop Laurence refer s
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to the mo s t ancient remains o f the Cabbala
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( H e brew tradition s ) contained in the Z ohar a ,

s pecies o f philosophical commentary upon the L a w ,

combining theological opinions with the allegorical

subtleties o f the m y stical school In thi s cele
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b ra t e d compilation of what was long supposed to

con s titute the hidden wi s dom o f the Jewish nation ,

occasional references are made to the Book o f

En och a s a book carefully preserved from generation
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to generation .
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A rchbi s hop Laurence then give s
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extracts from the Z ohar referring to important ,

passages in the Book of Enoch and infers that ,

the authors o f the Cabbali s tical re mains wrote

their recondite doctri nes in Chaldee and pos s essed ,

a copy o f the Book of Enoch written in that ,

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language o r in Hebre w which they regarded a s ,

the genuine work o f him who s e name it bore and .

not a s the s purious production of a later age .

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A rchbi s hop Laurence then con s iders the probable

date of the work and infer s from the quotation o f
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Jude that it must have been written antecedent to

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the Chri s tian era but not before the Captivity o f

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Babylon beca use it contain s the language and

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imagery o f Daniel in the representation o f the

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A ncient o f Day s coming to j udgme nt with the S o n

o f man . B ut since A1 c h b i s h o p Lau rence 1 ote W ,

modern criticism has di s closed h o w nebulous is the

date o f Daniel s o that it become s as reasonable to
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as s ume that the author o r co m piler borro w ed from

the Book o f Enoch as to attribute plagiarism to
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the pseudo patriarch The learned tran s lator how

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e ver
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discovered more sati s factor y proof through ,

internal evidence that the book w a s written long

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sub s equent to the commencement and eve n to the ,

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conclu s ion of the Babylonian Captivity
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That section of the Book o f Enoch extending ,

from chapter lxxxii to xc contain s an allegorical

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narrative o f the royal dynasties o f Israel and Judah ,

fro m which Archbishop Laurence con s tructs a

histo ry extending from S aul to the beginning o f
the reign o f Herod the Great and infers that the ,

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Book of Enoch w a s written before the rise o f
Chris t iani t y ; mo s t probably at an early period of
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t h e reign o f Herod The Archbi shop add s
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That it c ould not have been the production o f a
writer who lived after the in s pired authors o f the
New Testament o r who w a s even coeval with them
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mu s t be manife s t from the quotation o f S t Jude .

a quotation which proves it t o have been in his

time a work ascribed to Enoch him s elf .

A rchbi shop Laurence fur t hermore attains p ro , ,

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h ability date through another line o f argument

of .

In chapter liv 9 o f the Book o f Enoch we read

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The chiefs o f the East among the Parthians and ,

Medes s hall rem ove kings in whom a spirit o f

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perturbation s hall enter The y shall hurl them .

\ from their thrones Springing as lions,

from their
dens and like famished wolves into the mid s t o f
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the flock Commenting o n this pa s sage Arch

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bishop Laurence say s No w the Parthian s were

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altogether unknown in history until the 2 5 0t h year ,

before Chri s t when under the guidance o f Ars a ce s

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( the family n ame o f all their sub s equent king s

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the y revolted from Antiochu s Theu s the then king ,

o f S y ria .It was n o t however until the y ear 2 3 0

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B G that their empire became firml y establishe d

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when Ars a c e s defeated and took p ri s oner S eleucus

Ca l l i c i n us the S yrian monarch and fi rs t a s sumed
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the title o f King o f Parthi a By degrees they .

expelled the S yrian dominion from eve ry province

over which it extended ea s t of the Euphrate s ; so
that from about the year 1 4 0 B C their vast empire . .

reached from the Ganges t o the Euphrates and ,

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from the Euphrates to the Cauca sus The s e facts .

would therefore lead to the conclusion that the

Book o f Enoch was written ab o ut the middle of the
second cen tury B C ; but as the author add s to
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the pas s age already cited The y s hall go up and

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tread upon the land o f their elect the land o f their ,

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elect shall be before them The threshing fl o o r

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the path and the city o f my righteo us people shall

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impede the progre s s o f their hor s es A rchbi s hop ,

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Laurence connects thi s language with the in v a s ion

o f S yria by the Parthian s in the y ear 5 4 B C and . .
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their defeat of A nthony eighteen y ears later when ,

the credit o f the Part hian arms w a s at the highe s t ;

and it is probable that about the s ame period o r ,

at lea s t n o t long a fter the Book o f Enoch w a s

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written .

The que s tion now naturally arises How was this,

work o f fiction accepted within s o s hort a period as ,

the genuine production o f the patriarch Enoch ?

The Archbi s hop answers by showing through ,

internal evidence that the book w a s written by a

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Je w residing at a di s tance from Palestine and ,

having bee n brought into Jud ac a in the name o f the

prophet Enoch the obscurit y o f its origin cau se d
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s ome to accept it as the genuine production of the

patriarch him s elf In chapter lxxi P s eudo Enoch

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divides the da y and night into eighteen parts and ,

repre s ent s the longe s t day in the year as con s i s ting

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o f twelve o ut o f these eighteen parts Now the .

proportion o f twelve to eighteen i s precisely the

s ame a s sixteen to four and twenty the present ,

division in hours o f the period constituting day and

night If therefore we consider in what latitude a
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country must be situated to have a day of sixteen

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hours l ong we shall immediately perceive that

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Palestine could not be such a country We may .

then s afel y conclude that the region in which the

a uthor lived must have been situated not lower
than forty fiv e degree s north latitude where the
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longest day is fifteen hours and a half n o r higher ,

perhap s than fort y nine degrees where the longe s t

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day i s preci s ely s ixteen hours T h is will bring the .

country where he wrote as high up at least a s the

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northern district s o f the Caspian and Euxine seas ;

probably it was situated somewhere bet w een the
upper parts o f both the s e seas ; and if the l atter
conjecture be well founded the author o f the Book ,

o f Enoch was perhaps a member o f o n e o f the tribes

which S halmane s er carried away and placed in ,

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Halah and in Habor by the riv e r Go s hen and in the ,

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citi es of t h e Med e s and who never returned from
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c apti v ity
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S ince Archbi shop Laurence wrote his Pre

liminary Di s sertation fres h light has been thrown
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o n the origin o f the Boo k o f Enoch through the

publication o f Mr L a ya rd s Nineveh and Bab y lon

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recording the discovery in Babylonian ruin s of cups

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o r bowls of terra cotta covered on the inner s urface

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with in s cription s in ink which have been deciphered

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by Mr Thomas Ellis o f the Manuscript Departmen t
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in the Briti s h useum a s amulet s o r charm s again s t

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e vil s pirits disease calamity and sudden death

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composed in the Chaldean language mingled with
Hebre w wor ds and written in characters which
combine S yriac a n d Palmyrene with the ancient
Ph oe nician These i n s cription s are un dated ; but
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Mr Ellis attained the conclu s ion thro ugh internal

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evidence that the s e cups belonged to the d e s ce u

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d ants o f the Jews who were carried captive to

Babylon and the surrounding cities .

But the most i m portant revelation attained

through these discoveries o f Mr Layard lie s in the .

interesting fact mentioned in his work that the, ,

names of the a n gels inscribed o n these cup s and ,

those recorded in the Book o f Enoch are in many , ,

in s tance s identical so that no dou b t remains as to

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the Hebrew Chaldee origin o f that great S emitic

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work whether assignable to human genius o r Divi n e

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revelation ; and the exhumed amulets o f Jews of

the Di s persion attest the accuracy of Archbisho p
Laurence s conclus ions respecting the nationality o f
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P s eudo Enoch -
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Ignorance o f the contents o f the Apocrypha as ,

canonized by the C hurch of Rome is so general ,

in England that many other w ise well informed -

people imagine that the Book o f Enoch m a y be

found in its pages whereas it has been lost to all ,

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Hal l e l ui a h a p p e a rs up o n t h e c up s ; a n d t h us a w o rd , w i t h
w h i c h a n ci e n t S yro -
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C h a l d ae a n s c o nj ure d , h a s e c o m e , t h ro ug h t h e
v i c i s s i t ude s o fl a ng ua g e , t h e S h i b b o l e th o f m o d e rn Re v i v al i st s .
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English readers except tho s e who may possess o r

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h ave acce s s to copie s of the Engli s h translation la s t

issued in 1 83 8 O n this a s pect of the question
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Archbishop La urence writes

The fate of the A pocryphal writings in general
has been s ingular O n o ne side from the influence
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o f theological opinion o r theological caprice they ,

have been sometime s 1 nj ud 1 c i o us l v admitted into

the Canon o f S cripture ; while o n t h e other side ,

from an over anxiety to preserve that Canon i n

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violate they have been not simply rej ecte d but

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loaded with every epithet of contempt and obloqu y .

The feelings perhap s of both parties have o n such

occasions run away with their j udgment Fo r .

writings of thi s description whatever may o r may

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not be their claim to inspiration are at least o f ,

con s iderable utility where they indicate the theo

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logical opinions o f the periods at which they were

compo s ed This I appr e hend to be peculiarly the
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the case of the Book o f Enoch ; which a s having ,

been m anifestly written before the doctrines o f

Christianity were promulgated to the world mu s t ,

a fford us when it refers t o the nature and character

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o f the Mes s iah a s it repeatedly does so refer

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credible proof o f what were the Jewish opinion s

upon tho s e points before the birth o f Christ ; and
consequently before t h e possible predominance o f
the C h ri s tian creed .
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Archbishop Laurence thus clearly recognized

t h at the vi s ions o f Enoch preceded the teaching o f
Jesus ; but it was n o t given to him or to his ,

generation to see how deeply his conclusions a ffected

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the supernatural claims of Christianity .

Tw i ng j o t h e c o nt e n t s o f the Book o f Enoc h

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the first s 1 x chapt ers announce the condemnat i on

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o f fia n s re sso rs and t he b l e ss i s o f the righteous

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advent o f the c “

s t in the famous oted by the author

f the Epistle attributed to Jud e .

Chapters vii t o xvi record th e descent o f t w o

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their selection o f
wives the birth o f their gigantic o ffs pring and
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the in s truction of mankind in th e manufacture

o f of fensi v e and defen s ive weapons the fabrication ,

o f mirrors the w cnk m a n sh i p o f j ewellery and the

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us e o f cosmetics and d yes combined with lessons ,

in sorcery astrology divination and astronomy

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all which Tertullian accepts as Divine revelation ,

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when he denounces woman as the devil s gate
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and assures her o n the authority o f the ,

in s pired Enoch that Tyrian dyes Phrygian em

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broidery Babylonian cloth golden bracelets gleam

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ing pearls flashing onyx stone s and brilliant

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emeralds with all the other adj uncts o f an elegant

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toilette are the special gifts o f fallen angels to

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On Fe m al e D re s s ,
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G a lileo and the m artyrdom o f Bruno ? We answer

that its teaching had survived as numerou s other ,

superstitions have pa ss ed from generation to genera

tion long after all knowledge o f their origin has
been los t to the theologians who accept them as
Divine .

In the Evolution o f C h ristianity we cite the

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following passage from Iren aeus : It is im p ossible
tha t the Gospels can be more o r less t h an they are .

For as there are four zones in the world wh i ch we

inhabit and four principal winds while the Church
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is spread abroad throughout the earth and the ,

and basi s o f the Church is the gospel and

irit o f life i t ,
should
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bestowing renewed vital it y o p m e n From which w

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fa ct that the Word has given us four

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versions of the Gospel united by o n e spirit ,
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now recognize that this fanciful theory WW of a limited

is b a s e m n t h
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of Enoch ; and if in the second century Iren aeu s ,

ahhg oted the visions o f an antediluvian patriarch

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as fa cts the traditional sur v ival of the earth s
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corner stone doubtless controlled the orthodox

astronomy o f medi aeval theologians
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angels in which str ug g ling columns of fire ascended

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ment he looked up op t h e t re e s o f k n o wle dg e a n d

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o f life exhaling fragrant odour s fro m leaves which

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n ever withered and from fruit which ever b loomed ;

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and he beheld the great and glorious wonder of ”

the cele s ti al stars coming forth through the gates

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o f heaven
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ha t e rs xxxvii to lxxi record the second
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o f wi s dom divided into t h re e pg ra b l e s The fir s t

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depicts the future h apni ne ss aml g l o ry o f the elect m w ,

es in t h e

t housands and myriads d s before the th rone

o fig t fiafi
e s sr Hi m wit h cele s tial
song a s the Holy Holy Lord o f s pirits before whom
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righteousne s s eter nally dwell s .

W
As Enoch uttered hi s pro p heci e s re sp e c t i n g t h e a
m

el ep t -
e fo re the e 1 t e nce of u 1

W W
_ _ , _ _ _ _
.

i m pp rt an t to l e a rp j p w h a t s e n s e heJ l nd e rs t o o d the
fl fi w m w fl m n

on The language o f the first .

M
“
parable happily leave s no room for doubt? The
T H
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works
M M
nah -
39 w 1 “ fl 1

duly weighed by the Lord o f Spirits 1

Election .
”

t h ere fore trace d to its original source means nothing

, ,

more than Divine selection of the fitte s t a —

theory more consistent with the justice o f God than ,

1
Ch a p . x xx v i ii 2
. .
 INTR ODUCTION .

the ca pricious choice o f the m e t a m o rp h i ca l potter ,

w hose arbitrary fa s hioning o f plastic clay s m b o

y
l i z e d in Pauline theology the doctrine o f predesti
, ,

nation .

The second parable ( xlv lv ) demands the a h .

—
.

sorbed attention o f modern Jews and Gentiles ;

for it is either the inspired forecast o f a great
Hebrew
W m p p
_p h e t predicting with acc uracy
the fut u1 e teaching o f Naza i e t h o r the ,

S emitic romance from which the latt e r borrowed

His conceptions o f the triumphan t return o f the m .

o f man to oc cupy a j udicia l t hrone in the m i dst

, _ _

1 whe ther these celestial v i s i o n s b e_ accep ted as human

W
_

influence
on the
years that candid Q L SGQL GTS af
t
, _
Q
_
Q
Z

relationship o f the Book o f Enoch with t h

'

tio n o r the e v o l ut l o n o f Ch rl st —l a n ty
‘

, _ Nfi g ufl fl — r - h w l “

Th e thir d parable ( lvi lxx ) recurs with glowing

l l

—
. .
,

eloquence to the inexhaustible theme of Messianic

,

g l o rv and
,
again depicts the happy future o f the

ri ght eous l n contrast with the appalling misery o f

“

the wicked It al s o records the supern atural control

.

throug h the acti on o f i fl di fi d fa l

’

o f the elements ,
Q v Q

angel s presiding over the winds the s e a hail frost , , , ,

 I NTR 0D UC TI ON . x xi

dew the lightning s fl ash and

,
’

,
re v e rb e ra t i n
g t hm
un de r .

given among whom we recognize some o f the i n

,

visi b le po w ers named in the incantation s inscribed

o n the terra cotta cups o f Hebrew Chaldee c o n u
j -

ration .

Chapters lxxi to lxxxi contain the book o f the

. .

revolutions o fthe luminaries o f heaven the sun the , ,

m oon and the s tars controlled in their move m ents

, ,

by the admini s tration o f angels In co m menting .

o n this section o f the Book o f Enoch A rchbishop ,

Laurence says This system o f a stronomy is pre

“
,

c i se l
y that o f an untutored but accurate o b s e r ,

the heaven s He describes the eastern and w e s

.

parts o f heaven where the sun and moon ri s e and

,

,
erent gates throug h
s e t as di v ided each into s i x diff ,

which those orbs of light pass at their respective

periods In the denomination o f these gates he
.

begins with that through which the s un pa s ses at

the winter solstice ; and this he terms the first gate .

It o f course answers to the s ign o f Capricornus ; and

is the southernmost point t o which the s un reaches ,

both at rising and setting The next gate at which .

,

the s un arrives in its progress towards t he c a s t at

ri s ing and towards the west at setting and which
, ,

an s wers to the sign o f A quarius he term s the se co n d ,

gate The next in continuatio n o f the same course

.
,

o f the s un which answers to the sign of Pisces he

, ,
xx ii INTR OD UCTION .

terms the thi rd gate The fo urth gate in his de

.

scription is that which is situated due c a s t at s un

rising and due west at s un setting and which
,
-
, ,

answering to the s ign o f Aries the s un enters at the

,

v ernal equinox . With thi s fo urth gate he com

’
m e n c e s h i s account of the sun s annual circuit and ,

o f the consequent change in the length of day and

night at the various season s o f the year His fifth .

’
gate is now to be found in the sun s progress north
w ard s and answers to the s ign o f Tauru s
,
And his .

s i x th gate is situated still further north ; which ,

answering to the sign o f Gemini concludes at the

,

mo s t northern point o f heaven to which the s un

arrives and from w hich it turns at the summer
,

s olstice again to measure back its course south

,

wards .

Hence it happe ns that the same gates which

,

answers to the s i x signs al l uded to in the sun s ’

passage from the winter to the summer s olstice ,

nece s sarily also answer to the remaining six o f

the twelve signs o f the Z odiac in its passage back
again .

The turning o f the s un both at the winter and

s ummer solstices the first at the most s outhern the
, ,

last at the most northern point o f its progre s s must ,

have always struck the eye o f tho s e who contem

plated the variet y a s well as the splendour o f its
daily appearance The astronomy of t h e apocryphal
.
 I NTR 0D UCTI ON . x x ii i

Enoch was perhap s formed in this respect upon the

s ame principle s as the astronomy o f Ho m er who ,

places the s ituation o f the island Ev p zn under the ’

turn i n g of the s un 89a p Ofl a i fie h i o ro ( Ody s s lib

,
T
'
. .

”
xv 4 04 )
.

Chapters lxxxiii to lxxxix c .

i Yi hi L o f .
e

’
extendin g from Enoch s o w n j i m e to m
o ne

thousand years b e yo n d t h e p rese nt g e n e ra t ig n

m fl w v ”
, In
do p t e d ,
~ s e ven .

Reference is made to t he j e l ng e the call o f Abra ,

ham the Mo sa ic di sp e ns ation the building and the

, ,

destr uction o f the Te m ple of S olo m on event s —

which preceded the d a te a t w h i c h t he Bo ok o f

_ _ _ _s m “a c- " m m a m w

but when the author“

m
,

W
in h i s character of a di yi nel y l nspi g d se ‘ u
ds ‘

his vision beyond the horizon of his o w n age he ,

discloses the M M ”
hi s J fl ”

Q Q E $J L I QL1 J e m a i n
un ful fil l d
e ; If “
,

however the Book o f Enoch had reached us through

,

the We s tern as well as the Ethiopic Cano n apolo

, ,

getic theologians woul d doubtle s s a ffirm _m

t uri e s are but t ri fl e s in prophetic at
 INTR OD UCTION .

Chapters xciii to civ contain the eloquent ex

. .

hortations of Enoch addre s sed to his children in , ,

which he follows Buddha in c o m m e n dipg t h e w

”
“
Path s of Righteousne s s and anticipates Jesu s ,

in pronouncing the doom of sinners and t heq fip g

saints and gives t ,
e most emphatic
as s u rance o f immortality which has ever flowed
fi orii h u
'

man lips : Fear not ye souls o f the

'

i “
,

righteous but wait with pa tient hope fo r the day

,

\ our souls des cend in trouble and sorro w to the

M
o f your death in righteousness Grieve not because
\
.

y
receptacle o f the dead for g re a t j oy shall rs
_ _ ,

li ke that o f the a n g e l si ijn eav en And wh e n you

'

m m

die sin n ers s ay concerning yo u As w e die t h e

-

‘
, ,

righteous die What profit have they in their

.

works Behold like us they expire in sorrow and

, ,

in darkness What advantage have they over us ?

.

Henceforward are we equal ; for behold they are

’
dead and never will they again perceive the light
,
.

But n o w I sw ear to y o u ye righteous that I ,

compreh e n d this m ystery ; that I have read the

tablet of heaven have seen the writing o f the holy
,

ones and have discovered what is written and

,

impressed o n it concerning you I have seen that .

all goodness j oy and glory have be en pre pared for

, ,

you . The spirit s o f you who die i n righteous

ness s hall exist and rej oice and their remembrance
shall be before the face o f the Mighty One from
 INTR OD UCTION .

be b ri gh t w i th j oy . Th e fo rth as th e s un i n th e ki n g
e a rt h s h al l re o i cej ; a n d t h e do m o f th e i r Fa t h e r .

e l e ct p o s se s s it .
”

“
En . xci i i . 7 . Th o se , to o , Ja m e s v 1 Go t o n o w , . .

g p
W
w h o a c qui re ol d a n d s i l v e r, y e ri ch m e n , w e e and b o w l

j u tl y
W
s h al l s an d s udde n l y fo r y o ur m i s e ri e s t h a t sh a l l
p e ri s h . oe t o y o u w h o a re co m e u o n y o u
”
p .

ri ch , fo r i n y o ur ri c h e s h av e L uk e v i 24 “
oe un t o
"
. .

yo u t rus t e d ; b ut fro m y o ur yo u th a t a re ri c h fo r y e

Wp
ri ch e s y o u s h a l l b e re m o v e d .
”
h av e re ce i v e d y o ur c o n so l a
”
ti o n .

xcv i L uke p
W
En . . 6, 7 , 25 . oe C o m are th e x 11 .

un t o y o u, s i n n e rs , who sa y , a ra bl e of t h e ri c h m a n
e a re ri ch , p o ss e s s w e a l th , w h o s e b a rn s w e re ful l , a n d
a n d h a v e a cqui re d e v e r y th i n g w h o s a i d t o h i m s e l f,
“
So ul ,
w h i ch we can d e si re . No w t h o u h a s t m uc h g o o ds l ai d
then w il l w e d o w h a t s o ev er up fo r m a n y y e a rs , t a k e t h i n e
w e a re dis p o se d
t o do ; fo r e a se , e at , d ri n k , a n d b e
we h av e a m a ss e d si l v e r ; o ur m e rry But Go d s a i d un t o
.

b a rns a re ful l T h e y sh al l .
’
h i m T h o u fo o l , t h i s n i h t t h y
, g
s ure l y d i e s ud d e n l y . s o ul s ha l l be re qui re d of

th e e .

En . cv . 26 .
“
And I wil l M a tt . xix . 28 . Ye a l so

pl a ce e a ch of th e m on a sh al l si t u p on tw el v e t h ro n e s ,
t h ro n e of gl or y , of gl or y j ud gi g n the t w e l v e t ri be s of

p e c ul i arl y hi s own . I sra e l .

”

En l x i i 1 1 . . . I n h i s udgj Ro m . Fo r t h e re 1 s
p p p p
W
m e nt s h e ay s no re s e c t t o no re s e ct of e rs o n s w i t h

p e rs o n s .
”
Go d .
”

En . x xx v i ii . 2 . Wh e re M a t t xx v i . . 24 . oe un t o
i l l t h e h a b i t a ti o n t h a t m a n t h ro u h w h o m t h e g
"
w o f s i nn e rs

be who h av e re e c t e d j th e So n of m an i s b e t ra y e d I t
L o rd of s pi ri t s . It w o ul d w o ul d be go o d fo r t h a t ma n
h av b e e n be t t e r fo r t h e m
e ,
i fhe had n o t b e e n b o rn .
”

h a d t h e y n e v e r b e e n b o rn .
”
 I NTR 01) UC TI ON xxv ii

En . xix . 2 .
“
So t h a t t h e y 1 Co r x 20 . Th e t h i n s
. . g
s a c ri fice to de v i l s as to G o ds . w h i ch t h e e n t i l e s sa cri ce ,G fi
t h e y s a c ri fi ce t o d e v i l s , a nd
no t t o Go d
”
.

En . 10, 1 2 ( Th e a n e l
x x 11 . . g L uke xv i . 26 ( Abra h am
p
R a h a e l a ddre s si n Eno ch i n g a dd re ss i n g Di v es fro m th e
g
t h e re i o n o f t h e d e a d re gi on of th e bl e sse d Be
He re t h e i r so ul s a re se a p t w e e n us a nd y o u t h e re i s a

ra t e d by a ch a sm ”
. g re a t gul f fi xe d .
”

En x x x i x 3 , 4 , 7 M A
.
( ‘
. . 2 Co r x i i I w i l l co m e
. .
“

c l o ud t h e n s na t ch e d m e up t o v i s i o n s a n d re v e l a t i o n s o f
w

t h e L o rd I k ne w a m a n i n
.

C h ri s t ca u h t up t o t h e g
t h i rd h e a v e n , w h e th e r i n
the b o d y o r o ut o ft h e bo d y I
ca nn o t tel l : Go d kno w e t h .

an g el s un d e r t h e w i n g s Ho w th at h e w as h t up c a ug

of th e L o rd of s pi ri t s . Al l i nt o p a ra d i s e , a n d h e a rd un

the h o l y a nd th e e l e ct s un g s p ea k a b l e w o rd s ,
w h i ch it is
b e fo re h i m i n a ppe a ra n ce , no t l a w ful fo r a m an to
l i k e a bl a ze o f fire th e i r , ut t e r .
”

m o ut h s b e i n g ful l o f b l e s s Rev . xix . 1 .

“
I h e a rd a

i ng s, a nd th e i r li p gl
s o ri g re a t v o i ce o f m uc h p pleo e

fy i ng t h e nam e o f th e L o rd i n h e av e n, yi n g A l l e l ui a
sa , ,

p
o f s i ri t s .
”
sal v a ti o n, and gl o ry a nd ,

h o no ur, an d p o w e r, unt o t h e
L o rd o ur Go d .
”

En . xl v i . 2 .
T hi s"i s t h e Co l i i 3 . I n w h o m a re
. .
“

So n t h n mv i l l re h i d a l l t h e t re a s ure s o f w i s
v
'

eaI al l t h e t re a sure s of th a t d o m a nd k no w l e d e
”
g .

Eri . ix .
i f T h en t h e y Re v . xv i i . 14 16 xix . .

sa i d to t he i r L o rd , t h e Ki n g : Ki n g of k i n gs , a nd L o rd o f

Th o u a rt L o rd o f l o rd s , Go d l o rd s .

of g o d s, Ki n g of k i n gs . Th e Re v . iv . 11 .
“
Th o u a rt
xxv iii I NTR 0D UCTI ON .

t h ro ne of th y gl or y i s fo r w o rth y O L o rd , to re ce i v e
e v e r and e v e r, a nd fo r e v er gl or y , a nd h o n o ur, a nd

a nd i s th y n a m e s a nct i
ev e r p ow er ; fo r t h o u h a s t c re a t e d
fie d a n d g l o ri e d T h o u a rt fi . a l l t h i n g s , a n d fo r t h y l ea p
bl e ss e d a n d l o ri e d T h o u g fi . s ure th e y a re , a nd we re
h a s t m a de al l thi n g ; th o u
s c re a t e d .
”

p o s s e sse s t p ow er o v er al l He b . iv . 13 .
“
Ne i th e r is
th i n g s : a nd al l th i n g s a re t h e re a ny c re a t ure th a t i s
o p en a nd m a n i fe s t b e fo re no t m a n i fe s t i n h i s si g h t ;
th ee . T h o u b e h o l de s t a l l b ut al l thi n g s a re n a ke d a nd

thi n g s, a n d no th i n g ca n be o p e ne d unt o t h e e ye s of him

co n ce a l e d fro m th e e . w i t h wh o m we hav e t o do .
”

En . xxi v . 1 1 10 ,
.
“
I bl e sse d Re v . xxi i . 2 .
“
On e i th e r

th e L o rd of gl or y ,
th e ev er s i de of th e ri v e r w as a t re e
l a st i n g Ki g n ,
b e ca us e He h as of l i fe , w h i ch ba re tw e l v e

p p re a re d t hi s t re e fo r t h e m a nn e r f
o f rui t s , a n d yi e l d e d
s a i nt s , fo rm e d i t, a nd de i t s frui t . e v e ry m o nt h ; a nd

c l a re d th a t h e wo ul d g iv e it t he l e av e s o f t h e t re e w e re

to th e m . Th e sw ee t fo r t h e he al i n g of the na

o d o ur s h a l l e nt e r i n to th e i r t i o ns .

b o ne s ; a nd the y sh a l l l iv e a Re v . To h i m t h a t
11 . 7 .

l on g l i fe on th e e a rt h , as o v e rc o m e t h w i l l I i v e to e a t g
th y fo re fa th e rs hav l iv ed ;
e o f t h e t re e o f l i fe , w h i c h i s i n

n e i th e r i n th ei r da ys s h a l l t h e m i ds t o f t h e ara d i s e o f p
so rro w , d i s t re s s , a nd pu i n sh Go d .
”

m e nt a ffl i c t th e m .
”
Re v 14 . Bl e ss e d a re
x x1 1 . .

t h e y t h a t d o h i s c o mm a n d
m e nt s, t h a t t h e y m a y h a v e
th e ri gh t t o t h e t re e o fl i fe .
”

En l x xxv 2
. And b e h o l d
. . Re v . ix 1 . . I sa w a s ta r
a g
s i n l e s t ar fe l l fro m h e a fa l l fro m h e av e n un t o th e
” ”
v en . e a rth .

En 1x 1 3 . . Al l th e an g el s 2 T h e ss i . .
“
Th e an g el s

of p ower . o f Hi s ow er p .

En . x . 15 , 16 . To Mi ch a e l Jud e 6 . Th e an g l whi
e s ch
 INTR 'I
UC T ON .
xx i x

a l so , th e L o rd sa i d , Go an d k e pt no t firs t e s t a t e
th e i r ,

a n no un c e h is c ri m e t o Sa m b ut l e f t t h e i r o w n h a bi t a t i o n ,

ya z a and to th e o t h e rs w ho h e h ath re se rv e d in e v e rl a s t

a re w i t h hi m w ho h av e be e n i ng ch a i n s un de r d a rk n e ss ,
a s s o ci a t e d w i t h w o m e n . un t o th e judg m e nt of th e
Bi n d t h e m fo r se v e n t y g e ne g re a t day .

ra t i o n s un de rne a t h t h e e art h , 2 P et Go d s a re d
. 11 . 4 .
“
p
t o t h e d a y o f ud m e n t ,
e v en j g no t t h e an e l s w h e n th e y g
a nd o f c o n sum m at i o n, unt i l s i nn e d , b ut c a s t t h e m d o w n

th e j ud g m e n t, w hi c h sh a l l t o h e l l , a n d c o mm i t t e d t h e m
l a s t fo r e v e r, be co m pl e te d . to p
i t s o f d a rk n e s s , t o b e
Then sh a l l the y b e ta ke n re s e rv e d un t o ud m e nt
”
j g .

aw a y i nto t h e l o w e st d e th s p Re v x x 1 0.
“
Th e d e v i l
. .

of t h e fire i n t o rm e n t s , a nd t h a t d e c e i v e d t h e m w a s ca s t
in c o n fine m e n t sh al l th e y b e i n t o t h e l a k e o f fire a nd
s h ut up fo r ev er . b ri m s to ne , a nd s h a l l b e

t o rm e n t e d d a y
”
a nd n i gh t f or

ev er .

En . xx i . 56 .
“
I be h e l d Re v . xx . 1— 3 . And I s aw
co l

td g
’
um
M
éth
mt
n
’

er o th e
g
st ru g l i n
e nd o f t h e
g an

h e av
an

e n,
g el

h av i n
co m e

g
d o w n fro m
th e k ey of

th e bo tt o m l e s s pit ( a by s s )
d e sce n t B ut n e i t h e r i t s
. and a g re a t ch a i n in his
m eas ure me nt n o r m a g n i tud e h and . An d he l ai d h o l d o n
w a s I a bl e t o di s c o v e r . t h e d e v il a nd ca s t hi m
Uri e l , o n e o f t h e h o l y a n e l s g i nt o t h e bo t to m l e s s
p i t, and
s a i d, T h i s i s t h e ri s o n p s h ut it a nd s e a l e d i t o v e r

g
o f t h e a n e l s , a n d h e re a re him .

th e y ke p t fo r ev er .

En l xxi x . I n t h e days .
“
Ma tt 7 , 21 2 2 29, 3 0
. xx i v .
, , .

o f s i n n e rs t h e y e a rs s h a l l b e T h e re s h a l l b e fa m i n e s a nd
s h o rt e n e d , and e v e ry e a rt h qua k e s i n d i v e rs l a ce s p
g
t h i n d o ne o n e a rt h s h a l l b e g re a t t ri b ul a t i o n , s uc h

s ub v e rt e d a n d di sa e a r i n i ts pp a s w a s n o t s i nce the b e g i nni n g

s e a so n I n t h o se d a y s
. o f t h e w o rl d to t hi s t i m e , no ,
 X XX

the frui ts of th e e a rth sh al l n o r e v e r sh al l be . And ex

no t fl o uri s h i n t h e i r s e a so n , ce pt t h o se da ys s h o ul d be
h e a v e n s h a l l s ta n d s t i l l . s h o rte n e d , t h e re s h o ul d no

Th e m o o n s h a l l ch a n g e i ts fl e sh be sav e d . Im m e
l a w s , a nd n o t b e se e n a t i ts di a te l y a ft e r t h e t ri b ul a t i o n
p pro e r e ri o d ; p and al l of t h o se d a y s , t h e s un sh a l l
t h e cl a s se s o f t h e s t a rs s h a l l b e d a rk e ne d , a nd th e m o o n
be s h ut up a g a i n s t s i n n e rs .
”
sh al l no t gi v e h e r l i h t , a nd g
En . l xi 9 . . An d t ro ub l e th e s t a rs sh a l l fa l l fro m
s h al l se i z e th em w h e n th e y h e av en . Th e n sh al l the
sh a l l beh o l d t h i s So n of wo t ri b e s of th e e a rt h m o urn ;
m an si tti n g up on t h e t h ro ne a nd th e y shal l se e th e So n o f
o fh i s gl or y .
”
m an co m i n gi n th e c l o ud s o f
he av e n, wi t h p o w e r a nd g re a t

gl or y .
”

En xl v i i 3 . H . . e sa t u p on Re v . xx . 1 13 1 5
1 —
, . I saw

t h e t h ro ne o f h i s l o ry , g w hi l e a g re a t w h i te t h ro n e , a nd

t h e bo o k o f t h e l i v i n g w as hi m that sa t o n i t, a nd

o p e ne d i n hi s p re s e n ce , a nd I sa w th e d e a d, s m a l l a nd
w h il e l th e al o w e rs w h i c h p g re a t , s t a n di n g
b e fo re t h e
w e re a bo v e t h e h e a v e n s s to o d t h ro n e ; a nd t h e b o o k s w e re
a ro un d a n d be fo re him .
”
o p e ne d , an d a n o th e r bo o k
En l . . I n th o s e d a y s sh al l w as p
O e ne d , w h i ch is th e
th e e a rt h de l i v er up fro m h er bo o k of l i fe , a nd the dead
w om b ,
a nd d e l i v e r up
h el l w e re j udg ed o ut of th ose
fro m h e rs , t h a t w h i ch i t h a s th i n g s w hat we re w ri t t e n in
re c e i v e d , and d e s t ruc t i o n the b o o k s a cc o rd i n g , t o t hei r
s h al l re s t o re t h a t w h i ch i t w o rk s And t h e s e a
. g av e up
o wes . He sh a l l se l e ct th e t h e d e a d w h i ch w e re in i t,
ri g h t e o us and h ol y fro m a nd d e a t h a n d h e l l d e l i v e re d
a mon g th e m .
”
up t h e d e a d w h i c h w e re i n
En l i v . .
“
I n t h o se da ys th em . An d w h o s o e v e r
sh al l t h e m o ut h of hel l he w a s n o t fo un d w ri t t e n i n t h e

o p e ne d i nt o w h i ch t h e y s h a l l b o o k o f l i fe w a s ca s t i nt o th e
b e i mm e r g ed ; h e l l s h al l de l a k e o f fire .
 I NTR 0D UCTI ON .

s t ro y a nd s w a l l o w up si nn e rs
fro m t h e fa ce o f t h e e l e c t .
”

En x l 1 . Aft e r t h i s I
. . Re v . v . 11 . I be h e l d , a nd

b e h e l d t h o usa n ds o f t h o u I h e a rd th e v o i ce of many
s a nd s , a nd te n t h o us a n d an g el s ro und a b o ut th e
t i m e s t e n t h o us a n d , a nd a n t h ro n e , and th e n um be r
in fi ni t e n um b e r of p pleo e, of t h e m w a s t e n t h o usa n d
s t a nd i n g b e fo re th e L o rd of ti m e s te n t h o usa n d , a nd

s pi ri t s .
”
t h o usa nd s of t h o us a nd s .
”

En . xl v . 3 . I n th a t d ay Ma t t . 3 1, 3 2
x xv Th e n
. .
“

sh a l l t h e El e ct One si t u o n p s h a l l h e s i t u o n t h e t h ro ne p
a t h ro n e of gl or y ,
and s h a l l o f hi s g
l o ry ; a nd be fo re h i m
c h o o se th ei r co n di t i o ns a nd sh a l l b e g
a t h e re d a l l n a t i o n s

c o un t l e ss h a bi t a t i o n s .
”
a n d h e s h a l l se a ra t e t h e m p
o ne fro m a n o th e r .
”

“
Jo h n xi v . 2 . I n my
fa t h e r s
’
h o us e a re m a ny
h a bi t a ti o n s
”
.

En . 4 xl v I n th a t d a y I
. . Re v . v ii . 15 .
“
He th at
w i l l caus e m y El e c t On e t o si t te t h on th e t h ro n e sh a l l
d w e l l i n th e m i d st o f t h e m . dw e l l amo n g th em .
”

I w i l l ch a n g e t h e fa ce o f t h e 2 P eter i i i 13 . . Ne v e rt h e

h e av en : I w il l bl e s s it and l e ss , w e, a cco rd i n g to hi s
i l l um i n a t e i t fo r ev er . I wil l p m i se , l o o k fo r n e w h e a v e n s
ro

a l s o ch a n e t h e g fa c e of th e a n d a ne w e a rth , w h e re i n

e a rt h : I w il l bl e s s i t, a nd d w e l l e th ri gh t e o us ne s s .
”

ca use th o se w hom I h av e

ch o se n to dw e l l u p on it .

Th e fo rm e r I
“
En . 17
xc i i . . Re v . x x1 1 . 1 . s a w a ne w

h e a v e n s h a l l d e a rt a n d a s s p p h e av e n and a n e w e a rt h , fo r
fi
W
a w ay, a n e w h e a v e n s h al l th e fi rs t h e av e n and the rs t

a pp e ar .
”
e a rt h w e re p a s se d a w a y .

“
En l x i
. . 4 9
—
. Th e w o rd 2 T h e ss i 9 h o sh a l l
. . .

of h i s m o ut h -s h al l d e s tro y p
b e un i s h e d w i t h e v e rl a s ti n g
al l s i nne rs , a nd al l t h e nu de s truc ti o n fro m t h e re se nce p
xx xii INTR ODUCTION .

g o dl y w h o s hal l p e ri sh a t his of th e L o rd , a nd fro m th e

p re s e n ce . T ro ubl e s h al l gl or y ofh i s p ow er .

co m e u p on th e m , as u p on a 1 The ss . v . 3 .
“
T he n
w o m an i n t ra vOne p o r ai l . s udde n d e s t ruct i o n co m e t h
tion o f t h e m sh al l l o o k u o n p p
u o n t h e m a s t ra v a i l u o n p
a n o th e r ; th e y sh a l l be as a w o m a n w i th ch i l d , a n d t h e y

t o ni s h e d , and s h al l a ba se sh a l l no t e sca p e .
”

th e i r c o un t e n a n c e s ; a nd 2 T h e ss i i 8 T h a t w i ck e d . . .

t ro ub l e shal l se i z e th em , w h o m t h e L o rd s h a l l co n
w h e n th e y s h al l be h o l d th i s s um e w i th t h e S i ri t p of hi s

So n o f w o m an si tt i n g up on m o ut h .
”

t h e t h ro ne of Hi s gl or y .
”
Mat t . xxv . 31 .
“
Wh n e th e
Son of m a n sh a l l co m e in his
gl or y ,
the n sh a l l he si t u p on

t h e t h ro n e o fh i s gl yor .

En . l xv i . 5 8 .
“
I be h e l d Ma t t . xi i i . 42 .
“
And sh al l
t h at v al l ey i n w h i ch ca st t h e m i nt o a furna ce o f
a ro s e a s t ro n g sm e l l o f s ul fire .
”

p h u wh ir ch be ca m e m i xe d Ma t t . xxv . 41 .
'

De p a rt

w i th th e w a te rs ; a nd th e fro m m e, y e c urs e d , i n t o
v al l ey o f th e an g e l s, w h o h ad e v e rl a s t i n g fire , re a re d fo r p p
b e e n gui l t y o f s e d uct i o n ,
th e d e v i l a nd his ang e l s .

b urne d un d e rn e a t h i t s so i l . Re v . 10
xx And t h e
. .
“

T h ro u h g th a t v al l ey a l so de v i l th a t d e ce i v e d t h e m
ri v e rs of fire w e re fl ow in g ,
w a s ca s t i n to th e l a ke of fire
t o w h i ch t h e an g e l s sh a l l be a nd bri m s t o ne .
”

co n d e m n e d , w ho s e d uc e d th e
i n h a bi t a n t s o ft h e e a rt h .

En . ci v . No w wil l I po i nt 1 Ti m i v 1 2 Th e S i ri t
. . . p
o ut a m y s t e ry . Ma ny s i n n e rs p
s a i t h e x re s s l y , t h a t i n l a t e r

sh a l l t urn a nd g
t ra n s re ss ti m es some sh a l l fa l l awa y
a g a i ns t th e w o rd o f up i gh t r fro m fa i th
th e ,
t h ro u h g
ne ss . T he y sh al l sp k il ea ev t h e h y p o cri s y of me n th at
thin g s ; t h e y s h a l l ut t e r fa l s e spe ak l i e s .
”

”
hood .
x xxiv I NTR O D UC TI ON .

The bracketed word s in the last quotation from

,

the Book o f Enoch establ ish its complete i de nt i t v

,

with the parallel passage in the Epistle o f Jude

—
an identity o f marvellou s clearne s s when we
consider that the original vers ion reache s us
through translation s and retranslation s from A ra
m ac an Greek and Ethiopic and now as s ume s the
, , ,

modern form o fA nglo S axon A rchbi s hop Laurence

-
.
,

although convinced that the apo s tle cited the

Greek version o f the extant Ethiopic manu s cripts ,

w a s not aware that the last s entence o f his quo

t a t i o n is pre s ent in the text We h ave dis

.

covered i t in chapter xxvi 2 o f the Book o f .

Enoch ; and in thus perfecting the paralleli s m

between prophe t and apo s tle have placed beyond ,

controversy that in the eye s o f the author o f an

,

Epistle accepted as Divine revelation the Book ,

o f Enoch was the inspired pro duction o f an

antediluvian patriarch .

The attention o ftheologian s h a s been concentrated

o n the passage in the Epi s tle o f Jude because the

author specificall y names the prophet ; but the

cumulative coincidence o f language and ideas in
Enoch and the authors of Ne w Te s tament S cripture ,

as disclo s ed in the parallel pa s sages which we h a v e

collated clea rly indicates that the work of the
,

S emitic Milton w a s the inexhau s tibl e source fro m

w h ich Eva n gelists and Apostles or the men who ,
 I NTR 0D UC TI ON . x xx v

wrote in their names borrowed their conceptions o f

,

the resurrection judgment immortality perdition

, , , ,

and o f the univers al re i gn o f righteousness under

the eternal dominion o f the S on o f man Thi s .

e v angelical plagiaris m culminates in the Rev e la

tion o f John which adapts the visions o f Enoch
,

to C hristianit y with modifications in which we mi s s

the sublime simplicity o f the great master o f apoca
l y p t i c prediction who prophesi ed in the name o f the
,

antediluvian patriarch .

It is important to observe that it was n o t t h e

practice o f early Christian writers to name the
authors who s e language and ideas they borrowed .

When we therefore detect the teaching and dicti on

o f Enoch in Gospel s and Epi s tles o ur conclu s ions a re
,

a nalogous to those o f the orthodox theologians w h o

identify p a ssages o f S cripture in the pages o f t he

ante Nicene Fathers although frequently ci t ed from
-
,

unnamed sources with an obscurity o f expression

,

more dubious in atte s tation o f t heir origin than the ,

remarkable clearness with which the language o f

Enoch may be recognized in the New Testament .

Biblical analysts may qu estion obscure traces o f

e v angelical diction in apo s tolic Fathers ; b ut what
c a ndid and impar t ial inq uirer can doub t t h e
En o c h i a n o ri g l n o f the “
S on o f man sitting upon
”
the throne o f h i s glory the —
new heaven “

“
and the n e w ea rth ; the many habitations o f
“
xxx v i I NTR O D 17 0TI ON .

the elect and the everlasting fire prepared fo r

,
“

the devil and his angels

We have merely collated s ome o fthe most striking
instances of parallel pa s s ages in the Book o f Enoch
and in the New Testament O ur reader s can sup
.

plement o ur labours through their o w n research in ,

further attestation o f the controlling influence

exerci s ed by the uncanonical author o n the language
and ideas of canonical works .

S ome orthodox theologians unwilling to admit ,

that an apostle quoted an apocryphal b o o k c o n t e n d fi

that Jude referred to a traditional utterance o f the

ancient patriarch ; but this obviously fanciful theory
inevitably vanishe s 1 n the presence of the numerous
pas s age s from the Book of Enoch which enter into ,

the composition o f Ne w Testament S cripture O ther .

pious apologists a ffir m the po s t Christi a n authorship

-

o f the book a theory which involves the mo s t

,

impro b able assumption that a n author familiar ,

wit h the s tory of a su ffering and crucified Messiah ,

uttered fictitious predictions in the name o f a n

a ncient prophet which depicted the career of the
,

S on o f man on earth as the triumphal march of

a victorious king Again theologians who s hrink
.
,

from the admission that the language and ideas of

e v angelists and apo s tles were anticipated in a n
apocryphal book suggest that the Me s s ianic passages
,

contain Christian interpolations But if moder n .

 I NTR 01) UC TI ON . xxx v u

d efenders of
the faith thus a ccuse primitive s aint s
and marty rs o f li terary forgery how can they accept
,

an infallible New Te s tament at the hand s o f men

thus guilty o f cons piring fo r the deception o f
posterity ? Convinced o f the hone s ty o f early
Christians we concur with the opinion o f A rch
,

bishop Laurence confirmed by Ho ffm an that the

, ,

passages i n que s tion are s o intimately interwove n

with the general context that they cannot be
re moved without evidently destroying the texture
o f the whole .

The a s tronomical calculations o n which A rch

bishop Laurence ba s ed his theory o f the re s idence o f
the author o f the Book o f Enoch have been ques
t i o n e d ; but once his Hebrew nationality has been
,

admitted it matters not whether he wrote in o r o ut

,

o f Palestine with this exception that if the work

, ,

was not brought from a distant country into Jud aca ,

the facility with which a pse udon y mous book was

accepted in the local ity o f its recent composition
as the genuine production o f an antediluvian
prophet necessarily encourages scepticism as t o
,

the d ates and authorship o f all ancient Hebre w .

literature It cannot be said that internal evidence

.

atte s ts the superiorit y o f the O ld Testament to the

Book o f Enoch ; fo r no Hebre w prophet i s more
e loquent than its author in d enouncing iniquity ,

c o mmending righteousness and inviting all men

,
x xxv ii i I NTR
’

OD UC TI ON
'
’
.

to place implicit trust in the final vindication o f

Divine ju s tice .

Internal evidence indicates the presence o f inde

pendent Tracts i n the Book of Enoch possibly ,

composed by different authors Th us chapters lxiv . .

to lxvii 1 record a vision o f the Deluge narrated

.
,

as if by Noah instead o f Enoch and inserted in the ,

middle of another vision with which it has no con

n e c ti o n But if Pseudo Enoch borrowed from
.
-

earlier writers the presence o f the language and

,

ideas o f every section o f his work in the pages of

New Test a m e nt S cripture inevitably indicates that
the Book o r Books o f Enoch existed in their present
form before the Christian era .

" Christianit y obviously borrows th e terrors of

e ternal fire from the Book of Enoch Evange l ist s .

and Apostles define the duration of Divine retribu t ion

'
by aeons Of EEODS ( a i i tfw e g 1 5 1 a i n mw v ) 0 1 million s
1
a 7 )
,
‘

o f millions o f years expre s sive o f eternity It i s

, .

true that the word aeon can be used in the sense of

finite time but when the authors o f New Testament
,

S cripture speak o faeonian fire r ep 6 i u wt o v ) they

'
7 a

obviousl y mean eternal flames Modern humanity .

,

shrinking from so mercile s s a view o f Divine retri

b ut i o n suggests that when sinners have been
,

“
1
I n T h e Ev ol ut i o n of C h ri s t i a n i t y,
p a g e 3 5 5 , w e m e nt i o n
“
t h e G re e k w o rd a i a w ( ae o n ), s i g ni fy i n g a n a g e , a g e n e ra
’
t h at
t i o n , o r t i m e e v e rl a s t i n g , w a s t h e t i tl e a d o p t e d b y Va l e n t i n us fo r
”

D i v i ne e m a n a ti o n s .
 I NTR 0D UC TI ON . x xx ix

tortured fo r aeons o f aeons they ma y look forward

hopefully to the future It is questionable whether .

final de s pair would not be preferable to thi s for m o f

h ope d e ferred ; but if modern believers adop t t h e
terminable theory of aeoni a n fire this commutation ,

o f sentence becomes equally applicable to the devil

and his angel s whose puni s hment has been decreed

,

1
o f same duration as that o f human sinners ; a nd
-

thus t h e traditional enemies of Go d and man ma y

h Op e fo r j oyful restoration to fellowship with
Gabriel Michael and Raphael and communion
, , ,

with the s aint s whom the y once s ought t o b e tray

,

by arts infernal A nd as the righ t e ous are also .

only promised their rewards i n heaven fo r aeon s o f

aeon s if these words mean not eternity saints may
2
, ,

fear whil s t s inner s hope for the vici s s itude s o f

, ,

ae onian futurity A gain as the dominion o f the.

,

4
Me ss iah and even the power o f God are depicted
3
, ,

o f aeonian duration any limitation o f the infinite in ,

the sacred terminology aeons o f aeons imperils the — —

eternal in Divinity .

Theologians who seek to vindicate Divine clemency

through the dubious expedient o fsubsti t uting aeonian
for eternal retribution overlook the fact that their ,

theory imputes to Divine wi s dom the adoption of

torture as the most e ffectual means o f tran s forming
1
M a tt . xxv . 41 Re v . xx . 10
.
2
Re v . xxii . 5 .

3
Re v . xi. 15 .
4
Re v . v ii . 12 .
x1 I NTR OD UCTI ON .

sinners into saints a theory which practically ,

-

invites us to follo w the Divine example by torturing

o ur criminal s into reformation How much more .

consi s tent for those who cannot reconcile eternal

fire with infinite mercy to take o n e step further in ,

the paths of s ceptici s m by rej ecting e v e 1 l a s t i n g to i

,

ture as the m n g htw cm g p l

hg m m n s ; in s tead

o f assuming that revelation speaks in language so

ambig uous that primitive saints condemned un h ap

t i z e d babe s to eternal fire whilst modern piety
"
,

w ould even rescue hardened sinners from the flames

If in s pired terminology encouraged spiritual ferocit y

in the age o f S t Augustine and fosters theological
.
,
'
humanity in the nineteenth century what may not ,

be the future interpretation o f word s now s upposed ,

to convey an infallible meanin g to students of

S cripture ?

M
The Book o f E no ch t eaches t he pre e x i s t e nce m f
the S o n o f a n the Elect O ne the Me ssiah who
,

from the beginning existed l n secret 1

and whose
_

,
’
,

name was invoked l n the p 1 e se n ce of the Lord o f

2 ”
s pirits before the s un and the signs were created
, .

The author also refers to the other Power who was

3 ”
upon earth over the water o n that day an ,
—

apparent reference to the language o f Gen i 2 . . .

We have thus the Lord o f spirits the Elect O ne , ,

and a third Power seemingly foreshadowing the ,

1
Ch a p l
. xi . 10 .
2
Ch ap . xl v iii .
3
C h a p 1x
. .
xl ii I NTR OD UCTI ON .

inspired prophet who predicted the teaching of

,

Chri stianit y he was a visionar y enthu s iast w hose

,

illusions were accepted by Evangelists and Apostles

as revelation alternative conclu s ions which involve
—

t h e Divine o r human origin of Christianity .

It may be said that if the author o f the Book o f

Enoch was n o t the patriarch in who s e name he
wrote was he not obviously an impostor ? I n
,

treating o f Hebre w d ivination in The Evolution o f

”
Christianity we refer to the oracles o f Urim and
,

the predictions o f Prophet s There was however a

.
, ,

third form o f divination known as Bath Kol or the

, ,

Daughter o f the V oice through which the I s raelite s

,

consulted the Deity by accepting some preconceived

s ign in attestation o f the Divine approval o f con

t e m p l a t e d action This method o f artificial (r sxv ucfi)

.

divination is said to have succeeded the revel a tion

o f prophets but was practised by the Isra elites at
,

a m uch earlier period o f their history Thu s the .

servant o f Abraham predetermined the sign through

which he would recognize the future wife o f Isaac
as divinely chosen ; and Jonathan the so n o f S aul , ,

preconcerted the verbal omen through which the

Israelites might know that Jehovah had delivered
the Philistines into th e ir hands .

The practice o f Bath Ko l w a s doubtless familiar

to the S emitic author o f the Book o f Enoch ; let us
not therefore condemn him as an impostor knowing ,
 I NTR 0D U0TI ON . xl iii

that through t h e accidental syn chronism o f s ome

pre arranged sign he may have per s onated Enoc h
-
,

in the conscientious conviction that he was piou s ly

fulfilli n g the will o f the Deity .

The recent death o f Dr Pusey recalls the fact

.
,

that the learned tran slator o f the Book o f Enoch

was his predecessor a s Profe s sor o f Hebrew in the
University o f O xford The friend s and admirers
.

o f the eminent theologian who was o n e of the

,

a uthors o f the Tractarian movement propose to ,

“
found a memorial Library in his name with two ,

o r more clergymen who shall act a s librarians and

, ,

shall promote i n w ha te v er w a y the interests o f

theological st udy and religio us life within the
University a program m e which seem s to i n
—

a ugurate the reign o f original research within the

domains o f eccle s iastical theology But if as we .
,

are informed by the promoters of t h e proposed

en dowment Dr Pusey was above all thing s a
, .
“

Christian apologi s t the advocate and champion of

,
”
the Chu rch o f eighteen centuries h o w can the ,

disciple s who sa w in him the great pillar which

,

once s ustained the for t une s o f the Church o f

Engl a nd encourage a freedom o f inquir y in h i s
,
”
,

name w hich may result in c onclusions advers e t o

,

the eccle s iastical faith in which their master lived

and died ?
Eminent theologians tell us that the future
xl iv I NTR OD UC TI ON .

“
librarians should be st udent s o f theology the —

queen o f sciences among whom Dr Pu s e y held

,
-
.

a po s ition in t h e fir s t rank ; and yet that he w a s

a zealous supporter o f a movement which embodied
trut h s included ages ago in the formularies o f the
”
Church But how can theology be enrolled among
.

the sci ences if its professors rea s on in ecclesiastical

fetters ? As wel l might a modern astronomer
d emand the assent o f h i s pupils to the medi aeval
theory o f the earth s im m obility before proceeding
’

to investigate t h e laws o f the sola r s y stem : and

thus doubtless most theologians seek Divine truth
, , ,

weighted with a heritag e of foreg one conclusions ,

advers e to the admission o f unorthodox facts .

We all can sympathize with the de s ire o f his

disciples to do honour to the memory o f the
Tractarian apostle o f many virtues in whom they
, ,

se e a
“
great man raised up by God A lmighty to
,

live and labour for His Church ; but men who take
this transcendental v ie w o f a movement in which ,

others simply s e e progres s o n the road to Rome ,

can scarcely consider the prescriptive rights o f

primitive o r medi aeval dogmas in that impartial ,

m ood to which theologians must attain before

theology becomes the Queen o f S ciences .
”

A rchbishop Laurence was an industrious worke r

in the scientific laboratory o f theology when he ,

t ranslated the Bodleian manuscript o f the Book

 I NTR OD UCTI ON . xl v

of Enoch and thus u nconsciously placed in our

,

“
hands the Ethiopic key to the evolutio n o f
Christianity It remains for future generations to
.

determine whether his labours o r those o f h i s ,

successor in the S emitic chair of O xford shall prove ,

more conducive t o the religious enlightenment o f

posterity .

Pal ae ontologists who compare the organic fossil s

o f distinctive epochs in geologic time and d i s cover ,

in the more recent formations organisms partially ,

d ivergent in structure from pre existent form s -

,

attribute variation n o t to creative miracle s but to

, ,

the continuous action o f natural cau s es fashioning

Specie s throughout the ages in harmony with the
, ,

natural law o f S urvival o f the Fittest We al s o .

”

having identifi e d the kindred fossils o f En o c h i a n

and Evangelical epochs inevitably infer that
”

m odified vers ion s o f pre existent ideas are traceable

-
,

not to miraculous but to natural sources conclu

, ,
-

sions which inaugurate the s cience o f theologic

pal aeontology and invite all learned travellers to
,

follow the example o f Bruce b y searching the ,

world fo r ancient manuscripts which m a y disclose

the merely human origin o f do g mas and m ysteries ,

now accepted a s Divine .

A rchbishop Laurence when Professor o f Hebrew

, _

in the Univer s ity o f O xford translated the Book

,

o f Enoch within the walls o f t h e Bo dl e i a n Library ,

xl v i I NTR OD UCTI ON .

and when appealed to by the Rev I M Butt in . . .

,

1 8 2 7 to publish the Ethiopic original answered

, , ,

I cannot the manuscript not being my o w n b ut

, ,
”
belonging to the Univers ity o f O xfo rd In his .

preface t o the third edition o f h i s translation the ,

A rchbishop adds If the Univer s ity o f O xford

“
,

would oblige the literary world by publi s hing the

original Ethiopic from the manu s cript in i t s pos
s e s sion I a m per s uaded that E t hiopic s cholars would
,

not be w anting to accomplish more than has been

hitherto done fo r this long regretted book after its ,

sleep o f ages S ince the s e word s were written

.
”
,

great progress h as been made i n the stud y o f

comparative philolo g y ; and there are n o w doubtless
m any eminent li n gui s ts in England on the Conti ,

n ent and in the United S tate s who could still

, ,

further illumine the pages o f the Book o f Enoch ,

through c c operative critici s m of the Ethiopic text

-
.

'

Is not the time therefore come for the University

o f O xford to publi s h the original manuscript in
their po s ses s ion that learned Jews and Gentiles
,

may stu d y the inspired predictions o f a great

,

Hebrew prophet o r admire the s ublime imagery o f

,

the S emitic Milton who ascended to the heavens

to dramatize Divinity ?
A t the era o f the Renai s sance when enfranchised ,

thought turned from A ri s totle to Plato it is s aid ,

that Cardinal Bellarmine advised Pope Clement

 I NTR OD UCTI ON
. l v ii

V III to discountenance a philosop h y which

. a
p
pro a c h e d closely
so to the truths of the go s pel

obvious ly meaning that it would be inexpedient fo r

the Church to favour a merely human system which
anticipated the Trinitarian theo s oph y of alleged
revelation : is it not possible that further delay in

pre s enting the world with the Ethiopic text of

Enoch may suggest to adver s e critic s that O xford
, ,

neglects the Hebrew patriarch for the same rea s on

that Rome slighted the Athenian philo s opher ?
’
Archbishop Laurence s tran s lation n o w however , ,

place s the Book o f Enoch within the reach o f all

English rea ders Catholics may di s regard i t s con
.

tents as i t is not found in the sacred Canon of

,

their infallible Church ; but Protestants who adhere ,

to the principles o f the Reformation and whose ,

tenure o f Christianity is therefore c ontingent o n

the appeal t o reason mus t inevitably enroll Enoch
,

among the prophets o r reconsider the supernatural

,

in Chri s tianity .

It is important for readers o f the Book o f Enoch

to recollect that we owe the Reformation to inde
pendent study o f sacred literature previous l y with ,

drawn from the people t h rough the oblivion o f dead

and untran s lated languages The long neglected
.

Book o f E noch n o w stand s in analogous relation ship

w ith modern seeker s after religious truth ; and i t

remains for its readers to ex e rci s e that right o f

xl v iii I NTR OD 170TI ON .

private judgment to which Protestantis m owes its

,

existence by impartially considering the inevitable

,

modifications o f faith involved in the discovery that ,

the language and ideas o f alleged revelation are

found in a pre existent work accepted b y Evange
-
,

lists and Apostles as inspired but classed by modern

,

theologians among apocryphal productions .

[ In revising the proof sheets o f

-
the Book o f
Enoch we have been still further impressed by its
,

relationship with New Testament S crip ture Thus .

,

the parable o f the sheep rescued b y the good S hep

,

herd from hireling guardians and ferocious wolves ,

is obviously borrowed by the fourth Evangelist

from Enoch lxxxix in which the author depicts
.
,

the shepherd s as k illing and destroying the sheep

before the advent o f their Lord and thus disclose s ,

the true meaning o f that hitherto mysterious passage

in the J o h a n n i n e parable All tha t ever came
before me are thieves a n d robbers language in —

which we now detect an obvious reference to the

a llegorical shepherds o f Enoc h ]
2 ENOCH .

4 Who will hereafter tread upon Mount S inai ;

.

appear with his hosts ; and be Lm a ni fe s t e d in the

strength of h i s power from heaven .

5 Al l shall be afraid and the Watchers be

.
,

terrified .

6 Great fear and trembling shall seize them

.
,

even t o the ends o f the earth The lofty moun .

tains shall be troubled and the exalted hills de ,

pressed melting like a honeycomb in the flame

,
.

The earth shall be immerged and all things which ,

are in it perish ; while j udgment shall come upon

all even upon a l l the righteous
,

7 But to them shall he give peace : he shall

.

preserve the elect and towards them exercise cle,

mency .

8 Then shall all belong to God ; be happy and

.

blessed ; and the splendour o f the Godhead shall

illuminate them .

CH AP II . .

Behold he comes w ith ten thousands o f his

,

saints to execute j udgment upon them and destroy

, ,

the wicked and reprove all the carnal for every

,
1

thing which the sinful and ungodly have done and ,

?
committed against him
ffl esh Q uo t e d b y S t Jude
1 2
o . . v er
. 1 4, 1 5 .
 CHAP . I I I . I V . V
. 3

CHA P III . .

1 . All who are in the heavens know what is

transacted the re
1
.

2 They k n o w that the heavenly luminaries change

.

n o t their path s ; that each ri s es and sets regularly ,

every one at its proper period without tr a n s gre s s ing ,

the com m ands w hi ch the y ha ve re cei v e d They behold .

the earth and understand what is there transacted

, ,

from the beginning t o the end o f it .

3 They s e e that ever y work o f God is invariable

.

in t h e period o f its appearance They behold sum .

mer and winter : p erce i v i ng that the whole earth is

full o f water ; and that the cloud the de w and the , ,

rain refresh it .

CHAP IV . .

They consider and behold every tree how it a p ,

pears t o wither and every leaf to fall o ff except o f

, ,

fourteen trees which are n o t d e ciduous ; which w ait

,

from the o l d to the appearance o f t he new l e af fo r

, ,

two or three winters .

C HAP V . .

Agai n they consider the days o f summer th a t ,

the sun is upon it at its very beginning while yo u

1
th e w o rk .
4 EN CH O ’
'

seek for a covered and shady spot on account o f the

burning sun ; while the eart h is scorched up with
fervid heat and you become incapable o f walking
,

either upon the ground o r upon the rocks in c o n s e

qu e n ce o f that heat .

C HAP V I . .

1 They consider how the trees when they put

.
,

forth their green leaves become cover e d and pro

, ,

d uce fruit ; understanding everything and knowing ,

that He who lives for ever does all these things for
ou
y
2 . the works a t the beginning o f every
Th a t
ex i sting year that all his works are subservient to
, ,

him and invariable ; yet as God has appointed s o

, ,

are all things brought to pass .

3 The y s e e too how the seas and the rivers t o

.
, ,

gether complete their respec t ive operation s

4 But you endure not patiently nor fulfil the
.
,

commandments o f the Lord ; but you tran s gress

and calumniate hi s greatness ; and malignant are
the words in your polluted mouths against his
Maje s ty .

5 Ye withered in heart no peace shall be to

.
,

ou
y
6Therefore your days shall
.
y ou curse and
,
the
years of your lives shall perish ; perpet ual execra
 CHAP . VI I . 5

ti on sh all be multiplie d and y o u s h all not o bta in ,

mercy .

7 In those days s h all y o u re s ign your peace

.

w ith the eternal maledictions o f all the r i ghteous ,

and sinners shall perpetuall y execrate y ou

8 S h a l l e xe cra te yo u with the ungodly
. .

9 The elect shall posse s s light j o y and peace ;

.
, ,

and they shall inherit the earth .

1 0 But you ye unholy s hall be accursed

.
, , .

1 1 Then shall wi s dom be given to the elect all

.
,

o f whom shall live a n d not again transgr e ss by ,

impiety o r pride ; but shall humble themselves ,

possessing prudence and shall n o t repeat trans ,

re s s i o n
g .

12They shall n o t be condemned the whole

.

period o f their lives n o r die in torment and i n di g ,

1
nation ; but the s um o f their days s hall b e com
l e t e d and they shall gro w o l d in peace while the
p ,

years o f their happiness shal l be multiplied with

j oy and with peace for ever the whole duration o f
, , ,

their existence .

CHAP . VI I .
[ s no r

It happened after the sons of men had m ulti

3
1

W
.

1
th e d a ys of th e i r l i fe .

2
S e cti o n 1 1 P a ri s . MS . t ra n s cri b d by
e ci d e .

3
Th e fi rs t tw o m a de b y
e x t ra c t s S yn c e l l us fro m th e G re e k co m

m e n c e h e re , a n d e n d w i t h t h e 15 t h v e rs e o f c h a p . x.
6 ENOCH .

plied in those days that daughters were born to

,
.

them elegant and beautiful

, .

2 And when the angels the sons o f heaven

.
, ,

beheld them they became enamoured o f them say

, ,

ing to each other Come let us select for ourselves

, ,

w ives from the progeny o f men and let us b e get ,

children .

3 Then their leader S a m ya za said to them ; I

.

fear that you may perhaps be indisposed to the

perfo rmance o f this enterprise
4 And that I alone shall su ffer for s o grievous a
.

crime .

5 But they answered him and said ; We all

.

s w ear ;
6 And bind ourselves by mutual execrations
.
,

that we will not change o ur intention but execute ,

o ur proj ected undertaking .

7 Then they swore all together and all bound

.
,

themselves by mutual execrations Their whole .

number was two hundred who descended upon ,

Ardis which is the top of mount Armon

, .

1
8 That mountain therefore was called
. Armon ,

because they had s worn upon it and bound them ,

s elves by mutual execrations .

9 These are the names o f their c h iefs S a m ya za

.
,

who was their leader U ra k a b a ra m e e l Ak i b e e l

, , ,

Ta m i e l R a m ue l Danel Azk e e l S a ra k n ya l A sael

, , , , , ,

1
th e y ca l l e d .
 CHAP VI I I . .

Armers Ba t ra a l Anane Z av e b e Sa m sa v e e l Ert a e l

, , , , , ,

Turel Y o m y a e l Ara zya l These were t h e p re fe c t s

, , .
_

o f the two hundred angels and the remaind er were ,

v
m _ e

all w 1 th them .

1 0 Then they took wives each choosing for

.
,

himself ; whom they began to approach and w ith ,

whom they cohabited ; teaching them sorcery incan ,

t a t i o n s and the dividing o f roots and trees

, .

11 1
And the women conceiving brought forth
.
2

giants ,

1 2 Whose stature was each three hundred cubits

. .

These devoured all w hi ch the labour o f men p ro

duce d until it became impossible to feed them
1 3 When they turned themselves against men in
.
,

order to devour them ;

1 4 A nd began t o injure birds beasts reptiles
.
, , ,

and fishes to eat their flesh o n e after another and

, ,

t o drink their blood .

1 5 Then the earth reproved the unrigh teous

. .

C HAP . VIII .

Moreover Aza zy e l taught men t o m ake swords

1 . ,

knives shields breastplates the fabricati on o f mir

, , ,

1
Th i s an d th e fo l l o w i n g v e rs e s o f th i s c h a p t e r, v i z 1 1 , 1 2, 1 3 ,
.

1 4, J5 , se e m to b e l ong t o th e n e x t ch a p t e r, a n d d p e rh a p s b e
s h o ul

i ns e rt e d b e tween t h e 8t h a nd 9t h v e rs e s o f t h at c h ap t e r uc h . S
a p p e a rs t o b e th e i r si t ua ti o n i n t h e G re e k fra g m e n t , quo t e d b y
S ynce l l us .
1
Th e y .
 1
ro rs , and the workman s hip of bracelets and orna
ments the us e of paint the beautifying of the eye
, ,

brows the use of stones o f every valuable and select

,

kind and o f all sorts o f dyes so that the world

, ,

became altered .

2 I m piety increased fornication multip l ied ; and

.

they tran s gre s se d and corrupted all the ir wa y s .

3 Am a za ra k taug ht all the sorcerers and dividers

.
,

o f roots

4 Armers ta ug h t the solution o f sorcery ;

.

5 Ba rk a y a l ta ug h t the observers o f the stars

.

6 Ak i b e e l ta ug h t signs ;
.

7 Ta m i e l taught astronomy ;
.

8 A nd A
. s a ra de l taught the motion o f the moon .

A 9 An d men being destroyed cried o ut ; and their

.
, ,

voice reached to heaven .

CHA P IX . .

1 Then Mich ael and Gabriel Raph ael S urya]

.
, , ,

and Uriel looked down from heaven and sa w the

, ,

quantity o f blood which was shed on earth and all ,

the iniquity which was done upon it and said o n e ,

t o another I t i s the voice of their cries

,

2 The earth deprived of her chi l dre n has cried

.

even to the gate of heaven .

1
m a d e th e m se e t h a t w h i ch w a s b hi
e nd th e m .
0 EN0 CH .

11 And complain even to the gate o f heaven

. .

1 2 Their groaning ascends ; n o r can they escape

.

from the unrighteousness which is committed o n

earth Thou knowest a l l thing s before t h e y e x i s t
.

“
, fi
.

1 3 Thou knowest these things and w h at has

.
,

been done b y them ; yet thou dost not s peak to us .

1 4 What o n account of these things ought we to

.

do to them

CHAP X . .

1 Then the Most High the Great and Holy O ne

.
,

spoke ,

2 A nd sent Arsa ya l a l yur to the so n o f Lamech

.
,

3 S aying S ay to him in my name Conceal

.
, ,

thyself .

4 Then explain to him the con s ummation which

.

i s about to take place ; for all the earth shall perish

the waters o f a deluge shall come over the whole
earth and all things which are in it shall be de
,

stroyed .

5 And now teach him how he may escape and

.
,

how his seed may remain in all the earth .

6 Again the Lord said to Raphael Bind Azaz

.
,

y el hand and foot ; cas t him into darkness ; and

opening the desert which is in Duda e l cast him in ,

there .

7 Thr ow upon him hurled and pointed stones

.
,

cover i ng him with darkne s s ;

 CHAP X . . 11

8 There
. shall he remain fo r ever ; cover his face ,

t h at he may not s e e the light .

9 A nd in the great day o f j udgment let him be

.

cast into the fire .

1 0 Restore the earth which the angels have

.
,

corrupted ; and announce life to it that I may ,

revive it .

1 1 All the sons o f men shall not perish in con

.

sequence o f every secret by w hich the Watchers ,

h ave destroyed and w hi ch they have taught their

, ,

o ffspring .

1 2 A ll the earth has been corrupted by the e ffects

.

o f the teaching of A
1
za z e l
y To him therefore .

ascribe the whole crime .

1 3 To Gabriel also the Lord said Go to the

.
,

biters to the reprobates to the children o f fornica

, ,

tion ; and de s troy the children o f fornication the ,

o ffspring o f the Watchers from among men bring ,

2
them forth and excite them o n e against another
,
.

Let them peri s h by m utua l slaught e r ; fo r length o f

days shall not be theirs .
‘

1 4 They s hall all entreat thee but their fathers

.
,

shall n o t obtain the i r w i she s respecting them ; for

they shall hope fo r eternal life and that they may ,

live each o f them five hundred years

, , .

1 5 To Michael likewise the Lord said Go and

.
,

announce hi s cri m e to Sa m y a za and to the others ,

f Aza zye l se n d
1 2
b y th e te a ch i n g o f th e w o rk o . .
12 EN OCH .

who are with him who have been associated with,

women that they might be polluted with all their

,

impurity And when all their sons shall be slain

.
,

when they shall se e the perdition of their beloved ,

bind them for seventy generation s underneath the

earth even t o the day of j udgment and of c o n sum
, ,

mation until the j udgment the eyfe ct of which will

, ,

?
last for ever be completed ,

1 6 Then s hall they be taken away into the lowest

.

depths o f the fire in torments and in confinement

shall they be shut up for ever .

1 7 Immediatel y after this s hall b e together with ,

them burn and perish ; they shall be bound until

,

the con s ummation o f many generations .

1 8 Destroy all the souls addicted to dalliance

.
,

a n d the o f
fs pring o f t h e Watchers fo r they have ,

tyrannized over mank i nd .

1 9 Let every oppressor perish from the face o f

.

the earth ;
2 0 Let every evil work be de s troyed ;
.

2 1 The plant o f righteousness and o f rectitude

.

appear and its produce become a bles s ing

,
2
.

2 2 Righteousness and rectitude shall be for eve r

.

planted with delight .

2 3 And then shall all the saint s give thanks and

.
,

live until they have begotten a thousand chi l dre n ,

1
He re end th e fi rs t two e x tra ct s m a de b y S yn ce l l us .

2
a nd th e w o rk o
f ri g h te o usn e s s a nd re ct i tud e .
 CHAP X
. . 13

while the whole period o f their youth and their sab ,

baths shall be completed in peace In those da y s all .

the earth s hall be cultivated in righteousn e ss ; it shall

be wholly planted with trees and filled with bene
,

diction ; every tree o f delight s hall be planted in it .

24 I n it shall vines be planted ; and the vine

.

which shall be planted in i t shall yield fruit t o s a

tie ty every seed which shall be sown in it shall
, ,

produce for o n e measure a thousand ; and o n e mea

sure o f olives shall produce ten presses o f o i l .

2 5 Purify the earth from all oppre s s ion from all

.
,

inj ustice from all crime from all impiety and fro m
, , ,

all the pollution which is committed upon it Ex .

terminate them from the earth .

2 6 Then s hall all the children o f men be right

.

e o us and all nation s shall pay me divine honours

, ,

and bless me ; and all s hall adore me .

2 7 The earth shall be cleansed from all corrup

.

tion from every crime from all punishment and

, , ,

from all su ffering neither will I again send a deluge

upon it from generation to generation for ever .

2 8 In tho s e d a y s I will open t h e treasures o f

“

blessing which are in heaven that I may cau s e ,

them to de s cend upo n earth and upon all the works

,

and labour of man .

2 9 Peace and equity shall associate with the son s

.

o f men all the days of the world in every generation ,

o f it
.
 1 4: EN OCH .

( No CHA P .

C HA P X I I . .
[ s no r
t

Before all these things Enoch was concealed

1 .

nor did any o n e of the sons o f men kno w where he

was conceale d where he had been and what had
, ,

happened .

2 He was wholly engaged with the holy ones

.
,

and with the Watchers in his day s .

3 I Enoch was blessing the great Lord and

.
, ,

King o f peace .

4 And behold the Watchers called me Enoch

.

the scribe .

5 Then th e L o rd said to me : Enoch scribe o f

.
,

righteousnes s go tell the Watchers o f heaven who

, ,

have deserted the lofty sk y and their holy e v e rl a st ,

ing station w ho have been pol l uted with women

, .

6 A nd have done as the sons o f men do by

.
,

taking to themselves wives and w ho have been ,

greatly corrupted o n the earth ;

7 That on the earth they shall never obtain peace
.

and remission of s i n For they shall not rej oice in

.

their offs pring ; they shall behold the slaughter o f

their beloved ; s hall lament fo r the destruction of
their sons ; and shall petition for ever ; but sha l l
not obtain mercy and peace .

1
Th e Pa ri s MS . m ak es the l ast two v e rs e s o f t h e p re ce d i n g
ch a p t e r, t h e x i . ch a p te r.
2
P a ri s MS .
 C HAP XIII
. .

1 . Then Enoch passing o n said to Aza z ye l Thou

, ,

s h alt not obtain peace A great sentence is gone

.

forth again s t thee He shall bind thee

.

2 Neither shall relief mercy and supplication

.
, ,

be thine on account o f the Oppression which tho u

,

ha s t taught
3 A nd o n account o f every act of blasphemy
.
,

tyrann y and s i n ; which thou hast di s covered to the

,

children o f men .

4 Then departing fro m h i m I spoke to them all

.

together ;
5 A nd they all became terrified and trembled ;
.
,

6 Beseeching me t o write for them a memorial

.

o f supplication that they might obtain forgivene s s

,

and tha t I might make the memorial o f their pr a yer

ascend up before the God o f heaven ; because they
could n o t themselves thenceforwards address him ,

nor raise up their e y es to heaven o n account o f the

di s graceful offence for which they were judged .

.7 Then I wrote a memorial of their prayer and

supplication fo r their spirits for everything which
, ,

they had done and fo r the subj ect of their entreaty

, ,

that they might obtain remission and re s t .

8 Proceeding on I continued over the waters o f

.
,

Da n b a da n which is on the right to the we s t o f

,
16 OC
EN '
H .

Armon reading the memorial o f their prayer until

, ,

I fell asleep .

9 And behold a dream came to me and visions

.
,

appeared above me I fell down and saw a vision .

o f puni s hment that I might relate it to the s ons o f

,

heaven and reprove them When I awoke I went

,
.

to them A ll being collected together stood weep

.

ing in Oub e l s e y a e l which is situated between Liba,

nos and S e n e se r with their faces veiled ,

.

1 0 I related in their presence all the visions

.

which I h a d seen and my dream ; ,

1 1 And began to utter these words o f righteous

.

ness reproving th e Watchers o f heaven

, .

CHAP XIV . .

1This is the book of the words o f righteousness

.
,

and o f the reproof o f the Watchers who belong to ,

the world according to that which He who i s holy

, ,

and great commanded in the vision I perceived

, .

in my dream that I was now speaking with a tongue

,

o f flesh and with m breath which the Mighty O ne

,y ,

has put into the mouth o f men that they m ight ,

converse with it .

2 And understand with the heart

. As he has .

created and given to men the p o w e r of comprehend

ing the word o f understanding s o has he creat e d ,

and given t o me the p o w er of reproving the Watchers ,

18 EN OCH .

1 2
crystal A vibrating fl a m e
. surrounded it which ,

began to strike me with terror .

1 1 Into this vibrating flame I entered ;

.

1 2 A nd dre w nigh t o a s pacio us habitation built

.

also with stones o f crystal I t s walls too as well .

,

as pavement were fo rme d with stones o f crystal

, ,

and crystal likewise was the ground Its roof had .

the appearance o f agitated star s and fla s hes of

3

lightning ; and among them were cherubim of fire

in a stormy sk y A flame burned around its wall s
4
.

and i t s portal blazed with fire When I enter ed .

into this dwelling it was hot a s fire and cold a s ice ,

.

No tra ce o f delight o r of life was there Terro r .

overwhelmed me and a fearful shaking se i zed ,

me .

1 3 Violently agitated and trembling I fell upon

.
,

my face In the vi s ion I looke d.

,

1 4 And behold there was another habitation

.

more spacious than th e fo rm e r ever y entrance to ,

w hich w a s open before me erected in the m i ds t o

f a ,

v ibrating flame .

1 5 S o greatly did it excel in all point s in glor y

.
, ,

in magnificence and in magnitude that i t is i m p o s , ,

s i ble to de s cr i be to you either the splendour or t h e

extent of it .

1 6 Its floor was o n fire ; above were lightnings

.

ffire
3
1
ha i l , c rys ta l .
2
a to ng ue o . th e co urse o f th e .

4
a nd th e i r h ea v en ( i . e . w h o se h e a v e n) w a s w a ter.
 CHAP . XI V . 9

and agitated star s while its roof exhibited a blazing

,

fire .

1 7 A ttentively I sur v eyed it and s a w that it

.
,

contained an exalted throne ;

1 8 The appearance of which was like that o f
.

fro s t ; while its circu m ference re sembled the o rb o f

the brilliant s un ; and th e re w a s the voice o f the
cherubim .

1 9 From underneath this mighty throne rivers

.

o f flaming fire i s s ued .

W
2 0 To look upon it was impossible
. .

2 1 O ne great in glory s a t upon it

.

22 .ho s e robe w a s brighter than the sun and ,

whiter than snow .

2 3 N0 angel was capable o f penetrating to vie w

.

the face of Hi m the Glorious and the Effulgent ;

,

nor could an y mortal behold Hi m A fire w a s .

fl a m i n g around Him
1
.

2 4 A fire al s o of great extent continued to rise

.

up before Him ; so that not o n e o f tho s e who sur

round e d Him w a s c a pable o f approaching Him ,

a m o n g the m y riad s o f myriads who were before

2
Him To Him holy con s ultation was needless
. .

Yet did not the sanctifie d who w e re near Hi m , ,

depar t far from Him either by night o r by day ;

nor were they removed from Him I al s o w a s so .

far advanced with a v eil on my face and trembling

, ,
.

Afire offl a mi ng fire .

2
An d h e re qui re d n o t ho l y co unse l .
20 ENOCH .

Then the Lord with his o w n mouth called me sa y ,

ing Approach hith er Enoch at my holy word

, , ,
.

25 A nd He raised me up making me draw near

.
,

even to the entrance My eye was directed to the .

ground .

CHA P XV . .

1
1 Then addressing me He Spoke and sai d
.
, ,

Hear neither be afraid O righteous Enoch thou

, , ,

scribe o f righteousness approach hither and hear

2
,

my voice Go sa y to the Watchers o f heaven who

.
, ,

have sent thee to pray for them You ought to ,

pray fo r men and not men for you , .

2 Wherefore have y o u forsaken t h e lofty and

.

h oly heaven which endures fo r ever and have lain

, ,

with women ; have de fil e d yourselves with t h e

daughters of men have taken t o yourselves wives ;
have acted like the sons o f the earth and have ,

3
begotten an impious offs pring ?
3 You being spiritual holy and possessing a
.
, ,

4
life which is eternal have polluted yourselves ,

with wo m en ; have begotten i n carnal blood ; h ave

lusted in the blood o f men ; and have done as those
w h o a re flesh and blood do .

4 These however die and perish

. .

1
he sa i d w i th hi s v o i ce .
2
O En o ch , 0 r i g h te o us m a n , a n d s c ri b f ri g h te o usn e ss
e o .

3
g i a n ts .
4
l i v i ng a l i fe .
 5
Therefore have I given to them wives that
.
,

they might cohabit with them ; that son s might be

born o f them ; and that this might be transacted
upon earth .

6
.
But you from the beginning were made
.

Spiritual pos s essing a life which is eternal and

, ,
1
n o t subject to death for ever .

7 Therefore I made not wives for yo u because

.
, ,

being s piritual your dwelling is in heaven

, .

'
2
8 Now the giants who have been born o f spirit
.
,

and o f flesh shall be called upon earth evil s pirits

, ,

W
and o n earth shall be their habitation Evil spirits .

s hall proceed from their flesh because they ere ,

created from above ; from the holy Watchers was

their begin nin g and primary foundation E v il .

Spirits Shall they be upon earth and the spiri t s o f ,

the wicked s hall they be called The habitation o f .

the Spirits o f heaven Shall be in heaven ; but upon

earth Shall be the habitation o f terr e strial spirits ,

w h o are born o n earth .

9 The spirits o f the giant s s ha l l be l i k e clouds

.
,

which Shall oppress corrupt fall contend and bruise

, , , ,

upon earth .

1 0 They Shall cause lamentation

. No food shall .

they e a t ; and they shall be thirst y ; they shall be

1
in al l th e g e n e ra ti o n s of th e w o rl d.

2
Th e t h i rd e x t ra c t m a d e b y S yn c e l l us b e g i n s h e re , an d e n ds

w i th t h e fi rst v e rs e o f t h e n e x t c h a p t e r.
22 EN OCH .

concealed and shall not rise up against the sons

,
1

o f men and against women ; for they come forth

,

during the days o f slaughter and destruction .

CHAP XVI . .

And as to the death o f the giant s where s oever

1 .
,

their Spirit s depart from their bodi e s let their flesh , ,

that which i s peris h able be without j udg m ent ,

.

Thu s Shall they peri s h until the day o f the great ,

consummation o f the great world A de s truction .

shall take place o f the Watcher s and the impious

2
.

2 A nd now to the Watcher s who have s ent thee

.
,

to pray for them who in the beginning were in ,

heaven ,

3 S a y In heaven have you been ; se cret thing s

.
, ,

however have n o t been manife s ted to yo u ; yet

,

have you known a reprobated m y s tery .

4 A nd this you have related to women in the

.

hardness o f your heart and by that my s tery have ,

w omen and mankind multiplied evils upon the

earth .

5 S ay to them Never therefore Shall you obtain

.
,

peace .

1
a nd th o s e sp i r i t s s h a l l n o t. M . De S a cy h e re re m a rk s , th at
th e s e nse se e m s to re ui re
q an a f
fi rm a t i v e , i ns te a d o f a ne g at i v e ,

c l a us e .
2
I t sha l l b e co ns um m a t e d re s e ct i n
p g .
 N ]
C HAP . xv n .
[ S ECT .
I

1 They raised me up into a certain place where

.
,
2

there was the appearance of a burning fire ; and

when they pleased they assumed the likeness of
men .

2 They carried me to a lofty spot to a mountain

.
, ,

the top o f which reached t o heaven .

3 A nd I beheld the receptacle s o f light and o f

.

thunder at the extremities of the place where it ,

was deepest There was a b o w o f fire and arrow s

.

in their quiver a sword o f fire and every species of

, ,

lightning .

3
4 Then they elevated me to a babbling s t ream
.
,

a n d to a fire in the west which rec e ived all the ,

s e tting o f the sun I came to a river o f fire whic h .

,

flowed like water and emptied it s elf into the great ,

sea we s twar d s .

5 I s a w every large river until I arrived at the

.
,

great darkne s s I went to where all o f flesh mi .

grate ; and I beh e ld the mo untain s o f the gloom

w hich con s titute s winter and the place from which ,

i ss ues the water in every abyss .

6 I s a w al s o th e mouths o f all the rivers in the

.

world and the mouth s o f t h e deep

, .

al
1
P a ri s
t h o ug h t h e
M S .
,

s e ct i o n
in w h i ch

is
h ow ev
n o t i ce d .
er t h e ti tl e o f ch a p . xv n . is o m i tte d ,

f l i fe , w hi ch sp o k e .
2 3
o ne p l a ce . to w a te r o
 ENOCH .

C HAP . XVIII .

I then surveyed the receptacles o f all the

1 .

1
w inds perceiving that they contributed to adorn
,

the whole creation and to p rese rv e the foundation

,

o f the earth .

2 I surveyed the stone w hi ch s upp orts the corners

.

o f the earth .

3 I also behe l d the four winds which bear up

.
,

the earth and the firm a m e nt o f heaven

,
.

4 And I beheld t h e winds occupying the exalted

.

2
sk y .

5Arising in the midst o f heaven and o f earth

.
,

and constituting the pillars o f heaven .

6 I saw the winds which turn the Sky which

.
,

cause the o rb o f the s un and o f all the stars to s e t ;

and over the earth I s a w the winds which support
the clouds .

7 I saw the path o f the angels

. .

8 I perceived at the extr e mity of the earth the

.

firm a m e n t o f heaven above it Then I passed on .

toward s the south ;

9 Where burnt both by day and night s i x
.
, ,

m ountains formed o f glorious stones ; three toward s

the east and three towards the south
, .

1 0 Those which were towards the east were o f a

.

variegated stone ; o n e o f which was o f m argarite ,

1
f
2
th a t i n the m w ere th e o rn a m e n ts o . th e h e i g h t f h e a v en
o .
 CHAP XIX . .

Then Uriel said Here the angel s who c c , ,

habited with women appointed their leaders ; ,

2 A nd being numerou s in appearance made men

"
.

profane and caused them to err ; s o that they sacri

,

fic e d to d evil s as to gods Fo r in the great day .

th e re s h a l l b e a j ud gment with which the y Shall be ,

j udged until they are consumed ; a n d their wives

,

al s o s hall be j udg e d who led a s tray the angel s o f

,

heaven th at they might salute them .

3 A nd I Enoch I alone s a w the likene s s of the

.
, ,

end o f all things Nor did any human being see it

. ,

as I s a w it .

CH A P . XX .

1 These are the n ames o f the angels who watc h

. .

2 Uriel o n e o f the holy angels who p re si des

.
, ,

1
over clamour and terror .

3 Raphael o n e o f the holy angels who p re s i de s

.
, ,

o ver the s p i rits o f men .

4 Rag uel o n e o f the hol y angels who in fl ict s

.
, ,

puni s hment o n the wo rld and t h e l umi pg g i e s .

5 Michael o n e o f t h e h o l y angel s who p re si di ng

i

, , ,

over human virtue c o m mands t h e nations , .

6 S a ra k i e l o n e o f the h ol y angels who p re si de s

.
, ,

over the spirits o f the children of men that trans -

gress .

1
fo r h e it is w ho is ov er .
 CHAP . XX I . 27

7 Gabriel one o f the holy angel s w h o p re si des

.
, ,

over I k i sa t over paradise and over the cherubim

1
, , .

CHAP . X XI .

1 . Then I made a circuit to a place in which

nothing w a s completed .

2 And there I beheld nei t her the tremendous

.

workman s hip of an exalted heaven nor o f an ,

e s tablished earth but a desolate spot prepared and

, , ,

t e rrific .

3 There too I beheld seven s tars o f heaven

.
, ,

bound m i t together like great mountain s and like

, ,

a blazing fire I exclai m ed For what Species o f

'
.
,

crime have they bee n bound and why have they ,

b e en removed to thi s place ? Then Uri e l o ne of ,

the hol y angels who was with me and who con ,

ducted me answered : Enoch wherefor e dost thou

, ,

a sk ; wherefore reason with thy s elf and anxiou s ly ,

"

inquire ? The s e are tho s e o f the stars which have

tran s gressed the co m m andment o f the most high
God ; and are here bo und un t il the infinite number ,

o f the days o f t he i r crimes be compl e ted .

4 From thence I afterwards passed o n to another

.

t errific place ;
5 Where I beh e ld the operation o f a great fire
.

blazing and g l i tt e rm g i n the mid st of which there

,

1
I k i sa t . T h i s a pp e a rs t o be a p ro p e r n a m e .
28 ENOCH .

was a division Columns o f fire struggled together

.

to the end o f the aby s s and deep was their descent ,

.

But neither its measurement n o r magnitude was I

able to discover ; neither could I perceive its origin .

Then I exclaimed How terri b le i s this place and

"
, ,

how di fficult to explore

6 Uriel o n e o f the holy angels who was with m e
.
, ,

answered and said : Enoch why art thou alarmed ,

and amazed at this terrific place at the Sight o f thi s ,

l su ering This he said is the prison of

p a ce o
f ff ?
, ,

the angels and here they are kept for ever

W
.

CHAP . x x rr .
[ s no rt ]
1From thence I proceeded to another spot
.
,

where I s a w o n the we s t a great and lofty mountain ,

a strong rock and four delightful places

,
.

2 Internally it was deep capacious and very

.
, ,

s m ooth ; as smooth as if it had b een rolled over : it

was both deep and dark to behold .

3 Then Raphael o n e of the holy angels who were

.
,

with me answered and said These are the delight

, ,

ful places where the spirits the souls o f the dead , ,

will be collected ; for them were they formed ; and

here w ill be collected all the souls o f the sons o f
men .

4 These places in which they dwell shall they

M
.
, ,

1
P a ri s S .
 CHAP . XXI I . 29

occupy until the day o f judgment and until their ,

appointed period .

5 Their appointed period will be long even u ntil

.
,

the great j udgment And I saw the Spirit s of the .

sons o f men who were dead ; and their voices

reached to heaven while they were accusing 1
, .

6 Then I inquired o f Raphael an angel who was

.
,

with me and said Whose Spirit i s that the voice

, , ,

o f which reaches to h ea v e n and accuses ,

7 He answered
. saying This is the Spirit of
, ,

Abel who was s lain by Ca i n his brother ; and who

,

will accu s e that brother until his seed be destro y ed

2
,

fro m the face o f the earth

8 Until his seed perish from the seed o f the
.

human race .

9 A t that time therefore I inquired respecting

.

him and respecting the general j udgment s aying

, , ,

Why is o n e separated from another ? He answered ,

Three sep a ra ti o ns have been made between the

spirits o f the dead and thus have the spirits o f the
,

righteou s been separated .

1 0 Namely by a chas m by water and by l ight

.
, , ,

above it .

1 1 And in the same way likewise are sinners

.

separated when they die and are buried in the ,

earth ; j udg m ent not overtaki ng them in their life

time .

1
bl a mi n
g o r rep ro v i n g .
2
a nd he wi l l a ccuse hi m .
30 EN OCH .

12 Here their so uls are sep a rated Moreover

. .
,

abundant i s their su ffering until t h e time of the

great judg m ent the castigation and the torment
, ,

o f those who eternally execrate whose souls are ,

puni s hed and bound there for ever .

1 3 And thu s has it been from the beginning of

.

t h e world Thus has there existed a separation

.

between the soul s o f tho s e who utter complaint s ,

and o f tho s e who watch for their destruction to ,

slaughter them in the day o f sinners .

1 4 A rec e ptacle of this sort has been for m ed

.
1

for the s ouls o f unrighteou s men and of s inner s ; o f ,

those who have completed crime and a s s ociated ,

wi t h the impious whom they resemble Their s oul s

,
.

s hall n o t be annihilated in the day of ju dgment ,

neither Shall they arise from this place Then I .

blessed God ,

1 5 A nd said Blessed be my Lord the Lord of

.
, ,

glory a n d o f righteousne s s who reigns over all for ,

ever and for ever .

CH A P XXIII . .

From thence I went to another place towards

1 .
,

the we s t unto the extremities of the earth

, .

2 Where I beheld a fire blazing and running

.

along witho ut cessation which int e rmitted i t s course

,

1
Th us ha s i t b e en ma d e .
 CHAP XXI V
. . 31

neither by day n o r by night ; but continued alwa y s

the s ame .

3 I inquired saying What is thi s which never

.
, , ,

cea s e s
4 Then Raguel o n e of the holy angels who were
.
,

w ith me an s wered , ,

5 A. n d said This blazing fire which thou b e

, ,

holdest r unning to w ards the west is tha t of all the ,

luminaries o f heaven .

CHAP XXIV . .

1 .I went from thence to a n other place and s a w ,

a mountain of fire fla s hin g both b y day and night .

I proceeded toward s it ; and perc e ived seven splen

did mountain s which were all di fferent from each
,

other .

2 Their stones were brilliant and beautiful ; all

.

were br i lliant and s plendid to behold ; and beautiful

w a s their s urface Three m o un ta i ns were towards
.

the east and strengthened by being p l aced o n e

,

upon another ; and t hree were toward s the south ,

s tre n gthened in a similar manner There were like .

wise deep valleys which did not approach each

,

other A nd the seventh mountain was in the mid s t

.

o f them In le n gth they all resembled the s eat o f

.

a throne and odoriferous trees surrounded the m

,
.

3 A mong these there was a tree o f an unceasing

.
32 EN0 CH .

smell ; nor of those which were in Eden was th ere

o n e o f all the fragrant trees which smelt like this .

Its leaf its flower and its bark never withered and
, , ,

its fruit w a s beautiful .

4 Its fruit re s embled the cluster o f the palm I

"
. .

excl aimed Behold this tree is goodly in aspect

, ,

pleasing in i t s leaf and the sight o f its fruit is d e

,

lightful to the eye Then Michae l o n e of the holy

.
,

and glorious angel s who were with me and o n e who ,

presided over them a nswered , ,

5 An d said : Enoch why dost thou inquire re

W
.
,

specting the odour o f thi s tree ?

6
. hy art thou inquisitive to know it ?
7 Th e u I Enoch replied to him and said Con
.
, , , ,

c erning every thing I am de s irous of instruction ,

but particularly concerning thi s tree .

8 He answered me s aying That mountain which

.
, ,

thou beholdest the extent o f whose head re s embles

,

the seat of the Lord w ill be the seat o n which shall

,

s i t the holy and great Lord o f glory the everla s ting ,

King when he s hall come and descend to visit the

,

earth with goodness .

9 And that tree o f an agreeable smell not o n e of

.
,

1
carnal o do ur there s hall be no power to touch until
, ,

the period o f the great judgment When all shall .

be punished and consumed for ever this shall be ,

bestowed on the righteous and humble The fruit .

ffl
1
o e sh .
34 EN OCH .

dry valleys towards the extremity o f the th ree .

All thes e valleys which were deep but not wide , , ,

consisted o f a s trong rock with a tree which was ,

planted i n them And I wondered at the rock and

.

at the valleys being extremely surprised ,

.

CHAP XXVI. .

1Then I said What means this blessed lan d

.
, ,

all these lofty trees and the accursed valley between ,

them
2 Then Uriel o n e o f the holy angels who were
.
,

with me replied This valley is the accursed o f the

, ,

accursed fo r ever Here shall be collected all who .

utter with their mouths unbecoming language

against God and speak harsh things of His glory
,
.

Here shall they be collected Here shall be their .

territory .

3 In the latter days an example o f j udgment

.

shall be made o f the m in righteou s ne s s before the

s aints : while those who have received mercy Shall

for ever all their days bless Go d the everlasting

, , ,

King .

4 And at the perio d o f j udgment shall they

.

bles s Him fo r his merc y as He has distributed it ,

to them Then I blessed God addre s sing myself

.
,

to Him and makin g mention as was meet o f His

, , ,

greatness .
 CHAP XXVI I XXVI I I XXI X
. . . . 35

CH A P XX V II
. .

From thence I proceeded to w ards the east to

1 .
,

the middle of the mountain in the de s ert the level ,

s urface only o f which I percei v ed .

2 It was full of trees of the s eed alluded to ; and

.

water leaped do w n upon it .

3 There appeared a cataract composed a s o f

.

many cataract s both to w ards the we s t and toward s

the east Upon o n e side were trees ; upon the other
.

water and dew .

CH A P XXVIII
. .

Then I went to another place from the de s ert

1 .
,

toward s the ea s t o f that mountain w h i ch I had

approached .

2 There I beheld choice trees particularl y th os e

.
,

w hi ch p ro duce the s w eet smelling drug s frankin -

,

1
cen s e and myrrh ; and tree s unlike to each other .

3 A nd over it above them was the elevation o f

.
, ,

the eastern mo un tain at n o great distance .

CHAP XXIX . .

I l ikewise sa w another place with valleys

1 . o f
water whic h never wasted ,

1
tre es f
o j ud g m e n t , p a rti cul a rl y furni ture f
o t he sw e e t sm e l l o f
fra n k i ncen se a nd m yrrh .
 2 . W
he re
I perceived a goodly tree which i n
smell re s e m bled Z a s a k i n o n .
,

3 And toward s the side s o f these valle y s I per

.

c e i v e d cinnamon o f a sweet odour O ve r them I .

advanced toward s the east .

CH A P . X XX .

1 Then I beheld another mountain containi n g

.

tree s from which water flowed like Ne k e t ro I t s

, .

name was S arira and Ka l b o n e b a A nd u pon thi s

, .

moun tain I b e held another mountain upon which ,

were trees of Alva .

2 These trees were full like almond trees and

.
, ,

s trong ; and when they produced fruit it w a s ,

s uperior to all perfume .

CHAP XXXI . .

1 Afte r these things s urve y ing the entrances of

.
,

the north above the mountains I perceived seven

, ,

mountain s replete with pure nard odoriferous trees ,

cinnamon and papyru s .

2 From thence I passed o n above the summit s

.

o f tho s e mountains to s ome di s tance eastward s and ,

went over the Er y thr aean s e a And when I w a s .

adva nced far beyond it I pa s sed along above the

,

angel Z a t e e l and arrived at the garden o f righteous

,
 CHAP XXXI I. . 37

ness In this garden I beheld among other tree s

.
, ,

s o m e which were numerous and large and which ,

flouri s hed there .

1
3 Their fragrance w a s agreeable a n d powerful
.
,

and their appearance b oth varied and elegant The .

tree o f knowledge also was there o f which i f any ,

o n e eat s he becomes endowed w ith great wi s dom

,
.

4 It w a s like a s pecie s of the t amarind tree

.
,

bearing fruit which re s embled grape s extremel y

fin e ; a n d its fr a grance e xtended to a considerable
di s tance I exclai m ed How beautiful i s thi s tree
"
.
, ,

and how delightful i s i t s appearance

5 Then holy Raphael an angel who was with
.
,

me answered and said This i s the tre e o f know

, ,

ledge o f which thy ancient father and thy aged

,

mother ate who were before thee a n d who obtai n

, ,

i n g knowledge their e y e s being opened and knowing

, ,

themselves to be naked were expelled from the ,

garden .

CHA P . XXXII .

1 From thence I went o n towards the extremitie s

.

o f the earth ; where I s a w large beast s di fferent

from each other and bird s various in their c o un t e
,

nances and forms as well as with notes o f different

,

sounds .

2 To the east o f these beasts I perceived the

.

1
oo d a nd rea t
g g .
38 ENOOH .

extremities o f the earth where heaven ceased ,

.

The gates o f heaven stood open and I beheld the ,

cele s t ial stars come forth I numbered them a s .

they proceeded out of the ga t e and wrote them all ,

down as they came out one by one according to

,

their number I w ro te do w n the i r names altogether

.
,

their time s and their sea s ons as the angel Uriel ,

who was with me pointed them o ut to m e ,

.

3 He showed them all to me and wrote down a n

.
,

a cco un t of them .

4 He also wrote down for me their n ames their

.
,

regulations and their Operations

, .

CHAP XXXIII . .

1 From thence I advanced o n towards the north

.
,

to t h e extremitie s Of the e a rth .

2 A nd there I s a w a great and glorious wonder

.

at t h e extremities Of the whole e a rth .

3 I s a w there heavenly gates Openi n g into

.

h aven ; three Of th e m di s tinctly s eparated The

e
.

n orthern winds proceeded from them blowing col d , ,

hail frost s now dew and rain

, , , , .

4 From one Of the gate s t h e y b l e w mildly ; but

'

when they blew from the two o the r g a tes it w a s ,

with v iolence and force They blew over the earth.

strongly .
 CHAP XXXI V XXXV
. . . 39

CHA P XXXI V.

1 From thence I went to the extremities Of the

.

world we s twards ;
2 Where I perceived three gates Open as I ha d
.
,

s een in the n orth ; the gates and pa s sages through

them bei n g Of equal magnitude .

CHAP XXX V . .

1 .Then I proceeded to the extremities Of the

earth s outhward s ; where I s a w three gates Open to
the south fro m which is s ued dew rain and wind
, , , .

2 From thence I went to the ext re m ities o f

.

heaven eastwar d s ; where I s a w thre e heaven ly

gates open to the east which had smaller gate s
,

within them T h ro ugh each o f these small gate s

.

the stars O f heaven pa s s ed o n and proceeded to

,

ward s the west by a path which was s een by them ,

and that at every p e riod of the i r app e a ra nce .

3 When I b e held the m I ble s sed ; every time i n

.
,

w hi ch th e y app e a re d I ble s s ed the Lord Of glor y

, ,

who had made those great and s plendid s igns tha t ,

they might di s play t h e magnificence Of his work s

to angels and to the s oul s of men ; and that the s e
m ight glorify all h i s works and operation s ; migh t
s e e the e ffect Of h i s power ; might glorify t h e great
labour of h i s h ands ; and ble ss him for eve r .
40 EN0 CH .

CHAP . x x x v rr .
1
[ S ECT . VI ?
)
1 The vision which he s a w the second vision Of
.
,

Of M
wisdom which Enoch s a w the s o n Of Jared the son
,

al al e e l

s o n o f S eth
the s o n Of Oa n a n the son o f Eno s the
,

the son Of A dam Thi s is the com

,

.
,

m e n c e m e n t Of the word Of wisdom which I received ,

to declare and tell to tho s e who dwell upon earth .

Hear from the beginni n g and understand to the ,

e n d the holy thing s which I utter in the pre s ence

,

o f the Lord O f spirit s Those who were before us .

thought it good to s peak ;

2 And let n o t us who come after obstruct th e
.
, ,

beginning Of wisdom Until the present period .

never has t here been given before the Lord Of Spirits

that w hich I have receive d wisdom according to ,

3
the capacity of my intellect and accor d ing to the ,

pleasure Of the Lord Of s pirits ; that which I have

4
received from him a portion Of life eternal , .

3 And I Obtained three parables which I declared

.
,

to the inhabitants of the world .

1
Ch a p . x xx v i do e s
. n o t o cc ur in the MS .

2
P a ri s MS . and B o dl e i a n MS .

3
a cco rd i n g a s I ha v e th o ug h t .

1
‘
w h i ch ha s b ee n
gi v en to m e b y h i m .
42 ENGCH .

be destroyed ; but be de l ivered into the hands Of

the righteous and the holy .

6 No r thenceforwards Shall any Obtain com

.

miseration fro m the Lord Of Spirits becau s e their ,

lives i n thi s w o rl d will have been completed .

CH A P XXXIX
. .

1 In those d ay s s hall the elect and holy race

.

d e s cend from the upper he a vens and their s eed ,

s hall then be with the sons Of m e n Enoch received .

book s Of indignation and wrath and books Of hurry ,

and agitation .

2 Never shall they Obtain mercy saith the Lord

.
,

Of spirits .

3 A cloud then s natched me up and the wind

.
,

raised me above the surface Of the earth placing ,

m e at the extremity of the heaven s .

4 There I s a w another vi s ion ; I s a w the habita

.

tions and couch es O f the saints There my eye s .

beheld their habitations with the angels and their ,

co uches with the holy ones The y were entreating

.
,

s upplicating and praying for t h e son s Of men ;

,

while righteou s ness like water flowed before them

and mercy like dew w a s sca tte re d over the earth .

And thu s sh a l l i t b e with them for ever and for ev e r .

1
5 At that time my eyes beheld the dwelling O f
.

the elect Of truth faith and righteousness

, , , .

1
p l a ce .
 CHAP XXXI X . . 43

6 Countless s hall be the number o f the holy

.

and the e l ect in the presence Of God for ever and

,
1

for ev e r .

7 Their re s idence I beheld under the wings Of

.

the Lord o f s pirit s A ll the hol y and t h e elect

.

s u n g before h i m in a ppearance like a blaze Of fire

,

their mouth s being full Of ble s s ing s and their lip s ,

glorifying the name Of the Lord Of Spirit s And .

righteousnes s ince s s antly dw e l t before him .

8 There was I desirou s of re m aining and my

.
,

s oul longed for t h at habitation Th e re was my .

2
antecedent inheritance ; for thus had I prevailed
before the Lord o f s pirits .

9 A t that time I glorified and extolled the name

.

Of the Lord Of s pirit s with ble ss ing and with prai s e ;

for he h a s establi s hed it with ble s s ing and with
?
praise according to h i s o w n good plea sure
,

1 0 That plac e lo n g did my e y e s cont e mplate

. I .

ble s s ed and said Ble s sed be he ble ss ed from t h e

, ,

beginning for ever In the beginning before t h e

.
,

world was created and without end is h i s know

,

l e dg e f 1

1 1 What i s
. this world ? O f every exi s ting gene
ration tho s e s hall bles s thee who do not s le ep i n the
1
i n hi s pre se n ce .

2
T h e re w a s m y p o rti o n bf
e o re for thus h a d i t b een p re v a i l e d

re sp e c t i n g m e .

3
a cco rd i n
g to th e w i l l of th e L o rd o f sp i ri ts .

1
w i th o ut e n d h e k n o w s
‘

.
44 ENOCH .

d ust, but stand before thy glory blessing glorifying , , ,

exalting thee a n d s aying The holy holy Lord Of

, , , ,

spirits fills the whole world Of s pirits

, .

1 2 There m y eyes beheld all who without

.
,

Sleeping s tand before h i m a n d bless him saying

, , ,

Ble s se d be thou and bles s ed be the name Of God

,

for ever and for ever Then my countenance b e .

came changed until I was incapable Of seeing

, .

CHAP XL . .

1 After this I beheld thousand s Of thousand s

. ,

and myriads of myriad s and an infinite n u mber o f ,

people standing before the Lord of s piri t s

,
.

2 O n the four wings like w i s e Of the Lord Of

.

spirit s on the four sides I perceived o t hers besides

, , ,

t hose w h o were standing b efo re h i m Their name s .

,

too I know ; because the angel who proceeded w ith

, ,

m e declared them to me discovering to me every

, ,

s ecret thing .

3 Then I heard th e voices Of those upon the four

.

sides magnify ing the Lord Of glory .

4 The fir s t voice blessed the Lord o f spirits fo r

.

ever and fo r ever .

5 The second voice I heard blessing the elect

.

1
O ne and the elect who su ffer o n account Of the
,

Lords Of spirits .

1
a re cruc i fi ed o r to rm e n te d .
 CHAP . XL I . 45

6 . The third voice I heard petitionin g and pray

i n g for tho s e who d w ell upon earth and s upplicate ,

the name Of the Lord Of s pirits .

7 The fourth voice I heard expelling the impiou s

.

angel s and prohi b iting them from entering in t o

1
,
'

pre s ence Of the Lord o f s pirit s t o prefer accusation s ,

again s t the inhabitants Of the earth .

8 After this I be s ought the angel Of peace who

.
,

proceeded with me to explain all that w a s con,

ce al e d I said to him Who are those w ho m I

.
,

have seen o n the four s ides and whose word s I have ,

heard and written down ? He repli e d The fir s t i s ,

the m erciful the patient the holy Michael

, , .

9 The s econd 1 S h e w h o p re s i de s over every

.

2
suf fering and every a ffl i c t i o n Of the s ons Of m e n ,

the hol y Raphael The third who p re si de s ov e r all

.
,

that is powerful i s Gabriel And the fourt h who

, .
,

res i de s over repentance and the hope Of tho s e who

p ,

w ill inherit eternal life i s Phanuel These are the

,
.

four angel s Of the most high Go d and their four ,

voices w hich at that time I heard

,
.

CHAP XLI . .

1 After this I beheld the s ecret s Of t h e heavens

.

3
and Of paradi s e accordi n g to i t s divi s ion s ; and Of
,

4
human action a s they weigh it there in balance s
, .

1 2
th e S a ta n s . w o un d .

3
the k i n g d o m or p a ra d i se .
4 the w o rk or la bu o r o f ma n .
46 ENOOH .

I s a w the habitations Of the elect and the habita ,

tio n s Of the holy A nd there my eye s beheld all .

the sinner s who denied the Lord Of glor y and

, ,

whom they were expelling fro m thence and drag ,

ging away as they s tood there ; no puni s h m ent

,

proceeding against them from the Lord Of s pirit s .

2 There too my eye s beheld the secret s of the

.
, ,

lightning and the thunder ; and the s ecr e ts Of the

wind s how they are di s t ributed as they blo w over
,

the eart h the s ecret s Of the wind s of the de w and , ,

Of the clouds There I perceived the place from

.

which they is s u e d forth and became saturated with ,

the du s t Of the earth .

1
3 There I s a w the wooden
. receptacles o ut of
whi ch the winds became separated the receptacle ,

Of hail the receptacle Of s no w the receptacl e o f the

, ,
'

cloud s and t h e c l o ud itself w hi ch continued over

, ,

the earth before th e cre a ti o n of the world .

4 I beheld also the receptacles o f the moon

.

whence the moons came whit her they proceede d

2
,
-

their gloriou s return and h o w o n e became more ,

s plen did than another I m a rk e d their r ich pro .

gress their unchangeable progress their disunited

, ,

and undiminished progress ; their Ob s ervance Of a

3
mutual fidelity by a stable oath ; their proceeding
forth before the s un and their adherence to the ,

f
1
O w o ods .

3
by a n o a th to w h i c h th e y a dh e re d .
 CHAP XLI I . . 47

1
path a l l o tte d them in Obedience to the command
,

o f the Lord Of s pirits Potent is h i s name for ever

.

and for ever .

5 A fter this I p e rce i v e d th a t the path both c o n

.
,

c e a l e d and manife s t Of the moon as well as the ,

progre s s Of i t s path was there completed by day and

,

by nigh t ; while each one with another looked

, ,

to w ard s the Lord O f spirit s magnify ing and prai s ing

,

without ce s s ation s ince praise to the m i s re s t ; for

,

in the s plendid s un ther e i s a frequent conversion

to ble s sing and t o malediction .

’
.6 The cour s e Of the moon s path to the righteou s
i s light but to s inners it is darkness ; in the name
,

of the Lord Of Spirits who created a di v i s i o n b e

,

t w een light and darkne s s and separating the s pirit s

, ,

of men s trengthened the spirit s Of the righteou s in

,

t h e na m e of his own righteou s nes s .

.7 No r doe s the angel pr e vent th i s neither is h e ,

endowed with the power Of pre v enting it ; for the

Judge beholds the m all and j udges the m all in ,

his o w n pre s ence .

C HA P XLII . .

W
1 Wisdom found not a place o n e a rth where sh e
.

'

could inhabit ; her d w elling therefore i s i n heav en .

2 isdom went forth t o dwell among the sons Of

.

1
t o th e i r p a th .
 48 EN OCH .

m e n, but S h e Obt a ined not an habitation Wisdom .

returned to her place and seated h e r s elf in the ,

m idst o f the angels B ut iniquity went forth after

.

her return who unwillingl y found a n h a bi ta ti o n and

, ,

r e sid e d among them as rai n in the desert and as a

, ,

dew in a thirsty land .

CHAP XLIII . .

1 I beheld another splendour and the stars o f

.
,

h eaven I Ob s erved that he called the m all by

.

their respective names and that they heard In a ,

.

righteous balance I sa w that he weighed o ut with

their light the amplitude Of their places and the ,

1
da y Of their appearance and their conversion , .

S plendour produced s plendour ; and their conver

s i on w a s into the number of the angels and Of the ,

faithful .

2 Then I inquired o f the angel who proceeded

.
,

with me and explained to me secret th ing s What

, ,

the i r n a m es were He a n s wered A similitude o f

.
,

those h a s the Lord Of s pirits s hown thee The y are .

n ame s o f the righteo us who dwell upon ear t h and ,

w h o believe in the name Of the Lord Of spirits for

ever and for ever .

f eir e x i s t i ng
1
o th .
 50 ENGCH .

5 will also change th e fa ce of the earth ; will

. I
bless it ; and cause those whom I have elected to
dwell upon it But tho s e who have committed S i n
.

a n d iniquity shall not inhabit i t

1
for I have marked ,

2
their proceedings My righteous ones will I sati s fy .

with peace placing them before me ; but the con

,

d e m n a t i o n o f Sinner s Shall dra w near that I may ,

d estroy them from the face Of the earth .

C H AP XL V I. .

3
1There I beh eld the Ancient O f d ay s whose
.
,

head was like white wool and with him another , ,

whose countenance resembled that Of man Hi s .

countenance was full o f grace like tha t of o n e o f ,

the holy angels Then I i nquired Of one Of the .

angel s who went with me and who s howed m e

1
,
‘

every secret thing concerning thi s S on of man ; who ,

he was ; whence he was ; and w h y he accompanied

the A ncient Of"days .

2 He answered and said to me This is the S on

.
,

Of man to whom righteou s nes s belongs ; with whom

,

righteousness has dwelt and who will reveal all the

trea s ure s Of that which is concealed : for the Lord
Of spirits has chosen him ; and his p ortion has
fo r
2
1
t re a d up o n i t . I ha v e se en th e m .

3
Th e Chi f e or He a d of d a ys ,
Da n . v ri . 9
.

4 T h e w o rd s , Th e n I i nqui e d of o ne of th e
r an
g e l s, are o m i tt e d

i n th e B o dl e i a n M S T h e y o ccur i n t h e P a ri s
. MS .
 CHAP XL VI
. . 51

1
surpassed all before the Lord o f spirits in ever
la s ting uprightne s s .

.3 This S on Of man whom thou beholdest s hall , ,

rai s e up king s and the might y from their couches ,

and the power ful from their thrones ; shall loosen

the bridle s Of the powerful and break in pieces the ,

teeth Of Sinners .

4 He Shall hurl kings from their thrones and

.

their dominion s ; because the y will not exalt and

prai s e him n o r h umble them s elves b efo re hi m by
, ,

whom their kingdom s were granted to t he m The

2
.

countenance likewi s e Of the mighty s hall He ca s t

d own filling them with confusion
,
Darknes s Shall .

be their habitation and worm s Shal l be their bed ; ,

nor from tha t their bed s hal l they hope to be again

raised becau s e they exalted no t the name Of the
,

Lord Of S pirits .

5 They s hall co n demn the stars Of heave n s hall

.
,

lift up their hands a gain s t the Mo s t High shall ,

tread upon and inhabit the earth exhibiting all ,

their work s Of iniquity even their works Of iniquity , .

Their strength s ha l l be in th e ir rich e s and their ,

faith in the god s whom they h ave formed with

their o w n hands They shall deny the name Of .

t h e Lord Of s pirit s and Shall expel him from the ,

temple s in which the y a s semble ;

,

6 A nd w i th hi m the faithfu l who s u ffer in the

.
,

name Of the Lord o f Spirits .

fro m
1 2
co n que re d . w h e n ce .
52 ENOCH .

CHA P XLVI I . .

1 In that d a y the pra y er Of the holy and the

.

righteous and the blood Of the righteou s shall

, ,

ascend from the earth into the presence Of the Lord

o f spirits .

2 In that day Shall the holy ones assemble who

.
,

dwell above the heavens and with united voice ,

petition supplicate praise laud and ble ss the name

, , , ,

O f the Lord Of s pirits o n account Of the blood o f

,

the righteous which has been shed ; that the

prayer Of t h e righteous may not be intermitted
before the Lord Of spirits ; that for them he would
execute j udgment ; and that his patience may not
endure for ever .

3 A t that time I beheld the Ancient Of days

.
,

w hile he sat upon the throne o f his glory w hi l e th e ,

book o f the living was Opened in his pre s ence and ,

w hi l e all the powers which were above the heaven s

stood around and before him .

4 Then were the hearts o f the saints full Of j oy

.
,

1
because the consummation o f righteousne s s w a s
arrived the supplication Of the saints heard and the
, ,

blood Of the righteous appreciated by the Lord Of

spiri ts .

1
th e n umb e r .
54 EN OCH .

thi s world Of iniquity and have deteste d all i t s ,

work s and way s i n the name Of the Lord O f Spirit s

,
.

7 For in h i s name s h all they be pre s e rved ; and

.

his will shall be their li fe In tho s e days s hall t h e .

kings Of the earth and the might y men who have ,

1
gained the world by their achievements become ,

humble in counten ance .

8 For in the day Of their anxiet y and trouble

.

their souls Shall not be saved ; and the y sha l l b e in

2
subjection to those whom I have cho s e n .

9 I wi l l cast them like hay into the fire and

.

like lead into the water Thu s Shal l they burn .

in the presence Of the righteou s and Sink in the ,

presence Of the holy ; nor Shall a tenth part Of them

be found .

1 0 But in the day Of their trouble the world

.
,

shall Obtai n tranquillity 3

.

1 1 In his presence shall they fall and not be

.
,

raised up again ; nor s hall there be any One to take

them o ut of his hand s and to lift them up : for ,

they h ave denied the Lord Of spirit s and his ,

Me s siah The name Of the Lord Of Spirits Shall be

.

ble s s ed .

1
b y th e f th e i r
w o rk o o wn h a n ds .
2
i n th e h a nd f
o .

re s t s h a l l be o n e a rth
3
.
 CHAP XL VI I I XLI X
. . .

CH A P XL V III . .
1

1 . Wisdom is poured forth like water and g l ory ,

fail s n o t before him for ev e r and ever ; for potent

is he in a l l the secr e ts of righteou s nes s .

2 But iniquit y pa s ses away like a Shadow and

.
,

po ss e s s e s not a fixed s tation : fo r the Ele ct O ne

s tand s before the Lord Of s pirit s ; and h i s glor y i s

fo r ever and ever ; and h i s power from generation

to genera t ion .

3 With him dwells the spirit Of intellectual

.

w i s dom the s pirit Of instruction and of power and

, ,

the Spiri t o f tho s e who sleep in righteou s ness ; he

shall j udge s ecret things .

4 No r s hall a n y be able to utter a single w ord

.

before him ; fo r the Elect O ne i s in the presence

o f the Lord o f spirit s according to his o w n
,

pleasu re .

C HAP XLIX . .

1 .In those days the saints and the chosen Shall

un dergo a change The light Of da y shall r e s t
.

upon them ; and the s plendour and glory Of the

saint s Shall be changed .

2 In the da y Of trouble ev i l shall be heaped up

.

1
Ch a p . xl v iii . o c c urs t w i ce .
56 EN OCH .

upon sinners but the righteous shall triumph in t h e

name Of the Lord Of Spirits .

3 O thers shall be made t o see t h at they must

.
,

repent and forsake the works Of their hands ; and

,

that glory awaits them not in the presence o f the

Lord o f spirit s y e t that by his name the y m a y be
saved The Lord Of Spirits will have compas s ion
.

o n them : for great i s his merc y and righteou s ness

i s in h i s j udgment and in the presence Of h i s glory
,

nor in h i s judgment Shall iniquity stand He who .

repents not before him Shall peri sh .

4 Henceforward I will not have mercy o n t h e m

.
,

sai t h the Lord o f spirits .

CHA P L. .

1In those da y s shall the earth deliver up from

.

her womb and hell deliver up fro m hers that which

, ,

it has received ; and de s truction shall restore that

w hich it owe s .

2 He shall select the righteous and holy from

.

among them ; for the day Of their salvation has

approached .

3 A nd in those days shall the Elect O ne s i t upon

.

his throne while every s ecret Of inte llectual wi s dom

,

shall proceed from his mouth ; for the Lord o f

Spirits has gifted a n d glorified h i m .
58 EN OCH .

Wait but a Sh ort time and thou sh alt understan d

, ,

and every secret thing Shall be revealed to t hee ,

w hich the Lord Of spi rits has decreed Those moun .

tains which thou hast seen the mountain o f iro n , ,

the mountain Of copper the m ountain of s ilver t h e, ,

mountain Of gol d the mountain Of fluid metal and

, ,

the mountain Of lead all the s e in the pre s ence Of

,

the Elect O ne shall be like a honeycomb before the

fire and like water de s cending fro m above upon
,

the s e mountains ; and shall become debilitated before

his feet .

1
6 In tho s e days men shall not be saved by
.

gold and by Silver .

7 No r shall they have it in their po w er to secure

.

themselve s and to fly, .

8 There shall be neither iron for war nor a coat

.
,

o f mail fo r the breast .

9 Copper s h all be useless ; useless also that

.

w hich neither rusts n o r consumes away ; and lead

s hall not be coveted .

1 0 All these things Shall be rej ected and peri s h

.
,

from Off the earth when the Elect O ne shall appear

,

in the presence Of the Lord Of spirits .

CHAP LII . .

1 . There m y eyes beheld a deep valley and wide

w as its entrance.
 CHAP . L I I . 59

2 . A ll w ho
dwell o n land o n the se a and in , ,

island s shall bring to it gift s present s and o ffering s ;

, , ,

yet that deep valle y s hall not be full Their hands .

s hall commi t iniquity What s oever they produce

.

by labour the s inners s hall devour with crime But

, .

they Shall perish from the face of t h e Lord of Spirit s ,

and from the face of his earth They s hall s tand .

U
p
,
and s hall n o t fail for ever and ever .

3 I beheld the angels Of punishment who were

.
,

dw e lling the re a n d preparing every instrument Of

,

S atan .

4 Then I inquired Of the angel Of peace who

.
,

proceeded with me for whom those instruments ,

were preparing .

5 He s ai d Th e s e they are pr e pari n g for the

.
,

1
king s and powerful ones Of the earth that thu s ,

they may peri s h .

6 After which the righteous and chosen house Of

.

his congregation s hall appear thenceforward un ,

chan geable i n the name Of the Lord Of spirits

,
.

7 Nor s hall those mountains exi s t in his presence

.
,

a s the earth and the hills as the fountains O f wat e r ,

e xi st A nd the righteous shall be reli e ved from the

.

vexation Of s inners
1
b y th i s .
60 ENOCH .

C HAP . LII I .

1 Then I look ed and turned m yself to anoth er

.

part Of the earth where I beheld a deep val ley

,

burning with fire .

2 To this valley they brought monarchs and the

.

mighty .

3 A nd there my eyes b eheld the instruments

.

which they were making fetters o f iron without ,

1
weight .

4 Then I inquired o f the angel Of p e ace who

.
,

proceeded with me saying For whom are the s e , ,

fetters and in s truments prepared

'
5 He rep l ied These a re prepared for t h e host
.
,

Of Az a ze e l that they ma y be de l ivered over and a d

,

j udged to the lowest condemnation ; and that their

a ngel s m a be overwhel m ed with hurl e d s tones as
y ,

t h e Lord Of spirit s h a s commanded .

6 Michael a nd Gabriel Raphael and P h a n ue l

.
,
l

shall be strengthened in that d a y and s hall then ,

ca s t t hem into a furnace Of blazing fire that the ,

Lord Of s pirits ma y be ave n ged Of the m for thei r

crime s ; becau s e the y beca m e mini s ters Of S ata n ,

and seduced those who dwell upon earth .

7 In those d a y s Shall puni s h m ent go forth from

.

the Lord Of s pirit s ; and the receptacles Of water

w hich are above the heavens s h all be Opened and ,

1
in w h i ch there w a s no t w e i g h t .
62 ENOCH .

for e v er as long as the days Of h eaven and earth

,

last upon the earth .

4 A fter w ards according to this my decree when

.
, ,

I s hall be di s po s ed to seize them beforehand by ,

the instrumentality Of angel s in the day Of a ffl i c t i o n ,

'

and trouble my wrath and m y puni s hment s hall

,

remain upon the m my puni s hment and my wrath , ,

saith God the Lord o f s pirit s .

5 O ye kings O ye mighty who inhabit the

.
, ,

world y o u s h all behold my Elect O ne s itting upon

, ,

the throne Of my glory A nd he shal l j u d ge A za .

ze e l all h i s a s s ociates and all his host s in the nam e

, , ,

Of the Lord Of Spirit s .

6 There likewi s e I beheld host s of angel s w h o

.

were moving in puni s hment confined in a net work ,

-

o f iron and bra s s Then I inquired Of the angel Of

.

peace who proceeded with me TO who m those

, ,

under confinement were going .

7 He s aid To each Of their elect and their

.
,

beloved that they may be cast into the fountains

,

and dee p rece s ses Of the valley .

8 A nd that valley Shall be filled with their

.

el e ct and beloved ; the days Of whose life s hall be

con s umed but the day s Of t heir erro r shall be
,

innumerable .

9 Then shall princes combine tog ether a n d

.
,

conspire The chie fs Of the ea s t among the Par

.
,

t h i a n s and Medes s hall remove kings in whom a , ,

 CHAP L V . . 63

Spirit Of perturbation Shall enter They shall hurl .

them from thei r throne s s pringing a s lion s fro m ,

their den s and like fami s hed wolve s into the mid s t
,

Of the flock .

1 0 They Shall go up and tread upon the land of

.
,

their elect The land of th e ir elect s hal l be before

.

them The thre s hing fl o o r the path and the cit y

.
-
, ,

o f my righteous p e op l e s hall impede the p r o g re ss of

their horses They Shall rise up to de s troy each

.

other ; their right hand shall be s trengthened ;

nor s hall a man acknowledge h i s friend o r h i s
brother ;
1 1 Nor the s o n hi s fat h er and h i s mother ; until
.

the number O f the dead bodies s hal l be co mp l e te d ,

b y t h eir death and puni s hment Nei t her Shall thi s .

take place without cau s e .

1 2 In tho s e days Shall the mouth Of hell be

.

Opened into which they shall be immerged ; hel l

,

Shall destroy and swallow up sinners from the fa ce

Of the elect .

CH A P LV . .

1 . A fter this I beheld another army of chariot s,

with men riding in them .

2 A nd they c a me upon the wind from the ea s t

.
,

from the we s t and from the s outh 1

, .

1
fro m th e m i d st f the d a y
o . Th e a rm y a l l ud e d t o w a s p ro b bl y
a

R om an .
64 EN OCH ’
.

3The sound Of the noise Of thei r chariots wa s

.

heard .

4 A nd when that agitation took place the saint s

.
,

o ut o f heaven perceived it ; the pillar Of the earth

s hook from its foundation ; and the sound w a s

heard from the extremities Of the earth unto the
extremities Of heaven a t the same time .

5 Then t hey all fell do w n and worshipped the

.
,

Lord of s pirits .

6 This i s the end Of the second parable

. .

CHAP . L VI .
[ S E C T . ix s
1
1 I n o w began to utter the third parable c o n
.
,

cerning the saints and the elect .

2 Blessed are ye O saints and elect for glorious

.
, ,

is your l o t .

3 The saint s shall exist in the light Of the sun

.
,

and the elect in the light Of everla s ting life the ,

days Of who s e life shall neve r terminate ; nor shall

the days Of the saint s be numbered who seek for ,

light and Obtain righteousness with the Lord Of

,

s pirits .

4 Peace be to the saints w i th the Lord Of the

.

world .

5 Henceforward shall the saints be told to seek

.

in heaven the secrets Of righteousness the portion ,

1
Pa ri s MS .
66 ENOCH .

CHAP . L VI I I .
1
[ S EC T x 9] .

1 In the five hundredth year and in the seve n th

.
,

month on the fourtee n th da y Of the month Of the

, ,

l ifetime Of Enoch in that parable I s a w that the , ,

'

heaven Of heavens s h o o k ; t h a t it shook v iolently ;

and that the powers of the Mo s t High and th e ,

angels thou s ands Of thou s a nd s and myriads Of

, ,

m yriads were agitated with great a gitation

,
And .

when I look e d the Ancient of day s w a s sitting o n ,

the throne Of h i s glory while the angels and saints ,

were s tanding around him A great trembling cam e .

upon me and terror seized me My loins were

,
.

bowed do w n and loo s ened my reins were dis s olved ;

and I fe l l upon my face The holy Michael ; anothe r .

holy angel one Of the holy ones was sent who, , ,

rai s ed me up .

2 A nd when he rai s ed me my s pirit ret urned ;

.
,

for I was incapable o fenduring this vi s ion of violence ,

its agitatio n a n d the concu s sion of hea v en

, .

3 Then hol y Michael said to me Wherefore art

.
,

thou disturbed at this vision 2

4 Hitherto h a s existed the day Of mercy ; and
.

he h a s been merciful and longsuffering towards all

who dwell upon the earth .

5 But when the time s hall come then s h a l l the

.
,

1
Th e re is no ch ap . l v i i i i n th e
. MS . I hav e th e re fo re d i v i d e d
c h ap . l i x i n t o t w o p a rt s , d e n o m i n a t i n g th i s
. fi rs t p t ch a p
a r . l v i ii .

2
P a ri s MS .
 CHAP . LVI I I . 67

power the puni s hment and the judgment ta k e p l a ce

, , ,

which the Lord Of s pirit s h a s prepared for those

who pro s trate them s elves to th e judgment Of right
e o us n e s s for tho s e who abj ure th at judgment and
, ,

for those who take hi s name in vain .

6 That day has been prepared for the e l ect

.

a s a da
y f
o cove n ant ; and for sinners a s a da
y f
o

inqui s ition .

7 In that day s hall be distributed fo r fo o d two

.

m on s te rs ; a female mon s ter who s e nam e i s Levia ,

than d w elling i n the depths Of the s e a above the

, ,

s prings of waters

8 A nd a m ale m o n s te r whose name is Behemoth

.
,

which possesses m ov i ng o n h i s brea s t the in v i s ible

, ,

wildernes s .

9 Hi s name was De n da y e n in the east Of the

.

garden where the elect and the righteou s will

,

dwell ; where he received i t from my ance s tor who ,

was man from Adam the first Of men whom the

, ,

Lord Of spirit s m ade .

1 0 Then I asked Of ano t her a n gel to Show me

.

the power Of those monsters h o w they became ,

s e parated o n t h e s a me day o n e b e i n in the depths

g ,

o f the se a and o n e in the dr y de s ert

, .

1 1 And he said Thou so n Of man art here

.
, , ,

desirous Of understanding secret th i ngs .

And the angel Of peace who was with me , ,

1
Th e se l a s t th re e v e rse s , v i z 1 2, 1 3 , 1 4 ,
. a re p l a c e d i n b o th M SS .
68 ENOC H .

said These t w o m onsters are by the p o we r Of God

,

prepared to become food that the puni s hment o f ,

God may n o t be in vai n .

13 Then shall children be s lain with their

.

’
mother s and sons with their fathers
,
.

1 4 And when the puni s hment o f the Lord O f

.

Spirits shall continue upon th e m s hall it continue , ,

that the punishment Of the Lord Of Spirits m a y not

take place in vain After that judgment shall exist .
,

with mercy and longsu ffering .

C HAP LIX . .

Then another angel who proceeded with me

1 .
, ,

Spoke t o me ;
2 A nd Showed me the first and last secrets in
.

heaven above and in the depths Of the earth :

,

3 In the extremities Of heaven and in the foun

.
,

dations Of it and in the recep t acle Of the winds

, .

4 He s ho w e d m e how their s pirits were divided

.

how they were balanced ; and h o w both the Spring s

and the wind s were numbered according to t h e force
Of their spirit .

5 He sho w e d m e the power Of the moon s lig h t

’
.
,

that its power is a j u s t o n e ; as well as the divi s ion s

Of the stars according to their re s pective names
,

at th e e nd o f ch a p . l i x ; b ut t h e y so e v i d e n t l y
. b e l ong t o th i s

a cc o un t Of th e L ev i a th an a nd B
e h e m o t h , t h a t I h a v e v e n t ure d

t o i nse rt t h e m h e re .
70 EN OCH .

11 . In
light and in darkness in winter and in
, ,

summer It receptacle is bright, and an an gel is

.

in i t .

12 The Spirit Of dew ha s its abode in the e x tre

.

m i t i e s Of heaven in connection with the receptacle

,

Of rain and its progress is in winter and in summer .

The cloud produced b y it and the cloud Of the mist , ,

become united ; o n e gives to the other ; and w h en

the spirit o f ra i n is in motion from i t s receptacl e ,

angels come and Opening its receptacle bring it

, ,

for t h .

1 3 When likewise it is sprinkled over all the

.

earth it forms an union wit h every kind o f water

,

o n the ground ; fo r the waters remain on the ground ,

because they afo rd nouri s hment t o the earth from

the Mo s t H i gh who is in heaven ,
.

1 4 Upon this account therefore there is a regu

.

1
lation in the quantity o f rain which the angels ,

receive .

1 5 Th e se things I saw ; all Of them even para

.
,

2
dise .

CHAP LX . .

In those days I beheld lon g ropes given to

1 .

t hose angel s ; who took to their wing s and fled , ,

advancing towards the north .

2 A nd I inquired o f the angel saying Where

.
, ,

2
1
a m e a sure i n the ra i n. e v en to th e g a rd e n f th e
o ri g h teo us .
 CHAP LX . . 71

fore have they taken those long ropes and gone ,

forth ? He said The y are gone forth to measure

, .

3 The angel w h o proceeded with me said These

.
, , ,

are the measures Of the righteous ; and cords Shall

the righteous bring that they may trust i n the
,
1

n ame Of the Lord Of s pirits for ever a n d ever .

4 The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect

. .

5 And these are the measures which S h all be

.

g i ven to faith and w hi ch shall strengthen the words

,

Of righteousness .

6 The s e measures S h all reveal all the secret s i n

.

the dep th Of the earth .

7 And i t s h a l l be that those w h o have been de

.
,

stroyed in the de s ert and who have been devoured ,

by the fish o f the s e a and by wild bea s t s shall , ,

return and trust in the da y Of the El e ct O ne ; fo r

,
1

none shall peri s h in the presence Of the Lord Of

Spirits n o r Shall any be capable Of perishing
, .

8 Then they received the commandment all w ho

.
,

w e re in the heavens above ; to whom a combined

power voice and splendour like fire were given

, , , , .

9 And fir s t with the i r voice they blessed him

.
, , ,

they exalted him they glorified him with wisdom

, ,

and ascribed to him wisdom with the word and ,

with the breath o f life .

1 0 Then the Lord o f spirits seated up o n the

.

throne o f h i s glory the Elect O ne

1
l ea n up o n .
72 ENGCH .

11 Who Shall j udge all the works Of the holy in

. ,

heaven above and in a balance shall he weigh their

,

action s And when he shall lift up his countenance

.

to j udge their secret wa y s in the word Of the name

Of the Lord Of spirits and their progress in the path ,

Of the righteous j udgment Of Go d mo s t high

1 2 They shall all s peak with united voice ; and
.

bless glorify exalt and praise in the name Of the

, , , ,

Lord Ofs pirits .

1 3 He s hall call to every power Of the heavens

.
,

to all the holy above and to the power o f God The , .

Cherubim the S eraphim and the Oph a n i n all the

, , ,

angels Of power and all the angels Of the Lords

, ,

namely Of the Elect O ne and Of the other Power

, , ,

who w a s upon earth over the water o n that day ,

1 4 S hall raise their united voice ; shall bless

.
,

glorify praise and exalt with the spirit Of faith

, ,

with the spirit Of wisdom and patience with the ,

s pirit Of mercy with the spirit Of j udgment and

,

pe a ce and with the Spirit o f benevolence all shall

,

s a y with united voice : Ble s sed i s He ; and the

name Of the Lord Of spirits shall be ble s sed for ever
and for ever ; a l l who sleep not shall bless it in
, ,

heaven above .

1 5 All the holy in heaven shall bless it ; all the

.

elect who dwell in the garden Of life ; and every

s pirit Of light who is capable Of blessing glorifyi n g
, , ,

e xalting and praisi n g thy holy na m e ; a n d every

,
74 EN OCH .

7 Trouble Shall come upon them as upon a

.
,

woman in travail whose labour is severe when her

, ,

child comes to the mouth o f the womb and s h e ,

find s it difficult to bring for t h .

8 O ne portion Of them Shall look upon another

. .

They shall be astonished and shall humble their ,

countenance
9 And trouble s hall seize them when they shall
, ,

behold this S o n Of woman sitting upon the throne

Of his glory .

1 0 Then Shall the kings the prince s and all who

.
, ,

possess the earth glorify him who has dominion ,

over all things him who was conceal e d ; for from

,

the beginning the S on Of man existed in secret 1

,

w hom the Most High preserved in the presence o f

h i s power and revealed to the elect

, .

1 1 He s hall s o w the cong regation o f the saints

.
,

and Of t h e elect ; and all the elect shall stand

before him in that day .

1 2 All the kings the princes the exalted and

. , , ,

those who rule over the earth Shall fall down o n ,

their faces before him and shall worship him , .

1 3 They Shall fix their h o pes o n this S on o f man

.
,

shall pray to him and petition him for mercy, .

1 4 Then s hall the Lord Of spirits ha s ten to expel

.

them from his pre s ence Their faces s hall be full .

2
Of confu s ion and their faces shall darkness cover
, .

1 2
w a s c o nce a l e d . be a dde d t o th e i r fa ces .
 CHAP LXI I . . 75

The angels shall tak e them to punishment that ,

vengeance may be inflicted o n tho s e who have

oppressed h i s children and his el e ct A nd they Shall .

become an example to the saint s and to his elect .

Through them s hall these be made j oyful ; for the

anger Of the Lord Of spirits Shall rest upon them .

1 5 Then the sword Of the Lord o f spirits s hall

.

1
be drunk with their blood ; but the saints and
‘

elect shall be safe in that day ; nor the face Of the

Sinners and the ungodly shall they thenceforwar ds
behold .

1 6 The Lord Of Spiri t s shall remain over them

.

1 7 A nd with this S on Of man shall they dwell

.

eat lie down and ri s e up fo r ever and ever

, , , .

1 8 The s aints and the elect have ari s en from t h e

.

earth have left Off to depress their countenance s

, ,

and have been clothed w ith the garment Of life .

That garment o f life is with the Lord Of spirits i n ,

whose presence your garment shall not wax Old nor ,

s hall your glory diminish .

C HAP LXII . .

1 In those d ays the kings who posses s the earth

.

s hall be pun i shed by the angel s Of his wrath 2

,

wheres o ever th e y Sha l l be delivered up that he ,

may g i ve rest fo r a short period ; and that they

1
f s hm e n t
2
b e d run k ro m th e m .
p un i .
76 EN OCH .

may fall down and wors hip before the Lord o f

spirits confes s ing their sins before him
, .

2 They sh all bless and glorify the Lord o f

.

Spirit s saying Bles s ed is the Lord Of spirit s the

, , ,

Lord Of kings the Lord Of princes the Lord Of

, ,

the rich the Lord o f glory and the Lord Of wi s dom

, ,
.

3 He s hall enlighten every secret thing

. .

4 Thy power i s from generation to generation ;

.

and thy glory for ever and ever .

5 Deep are all thy secrets and numberless ; and

.
,

thy righ t eousne s s canno t be computed .

6 N o w we know that we s hould glorify and

.
,

ble s s the Lord Of kin gs him who is King over all ,

things .

7 They s hall al s o sa y Who has granted us rest

.
,

to glorify laud ble s s and confess in the presence Of

, , ,

his glory
8 A nd n o w small is the rest we desire ; but we
.

do not find i t we rej ect and do not possess i t

”

,
.

Light has passed away from before us ; and dark

n e s s h a s co v e re d o ur thrones for ever .

9 Fo r we have not confe s sed before him ; we

.

have not glorified the name Of the Lord o f king s ;

we have not glorified the Lord in all his works ; but
we have trusted in the sceptre Of o ur dominion and
Of o ur glory .

1 0 In the day Of o ur su ffering and Of o ur trouble

.

h e will n o t s ave us n either shall we find rest

,
We .
 CHAP LXI V [ S Ec r . . . xv ]
In those da ys Noah saw that the earth becam e
1 .

inclined and that destruction approached

, .

2 Then he lifted up his feet and went to the

.
,

ends o f the earth to the d w elling Of his great ,

grandfather Enoch .

3 And Noah cried with a bitter voice Hear me ;

.
,

hear me ; hear me : three ti m es A nd he s aid Tell .

,

m e what i s transacting upon earth ; for the earth

labour s and is violently s haken
,
S urely I Shall .

perish with it .

4 After this there was a great perturbation o n

.

earth and a voice w a s heard from heaven I fe ll

, .

down on my face when my great grandfather Enoch

,
-

came and s tood by me .

5 He s aid to me Why hast thou cried o ut to

.
,

me with a bitter cry and lamentation ?

6 A commandment has gone forth from the
.

Lord against tho s e who dwell o n t h e earth that ,

they may be destroye d ; for they k n o w every

2

s ecret O f the angels every Oppressive and secret ,

3
po w er Of the devils and every power Of those who ,

co m mit sorcery as well as Of tho s e who make

,

molten i m a g es in the whole earth .

1
C h a p t e rs l x i v l x v l x v i a n d t h e
. . rs t v . fi e rs e o f l xv u
. ev i d e nt l y
cont a i n a v i s i o n Of No a h , a n d n o t Of En o ch .

2
th e i r e nd ma y be .
3
th e S a ta n s .
 CHAP LXI V . . 79

7 . They k no w h o w
silver i s produced from the
dust Of the earth and how o n the earth the me ta l l i c
,

drop exi s ts ; for lead and tin are not produced from
earth as the prim ary fountain of their production
,
.

8 There i s an angel standing upon it and that

.
,

angel struggles to prevail .

9 After w ard s my great grandfather Enoch seized

.
-

me with his hand rai s ing me up and saying to me

, , ,

GO fo r I have a sked the Lord Of s pirits respecting

, \

thi s perturbation Of the earth ; who replied O n ,

account o f their impiety have their innumerable

judgments been consummated befo re me Re s pect .

ing the moons have they inquired and they have ,

known that the earth will peri s h with tho s e who

dwell upon it and that to the s e there will be n o
,

l a ce of refuge for ever

p .

1 0 They have di s covered secre t s and th ey a re

.
,
.

those who have been j udged ; but not thou my ,

so n . The Lord Of Spirits knows that thou art pure

and good fre e from the reproach Of di s co v e ri ng
,

secrets .

1 1 He the holy On e will establish th y name in

.
, ,

the midst Of the s ain t s and will pre s erve thee from ,

those who d w ell upon the earth He w ill establi s h .

th y s eed in righteou sness with dominion and great ,

1
glory ; and from thy seed shall s pring forth 2

righteou s a nd holy men without number for ever .

1
fo r k i n g s , a nd fo r g re a t g l o ry .
2
sh a l l g o fo r th a sp ri n g o f .
80 ENOCH .

C HAP LX V . .

Afte r this he s howed me the angels of punish

1 .

ment who were prepared to come and to Open all

, ,

the mighty waters under the earth

1

2 That they may be for j udgment and for th e

. ,

destruction Of all those who remain and d w ell upon

the earth .

3 And the Lord Of spirits commanded the

.

angels who went forth not to take up the men and ,

preserve the m .

4 Fo r those angels p res i de d over all the mighty

.

waters Then I went o ut from the presence Of

.

Enoch .

CHAP LXVI . .

1In those day s the word of Go d came to me

.
,
2

and said Noah behold thy l o t has ascended up

3
, , ,

4
to m e a lot void Of crime a l o t beloved and
,
5

upright .

2 Now then shall the angels labour at the trees

.

b ut w h en they proceed to this I will put my hand ,

upon it and preserve it ,

.

3 The seed Of life s h all arise from it and a

.
6
,

7
change shall take place that the dry land may n o t ,

be left empty I will establish thy seed before me .

2 3
1
th e p o w e r f
o w a te r . w a s w i th me .
p o rt i o n .

1
f a ul t f l ov e 6
be 7
sh a l l
5
e n te r
‘

. o . . .
82 EN OCH '
.

have denied the Lord Of spirits and a l tho ug h they ,

perceive their condemnation day by day they believe ,

not in his name .

1 0 And a s the inflammation Of their bodies Shall

.

be great so Shall their spirits undergo a change for

,

ever .

1 1 For no word which is uttered before the Lord

.

Of Spirits Shall be in vain .

1 2 Judgment has come upon them because they

.
,

1
trusted in their carnal revelry and denied th e Lord ,

Of spirits .

2
1 3 In those days shall the waters Of that valley
.

be changed ; for when the angel s shall be j udged ,

then s hall the heat Of those springs Of water ex

e ri e n c e an alteration
p .

1 4 And when the angels shall a s cend the water

.
,

Of the Springs Shall a g a i n undergo a change and be ,

frozen The n I heard holy Michael answering

.

and sa y ing This j u dgment with which the angels

, ,

Shall be j udged s hall bear testimony against the

,

kings the prince s and those who po s sess t h e

, ,

earth .

1 5 Fo r the s e waters o f j udgment shall be fo r

.

their healing and for the death Of their bo d ies

, .

But they shall not perceive and believe that the

waters will be changed and become a fire which , ,

Shall blaz e for ever .

1
sp o rt of th e i r b di
o es .
2
i ts w a t ers .
 CH A P LX V II
. .

1 After th is he gave me the characteristical

.

marks Of all the s ecret things in the book Of m y

1

great grandfather Enoch and in the parables which

-
,

had been given to h i m ; inserting them for me

among the words of the book of parables .

2 A t that ti m e holy Michael answered and said

.

to Raphael The po w er Of the spirit hurries me

,

2
away and impels me o u
,
The severity of the .

j udgment Of the s ecret j udgment Of the an gel s who

, ,

is capable of be ho l d i ng the endurance Of that se v ere

—

j udgment whic h has taken plac e and been made

permanent without being melted at the s ight Of
—

it 3
Again holy Michael ans w ered and said to holy
Raphael Who is there who s e hear t is not softened
,

by it and whose reins are n o t troubled at this

,

thing
3 Ju d gment has gone forth against them by
.

those who have thus dragged them away ; and that

wa s when they stood in the presence Of the Lord Of
,

spirit s .

4 In like manner al s o holy R a k a e l said to

.

Raphael They s hall n o t be before the eye Of the

,

Lord ; since t h e Lord Of Spirits has been o ffended

1 2
th e s i g ns. i rri ta t e s o r e x ci te s me .

3
a nd no t b e m e l te d i n th e p re se n ce fit
o .
84 EN OCH .

w ith them ; fo r like Lords have they conducted 1

themselves Therefore will he bring upon them a

.

secret j udgment for ever and ever .

5 Fo r neither shall angel nor man receive a

.

portion Of it ; but they alone shall receive thei r o w n

j udgment for ever and ever .

CHAP LXVIII . .

1 A fter t h is j udgment they shall be astoni s hed

.

and irritated ; for it shall be exhibited to the i n h a b i

t ant s Of the earth .

2 Behold the names Of those angels

. These a re .

their names The fir s t o f them is Sa m ya za ; the

.

s econd A rs t i k a h a : the third Armen ; the fourth

, p ,

K a k a b a e l ; the fifth Turel ; the sixth R um y e l ;

, ,

the seventh Danyal ; the eighth Kael ; the ninth

, , ,

Ba ra k e l ; the tenth A zazel the eleventh A rmers ;

, ,

the twelfth Ba t a ry a l ; the thirteenth Ba sa sa e l ; the

, ,

fourteenth An a n e l the fifteenth Turya l ; the Six

, ,

t e e n t h S i m a p i s e e l ; the seventeenth Y e t a re l ; the

, ,

eighteenth Tum a e l the nineteenth Tarel ; the

, ,

twentieth Rumel ; the twenty firs t Az a z ye l

,
-
, .

3 The s e are the chiefs Of their ange l s and the

.
,

names Of t h e leaders Of their hundreds and the

‘

leaders Of their fifties and the leaders Of their tens , .

4 The name Of the first is Y e k un : he it was who

.

seduced all the sons Of the holy angels ; and causing

1
i n th e si m i l i t ud e f
o , o r, a s the L o rd .
86 EN OCH .

14 . S ince they were not created except th at like , ,

the angels they might remain righteous and pure

,
.

1 5 Nor would death which destro y s everythin g

.
, ,

have affected them

1 6 But by this the i r knowledge they perish and
.
,

by thi s also i ts po w er cons umes the m

1
.

1 7 The name o f the fift h is Ka sy a d e : he dis

.

covered to the children of men every wicked stroke

Of Spirits and o f demons
1 8 The stroke Of the embryo in the womb to
.
,

diminish i t the stroke Of t h e s pirit by the bite of

the serpent a n d the stroke w hich is g i v e n in the
,
'
mid day by the Ofl s p ri n g Of the serpen t the name Of
-
,

2
which is Ta b a e t .

1 9 This is the number Of the Ke s b e l ; the princi

.

pal part Of the oath which the Most High dwelling ,

i n glory revealed to the holy ones

, .

2 0 Its name is Beka

. He spoke to holy Michael
.

to discover to them the sacred name that they ,

might understand that s ecret name and thus re ,

member the oath ; and that those who pointed o ut

every s ecret thi n g to the children o f men m ight
tre m ble at that name and oath .

2 1 Thi s i s the power Of that oath ; for powerful

.

it i s and strong
, .

2 2 A nd he e s tabli s hed thi s oath Of Akae by the

.

instrumentality Of the holy Michael

3
.

1
e a ts , f
ee ds up o n , d e v o urs .
2
male .
3
b y th e h a n d s .
 CHAP LXVI I I . . 87

23 . These are the secrets Of this oath and by it ,

were they confirmed .

24 Heaven w a s suspended by i t before the world

.

was made for ev e r

, .

25 By it h a s the earth been founded upon the

.

flood ; while from the conceale d parts of the hill s

the agitated waters proceed forth from the creation
t o the end Of the world .

2 6 By this oath the sea has been formed and

.
,

the foundation Of it .

2 7 D uring t h e period Of i ts fury he has estab

.

l i s h e d the sand again s t it which continues un

,

changed for ever ; and by this oath the aby s s h a s

been made strong ; nor is it removable from i t s
s tation for ever and ever .

2 8 By this oath the s un and moon complete

.

their progres s never s w erving from the co m mand

,

i v e n to the m for ever and ever

g .

29 By this oath t h e s tars complete their p ro

.

gre s s ;
3 0 And when their names are called they return
.
,

an ans w er fo r ever a n d ever

, .

3 1 Thus i n the heaven s ta k e p l a ce the blowing s

.

1
Of the wind s : all o f t hem ha v e breathing s and ,

fi
e ect a complete combina t ion Of breathings
“
.

3 2 There the trea s ure s Of thunder are kept and

.
,

the splendour Of the lightning .

1
o r sp i ri t s .
88 ENOCH .

33There are kept the treasures of hail and Of

.

frost the treasures Of snow the treasures Of rain and

, ,

o f de w .

34 . All these confess and laud before the Lord Of

spirits .

35They glorify w ith all their power Of praise ;

.

and he sustains them in all that a ct of thanksgiving ;

while the y laud glorify and exalt the name Of the
, ,

Lord o f spirits fo r ever and ever .

3 6 And with the m he e s tabli s hes this oath by

.
,

which they and their paths are preserved ; nor d o e s

their progress peri s h .

3 7 Great was their j oy

. .

3 8 They blessed glorified and exalted b e cau s e

.
, , ,

the name o f the S on Of man was reve a led to them .

3 9 He s a t upon the throne Of his glory ; and the

.

principal part Of the j udgment was assigned to him ,

the S on Of man S inners shall disa ppear and perish

.

from the face Of the earth while those who seduced ,

them shall be bound with chains for ever .

4 0 According to their ranks Of corrup t ion shall

.

they be impri s oned and all their works shall d i s

,

appear from the face of the earth ; nor t h e n c e fo r

ward s hall there be any to corrupt ; for the S on -

of man has been seen sitting o n t h e throne Of his

,

glory .

4 1 Everything wicked shall disappear a n d de

.
,

part from before h i s face and the word Of the S o n

90 EN OCH .

2 I sa w two rivers Of fire glittering lik e t h e

.

h yacinth .

3 Then I fell o n my face before the Lord OfSpirits

. .

4 And Michael o n e Of the archangel s took m e

.
, ,

by my right hand raised m e up and brought m e , ,

o ut to where w a s every secret o mercy and secret of

f
righteousness .

5 He showed me all the hidden t h ings Of the

.

extremities o f heaven all the receptacles o f the ,

stars and the splendours Of all from whence they

, ,

went forth before the face Of the holy .

6 And he concealed the spirit Of Enoch in the

.

heaven Of heaven s .

7 There I beheld i n the midst Of that light a

.
, ,

building raised with stones o f ice ; 1

8 A nd in the mid s t Of thes e stones vibrations Of

.
2

3
liv i ng fire My s piri t sa w around the circle of thi s
.

flaming h abitation o n o n e Of its extremities tha t

, ,

there w e re rivers full Of living fire which e n c o m ,

pa s sed it .

9 Then the S eraphim the Cherubim and Op h a n i n

.
, ,

s urrounded i t : the s e are those who never sleep b ut ,

watch the throne Of his glor y .

1 0 And I beheld angels innumerable thousand s

.
,

Of thousands and myriads Of myriads who s ur

, ,

rounded that habitation .

1
tha t i n i t t h e re w a s th a t w hi ch w a s bui l t w i th f i ce
s to n e s o .

2 3
to ng ue s . a ro un d t h a t w hi ch e n co mp a ss e d .
 CHAP LXX . . 91

11 Michael Raphael Gabrie l Phanuel and the

.
, , , ,

holy angels who were in the heaven s above went in ,

and o ut Of it Michael Raphael and Gabriel went

.
, ,

o ut Of that habitation and holy angels innumerable , .

1 2 With them w a s the Ancient Of days who s e

.
,

head w a s white as wool and pure and his robe w a s , ,

indescribable .

1 3 Then I fell upon my face whi l e all my flesh

.
,

was dissolved and my spirit became changed

,
.

1 4 I cried o ut with a loud voice with a powerful

.
,

spirit blessing glorifying and exalting

, , ,
.

1 5 A nd t ho s e blessings which proceeded from

.
,

my mouth became acceptable in the presence Of

,

the Ancient Of days .

1 6 The A nc i ent Of days came with Michael and

.

Gabriel Rap h ael and Phanuel with thou s ands Of

, ,

thousand s and m y riads of myriads which could not

, ,

be numbered .

1 7 Then that angel came to me and with his

.
,

voice saluted me saying Thou a rt the O ffs pring Of

, ,

man w h o art born for righteou s ness and righteous

, ,

nes s h a s rested on thee .

1 8 The righteousness Of the Ancient o f days shall

.

not forsake thee .

1
1 9 He said O n thee shall he confer peace in
.
,

the name Of the exi s ting world ; fo r from thence has

peace gone forth since the world was create d .

sh a l l ca l l to th e e p e a ce
1
he
92 ENOCH .

20 . And thus shall it happen to thee for ever a nd

ever .

21 All who Shall exi s t and who s hall walk in

.
,

thy pat h Of righteousne s s s hall not forsake thee for ,

ever .

2 2 With thee shall be their habitations with

.
,

thee their lot ; nor from thee Shall they be separated

fo r ever and ever .

2 3 And thus shall length Of days be with the

.

O ffspring Of man .

24 Peace s hall be to the righteous and the path

.

1
o f integrity s hall the righteous pursue in the nam e ,

of the Lord Of spirits for ever and ever ,

.

CHAP LXXI [ S ECT

. . . xnI s
]
1 The book Of the revolutions Of the luminaries
.

Of heaven according to their re s pective classes their

, ,

r e spective powers their respective periods their , ,

respective names the place s where t h ey commence ,

3
their progress and their respective months which , ,

Uriel the holy angel who was with me explained

, ,

to me he who conducts them The whole account .

O f them according to every yea r o f the world for

,

ever unti l a new work Shall be e ffected which will

, ,

be eternal .

1
h i s up ri g h t p a th sh a l l b e to th e ri
g h te o us .

2
P a ri s MS .
3
th e p l a ce s o
f t h e i r n a ti v i t y .
94 EN OC '
H .

there are twelve open windo w s ; from which iss ues

o ut a flame when they are opened at their proper
,

periods .

1 2 W h en the s un ri s es in hea v en it goes forth

.
,

through this fourth gate thirty da y s and by the ,

fourth gate in the west Of heaven on a level with it

descend s .

1 3 During that period the day is le n gthened

.

from the day and the night curtailed from t h e

,

night for thirty days A nd then the day is longer

.

by two parts than the night .

1 4 The day is precisely ten parts and the night

.
,

is eight .

1
1 5 The s un goes forth through this fourth gate
.
,

and sets m it and turns to the fifth gate during

,

thirty days ; after which it proceeds from and sets ,

in the fifth gate

,
.

1 6 Then the day becomes lengthened by a

.

second portion S O that it i s eleven parts while the

,

night become s shortened and is only seven parts

, .

1 7 The s un n o w returns to the ea s t entering

.
,

into the sixth gate and ri s ing and setting in the

,

s ixth gate thirty one days o n account O f its signs

-
, .

1 8 At that period the day is longer than the

.

night b e i n g twice a s l o ng a s the nigh t ; and becomes

,

twelve parts ;
1 9 But the night is shortened and becomes six
.
,

1
An d he .
 CHAP LXXI
. . 95

parts Then the s un rises up t hat the day may be

.
,

s hortened and the n ight lengthened

, .

2 0 And the s un returns toward s the east ent e r

.
,

ing into the Sixth gate where it rises and sets for
,

thirty day s .

2 1 When that period is completed the day b e

.
,

comes shortened preci s ely o ne part s o that it is ,

eleven parts while the night is seven parts

,
.

22 Then the s un goes fro m the we s t from that

.
,

s ixth gate and proceeds east w ard s rising in the

, ,

fifth gate for thirty days and setting again we s t ,

wards i n the fifth gate o f the west .

At that period the day becomes shortened

two parts ; and is ten parts while the night is ei ght ,

parts .

2 4 Th e n the s un goes from the fifth gate a s it

.
,

s et s in the fifth gate o f the we s t ; and rises in the

fourth gate for thirty one day s on account Of its

-
,

s igns setting in the we s t

,
.

2 5 At that period the day is made equal with

.

the night ; and being equal with it the night

, ,

becomes nine part s and the day nine parts

, .

2 6 Then the sun goes from that gate as it set s

.
,

in the west and returning to the east proceeds by

the third gate for thirty days setting in the west at ,

the third gate .

2 7 At that period the night is lengt h ened from

.

the day during thirty mornings and the day is cur ,

 96 EN OCH
’
.

tailed fro m the day during thirty days ; t h e night

bein g ten parts precisely and the day eight part s , .

2 8 The s un now goes from the third gate as it

.
,

s et s in the third gate in the west but returning to

the east it proceeds by the second gate Of the east
,

fo r thirty d a y s .

2 9 In like manner also it sets in the second gate

.

in the west Of heaven .

3 0 At that period the night i s eleven parts and

.
,

the day s ev e n parts .

3 1 Then the s un goes at that time from the

.

second gate as it sets in the second gate in the

,

we s t ; but returns to the east p ro ce e di ng by the first ,

gat e for thirt y o n e day s

,
-
.

1
3 2 And sets in the west in the first gate
. .

3 3 At that period the night is lengthened as

.

m uch again as the day .

2
3 4 It i s twelve parts precisely while the day is
.
,

Six part s .

3 5 The s un has thus completed its beginnings

.
,

and a second time goes round from these beg in

ni n s
g .

36 . I n o f that gate it enters for thirty d ays , and

sets in the west in the Opposite part of he a v e n , .

3 7 A t that period the night is contracted in its

.

s e co n d Am an i fe st e rro r Th e Pa ri s MS is
M
1
. . . c o rre ct .

2
e l e v en . Am i s t a k e o f t h e t ra n scri b er
. I n th e Pa ri s S it is
.

tw e l v e .
98 ENGCH .

ing luminary that which he names the sun for eve r

,

and ever .

4 6 This also is t hat which goe s forth a great

.

luminary and which is named after its peculiar

,

kind as God commanded

,
.

4 7 And thu s it goe s in and o ut neither slackening

.
,

nor resting but r unnin g on in i t s chariot by day and

by night It s hines w i th a s eventh portion Of light
. .

from the moon ; but the d i m ensions Of both are equal

MW
.

CH A P LXXII [ SEOT
. . .
]
1 After this l a w I beheld anot h er law o f an i n
.

fe ri o r lu m inary the name o f which is the m oon

, ,

and the orb o f which is a s the o rb o f heaven .

2 I t s chariot w hi ch it s e cretl y ascends the wind

.
, ,

blow s and light is given to it b y mea sure .

Every month at its exit and entrance it b e

come s cha n ged ; and its periods are a s the p e riod s
Of the s un An d when in like manner its light is to
.

exist i t s light is a seventh portion from the light of

,

the sun .

4 Thus i t ri s es and at i t s commencement toward s

.
,

the east goes forth for thirty days .

5 At that time it appears and becomes to y ou

.
,

t h e b e ginning O f the month Thirt y days i t i s with.

the s un in the gate from which the s un goes forth .

1
Pa ri s MS .
 CHAP LXXI I I . . 99

6 . Half o f it is in extent seven portions o n e ,

h a l f and the whole Of its o rb i s void of lig h t ex

, ,

cept a seventh portion o ut o f the fou rteen portions of

i t s light A nd in a day it receive s a seventh portion
.
,

o r half th a t o rti o n Of its light Its light i s by

p ,
.

s evens b y o n e portion and by the half o r ti o n

, f p a o ,
.

It s ets with the sun .

7 A nd when the s un rises the moon rises with

.
,

it ; receiving half a portion Of light .

1
8 O n t hat night when it co m mences its period
.
, ,
'

previou s ly to the day Of the month the moon sets ,

with the sun .

9 A nd on that night i t is dark i n its fourteen

.

portions that i s i n e a ch half ; but it rises o n that

, ,

day with one s eventh portion preci s ely and in its ,

progres s decline s from t h e ri s ing Of the s un .

2
1 0 D uring the remainder o f i t s period its light
.

increases to fourteen portions .

CH A P . L X X III .

1 Then I sa w another progress and r e gulation

.

which He e ffected in th e l a w Of the moon 3

The .

progre s s Of the moons and everything re l a ti ng to ,

the m Uriel s ho w ed me the holy angel who con

, ,

ducted them all .

1
a t th e b gi
e n ni n
g o f i ts m o rn i n g , or da y .

2
f i ts d a y
o .
3
i n th a t l a w .
1 00 EN OCH ’
.

2 .Their stations I wrote down as he Showed them

to me .

3 I wrote down their months as they occur and

.
, ,

the appearance Of their light until it is completed,

in fifteen da y s .

4 In each o f i t s two seven portions it completes

.

all its light at ri s ing and at setting .

5 O n stated months it changes i ts settings ; and

.

o n s tated month s it makes i t s progre s s thr o ug h each

g a te . In two g a te s the moon sets with the s un ,

v iz
. in those two gates which are in the midst in ,

the t h ird and fourth gate Fr o m the thi rd g a te it

.

goe s forth for seven day s and makes its circuit

, .

6 Again it r e turns to the gate whence the s un

.

goes forth and in that completes the whole Of its

,

light Then it declin e s fro m the s un and enters in

.
,

eight days into the sixth gate a n d re tur ns i n s e v e n

,

d a ys t o the th i rd g a te from which the s un goe s

,

forth .

7 When the s un proceeds to the fourth gate

.
,

the m o o n goes forth for s even days until it passes ,

from the fifth g a te .

8 A gain it r eturns in seven days to the fourth

.

gate and completing all i t s light d e cline s and

, , ,

pas ses o n by the first gate in eight days

9 And returns in seven da y s to the fourth gate
.
,

from which t h e s un goes forth .

1 0 Th us I beheld their stations as according

.
,
 15 For its days in e i ght years are less th a n thos e
.

of t h e s un b eighty day s which eighty day s are its

y ,

diminution in eight years .

1 6 The year then becomes truly complete accord

.

ing to the station o f the moon s and the station of ,

the sun ; which ri s e in the difie re n t gates ; which f

rise and s e t in them for thirty days .

CHAP LXXIV . .

1 . the leaders of the chiefs o f the

The se a re

t h ousands tho se w hich p resi de over all creation

, ,

and over all the stars ; with the four da ys which

are added and never separated from the place
allotted t hem according to the complete computa
,

tion of the year .

2 And these serve four days which are not com

.
,

u t e d in the computation o f the year

p .

3 Respecting them men greatly err for the s e

.
, ,

luminarie s truly serve in the man s ion o f the world , ,

o n e da in the first gate one in the third gate

y o ne , ,

in the fourth and o n e in the sixth gate

, .

4 And the harmony of the world becomes c o m

.

p l e t e every three hundred and sixty fourth state o f -

it Fo r the signs
.
,

5 The s easons
.
,

6 The years
.
,

7 And the days Uriel showed me ; the angel

.
,
 CHAP LXX I V
. .

whom the Lord o f glory appointed over all the

luminaries .

8 O f heaven in heaven and in the world ; that

.
,

they might rule in the face o f the sk y and appear ,

ing over the earth become ,

9 Conductors of the days and nights : the sun

.

the m oon the s tars and all t h e mini s t e r s of heaven

, , ,

which make their circuit with all the chariots of

heaven .

1 0 Thus Uriel showed me twelve gates open for

.

the circuit of the chariots o f the s un in heaven ,

from which the rays o f the s un shoot forth .

1 1 From these proce e d heat over the earth when

.
,

they are opened in their stated s ea s on s They are .

for the w ind s and the s pirit o f the dew when in

, ,

t heir sea s ons they are opened opened in heaven at

i ts extre m itie s .

1 2 Twelve gates I beheld in heaven at the ex

.
,

t re m i t i e s of the earth through which the s un moo n

, , ,

and stars and all the works o f heaven proceed at

, ,

their ri s ing and setting .

1 3 Man y window s also are open o n the right

.

and on the left .

1 4 O ne windo w at a ce r ta i n season grows ex

.

t re m e l y hot S o al s o are there gate s from whic h

.

the stars go forth as they are commanded and in ,

which they se t according to their number .

1 5 I saw likewi s e the chariots o f heaven runni n g

.
,
1 04 ENOCH .

in the world above t o tho s e gates in which the s tars

turn which never s e t O ne o f the s e is greater than
,
.

all which goes round the whole world

,
.

CHAP L xxv
. .
[ s no rt xv .
1
]

1 And at the extremities o f the earth I beheld

.

twelve gates open fo r all the wind s from which ,

they proce e d and blo w o v er the earth .

2 Three of them are open in the front o f heaven

. ,

three in the w e s t three o n the right s ide o f heaven

, ,

a n d three o n the left The fir s t three are those

.

which are towards the ea s t three are towards the ,

north three behind tho s e which are upon the left

,

toward s the south and three o n the west

,
.

3 From four of the m proceed w ind s o f bles s ing

.
,

and of health ; a nd from eight proceed wind s of

punishment ; when they are s ent to de s troy the
ear t h and t h e heaven a b ove it all i t s inhabitant s
, , ,

and all which are in the waters or o n dry land , .

4 The fir s t o f t hese winds proceeds from the gate

.

termed the ea s tern through the fir s t gate o n the

,

ea s t which incline s south w ard s From thi s goes

, .

forth destr uction drought heat and perdition

, , , .

5 From the s econd gate the middl e one proceeds

.
, ,

equity There issue from it rain fruitfulness he a l t h

.
, , ,

1
P ari s MS .
1 06 EN OCH .

12 . Th e f twelve gates
a cco un t o the
o f the fo ur

quarters of heaven i s ended .

1 3 All their laws all their i nfl i cti o n o f puni s h

.
,

ment and the health p ro duce d by them have I

, ,

explained to thee my s o n Mathu s ala ,

.

C HAP LXXVI . .

1 The first wind is called the eastern because it

.
,

is the first .

2 The second is called the so uth because th e

.
,

Mo s t High there d e s cends and frequently there ,

descend s h e w h o i s blessed fo r ever .

3 The western w ind has the n a me o f diminution

.
,

becau s e there all the luminaries o f heaven are

diminished and descend , .

4 The fourth wind which is n amed the north

.
, ,

i s divided into three part s ; o n e o f which is fo r the

habitation o f man ; another for seas o f w ater wi t h ,

valley s woods river s shady places and sno w ; and

, , , ,

the third part co n ta i n s paradi s e .

5 S even h igh mountains I beheld higher than

.
,

all the mountain s o f the earth fro m which fro s t ,

proceeds ; while days seasons and y ears depart and , ,

pass away .

6 S even rivers I beheld upon earth greater than

.
,

all river s o n e o f which takes its course from the

,

west ; into a great s e a its water flows .

 CHAP LXXVI I . . 07

7 . Tw o
come from the north to the s e a th e ir ,

water s flo w ing into the Er y thr ae an s e a o n the ea st , .

And with re s pect to the r e m aining four the y take ,

their cours e in the cavity o f the north tw o to their ,

sea the Erythr aean s e a and two are poured into a

, ,

great s e a where al s o it i s s aid ther e i s a d e sert

, .

8 S even great i s lan d s I saw in the s e a and on

.

the earth S even in the great s e a

. .

CHAP LXXVII . .

1 . The name s of the s un are the s e : o n e Arya re s ,

the other Tomas .

2 The moon h a s four n ame s The first is A

. so ny a ; .

the s econd Eb l a ; the third Be n a s e ; and the fourth

, , ,

B rae .

3 The s e are the two great luminaries whose orbs

.
,

are a s the orbs of heaven ; and the dimension s o f

both a re equal .

4 In the orb o f the s un th e re i s a s eventh portion

.

o f light which i s added to it from the m oon

,
By .

mea s ure it i s p ut in until a seventh portion of th e

,

l i g h t of the s un i s departed They s e t enter into .

,

the we s tern gate circuit by the north and throug h

, ,

the ea s tern gate go forth over the face o f heaven .

5 When t h e moon ri s e s it appears in heaven ;

.
,

and the half of a seventh portion o f light i s all

w h i ch i s in it .
1 08 ENOCH.

6 . In fourteen da ys the whole of its light is com

p l e te d .

7 . three quintuple s light i s put into it until

By ,

i n fifteen da ys i t s light is completed according to ,

the s igns of t h e y ear ; it has three quintuples .

8 The moon h a s the half of a s eventh portion

. .

9 During its diminution o n the fir s t day i t s light

.

decrea s es a fourteenth part ; o n the second day it

decreases a thirtee n th part ; on the third day a
t w elfth part ; o n the fourth day an eleventh part ;
on t h e fifth day a tenth par t ; on the s ixth day a
ninth part ; on t h e s eventh day it decrea s e s an
eighth part ; o n the eighth day it dec reases a seventh
part ; o n the ni n th day it decre a s es a s ixth part ;
o n the tenth day it decrea s e s a fifth p art ; on the

eleventh day it decrea s es a fourth part ; o n the

t w elfth day it decreases a third part ; o n the thir
t e e n t h d a y it decrea s es a second part ; o n the four
t e e n t h da y it decrea s e s a h alf of i t s seventh par t ;
a n d o n the fifteenth day the whole re m ainder o f its
light i s con s umed .

1 0 O n sta t ed months the moon has twenty nine

.
-

days .

1 1 It al s o has a period o f twenty eight d ays

.
-
.

1 2 Uriel like w i s e s howed me another regulation

.
,

when light i s poured into the moon h o w it is poured

,

into it from the s un .

1 3 All the time that the moon is in progress

.
1 10 ENOCH .

as the fa ce of a man and in the day as hea v en ; for

,

it is nothing else except its light .

CHAP L X X V III . .

1 And n o w my s o n Mathu s ala I have shown

.
, ,

thee everything and th e a cco un t of every ordinance

o f the s tars o f heaven i s fini s hed .

2 He showed me every ordinance r especting

.

these which ta k e s p l a ce at all time s and in all

,

sea s ons under every influence in all y ear s at the , ,

arrival and under the rule of each during every ,

month and every week He s ho w e d m e al s o the .

d ecrea s e of the moon which is e ffected in the s ixth

,

gate ; for in that sixth gate i s i ts light con s umed .

3 From this is the beginning o f the month ; and

.

i t s decrea s e is e ffected in the sixth gate in its

period until a hundred and sevent y s even days are
,
-

completed ; according to the mode o f computation

1
by w e ek s t w enty fiv e w e e k s and two day s
,
-
.

4 I ts p eri o d i s le s s than that o f the s un accord

.
,

ing to the ordinance of the stars by five days in ,

o n e h a lf y ear
2
preci s ely .

5 When that the i r visible situation is completed

. .

S uch i s the appearance and likeness of every lumi

nary which Urie l the great angel who conducts
, ,

them showed to me
, .

1
a c co rd i n g t o th e o rd i n a n ce o
f th e w e e k .
2
in o ne ti m e .
 CHAP LXXI X. . 1 11

CH A P LXXIX
. .

1 .In those days Uriel ans w ered and s a i d to me ,

B e hold I h a ve s howed thee all things O Enoch

, ,

2 And all thing s have I revealed to thee

. Tho u .

see s t the sun the moon and t hose which conduct

, ,

t h e s tars of heaven which cau s e all their operation s

, ,

s eason s and a rr1 v a l s to return

,
.

3 In the days o f sinners the years sh all be

.

shortened .

4 Their seed s h all be back w ard in their prolific

.

soil ; and ever y thing done o n earth s hall be s ub

v e rted and di s appear in its s ea s on The rain s hall
,
.

be re s trai ned and heaven shall s tand s till

, .

5 In tho s e da y s the fruit s of the earth shall be

.

l ate and not flouri s h in their sea s on ; and in their

,

sea s on the frui t s o f the tree s s hall be withholden .

6 The moon shall change its laws and not be

.
,

seen a t l i ts proper period But in tho s e d a y s s hall

.

h e a v e ii b e s een ; and barrenne s s s hall take plac e

in the borders o f the great chariots in the west .

He a v e n s hall s hine more than w he n i l l um i n a te d by

the order s o f light ; while many chiefs among the
stars o f authority shall err perverting their ways ,

and works .

i T ho s e s hall not ap pear in their season who

i

com m and th e m and all the classes o f the stars

,

s hall be shu t up against s inner s .

1 12 EN OC H .

8 .The th ought s of those who d w ell o n earth

shall transgress within them ; and the y shall be
perverted in all their ways .

9 They s hall tran s gres s and think them s elves

.
,

gods while evil shall be m ultipli e d among them .

1 0 A nd punishment shall come upon them s o

.
,

t h at all o f them shall be de s troyed .

CH A P LXXX
. .

1 He said O Enoch look on the book which

.
, ,

1
heaven h a s gradually dropped down ; and reading ,

that which is written in it u nderstand every part ,

o f it .

2 Then I looked o n all which was written and

.
,

understood all reading the book and everythi n g

,

written in it all the works o f man ;

,

3 A nd o f all the child ren of flesh upon earth

.

during the generations o f the world .

4 Immediately after I bl e ssed the Lord the

.
,

King o f glory who h a s thus fo r ever formed the

,

w hole workman s hip o f the world .

5 And I glorified the Lord o n account o f his

.
,

long su ffering a n d blessing towards the children o f

-

the world .

6 A t that time I said Bles s ed is the m a n who

.
, ,

shall die righteous and good against whom n o cata ,

h a s d i s ti l l e d .
1 14 EN OCH
’
.

C HAP LXXXI . .

1 Now my so n Mathusala all these things I

.
, ,

speak unto thee and write for thee To thee I

,
.

have revealed all and have gi v en thee books o f ,

everything .

2 Preserve m y son Mathusala the books written

.
, ,

by thy father ; that thou mayest transmit them to

1

future generations .

3 Wisdom have I given to thee to thy childre n

.
, ,

and thy posterity that they may transmit to their ,

ch ildren for generations for ever this wisdom in

, ,

their thoughts ; and that those who comprehend i t

may n o t slumber but hear with their ears ; that ,

they may learn this wisdom and be deemed worthy ,

O f eatin th i s wholesome food

"
g .

4 Blessed are all the righteous ; blessed all who

.

walk in the p a ths of righteousness ; in whom no

crime i s fo un d as in sinners when all their days
, ,

are numbered .

5 With respect to the progress o f the s un in

.

heaven it enters and goe s o ut o f e a ch gate for thirty

,

days with the leaders of the thousand cla s ses of the

,

stars ; with four which are added and appertain ,

to the four quarters o f the y ear which conduct ,

them and accompany them at four periods

, .

6 Respecting these men greatly err and do not

.
, ,

1
th e b ook s o f th e ha nd o f th y fa th er .
 CHAP LXXXI . . 115

compute them in the computation o f every age ; for

they greatly err re s pecting them nor do men know
accurately that they are in t h e c o m put a t i o n o f the ‘

year But indeed these are marked down for ever ;

.
1

o n e in the fi rs t gate one in the third o n e in the , ,

fourth and o n e in the sixth

,

7 S o that the year is completed in three hundred

.

and sixty four days -

.

8 Truly has been state d

.
2
and accurately has ,

been computed that which is marked down for the

luminaries the month s the fixed perio d s the years
, , , ,

and the day s Uriel has explained to me and com

, ,

3
m un i c a t e d to me ; whom the Lord of all creatio n ,

o n my account commanded
( according,
to the migh t
o f heaven and the power which it po s s e s se s both by
,

night and by day ) to explain the l a w s of light to

man o f the sun moon and stars and of all the
, , , ,

powers o f heaven which are turned with their ,

respective orbs .

.9 This is the ordinance of the star s which s e t in ,

their places in their season s in their periods in

, , ,

their days and in their months

,
.

1 0 These are the names o f those who conduct

.

them who watch and enter in their s easons according

, ,

to their ordinance in their periods in their month s , ,

in the ti mes of their influence and in their s tations , .

2
1
to i mp ress , e xp re ss , o r to se a l . h a v e th e y re l a te d .
3
has b re a th e d i nto me .
1 16 EN OCH .

11 . Four conductors of them first enter wh o ,

separate the four quarters of the year After these .

,

t w elve conductors of their classe s who s eparate the ,

m onths and the ye a r i n to three hundred and s ixty

four da ys with the leader s of a thou s and who d i s
, ,

t i n g ui s h between the days as well as between the ,

four additional one s ; which a s conductors divide , ,

the four quarters of the year .

1 2 These le a ders of a thousand are in the midst

.

of the conductor s and the conductors are added

,

each b e hind his statio n and their conductors make ,

the s e paration These are the na m es of the con

.

d uc t o rs who separate the four quarters of the year

13.
,

M
who are appointed o v er the m : e l k e l He l a m m e l a k
e l i ya l and Narel .
M ,
,

1 4 A nd the names o f t h ose who conduct t h em

.

are Adn a re l Jya s us a l and Jy e l um e a l

, , .

1 5 T h e s e are the three who follo w after the con

.

d uc to rs of the cla s ses of s ta rs ; each follo w ing after

the three conductor s o f the clas s es which them ,

selves follo w after tho s e conductors of the stations ,

who divide the four quarters of the year .

M 1 6 In t h e fir s t part o f the year ri s es and rules

.

el k
y a s who i s named Tamani and Z a h a
, y
1

1 7 All the day s o f h i s influence duri ng which

.
, .

he rules are ninety one day s

,
-
.

1 8 A nd these are the s igns of the d ays which

.

1
th e sun .
1 18 EN OCH '
.

25 . The days of his influence have been co m

p l e te d .

CHAP LXXXII [ s no r x v v ] . .

1 And n o w I have shown thee my son Mathu

.
,

2
sala every sight which I s a w prior to thy birth
,
.

I will relate another vi s ion which I sa w before I ,

w a s married ; they resemble each other .

2 The first was when I was learning a book ;

.

and the other before I was married to thy mother .

I s a w a potent vision ;
3 And o n account o f these things besought the
.

Lord .

M
4 I was lying down in the house o f m y g rand
.

father a l a l e l w he n I sa w in a vision heaven puri

fyi n g and snatched away
,

.
,

5 And falling to the earth I saw likewise the

.
,

earth ab s orbed by a great abyss ; and mountains

su s pended over mountains .

6 Hills were sinking upon hill s loft y trees were

.
,

gliding o ff from their trunk s and were in the act

3
,

o f being proj ecte d and of s inking into the abyss , .

7 B e i ng a l a rm e d at the s e thing s m y voice

.
,

M
4
fal t ered I cried o ut and s aid The earth is de
.
,

s t royed Then my grandfather a l a l e l raised me

.

1
P a ri s MS .
2
bf
e o re th e e .
3
c ut ti n
g .

4
th e w o rd fe l l d o w n i n m y m o uth .
 C HAP . LXXXI I . 1 19

up , and said to me : Why do st thou thus cr y o ut ,

my s o n ? and wherefore dost tho u thu s lament ?

8 I related to him the whole vi s ion which I had
.

s een He said to me Confirmed is that which

.
,

tho u ha s t s een my s o n ,

9 A nd potent the vision o f thy dream respecting

.

e v ery s ecret s i n o f the earth I t s sub s tance shall .

s i n k into the abyss and a great de s truction take

,

place .

1 0 No w my s o n rise up ; and beseech the Lord

.
, ,

o f glor y (for thou art faithful

) that a remnant may ,

be left upon earth and that he would not wholly,

de s troy it My s o n all this ca l a m i ty upon earth

.
,

comes down from heaven 1

upon earth s hall there
be a great destr uction .

1 1 Then I aro s e prayed and entreated ; and

.
, ,

wrote down my pra y e r for the generations o f the

world explaining e verythi n g to m y s o n Mat h u s ala
, .

1 2 When I went o ut below and looking up to

.
,

heaven beheld the s un proceeding from the east the

, ,

moon de s cendi n g to the we s t a fe w s ca tte re d stars , ,

2
and everything which God has known from the
beginning I bles s ed the Lord o f judgment and
, ,

magnified him because he hath sent forth the s un

fro m the chamber s o f the ea s t ; that a s cending and
3
,

ri s i ng l n the face of heaven it might s pring up and , ,

pur s ue the path which h a s been pointed out to it .

w i ndo w s
3
1
a l l th i s up o n e a rth i s fro m h e a v en . .
1 20 EN OCH .

CH A P LXXXIII
. .

1 I lifted up my h ands in righteousness and

.
,

blessed the holy and the Great O ne I spoke with

,
.

the breath o f my m outh and with a tongue o f fle s h

, ,

which God has formed for all the son s o f mortal

men that with it t h ey may speak ; givi n g them
,

breath a mouth and a tongue to conver s e wi t h

, , .

2 Bles s ed art thou O Lord the King great and

.
, , ,

po w erful in th y greatne s s Lord o f all the creatur e s

,

of heaven King o f king s God o f the w h ole worl d

, , ,

whose reign w h o s e kingdom and whose maj esty

, ,

endure for ever and ever .

3 From generation to generation shall thy d o

.

minion e x i s t Al l the heavens are th y throne fo r

.

ever an d all the earth thy footstool for ever and for
,

e ver .

W
4 Fo r thou ha s t m ade the m and over all thou
.
,

reigne s t No act what s oever exceeds th y power

. .

Vi t h thee wi s dom i s unchangeable ; nor from thy

throne and from thy presence is it ever averted .

Thou knowest all thing s s ee s t and hearest the m ; ,

nor is anything concealed from thee ; for thou

perceivest all thin g s .

5 The angel s o f thy heavens have tran s gressed

.

and o n mor t al fl e s h shall thy wrath remain until ,

1

the day o f the great j udgment .

1 22 ENOCH .

5 The blac k heifer then s truck t h e red o n e and

.
,

pursued it over the earth .

6 From that period I could se e nothing more of

.

the red heifer ; but the black one increased in bulk ,

and a female heifer came with him .

7 After this I s a w that many cows proceeded

.

forth resembling him and follo w ing after him

, ,
.

8 The first female young o n e al s o went o ut in the

.

presence of the fir s t c o w and sought t h e red heifer ;

but found him not .

9 A nd s h e lamented with a great lamentation

.
,

while sh e was seeking h i m .

1 0 Then I looked until that first co w came to

.

her fro m which time she became silent and cea s ed

, ,

to lament .

11 A fterwards s h e calved another white cow

. .

1 2 And again calved many cows and black

.

heifers .

1 3 In m y sleep also I perceived a white bull

.
,

which in like manner gre w and became a large ,

white bull .

1 4 A fter him many white cows came forth re

.
,

s embling him .

1 5 And they began to calve ma n y o th e r white

.

cow s which resembled them and followed each

,

other .
 CHAP LXXX V. . 1 23

CH A P LXXXV . .

1 Again I looked attentively while sleeping

.
,
1
,

and surve y ed heaven ab o ve .

2 And behold a single star fell from heaven

. .

3 Which being raised up ate and fed among

.
,

those cows .

4 After that I perceived o the r large and black

cows ; and behold all o f them changed their stalls
and pastures while their young began to lament
,

o n e with another Again I l ooked in my vi s ion

.
,

and s urveyed heaven ; when behold I s a w many

stars which descended and proj e cted themselves
,

from heaven to where the fir s t s tar was ,

5 Into the midst o f tho s e y ou n g ones ; while

.

the cows were with them feeding in the mid s t o f,

them .

6 I looked at a n d observed them ; when behold

.
,

they all acted after the manner o f h orses and ,

began t o approach the young cows all o f whom ,

became pregnant and brought forth elephant s

, ,

camels and a ss e s
, .

7 A t th e s e all the cows were alarmed and terri

.

fie d ; when they be g an biting with their teeth ,

swallowing and s trikin g with their horns

, .

8 The y began also to devour the cows ; and

.

1
w i th m y e ye s .
1 2 4; EN OCH .

behold all the children of the earth trembled shook ,

with terror at them and suddenly fled away ,

.

CHAP LXXXVI
. .

1 Again I perceived them when they began to

.
,

strike and t o s wallow each other ; and the earth

cried out Then I rai s ed my e y e s a second time
.

towards heaven and s a w in a vi s ion that behold

, , , ,

there came forth from heaven as it were the li k ene s s

o f white men O ne came forth from thence and
.
,

three with him .

2 Tho s e three w h o came forth last seized m e

.
, ,

b y my hand ; and raising me up from the genera

tions of the earth elevated me to a high s tation, .

3 Then they showed me a lofty tower on th e

.

earth while every hill became diminished And

, .

the y said Remain here until th o u perceive s t what

, ,

s hall come upon those elephant s camels and asse s , , ,

upon the stars and upon all the cows ,

.

CHAP LXXXVII
. .

Then I looked at that o n e o f the four w hi te

1 .

m e n who came forth fir s t

, .

2 He seized the first star which fell down from

.

heaven .

3 An d binding it hand and foot he cast it into

.
, ,
1 26 EN OCH .

earth ; so that the village was not seen while its ,

whole soil was covered with water .

5 Much water was over it darknes s and clouds

.
, , .

Then I surveyed the height o f this water ; and i t

was ele v ated above the village .

6 It flowed over the village and stood higher

.
,

than the earth .

7 Then all the cows which were collected there

.
,

while I looked o n them were dro w ned swallowed

, ,

up and destroyed in the water

,
.

8 But the s hi p floated above it

. All the cows .
,

the elephants the camels and the a s ses were

, , ,

drowned o n the earth and all cattle No r could I

, .

perceive t h em Neither were they able to get o ut

.
,

but perished and sunk into the deep

,
.

9 Again I looked in the V1 s 1 o n until those

.

cataracts from that lofty roof were removed and ,

the fountains o f the earth became equalized while ,

other depths were opened

1 0 Into whic h the water began t o descend until
.
,

the dry ground appeared .

1 1 The ship remained o n the earth ; the dark

.

ness receded ; and it became light .

1 2 Then the white c o w which became a man

.
, ,

went out o f the ship and the three co w s with him

, .

1 3 O ne of the three cows was white resembling

.
,

that c o w ; o n e o f them w a s red as blood ; and o n e o f

them was blac k And the white cow left them
. .
 CHAP . L XXX VI I I . 1 27

14 . Then began wild beast s and birds to bring

forth .

15 . O f all these the different kin d s assembled

together lion s tiger s wo l ves dog s wild boars foxe s
, , , , , , ,

rabbit s and the h anzar, ,

1 6 The s i s e t the a v est kites the p h o n k a s and

.
, , , ,

ravens .

1
1 7 Then a white cow
. was born in the m id s t of
them .

1 8 And they began to bite each other ; when the

.

white cow which was bo rn in the mid s t of them

, ,

br o ught for th a wild a s s and a white cow at the

same t i me and afte r tha t many wild a s se s Then
,
.

2
the white cow which w a s born brought forth a , ,

3
black wild s o w and a white she e p .

1 9 That wild s o w al s o brought forth ma n y swi n e ;

.

2 0 And that sheep b rought forth twelve sheep 1 ‘

. .

2 1 W h en those twelve sheep grew up they

.
,

5 6
delivered o n e o f them to the a s s e s .

2 2 A gain those asses deli v ered that sheep t o the

.

7
wolves ;
2 3 And he gre w up in the mid s t of them
. .

2 4 Then the Lord brought the eleven o ther

.

sh e ep that they might dwell and feed with him in

,

the mid s t o f the wolves .

1 Abra h a m .
2
I sa ac .
3
Esa u and Ja co b .

T he t w e l v e P a tri a rc h s .
5
Jo se ph .
6 Th e Mi di a n i te s .

7 Th e Eg yp t i a ns .
1 28 EN OCH
’
.

25 .They multiplied and there was abundance of ,

pasture for them .

2 6 But the wolves began to frighten and oppre s s

.

them while they de s troyed their young one s

,
.

2 7 And they left their young in torrents of de e p

.

water .

2 8 Now the s heep began to cry o ut o n account

.

o f th e ir young and fled for refuge to their Lord

,
.

O ne however which was saved escaped and w e nt

1
, , ,

awa y to the wild a s ses .

2 9 I b e h e ld the sheep moaning crying and

.
, ,

petitioning their Lord ,

3 0 With all their might until the Lor d o f the

.
,

s heep descended at their voice from hi s lofty

habitation ; went to them ; and in s pected th em .

3 1 He called to that sheep which had secret l y

.

s tolen away from the wolves and told him to make ,

the wolve s under s tand that they were not to touch

the sheep .

3 2 Then that sheep went to the wolves with the

.

word o f the Lor d when another met him and ,

2
,

pr o ceeded with him .

3 3 Both of them together entered the dwelling

.

o f the wolve s ; and conversing with them made

them un de rs tand that from thenceforwards they
,

were not to t o uch the s heep .

3 4 Afterward s I perceived the wolves greatly

.

1
M ose s .
2
Aa ro n .
130 EN OCH .

and was raised up until it covered t h e wolves And

,
.

I sa w that all of them which had followed the sheep

perished and w ere drowned
,
.

4 4 But the sheep passed over this water pro

.
,

c e e di n g to a wilderness wh i ch was without both ,

water and grass And they beg an to open their

.

eves and to see .

4 5 Then I beheld the Lord of the sheep inspect

.

ing them and giving them water and gra s s

,
.

4 6 The s heep a l r e a dy m e n t i o ne d was proceeding

.

w i th th e m and conducting them

, .

4 7 A nd when he had ascended the top o f a lofty

rock the Lord of the s heep sent him to them
,
.

4 8 Afterwards I perceived their Lord standing

.

before them with an a spect terrific and se v ere

, .

4 9 And when they all beheld him they were

.
,

frightened at h i s countenance .

5 0 All o f them were alarmed and tremble d

.
, .

They cried o ut after that sheep ; and to the other

sheep who had been wi t h him and who was in the ,

mid s t o f them s a yi ng We are not abl e to stand

, ,

before o ur Lord or to look upon him , .

5 1 Then that s heep who conducted them went

.

away and ascended the top o f the rock ;

,

5 2 When the r e s t of the sheep began to gro w

.

blind and to wander from the path which he had

,

shown them ; but he knew it not .

5 3 Their Lord ho w ever was moved with grea t

.
 CHAP LXXXVI I I
. . 13 1

indignation against them and when that sheep h a d

learned w ha t ha d h app e n e d ,

5 4 He descended fro m the top of the rock and

.
,

comin g t o them found that there were man y

, ,

5 5 Which had become blind

.

5 6 A nd had wandered from his path

. As so o n .

as the y behel d him they feared and trembled at h i s

, ,

pre s ence ;
5 7 And became de s irous o f returning t o t h eir fold
. .

5 8 Then that s heep taking with him other

.
,

sheep we nt to tho s e which had wandere d

,
.

5 9 An d afterwards began to kill them

. The y .

were terrified at h i s countenance Then he cau s ed .

tho s e which had wandered to ret urn who went back

to their fold .

6 0 I likewise s a w there in the vi s ion that this

.
,

sheep became a m a n built an hou s e for the Lord of

,

the s heep and m ade them all s tand in that hou s e

,
.

6 1 I perceived al s o that the s heep which pro

.

c e e d e d to meet thi s sheep their conductor died I

, ,
.

sa w,
too that all the great s heep peri s hed whi l e
, ,

smaller one s ro s e up in their place ent e red into a ,

1
pa s ture and a pproached a river of water
,
.

6 2 Th e n that s heep their conductor who became

.
, ,

a man w a s s eparated from them and died

, ,
.

6 3 A ll the s heep s ought after him and cried for

.
,

him wit h bitter lamentation .

1
Th e ri v e r J o rda n .
13 2 ENOCH

64 .I s a w likewise that they ceased to cry after

that sheep and passed over the river of water
,
.

6 5 And t hat there aro s e other sheep all of whom

.
,

conducted them instead o f those who w ere d ead

1
, ,

and who had p re v i o usl y conducted them .

66 Then I s a w that the sheep entered into a

.

goodly place and a territory delectable and glorious

,
.

6 7 I s a w also that they became s atiated ; tha t

.

their house w a s in the mid s t of a delectable terri

tory : and that sometimes their eyes were opened ,

and that sometimes they were blind ; until another

2
sheep arose and conducted them He brought .

t h em all back ; and their eyes were opened .

68 Then dogs foxe s and wild boars began to

.
, ,

d evour them until a g a i n another s heep arose the

,
3
,

master of the flock o n e o f themselves a ram to , , ,

conduct them This ram began to butt o n ever y

.

side tho s e dogs foxes and wild boars until they all
, , ,

perished .

6 9 But the fo r m e r sheep opened his eyes and

.
,

s a w the ram in the mid s t o f them who had laid ,

aside h i s glory .

7 0 A nd he began to strike the sheep treading

.
,

upon them and behaving him s elf wi t hout dignity

, .

7 1 Then their Lord s ent the fo rm e r s heep a g a i n

.

4 5
t o a s till di f
ferent sheep and raised him up to be ,

1
Th e J ud g e s o f I s ra e l .
2
S a m ue l .

3
S a ul .
4
a no th e r .
5
D v id
a .
134 ENOCH .

82 . The house was l o w but the tower was elevated ,

and ve ry high .

8 3 Then the Lord of the sheep stood upon that

.

tower and caused a full table to approach before him

,
.

8 4 A gain I s a w that those sheep wandered and

.
,

went various ways for s aking that their house ;

,

8 5 A nd that their Lord called to some among

.

1
the m whom he s ent to them
,
.

8 6 But these the sheep began to kill

. And when .

2
o n e o f them w a s saved from slaughter he leape d , ,

and cried o ut against those who were desirous o f

killing him .

8 7 But the Lord o f the sheep delivered h i m fro m

.

their hands and made him ascend to him and

, ,

remain with him .

8 8 He s ent al s o many others to them to testify

.
, ,

and with lamentations to exclaim against them .

89 A gain I s a w when some o f them forsook the

.
,

house o f their Lord and his tower ; wandering o n all

,

s id e s and growing blind

, ,

90 I s a w that the Lord o f the sheep made a

.

great slaughter among them in their pa s ture until ,

the y cried o ut to him in consequence o f that

slaughter Then he departed from the place of hi s
.

h a b i ta ti o n and left them in the power o f lion s

, ,

tig e r s wolves and the z e e b t and in the power o f

, , ,

foxes and o f every beast

, .

1
T h e p ro p h e ts .
2
El ij a h .
 CHAP . L XXX VI I I . 135

91 .And the wild beasts began to tear them .

92 I s a w too that he fors o ok the hou s e o f their

.
, ,

father s and their to wer ; giving them all into t h e

,

power o f lio ns to tear and devour them ; into the

po wer o f ever y be a st .

93 Th e n I began to cry o ut with al l my might

.
,

imploring the Lord o f the sheep and sho w ing him ,

how the sheep were devoured by all the beasts o f

94 . B ut
he looked o n in silence rej oicing that ,

they were d evoured s wallowed up and carried o ff;

, ,

and leaving the m in the power o f every beast for

food. He called also seventy shepherd s and re ,

signed to them the ca re of the s heep that they ,

might overlook them ;

95 S aying to them and to their associates Ever y
.
,

o n e o f you hencefor w ards overlook t h e sheep and ,

w hatsoever I command o u do ; and I will deliver

y ,

th e m to you n umbered 1
.

96 I will tell you which o f them shall be s lain ;

.

th e s e de s troy A nd he delivered the s heep to them

. .

97 Then he called to another and s aid Under

.
, ,

stand and wat c h everything which the s hepherd s

,

shall do to the s e sheep ; for many more of them

s hall perish than I have com m a nded .

98 O f every exce ss a nd slaughter which the

.
,

shepherds shall commit th e re sha l l b e an account ; ,

1
w i th n um b e r .
13 6 EN OCH .

as how many m a y have perished by my command

, ,

and how many they may have destroyed of their

o w n heads .

99 O f all the destruction b ro ug ht a b out by each

.

o f the shepherds there sh all be an account ; and

according to the number I will cau s e a recital to be

m ade before me how many they have destroyed o f
,

their o w n heads and h o w many they have delivered

,

up to de s truction that I may have this testimony

,

again s t them ; that I may kno w all their proceed

ing s and that delivering the she ep to them I may
, ,

s e e w hat they will do ; whether they will act as I

have commanded them o r not , .

1 00 Of thi s however they shall b e i g norant

.
, ,

neither s halt thou make any explanation to them ,

neither s halt thou reprove them ; but there shall

be an account o f all the destruction do ne by them
i n their respective seasons Then they began to .

kill and destroy more than it was commanded

,

them .

1 01 And they left the sheep in the power o f

.

lions s o that very many o f them were devoured and

,

s wallowed up by lions and tigers ; and wil d boars

preyed upon them Tha t tower they burnt and

.
,

overthrew that house .

1 02 Then I grieved extremely o n account of the

.

tower and because the house o f the sheep was over

,

thrown .
13 8 ENOCH .

arrived went in ; and began building a l l which was

,

fallen d o wn o f that house .

1
1 1 2 But the wild boars hindered them although
.
,

they prevailed n o t .

1 1 3 Again they began to build as before and

.
,

raised up that tower which w a s called a lofty ,

tower .

1 1 4 And again they began to place before the

.

tower a table with every impure and unclean kind

,

o f bread upon it .

1 1 5 Moreover also all the sheep were blind and

.
,

could not se e as were the shepherds l ikewise .

1 1 6 Thus w ere they delivered up to the shep

.

herds for a great destruction who trod them under ,

foot and devoured them

, .

1 1 7 Yet was their Lord silent until all the sheep

.
,

in the field were de s troyed The s hepherds and the .

sheep were all mixed together ; b ut they did not

save them from the power o f the bea s ts .

1 1 8 Then he w h o wrote the book ascended ex

.
,

h i b i t e d it and read it at the re s idence o f the Lord

,

o f the sheep He petitioned him for the m and

.
,

pra y ed pointing o ut every act o f the s hepherds

, ,

and te s tifyi n g be fore him again s t th e m all Then .

taking the book he deposited it with him and

, ,

departed .

1
Th e S a m a ri ta n s .
 CHAP LXXXI X . . 13 9

CH A P LXXXIX . .

1 . A nd I observed during the time that thus ,

1
thirty seven s hepherds were overlooking all of
-
,

whom fini s hed in their respective pe riods as the

fir s t O thers then received the m into their hands
.
,

that they might overlook them in their re s pective

period s every shepherd in h i s o w n period
,
.

2 Afterwar d s I s a w in the vi s ion that all the

.
,

birds o f heaven arrived ; eagle s the avest kites and , ,

ravens The eagle instructed the m all

. .

3 The y began to d evour the s heep to p e e k o ut

.
,

their eyes and to eat up their bodies

,
.

4 The s heep then cried o ut ; for their bodies were

.

devoured by the b irds .

5 I al s o cr i ed o ut and groaned in my s l eep

.
,

against that s hepherd which overlooked the flock .

6 And I looked while the sheep were eaten up

.
,

b y the dogs by the eagle s and by the kites They

, , .

neither left them t h e i r b o dy nor their skin n o r , , ,

their muscles until their bones alone remained , ,

until their bone s fell upon the ground And the .

sheep became dimini s hed .

7 I observed likewise during the time that

.
,

2
twenty three shepherds were overlooking ; who
-

1
An a pp a re n t e rro r fo r thi rty fiv -
e . Se e v e rs e 7 . Th e k i n g s of

Jud a h a nd I sra e l .

2
Bb
T h e k i n g s o f a y l o n , e t c , d uri n g a nd a ft e r t h e c a p t i v i t y
. .

b
T h e n um e rs t h i rt y -fi v e a n d t w e n t y t h re e m a k e fi ft y e i g h t ; a n d - -

no t t h i rt y -se v e n , a s e rro n e o us l y p ut i n t h e fixs t v e rse .

1 40 EN OCH .

completed in their respective periods eight fift y -

periods .

8 Then were small lambs born o f tho s e white

.

sheep ; who began to open their eyes and to s e e ,

crying o ut to the sheep .

9 The s heep howe v er cried not o ut to them

.
, , ,

neither did they hear what they uttered to them ;

but were deaf blind and obdurate in the greatest
, ,

degrees .

1 0 I sa w in the vision that ravens flew down

.

upon those lambs ;

1 1 That the y seized o n e of them
. and that tear
ing the sheep in pieces they devoured them ,
.

1 2 I s a w also that horns grew upon those lambs ;

.
,

and that the ravens lighted down upon their

horns .

1 3 I s a w t o o that a large horn sprouted o ut o n

.
, ,

1
an animal among the sheep and that their eyes ,

were Opened .

1 4 He looked at them
. Their eyes were wide .

ope n and he cried o ut to them .

2
1 5 Then the dabela s a w him ; all o f whom ran
.

to him .

1 6 And besides this all the eagles the avest

.
, , ,

the ravens and the kite s were still carrying o ff the ,

s heep flying down upon them and devouring them

, ,
.

1
o n o ne .

2
Th e i b ex, p ro b bl y
a s ym b o l i zi n g Al e x a n de r t h e G re a t .
1 42 EN OCH .

1
twel v e sh epherds wrought ; and pointed out before
the Lord o f the sheep that they destroyed more ,

than those who preceded them .

2 6 I s a w also that the Lord o f the sheep came

.

to them and t aking in his hand the sceptre of his

,

wrath seized the earth which became rent asunder ; ,

while all the beast s and birds o f heaven fell from

the s heep and sunk into the earth which closed
, ,

over them .

2 7 I s a w too that a large s word was given to

.
, ,

the sheep who went forth against all the beasts o f

,

the field to s lay them .

2 8 But all the beasts and birds o f heaven fled

.

away from before their face .

2 9 And I s a w a throne erected in a delectable

.

land ;
3 0 Upon this s a t the Lord o f the sheep who
.
,

received all the sealed book s

3 1 Which were open before him
. .

3 2 Then the Lord called the first seven white

.

one s and comma n ded them to bring before him

,

the fir s t of the firs t s tar s which preceded the stars ,

whose form partly resembled that o f horses ; the

first star which fell do w n first ; and they brought
,

them all before him .

3 3 And he spoke to the man who w rote in his

.

1
Th e n at i v e p ri n c e s of J uda h a fte r i t s del i v e ry fro m t he S y ri a n
yok e .
 CHAP LXXXI X
. . 1 43

presence who was one o f the s even white ones say

, ,

ing Take those se v g nt u heph e rd s to whom I de

, ,

livered up the sheep and w ho receiving them killed

,

more o f them than I com m anded Behold I s a w .

,

them all bound and all standing before him First

,
.

came o n the trial o f the s tar s which being judged , , ,

and found guilty went to the place of punishment

, .

They thrust them into a p l a ce deep and full o f , ,

flaming fire and full of pillars o f fire Then the

, .

s e venty s hepherd s were j udged and being found ,

guilty were thrust into the flaming abyss

, .

3 4 A t that time likewise I perceived that o n e

.
,

abyss was thu s opened in the midst o f the earth ,

which w a s full o f fire .

3 5 And to this were br

. ought the blind sheep ;
which being judged and found guilty were all , ,

thrust into that aby s s o f fire o n the earth and ,

burnt .

3 6 Th e abys s was on the right of that house

. .

3 7 A nd I saw the sheep burning and their bones

.
,

consuming .

3 8 I stood beholding him immerge that ancient

.

hou s e w h i le they brought out its pillars ever y

, ,

plant in it and the ivory infolding it They brought

, .

it o ut and deposited it in a place o n the right side

,

o f the earth .

3 9 I also saw that the Lord o f the s heep pro

.
,

d uc e d a new house great and loftier tha n the , ,

1 44 EN OCH .

form er which h e bounded by t h e former circula r

,

spot All its pillars were new and its ivory new
.
, ,

as well as more abundant than the former ancient

i v o ry which he had brought o ut
, .

4 0 And while all the sheep which were left were

.

in the mid s t o f it all the beasts o f the earth and

, ,

al l the birds o f heaven fell down and w o 1 sh i pp e d

,

them petitioning them and obeying them i n

, ,

everything .

4 1 Then those three who were cl othed in white

.
, ,

and who holding me by my hand had before caused

, ,

me to ascend while the hand o f him w ho spoke held

,

m e ; raised m e up and placed m e in the midst o f

,

t h e sheep before the j u d gment took place

,
.

4 2 The sheep were all white w ith wool long and

.
,

pure Then all who had peri s hed and had been
.
,

de s troyed e v ery beast o f the field and every bird o f

, ,

heaven assembled in that house : while the Lord o f

,

the s heep rej oiced with great j oy becau s e all were ,

good and had come back again to his dwelling

,
.

4 3 A nd I s a w that they laid down the sword

.

w hich had been given to the sheep and returned it ,

to his house sealing it up in the presence of the

,

Lord .

4 4 All the sheep would have been inclosed in

.

that house h a d it been capable o f containing them

,
1

and the eyes o f all were open gazing o n the good ,

1
w ere i ncl o se d i n th a t h o use , a nd i t di d n o t co nta i n th e m .
1 46 EN OCH
’
.

dream ; and therefore wept and was troubled ,

be
cause I had seen that vision .

CHAP . xc .
[ s no r X VI I I F
]
And now my s o n Mathusala call to me all thy
1 .
, ,

brethren and assemble for me all the children o f

,

thy mother ; for a voice call s me and the spirit i s ,

poure d o ut upon me that I ma y sho w you ever y ,

thing which shall h appen to you for ever .

2 Then Mathus a la went called to him all h i s

.
,

brethren and assembled his kindred

, .

3 And conv e rsing with all his children in truth

.
,

4 En o ch said Hear my children every word o f

.
, , ,

your father and listen in uprightness to the voice

,

o f my mouth ; for I would gain your attention ,

while I address you My beloved be attached to .

,

integrity and walk in it

,
.

5 Approach n o t integrity with a double heart ;

.

nor be as s ociated with double minded men : but -

walk my children in righteou s ne s s which will

, , ,

cond uct yo u in good paths ; and be truth your

compan i on .

6 Fo r I kno w that Oppres s ion will exist and

.
,

prevail o n earth ; that o n earth great punishment

s hall in the end take place ; and t h at there s hall

be a consu m mation o f all iniquity which shall be ,

1
Pa ri s MS .
 CHAP XC . . 1 47

cut o ff from its root and every fabric ra i se d by i t ,

shall pas s away Iniquity however s hall again be

.
, ,

renewed and consu m m ated o n earth Every a c t o f

,
.

crime and every act of oppre s s ion and impiety

, ,

shall be a second time embraced .

7 When therefore iniquity s i n bla sphem y

.
, , ,

tyrann y and every e v i l work shall increase and

, , ,

w he n tran s gres s ion impiet y and uncleanne s s al s o , ,

s hall increa s e the n upon them all shall great

,

puni shment be inflicted from heaven .

8 The hol y Lord s hall go forth in wrath and

.
,

upon t h em all shall great punishment from heaven

1
be i n fl i c t e d .

9 The holy Lord shall go forth in wrath and

.
,

with puni s hment that he may execute judgment ,

upon earth .

'
1 0 In those day s oppression shall be cut o fl from
.

i t s root s and ini quity with fraud shall be eradicated

, ,

peri shing fro m under heaven .

1 1 Every place o f strength shall be s urrendered

.
2

with its inha b itants ; w ith fire shall it be burnt .

They shall be brought from every part o f the earth ,

and be ca s t i n to a j udgment o f fire They s hall .

~

peri s h in wrath a n d by a j udgment overpo w ering

,

3
them fo r ever

Wb
.

1
Thi s v e rs e is w a n t i ng i n th e Pa ri s MS . as t ra n s cri b ed by
c i de . It se e m s i n th e B o dl e i a n MS to . be a m e re l a p s e of the
t ra n sc ri e r, w h o w ro t e the s a m e w o rd s t wi c e o v er .

p o w e rful j ud g me nt
o
2
to w e r, p a l a ce , or te mp l e .
3
.
1 48 EN OCH .

Righteousness shall be raised up fro m

12 .

slu m ber ; and wisdom shall be raised up and con ,

ferred upon them .

1 3 Then shall the roots o f iniquity be cut o f

. f
sinners perish by the s word ; and blasphemers be
1
annihilated everywhere .

1 4 Those who meditate Oppression and those

.
,

2
who b l aspheme by the sword shall peri s h ,
.

1 5 A nd n o w my children I will describe and

.
, ,

point o ut to you the path o f righteousness and the

path o f oppre s sion .

1 6 I will again point them o ut to you that y o u

.
,

may know what is to come .

1 7 Here n o w my children and walk in the path

.
, ,

o f righteou s nes s but shun that o f oppression ; fo r

,

all who walk in the path Of iniquity shall perish

for ever .

1
c ut
2
B e tw e en t h e 1 4th and 1 5 th v e rs e s o f th i s ch a p t e r s i x o t h e rs

a re i n s e rt e d b o th i n the B o dl e i a n and Pa ri s M SS .
, w h i ch I h av e

t ra n s p o s e d so a s to c o n s t i t ut e t h e 1 3 t h , 1 4t h , 1 5 t h , l 6 t h , 1 7 t h , and

1 8 th v e rs e s of th e n i n e t y -se c o n d ch a p te r . Th i s t ra n s p o si t i o n
se e m e d a b sol ut e l y n e c e s s a ry t o m a k e se n s e o f t h a t c h a p te r ; i n
w h i ch , a ft e r t h e e n um e ra t i o n o f se v e n w e e k s , o r p e ri o d s , t h e
a cc o un t of th e e i g h th , n i n th , a n d t e n th w e e k s , c o nt a i n e d i n th e
v e rs e s t ra n s p o s e d , se e m e d n e c e s s a ry to c o m pl e t e th e n a rra t i v e .

He re th e y are c l e a rl y un co n n e c te d an d m i spl a ce d .
15 0 ENOCH .

and concerning the plant of righteousness and

integrity .

3 . Co nce rn i n g
these things will I Speak and the se ,

thi ng s will I explain to you my children : I w h o ,

am Enoch In consequence o f that which has be e n

.

shown to me from my heavenly vi s ion and from the

,

voice of the holy angels have I acquired knowle dge ;

and from the tablet o f heaven have I acquired
unders tanding .

4 Enoch then began to speak from a book and

.
,

said I have been born the seventh in the first

,

week while j udgment and righteousness wait wit h

,

patience .

5 But after me in the second week great wick e d

.
, ,

ness shall arise and fraud shall spring forth , .

1
6 In that week the end o f the first s hall tak e
.

place in which mankind shall be safe

, .

2
7 But when the firs t i s completed
. iniquity ,

shall gro w up and he shall execute the decree upon

3
sinner s .

8 A fterwar d s
. in the third week during i t s, ,

1
completion a man Of the p l ant of righteou s j udg
,
‘

ment s hall be selected ; and after him the plant o f

righteou s nes s s hall come for ever .

9 S ub s equently in the fourth week during i t s

.
, ,

completion the vi s ions o f the holy and the righteou s

,

2
afte r i t ha s b e e n co mp l e te d .

1
‘
Abra h a m .
 CHAP . XC '
I I . 51

s h all b e seen the order o f generation after genera

,

tion sha l l ta k e p l a ce and an habitation shall be ,

1
m ade for the m Th e n in the fifth we e k during
.
,

its completion the hou s e o f glory and o f do m l n i o n

,
2

shall be erected for ever .

1 0 After that in the sixth w eek all those who

.
, ,

are in it shall be darkened the hearts o f all o f them ,

shall be forgetful o f wisdom and in it shall a man 3

,

ascend .

1 1 And during its completion he shall burn the

.

house o f dominion with fire and all the race o f the ,

4
elect root shall be di s persed .

1 2 A fterward s in the s eventh week a perverse

.
, ,

generation shall ari s e abundant shall be its deed s ,

and all i t s deeds perver s e During its completion .

,

the righteou s shall be selected from the everla s ting

plant of righteou s nes s ; and to them shall be given
the s evenfold doctrine of his whole creation .

1 3 Afterward s there s hall be anothe r week the

.
,

eighth of righteousne s s to which shall be given a ,

sword to execute j udgment and j ustice upon all

oppressors .

1 4 S inners shall be d e livered up into the hand s

.

o f the righteous w h o during its comple t ion s hall

,

acquire habitations by their righteou s ne s s and the

house o f the great King shall be esta b li s hed fo r
1
Th e L aw .
2
Te m p l e of Sol o m on .

2
Ne bu h c a dn e zz ar
.
4
B by l
a o ni a n c a p t i v i ty .
15 2 ENOCH .

celebrations for ever After this in the ninth week

.
, , ,

shal l the judg m ent of righteousness be revealed to

the whole world .

1 5 Ever y work o f the ungodly s hall disappear

.

from the whole earth ; the world shall be marked

for destruction ; a nd all men shall be o n the loo k out
fo r t h e path o f integrity .

1 6 And after this o n the seventh day o f the

.
,

tenth week there shall be an everla s ting judg m ent

, ,

w hich shall be executed upon the Watchers ; and a

spacious eternal heaven shall spring forth in the

mi ds t of the angels .

1 7 The former heaven shall depart and pass

.

away ; a new heaven shall appear ; and all the celes

tial powers shine with sevenfold splendo ur for ever .

A fterwards likewise shall there be many weeks ,

which shall externally exist in goodness and in

righteo us ne s s .

1 8 Neither shall s i n be named there for ever and

.

for ever 1
.

1 9 Who is there o f all the chil d ren o f men

.
,

capable o fhearing the voice o f the Hol y O ne withou t

emo t ion ?
20 Who is there capable o fthinking his thoughts
.

1
Th e p re ce d i n g si x v e rse s , v iz . 1 3 t h , 1 4 t h , 1 5 t h , l 6 t h , 1 7 th ,
a n d 1 8 t h , a re t a k e n fro m b e tw een th e 1 4 t h and 1 5 th v e rs e s o f the
n i n e t e e nt h c h a p t e r, w h e re th e y a re to b e fo un d i n th e M SS . B ut
th e se n s ei n t h i s p l a c e s e e m e d s o m a n i fe s t l y t o re qui re t h e m h e re ,
t h a t I h a v e v e n t ure d t o tra n s p o s e t h e m .
15 4 EN OC '
H .

in the p at h s of death Ap proach them not that you .

,

may n o t perish but covet ,

4 A nd choose for yourselves righteousness and

.
,

a good life .

5 Walk in the paths o f peace that you may live

.
, ,

and be found worthy Retain my words in your .

inmost thought s and obliterate them no t from your

,

hearts ; for I know that sinners coun s el men to

commit crime craftily They are not found in every .

place nor does every counsel possess a little o f them

, .

6 Woe to those who build up iniquity and

.

oppre s s ion and who lay the foundation o f fraud ;

,

for sud denly shall they be subverted and never ,

obtain peace .

7 Woe to those who build up their houses with

.

crime ; for from their very foundations shall thei r

W
1
houses be demolished and by the sword s hall they ,

t he m s e l v e s fall Those too who acquire gold and

.
, ,

silver s hall j u s tly and suddenly peri s h

,
o e to you .

who are rich fo r in y our riche s have you tru s t e d ;

,

but from your riche s you shall be removed becau s e

you have not re m embered the Most High in the
days o f your prosperity : [ you shall be remove d ,

becau s e you have not remembered the Most High in

2
the days of your p rosperity ] .

1
th e y .

2
Th e se l in e s a re ev i d e n t l y a re p e t i t i o n o f t h e p re c e d i n g ,
fro m an e rro r i n th e t ra n sc ri p t i o n . T
h e y d o n o t o cc ur i n t h e
Pa ri s MS .
 CHAP XCI V . . 15 5

8 .You have committed bla s phemy and iniquit y

and are destined to the day o f the e ffus ion of blood ,

to the da y o f darkness and to the day of the great

,

j udgment .

9 Thi s I declare and point o ut to you that he

.
,

who created y ou will destro y you .

1 0 When y o u fall he w ill not show you mercy ;

.
,

but your Creator will rej oice i n your destruction .

1 1 Let those then who shall be righteous among

.
, ,

o u in those days detest sinners and the ungodly

y , ,
.

CHAP XCIV . .

1 . C
that my eyes were clouds o f water that I ,

m ight weep over you and pour forth m y tear s like

"
,

rain and re s t from the s orrow o f m y heart

1
,

2 Who h a s permitted y o u to hate and to trans

.

gre ss Judgm ent shall overtake you ye s inners , .

3 The righteous shall not fear the wicked ;

.

becau s e God will a gain bring them i nto your power ,

that you ma y ave n ge yourselves o f them according

4 . W
to yo ur plea s ure
o e to
y
.

o u who shall be s o bo und by exe

W
o rations that you cannot be relea s ed fro m them ;
,

the remed y being far removed from you o n account

o f your sins o e to you who recompen s e your
.

1
a c l o ud o f w a te r .
15 6 EN OCH .

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neighbour with evil ; for y o u shall be recompensed
according to your works .

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5 .o e t o you ye fa l se witnesses you who a g ra
, g ,

vate iniquity ; for you shall suddenly peri s h .

6 .o e to
y o u ye sinners ;,
for you reject t h e

righteou s ; for yo u receive o r reject a t p l e a s ure

tho s e who co m m i t iniquity ; and their yoke shall
prevail over yo u .

C HAP . XC V .

1 Wait in hope ye righteous ; for suddenly shall

.
,

sinners peri s h from before you and you shall e x e r ,

ci s e dominion over them according to your will ,

.

2 In the day o f the su fferings o f s inners your

.

O ffs pring shall be elevated and lifted up like eagles ,

.

Your nest shall be more exalted than that o f the “

avest you shall ascend and enter into the cavities ,

o f the earth and into the clefts o f the rocks for

,

ever like conies from the sight o f the ungodly

, ,

3 Who s hall groan over y o u and weep like

.
,

sirens .

4 Y o u shall n o t fear those who trouble y o u for

.

W
restoration s hall be yours ; a splendid light shall
shine around you and the voice o f tranquillity shall
,

be heard from heaven o e to you sinners ; fo r

.
,

your wealth makes you resemble saints but your ,

hearts reproach you k no w i ng that yo u are sinner s

,
.
15 8 EN OCH .

j udgment when y o u shall hear the words o f the

,

pray er of the righteous ?

3 Y o u are not like them who in this re s pect
.

witness agains t you ; y o u are a s sociates of sinners .

4 In those days shall the prayers o f the righteous

.

come up before the Lord When the day of y our .

j udgment shall arrive ; and every circum s tance o f

your iniquity be related before the great and the
holy O ne ;

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5 Your faces shall be covered with shame ; while
.

every deed strengthened by crime shall be rej ected

, ,
.

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6 . o e unto y o u s i nner s who in the midst o f
, ,

t h e s e a a n d o n dry land are those against whom an

, ,

evil record exists o e to you who s quander silver

.

and gold not obtained in righteou s ne s s and sa y

, , ,

We are rich pos s ess wealth and have acquired

, ,

everything which we can de s ire .

7 Now then will we do whatsoever we are dis

.
.

posed t o do ; fo r we have am a s sed silver o ur barns

are full and the husbandmen Of our families are
,

1
like overflowing water .

8 Like water shall your falsehood pass away ;

.

for your wealth will n o t be permanent but shall ,

suddenly a s cend fro m you because you have ,

obtained it all iniq uitously ; to extreme m a l e d i c

tion shall y o u be delivered up .

9 And now I swear to you ye crafty as well as

.
, ,

1
l i k e m uch w a te r .
 CHAP XCVI . . 15 9

simple ones that y o u often contemplating the ,

earth you w ho a re men clothe y our s elve s more

, ,

1
elegantly than married women and both together ,

more s o than u n married ones everywhere a rr a y i ng ,

o urse l v e s in maj esty in magnificence in authorit y

y , , ,

and in s ilver but gold purple honour and wealth , , , ,

like water flow away ,

.

1 0 Erudition therefore and wisdom are not theirs

. .

Thus s hall t h e y perish to g ether with their riches

2
, ,

with all their glory and with their honours ; ,

1 1 While with di s grace with slaughter and in

.
, ,

extre m e penury s hall their spirits be thrust into a

,

furnace of fire .

1 2 I have sworn to you ye s i n ner s that neither

.
, ,

mountai n nor hil l h a s been o r s hall b e subs ervient 3

to woman .

1 3 Neither in this way has crime been sent down

.

to us U pon earth but men of their o w n head s have

4
,

invented it ; and greatly shall tho s e who give it

e fficiency be execrated .

1 4 Barrenne s s shall n o t be p rev i o us l y inflicted o n

.

woman ; but o n account of the work o f her hands

shall s h e die childless .

1 5 I have s w orn to you ye sinners by the holy

.
, ,

and the Great O ne th a t all your evil deeds are ,

1
p ut e l e g a n ce up o n yo u m o re .
2
An d in it .

3
a s e rv a n t . P e rh a p s i n furn i sh i n g th e m w i th t re a s ure s fo r
4
o rn a m e n t s . ha s o ur cri m e be e n se n t do w n .
1 60 EN OCH ’
.

disclosed in the heavens ; and that none of your

oppressive act s are concealed and s ecret .

1 6 Think not in your minds neither say in y our

.
,

hearts that ever y crime is not manife s ted and s een

, .

In heaven it i s daily written down before the Mo s t

High Henceforwards shall it be manife s ted ; for
.

W
every act of Oppre s s ion which you commit shall be
d ail y recorded until the period of your condemnation
, .

17 . o e to you ye simple one s for y o u s hall

, ,

peri s h in your s implicity To the wise you will .

n o t li s ten and that which is good yo u s hall not

,

1
obtain .

1 8 Now therefore know t hat you are destined to

.

the day o f destruction ; nor h Op e that s inners shall

2
live but in proce s s o f time you shall die for y o u
3
are not marked for redemption
1 9 But are destined to the day o f the great
.

j udgm e nt to the day o f distress and the extreme

, ,

ign o miny o f your souls .

2 0 Woe to you ye obdurate in heart who commit

.
, ,

crime and feed on blood V h e n ce i s i t tha t you

,
V
.

feed o n good things drink and are satiated ? Is it , ,

not becau s e o ur Lord the Most High has abundantly , ,

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s upplied every good thing upon earth ? To you
there s hall not be peace .

21 . o e to y ou who love the deeds o f iniquity .

fi
2
sh a l l nd
1
no t o
y .u yo u sha l l g o o n , a nd di e .

3
p o i n te d o ut .
1 62 ENOOH .

in testimony before the angel s that they m ight ,

record the sins o f sinners in the presence o f the

Most High .

5 In those days the nations shall he overthrown ;

.

but the familie s of the nations shall rise again i n the

d a y o f perdition .

6 In those days they who become pregnant shall

.

go forth carry o ff their c h ildren and forsake them

, ,
.

Their o ffs pring s h all s lip from them and while ,

suckling them shall they forsake them ; the y shall

n ever return to them and never instruct thei r ,

beloved .

7 Again I swear to y o u ye sinners that crime

.
, ,

has been prepared for the day o f blood which never ,

cea s es .

8 They shall worship stones and engrave golde n

.
, ,

silver and wooden images

,
The y s hall worship .

impure s pirit s demons and every ido l in temples ;

, , ,

1
but no help shall be obtained for them Their .

h earts shall become impious through their folly ,

2
and their eyes be blinded with mental superstition .

In their vi s ionar y dreams shall they be impious and

superstitious l y ing in all their actions and wor
3
, ,

shipping a stone Altogether s hall they perish . .

9 But in those days blessed shall they be to

.
,

whom the word of wisdom is delivered ; who point

s h a l l b e fo un d fo r th e m
1 2
. w i th th e fe a r of th e i r h ea rt .

3
a nd fe a r .
 CHAP XCVI I
. . 1 63

o ut and pursue the path o f the Most High ; who

walk i n the way o f righteousness and who act n o t ,

imp i ou s l y with the i m piou s .

1 0 They shall be s aved

. .

1 1 Woe to y o u who expand the crime o f your

.

neighbour ; for in hell s hall y ou be s lain .

Woe to you who lay the foundation o f s i n and

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deceit and who are bitter o n earth ; fo r o n it shall
,

you be con s umed .

13 . o e to you who build your houses by the

labour of other s e v ery part of which i s constructed

,

1
with brick and with the stone o f crime ; I tell yo u
, ,

that yo u s hall not obtain peace .

1 4 Woe to you who despise the extent o f the

.

everlas ting inheritance o f your fathers while your ,

W
souls follo w after idols ; for to y o u there shall be no
tranq uill i ty .

15 . o e to them who commit iniquity and give ,

aid to b l a s phemy who slay their neighbour until

,

the day o f the great j u dgment ; for your glory shall

fall malevolence shall He put i nto your heart s and ,

the s pirit o f h i s wrath s hall stir y o u up that every ,

o n e o f you may perish b y the s word .

1 6 Then s hall all the ri ghteous and the holy

.

remember your crimes .

1
e v e ry structure o f w hi ch is bik r c .
1 64 ENOC H .

CH A P . X C VI l l .

1 In those days shall fathers be struck down

.

1
with their children in the presence o f each other ;
and brethren with their brethren s hall fall dead
until a river shall fl o w from their blood .

2 Fo r a man s h all not re s train his hand from h i s

.

’
children nor from his children s children ; his mercy
,

2
will be to kill them .

3 Nor shall the sinner restrain his hand from his

.

h onoured brother From the dawn o f day to the

.

3
setting sun shall the slaughter continue The hor s e .

shall wade up to h i s brea s t and the chariot shall ,

sink to its axl e in the blood o f sinners

4
,
"
.

CHA P XC I X . .

1 In those days the angels shall descend into

.

place s of concealment and gather together in o n e ,

s pot all who have as s isted in crime .

2 In that day shall the Most High ri s e up to

.

execute the great j udgment U pon all s inners and ,

to commit the guardianship of all the righteous and

holy to the holy angel s that they may protect the m ,

as the apple o f an eye until every evil and every ,

crime h e annihilated .

1
in o ne p l a ce
.
2
he ha s b e en m e rci ful , th a t h e m a y k i l l .

3
th e y sh a l l b e s l a i n . i ts upp e r p a rt .
 1 66 ENOCH .

that being wi t hholden it may descend upon

, no t ,

y o u ; and to the dew if it h a s rec e ived from you ,

gold and silver But when the frost sno w cold .

, , ,

every snowy wind and every su ffering belonging to ,

them fall upon you in those days you will be

, ,

utterly incapable o f standing before them .

CHAP C . .

Attentively consider heaven all ye progeny

1 .
,

o f heaven and all ye works o f the Most High

,

fear him nor condu c t yourselves criminally before

,

him .

2 If He shut up the windows of heaven restrain

.
,

ing the rain and d e w that it may not descend upon ,

earth o n your acco unt what will you do ? ,

3 A nd if He send his wrath upon you and upon

.
,

all your deed s you are not they who can supplicate
,

1
him ; you who utter against his righteo us ness ,

language proud a nd powerful 2

To you there shall .

b e no peace .

3
4 Do you not see the commanders
. o f ships ,

h o w their vessels are tos s ed abo ut by the waves ,

torn to pieces by the winds and exposed to the ,

greatest peril ?
5 That they therefore fear because their whole
.
,

property is em b arked wit h them o n t h e ocean and

1
f
2
re a t a nd
p o w e rful th i n g s
3
or yo u utter. g . k i ng s .
 CHAP . CI I . 167

1
that they forbode evil in their hearts becau s e it ,

may s wallow them up and the y ma y perish in it ,

6 I s not the whole se a all i t s waters and all its

.
, ,

commotion the work o f him the Most High ; o f

, ,

him who has s ealed up all its exertions and girded ,

it o n every s ide with s and ?

7 I s i t n o t at his rebuke dried up and a l armed ;
.
,

while all i t s fish with everything co n ta i ne d in it

die ? And will not you y e s inners who are o n , ,

earth fear h i m ? Is not He the maker o f h e ave n

,

and earth and of all things which are in them ?

,

8 A nd who has given erudition and wi s dom to

.

all that move p rog re ssi v e upon the earth and o v er ,

the s e a ?
9 Are not the commander s o f s hip s terrified at
.

the ocean ? A nd shall not sinner s be terrified at

the Mo s t High ?

2
CHAP CII . .

1 In those days when He shall ca st the calamity

.
,

o f fire upon you whither will you fly and where

, ,

will you be safe

2 And when He send s forth his word again s t
.

you are you not Spared and terrified ?

, ,

3 A ll the luminarie s are agitated with great

.

1
th i n k no t g ood .
2
Th e re is n o ch a p . ci . i n the M SS .
1 68 EN OCH .

fear ; and all the earth is spared while it trembles , ,

and suffers anxiety .

4 All the angels fulfil the comma nd s re ce i v e d by

.

them and are de s irous of being concealed from the

,

presence o f the great Glory ; while the children o f

the earth are a l arm ed and troubled .

5 But you ye sinners are for ever accursed ; to

.
, ,

you there shall be no peace .

6 Fear not y e s ouls o f the righteou s ; but wait

.
,

w ith patient hope for the day o f your d eath in

righteousne s s Grieve not because your soul s de

.
,

scend in great trouble with groaning lamentation

, , ,

and sorrow to the receptacle of the dead In your

,
.

"
lifetime your bodies have not received a recompense
in proportion to your goodne s s but i n the period
o f your existence have sinners existed ; in the
period o f execration and o f puni s hmen t .

7 And when you die s inners sa y concerning

.
,

“
you As we die the righteou s die What profit
, ,
.

have they i n their works ? Behold like us they , ,

expire in sorrow and in darkness What advantage .

have they over us ? Henceforward a re we equal .

What will be within their gra sp and what before ,

2
their eyes for ever ? For behold they are dead ;
3
and never will they again perceive the light I .
”

s a y unto you ye sinners Y o u h ave been s atiated

, ,

2
W yo ur fl e s h h a s n o t fo un d a cco rd i n g t o yo ur g o o d n e s s
1

b b
h a t w i l l th e y o t a i n , a n d w h a t e h o l d 3
h e n c efo rw a rd for
.
.

e v e r.
170 ENOCH .

and their remembrance shall be before the face o f

the mighty O ne fro m generation to generation .

No r shall they now fear disgrace .

4 Woe to yo u sinners when y o u die in your

.
, ,

sins ; and they who are like you s a y respecting

, ,

o u Blessed are the s e sinners They have lived

y , .

o ut their who le period

1
a n d now they die in happi
2
ness and in wealth Distre s s and s l aughter they .

3
knew not while alive ; in honour they die ; nor
ever in their lifetime did j udgment overtake them .

5 B ut has i t not been shown to them that w h e n

.
, ,

to the recepta cle of the dead t heir souls shall be

made to descend their evil deeds shall b ecome their
,

greate s t torment ? Into darkness into the snare , ,

and into th e flame w hich shall bur n to the great,

j udgment shall their Spirits enter ; and the great

,

4
j udgment Shall take effect for ever and for ever .

6 Woe to yo u ; for to you there Shall be no peace

. .

Neither can y o u s a y to the righteous and to the ,

“
good who are a live In the days of o ur trouble
,

have we been a ffl icted ; every sp e ci e s of trouble have

we see n and many evil things have su ffered
,
5
.

7 O ur spirit s h ave been consumed les s ened and

.
, ,

dimini s he d .

8 We have perished ; nor has there been a possi

.

1
Th e y h a v e se e n a l l th e i r d a ys .
2
i n g o o d n e ss .

3
e ne ra ti o n , e v e n fo r
4
th e y sa w n o t . s h a l l b e fo r e v e ry
g e v er .

5
f o und .
 CHAP CI I I . . 1 71

b i l i ty help fo r us in word o r in deed : we have

of

found none but have been tormented and de

,

stroyed .

1
9 We have not expected to live day after day
. .

1 0 We hoped indeed to have been the head ;

.

1 1 But we have become the tail

. We have been .

a fflicted when we have exe rted ourselves ; but we

,

2
have been devoured by sinners and the ungodly ;
t heir y oke has been heavy upon us .

1 2 Tho s e have exercised dominion over us who

.

detest and who g o ad us ; and to those who hat e us

have we humbled o ur neck ; but they have Shown
no compas s ion towards uS .

1 3 We have been desirous o f escaping from

.

W
them that we might fly away and be at rest ; but
,

we have found no place t o which we could fly and ,

be secure from them e have sough t an a s ylu m .

with pri n ces in o ur distre s s a n d have cried out to ,

those who were devouring us ; but o ur cry h a s not

been regarded nor have t h ey been dispo s ed to hea i
,

o ur v 0 1 ce

14 But rather t o assist those w h o plunder and

.

devour us ; those who dimini s h us and hide thei r ,

Oppre s s ion ; who remove not their y oke from us ,

but devour enervate and slay us ; who conceal o ur

, ,

slaughter nor remember that they have lifted up

,

their hand s against us .

”

fo o d fo r si nne rs
1 2
to se e l i
fe . .
1 72 ENGCH .

CHAP CIV . .

1 . I swear to you ye righteous that in heaven , ,

the angel s record y our goodness before the glory o f

the mighty O ne .

2 Wait with patient hope for formerl y yo u have

.

been disgraced with evil and wi t h a ffl iction ; but

now Shall you shine like the lu m inaries o f heaven .

You shall be seen and the gate s of heaven shall be

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opened to you Your cries have cried fo r j udg

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m ent ; and it has appeared to y o u : fo r an account

o f all your s u fferings Shall be required from the
princes and from every o n e who has assisted your
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plunderers .

3 Wait with patient hope ; n o r relinquish your

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confidence for great joy shall be your s like that o f ,

t h e angels in heaven Conduct yours elves as yo u

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may s till you Shall n o t be concealed in the day o f

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the great j udgment Y o u shall not be found like.

Sinners and eternal conde m nation Shall be far from

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o u s o long as the world e x i s t s
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4 A nd now fear not ye righteous when you se e

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sinners flouri s hing a n d pro s perous in their way s

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5 Be not as s ociates with them ; but keep your

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s el v es a t a distance from their oppression ; be y o u

as sociated w ith the host o f heaven Y o u y e Sinners .

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sa
y , All o ur tran s gressions shall n o t be taken
s t ro ng a nd w o rth y
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d uri ng e v e ry g e n e ra t i o n o
f th e w o rl d .
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1 . In
those days saith the Lord they shall call , ,

to the children o f the earth and m ake them li s ten ,

to their wisdom S how them tha t you are t h eir .

leaders ;
2 And that renumeration sha l l ta k e p l a ce over
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the whole earth ; for I and my S on will for ever

hold communion with them in the paths Of upright
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nes s while they are still alive
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Peace Shall be .

yours Rej oice children o f integrity in the truth

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CHAP C V . .

After a time my s o n Mathusala too k a wife

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for h i s so n Lamech .

2 S h e became pregnant by him and brought

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forth a child the flesh o f which was as white as snow

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and red as a rose ; the hair o f whose head was
w hite like wool and long ; and who s e eyes were ,

beautiful hen he Opened them he illuminated

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all the hou s e like the sun ; th e whole house ,

abounded with light .

3 And when he was taken from the hand o f the

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midwife opening also his mouth he Spoke to the

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T h i s ch a p t e r o ccurs t w i ce .

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we will f o r e v er mi x w i th th e m i n th e p a ths of up ri g h t ne ss i n

f
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th e i r l i v es . a te r d a ys .
 CHAP CV . . 175

L ord o f righteousnes s Then Lamech his father .

was afraid of him ; and fl y ing away came to h i s

o w n father Mathu s ala a n d Sai d I have begotten a
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son,
unlike to o the r chi l d re n He is no t human ;
but resembling the offspring o f the angels of heaven
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is of a di fferent nature fro m o urs being altogethe r ,

unlike to us .

4 Hi s eyes are b ri g ht as the rays of the sun ; h i s

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countenance glorious and he looks not as if he b e ,

longed to me b ut to the angel s , .

5 I am afraid lest something miraculous Should

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take place o n earth i n his days .

6 An d now my father l e t me entreat and reques t

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you to go to o ur progenitor Enoch and to learn ,

fro m him the truth ; for his r e sidence is with the

angels .

7 When Mathusala heard the words of h i s so n

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he came to me at the extremi ties o f the earth ; for

he h a d been informed that I was there : and he
cried o ut .

8 I heard his voice and went to him saying

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Behold I am he re my s o n ; Since thou art come to

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me .

9 He answered and said O n account o f a great

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event have I come to thee ; and on account o f a '

sight di fficult to be co mp reh e nde d have I approached

thee .

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a c ha ng e d so n .
1 76 ENOCH .

10 And now my father hear me for to my so n

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Lamech a child has been born who re s embles not ,

him ; and whose nature is not like the nature o f

man His colour is whiter than snow ; he is redder
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than the rose ; the hair o f h i s head is whiter than

white wool ; his eye s are like the rays o f the s un ;
and when he opened them he illuminated the whole
house .

1 1 When also he w a s taken from the hand o f

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the midwife he Opened his mouth an d blessed the

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Lord of heaven .

1 2 Hi s father Lamech feared and fled to m e

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believing not that t he chi l d belonged to him but ,

that he re s embled the angel s o f h eaven A nd .

behold I am come to thee that thou mightest point ,

o ut to me the t ruth .

The n I Enoc h an s wered and said The Lord

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will e ffect a new thing upon the earth This have .

I explained and seen in a vi s ion I have Shown

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thee that i n the generations o f Jared m y fath e r ,

tho s e who were from heaven di s regarded the word

o f the Lord Behold they committed crimes ; laid
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a s ide their cla s s and intermingled with women

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With them al s o they tran s gressed ; married with

them and begot children
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1 4 A great destruction therefore Shall come upon

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all the earth ; a deluge a great destruction Shall , ,

take place in o ne year .

1 78 EN OC H .

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Enoch w h o had shown him every secret thing he
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returned with un der s tandi n g and called the name

o f t hat child Noah becau s e he was to console the
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ea rth o n account of all i t s de s truction .

2 1 Another book which Enoch wrote for h i s s o n

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Mathusala a n d for those who Should come after him

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and preserve their purity of conduct in the latter
day s Y o u who have laboured Shall wait in those
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d ay s until the evil doers be consumed and the

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power o f the guilty be a nnihilated Wait until s i n .

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pass away ; for t heir nam e s shall be blott e d o ut o f

t h e h o l y books ; their seed Shall be destroyed and
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t heir spirit s Slain They shall cr y o ut and lament

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in the invi s ible waste and in the bottomless fire ,

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s hall they burn There I perceived as it were a
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cloud which could not be seen through ; for from ,

the depth o f it I was unable to look upwards I .

beheld al s o a fl a me o f fire blazing brigh t ly and as , ,

it were glittering mountains whirled a round and

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agitated from s ide to Side .

2 2 Then I inquired o f o n e o f the ho l y angel s

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who was with me and said What is this Splendid , ,

o b e ct ? For it is not heaven but a flame o f fire

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a lone which blazes and i n i t the re i s the clamour o f

exclamation of woe and o f great s uffering
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2 3 He said There into that place which thou

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f l i fe
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se e i n g . th e i r s ta t e o .

i n th e fire h a l l th e y b ur n , h e re th e re i s n o e a rth
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s w .
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beholdest s hall be thru s t the spirits o f Sinners and

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bla s phemer s ; o f those who Shall do evil and who ,

Shall pervert all which God h a s spoken by the

mouth o f the prophet s all which they ought to do .

For re s pecting these thing s there Shall be writings

and impre s s ion s above in heaven that the angels ,

may read them and know what shall happen both

to sinners and to the Spirits of the humble ; to those
who have s u ffered in their bodies but have been ,

rewarded by God ; who have been injuriou s ly treated

by wicked men ; who have loved God ; who have
been attached neither to gold n o r silver nor t o any ,

good thing in the world but have given their bodie s ,

to torment ;
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2 4 To thos e who from the period o f their birth
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have not been covetou s of earthly rich es ; but have

regarded them sel v e s as a breath pa s sing away .

2 5 S uch h a s been th e ir conduct ;

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and much has
the Lord tried them ; and their Spirit s have been
found p ure that they might ble s s his name A ll
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their ble ss ings have I relat e d in a book ; and He h a s

rewarded them ; for they have been found to love
heaven with an everla s ting aspiration Go d ha s .

sa i d
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While they have been trodden down by
wick e d men they have heard from th e m revi l ings
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and blas phemie s and have been ignominiou s ly

treated while they were bles s i ng me A nd n o w will
, .

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fro m th e t i m e th e y w ere .
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And th i s h a v e th e y k ep t .
1 80 EN OCH .

I call the Spirits o f the good from the generation o f

light and will change tho s e who have been born
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in darkness ; who have not in their bodie s been

recompensed with glory as their fai th may have ,

merited .

2 6 I will bring them into the Splendid light o f

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those who love my holy n ame : and I will place

each o f them o n a throne o f glory o f glory p e cul i a rl y ,

his o w n and t hey Shall be at rest during un n um

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bered periods Righteous is the j udgment Of God ;

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2 7 Fo r to the faithful shall he give faith in the

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h a bitations o f uprightness They Shall see those ,

who having been born in darkness unto darkne s s

Shall be ca s t ; while the righteous Shall be at rest .

S inners Shall cry o ut beholding them while they , ,

exis t in splendour and proceed for w ards to the days

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and periods prescribed to them .

Here ends the vision o f Enoch the prophet May .

the benediction o f his prayer and the gift of

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his appointed period be wi t h his beloved ,

Amen .

f up ri g h t
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o w a ys .
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w ri tt e n d o w n fo r th e m .

P RI NT ED BY W M W
I L L I A CL O ES AND S O NS , L I M
I T ED , L O ND O N AND B EC C L E S .