1 The words of the blessing
of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be
2
living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to
be removed. And he took up his parable and said -Enoch a righteous man,
whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens,
which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from
them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote
one which is for to come.
3 Concerning the elect I said, and took
up my parable concerning them:
The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
4 And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount
Sinai,
[And appear from His camp]
And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.
5 And all shall be smitten with fear
And the Watchers shall quake,
And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the
earth.
6 And the high mountains shall be shaken,
And the high hills shall be made low,
And shall melt like wax before the flame
7 And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder,
And all that is upon the earth shall perish,
And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).
8 But with the righteous He will make peace.
And will protect the elect,
And mercy shall be upon them.
And they shall all belong to God,
And they shall be prospered,
And they shall all be blessed.
And He will help them all,
And light shall appear unto them,
And He will make peace with them'.
9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones
To execute judgement upon all,
And to destroy all the ungodly:
And to convict all flesh
Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed,
And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against
Him.
1 Observe ye everything that takes place in the heaven, how they
do not change their orbits, and the luminaries which are in the heaven,
how they all rise and set in order each in its season, and
2 transgress
not against their appointed order. Behold ye the earth, and give heed to
the things which take place upon it from first to last, how steadfast they
are, how none of the things upon earth
3 change, but all the works
of God appear to you. Behold the summer and the winter, how the whole earth
is filled with water, and clouds and dew and rain lie upon it.
1 Observe and see how (in the winter) all the trees seem as though they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.
1 And again, observe ye the days of summer how the sun is above the earth over against it. And you seek shade and shelter by reason of the heat of the sun, and the earth also burns with growing heat, and so you cannot tread on the earth, or on a rock by reason of its heat.
1 Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves
and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His
works, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so.
2
and all His works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks
which they accomplish for Him, and their tasks change not, but according
as God hath ordained so is it done.
3 And behold how the sea and the rivers in like manner accomplish and change not their tasks from His commandments'.
4 But ye -ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments
of the Lord,
But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words
With your impure mouths against His greatness.
Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no peace.
5 Therefore shall ye execrate your days,
And the years of your life shall perish,
And the years of your destruction shall be multiplied in eternal execration,
And ye shall find no mercy.
6a In those days ye shall make your names an eternal execration
unto all the righteous,
6b And by you shall all who curse, curse,
And all the sinners and godless shall imprecate by you,
6c And for you the godless there shall be a curse.
6d And all the . . . shall rejoice,
6e And there shall be forgiveness of sins,
6f And every mercy and peace and forbearance:
6g There shall be salvation unto them, a goodly light.
6h And for all of you sinners there shall be no salvation,
6i But on you all shall abide a curse.
7a But for the elect there shall be light and joy and peace,
7b And they shall inherit the earth.
8 And then there shall be bestowed upon the elect wisdom,
And they shall all live and never again sin,
Either through ungodliness or through pride:
But they who are wise shall be humble.
9 And they shall not again transgress,
Nor shall they sin all the days of their life,
Nor shall they die of (the divine) anger or wrath,
But they shall complete the number of the days of their life.
And their lives shall be increased in peace,
And the years of their joy shall be multiplied,
In eternal gladness and peace,
All the days of their life.
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied
that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters.
2 And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after
them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among
the children of men
3 and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was
their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not
4 indeed agree
to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.'
And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all
bind ourselves by mutual imprecations
5 not to abandon this plan
but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves
6 by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred;
who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they
called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn
7 and bound themselves
by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the names of their leaders:
Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel,
Ezeqeel, Baraqijal,
8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaq1el, Samsapeel,
Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.
1 And all the others together with them took unto themselves
wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them
and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms
2and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with
plants. And they
3 became pregnant, and they bare great giants,
whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed
4 all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against
5 them and devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds,
and beasts, and reptiles, and
6 fish, and to devour one another's
flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the
lawless ones.
1 And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being
2 shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. And
they said one to another: 'The earth made without inhabitant cries the voice of their
cryingst up to the gates of heaven.
3 And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls
of men make their suit, saying, "Bring our cause
4 before the Most High."' And they said
to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages,
the throne of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the generations of the
5 ages, and Thy name
holy and glorious and blessed unto all the ages! Thou hast made all things, and power
over all things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest
all
6 things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. Thou seest what Azazel hath done,
who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which
7 men were striving to learn: And Semjaza, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates. And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the
9 women, and have defiled themselves, and
revealed to them all kinds of sins. And the women have
10 borne giants, and the whole
earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness. And now, behold, the souls
of those who have died are crying and making their suit to the gates of heaven, and their
lamentations have ascended: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are
11 wrought on the earth. And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.'
1 Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and
sent Uriel to the son of Lamech,
2 and said to him: Go to Noah and
tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and reveal to him the end
that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge
is about to come
3 upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that
is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape 4 and his seed
may be preserved for all the generations of the world. And again the Lord
said to Raphael: Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness:
and make an opening
5 in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast
him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with
darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he
may
6,7 not see light. And on the day of the great judgement
he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels have
corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the
plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the
secret things that the
8 Watchers have disclosed and have taught
their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted
9 through the
works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin. And to Gabriel
said the Lord: Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against
the children of fornication: and destroy [the children of fornication and]
the children of the Watchers from amongst men [and cause them to go forth]:
send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in
10 battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that they
(i.e. their fathers) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on
their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and
11 that
each one of them will live five hundred years. And the Lord said unto Michael:
Go, bind Semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with women
so as to have defiled themselves
12 with them in all their uncleanness.
And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction
of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys
of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their consummation,
till the judgement that is
13 for ever and ever is consummated.
In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and
14 to the
torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. And whosoever
shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together
with them to the end of all
15 generations. And destroy all the spirits
of the reprobate and the children of the Watchers, because
16 they have
wronged mankind. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every
evil work come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness and truth
appear: and it shall prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth
shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore.
17 And then shall all the righteous escape,
And shall live till they beget thousands of children,
And all the days of their youth and their old age
Shall they complete in peace.
18 And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall
all be planted with trees and
19 be full of blessing. And all desirable
trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the
vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for
all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand,
and each measure of olives shall yield
20 ten presses of oil. And cleanse
thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from
all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth
21 destroy from off the earth. And all the children of men
shall become righteous, and all nations
22 shall offer adoration and shall
praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from
all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all
torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to
generation and for ever.
1 And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing which are in the heaven, so as to send 2 them down upon the earth over the work and labour of the children of men. And truth and peace shall be associated together throughout all the days of the world and throughout all the generations of men.
1 Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children
of men knew where he was
2 hidden, and where he abode, and what
had become of him. And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and
his days were with the holy ones.
3 And I Enoch was blessing the
Lord of majesty and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers
4called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness,
go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven,
the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have
done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves
5wives: "Ye have wrought great destruction on the earth: And ye shall
have no peace nor forgiveness
6 of sin: and inasmuch as they delight
themselves in their children, The murder of their beloved ones shall they
see, and over the destruction of their children shall they lament, and
shall make supplication unto eternity, but mercy and peace shall ye not
attain."
1 And Enoch went and said: Azazel, thou shalt have no peace: a severe
sentence has gone forth
2 against thee to put thee in bonds: And thou shalt
not have toleration nor request granted to thee, because of the unrighteousness
which thou hast taught, and because of all the works of godlessness
3 and
unrighteousness and sin which thou hast shown to men. Then I went and spoke to them all
4 together, and they were all afraid, and fear and trembling
seized them. And they besought me to draw up a petition for them that they
might find forgiveness, and to read their petition in the presence
5 of
the Lord of heaven. For from thenceforward they could not speak (with Him) nor lift up their
6 eyes to heaven for shame of their sins for which they
had been condemned. Then I wrote out their petition, and the prayer in
regard to their spirits and their deeds individually and in regard to their
7 requests that they should have forgiveness and length. And I went off
and sat down at the waters of Dan, in the land of Dan, to the south of
the west of Hermon: I read their petition till I fell
8 asleep. And behold
a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me, and I saw visions of
chastisement, and a voice came bidding (me) I to tell it to the sons of
heaven, and reprimand them.
9 And when I awaked, I came unto them, and
they were all sitting gathered together, weeping in
10 Abelsjail, which
is between Lebanon and Seneser, with their faces covered. And I recounted
before them all the visions which I had seen in sleep, and I began to speak
the words of righteousness, and to reprimand the heavenly Watchers.
1 The book of the words of righteousness, and of the reprimand of the
eternal Watchers in accordance
2 with the command of the Holy Great One
in that vision. I saw in my sleep what I will now say with a tongue of
flesh and with the breath of my mouth: which the Great One has given to
men to
3 converse therewith and understand with the heart. As He has created
and given to man the power of understanding the word of wisdom, so hath
He created me also and given me the power of reprimanding
4 the Watchers, the children of heaven. I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted unto you throughout
all the days of eternity, and that judgement
5 has been finally passed
upon you: yea (your petition) will not be granted unto you. And from henceforth
you shall not ascend into heaven unto all eternity, and in bonds of the
earth the decree
6 has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world.
And (that) previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved
sons and ye shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before
7 you by the sword. And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted,
nor yet on your own: even though you weep and pray and speak all the words
contained in the writing which I have
8 written. And the vision was shown
to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned
me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me,
and the winds in
9 the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and
bore me into heaven. And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is
built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire: and it began to affright
10 me. And I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house
which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated
floor (made) of crystals, and its groundwork was
11 of crystal. Its ceiling
was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were
12 fiery cherubim, and their heaven was (clear as) water. A flaming fire
surrounded the walls, and its
13 portals blazed with fire. And I entered
into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there
14 were
no delights of life therein: fear covered me, and trembling got hold upon
me. And as I quaked
15 and trembled, I fell upon my face. And I beheld
a vision, And lo! there was a second house, greater
16 than the former,
and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames
of fire. And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence
and extent that I cannot describe to
17 you its splendour and its extent.
And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path
18of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire. And I looked and saw
therein a lofty throne: its appearance was as crystal, and the wheels thereof
as the shining sun, and there was the vision of
19 cherubim. And from underneath
the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look
20 thereon.
And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than
the sun and
21 was whiter than any snow. None of the angels could enter
and could behold His face by reason
22 of the magnificence and glory and
no flesh could behold Him. The flaming fire was round about Him, and a
great fire stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him: ten thousand
times
23 ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed no counselor. And
the most holy ones who were
24 nigh to Him did not leave by night nor depart
from Him. And until then I had been prostrate on my face, trembling: and
the Lord called me with His own mouth, and said to me: ' Come hither,
25 Enoch, and hear my word.' And one of the holy ones came to me and waked
me, and He made me rise up and approach the door: and I bowed my face downwards.
1 And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: 'Fear not,
Enoch, thou righteous
2 man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither
and hear my voice. And go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent
thee to intercede for them: "You should intercede" for men, and
not men
3 for you: Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and eternal heaven,
and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and
taken to yourselves wives, and done like the children
4 of earth, and begotten
giants (as your) sons? And though ye were holy, spiritual, living the eternal
life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten
(children) with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted
after flesh and blood as those also do who die
5 and perish. Therefore
have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget
6 children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth.
But you were formerly
7 spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal
for all generations of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives
for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their
dwelling.
8 And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and
flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon
9 the earth, and on the earth
shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies;
because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning
and primal origin;
10 they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits
shall they be called. [As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be
their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon
the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.]
11 And the spirits of the
giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction
on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless
12
hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up
against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded
from them.
1 From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants,
from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy
without incurring judgement -thus shall they destroy until the day of the
consummation, the great judgement in which the age shall be
2 consummated,
over the Watchers and the godless, yea, shall be wholly consummated."
And now as to the Watchers who have sent thee to intercede for them, who
had been aforetime in heaven, say to them:
3 "You have been in heaven,
but all the mysteries had not yet been revealed to you, and you knew worthless
ones, and these in the hardness of your hearts you have made known to the
women, and through these mysteries women and men work much evil on earth."
4 Say to them therefore: " You have no peace."'
1 And they took and brought me to a place in which those who were there
were like flaming fire,
2 and, when they wished, they appeared as men.
And they brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain the point
of whose summit reached to heaven.
3 And I saw the places of the luminaries
and the treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the uttermost
depths, where were
4 a fiery bow and arrows and their quiver, and a fiery
sword and all the lightnings. And they took
5 me to the living waters,
and to the fire of the west, which receives every setting of the sun. And
I came to a river of fire in which the fire flows like water and discharges
itself into the great sea towards
6 the west. I saw the great rivers and
came to the great river and to the great darkness, and went
7 to the place
where no flesh walks. I saw the mountains of the darkness of winter and
the place
8 whence all the waters of the deep flow. I saw the mouths of
all the rivers of the earth and the mouth of the deep.
1 I saw the treasuries of all the winds: I saw how He had furnished
with them the whole creation
2 and the firm foundations of the earth. And
I saw the corner-stone of the earth: I saw the four
3 winds which bear
[the earth and] the firmament of the heaven. And I saw how the winds stretch
out the vaults of heaven, and have their station between heaven and earth:
these are the pillars
4 of the heaven. I saw the winds of heaven which
turn and bring the circumference of the sun and
5 all the stars to their
setting. I saw the winds on the earth carrying the clouds: I saw the paths
6 of the angels. I saw at the end of the earth the firmament of the heaven
above. And I proceeded and saw a place which burns day and night, where
there are seven mountains of magnificent stones,
7 three towards the east,
and three towards the south. And as for those towards the east, was of
coloured stone, and one of pearl, and one of jacinth, and those towards
the south of red stone.
8 But the middle one reached to heaven like the
throne of God, of alabaster, and the summit of the
9,10 throne was of sapphire.
And I saw a flaming fire. And beyond these mountains Is a region the end
of the great earth: there the heavens were completed.
11 And I saw a deep
abyss, with columns of heavenly fire, and among them I saw columns of fire
fall, which were beyond measure alike towards
12 the height and towards
the depth. And beyond that abyss I saw a place which had no firmament of
the heaven above, and no firmly founded earth beneath it: there was no
water upon it, and no
13 birds, but it was a waste and horrible place.
I saw there seven stars like great burning mountains,
14 and to me, when
I inquired regarding them, The angel said: 'This place is the end of heaven
and earth: this has become a prison for the stars and the host of heaven.
15And the stars which roll over the fire are they which have transgressed
the commandment of the Lord in the beginning of
16 their rising, because
they did not come forth at their appointed times. And He was wroth with
them, and bound them till the time when their guilt should be consummated
(even) for ten thousand years.'
1 And Uriel said to me: 'Here shall stand the angels who have connected
themselves with women, and their spirits assuming many different forms
are defiling mankind and shall lead them astray into sacrificing to demons
as gods, (here shall they stand,) till the day of the great judgement in
2 which they shall be judged till they are made an end of. And the women
also of the angels who
3 went astray shall become sirens.' And I, Enoch,
alone saw the vision, the ends of all things: and no man shall see as I
have seen.
1,2 And these are the names of the holy angels who watch. Uriel, one
of the holy angels, who is
3 over the world and over Tartarus. Raphael,
one of the holy angels, who is over the spirits of men.
4,5 Raguel, one
of the holy angels who takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries.
Michael, one
6 of the holy angels, to wit, he that is set over the best
part of mankind and over chaos. Saraqael,
7 one of the holy angels, who
is set over the spirits, who sin in the spirit. Gabriel, one of the holy
8 angels, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the Cherubim. Remiel,
one of the holy angels, whom God set over those who rise.
1,2 And I proceeded to where things were chaotic. And I saw there something
horrible: I saw neither
3 a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but
a place chaotic and horrible. And there I saw
4 seven stars of the heaven
bound together in it, like great mountains and burning with fire. Then
5 I said: 'For what sin are they bound, and on what account have they been
cast in hither?' Then said Uriel, one of the holy angels, who was with
me, and was chief over them, and said: 'Enoch, why
6 dost thou ask, and
why art thou eager for the truth? These are of the number of the stars
of heaven, which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are
bound here till ten thousand years,
7 the time entailed by their sins,
are consummated.' And from thence I went to another place, which was still
more horrible than the former, and I saw a horrible thing: a great fire
there which burnt and blazed, and the place was cleft as far as the abyss,
being full of great descending columns of
8 fire: neither its extent or
magnitude could I see, nor could I conjecture. Then I said: 'How
9 fearful
is the place and how terrible to look upon!' Then Uriel answered me, one
of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: 'Enoch, why hast
thou such fear and affright?' And
10 I answered: 'Because of this fearful
place, and because of the spectacle of the pain.' And he said unto me:
'This place is the prison of the angels, and here they will be imprisoned
for ever.'
1 And thence I went to another place, and he mountain [and] of hard
rock.
2 And there was in it four hollow places, deep and wide and very
smooth. How smooth are the hollow places and deep and dark to look at.
3 Then Raphael answered, one of the holy angels who was with me, and said
unto me: 'These hollow places have been created for this very purpose,
that the spirits of the souls of the dead should
4 assemble therein, yea
that all the souls of the children of men should assemble here. And these
places have been made to receive them till the day of their judgement and
till their appointed period [till the period appointed], till the great
judgement (comes) upon them.' I saw (the spirit of) a dead man making suit,
5 and his voice went forth to heaven and made suit. And I asked Raphael
the angel who was
6 with me, and I said unto him: 'This spirit which maketh
suit, whose is it, whose voice goeth forth and maketh suit to heaven ?'
7 And he answered me saying: 'This is the spirit which went forth from
Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him till
his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his seed is annihilated
from amongst the seed of men.'
8 The I asked regarding it, and regarding
all the hollow places: 'Why is one separated from the other?'
9 And he
answered me and said unto me: 'These three have been made that the spirits
of the dead might be separated. And such a division has been make (for)
the spirits of the righteous, in which there is the bright spring of
10
water. And such has been made for sinners when they die and are buried
in the earth and judgement has not been executed on them in their
11 lifetime.
Here their spirits shall be set apart in this great pain till the great
day of judgement and punishment and torment of those who curse for ever
and retribution for their spirits. There
12 He shall bind them for ever.
And such a division has been made for the spirits of those who make their
suit, who make disclosures concerning their destruction, when they were
slain in the days
13 of the sinners. Such has been made for the spirits
of men who were not righteous but sinners, who were complete in transgression,
and of the transgressors they shall be companions: but their spirits shall
not be slain in the day of judgement nor shall they be raised from thence.'
14 The I blessed the Lord of glory and said: 'Blessed be my Lord, the Lord
of righteousness, who ruleth for ever.'
1,2 From thence I went to another place to the west of the ends of
the earth. And I saw a burning
3 fire which ran without resting, and paused
not from its course day or night but (ran) regularly. And
4 I asked saying:
'What is this which rests not?' Then Raguel, one of the holy angels who
was with me, answered me and said unto me: 'This course of fire which thou
hast seen is the fire in the west which persecutes all the luminaries of
heaven.'
1 And from thence I went to another place of the earth, and he showed
me a mountain range of
2 fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond
it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other,
and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as
a whole, of glorious appearance and fair exterior: three towards the east,
one founded on the other, and three towards the south, one upon the other,
and deep rough ravines, no one of which
3 joined with any other. And the
seventh mountain was in the midst of these, and it excelled them
4 in height,
resembling the seat of a throne: and fragrant trees encircled the throne.
And amongst them was a tree such as I had never yet smelt, neither was
any amongst them nor were others like it: it had a fragrance beyond all
fragrance, and its leaves and blooms and wood wither not for ever:
5 and
its fruit is beautiful, and its fruit n resembles the dates of a palm.
Then I said: 'How beautiful is this tree, and fragrant, and its leaves
are fair, and its blooms very delightful in appearance.'
6 Then answered
Michael, one of the holy and honoured angels who was with me, and was their
leader.
1 And he said unto me: 'Enoch, why dost thou ask me regarding the fragrance of the tree,
2 and why dost thou wish to learn the truth?' Then I answered
him saying: 'I wish to
3 know about everything, but especially about this
tree.' And he answered saying: 'This high mountain which thou hast seen,
whose summit is like the throne of God, is His throne, where the Holy Great
One, the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, will sit, when He shall come
down to visit
4 the earth with goodness. And as for this fragrant tree
no mortal is permitted to touch it till the great judgement, when He shall
take vengeance on all and bring (everything) to its consummation
5 for
ever. It shall then be given to the righteous and holy. Its fruit shall
be for food to the elect: it shall be transplanted to the holy place, to
the temple of the Lord, the Eternal King.
6 Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad,
And into the holy place shall they enter;
And its fragrance shall be in their bones,
And they shall live a long life on earth,
Such as thy fathers lived:
And in their days shall no sorrow or plague
Or torment or calamity touch them.'
7 Then blessed I the God of Glory, the Eternal King, who hath prepared such things for the righteous, and hath created them and promised to give to them.
1 And I went from thence to the middle of the earth, and I saw a blessed
place in which there were
2 trees with branches abiding and blooming [of
a dismembered tree]. And there I saw a holy mountain,
3 and underneath
the mountain to the east there was a stream and it flowed towards the south.
And I saw towards the east another mountain higher than this, and between
them a deep and narrow
4 ravine: in it also ran a stream underneath the
mountain. And to the west thereof there was another mountain, lower than
the former and of small elevation, and a ravine deep and dry between them:
and another deep and dry ravine was at the extremities of the three mountains.
5 And all the ravines were deep rand narrow, (being formed) of hard rock,
and trees were not planted upon
6 them. And I marveled at the rocks, and
I marveled at the ravine, yea, I marveled very much.
1 Then said I: 'For what object is this blessed land, which is entirely
filled with trees, and this
2 accursed valley between?' Then Uriel, one
of the holy angels who was with me, answered and said: 'This accursed valley
is for those who are accursed for ever: Here shall all the accursed be
gathered together who utter with their lips against the Lord unseemly words
and of His glory speak hard things. Here shall they be gathered together,
and here
3 shall be their place of judgement. In the last days there shall
be upon them the spectacle of righteous judgement in the presence of the
righteous for ever: here shall the merciful bless the Lord of glory, the
Eternal King.
4 In the days of judgement over the former, they shall bless
Him for the mercy in accordance with
5 which He has assigned them (their
lot).' Then I blessed the Lord of Glory and set forth His glory and lauded
Him gloriously.
1 And thence I went towards the east, into the midst of the mountain
range of the desert, and
2 I saw a wilderness and it was solitary, full
of trees and plants. And water gushed forth from
3 above. Rushing like
a copious watercourse [which flowed] towards the north-west it caused clouds
and dew to ascend on every side.
1 And thence I went to another place in the desert, and approached
to the east of this mountain range.
2 And there I saw aromatic trees exhaling
the fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, and the trees also were similar
to the almond tree.
1,2 And beyond these, I went afar to the east, and I saw another place,
a valley (full) of water. And
3 therein there was a tree, the colour (?)
of fragrant trees such as the mastic. And on the sides of those valleys
I saw fragrant cinnamon. And beyond these I proceeded to the east.
1 And I saw other mountains, and amongst them were groves of trees,
and there flowed forth from
2 them nectar, which is named sarara and galbanum.
And beyond these mountains I saw another mountain to the east of the ends
of the earth, whereon were aloe-trees, and all the trees were full
3 of
stacte, being like almond-trees. And when one burnt it, it smelt sweeter
than any fragrant odour.
1 And after these fragrant odours, as I looked towards the north over
the mountains I saw seven mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees
and cinnamon and pepper.
2 And thence I went over the summits of all these
mountains, far towards the east of the earth, and passed above the Erythraean
sea and went far from it, and passed over the angel Zotiel. And I came
to the Garden of Righteousness,
3 I and from afar off trees more numerous
than I these trees and great-two trees there, very great, beautiful, and
glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit
they eat and know great wisdom.
4 That tree is in height like the fir,
and its leaves are like (those of) the Carob tree: and its fruit
5 is like
the clusters of the vine, very beautiful: and the fragrance of the tree
penetrates afar. Then
6 I said: 'How beautiful is the tree, and how attractive
is its look!' Then Raphael the holy angel, who was with me, answered me
and said: 'This is the tree of wisdom, of which thy father old (in years)
and thy aged mother, who were before thee, have eaten, and they learnt
wisdom and their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked and
they were driven out of the garden.'
1 And from thence I went towards the north to the ends of the earth, and there I saw a
great and
2 glorious device at the ends of the whole earth. And here I saw three portals of
heaven open in the heaven: through each of them proceed north winds: when they blow
there is cold, hail, frost,
3 snow, dew, and rain. And out of one portal they blow for good:
but when they blow through the other two portals, it is with violence and affliction on the
earth, and they blow with violence.
1 And from thence I went towards the west to the ends of the earth, and saw there three portals of the heaven open such as I had seen in the east, the same number of portals, and the same number of outlets.
1 And from thence I went to the south to the ends of the earth, and saw there three open portals
2 of the heaven: and thence there come dew, rain, and wind. And from thence I
went to the east to the ends of the heaven, and saw here the three eastern portals of
heaven open and small portals
3 above them. Through each of these small portals pass the
stars of heaven and run their course to the west on the path which is shown to them. And
as often as I saw I blessed always the Lord of Glory, and I continued to bless the Lord of
Glory who has wrought great and glorious wonders, to show the greatness of His work to
the angels and to spirits and to men, that they might praise His work and all His creation:
that they might see the work of His might and praise the great work of His hands and bless
Him for ever.