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 Elohimless
are to be removed. And he took up his parable and said -Enoch a righteous man,
whose eyes were opened by Elohim, saw the vision of the Qodesh One in the
heavens, which the malak 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 Qodesh Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
4 And the eternal Elohim 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 compassion shall be upon them.
And they shall all belong to Elohim,
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 comes with ten thousands of His Qodesh ones
To execute judgement upon all,
And to destroy all the unElohimly:
And to convict all flesh
Of all the works of their unElohimliness which they have unElohimly committed,
And of all the hard things which unElohimly 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 Elohim 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 lives for ever has 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 Elohim has 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
Yahuah,
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 compassion.
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 Elohimless shall imprecate by you,
6c And for you the Elohimless there shall be a curse.
6d And all the . . . shall rejoice,
6e And there shall be forgiveness of sins,
6f And every compassion 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 unElohimliness 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 malak, 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 swore 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 els: 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 Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives,
and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth
and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of
antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones,
and all
2 coloring tinctures. And there arose much Elohimlessness, and they
committed fornication, and they
3 were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjaza taught
enchantments, and root-cuttings, 'Armaros the resolving of enchantments,
Baraqijal (taught) astrology, Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel the knowledge
of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun,
and Sariel the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their
cry went up to heaven . . .
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 crying up to the gates of heaven.
3 And now to you, the Qodesh ones of heaven, the souls of men make their
suit, saying, "Bring our cause
4 before the Most High."' And they said to Yahuah of the ages: 'Master of
Masters, Elohim of Elohims, King of kings, and Elohim of the ages, the throne of
Your esteem (stands) unto all the generations of the
5 ages, and Your name Qodesh and magnificent and blessed unto all the
ages! You have made all things, and power over all things have You: and all
things are naked and open in Your sight, and You see all
6 things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. You see what Azazel has
done, who has 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 You have 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 You know all things before they come to
pass, and You see these things and You do suffer them, and You do not say to us
what we are to do to them in regard to these.'
1 Then said the Most High, the Qodesh and Great One spoke, and sent
Uriel to the son of Lamech,
2 and said to him: Go to Noah and tell him in my name "Hide yourself!"
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 Yahuah 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 malak 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 Yahuah: 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 Yahuah 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 you the earth from all oppression, and
from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all Elohimlessness: 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 labor 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 Qodesh ones.
3 And I Enoch was blessing Yahuah of majesty and the King of the ages,
and lo! the Watchers
4called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, you scribe of
righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high
heaven, the Qodesh 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
compassion and peace shall ye not attain."
1 And Enoch went and said: Azazel, you shalt have no peace: a severe
sentence has gone forth
2 against thee to put thee in bonds: And you shalt not have toleration
nor request granted to thee, because of the unrighteousness which you have
taught, and because of all the works of Elohimlessness
3 and unrighteousness and sin which you have 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 Yahuah 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 Qodesh 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 has 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 splendor and
magnificence and extent that I cannot describe to
17 you its splendor 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 Esteem sat thereon, and His raiment shone more
brightly than the sun and
21 was whiter than any snow. None of the malak could enter and could
behold His face by reason
22 of the magnificence and esteem 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 Qodesh 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 Yahuah called me with His own
mouth, and said to me: ' Come hither,
25 Enoch, and hear my word.' And one of the Qodesh 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, you 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, Qodesh, 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
Qodesh, 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 Qodesh
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 Elohimless, 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 wanted, 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 malak. 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 Elohim, 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 malak 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 Yahuah 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 malak 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
Elohims, (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 malak 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 Qodesh malak who watch. Uriel, one
of the Qodesh malak, who is
3 over the world and over Tartarus. Raphael, one of the Qodesh malak, who
is over the spirits of men.
4,5 Raguel, one of the Qodesh malak who takes vengeance on the world of
the luminaries. Michael, one
6 of the Qodesh malak, to wit, he that is set over the best part of
mankind and over chaos. Saraqael,
7 one of the Qodesh malak, who is set over the spirits, who sin in the
spirit. Gabriel, one of the Qodesh
8 malak, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the Cherubim. Remiel,
one of the Qodesh malak, whom Elohim 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 Qodesh malak, who was with me,
and was chief over them, and said: 'Enoch, why
6 do you ask, and why art you eager for the truth? These are of the
number of the stars of heaven, which have transgressed the commandment of
Yahuah, 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 Qodesh malak who was with me, and said unto me: 'Enoch,
why have you 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
malak, 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 Qodesh malak 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 malak who was
6 with me, and I said unto him: 'This spirit which makes suit, whose is
it, whose voice goes forth and makes 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 Yahuah of esteem and said: 'Blessed be my Master, Yahuah
of righteousness, who rules 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
Qodesh malak who was with me, answered me and said unto me: 'This course of fire
which you have 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 magnificent
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 Qodesh and honored malak who was with
me, and was their leader.
1 And he said unto me: 'Enoch, why do you ask me regarding the
fragrance of the tree,
2 and why do you want to learn the truth?' Then I answered him saying: 'I
want to
3 know about everything, but especially about this tree.' And he answered
saying: 'This high mountain which you have seen, whose summit is like the throne
of Elohim, is His throne, where the Qodesh Great One, Yahuah of Esteem, 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 Qodesh. Its fruit
shall be for food to the elect: it shall be transplanted to the Qodesh place, to
the temple of Yahuah, the Eternal King.
6 Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad,
And into the Qodesh place shall they enter;
And its fragrance shall be in their bones,
And they shall live a long life on earth,
Such as your fathers lived:
And in their days shall no sorrow or plague
Or torment or calamity touch them.'
7 Then blessed I the Elohim of Esteem, the Eternal King, who has prepared such things for the righteous, and has 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 Qodesh 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 Qodesh malak 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 Yahuah unseemly words and of His esteem 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 Yahuah of esteem, the Eternal King.
4 In the days of judgement over the former, they shall bless Him for the
compassion in accordance with
5 which He has assigned them (their lot).' Then I blessed Yahuah of
Esteem and set forth His esteem and lauded Him magnificently.
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 color (?) 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 odor.
1 And after these fragrant odors, 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 malak 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 magnificent, and magnificent,
and the tree of knowledge, whose Qodesh 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 Qodesh malak, who was with me, answered me and said: 'This is
the tree of wisdom, of which your father old (in years) and your 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 to the ends of the earth
and saw there great beasts, and each differed from the other; and (I saw) birds
also differing in appearance and beauty and voice, the one differing from the
other. And to the east of those beasts I saw the ends of the earth whereon the
heaven
2 rests, and the portals of the heaven open. And I saw how the stars of
heaven come forth, and
3 I counted the portals out of which they proceed, and wrote down all
their outlets, of each individual star by itself, according to their number and
their names, their courses and their positions, and their
4 times and their months, as Uriel the Qodesh malak who was with me
showed me. He showed all things to me and wrote them down for me: also their
names he wrote for me, and their laws and their companies.
1 And from thence I went towards the north to the ends of the earth,
and there I saw a great and
2 magnificent 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 Yahuah of Esteem, and I continued to bless
Yahuah of Esteem who has wrought great and magnificent wonders, to show the
greatness of His work to the malak 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.
1 The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom -which Enoch
the son of Jared, the son
2 of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the
son of Adam, saw. And this is the beginning of the words of wisdom which I
lifted up my voice to speak and say to those which dwell on earth: Hear, ye men
of old time, and see, ye that come after, the words of the Qodesh
3 One which I will speak before Yahuah of Spirits. It were better to
declare (them only) to the men of old time, but even from those that come after
we will not withhold the beginning of wisdom.
4 Till the present day such wisdom has never been given by Yahuah of
Spirits as I have received according to my insight, according to the good
pleasure of Yahuah of Spirits by whom the lot of
5 eternal life has been given to me. Now three Parables were imparted to
me, and I lifted up my voice and recounted them to those that dwell on the
earth.
1 The first Parable.
When the congregation of the righteous shall appear,
And sinners shall be judged for their sins,
And shall be driven from the face of the earth:
2 And when the Righteous One shall appear before the eyes of the
righteous,
Whose elect works hang upon Yahuah of Spirits,
And light shall appear to the righteous and the elect who dwell on the earth,
Where then will be the dwelling of the sinners,
And where the resting-place of those who have denied Yahuah of Spirits?
It had been good for them if they had not been born.
3 When the secrets of the righteous shall be revealed and the sinners
judged,
And the Elohimless driven from the presence of the righteous and elect,
4 From that time those that possess the earth shall no longer be powerful
and exalted:
And they shall not be able to behold the face of the Qodesh,
For Yahuah of Spirits has caused His light to appear
On the face of the Qodesh, righteous, and elect.
5 Then shall the kings and the mighty perish
And be given into the hands of the righteous and Qodesh.
6 And thenceforward none shall seek for themselves compassion from Yahuah
of Spirits
For their life is at an end.
1 And it shall come to pass in those days that elect and Qodesh
children will descend from the
2 high heaven, and their seed will become one with the children of men.
And in those days Enoch received books of zeal and wrath, and books of disquiet
and expulsion.
And compassion shall not be accorded to them, says Yahuah of Spirits.
3 And in those days a whirlwind carried me off from the earth,
And set me down at the end of the heavens.
4 And there I saw another vision, the dwelling-places of the Qodesh,
And the resting-places of the righteous.
5 Here mine eyes saw their dwellings with His righteous malak,
And their resting-places with the Qodesh.
And they petitioned and interceded and prayed for the children of men,
And righteousness flowed before them as water,
And compassion like dew upon the earth:
Thus it is amongst them for ever and ever.
6a And in that place mine eyes saw the Elect One of righteousness and
of faith,
And I saw his dwelling-place under the wings of Yahuah of Spirits.
6b And righteousness shall prevail in his days,
And the righteous and elect shall be without number before Him for ever and
ever.
7 And all the righteous and elect before Him shall be strong as fiery
lights,
And their mouth shall be full of blessing,
And their lips extol the name of Yahuah of Spirits,
And righteousness before Him shall never fail,
[And uprightness shall never fail before Him.]
8 There I wanted to dwell,
And my spirit longed for that dwelling-place:
And there heretofore has been my portion,
For so has it been established concerning me before Yahuah of Spirits.
9 In those days I praised and extolled the name of Yahuah of Spirits with
blessings and praises, because He has destined me for blessing and esteem
according to the good pleasure of Yahuah of
10 Spirits. For a long time my eyes regarded that place, and I blessed
Him and praised Him, saying: Blessed is He, and may He be blessed from the
beginning and for evermore. And before Him there is no ceasing. He knows before
the world was created what is for ever and what will be from
11 generation unto generation. Those who sleep not bless Thee: they stand
before Your esteem and bless, praise, and extol, saying: "Qodesh, Qodesh,
Qodesh, is Yahuah of Spirits: He fills the earth with
12 spirits." And here my eyes saw all those who sleep not: they stand
before Him and bless and say:
Blessed be You, and blessed be the name of Yahuah for ever and ever. And my face
was changed; for I could no longer behold.
1 And after that I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand times
ten thousand, I saw a multitude
2 beyond number and reckoning, who stood before Yahuah of Spirits. And on
the four sides of Yahuah of Spirits I saw four presences, different from those
that sleep not, and I learnt their names: for the malak that went with me made
known to me their names, and showed me all the hidden things.
3 And I heard the voices of those four presences as they uttered praises
before Yahuah of esteem.
4,5 The first voice blesses Yahuah of Spirits for ever and ever. And the
second voice I heard blessing
6 the Elect One and the elect ones who hang upon Yahuah of Spirits. And
the third voice I heard pray and intercede for those who dwell on the earth and
supplicate in the name of Yahuah of Spirits.
7 And I heard the fourth voice fending off the Satans and forbidding them
to come before Yahuah
8 of Spirits to accuse them who dwell on the earth. After that I asked
the malak of peace who went with me, who showed me everything that is hidden:
Who are these four presences which I have
9 seen and whose words I have heard and written down? And he said to me:
This first is Michael, the merciful and long-suffering: and the second, who is
set over all the diseases and all the wounds of the children of men, is Raphael:
and the third, who is set over all the powers, is Gabriel: and the fourth, who
is set over the repentance unto hope of those who inherit eternal life, is named
Phanuel.
10 And these are the four malak of Yahuah of Spirits and the four voices
I heard in those days.
1 And after that I saw all the secrets of the heavens, and how the
kingdom is divided, and how the
2 actions of men are weighed in the balance. And there I saw the mansions
of the elect and the mansions of the Qodesh, and mine eyes saw there all the
sinners being driven from thence which deny the name of Yahuah of Spirits, and
being dragged off: and they could not abide because of the punishment which
proceeds from Yahuah of Spirits.
3 And there mine eyes saw the secrets of the lightning and of the
thunder, and the secrets of the winds, how they are divided to blow over the
earth, and the secrets of the clouds and dew, and these
4 I saw from whence they proceed in that place and from whence they
saturate the dusty earth. And there I saw closed chambers out of which the winds
are divided, the chamber of the hail and winds, the chamber of the mist, and of
the clouds, and the cloud thereof hovers over the earth from the
5 beginning of the world. And I saw the chambers of the sun and moon,
whence they proceed and whither they come again, and their magnificent return,
and how one is superior to the other, and their stately orbit, and how they do
not leave their orbit, and they add nothing to their orbit and they take nothing
from it, and they keep faith with each other, in accordance with the oath by
which they
6 are bound together. And first the sun goes forth and traverses his path
according to the commandment
7 of Yahuah of Spirits, and mighty is His name for ever and ever. And
after that I saw the hidden and the visible path of the moon, and she
accomplishes the course of her path in that place by day and by night-the one
holding a position opposite to the other before Yahuah of Spirits.
And they give thanks and praise and rest not;
For unto them is their thanksgiving rest.
8 For the sun changes oft for a blessing or a curse,
And the course of the path of the moon is light to the righteous
And darkness to the sinners in the name of Yahuah,
Who made a separation between the light and the darkness,
And divided the spirits of men,
And strengthened the spirits of the righteous,
In the name of His righteousness.
9 For no malak hinders and no power is able to hinder; for He appoints a judge for them all and He judges them all before Him.
1 Wisdom found no place where she might dwell;
Then a dwelling-place was assigned her in the heavens.
2 Wisdom went forth to make her dwelling among the children of men,
And found no dwelling-place:
Wisdom returned to her place,
And took her seat among the malak.
3 And unrighteousness went forth from her chambers:
Whom she sought not she found,
And dwelt with them,
As rain in a desert
And dew on a thirsty land.
1 And I saw other lightnings and the stars of heaven, and I saw how He
called them all by their
2 names and they hearkened unto Him. And I saw how they are weighed in a
righteous balance according to their proportions of light: (I saw) the width of
their spaces and the day of their appearing, and how their revolution produces
lightning: and (I saw) their revolution according to the
3 number of the malak, and (how) they keep faith with each other. And I
asked the malak who went
4 with me who showed me what was hidden: What are these? And he said to
me: Yahuah of Spirits has showed thee their parabolic meaning (lit. their
parable): these are the names of the Qodesh who dwell on the earth and believe
in the name of Yahuah of Spirits for ever and ever.
Also another phenomenon I saw in regard to the lightnings: how some of the stars arise and become lightnings and cannot part with their new form.
1 And this is the second Parable concerning those who deny the name of the dwelling of the Qodesh ones and Yahuah of Spirits.
2 And into the heaven they shall not ascend,
And on the earth they shall not come:
Such shall be the lot of the sinners
Who have denied the name of Yahuah of Spirits,
Who are thus preserved for the day of suffering and tribulation.
3 On that day Mine Elect One shall sit on the throne of esteem
And shall try their works,
And their places of rest shall be innumerable.
And their souls shall grow strong within them when they see Mine Elect Ones,
And those who have called upon My magnificent name:
4 Then will I cause Mine Elect One to dwell among them.
And I will transform the heaven and make it an eternal blessing and light
5 And I will transform the earth and make it a blessing:
And I will cause Mine elect ones to dwell upon it:
But the sinners and evil-doers shall not set foot thereon.
6 For I have provided and satisfied with peace My righteous ones
And have caused them to dwell before Me:
But for the sinners there is judgement impending with Me,
So that I shall destroy them from the face of the earth.
1 And there I saw One who had a head of days,
And His head was white like wool,
And with Him was another being whose countenance had the appearance of a man,
And his face was full of graciousness, like one of the Qodesh malak.
2 And I asked the malak who went with me and showed me all the hidden
things, concerning that 3 Son of Man, who he was, and whence he was,
(and) why he went with the Head of Days? And he answered and said unto me:
This is the son of Man who has righteousness,
With whom dwelled righteousness,
And who revealed all the treasures of that which is hidden,
Because Yahuah of Spirits has chosen him,
And whose lot has the pre-eminence before Yahuah of Spirits in uprightness for
ever.
4 And this Son of Man whom you have seen
Shall raise up the kings and the mighty from their seats,
[And the strong from their thrones]
And shall loosen the reins of the strong,
And break the teeth of the sinners.
5[And he shall put down the kings from their thrones and kingdoms]
Because they do not extol and praise Him,
Nor humbly acknowledge whence the kingdom was bestowed upon them.
6 And he shall put down the countenance of the strong,
And shall fill them with shame.
And darkness shall be their dwelling,
And worms shall be their bed,
And they shall have no hope of rising from their beds,
Because they do not extol the name of Yahuah of Spirits.
7 And these are they who judge the stars of heaven,
[And raise their hands against the Most High],
And tread upon the earth and dwell upon it.
And all their deeds manifest unrighteousness,
And their power rests upon their riches,
And their faith is in the Elohims which they have made with their hands,
And they deny the name of Yahuah of Spirits,
8 And they persecute the houses of His congregations,
And the faithful who hang upon the name of Yahuah of Spirits.
1 And in those days shall have ascended the prayer of the righteous,
And the blood of the righteous from the earth before Yahuah of Spirits.
2 In those days the Qodesh ones who dwell above in the heavens
Shall unite with one voice
And supplicate and pray and praise,
And give thanks and bless the name of Yahuah of Spirits
On behalf of the blood of the righteous which has been shed,
And that the prayer of the righteous may not be in vain before Yahuah of
Spirits,
That judgement may be done unto them,
And that they may not have to suffer for ever.
3 In those days I saw the Head of Days when He seated himself upon the
throne of His esteem,
And the books of the living were opened before Him:
And all His host which is in heaven above and His counselors stood before Him,
4 And the hearts of the Qodesh were filled with joy;
Because the number of the righteous had been offered,
And the prayer of the righteous had been heard,
And the blood of the righteous been required before Yahuah of Spirits.
1 And in that place I saw the fountain of righteousness
Which was inexhaustible:
And around it were many fountains of wisdom:
And all the thirsty drank of them,
And were filled with wisdom,
And their dwellings were with the righteous and Qodesh and elect.
2 And at that hour that Son of Man was named In the presence of Yahuah of
Spirits,
And his name before the Head of Days.
3 Yea, before the sun and the signs were created,
Before the stars of the heaven were made,
His name was named before Yahuah of Spirits.
4 He shall be a staff to the righteous whereon to stay themselves and
not fall,
And he shall be the light of the Gentiles,
And the hope of those who are troubled of heart.
5 All who dwell on earth shall fall down and worship before him,
And will praise and bless and celebrate with song Yahuah of Spirits.
6 And for this reason has he been chosen and hidden before Him,
Before the creation of the world and for evermore.
7 And the wisdom of Yahuah of Spirits has revealed him to the Qodesh
and righteous;
For he has preserved the lot of the righteous,
Because they have hated and despised this world of unrighteousness,
And have hated all its works and ways in the name of Yahuah of Spirits:
For in his name they are saved,
And according to his good pleasure has it been in regard to their life.
8 In these days downcast in countenance shall the kings of the earth
have become,
And the strong who possess the land because of the works of their hands,
For on the day of their anguish and affliction they shall not (be able to) save
themselves.
And I will give them over into the hands of Mine elect:
9As straw in the fire so shall they burn before the face of the Qodesh:
As lead in the water shall they sink before the face of the righteous,
And no trace of them shall any more be found.
10 And on the day of their affliction there shall be rest on the earth,
And before them they shall fall and not rise again:
And there shall be no one to take them with his hands and raise them:
For they have denied Yahuah of Spirits and His Anointed.
The name of Yahuah of Spirits be blessed.
l For wisdom is poured out like water,
And esteem failed not before him for evermore.
2 For he is mighty in all the secrets of righteousness,
And unrighteousness shall disappear as a shadow,
And have no continuance;
Because the Elect One stands before Yahuah of Spirits,
And his esteem is for ever and ever,
And his might unto all generations.
3 And in him dwells the spirit of wisdom,
And the spirit which gives insight,
And the spirit of understanding and of might,
And the spirit of those who have fallen asleep in righteousness.
4 And he shall judge the secret things,
And none shall be able to utter a lying word before him;
For he is the Elect One before Yahuah of Spirits according to His good pleasure.
1 And in those days a change shall take place for the Qodesh and
elect,
And the light of days shall abide upon them,
And esteem and honor shall turn to the Qodesh,
2 On the day of affliction on which evil shall have been treasured up
against the sinners.
And the righteous shall be victorious in the name of Yahuah of Spirits:
And He will cause the others to witness (this)
That they may repent
And forgo the works of their hands.
3 They shall have no honor through the name of Yahuah of Spirits,
Yet through His name shall they be saved,
And Yahuah of Spirits will have compassion on them,
For His compassion is great.
4 And He is righteous also in His judgement,
And in the presence of His esteem unrighteousness also shall not maintain
itself:
At His judgement the unrepentant shall perish before Him.
5 And from henceforth I will have no compassion on them, says Yahuah of
Spirits.
1 And in those days shall the earth also give back that which has been
entrusted to it,
And Sheol also shall give back that which it has received,
And hell shall give back that which it owes.
For in those days the Elect One shall arise,
2 And he shall choose the righteous and Qodesh from among them:
For the day has drawn nigh that they should be saved.
3 And the Elect One shall in those days sit on My throne,
And his mouth shall pour forth all the secrets of wisdom and counsel:
For Yahuah of Spirits has given (them) to him and has glorified him.
4 And in those days shall the mountains leap like rams,
And the hills also shall skip like lambs satisfied with milk,
And the faces of [all]
5a the malak in heaven shall be lighted up with joy.
5b And the earth shall rejoice,
5c And the righteous shall dwell upon it,
5d And the elect shall walk thereon.
1 And after those days in that place where I had seen all the visions of that
which is hidden, for
2 I had been carried off in a whirlwind and they had borne me towards the
west-There mine eyes saw all the secret things of heaven that shall be, a
mountain of iron, and a mountain of copper, and a mountain of silver, and a
mountain of gold, and a mountain of soft metal, and a mountain of lead.
3 And I asked the malak who went with me, saying, What things are these
which I have seen in
4 secret? And he said unto me: All these things which you have seen shall
serve the dominion of His Anointed that he may be potent and mighty on the
earth.
5 And that malak of peace answered, saying unto me: Wait a little, and
there shall be revealed unto thee all the secret things which surround Yahuah of
Spirits.
6 And these mountains which thine eyes have seen,
The mountain of iron, and the mountain of copper, and the mountain of silver,
And the mountain of gold, and the mountain of soft metal, and the mountain of
lead,
All these shall be in the presence of the Elect One
As wax: before the fire,
And like the water which streams down from above [upon those mountains],
And they shall become powerless before his feet.
7 And it shall come to pass in those days that none shall be saved,
Either by gold or by silver,
And none be able to escape.
8 And there shall be no iron for war,
Nor shall one clothe oneself with a breastplate.
Bronze shall be of no service,
And tin [shall be of no service and] shall not be esteemed,
And lead shall not be desired.
9 And all these things shall be [denied and] destroyed from the surface
of the earth,
When the Elect One shall appear before the face of Yahuah of Spirits.
1 There mine eyes saw a deep valley with open mouths, and all who
dwell on the earth and sea and islands shall bring to him gifts and presents and
tokens of homage, but that deep valley shall not become full.
2 And their hands commit lawless deeds,
And the sinners devour all whom they lawlessly oppress:
Yet the sinners shall be destroyed before the face of Yahuah of Spirits,
And they shall be banished from off the face of His earth,
And they shall perish for ever and ever.
3 For I saw all the malak of punishment abiding (there) and preparing all
the instruments of Satan.
4 And I asked the malak of peace who went with me: For whom are they
preparing these Instruments?
5 And he said unto me: They prepare these for the kings and the mighty of
this earth, that they may thereby be destroyed.
6 And after this the Righteous and Elect One shall cause the house of his
congregation to appear: henceforth they shall be no more hindered in the name of
Yahuah of Spirits.
7 And these mountains shall not stand as the earth before his
righteousness,
But the hills shall be as a fountain of water,
And the righteous shall have rest from the oppression of sinners.
1 And I looked and turned to another part of the earth, and saw there
a deep valley with burning
2 fire. And they brought the kings and the mighty, and began to cast them
into this deep valley.
3 And there mine eyes saw how they made these their instruments, iron
chains of immeasurable weight.
4 And I asked the malak of peace who went with me, saying: For whom are
these chains being prepared ? And he said unto me: These are being prepared for
the hosts of Azazel, so that they may take them and cast them into the abyss of
complete condemnation, and they shall cover their jaws with rough stones as
Yahuah of Spirits commanded.
6 And Michael, and Gabriel, and Raphael, and Phanuel shall take hold of
them on that great day, and cast them on that day into the burning furnace, that
Yahuah of Spirits may take vengeance on them for their unrighteousness in
becoming subject to Satan and leading astray those who dwell on the earth.
7 And in those days shall punishment come from Yahuah of Spirits, and he
will open all the chambers of waters which are above the heavens, and of the
fountains which are beneath the earth.
8 And all the waters shall be joined with the waters: that which is above
the heavens is the masculine,
9 and the water which is beneath the earth is the feminine. And they
shall destroy all who dwell
10 on the earth and those who dwell under the ends of the heaven. And
when they have recognized their unrighteousness which they have wrought on the
earth, then by these shall they perish.
1 And after that the Head of Days repented and said: In vain have I
destroyed all who dwell
2 on the earth. And He swore by His great name: Henceforth I will not do
so to all who dwell on the earth, and I will set a sign in the heaven: and this
shall be a pledge of good faith between Me and them for ever, so long as heaven
is above the earth. And this is in accordance with My command.
3 When I have desired to take hold of them by the hand of the malak on
the day of tribulation and pain because of this, I will cause My chastisement
and My wrath to abide upon them, says
4 Elohim, Yahuah of Spirits. Ye mighty kings who dwell on the earth, ye
shall have to behold Mine Elect One, how he sits on the throne of esteem and
judges Azazel, and all his associates, and all his hosts in the name of Yahuah
of Spirits.
1 And I saw there the hosts of the malak of punishment going, and they
held scourges and chains
2 of iron and bronze. And I asked the malak of peace who went with me,
saying: To whom are
3 these who hold the scourges going ? And he said unto me: To their elect
and beloved ones, that they may be cast into the chasm of the abyss of the
valley.
4 And then that valley shall be filled with their elect and beloved,
And the days of their lives shall be at an end,
And the days of their leading astray shall not thenceforward be reckoned.
5 And in those days the malak shall return
And hurl themselves to the east upon the Parthians and Medes:
They shall stir up the kings, so that a spirit of unrest shall come upon
them,
And they shall rouse them from their thrones,
That they may break forth as lions from their lairs,
And as hungry wolves among their flocks.
6 And they shall go up and tread under foot the land of His elect ones
[And the land of His elect ones shall be before them a threshing-floor and a
highway :]
7 But the city of my righteous shall be a hindrance to their horses.
And they shall begin to fight among themselves,
And their right hand shall be strong against themselves,
And a man shall not know his brother,
Nor a son his father or his mother,
Till there be no number of the corpses through their slaughter,
And their punishment be not in vain.
8 In those days Sheol shall open its jaws,
And they shall be swallowed up therein
And their destruction shall be at an end;
Sheol shall devour the sinners in the presence of the elect.
1 And it came to pass after this that I saw another host of wagons,
and men riding thereon, and
2 coming on the winds from the east, and from the west to the south. And
the noise of their wagons was heard, and when this turmoil took place the Qodesh
ones from heaven remarked it, and the pillars of the earth were moved from their
place, and the sound thereof was heard from the one end of heaven
3 to the other, in one day. And they shall all fall down and worship
Yahuah of Spirits. And this is the end of the second Parable.
1 And I began to speak the third Parable concerning the righteous and elect.
2 Blessed are ye, ye righteous and elect,
For magnificent shall be your lot.
3 And the righteous shall be in the light of the sun.
And the elect in the light of eternal life:
The days of their life shall be unending,
And the days of the Qodesh without number.
4 And they shall seek the light and find righteousness with Yahuah of
Spirits:
There shall be peace to the righteous in the name of the Eternal Master.
5 And after this it shall be said to the Qodesh in heaven
That they should seek out the secrets of righteousness, the heritage of faith:
For it has become bright as the sun upon earth,
And the darkness is past.
6 And there shall be a light that never ended,
And to a limit (lit. number ) of days they shall not come,
For the darkness shall first have been destroyed,
[And the light established before Yahuah of Spirits]
And the light of uprightness established for ever before Yahuah of Spirits.
1 In those days mine eyes saw the secrets of the lightnings, and of
the lights, and the judgements they execute (lit. their judgement ): and they
lighten for a blessing or a curse as Yahuah of
2 Spirits wills. And there I saw the secrets of the thunder, and how when
it resounds above in the heaven, the sound thereof is heard, and he caused me to
see the judgements executed on the earth, whether they be for well-being and
blessing, or for a curse according to the word of Yahuah of Spirits.
3 And after that all the secrets of the lights and lightnings were shown
to me, and they lighten for blessing and for satisfying.
A Fragment of the Book of Noah
1 In the year 500, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the life of Enoch. In that Parable I saw how a mighty quaking made the heaven of heavens to quake, and the host of the Most High, and the malak, a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, were 2 disquieted with a great disquiet. And the Head of Days sat on the throne of His esteem, and the malak and the righteous stood around Him.
3 And a great trembling seized me,
And fear took hold of me,
And my loins gave way,
And dissolved were my reins,
And I fell upon my face.
4 And Michael sent another malak from among the Qodesh ones and he
raised me up, and when he had raised me up my spirit returned; for I had not
been able to endure the look of this host, and the
5 commotion and the quaking of the heaven. And Michael said unto me: Why
art you disquieted with such a vision ? Until this day lasted the day of His
compassion; and He has been merciful and
6 long-suffering towards those who dwell on the earth. And when the day,
and the power, and the punishment, and the judgement come, which Yahuah of
Spirits has prepared for those who worship not the righteous law, and for those
who deny the righteous judgement, and for those who take His name in vain-that
day is prepared, for the elect a covenant, but for sinners an inquisition.
7 When the punishment of Yahuah of Spirits shall rest upon them, it shall
rest in order that the punishment of Yahuah of Spirits may not come, in vain,
and it shall slay the children with their mothers and the children with their
fathers. Afterwards the judgement shall take place according to His compassion
and His patience. 7 And on that day were two monsters parted, a female
monster named Leviathan, to dwell in the
8 abysses of the ocean over the fountains of the waters. But the male is
named Behemoth, who occupied with his breast a waste wilderness named Duidain,
on the east of the garden where the elect and righteous dwell, where my
grandfather was taken up, the seventh from Adam, the first
9 man whom Yahuah of Spirits created. And I besought the other malak that
he should show me the might of those monsters, how they were parted on one day
and cast, the one into the abysses
10 of the sea, and the other unto the dry land of the wilderness. And he
said to me: You son of man, herein you do seek to know what is hidden.
11 And the other malak who went with me and showed me what was hidden
told me what is first and last in the heaven in the height, and beneath the
earth in the depth, and at the ends of the
12 heaven, and on the foundation of the heaven. And the chambers of the
winds, and how the winds are divided, and how they are weighed, and (how) the
portals of the winds are reckoned, each according to the power of the wind, and
the power of the lights of the moon, and according to the power that is fitting:
and the divisions of the stars according to their names, and how all the
divisions
13 are divided. And the thunders according to the places where they fall,
and all the divisions that are made among the lightnings that it may lighten,
and their host that they may at once obey.
14 For the thunder has places of rest (which) are assigned (to it) while
it is waiting for its peal; and the thunder and lightning are inseparable, and
although not one and undivided, they both go together
15 through the spirit and separate not. For when the lightning lightens,
the thunder utters its voice, and the spirit enforces a pause during the peal,
and divides equally between them; for the treasury of their peals is like the
sand, and each one of them as it peals is held in with a bridle, and turned back
by the power of the spirit, and pushed forward according to the many quarters of
the earth.
16 And the spirit of the sea is masculine and strong, and according to
the might of his strength he draws it back with a rein, and in like manner it is
driven forward and disperses amid all the mountains
17 of the earth. And the spirit of the hoar-frost is his own malak, and
the spirit of the hail is a good
18 malak. And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on account
of his strength -There is a special spirit therein, and that which ascends from
it is like smoke, and its name is frost.
19And the spirit of the mist is not united with them in their chambers,
but it has a special chamber; for its course is magnificent both in light and in
darkness, and in winter and in summer, and in its chamber is a malak.
20 And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of the heaven,
and is connected with the chambers of the rain, and its course is in winter and
summer: and its clouds and the clouds of the
21 mist are connected, and the one gives to the other. And when the
spirit of the rain goes forth from its chamber, the malak come and open the
chamber and lead it out, and when it is diffused over the whole earth it unites
with the water on the earth. And whensoever it unites with the water on
22 the earth . . . For the waters are for those who dwell on the earth;
for they are nourishment for the earth from the Most High who is in heaven:
therefore there is a measure for the rain, and the malak take it in charge. And
these things I saw towards the Garden of the Righteous.
23 And the malak of peace who was with me said to me: These two monsters,
prepared conformably to the greatness of Elohim, shall feed . . .
1 And I saw in those days how long cords were given to those malak,
and they took to themselves wings and flew, and they went towards the north.
2 And I asked the malak, saying unto him: Why have those (malak) taken
these cords and gone off ? And he said unto me: They have gone to measure.
3 And the malak who went with me said unto me:
These shall bring the measures of the righteous,
And the ropes of the righteous to the righteous,
That they may stay themselves on the name of Yahuah of Spirits for ever and
ever.
4 The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect,
And those are the measures which shall be given to faith
And which shall strengthen righteousness.
5 And these measures shall reveal all the secrets of the depths of the
earth,
And those who have been destroyed by the desert,
And those who have been devoured by the beasts,
And those who have been devoured by the fish of the sea,
That they may return and stay themselves
On the day of the Elect One;
For none shall be destroyed before Yahuah of Spirits,
And none can be destroyed.
6 And all who dwell above in the heaven received a command and power and one voice and one light like unto fire.
7 And that One (with) their first words they blessed,
And extolled and lauded with wisdom,
And they were wise in utterance and in the spirit of life.
8 And Yahuah of Spirits placed the Elect one on the throne of esteem.
And he shall judge all the works of the Qodesh above in the heaven,
And in the balance shall their deeds be weighed
1 And thus Yahuah commanded the kings and the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, and said:
Open your eyes and lift up your horns if ye are able to recognize the Elect
One.
2 And Yahuah of Spirits seated him on the throne of His esteem,
And the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him,
And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners,
And all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face.
3 And there shall stand up in that day all the kings and the mighty,
And the exalted and those who hold the earth,
And they shall see and recognize How he sits on the throne of his esteem,
And righteousness is judged before him,
And no lying word is spoken before him.
4 Then shall pain come upon them as on a woman in travail,
[And she has pain in bringing forth]
When her child enters the mouth of the womb,
And she has pain in bringing forth.
5And one portion of them shall look on the other,
And they shall be terrified,
And they shall be downcast of countenance,
And pain shall seize them,
When they see that Son of Man Sitting on the throne of his esteem.
6 And the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth shall bless and glorify and extol him who rules over all, who was hidden.
7 For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden,
And the Most High preserved him in the presence of His might,
And revealed him to the elect.
8 And the congregation of the elect and Qodesh shall be sown,
And all the elect shall stand before him on that day.
9 And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those who rule
the earth
Shall fall down before him on their faces,
And worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man,
And petition him and supplicate for compassion at his hands.
10 Nevertheless that Master of Spirits will so press them
That they shall hastily go forth from His presence,
And their faces shall be filled with shame,
And the darkness grow deeper on their faces.
11 And He will deliver them to the malak for punishment,
To execute vengeance on them because they have oppressed His children and His
elect
12 And they shall be a spectacle for the righteous and for His elect:
They shall rejoice over them,
Because the wrath of Yahuah of Spirits rested upon them,
And His sword is drunk with their blood.
13 And the righteous and elect shall be saved on that day,
And they shall never thenceforward see the face of the sinners and unrighteous.
14 And Yahuah of Spirits will abide over them,
And with that Son of Man shall they eat
And lie down and rise up for ever and ever.
15 And the righteous and elect shall have risen from the earth,
And ceased to be of downcast countenance.
And they shall have been clothed with garments of esteem,
16 And these shall be the garments of life from Yahuah of Spirits:
And your garments shall not grow old,
Nor your esteem pass away before Yahuah of Spirits.
1 In those days shall the mighty and the kings who possess the earth
implore (Him) to grant them a little respite from His malak of punishment to
whom they were delivered, that they might fall
2 down and worship before Yahuah of Spirits, and confess their sins
before Him. And they shall bless and glorify Yahuah of Spirits, and say:
Blessed is Yahuah of Spirits and Yahuah of kings,
And Yahuah of the mighty and Yahuah of the rich,
And Yahuah of esteem and Yahuah of wisdom,
3 And splendid in every secret thing is Your power from generation to
generation,
And Your esteem for ever and ever:
Deep are all Your secrets and innumerable,
And Your righteousness is beyond reckoning.
4 We have now learnt that we should glorify
And bless Yahuah of kings and Him who is king over all kings.
5 And they shall say:
Would that we had rest to glorify and give thanks
And confess our faith before His esteem !
6 And now we long for a little rest but find it not:
We follow hard upon and obtain (it) not:
And light has vanished from before us,
And darkness is our dwelling-place for ever and ever:
7 For we have not believed before Him
Nor glorified the name of Yahuah of Spirits, [nor glorified our Master]
But our hope was in the scepter of our kingdom,
And in our esteem.
8 And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He saves us not,
And we find no respite for confession
That our Master is true in all His works, and in His judgements and His
justice,
And His judgements have no respect of persons.
And we pass away from before His face on account of our works,
And all our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.
10 Now they shall say unto themselves: Our souls are full of unrighteous gain, but it does not prevent us from descending from the midst thereof into the burden of Sheol.
11 And after that their faces shall be filled with darkness
And shame before that Son of Man,
And they shall be driven from his presence,
And the sword shall abide before his face in their midst.
12 Thus spoke Yahuah of Spirits: This is the ordinance and judgement with respect to the mighty and the kings and the exalted and those who possess the earth before Yahuah of Spirits.
1,2 And other forms I saw hidden in that place. I heard the voice of the malak saying: These are the malak who descended to the earth, and revealed what was hidden to the children of men and seduced the children of men into committing sin.
1, 2 And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down and
its destruction was nigh. And he arose from thence and went to the ends of the
earth, and cried aloud to his grandfather Enoch:
3 and Noah said three times with an embittered voice: Hear me, hear me,
hear me. And I said unto him: Tell me what it is that is falling out on the
earth that the earth is in such evil plight
4 and shaken, lest perchance I shall perish with it ? And thereupon there
was a great commotion , on the earth, and a voice was heard from heaven, and I
fell on my face.
5 And Enoch my grandfather came and stood by me, and said unto me: Why
have you cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping
6 And a command has gone forth from the presence of Yahuah concerning
those who dwell on the earth that their ruin is accomplished because they have
learnt all the secrets of the malak, and all the violence of the Satans, and all
their powers -the most secret ones- and all the power of those who practice
sorcery, and the power of witchcraft, and the power of those who make molten
images
7 for the whole earth: And how silver is produced from the dust of the
earth, and how soft metal
8 originates in the earth. For lead and tin are not produced from the
earth like the first: it is a fountain
9 that produces them, and an malak stands therein, and that malak is
pre-eminent. And after that my grandfather Enoch took hold of me by my hand and
raised me up, and said unto me: Go, for I have
10 asked Yahuah of Spirits as touching this commotion on the earth. And
He said unto me: " Because of their unrighteousness their judgement has been
determined upon and shall not be withheld by Me for ever. Because of the
sorceries which they have searched out and learnt, the earth and those
11 who dwell upon it shall be destroyed." And these-they have no place of
repentance for ever, because they have shown them what was hidden, and they are
the damned: but as for thee, my son, Yahuah of Spirits knows that you art pure,
and guiltless of this reproach concerning the secrets.
12 And He has destined your name to be among the Qodesh,
And will preserve thee amongst those who dwell on the earth,
And has destined your righteous seed both for kingship and for great honors,
And from your seed shall proceed a fountain of the righteous and Qodesh without
number for ever.
1 And after that he showed me the malak of punishment who are prepared
to come and let loose all the powers of the waters which are beneath in the
earth in order to bring judgement and destruction
2 on all who [abide and] dwell on the earth. And Yahuah of Spirits gave
commandment to the malak who were going forth, that they should not cause the
waters to rise but should hold them
3 in check; for those malak were over the powers of the waters. And I
went away from the presence of Enoch.
1 And in those days the word of Elohim came unto me, and He said unto
me: Noah, your lot has come
2 Up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and uprightness. And
now the malak are making a wooden (building), and when they have completed that
task I will place My hand upon it and preserve it, and there shall come forth
from it the seed of life, and a change shall set in so that the
3 earth will not remain without inhabitant. And I will make fast your
seed before me for ever and ever, and I will spread abroad those who dwell with
thee: it shall not be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it shall be
blessed and multiply on the earth in the name of Yahuah.
4 And He will imprison those malak, who have shown unrighteousness, in
that burning valley which my grandfather Enoch had formerly shown to me in the
west among the mountains of gold
5 and silver and iron and soft metal and tin. And I saw that valley in
which there was a great
6 convulsion and a convulsion of the waters. And when all this took
place, from that fiery molten metal and from the convulsion thereof in that
place, there was produced a smell of sulphur, and it was connected with those
waters, and that valley of the malak who had led astray (mankind) burned
7 beneath that land. And through its valleys proceed streams of fire,
where these malak are punished who had led astray those who dwell upon the
earth.
8 But those waters shall in those days serve for the kings and the mighty
and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, for the healing of the body,
but for the punishment of the spirit; now their spirit is full of lust, that
they may be punished in their body, for they have denied Yahuah of Spirits
9 and see their punishment daily, and yet believe not in His name. And in
proportion as the burning of their bodies becomes severe, a corresponding change
shall take place in their spirit for ever and ever;
10 for before Yahuah of Spirits none shall utter an idle word. For the
judgement shall come upon them,
11 because they believe in the lust of their body and deny the Spirit of
Yahuah. And those same waters will undergo a change in those days; for when
those malak are punished in these waters, these water-springs shall change their
temperature, and when the malak ascend, this water of the
12 springs shall change and become cold. And I heard Michael answering
and saying: This judgement wherewith the malak are judged is a testimony for the
kings and the mighty who possess the
13 earth. Because these waters of judgement minister to the healing of
the body of the kings and the lust of their body; therefore they will not see
and will not believe that those waters will change and become a fire which burns
for ever.
1 And after that my grandfather Enoch gave me the teaching of all the
secrets in the book in the Parables which had been given to him, and he put them
together for me in the words of the book
2 of the Parables. And on that day Michael answered Raphael and said: The
power of the spirit transports and makes me to tremble because of the severity
of the judgement of the secrets, the judgement of the malak: who can endure the
severe judgement which has been executed, and before
3 which they melt away ? And Michael answered again, and said to Raphael:
Who is he whose heart is not softened concerning it, and whose reins are not
troubled by this word of judgement
4 (that) has gone forth upon them because of those who have thus led them
out ? And it came to pass when he stood before Yahuah of Spirits, Michael said
thus to Raphael: I will not take their part under the eye of Yahuah; for Yahuah
of Spirits has been angry with them because they do
5 as if they were Yahuah. Therefore all that is hidden shall come upon
them for ever and ever; for neither malak nor man shall have his portion (in
it), but alone they have received their judgement for ever and ever.
1 And after this judgement they shall terrify and make them to tremble
because they have shown this to those who dwell on the earth.
2 And behold the names of those malak [and these are their names: the
first of them is Samjaza, the second Artaqifa, and the third Armen, the fourth
Kokabel, the fifth Turael, the sixth Rumjal, the seventh Danjal, the eighth
Neqael, the ninth Baraqel, the tenth Azazel, the eleventh Armaros, the twelfth
Batarjal, the thirteenth Busasejal, the fourteenth Hananel, the fifteenth Turel,
and the sixteenth Simapesiel, the seventeenth Jetrel, the eighteenth Tumael, the
nineteenth Turel,
3 the twentieth Rumael, the twenty-first Azazel. And these are the chiefs
of their malak and their names, and their chief ones over hundreds and over
fifties and over tens.
4 The name of the first Jeqon: that is, the one who led astray [all] the
sons of Elohim, and brought them
5 down to the earth, and led them astray through the daughters of men.
And the second was named Asbeel: he imparted to the Qodesh sons of Elohim evil
counsel, and led them astray so that they defiled
6 their bodies with the daughters of men. And the third was named Gadreel:
he it is who showed the children of men all the blows of death, and he led
astray Eve, and showed [the weapons of death to the sons of men] the shield and
the coat of mail, and the sword for battle, and all the weapons
7 of death to the children of men. And from his hand they have proceeded
against those who dwell
8 on the earth from that day and for evermore. And the fourth was named
Penemue: he taught the
9 children of men the bitter and the sweet, and he taught them all the
secrets of their wisdom. And he instructed mankind in writing with ink and
paper, and thereby many sinned from eternity to
10 eternity and until this day. For men were not created for such a
purpose, to give confirmation
11 to their good faith with pen and ink. For men were created exactly
like the malak, to the intent that they should continue pure and righteous, and
death, which destroys everything, could not have taken hold of them, but through
this their knowledge they are perishing, and through this power
12 it is consuming me. And the fifth was named Kasdeja: this is he who
showed the children of men all the wicked smitings of spirits and demons, and
the smitings of the embryo in the womb, that it may pass away, and [the smitings
of the soul] the bites of the serpent, and the smitings
13 which befall through the noontide heat, the son of the serpent named
Tabaet. And this is the task of Kasbeel, the chief of the oath which he showed
to the Qodesh ones when he dwelt high
14 above in esteem, and its name is Biqa. This (malak) requested Michael
to show him the hidden name, that he might enunciate it in the oath, so that
those might quake before that name and oath who revealed all that was in secret
to the children of men.
And this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong, and he placed
this oath Akae in the hand of Michael.
16 And these are the secrets of this oath . . .
And they are strong through his oath:
And the heaven was suspended before the world was created,
And for ever.
17 And through it the earth was founded upon the water,
And from the secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters,
From the creation of the world and unto eternity.
18 And through that oath the sea was created,
And as its foundation He set for it the sand against the time of (its) anger,
And it dare not pass beyond it from the creation of the world unto eternity.
19 And through that oath are the depths made fast,
And abide and stir not from their place from eternity to eternity.
20 And through that oath the sun and moon complete their course,
And deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.
21 And through that oath the stars complete their course,
And He calls them by their names,
And they answer Him from eternity to eternity.
22 [And in like manner the spirits of the water, and of the winds, and
of all zephyrs, and(their) paths
23 from all the quarters of the winds. And there are preserved the voices
of the thunder and the light of the lightnings: and there are preserved the
chambers of the hail and the chambers of the
24 hoarfrost, and the chambers of the mist, and the chambers of the rain
and the dew. And all these believe and give thanks before Yahuah of Spirits, and
glorify (Him) with all their power, and their food is in every act of
thanksgiving: they thank and glorify and extol the name of Yahuah of Spirits for
ever and ever.]
25 And this oath is mighty over them
And through it [they are preserved and] their paths are preserved,
And their course is not destroyed.
26 And there was great joy amongst them,
And they blessed and glorified and extolled
Because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed unto them.
27 And he sat on the throne of his esteem,
And the sum of judgement was given unto the Son of Man,
And he caused the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off the face of the
earth,
And those who have led the world astray.
28 With chains shall they be bound,
And in their assemblage-place of destruction shall they be imprisoned,
And all their works vanish from the face of the earth.
29 And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible;
For that Son of Man has appeared,
And has seated himself on the throne of his esteem,
And all evil shall pass away before his face,
And the word of that Son of Man shall go forth
And be strong before Yahuah of Spirits.
1 And it came to pass after this that his name during his lifetime was
raised aloft to that Son of
2 Man and to Yahuah of Spirits from amongst those who dwell on the earth.
And he was raised aloft
3 on the chariots of the spirit and his name vanished among them. And
from that day I was no longer numbered amongst them: and he set me between the
two winds, between the North and the
4 West, where the malak took the cords to measure for me the place for
the elect and righteous. And there I saw the first fathers and the righteous who
from the beginning dwell in that place.
1 And it came to pass after this that my spirit was translated
And it ascended into the heavens:
And I saw the Qodesh sons of Elohim.
They were stepping on flames of fire:
Their garments were white [and their raiment] ,
And their faces shone like snow.
2 And I saw two streams of fire,
And the light of that fire shone like hyacinth,
And I fell on my face before Yahuah of Spirits.
3 And the malak Michael[one of the archmalak] seized me by my right
hand,
And lifted me up and led me forth into all the secrets,
And he showed me all the secrets of righteousness.
4 And he showed me all the secrets of the ends of the heaven,
And all the chambers of all the stars, and all the luminaries,
Whence they proceed before the face of the Qodesh ones.
5 And he translated my spirit into the heaven of heavens,
And I saw there as it were a structure built of crystals,
And between those crystals tongues of living fire.
6 And my spirit saw the girdle which girt that house of fire,
And on its four sides were streams full of living fire,
And they girt that house.
7 And round about were Seraphim, Cherubic, and Ophannin:
And these are they who sleep not
And guard the throne of His esteem.
8 And I saw malak who could not be counted,
A thousand thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand,
Encircling that house.
And Michael, and Raphael, and Gabriel, and Phanuel,
And the Qodesh malak who are above the heavens,
Go in and out of that house.
9 And they came forth from that house,
And Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel,
And many Qodesh malak without number.
10 And with them the Head of Days,
His head white and pure as wool,
And His raiment indescribable.
11 And I fell on my face,
And my whole body became relaxed,
And my spirit was transfigured;
And I cried with a loud voice, . . .
with the spirit of power,
And blessed and glorified and extolled.
12 And these blessings which went forth out of my mouth were well pleasing before that Head of Days. And that Head of Days came with Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel, thousands and ten thousands of malak without number.
[Lost passage wherein the Son of Man was described as accompanying the Head of Days, and Enoch asked one of the malak (as in xlvi. 3) concerning the Son of Man as to who he was.]
14 And he (i.e. the malak) came to me and greeted me with His voice,
and said unto me
This is the Son of Man who is born unto righteousness,
And righteousness abides over him,
And the righteousness of the Head of Days forsakes him not.
15 And he said unto me:
He proclaims unto thee peace in the name of the world to come;
For from hence has proceeded peace since the creation of the world,
And so shall it be unto thee for ever and for ever and ever.
16 And all shall walk in his ways since righteousness never forsakes
him:
With him will be their dwelling-places, and with him their heritage,
And they shall not be separated from him for ever and ever and ever.
And so there shall be length of days with that Son of Man,
And the righteous shall have peace and an upright way
In the name of Yahuah of Spirits for ever and ever.
1 The book of the courses of the luminaries of the heaven, the
relations of each, according to their classes, their dominion and their seasons,
according to their names and places of origin, and according to their months,
which Uriel, the Qodesh malak, who was with me, who is their guide, showed me;
and he showed me all their laws exactly as they are, and how it is with regard
to all the years of the world
2 and unto eternity, till the new creation is accomplished which dureth
till eternity. And this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary the Sun
has its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven,
3 and its setting in the western portals of the heaven. And I saw six
portals in which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets and the
moon rises and sets in these portals, and the leaders of the stars and those
whom they lead: six in the east and six in the west, and all following each
other
4 in accurately corresponding order: also many windows to the right and
left of these portals. And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the
Sun, and his circumference is like the
5 circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled with illuminating
and heating fire. The chariot on which he ascends, the wind drives, and the sun
goes down from the heaven and returns through the north in order to reach the
east, and is so guided that he comes to the appropriate (lit. that ) portal and
6 shines in the face of the heaven. In this way he rises in the first
month in the great portal, which
7 is the fourth [those six portals in the cast]. And in that fourth
portal from which the sun rises in the first month are twelve window-openings,
from which proceed a flame when they are opened in
8 their season. When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through
that fourth portal thirty,
9 mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the
west of the heaven. And during this period the day becomes daily longer and the
night nightly shorter to the thirtieth
10 morning. On that day the day is longer than the night by a ninth part,
and the day amounts exactly to ten parts and the night to eight parts. And the
sun rises from that fourth portal, and sets in the fourth and returns to the
fifth portal of the east thirty mornings, and rises from it and sets in the
fifth
12 portal. And then the day becomes longer by two parts and amounts to
eleven parts, and the night
13 becomes shorter and amounts to seven parts. And it returns to the east
and enters into the sixth
14 portal, and rises and sets in the sixth portal one-and-thirty mornings
on account of its sign. On that day the day becomes longer than the night, and
the day becomes double the night, and the day
15 becomes twelve parts, and the night is shortened and becomes six
parts. And the sun mounts up to make the day shorter and the night longer, and
the sun returns to the east and enters into the
16 sixth portal, and rises from it and sets thirty mornings. And when
thirty mornings are accomplished,
17 the day decreases by exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and
the night seven. And the sun goes forth from that sixth portal in the west, and
goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for
18 thirty mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western
portal. On that day the day decreases by two parts, and amounts to ten parts and
the night to eight parts.
19 And the sun goes forth from that fifth portal and sets in the fifth
portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for one-
20 and-thirty mornings on account of its sign, and sets in the west. On
that day the day is equalized with the night, [and becomes of equal length], and
the night amounts to nine parts and the day to
21 nine parts. And the sun rises from that portal and sets in the west,
and returns to the east and rises
22 thirty mornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third
portal. And on that day the night becomes longer than the day, and night becomes
longer than night, and day shorter than day till the thirtieth morning, and the
night amounts exactly to ten parts and the day to eight
23 parts. And the sun rises from that third portal and sets in the third
portal in the west and returns to the east, and for thirty mornings rises
24 in the second portal in the east, and in like manner sets in the
second portal in the west of the heaven. And on that day the night amounts to
eleven
25 parts and the day to seven parts. And the sun rises on that day from
that second portal and sets in the west in the second portal, and returns to the
east into the first portal for one-and-thirty
26 mornings, and sets in the first portal in the west of the heaven. And
on that day the night becomes longer and amounts to the double of the day: and
the night amounts exactly to twelve parts and
27 the day to six. And the sun has (therewith) traversed the divisions of
his orbit and turns again on those divisions of his orbit, and enters that
portal thirty mornings and sets also in the west
28 opposite to it. And on that night has the night decreased in length by
a ninth part, and the night
29 has become eleven parts and the day seven parts. And the sun has
returned and entered into the second portal in the east, and returns on those
his divisions of his orbit for thirty mornings, rising
30 and setting. And on that day the night decreases in length, and the
night amounts to ten parts
31 and the day to eight. And on that day the sun rises from that portal,
and sets in the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the third portal for
one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the west of the heaven.
32 On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts, and the day
to nine parts, and the night
33 is equal to the day and the year is exactly as to its days three
hundred and sixty-four. And the length of the day and of the night, and the
shortness of the day and of the night arise-through the course
34 of the sun these distinctions are made (lit. they are separated ). So
it comes that its course becomes
35 daily longer, and its course nightly shorter. And this is the law and
the course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns sixty times and
rises, i.e. the great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and ever.
36 And that which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so named
according to
37 its appearance, according as Yahuah commanded. As he rises, so he sets
and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is
sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both
equal.
1 And after this law I saw another law dealing with the smaller
luminary, which is named the Moon.
2 And her circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and her
chariot in which she rides is driven by the wind, and light is given to her in
(definite) measure. And her rising and setting change every month:
3and her days are like the days of the sun, and when her light is uniform
(i.e. full) it amounts to the seventh part of the light of the sun.
4 And thus she rises. And her first phase in the east comes forth on the
thirtieth morning: and on that day she becomes visible, and constitutes for you
the first phase of the moon on the thirtieth day together with the sun in the
portal where the sun rises.
5 And the one half of her goes forth by a seventh part, and her whole
circumference is empty, without light, with the exception of one-seventh part of
it, (and) the
6 fourteenth part of her light. And when she receives one-seventh part of
the half of her light, her light
7 amounts to one-seventh part and the half thereof. And she sets with the
sun, and when the sun rises the moon rises with him and receives the half of one
part of light, and in that night in the beginning of her morning in the
commencement of the lunar day the moon sets with the sun, and
8 is invisible that night with the fourteen parts and the half of one of
them. And she rises on that day with exactly a seventh part, and comes forth and
recedes from the rising of the sun, and in her remaining days she becomes bright
in the (remaining) thirteen parts.
1 And I saw another course, a law for her, (and) how according to that
law she performs her monthly
2 revolution. And all these Uriel, the Qodesh malak who is the leader of
them all, showed to me, and their positions, and I wrote down their positions as
he showed them to me, and I wrote down their months
3 as they were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days were
accomplished. In single seventh parts she accomplishes all her light in the
east, and in single seventh parts accomplishes all her
4 darkness in the west. And in certain months she alters her settings,
and in certain months she pursues
5 her own peculiar course. In two months the moon sets with the sun: in
those two middle portals the
6 third and the fourth. She goes forth for seven days, and turns about
and returns again through the portal where the sun rises, and accomplishes all
her light: and she recedes from the sun, and in eight
7 days enters the sixth portal from which the sun goes forth. And when
the sun goes forth from the fourth portal she goes forth seven days, until she
goes forth from the fifth and turns back again in seven days into the fourth
portal and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes and enters into the
8 first portal in eight days. And she returns again in seven days into
the fourth portal from which the 9,
10 sun goes forth. Thus I saw their position -how the moons rose and the
sun set in those days. And if five years are added together the sun has an
overplus of thirty days, and all the days which accrue
11 to it for one of those five years, when they are full, amount to 364
days. And the overplus of the sun and of the stars amounts to six days: in 5
years 6 days every year come to 30 days: and the
12 moon falls behind the sun and stars to the number of 30 days. And the
sun and the stars bring in all the years exactly, so that they do not advance or
delay their position by a single day unto eternity; but complete the years with
perfect justice in 364 days.
13 In 3 years there are 1,092 days, and in 5 years 1,820
days, so that in 8 years there are 2,912 days.
14 For the moon alone the days amount in 3 years to 1,062 days,
and in 5 years she falls 50 days behind: i.e. to the sum (of
1,770) there is 5 to be added (1,000 and) 62 days.
15 And in 5 years there are 1,770 days, so that for the moon the
days 6 in 8 years amount to 21,832 days.
16 For in 8 years she falls behind to the amount of 80
days, all the 17 days she falls behind in 8 years are 80.
And the year is accurately completed in conformity with their world-stations and
the stations of the sun, which rise from the portals through which it (the sun)
rises and sets 30 days.
1 And the leaders of the heads of the thousands, who are placed over
the whole creation and over all the stars, have also to do with the four
intercalary days, being inseparable from their office, according to the
reckoning of the year, and these render service on the four days which are not
2 reckoned in the reckoning of the year. And owing to them men go wrong
therein, for those luminaries truly render service on the world-stations, one in
the first portal, one in the third portal of the heaven, one in the fourth
portal, and one in the sixth portal, and the exactness of the year is
3 accomplished through its separate three hundred and sixty-four
stations. For the signs and the times and the years and the days the malak Uriel
showed to me, whom Yahuah of esteem has set for ever over all the luminaries of
the heaven, in the heaven and in the world, that they should rule on the face of
the heaven and be seen on the earth, and be leaders for the day and the night,
i.e. the sun, moon, and stars, and all the ministering creatures which make
their revolution in all the chariots
4 of the heaven. In like manner twelve doors Uriel showed me, open in the
circumference of the suns chariot in the heaven, through which the rays of the
sun break forth: and from them is warmth
5 diffused over the earth, when they are opened at their appointed
seasons. And for the winds and
6 the spirit of the dew when they are opened, standing open in the
heavens at the ends. As for the twelve portals in the heaven, at the ends of the
earth, out of which go forth the sun, moon, and stars,
7 and all the works of heaven in the east and in the west, There are many
windows open to the left and right of them, and one window at its (appointed)
season produces warmth, corresponding (as these do) to those doors from which
the stars come forth according as He has commanded them,
8 and wherein they set corresponding to their number. And I saw chariots
in the heaven, running
9 in the world, above those portals in which revolve the stars that never
set. And one is larger than all the rest, and it is that that makes its course
through the entire world.
1 And at the ends of the earth I saw twelve portals open to all the
quarters (of the heaven), from
2 which the winds go forth and blow over the earth. Three of them are
open on the face (i.e. the east) of the heavens, and three in the west, and
three on the right (i.e. the south) of the heaven, and
3 three on the left (i.e. the north). And the three first are those of
the east, and three are of the
4 north, and three after those on the left of the south, and three of the
west. Through four of these come winds of blessing and prosperity, and from
those eight come hurtful winds: when they are sent, they bring destruction on
all the earth and on the water upon it, and on all who dwell thereon, and on
everything which is in the water and on the land.
5 And the first wind from those portals, called the east wind, comes
forth through the first portal which is in the east, inclining towards the
south: from it come forth desolation, drought, heat,
6 and destruction. And through the second portal in the middle comes what
is fitting, and from it there come rain and fruitfulness and prosperity and dew;
and through the third portal which lies toward the north come cold and drought.
7 And after these come forth the south winds through three portals:
through the first portal of
8 them inclining to the east comes forth a hot wind. And through the
middle portal next to it there
9 come forth fragrant smells, and dew and rain, and prosperity and
health. And through the third portal lying to the west come forth dew and rain,
locusts and desolation. 10 And after these the north winds: from the
seventh portal in the east come dew and rain, locusts and desolation.
11 And from the middle portal come in a direct direction health and rain
and dew and prosperity; and through the third portal in the west come cloud and
hoar-frost, and snow and rain, and dew and locusts.
12 And after these four are the west winds: through the first portal
adjoining the north come forth dew and hoar-frost, and cold and snow and frost.
And from the middle portal come forth dew and rain, and prosperity and blessing;
and through the last portal which adjoins the south come forth drought and
desolation, and burning and destruction. And the twelve portals of the four
quarters of the heaven are therewith completed, and all their laws and all their
plagues and all their benefactions have I shown to thee, my son Methuselah.
1 And the first quarter is called the east, because it is the first:
and the second, the south, because the Most High will descend there, yea, there
in quite a special sense will He who is blessed for ever
2 descend. And the west quarter is named the diminished, because there
all the luminaries of the
3 heaven wane and go down. And the fourth quarter, named the north, is
divided into three parts: the first of them is for the dwelling of men: and the
second contains seas of water, and the abysses and forests and rivers, and
darkness and clouds; and the third part contains the garden of righteousness.
4 I saw seven high mountains, higher than all the mountains which are on
the earth: and thence
5 comes forth hoar-frost, and days, seasons, and years pass away. I saw
seven rivers on the earth larger than all the rivers: one of them coming from
the west pours its waters into the Great Sea. 6 And these two come from
the north to the sea and pour their waters into the Erythraean Sea in the
7 east. And the remaining, four come forth on the side of the north to
their own sea, two of them to the Erythraean Sea, and two into the Great Sea and
discharge themselves there and some say:
8 into the desert. Seven great islands I saw in the sea and in the
mainland: two in the mainland and five in the Great Sea.
1,2 And the names of the sun are the following: the first Orjares, and
the second Tomas. And the moon has four names: the first name is Asonja, the
second Ebla, the third Benase, and the fourth
3 Erae. These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like
the circumference of the
4 heaven, and the size of the circumference of both is alike. In the
circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it
more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is s transferred till the
seventh portion of the sun is exhausted.
5 And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make their
revolution by the north, and come forth through the eastern portals
6 on the face of the heaven. And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part
appears in the heaven: 7the light becomes full in her: on the fourteenth day she
accomplishes her light.
7 And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth
day (when) her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the year, and she
becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by (the addition of) fourteenth
8 parts. And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to
fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the
third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to
nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on
the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the
thirteenth to two, on the
9 fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light
disappears wholly on the fifteenth. And
10 in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once
twenty-eight. And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the
moon, and on which side it is transferred to her by the sun.
11 During all the period during which the moon is growing in her light,
she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during fourteen days
her light is accomplished in the heaven,
12 and when she is illumined throughout, her light is accomplished full
in the heaven. And on the first
13 day she is called the new moon, for on that day the light rises upon
her. She becomes full moon exactly on the day when the sun sets in the west, and
from the east she rises at night, and the moon shines the whole night through
till the sun rises over against her and the moon is seen over against the sun.
14 On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she
wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end,
and her circumference is empty, void of
15 light. And three month