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+THE BOOK OF ENOCH 
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+THE PROPHET 
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+TRANSLATED FROM 
+
+AN ETHIOPIC MS. IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY 
+
+BY THE LATE 
+
+RICHARD LAURENCE, LL.D. 
+
+ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL 
+
+
+THE TEXT NOW CORRECTED FROM HIS LATEST NOTES 
+WITH AH INTRODUCTION BY 
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+THE AUTHOR OF “ THE EVOLUTION OF CHRISTIANITY 
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+LONDON 
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+KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE 
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+1883 
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+(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved .) 
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+THEQLQGIO&L^ 
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+
+In the Authorized Version of the Epistle. -of- Jude, 
+we read the following words : — 
+
+“ Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied 
+of these, saying. Behold, the Lord cometh with ten 
+thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon 
+all, and to convince all that are ungodly among 
+them of all their ungodly deeds which they have 
+ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches 
+which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” 1 
+Modern research sees in the Epistle of Jude a 
+work of the second century : but as orthodox 
+theologians accept its contents as the inspired 
+utterance of an Apostle, let us diligently search the 
+Hebrew Scriptures for this important forecast of the 
+second Advent of the Messiah. In vain we turn 
+over the pages of the sacred Canon ; not even in the 
+Apocrypha can we trace one line from the pen of 
+the marvellous being to whom uninterrupted immor- 
+1 Compare Book of Enoch ii. 
+
+
+IV 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+tality is assigned by apostolic 1 interpretation of 
+Genesis v. 24. Were the prophecies of Enoch, 
+therefore, accepted as a Divine revelation on that 
+momentous day when Jesus explained the Scrip- 
+tures, after his resurrection, to Jude and his apostolic 
+brethren ; and have we moderns betrayed our trust 
+by excluding an inspired record from the Bible ? 
+
+Reverting to the second century of Christianity, 
+we find Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria citing 
+the Book of Enoch without questioning its sacred 
+character. Thus, Irenaeus, assigning to the Book of 
+Enoch an authenticity analogous to that of Mosaic 
+literature, affirms that Enoch, although a man, 
+filled the office of God’s messenger to the angels. 2 
+Tertullian, who flourished at the close of the first 
+and at the beginning of the second century, whilst 
+admitting that the “ Scripture of Enoch ” is not 
+received by some because it is not included in the 
+Hebrew Canon, speaks of the author as “ the most 
+ancient prophet, Enoch,” and of the book as the 
+divinely inspired autograph of that immortal patri- 
+arch, preserved by Noah in the ark, or miraculously 
+reproduced by him through the inspiration of the 
+Holy Spirit. Tertullian adds, “ But as Enoch has 
+spoken in the same scripture of the Lord, and 
+‘ every scripture suitable for edification is divinely 
+
+1 Heb. xi. 5. 
+
+2 “ Against Heresies,” iv. 16. Compare Book of Enoch xv. 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+v 
+
+
+inspired/ let us reject nothing which belongs to us. 
+It may now seem to have been disavowed by the 
+Jews like all other scripture which speaks of Christ 
+— a fact which should cause us no surprise, as they 
+were not to receive him, even when personally 
+addressed by himself.” These views Tertullian con- 
+firms by appealing to the testimony of the Apostle 
+Jude. 1 The Book of Enoch was therefore as sacred 
+as the Psalms or Isaiah in the eyes of the famous 
+theologian, on whom modern orthodoxy relies as 
+the chief canonist of New Testament scripture. 
+
+Origen (a.d. 254), in quoting Hebrew literature, 
+assigns to the Book of Enoch the same authority 
+as to the Psalms. In polemical discussion with 
+Celsus, he affirms that the work of the antediluvian 
+patriarch was not accepted in the Churches as 
+Divine ; and modern theologians have accordingly 
+assumed that he rejected its inspiration : but the 
+extent to which he adopts its language and ideas 
+discloses personal conviction that Enoch was one of 
+the greatest of the prophets. Thus, in his treatise 
+on the angels, we read : “ We are not to suppose 
+that a special office has been assigned by mere 
+accident to a particular angel : as to jRaphael, the 
+work of curing and healing ; to Gabriel, the direction 
+of wars ; to Michael, the duty of iearing the prayers 
+and supplications of men.” 2 From what source 
+1 “ On Female Dress,” ii. 2 “ De Principiis,” viii. 
+
+
+V 
+
+
+VI 
+
+
+INTB OD U CTION. 
+
+
+but assumed revelation could Origen obtain and 
+publish these circumstantial details of ministerial 
+administration in heaven ? 
+
+Turning to the Book of Enoch we read : “ After 
+this I besought the angel of peace, who proceeded 
+with me, to explain all that was concealed. I said 
+to him, Who are those whom I have seen on the 
+four sides, and whose words I have heard and 
+written down. He replied, The first is the merciful, 
+the patient, the holy Michael. The second is he who 
+presides over every suffering and every affliction of 
+the sons of men, the holy Raphael. The third, who 
+presides over all that is powerful, is Gabriel. '/And 
+the fourth, who presides over repentance and the hope 
+of those who will inherit eternal life, is Phanuel.” 1 
+We thus discover the source of Origen’s apparently 
+superhuman knowledge, and detect his implicit 
+trust in the Book of Enoch as a Divine revelation. 
+
+When primitive Christianity had freely appro- 
+priated the visions of Enoch as the materials of 
+constructive dogmas, this remarkable book gradually 
+sank into oblivion, disappeared out of Western 
+Christendom, and was eventually forgotten by a 
+Church, which unconsciously perpetuated its teach- 
+ing as the miraculous revelations of Christianity. 
+
+The Book of Enoch, unknown to Europe for 
+nearly a thousand years, except through the frag- 
+
+1 Book of Enoch xl. 8, 9. 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+ments preserved by Georgius Syneellus (circa 792, 
+a.d.), was at length discovered by Bruce in Abyssinia, 
+who brought home three copies of the Ethiopic 
+version in 1773, respecting which he writes : — 
+
+“ Amongst the articles I consigned to the library at 
+Paris was a very beautiful and magnificent copy of 
+the Prophecies of Enoch, in large quarto ; another 
+is amongst the Books of Scripture which I brought 
+home, standing immediately^ before the Book of 
+Job, which is~ its proper place in the . Abyssinian 
+Canon \ and a third copy I have presented to the, 
+.Bodleian Library at Oxford, by the hands of . Dr. 
+Douglas, the Bishop of Carlisle.” 
+
+This priceless manuscript, destined, some day, to 
+reveal the forgotten source of many Christian dogmas ■- 
+and mysteries, rested in Bodleian obscurity, until 
+presented to the world through an English trans- 
+lation by Dr. Laurence, Archbishop of Cashel, 
+formerly Professor of Hebrew at Oxford, who issued 
+his first edition in 1821, in apparent unconsciousness 
+that he was giving to mankind the theological 
+fossils through which we, in the clearer_Jdght_ 
+
+
+of our generati on, may study theT '“"Evolution of 
+Christianity.” 
+
+The scarcity of Archbishop Laurence’s translation, 
+before the publication of the second edition in 1833, 
+produced an impression in Germany that the work 
+had been suppressed by its author ; but this report 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+viii 
+
+is contradicted in the preface to the third edition, 
+issued in 1838, in response to a large order from 
+America. 
+
+The Book of Enoch excited more interest on the 
+Continent than in England. It was translated into 
+German by Dr. Hoffman in 1838, into Latin by 
+Gfrorer in 1840, again into German by Dillmann in 
+1853, and has been discussed by Weisse, Liicke, 
+Hilgenfeld, and Kalisch, the latter of whom uttered 
+the prediction, that the book of Enoch “will one 
+day be employed as a most important witness in 
+the history of religious dogmas.” The day and the 
+hour have come, the clock has struck, and in thus 
+publishing an edition of Archbishop Laurence’s 
+translation of the Book of Enoch, we place within 
+the reach of all readers of the English language, 
+the means of studying the pre-Christian origin of 
+Christian mysteries. 
+
+Turning towards the “ Preliminary Dissertation ” 
+of Archbishop Laurence, in which he discusses, with 
+impartial criticism and accomplished scholarship, 
+the origin of the Book of Enoch, we find him 
+attaining the important conclusions, that it was 
+written by a Jew of the Dispersion in his own 
+language, whether Hebrew or the later Aramaean 
+acquired in exile ; that the version in the hands of 
+the author of the Epistle of Jude and the Ante- 
+Nicene Fathers was a Greek translation ; and that 
+
+
+Lr 
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+''to-.-' > 
+
+- ww ; : 
+
+
+the Ethiopic edition, whether translated from 
+Aramaean or Greek, is the same work as that cited 
+by the Apostle. 
+
+In attestation of the theory of an Aramaic or 
+Syro-Chaldaean origin, Archbishop Laurence refers 
+to the “ most ancient remains of the Cabbala 
+(Hebrew traditions) contained in the ‘ Zohar,’ a 
+species of philosophical commentary upon the Law, 
+combining theological opinions with the allegorical 
+subtleties of the mystical school. In this cele- 
+brated compilation of what was long supposed to 
+constitute the hidden wisdom of the Jewish nation, 
+occasional references are made to the Book of 
+Enoch, as a book carefully preserved from generation 
+to generation.” Archbishop Laurence then gives 
+extracts from the “Zohar,” referring to important 
+passages in the Book of Enoch, and infers that 
+“the authors of the Cabbalistical remains wrote 
+their recondite doctrines in Chaldee,” and possessed 
+a copy of the Book of Enoch, written in that 
+language or in Hebrew, “which they regarded as 
+the genuine work of him whose name it bore, and 
+not as the spurious production of a later age.” 
+
+Archbishop Laurence then considers the probable 
+date of the work, and infers, from the quotation of 
+Jude, that it must have been written antecedent to 
+the Christian era, but not before the Captivity of 
+Babylon, because it contains the language and 
+
+
+X 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION . 
+
+
+imagery of Daniel, “in the representation of the 
+Ancient of Days coming to judgment with the Son 
+of man,” But since Archbishop Laurence wrote, 
+modern criticism has disclosed how nebulous is the 
+date of Daniel, so that it becomes as reasonable to 
+assume that the author or compiler borrowed from 
+the Book of Enoch, as to attribute plagiarism to 
+the pseudo-patriarch. The learned translator, how- 
+ever, discovered more satisfactory proof, through 
+internal evidence, that the book “ was written long 
+subsequent to the commencement, and even to the 
+conclusion, of the Babylonian Captivity.” 
+
+That section of the Book of Enoch, extending 
+from chapter lxxxii. to xc., contains an allegorical 
+narrative of the royal dynasties of Israel and Judah, 
+from which Archbishop Laurence constructs a 
+history extending from Saul to the beginning of 
+the reign of Herod the Great, and infers that the 
+Book of Enoch was written “before the rise of 
+Christianity ; most probably at an early period of 
+the reign of Herod.” The Archbishop adds : 
+“ That it could not have been the production of a 
+writer who lived after the inspired authors of the 
+New Testament, or who was even coeval with them, 
+must be manifest from the quotation of St. Jude — 
+a quotation which proves it to have been in his 
+time a work ascribed to Enoch himself.” 
+
+Archbishop Laurence, furthermore, attains pro- 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xi 
+
+
+bability of date through another line of argument. 
+In chapter liv. 9, of the Book of Enoch we read, 
+“ The chiefs of the East, among the Parthians and 
+Medes, shall remove kings, in whom a spirit of 
+perturbation shall enter. They shall hurl them 
+from their thrones, springing as lions from their 
+dens, and like famished wolves into the midst of 
+the flock.’’ Commenting on this passage, Arch- 
+bishop Laurence says, “Now the Parthians were 
+altogether unknown in history, until the 250th year 
+before Christ, when, under the guidance of Arsaces 
+(the family name of all their subsequent kings) 
+they revolted from Antiochus Theus, the then king 
+of Syria. It was not, however, until the year 230 
+B.c. that their empire became firmly established, 
+when Arsaces defeated and took prisoner Seleucus 
+Callicinus, the Syrian monarch, and first assumed 
+the title of King of Parthia. By degrees they 
+expelled the Syrian dominion from every province 
+over which it extended east of the Euphrates ; so 
+that from about the year 140 b.c. their vast empire 
+reached from the Ganges to the Euphrates, and 
+from the Euphrates to the Caucasus.” These facts 
+would therefore lead to the conclusion that the 
+Book of Enoch was written about the middle of the 
+second century b.c. ; but as the author adds to 
+the passage already cited, “ They shall go up, and 
+tread upon the land of their elect, the land of their 
+
+
+xii 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+elect shall be before them. The threshing-floor, 
+the path, and the city of my righteous people shall 
+impede the progress of their horses,” Archbishop 
+Laurence connects this language with the invasion 
+of Syria by the Parthians in the year 54 b.c., and 
+their defeat of Anthony eighteen years later, “when 
+the credit of the Parthian arms was at the highest ; 
+and it is probable that about the same period, or 
+at least not long after, the Book of Enoch was 
+written,” 
+
+The question now naturally arises, How was this 
+work of fiction accepted within so short a period, as 
+the genuine production of the patriarch Enoch ? 
+The Archbishop answers by showing, through 
+internal evidence, that the book was written by a 
+Jew residing at a distance from Palestine, and 
+having been brought into Jud£ea in the name of the 
+prophet Enoch, the obscurity of its origin caused 
+some to accept it as the genuine production of the 
+patriarch himself. In chapter lxxi. Pseudo-Enoch 
+divides the day and night into eighteen parts, and 
+represents the longest day in the year as consisting 
+of twelve out of these eighteen parts. “Now the 
+proportion of twelve to eighteen is precisely the 
+same as sixteen to four and twenty, the present 
+division in hours of the period constituting day and 
+night. If therefore we consider in what latitude a 
+country must be situated to have a day of sixteen 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xiii 
+
+hours long, we shall immediately perceive that 
+Palestine could not he such a country. We may 
+then safely conclude that the region in which the 
+author lived must have been situated not lower 
+than forty-five degrees north latitude, where the 
+longest day is fifteen hours and a half, nor higher 
+perhaps than forty-nine degrees, where the longest 
+day is precisely sixteen hours. This will bring the 
+country where he wrote, as high up at least as the 
+northern districts of the Caspian and Euxine seas ; 
+probably it was situated somewhere between the 
+upper parts of both these seas; and if the latter 
+conjecture be well founded, the author of the Book 
+of Enoch was perhaps a member of one of the tribes 
+which Shalmaneser carried away, and placed ‘in 
+Halah and in Habor by the river Goshen, and in the 
+cities of the Medes,’ and who never returned from 
+captivity.” 
+
+Since Archbishop Laurence wrote his “ Pre- 
+liminary Dissertation,” fresh light has been thrown 
+on the origin of the Book of Enoch through the 
+publication of Mr. Bayard’s “ Nineveh and Babylon,” 
+recording the discovery, in Babylonian ruins, of cups 
+or bowls of terra cotta, covered on the inner surface 
+with inscriptions in ink, which have been deciphered 
+by Mr. Thomas Ellis of the Manuscript Department 
+in the British Museum, as amulets or charms against 
+evil spirits, disease, calamity, and sudden death. 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xiv 
+
+composed in the Chaldean language mingled with 
+Hebrew words , 1 and written in characters which 
+combine Syriac and Palmyrene with the ancient 
+Phoenician. These inscriptions are undated ; but 
+Mr. Ellis attained the conclusion through internal 
+evidence, that these cups belonged to the descen- 
+dants of the Jews who were carried captive to 
+Babylon and the surrounding cities. 
+
+But the most important revelation attained 
+through these discoveries of Mr. Layard lies in the 
+interesting fact, mentioned in his work, that the 
+names of the angels inscribed on these cups, and 
+those recorded in the Book of Enoch, are, in many 
+instances identical, so that no doubt remains as to 
+the Hebrew-Chaldee origin of that great Semitic 
+work, whether assignable to human genius or Divine 
+revelation; and the exhumed amulets of Jews of 
+the Dispersion attest the accuracy of Archbishop 
+Laurence’s conclusions respecting the nationality of 
+Pseudo-Enoch. 
+
+Ignorance of the contents of the Apocrypha, as 
+canonized by the Church of Home, is so general 
+in England that many otherwise well-informed 
+people imagine that the Book of Enoch may be 
+found in its pages, whereas it has been lost to all 
+
+1 “ Halleluiah” appears upon the cups; and thus a word, with 
+which ancient Syro-Chaldseans conjured, has become, through the 
+vicissitudes of language, the Shibboleth of modern “ Revivalists. * 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xv 
+
+
+English readers, except those who may possess or 
+have access to copies of the English translation last 
+issued in 1838. On this aspect of the question 
+Archbishop Laurence writes : — 
+
+“ The fate of the Apocryphal writings in general 
+has been singular. On one side, from the influence 
+of theological opinion or theological caprice, they 
+have been sometimes injudiciously admitted into 
+the Canon of Scripture; while on the other side, 
+from an over-anxiety to preserve that Canon in- 
+violate, they have been not simply rejected, but 
+loaded with every epithet of contempt and obloquy. 
+The feelings perhaps of both parties have on such 
+occasions run away with their judgment. For 
+writings of this description, whatever may or may 
+not be their claim to inspiration, are at least of 
+considerable utility, where they indicate the theo- 
+logical opinions of the periods at which they were 
+composed. This I apprehend to be peculiarly the 
+the case of the Book of Enoch ; which, as having 
+been manifestly written before the doctrines of 
+Christianity were promulgated to the world, must 
+afford us, when it refers to the nature and character 
+of the Messiah, as it repeatedly does so refer, 
+credible proof of what were the Jewish opinions 
+upon those points before the birth of Christ ; and 
+consequently before the possible predominance of 
+the Christian creed.” 
+
+
+XVI 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+Archbishop Laurence thus clearly recognized 
+that the visions of Enoch preceded the teaching of 
+Jesus ; but it was not given to him, or to his 
+generation, to see how deeply his conclusions affected 
+the supernatural claims of Christianity. 
+
+Turning to the contents of the Book of Enoch, 
+the first six chapters announce the condemnation 
+of transgressors and the blessings of the righteous, 
+through the triumphal advent of the Messiah, Tore- 
+bast in the famous prediction quoted by the author 
+of the Epistle attributed to Jude. 
+
+Chapters vii. to xvi. record the descent_of two 
+hundred angels on the earth, their selection of 
+wives, the birth of their gigantic offspring, and 
+the instruction of mankind in the manufacture 
+of offensive and defensive weapons, the fabrication 
+of mirrors, the workmanship of jewellery, and the 
+use of cosmetics and dyes, combined with lessons 
+in sorcery, astrology, divination, and astronomy — 
+all which Tertullian accepts as Divine revelation, 
+when he denounces woman as the “ devil’s gate- 
+way,” 1 and assures her, on the authority of the 
+inspired Enoch, that Tyrian dyes, Phrygian em- 
+broidery, Babylonian cloth, golden bracelets, gleam- 
+ing pearls, flashing onyx-stones, and brilliant 
+emeralds, with all the other adjuncts of an elegant 
+toilette, are the special gifts of fallen angels to 
+1 “ On Female Dress,” bk. i. chap. i. 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xvi 1 
+
+
+female frailty. The advent of the angels multiplies 
+transgressions on earth, they are condemned to 
+“the lowest depths of the fire in torments,” and 
+Enoch, as the messenger of God, announces to them 
+the eternity of their punishment. 
+
+Chapters xvii. to xxxvi. give a graphic descrip- 
+tion of the miraculous journeys of Enoch in_the 
+company of an angel, from whom he learns the 
+s ecrets of creati on and the mysteries of Infinity. 
+From the top of a lofty mountain “ which reached 
+to heaven,” he beheld the receptacles of lights 
+thunder, and lightning, “the great darkness or 
+mountains of gloom which constitute winter, the 
+mouths of rivers and of the deep, the stone ivhich 
+supports the corners of the earth , and the four winds 
+which bear up the earth, and constitute the pillars 
+of heaven.” 1 Is not this obviously the inspired cos- 
+mology, through which the author of the Book of 
+Enoch unconsciously condemned mediaeval physicists 
+to the stake for impiously proclaiming the mobility 
+of the earth ? If an inspired prophet saw the stone 
+which supports the corners of the earth, how inex- 
+piable the guilt of men, who fostered scepticism 
+through the heliocentric theory of a world coursing 
+swiftly round the sun ! 
+
+But had not the Book of Enoch disappeared for 
+centuries out of Europe, before the persecution of 
+
+1 Chap, xviii. 
+
+
+xviii 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+Galileo and the martyrdom of Bruno ? We answer 
+that its teaching had survived, as numerous other 
+superstitions have passed from generation to genera- 
+tion long after all knowledge of their origin has 
+been lost to the theologians who accept them as 
+Divine. 
+
+In the “Evolution of Christianity” we cite the 
+following passage from Irenaeus : “ It is impossible 
+that the Gospels can be more or less than they are. 
+For as there are four zones in the world which we 
+inhabit, and four principal winds, while the Church 
+is spread abroad throughout the earth, and the 
+pillar- and basis of the Church is the gospel and 
+the spirit of life, it is right that she should have 
+four pillars exhaling immortality on every side, and 
+bestowing renewed vitality on men. From which 
+fact it follows that the Word has given us four 
+versions of the Gospel, united by one spirit.” We 
+now recognize that this fanciful theory of a limited 
+number of Evangelists is based on the cosmology 
+of Enoch ; and if in the second century, Irenaeus 
+accepted the visions of an antediluvian patriarch 
+as facts , the traditional survival of the earth’s 
+“ corner stone ” doubtless controlled the orthodox 
+astronomy of mediaeval theologians. 
+
+Proceeding on his journey with-tha-nngel .Uriel, 
+Enoch furthermore beheld the prison of the fallen 
+angels, in which struggling columns of fire ascended 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION . 
+
+
+xix 
+
+fcom-M - -appaHitt^ftbyss. He saw the regions__i n 
+which the spirits of the dead await the day of judg- 
+ment; he looked upon the trees of knowledge and 
+o£ life, exhaling fragrant odours from leaves which 
+never withered, and from fruit which ever bloomed ; 
+and he beheld the “ great and glorious wonder ” of 
+the celestial stars, coming forth through the “ gates 
+of heaven.” 
+
+Chapters xxxvii. to lxxjL record the second vision 
+of wisdom, divided into three parables. The first 
+depicts the future happiness . and glory of the elect, 
+whom Enoch beheld reclining on ’couches in the 
+habitations of angel s^or standing in thousands of 
+thousand s^an'd^ myriads of myriads before the throne, 
+or'Cod; blessing and glorifying Him with celestial 
+song, as the Holy, Holy Lord of spirits, before whom 
+righteousness eternally dwells. 
+
+As Enoch uttered his prophecies respecting the 
+elec t, before^ the existence of Christ ianity, it is 
+important to learn in what sense he understood the 
+doctrin e of elect ion. The language of the first 
+parable happily leaves no room for doubt— “ The 
+righteous will be elected for their good works 
+duly weighed by the Lord of Spirits.” 1 Election, 
+therefore, traced to its original source, means nothing 
+more than Divine “ selection of the fittest ” — a 
+theory more consistent with the justice of God, than 
+1 Chap, xxxviii. 2. 
+
+
+XX 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+the capricious choice of the metamorphical potter, 
+whose arbitrary fashioning of plastic clay symbo- 
+lized, in Pauline theology, the doctrine of predesti- 
+nation. 
+
+The second parable (xlv.-lv.) demands the ab- 
+sorbed attention of modern Jews and G-entiles ; 
+for it is either the inspired forecast of a gr eat 
+Hebrew prophet, predicting with miraculous accuracy 
+the future teaching of Jesus of Nazareth, or the 
+Semitic romance from which the latter borrowed 
+His conceptions of the triumphant return of the_Son 
+of man, to ocdupy a judicial throne in the midst 
+of rejoicing saints and trembling sinners, expect- 
+ant of everlasting happiness or eternal fireijmd 
+whether these celestial visions be accepted as human 
+or Divine, they have exercised so vast an influence 
+on the destinies of mankind for nearly two thousancT 
+years, that candid and impartial seekers after,, re- 
+ligious truth can no longer dela y inquiry into the^ 
+
+( relationship of the Book of Enoch with the revela- 
+tion, or the evolution, of Christianity. 
+
+The third parable (lvi.-lxx.) recurs, with glowing 
+eloquence, to the inexhaustible theme of Messianic 
+glory, and again depicts the happy future of the 
+righteous in contrast with the appalling misery of 
+the wicked. It also records the supernatural control 
+of the elements, through the action of individual 
+angels presiding over the winds, the sea, hail, frost, 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+X51 
+
+
+dew, the lightning’s flash, and reverberating thunder. 
+The names ofThe principal fallen angels are also 
+given, among whom we recognize some of the in- 
+visible powers named in the incantations inscribed 
+on the terra cotta cups of Hebrew-Chaldee conju- 
+ration. 
+
+Chapters lxxi. to lxxxi. contain the “ book of the 
+revolutions of the luminaries of heaven,” the sun, the 
+moon, and the stars, controlled in their movements 
+by the administration of angels. In commenting 
+on this section of the Book of Enoch, Archbishop 
+Laurence says, “This system of astronomy is pre J 
+cisely that of an untutored, but accurate observer of 
+the heavens. He describes the eastern and western 
+parts of heaven, where the sun and moon rise and 
+set, as divided each into six different gates, through 
+which those orbs of light pass at their respective 
+periods. In the denomination of these gates he 
+begins with that through which the sun passes at 
+the winter solstice ; and this he terms the first gate. 
+It of course answers to the sign of Capricornus ; and 
+is the southernmost point to which the sun reaches, 
+both at rising and setting. The next gate, at which 
+the sun arrives in its progress towards the east at 
+rising, and towards the west at setting, and which 
+answers to the sign of Aquarius, he terms the second 
+gate. The next* in continuation of the same course 
+of the sun, which answers to the sign of Pisces, he 
+
+
+XX 11 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+terms the third gate. The fourth gate in his de- 
+scription is that which is situated due east at sun- 
+rising, and due west at sun-setting, and which, 
+answering to the sign of Aries, the sun enters at the 
+vernal equinox. With this fourth gate he com- 
+mences his account of the sun’s annual circuit, and 
+of the consequent change in the length of day and 
+night at the various seasons of the year. His fifth 
+gate is now to be found in the sun’s progress north- 
+wards, and answers to the sign of Taurus. And his 
+sixth gate is situated still further north ; which, 
+answering to the sign of Gemini, concludes at the 
+most northern point of heaven to which the sun 
+arrives, and from which it turns at the summer 
+solstice, again to measure back its course south- 
+wards. 
+
+“ Hence it happens, that the same gates which 
+answers to the six signs alluded to in the sun’s 
+passage from the winter to the summer solstice, 
+necessarily also answer to the remaining six of 
+the twelve signs of the Zodiac in its passage back 
+again. 
+
+“ The turning of the sun both at the winter and 
+summer solstices, the first at the most southern, the 
+last at the most northern point of its progress, must 
+have always struck the eye of those who contem- 
+plated the variety as well as the splendour of its 
+daily appearance. The astronomy of the apocryphal 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xxiii 
+
+Enoch was perhaps formed in this respect upon the 
+same principles as the astronomy of Homer, who 
+places the situation of the island Supu? under the 
+turning of the sun, oOi Tpoirdi ueA/oto (Odyss. lib. 
+xv. 404).” 
+
+Chapters lxxxiii. to lxxxix. contain a vision of 
+EnocE^TiFg^iTallegorical forecast of the history 
+of the world up to the kingdom of the Messiah. 
+
+Chapter xcii. records a series. . of prophecies 
+
+extending from Enoch’s own time to about one 
+thousand years beyond the present generation. In 
+the system of ch ronology adopted, a da y stands for 
+hundre d^ and a week for seven hundred years. 
+Reference is made to thg^deluge, the call of Abra- 
+ham, the Mosaic dispensation, the building and the 
+destruction of the Temple of Solomon — events 
+which preceded the date at which the Book, of 
+Enoch was probably written : but when the author, 
+in his character of a divinely inspired seer, extends 
+his vision beyond the horizon of his own age, he 
+discloses the vanity of his predictive pretensions, 
+through prophecies which remain unfulfilled. If, 
+however, the Book of Enoch had reached us through 
+the Western, as well as the Ethiopic Canon, apolo- 
+getic theologians would doubtless affirm that , ceu -^ 
+turies are but trifles in prophetic time ; and that 
+the predictions of the great antediluvian prophet 
+shall, sooner or later, attain miraculous fulfilment. 
+
+
+XXIV 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+Chapters xciii. to civ. contain the eloquent ex- 
+hortations of Enoch, addressed to his children, in 
+which he follows Buddha in commending the 
+“ Paths of Righteousness, ” and anticipates Jesus 
+in pronouncing the doom of sinners and the joys of^ 
+saints, and gives utterance to the most emphatic 
+assurance of immortality which has ever flowed 
+from human lips : “ Fear not, ye souls of the 
+righteous, but wait with patient hope for the day 
+of your death in righteousness. Grieve not because 
+your souls descend in trouble and sorrow to the 
+receptacle of the dead ; for great joy shall be yours, 
+like that of the angels in heaven. And when you 
+die, sinners say concerning you, ‘As we die the 
+righteous die. What profit have they in their 
+works ? Behold, like us, they expire in sorrow and 
+in darkness. What advantage have they over us ? 
+Henceforward are we equal; for behold they are 
+dead, and never will they again perceive the light/ 
+But now I swear to you, ye righteous . . . that I 
+comprehend this mystery; that I have read the 
+tablet of heaven, have seen the writing of the holy 
+ones, and have discovered what is written and 
+impressed on it concerning you. I have seen that 
+all goodness, joy, and glory have been prepared for 
+you. . . . The spirits of you who die in righteous- 
+ness shall exist and rejoice ; and their remembrance 
+shall be before the face of the Mighty One from 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION . 
+
+
+XXV 
+
+
+generation to generation . 1 How profound the im- 
+pression necessarily produced on the Semitic imagi- 
+nation by this impassioned language, uttered in an 
+age of faith in inspired dreams and celestial visions 
+by a supposed visitant of the unseen world, who had 
+conversed with angels in the presence of the Lord 
+of spirits ! 
+
+The final chapter of the Book of Enoch^recards 
+the birth" o f Noah, and the further prophecies of 
+Enoch, addressed to Methuselah on the subject of 
+tlurbirtfr bf Noah and the future deluge. 
+
+In attestation of the relationship between the 
+Book of Enoch and Christianity, we now collate its 
+language and ideas with parallel passages in New 
+Testament scripture. 
+
+
+En. Ixiv. 4. “ And a voice 
+was heard from heaven.” 
+
+En. vi. 9. “ The elect 
+
+shall possess light, joy, and 
+peace, and they shall in- 
+herit the earth.” 
+
+En. 1. 2, 4, 5. “ He shall 
+select the righteous and 
+holy from among them; for 
+the day of their salvation has 
+approached . . . and they 
+shall become angels in hea- 
+ven. Their countenances shall 
+
+
+Matt. iii. 17. “ And lo, a 
+voice from heaven, saying.” 
+
+Matt. v. 5. “ Blessed are 
+the meek, for they shall in- 
+herit the earth.” 
+
+Luke xxi. 28. “ Your re- 
+demption draweth nigh.” 
+
+Matt. xxii. 30. “ In the 
+resurrection . . . they are as 
+the angels of God in heaven.” 
+
+Matt. xiii. 43. “Then 
+shall the righteous shine 
+
+
+Chap, cii., ciii. 
+
+
+XXVI 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+be bright with joy. . . . The 
+earth shall rejoice ; and the 
+elect possess it.” 
+
+En. xciii. 7. “ Those, too, 
+who acquire gold and silver, 
+shall justly and suddenly 
+perish. Woe to you who are 
+rich, for in your riches have 
+you trusted ; but from your 
+riches you shall be removed.” 
+
+En. xcvi. 6, 7,25. “Woe 
+unto you, sinners, who say, 
+
+‘ We are rich, possess wealth, 
+and have acquired everything 
+which we can desire. Now 
+then will we do whatsoever 
+we are disposed to do; for 
+we have amassed silver ; our 
+barns are full/ . . . They shall 
+surely die suddenly.” 
+
+En. cv. 26. “ And I will 
+place each of them on a 
+throne of glory, of glory 
+peculiarly his own.” 
+
+En. lxii. 11. “ In his judg- 
+ments he pays no respect to 
+persons.” 
+
+En. xxxviii. 2. “ Where 
+
+will the habitation of sinners 
+be . . . who have rejected the 
+Lord of spirits. It would 
+have been better for them, 
+had they never been born.” 
+
+
+forth as the sun in the king- 
+dom of their Father.” 
+
+James v. 1. “ Go to now, 
+ye rich men, weep and howl 
+for your miseries that shall 
+come upon you.” 
+
+Luke vi. 24. “Woe unto 
+you that are rich! for ye 
+have received your consola- 
+tion.” 
+
+Luke xii. Compare the 
+parable of the rich man 
+whose barns were full, and 
+who said to himself, “ Soul, 
+thou hast much goods laid 
+up for many years, take thine 
+ease, eat, drink, and be 
+merry. But God said unto 
+him. Thou fool, this night thy 
+soul shall be required of 
+thee.” 
+
+Matt. xix. 28. “ Ye also 
+
+shall sit upon twelve thrones, 
+judging the twelve tribes of 
+Israel.” 
+
+Rom. ii. 11. “For there is 
+no respect of persons with 
+God.” 
+
+Matt. xxvi. 24. “ Woe unto 
+that man through whom the 
+Son of man is betrayed ! It 
+would be good for that man 
+if he had not been born.” 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xxvii 
+
+
+En. xix. 2. “ So that they 
+sacrifice to devils as to Gods.” 
+
+
+En. xxii. 10, 12. (The angel 
+"Raphael addressing Enoch in 
+the region of the dead :) 
+
+“ Here their souls are sepa- 
+rated ... by a chasm.” 
+
+En. xxxix. 3, 4, 7. _^A„ 
+cloud. then snatched me up t _ 
+. . . placing me at the ex- 
+trenrity^uf^e^heavensT There 
+I. say?: another vision. I saw 
+the habitations and couches 
+of the saints . . . with the 
+angels . . . under the wings 
+of the Lord of spirits. All 
+the holy and the elect sung 
+before him, in appearance 
+like a blaze of fire, their 
+mouths being full of bless- 
+ings, and their lips glori- 
+fying the name of the Lord 
+of spirits.” 
+
+En. xlvi. 2. “ Thisjs the 
+Son of man wha-will re- 
+veal all the treasures of that 
+which is concealed.” 
+
+En. ix. 3, 4. “ Then they 
+said to their Lord, the King : 
+Thou art Lord of lords, God 
+of gods. King of kings. The 
+
+
+1 Cor. x. 20. “ The things 
+which the Gentiles sacrifice, 
+they sacrifice to devils, and 
+not to God.” 
+
+Luke xvi. 26 (Abraham 
+addressing Dives from the 
+region of the blessed :) “ Be- 
+tween us and you there is a 
+great gulf fixed.” 
+
+2 Cor. xii. “I will come 
+to visions and revelations of 
+the Lord. I knew a man in 
+Christ . . . caught up to the 
+third heaven, . . . whether in 
+the body or out of the body I 
+cannot tell : God knoweth. 
+How that he was caught up 
+into paradise, and heard un- 
+speakable w’ords, which it is 
+not lawful for a man to 
+utter.” 
+
+Rev. xix. 1. “I heard a 
+great voice of much people 
+in heaven, saying, Alleluia, 
+salvation, and glory, and 
+honour, and power, unto the 
+Lord our God.” 
+
+Col. ii. 3. “ In whom are 
+hid all the treasures of wis- 
+dom and knowledge.” 
+
+Rev. xvii. 14; xix. 16. 
+“ King of kings, and Lord of 
+lords.” 
+
+Rev. iv. 11. “Thou art 
+
+
+xxviii 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+throne of thy glory is for 
+ever and ever, and for ever 
+and ever is thy name sancti- 
+fied and glorified. Thou art 
+blessed and glorified. Thou 
+hast made all things; thou 
+possessest power over all 
+things: and all things are 
+open and manifest before 
+thee. Thou beholdest all 
+things, and nothing can be 
+concealed from thee.” 
+
+En. xxiv. 11, 10. " I blessed 
+the Lord of glory, the ever- 
+lasting King, because He has 
+prepared this tree for the 
+saints, formed it, and de- 
+clared that he would give it 
+to them. ... The sweet 
+odour shall enter into their 
+bones ; and they shall live a 
+long life on the earth, as 
+thy forefathers have lived; 
+neither in their days shall 
+sorrow, distress, and punish- 
+ment afflict them.” 
+
+
+En. lxxxv. 2. “ And behold 
+a single star fell from hea- 
+ven.” 
+
+En. lx. 13. “ All the angels 
+of power.” 
+
+En. x. 15, 16. “ To Michael 
+
+
+worthy 0 Lord, to receive 
+glory, and honour, and 
+power ; for thou hast created 
+all things, and for thy plea- 
+sure they are, and were 
+created.” 
+
+Heb. iv. 13. “Neither is 
+there any creature that is 
+not manifest in his sight ; 
+but all things are naked and 
+opened unto the eyes of him 
+with whom we have to do.” 
+
+Rev. xxii. 2. “ On either 
+side of the river was a tree 
+of life, which bare twelve 
+manner of fruits, and yielded 
+its fruit. every month; and 
+the leaves of the tree were 
+for the healing of the na- 
+tions.” 
+
+Rev. ii. 7. “ To him that 
+overcometh will I give to eat 
+of the tree of life, which is in 
+the midst of the paradise of 
+God.” 
+
+Rev. xxii. 11. “ Blessed are 
+they that do his command- 
+ments, that they may have 
+the right to the tree of life.” 
+
+Rev. ix. 1. “ 1 saw a star 
+fall from heaven unto the 
+earth.” 
+
+2 Thess. i. “ The angels 
+of His power.” 
+
+Jude 6. “ The angels which 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xxix 
+
+
+also, the Lord said, Go and 
+announce his crime to Sam- 
+yaza and to the others who 
+are with him who have been 
+associated with women. . . . 
+Bind them for seventy gene- 
+rations underneath the earth, 
+even to the day of judgment, 
+and of consummation, until 
+the judgment, which shall 
+last for ever, be completed. 
+Then shall they be taken 
+away into the lowest depths 
+of the fire in torments, and 
+in confinement shall they be 
+shut up for ever.” 
+
+
+En. xxi. 56. “ I b eheld 
+columns of _fire struggling 
+together to the end of the 
+abyss, and deep was. .their 
+descent. Bub neither its 
+measurement nor magnitude 
+was I able to discover. . . . 
+Uriel, one of the holy angels 
+. . . said, This is the prison 
+of the angels, and here are 
+they kept for ever.” 
+
+En. lxxix. “In the days 
+of sinners the years shall be 
+shortened, . . . and every 
+thing done on earth shall be 
+subverted and disappear in its 
+season. ... In those days 
+
+
+kept not their first estate, 
+but left their own habitation, 
+he hath reserved in everlast- 
+ing chains under darkness, 
+unto the judgment of the 
+great day.” 
+
+2 Pet. ii. 4. “ God spared 
+not the angels when they 
+sinned, but cast them down 
+to hell, and committed them 
+to pits of darkness, to be 
+reserved unto judgment.” 
+
+Rev. xx. 10. “ The devil 
+that deceived them was cast 
+into the lake of fire and 
+brimstone, . . . and shall be 
+tormented day and night for 
+ever.” 
+
+Rev. xx. 1-3. " And I saw 
+an angel come down from 
+heaven, having the key of 
+the bottomless pit (abyss) 
+and a great chain in his 
+hand. And he laid hold on 
+the devil and . . . cast him 
+into the bottomless pit, and 
+shut it, and sealed it over 
+him.” 
+
+Matt. xxiv. 7, 21,22, 29, 30. 
+“ There shall be famines and 
+earthquakes in divers places 
+. . . great tribulation, such 
+as was not since the beginning 
+of the world to this time, no. 
+
+
+XXX 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+the fruits of the earth shall 
+Dot flourish in their season, 
+. . . heaven shall stand still. 
+The moon shall change its 
+laws, and not be seen at its 
+proper period; . . . and all 
+the classes of the stars shall 
+be shut up against sinners.” 
+
+En. lxi. 9. “ And trouble 
+shall seize them when they 
+shall behold this Son of wo- 
+man sitting upon the throne 
+of his glory.” 
+
+En. xlvii. 3. “ He sat upon 
+the throne of his glory, while 
+the book of the living was 
+opened in his presence, and 
+while all the powers which 
+were above the heavens stood 
+around and before him.” 
+
+En. 1. “ In those days shall 
+the earth deliver up from her 
+womb, and hell deliver up 
+from hers, that which it has 
+received, and destruction 
+shall restore that which it 
+owes. He shall select the 
+righteous and holy from 
+among them.” 
+
+En. liv. “In those days 
+shall the mouth of hell be 
+opened into which they shall 
+be immerged; hell shall de- 
+
+
+nor ever shall be. And ex- 
+cept those days should be 
+shortened, there should no 
+flesh be saved. . . . Imme- 
+diately after the tribulation 
+of those days, the sun shall 
+be darkened, and the moon 
+shall not give her light, and 
+the stars shall fall from 
+heaven. . . . Then shall the 
+tribes of the earth mourn ; 
+and they shall see the Son of 
+man coming in the clouds of 
+heaven, with power and great 
+glory.” 
+
+Rev. xx. 11-13, 15. “ I saw 
+a great white throne, and 
+him that sat on it, . . . and 
+I saw the dead, small and 
+great, standing before the 
+throne ; and the books were 
+opened, and another book 
+was opened, which is the 
+book of life, and the dead 
+were judged out of those 
+things what were written in 
+the books, according to their 
+works. And the sea gave up 
+the dead which were in it, 
+and death and hell delivered 
+up the dead which were in 
+them. . . . And whosoever 
+was not found written in the 
+book of life was cast into the 
+lake of fire. 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+XXXI 
+
+
+stroy and swallow np sinners 
+from the face of the elect.” 
+
+En. xl. 1. "After this I 
+beheld thousands of thou- 
+sands, and ten thousand 
+times ten thousand, and an 
+infinite number of people, 
+standing before the Lord of 
+spirits.” 
+
+En. xlv. 3. " In that day 
+shall the Elect One sit upon 
+a throne of glory, and shall 
+choose their conditions and 
+countless habitations.” 
+
+
+En. xlv. 4. " In that day I 
+will cause my Elect One to 
+dwell in the midst of them. 
+I will change the face of the 
+heaven : I will bless it and 
+illuminate it for ever. I will 
+also change the face of the 
+earth : I will bless it, and 
+cause those whom I have 
+chosen to dwell upon it.” 
+
+En. xcii. 17. " The former 
+heaven shall depart and pass 
+away, a new heaven shall 
+appear.” 
+
+En. lxi. 4-9. "The word 
+of his mouth - shall destroy 
+all sinners, and all the un- 
+
+
+Eev. v. 11. "I beheld, and 
+I heard the voice of many 
+angels round about the 
+throne, . . . and the number 
+of them was ten thousand 
+times ten thousand, and 
+thousands of thousands.” 
+
+Matt. xxv. 31, 32. "Then 
+shall he sit upon the throne 
+of his glory ; and before him 
+shall be gathered all nations ; 
+and he shall separate them 
+one from another.” 
+
+John xiv. 2. "In my 
+father’s house are many 
+habitations.” 
+
+Eev. vii. 15. "He that 
+sitteth on the throne shall 
+dwell among them.” 
+
+2 Peter iii. 13. " Neverthe- 
+less, we, according to his 
+promise, look for new heavens 
+and a new earth, wherein 
+dwelleth righteousness.” 
+
+
+Eev. xxii. 1. " I saw a new 
+heaven and a new earth, for 
+the first heaven and the first 
+earth were passed away.” 
+
+2 Thess. i. 9. " Who shall 
+be punished with everlasting 
+destruction from the presence 
+
+
+XXX11 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+godly who shall perish at his 
+presence. . . . Trouble shall 
+come upon them, as upon a 
+woman in travail. One por- 
+tion of them shall look upon 
+another; they shall be as- 
+tonished, and shall abase 
+their countenances ; and 
+trouble shall seize them, 
+when they shall behold this 
+Son of woman sitting upon 
+the throne of His glory.” 
+
+
+En. lxvi. 5-8. "I beheld 
+that valley in which . . . 
+arose a strong smell of sul- 
+phur which became mixed 
+with the waters; and the 
+valley of the angels, who had 
+been guilty of seduction, 
+burned underneath its soil. 
+Through that valley also 
+rivers of fire were flowing, 
+to which the angels shall be 
+condemned, who seduced the 
+inhabitants of the earth.” 
+
+En. civ. " Now will I point 
+out a mystery. Many sinners 
+shall turn and transgress 
+against the word of upright- 
+ness. They shall speak evil 
+things ; they shall utter false- 
+hood.” 
+
+
+of the Lord, and from the 
+glory of his power.” 
+
+1 Thess. v. 3. "Then 
+sudden destruction cometh 
+upon them as travail upon 
+a woman with child, and they 
+shall not escape.” 
+
+2 Thess. ii. 8. " That wicked 
+whom the Lord shall con- 
+sume with the Spirit of his 
+mouth.” 
+
+Matt. xxv. 31. "When the 
+Son of man shall come in his 
+glory, then shall he sit upon 
+the throne of his glory.” 
+
+Matt. xiii. 42. " And shall 
+cast them into a furnace of 
+fire.” 
+
+Matt. xxv. 41. "Depart 
+from me, ye cursed, into 
+everlasting fire, prepared for 
+the devil and his angels.” 
+
+Eev. xx. 10. "And the 
+devil that deceived them 
+was cast into the lake of fire 
+and brimstone.” 
+
+
+1 Tim. iv. 12. " The Spirit 
+saith expressly, that in later 
+times some shall fall away 
+from the faith, . . . through 
+the hypocrisy of men that 
+speak lies.” 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION . 
+
+
+xxxiii 
+
+
+En. xlviii. 1-7. "In that 
+place I beheld a fountain of 
+righteousness which never 
+failed, encircled by many 
+springs of wisdom. Of these 
+all the thirsty drank, and 
+w~ere filled with wisdom, 
+having their habitation with 
+the righteous, the elect, and 
+the holy.” 
+
+En. xlviii.''^ “ He has pre- 
+served the lot of the right- 
+eous, because they have hated 
+and rejected this world of 
+iniquity, and have detested 
+all its works and ways in the 
+name of the Lord of spirits.” 
+
+
+En. ii. xxvi. 2. "Behold, 
+he comes with ten thousands 
+of his saints, to execute judg- 
+ment upon them, and destroy 
+the wicked, and reprove all 
+the carnal for everything 
+which the sinful and ungodly 
+have done and committed 
+against him. . . . [who utter 
+with their mouths unbecom- 
+ing language against God, 
+and speak harsh things of 
+his glory].” 
+
+
+John iv. 14. "But whoso- 
+ever drinketh of the water 
+that I shall give him shall 
+never thirst : but the water 
+that I shall give him shall 
+be in him a well of water 
+springing up into everlasting 
+life.” 
+
+Kev. xxi. 6. “ I will give 
+unto him that is athirst of 
+the fountain of the water of 
+life freely.” 
+
+Gal. i. 4. " Who gave him- 
+self for our sins, that he 
+might deliver us from this 
+present evil world, according 
+to the will of God and our 
+Father.” 
+
+1 John ii. 15. " Love not 
+the world, neither the things 
+that are in the world.” 
+
+Jude 14, 15. “ Enoch also, 
+the seventh from Adam, pro- 
+phesied of these, saying, ‘ Be- 
+hold, the Lord cometh with 
+ten thousands of his saints, 
+to execute judgment upon 
+all, and to convict all the 
+ungodly of all their ungodly 
+deeds which they have un- 
+godly committed, and of all 
+the hard things Which un- 
+godly sinners have spoken 
+against him.' ” 
+
+
+d 
+
+
+xxxiv 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION . 
+
+
+The bracketed words, in the last quotation from 
+the Book of Enoch, establish its complete identity 
+with the parallel passage in the Epistle of Jude 
+— an identity of marvellous clearness when we 
+consider that the original version reaches us 
+through translations and retranslations from Ara- 
+maean, Greek, and Ethiopic, and now assumes the 
+modern form of Anglo-Saxon. Archbishop Laurence, 
+although convinced that the apostle cited the 
+Greek version of the extant Ethiopic manuscripts, 
+was not aware that the last sentence of his quo- 
+tation is present in the text. We have dis- 
+covered it in chapter xxvi. 2 of the Book of 
+Enoch ; and in thus perfecting the * parallelism 
+between prophet and apostle, have placed beyond 
+controversy that, in the eyes of the author of an 
+Epistle accepted as Divine revelation, the Book 
+of Enoch was the inspired production of an 
+antediluvian patriarch. 
+
+The attention of theologians has been concentrated 
+on the passage in the Epistle of Jude because the 
+author specifically names the prophet; but the 
+cumulative coincidence of language and ideas in 
+Enoch and the authors of New Testament Scripture, 
+as disclosed in the parallel passages which we liavp 
+collated, clearly indicates that the work of the 
+Semitic Milton was the inexhaustible source from 
+which Evangelists and Apostles, or the men who 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION . 
+
+
+XXXV 
+
+
+wrote in their names, borrowed their conceptions of 
+the resurrection, judgment, immortality, perdition, 
+and of the universal reign of righteousness under 
+the eternal dominion of the Son of man. This 
+evangelical plagiarism culminates in the Kevela- 
+tion of John, which adapts the visions of Enoch 
+to Christianity with modifications in which we miss 
+the sublime simplicity of the great master of apoca- 
+lyptic prediction, who prophesied in the name of the 
+antediluvian patriarch. 
+
+It is important to observe that it was not the 
+practice of early Christian writers to name the 
+authors whose language and ideas they borrowed. 
+When we therefore detect the teaching and diction 
+of Enoch in Gospels and Epistles, our conclusions are 
+analogous to those of the orthodox theologians who 
+identify passages of Scripture in the pages of the 
+ante-Nicene Fathers, although frequently cited from 
+unnamed sources, with an obscurity of expression 
+more dubious in attestation of their origin, than the 
+remarkable clearness with which the language of 
+Enoch may be recognized in the New Testament. 
+Biblical analysts may question obscure traces of 
+evangelical diction in apostolic Fathers ; bat what 
+candid and impartial inquirer can doubt the 
+Enochian origin of the “Son of man sitting upon 
+the throne of his glory ” — the “ new heaven ” 
+and the “ new earth ; ” the “ many habitations ” of 
+
+
+xxxvi 
+
+
+1NTK0DUCTI0X. 
+
+
+the elect, and “ the everlasting fire prepared for 
+the devil and his angels ” ? 
+
+We have merely collated some of the most striking 
+instances of parallel passages in the Book of Enoch 
+and in the New Testament. Our readers can sup- 
+plement our labours through their own research, in 
+further attestation of the controlling influence 
+exercised by the uncanonical author on the language 
+and ideas of canonical works. 
+
+Some orthodox theologians, unwilling to admit 
+that an apostle quoted an apocryphal book^ontend 
+that Jude referred to a traditional utterance of’ the 
+ancient patriarch ; but this obviously fanciful theory 
+inevitably vanishes in the presence of the numerous 
+passages from the Book of Enoch, which enter into 
+the composition of New Testament Scripture. Other 
+pious apologists affirm the post-Christian authorship 
+of the book, a theory which involves the most 
+improbable assumption that an author, familiar 
+with the story of a suffering and crucified Messiah, 
+uttered fictitious predictions in the name of an 
+ancient prophet, which depicted the career of the 
+Son of man on earth as the triumphal march of 
+a victorious king. Again, theologians who shrink 
+from the admission that the language and ideas of 
+evangelists and apostles were anticipated in an 
+apocryphal book, suggest that the Messianic passages 
+contain Christian interpolations. But if modern 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+XXXVll 
+
+
+defenders of the faith thus accuse primitive saints 
+and martyrs of literary forgery, how can they accept 
+an infallible New Testament at the hands of men 
+thus guilty of conspiring for the deception of 
+posterity ? Convinced of the honesty of early 
+Christians, we concur with the opinion of Arch- 
+bishop Laurence, confirmed by Hoffman, that the 
+passages in question are so intimately interwoven 
+with the general context that they cannot be 
+removed without evidently destroying the texture 
+of the whole. 
+
+The astronomical calculations on which Arch- 
+bishop Laurence based his theory of the residence of 
+the author of the Book of Enoch have been ques- 
+tioned ; but, once his Hebrew nationality has been 
+admitted, it matters not whether he wrote in or out 
+of Palestine, with this exception, that if the work 
+was not brought from a distant country into Judaea, 
+the facility with which a pseudonymous book was 
+accepted in the locality of its recent composition 
+as the genuine production of an antediluvian 
+prophet, necessarily encourages scepticism as to 
+the dates and authorship of all ancient Hebrew 
+literature. It cannot be said that internal evidence 
+attests the superiority of the Old Testament to the 
+Book of Enoch; for no Hebrew prophet is more 
+eloquent than its author in denouncing iniquity, 
+commending righteousness, and inviting all men 
+
+
+xxxviii 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+to place implicit trust in the final vindication of 
+Divine justice. 
+
+Internal evidence indicates the presence of inde- 
+pendent Tracts in the Book of Enoch, possibly 
+composed by different authors. Thus chapters lxiv. 
+to lxvii. 1 record a vision of the Deluge, narrated 
+as if by Noah instead of Enoch, and inserted in the 
+middle of another vision with which it has no con- 
+nection. But if Pseudo-Enoch borrowed from 
+earlier writers, the presence of the language and 
+ideas of every section of his work in the pages of 
+New Testament Scripture inevitably indicates that 
+the Book or Books of Enoch existed in their present 
+form before the Christian era. 
+
+Christianity obviously borrows the terrors of 
+eternal fire from the Book of Enoch. Evangelists 
+and Apostles define the duration of Divine retribution 
+by aeons of aeons 1 (eu aluvtg tCjv anovuv), or millions 
+of millions of years, expressive of eternity. It is 
+true that the word aeon can be used in the sense of 
+finite time, but when the authors of New Testament 
+Scripture speak of aeonian fire (to wvp to aluviov) they 
+obviously mean eternal flames. Modern humanity, 
+shrinking from so merciless a view of Divine retri- 
+bution, suggests that when sinners have been 
+
+1 In “The Evolution of Christianity,” page 355, we mention 
+that “ the Greek word alJov (seon), signifying an age, a genera- 
+tion, or time everlasting,” was the title adopted by Valentinus for 
+Divine emanations. 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION . 
+
+
+XXXIX 
+
+
+tortured for aeons of aeons they may look forward 
+hopefully to the future. It is questionable whether 
+final despair would not be preferable to this form of 
+“ hope deferred ; ” but if modern believers adopt the 
+terminable theory of aeonian fire, this commutation 
+of sentence becomes equally applicable to the devil 
+and his angels, whose punishment has been decreed 
+of same duration as that of human sinners ; 1 » and 
+thus the traditional enemies of God and man may 
+hope for joyful restoration to fellowship with 
+Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael, and communion 
+with the saints, whom they once sought to betray 
+by arts infernal. And as the righteous are also 
+only promised their rewards in heaven for aeons of 
+aeons , 2 if these words mean not eternity, saints may 
+fear, whilst sinners hope for, the vicissitudes of 
+aeonian futurity. Again, as the dominion of the 
+Messiah , 3 and even the power of God , 4 are depicted 
+of aeonian duration, any limitation of the infinite in 
+the sacred terminology — aeons of aeons — imperils the 
+eternal in Divinity. 
+
+Theologians who seek to vindicate Divine clemency 
+through the dubious expedient of substituting aeonian 
+for eternal retribution, overlook the fact that their 
+theory imputes to Divine wisdom the adoption of 
+torture as the most effectual means of transforming 
+
+
+1 Matt. xxv. 41 ; Rev. xx. 10. 
+3 Rev. xi. 15. 
+
+
+2 Rev. xxii. 5. 
+4 Rev. vii. 12. 
+
+
+xl 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION . 
+
+
+sinners into saints, — a theory which practically 
+invites us to follow the Divine example by torturing 
+our criminals into reformation. How much more 
+consistent for those who cannot reconcile eternal 
+fire with infinite mercy, to take one step further in 
+the paths of scepticism, by rejecting everlasting tor- 
+ture as the njght mare of I Snochian visions ; instead 
+of assuming that revelation speaks in language so 
+ambiguous that primitive saints condemned unbap- 
+tized babes to eternal fire, whilst modern piety 
+would even rescue hardened sinners from the flames ! 
+If inspired terminology encouraged spiritual ferocity 
+in the age of St. Augustine, and fosters theological 
+humanity in the nineteenth century, what may not 
+be the future interpretation of words, now supposed 
+to convey an infallible meaning to students of 
+Scripture ? 
+
+The Book of Enoch teaches the pre-existenca-of 
+the Son of Man, the Elect One, the Messiah, who 
+“ from the beginning existed in secret,” 1 and whose 
+“ name was invoked in the presence of the Lord of 
+spirits, before the sun and the signs were created.” 2 
+The author also refers to the “ other Power who was 
+upon earth over the water on that day,” 3 — an 
+apparent reference to the language of Gen. i. 2. 
+We have thus the Lord of spirits, the Elect One, 
+and a third Power, seemingly foreshadowing the 
+
+1 Chap. lxi. 10. 2 Chap, xlviii. 3 Chap. lx. 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xl 
+
+
+Trinity of futurity; but although Enoch’s ideal 
+Messiah doubtless exercised an important influence 
+on primitive conceptions of the Divinity of the Son 
+of man, we fail to identify his obscure reference to 
+another “ Power” with the Trinitarianism of the 
+Alexandrine school ; more especially as “ angels of 
+power ” abound in the visions of Enoch. 
+
+That remarkable passage in the Book of Enoch, 
+which declares that the heathen “ sacrificed to devils 
+as to gods,” 1 is the obvious source of that super- 
+jstition through which primitive Christianity saw in 
+Olympian deities, not the mere phantoms of man’s 
+imagination, but the fallen angels who, driven forth 
+from heaven, sought compensation in spiritual 
+dominion on earth, — a superstition still further con- 
+firmed by universal belief in miracles, wrought, not 
+merely by the Supreme, but by subordinate powers, 
+whether good or evil. 
+
+f Thus far we learn that the Book of Enoch was 
+published before the Christian era by some great 
+Unknown of Semitic race, who, believing himself to 
+be ins p ired in a post-prophetic ag e, borrowed the 
+name of an antediluvian patriarch to authenticate 
+his own enthusiastic forecast of the Messianic 
+kingdom. And as the contents of his marvellous 
+~Book enter freely into the composition of the New 
+Testament, it follows that if the author was not an 
+1 Chap. xix. 2. 
+
+
+xlii 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+inspired prophet, who predicted the teaching of 
+Christianity, he was a visionary enthusiast whose 
+illusions were accepted by Evangelists and xlpostles 
+as revelation — alternative conclusions which involve 
+the Divine or human origin of Christianity. 
+
+It may be said that if the author of the Book of 
+Enoch was not the patriarch in whose name he 
+wrote, was he not obviously an impostor ? In 
+treating of Hebrew divination in “The Evolution of 
+Christianity,” we refer to the oracles of Urim and 
+the pi’edictions of Prophets. There was, however, a 
+third form of divination, known as Bath Ivol, or the 
+Daughter of the Voice, through which the Israelites 
+consulted the Deity by accepting some preconceived 
+sign in attestation of the Divine approval of con- 
+templated action. This method of artificial ( ) 
+divination is said to have succeeded the revelation 
+of prophets, but was practised by the Israelites at 
+a much earlier period of their history. Thus the 
+servant of Abraham predetermined the sign through 
+which he would recognize the future wife of Isaac 
+as divinely chosen ; and Jonathan, the son of Saul, 
+preconcerted the verbal omen through which the 
+Israelites might know that Jehovah had delivered 
+the Philistines into their hands. 
+
+The practice of Bath Kol was doubtless familiar 
+to the Semitic author of the Book of Enoch ; let us 
+not therefore condemn him as an impostor, knowing 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xliii 
+
+
+that through the accidental synchronism of some 
+pre-arranged sign, he may have personated Enoch 
+in the conscientious conviction that he was piously 
+fulfilling the will of the Deity. 
+
+The recent death of Dr. Pusey recalls the fact, 
+that the learned translator of the Boob of Enoch 
+was his predecessor as Professor of Hebrew in the 
+University of Oxford. The friends and admirers 
+of the eminent theologian, who was one of the 
+authors of the Tractarian movement, propose to 
+found a memorial Library in his name, with “ two 
+or more clergymen, who shall act as librarians, and 
+shall promote in ivhatever way the interests of 
+theological study and religious life within the 
+University ” — a programme which seems to in- 
+augurate the reign of original research within the 
+domains of ecclesiastical theology. But if, as we 
+are informed by the promoters of the proposed 
+endowment, Dr. Pusey was above all things “a 
+Christian apologist, the advocate and champion of 
+the Church of eighteen centuries,” how can the 
+disciples, who saw in him the “ great pillar which 
+once sustained the fortunes of the Church of 
+England,” encourage a freedom of inquiry, in his 
+name, which may result in conclusions adverse to 
+the ecclesiastical faith in which their master lived 
+and died ? 
+
+Eminent theologians tell us that the future 
+
+
+xliv 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+librarians “ should be students of theology — the 
+queen of sciences, — among whom Dr. Pusey held 
+a position in the first rank ; ” and yet that he was 
+a zealous supporter of “ a movement which embodied 
+truths included ages ago in the formularies of the 
+Church.” But how can theology be enrolled among 
+the sciences if its professors reason in ecclesiastical 
+fetters ? As well might a modern astronomer 
+demand the assent of his pupils to the mediaeval 
+theory of the earth’s immobility, before proceeding 
+to investigate the laws of the solar system : and 
+thus, doubtless, most theologians seek Divine truth, 
+weighted with a heritage of foregone conclusions, 
+adverse to the admission of unorthodox facts. 
+
+We all can sympathize with the desire of his 
+disciples to do honour to the memory of the 
+Tractarian apostle, of many virtues, in whom they 
+see a “ great man, raised up by God Almighty to 
+live and labour for His Church ; ” but men who take 
+this transcendental view of a movement, in which 
+others simply see progress on the road to Home, 
+can scarcely consider the prescriptive rights of 
+primitive or mediaeval dogmas, in that impartial 
+•mood to which theologians must attain before 
+theology becomes the “ Queen of Sciences.” 
+
+Archbishop Laurence was an industrious worker 
+in the scientific laboratory of theology, when he 
+translated the Bodleian manuscript of the Book 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+x\v 
+
+of Enoch, and thus unconsciously placed in our 
+hands the Ethiopic key to “ the evolution of 
+Christianity,” It remains for future generations to 
+determine whether his labours, or those of his 
+successor in the Semitic chair of Oxford, shall prove 
+more conducive to the religious enlightenment of 
+posterity. 
+
+Palaeontologists who compare the organic fossils 
+of distinctive epochs in geologic time, and discover 
+in the more recent formations, organisms partially 
+divergent in structure from pre-existent forms, 
+attribute variation, not to creative miracles, but to 
+the continuous action of natural causes fashioning 
+species, throughout the ages, in harmony with the 
+natural law of “ Survival of the Fittest.” We also, 
+having identified the kindred fossils of Enochian 
+and Evangelical epochs, inevitably infer that 
+modified versions of pre-existent ideas are traceable, 
+not to miraculous, but to natural sources, — conclu- 
+sions which inaugurate the science of theologic 
+palaeontology, and invite all learned travellers to 
+follow the example of Bruce, by searching the 
+world for ancient manuscripts which may disclose 
+the merely human origin of dogmas and mysteries, 
+now accepted as Divine. 
+
+Archbishop Laurence, when Professor of Hebrew 
+in the University of Oxford, translated the Book 
+of Enoch within the walls of the Bodleian Library, 
+
+
+xlvi INTRODUCTION. 
+
+and when appealed to by the Rev. I. M. Butt, in 
+1827, to publish the Ethiopic original, answered, 
+“ I cannot, the manuscript not being my own, but 
+belonging to the University of Oxford.” In his 
+preface to the third edition of his translation, the 
+Archbishop adds, “If the University of Oxford 
+would oblige the literary world by publishing the 
+original Ethiopic from the manuscript in its pos- 
+session, I am persuaded that Ethiopic scholars would 
+not be wanting to accomplish more than has been 
+hitherto done for this long regretted book, after its 
+sleep of ages.” Since these words were written, 
+great progress has been made in the study of 
+comparative philology ; and there are now doubtless 
+many eminent linguists in England, on the Conti- 
+nent, and in the United States, who could still 
+further illumine the pages of the Book of Enoch, 
+through co-operative criticism of the Ethiopic text. 
+Is not the time therefore come for the University 
+of Oxford to publish the original manuscript in 
+their possession, that learned Jews and Gentiles 
+may study the inspired predictions of a great 
+Hebrew prophet, or admire the sublime imagery of 
+the Semitic Milton who ascended to the heavens 
+to dramatize Divinity ? 
+
+At the era of the Renaissance, when enfranchised 
+thought turned from Aristotle to Plato, it is said 
+that Cardinal Bellarmine advised Pope Clement 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+xlvii 
+
+
+VIII. to discountenance a philosophy which ap- 
+proached so closely to the truths of the gospel — 
+obviously meaning that it would be inexpedient for 
+the Church to favour a merely human system which 
+anticipated the Trinitarian theosophy of alleged 
+revelation : is it not possible that further delay in 
+presenting the world with the Ethiopic text of 
+Enoch, may suggest to adverse critics, that Oxford 
+neglects the Hebrew patriarch for the same reason 
+that Rome slighted the Athenian philosopher ? 
+
+Archbishop Laurence’s translation, now however, 
+places the Book of Enoch within the reach of all 
+English readers. Catholics may disregard its con- 
+tents, as it is not found in the sacred Canon of 
+their infallible Church ; but Protestants, who adhere 
+to the principles of the Reformation, and whose 
+tenure of Christianity is therefore contingent on 
+the appeal to reason, must inevitably enroll Enoch 
+among the prophets, or reconsider the supernatural 
+in Christianity. 
+
+It is important for readers of the Book of Enoch 
+to recollect that we owe the Reformation to inde- 
+pendent study of sacred literature, previously with- 
+drawn from the people through the oblivion of dead 
+and untranslated languages. The long neglected 
+Book of Enoch now stands in analogous relationship 
+with modern seekers after religious truth ; and it 
+remains for its readers to exercise that right of 
+
+
+xlviii 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION. 
+
+
+private judgment, to which Protestantism owes its 
+existence, by impartially considering the inevitable 
+modifications of faith involved in the discovery, that 
+the language and ideas of alleged revelation are 
+found in a pre-existent work, accepted by Evange- 
+lists and Apostles as inspired, but classed by modern 
+theologians among apocryphal productions. 
+
+[In revising the proof-sheets of the Book of 
+Enoch, we have been still further impressed by its 
+relationship with New Testament Scripture. Thus, 
+the parable of the sheep, rescued by the good Shep- 
+herd from hireling guardians and ferocious wolves, 
+is obviously borrowed by the fourth Evangelist 
+from Enoch lxxxix., in which the author depicts 
+the shepherds as killing and destroying the sheep 
+before the advent of their Lord, and thus discloses 
+the true meaning of that hitherto mysterious passage 
+in the Johannine parable — “All that ever came 
+before me are thieves and robbers” — language in 
+which we now detect an obvious reference to the 
+allegorical shepherds of Enoch.] 
+
+
+THE BOOK OF ENOCH 
+
+
+CHAP. I. 
+
+1. The word of the blessing of Enoch, how he 
+blessed the elect and the righteous, who were to 
+exist in the time of trouble ; rejecting 1 all the 
+wicked and ungodly. Enoch, a righteous man, who 
+was with God, answered and spoke, while his eyes 
+were open, and while he saw a holy vision in the 
+heavens. 2 This the angels showed me. 
+
+2. From them I heard all things, and understood 
+what I saw ; that which will not take place in this 
+generation, but in a generation which is to succeed 
+at a distant period, on account of the elect. 
+
+3. Upon their account I spoke and conversed 
+with him, who will go forth from his habitation, the 
+Holy and Mighty One, the God of the world : 
+
+1 to the rejection of. N.B. The Italic words in the text supply an 
+ellipsis. In the notes they are used to mark the literal sense. 
+
+2 which was in the heavens. 
+
+
+2 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+4. Who will hereafter tread upon Mount Sinai ; 
+appear with his hosts ; and be .manifested in the 
+strength of his power from heaven. 
+
+5. All shall be afraid, and the Watchers be 
+terrified. 
+
+6. Great fear and trembling shall seize them, 
+even to the ends of the earth. The lofty moun- 
+tains shall be troubled, and the exalted hills de- 
+pressed, melting like a honeycomb in the flame. 
+The earth shall be immerged, and all things which 
+are in it perish ; while judgment shall come upon 
+all, even upon all the righteous : 
+
+7. But to them shall he give peace: he shall 
+preserve the elect, and towards them exercise cle- 
+mency. 
+
+8. Then shall all belong to God ; be happy and 
+blessed; and the splendour of the Godhead shall 
+illuminate them. 
+
+
+CHAP. II. 
+
+Behold, he comes with ten thousands of his 
+saints, to execute judgment upon them, and destroy 
+the wicked, and reprove all the carnal 1 for every- 
+thing which the sinful and ungodly have done, and 
+committed against him. 2 
+
+
+1 of flesh. 
+
+
+2 Quoted by St. Jude ver. 14, 15. 
+
+
+CHAP. III. IV. V. 
+
+
+o 
+
+
+CHAP. III. 
+
+1. All who are in the heavens know what is 
+transacted 1 there. 
+
+2. They know that the heavenly luminaries change 
+not their paths ; that each rises and sets regularly, 
+every one at its proper period, without transgressing 
+the commands which they have received. They behold 
+the earth, and understand what is there transacted, 
+from the beginning to the end of it. 
+
+3. They see that every work of God is invariable 
+in the period of its appearance. They behold sum- 
+mer and winter : perceiving that the whole earth is 
+full of water ; and that the cloud, the dew, and the 
+rain refresh it. 
+
+
+CHAP. IV. 
+
+They consider and behold every tree, how it ap- 
+pears to wither, and every leaf to fall off, except of 
+fourteen trees, which are not deciduous ; which wait 
+from the old, to the appearance of the new leaf, for 
+two or three winters. 
+
+
+CHAP. V. 
+
+Again they consider the days of summer, that 
+the sun is upon it at its very beginning ; while you 
+1 the work. 
+
+
+4 
+
+
+ENOCH, . 
+
+
+seek for a covered and shady spot on account of the 
+burning sun ; while the earth is scorched up with 
+fervid heat, and you become incapable of walking 
+either upon the ground or upon the rocks in conse- 
+quence of that heat. 
+
+
+CHAP. VI. 
+
+1. They consider how the trees, when they put 
+forth their green leaves, become covered, and pro- 
+duce fruit ; understanding everything, and knowing 
+that He who lives for ever does all these things for 
+you : 
+
+2. That the works at the beginning of every 
+existing year, that all his works, are subservient to 
+him, and invariable ; yet as God has appointed, so 
+are all things brought to pass. 
+
+3. They see, too, how the seas and the rivers to- 
+gether complete their respective operations : 
+
+4. But you endure not patiently, nor fulfil the 
+commandments of the Lord ; but you transgress 
+and calumniate his greatness ; and malignant are 
+the words in your polluted mouths against his 
+Majesty. 
+
+5. Ye withered in heart, no peace shall be to 
+you ! 
+
+6. Therefore your days shall you curse, and the 
+years of your lives shall perish ; perpetual execra- 
+
+
+CHAP. VII. 
+
+
+5 
+
+
+tion shall be multiplied, and you shall not obtain 
+mercy. 
+
+7. In those days shall you resign your peace 
+with the eternal maledictions of all the righteous, 
+and sinners shall perpetually execrate you ; 
+
+8. Shall execrate you with the ungodly. 
+
+9. The elect shall possess light, joy, and peace ; 
+and they shall inherit the earth. 
+
+10. But you, ye unholy, shall be accursed. 
+
+11. Then shall wisdom be given to the elect, all 
+of whom shall live, and not again transgress by 
+impiety or pride ; but shall humble themselves, 
+possessing prudence, and shall not repeat trans- 
+gression. 
+
+12. They shall not be condemned the whole 
+period of their lives, nor die in torment and indig- 
+nation ; but the sum of their days 1 shall be com- 
+pleted, and they shall grow old in peace ; while the 
+years of their happiness shall be multiplied with 
+joy, and with peace, for ever, the whole duration of 
+their existence. 
+
+CHAP. VII. [SECT. II. 2 ] 
+
+1. 3 It happened after the sons of men had multi- 
+
+1 the days of their life. 
+
+2 Section II. Paris MS. transcribed by Woide. 
+
+3 The first two extracts made by Syncellus from the Greek com- 
+mence here, and end with the 15th verse of chap. x. 
+
+
+0 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+plied in those days, that daughters were born to 
+them, elegant and beautiful. 
+
+2. And when the angels, the sons of heaven, 
+beheld them, they became enamoured of them, say- 
+ing to each other, Come, let us select for ourselves 
+wives from the progeny of men, and let us beget 
+children. 
+
+3. Then their leader Samyaza said to them ; I 
+fear that you may perhaps be indisposed to the 
+performance of this enterprise ; 
+
+4. And that I alone shall suffer for so grievous a 
+crime. 
+
+5. But they answered him and said ; We all 
+swear ; 
+
+6. And bind ourselves by mutual execrations, 
+that we will not change our intention, but execute 
+our projected undertaking. 
+
+7. Then they swore all together, and all bound 
+themselves by mutual execrations. Their whole 
+number was two hundred, who descended upon 
+Ardis, which is the top of mount Armon. 
+
+8. That mountain therefore was called 1 Armon, 
+because they had sworn upon it, and bound them- 
+selves by mutual execrations. 
+
+9. These are the names of their chiefs : Samyaza, 
+who was their leader, Urakabarameel, Akibeel, 
+Tamiel, Bamuel, Danel, Azkeel, Saraknyal, Asael, 
+
+1 they called. 
+
+
+CHAP. VIII ; 
+
+
+Armers, Batraal, Anane, Zavebe, Samsaveel, Ertael, 
+Turel, Yomyael, Arazyal. These were the prefects 
+of the two hundred angels, and the remainder were 
+all with them. 
+
+10. Then they took wives, each choosing for 
+himself; whom they began to approach, and with 
+whom they cohabited ; teaching them sorcery, incan- 
+tations, and the dividing of roots and trees. 
+
+11. 1 And the women 2 conceiving brought forth 
+giants, 
+
+12. Whose stature was each three hundred cubits. 
+These devoured all which the labour of men pro- 
+duced ; until it became impossible to feed them ; 
+
+13. When they turned themselves against men, in 
+order to devour them ; 
+
+14. And began to injure birds, beasts, reptiles, 
+and fishes, to eat their flesh one after another, and 
+to drink their blood. 
+
+15. Then the earth reproved the unrighteous. 
+
+i 
+
+CHAP. VIII. 
+
+1. Moreover Azazyel taught men to make swords, v 
+knives, shields, breastplates, the fabrication of mir- 
+
+1 This and the following verses of this chapter, viz. 11, 12, 13, 
+14, 1 5, seem to belong to the next chapter, and should perhaps be 
+inserted between the 8th and 9th verses of that chapter. Such 
+appears to be their situation in the Greek fragment, quoted by 
+Syncellus. 1 They . 
+
+
+8 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+rors, 1 and the workmanship of bracelets and orna- 
+ments, the use of paint, the beautifying of the eye- 
+brows, the use of stones of every valuable and select 
+kind, and of all sorts of dyes, so that the world 
+became altered. 
+
+2. Impiety increased ; fornication multiplied ; and 
+they transgressed and corrupted all their ways. 
+
+3. Amazarak taught all the sorcerers, and dividers 
+of roots : 
+
+4. Armers taught the solution of sorcery ; 
+
+5. Barkayal taught the observers of the stars ; 
+
+6. Akibeel taught signs ; 
+
+7. Tamiel taught astronomy ; 
+
+8. And Asaradel taught the motion of the moon. 
+A 9. And men, being destroyed, cried out ; and their 
+voice reached to heaven. 
+
+
+CHAP. IX. 
+
+1. Then Michael and Gabriel, Eaphael, Suryal, 
+and Uriel, looked down from heaven, and saw the 
+quantity of blood which was shed on earth, and all 
+the iniquity which was done upon it, and said one 
+to another, It is the voice of their cries ; 
+
+2. The earth deprived of her children has cried 
+even to the gate of heaven. 
+
+
+1 made them see that which was behind them . 
+
+
+CEAP. IX. 
+
+
+9 
+
+
+3. And now to you, 0 ye holy ones of heaven, 
+the souls of men complain, saying, Obtain Justice 
+for us with 1 the Most High. Then they said to 
+their Lord, the King, Thou art Lord of lords, God 
+of gods, King of kings. The throne of thy glory 
+is for ever and ever, and for ever and ever is thy 
+name sanctified and glorified. Thou art blessed and 
+glorified. 
+
+4. Thou hast made all things ; thou possessest 
+power over all things ; and all things are open and 
+manifest before thee. Thou beholdest all things, 
+and nothing can be concealed from thee. 
+
+5. Thou hast seen what Azazyel has done, how 
+he as taught every species of iniquity upon earth, 
+and has disclosed to the world all the secret things 
+which are done in the heavens. 
+
+6. Samyaza also has taught sorcery, to whom 
+thou hast given authority over those who are 
+associated with him. They have gone together to 
+the daughters of men ; have lain with them ; have 
+become polluted ; 
+
+7. And have discovered crimes to them. 
+
+8. The women likewise have brought forth giants. 
+
+9. Thus has the whole earth been filled with 
+blood and with iniquity. 
+
+10. And now behold the souls of those who are 
+dead, cry out. 
+
+
+1 Bring judgment to us from . 
+
+
+10 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+11. And complain even to the gate of heaven. 
+
+12. Their groaning ascends ; nor can they escape 
+from the unrighteousness which is committed on 
+earth. Thou knowest all things, before they exist. 
+
+13. Thou knowest these things, and what has 
+been done by them ; yet thou dost not speak to us. 
+
+14. What on account of these things ought we to 
+do to them ? 
+
+
+CHAP. X. 
+
+1. Then the Most High, the Great and Holy One 
+spoke, 
+
+2. And sent Arsayalalyur to the son of Lamech, 
+
+3. Saying, Say to him in my name, Conceal 
+thyself. 
+
+4. Then explain to him the consummation which 
+is about to take place ; for all the earth shall perish ; 
+the waters of a deluge shall come over the whole 
+earth, and all things which are in it shall be de- 
+stroyed. 
+
+5. And now teach him how he may escape, and 
+how his seed may remain in all the earth. 
+
+6. Again the Lord said to Raphael, Bind Azaz- 
+yel hand and foot ; cast him into darkness ; and 
+opening the desert which is in Dudael, cast him in 
+there. 
+
+7. Throw upon him hurled and pointed stones, 
+covering him with darkness ; 
+
+
+CHAP. X. 
+
+
+11 
+
+
+8. There shall he remain for ever ; cover his face, 
+that he may not see the light. 
+
+9. And in the great day of judgment let him be 
+cast into the fire. 
+
+10. Restore the earth, which the angels have 
+corrupted ; and announce life to it, that I may 
+revive it. 
+
+11. All the sons of men shall not perish in con- 
+sequence of every secret, by which the Watchers 
+have destroyed, and which they have taught, their 
+offspring. 
+
+12. All the earth has been corrupted by the effects 
+of the teaching 1 of Azazyel. To him therefore 
+ascribe the whole crime. 
+
+13. To Gabriel also the Lord said, Go to the 
+biters, to the reprobates, to the children of fornica- 
+tion ; and destroy the children of fornication, the 
+offspring of the Watchers, from among men ; bring 
+them forth, and excite 2 them one against another. 
+Let them perish by mutual slaughter ; for length of 
+days shall not be theirs. 
+
+14. They shall all entreat thee, but their fathers 
+shall not obtain their wishes respecting them ; for 
+they shall hope for eternal life, and that they may 
+live, each of them, five hundred years. 
+
+15. To Michael likewise the Lord said, Go and 
+announce his crime to Samyaza, and to the others 
+
+
+by the teaching of the work of Azazyel. 
+
+
+2 send. 
+
+
+12 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+who are with him, who have been associated with 
+women, that they might be polluted with all their 
+impurity. And when all their sons shall be slain, 
+when they shall see the perdition of their beloved, 
+bind them for seventy generations underneath the 
+earth, even to the day of judgment, and of consum- 
+mation, until the judgment, the effect of which will 
+last for ever, be completed. 1 
+
+16. Then shall they be taken away into the lowest 
+depths of the fire in torments; and in confinement 
+shall they be shut up for ever. 
+
+17. Immediately after this shall he, together with 
+them, burn and perish ; they shall be bound until 
+the consummation of many generations. 
+
+18. Destroy all the souls addicted to dalliance, 
+and the offspring of the Watchers, for they have 
+tyrannized over mankind. 
+
+19. Let every oppressor perish from the face of 
+the earth ; 
+
+20. Let every evil work be destroyed ; 
+
+21. The plant of righteousness and of rectitude 
+appear, and its produce 2 become a blessing. 
+
+22. Righteousness and rectitude shall be for ever 
+planted with delight. 
+
+23. And then shall all the saints give thanks, and 
+live until they have begotten a thousand children , 
+
+1 Here end the first two extracts made by Syncellus. 
+
+2 and the work of righteousness and rectitude. 
+
+
+CHAP. X. 
+
+
+13 
+
+
+while the whole period of their youth, and their sab- 
+baths shall be completed in peace. In those days all 
+the earth shall be cultivated in righteousness; it shall 
+be wholly planted with trees, and filled with bene- 
+diction ; every tree of delight shall be planted in it. 
+
+24. In it shall vines be planted ; and the vine 
+which shall be planted in it shall yield fruit to sa- 
+tiety ; every seed, w T hich shall be sown in it, shall 
+produce for one measure a thousand ; and one mea- 
+sure of olives shall produce ten presses of oil. 
+
+25. Purify the earth from all oppression, from all 
+injustice, from all crime, from all impiety, and from 
+all the pollution which is committed upon it. Ex- 
+terminate them from the earth. 
+
+26. Then shall all the children of men be right- 
+eous, and all nations shall pay me divine honours, 
+and bless me ; and all shall adore me. 
+
+27. The earth shall be cleansed from all corrup- 
+tion, from every crime, from all punishment, and 
+from all suffering ; neither will I again send a deluge 
+upon it from generation to generation for ever. 
+
+28. In those days I will open the treasures of 
+blessing which are in heaven, that I may cause 
+them to descend upon earth, and upon all the works 
+and labour of man. 
+
+29. Peace and equity shall associate with the sons 
+of men all the days of the world, in every generation 
+of it. 
+
+
+14 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+(No CHAP. XI. 1 ) 
+
+CHAP. XII. [SECT. III. 2 ] 
+
+1. Before all these things Enoch was concealed ; 
+nor did any one of the sons of men know where he 
+was concealed, where he had been, and what had 
+happened. 
+
+2. He was wholly engaged with the holy ones, 
+and with the Watchers in his days. 
+
+3. I, Enoch, was blessing the great Lord and 
+King of peace. 
+
+4. And behold the Watchers called me Enoch 
+the scribe. 
+
+5. Then the Lord said to me : Enoch, scribe of 
+righteousness, go tell the Watchers of heaven, who 
+have deserted the lofty sky, and their holy everlast- 
+ing station, who have been polluted with women. 
+
+6. And have done as the sons of men do, by 
+taking to themselves wives, and who have been 
+greatly corrupted on the earth ; 
+
+7. That on the earth they shall never obtain peace 
+and remission of sin. For they shall not rejoice in 
+their offspring ; they shall behold the slaughter of 
+their beloved ; shall lament for the destruction of 
+their sons ; and shall petition for ever ; but shall 
+not obtain mercy and peace. 
+
+1 The Paris MS. makes the last two verses of the preceding 
+chapter, the xi. chapter. 2 Paris MS. 
+
+
+CHAP. XIII. 
+
+
+15 
+
+
+CHAP. XIII. 
+
+1. Then Enoch, passing on, said to Azazyel : Thou 
+shalt not obtain peace. A great sentence is gone 
+forth against thee. He shall bind thee ; 
+
+2. Neither shall relief, mercy, and supplication 
+be thine, on account of the oppression which thou 
+hast taught ; 
+
+3. And on account of every act of blasphemy, 
+tyranny, and sin, which thou hast discovered to the 
+children of men. 
+
+4. Then departing from him I spoke to them all 
+together ; 
+
+5. And they all became terrified, and trembled ; 
+
+6. Beseeching me to write for them a memorial 
+of supplication, that they might obtain forgiveness ; 
+and that I might make the memorial of their prayer 
+ascend up before the God of heaven ; because they 
+could not themselves thenceforwards address him, 
+nor raise up their eyes to heaven on account of the 
+disgraceful offence for which they were judged. 
+
+7. Then I wrote a memorial of their prayer and 
+supplication, for their spirits, for everything which 
+they had done, and for the subject of their entreaty, 
+that they might obtain remission and rest. 
+
+8. Proceeding on, I continued over the waters of 
+Danbadan, which is on the right to the west of 
+
+
+16 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+Armon, reading the memorial of their prayer, until 
+I fell asleep. 
+
+9. And behold a dream came to me, and visions 
+appeared above me. I fell down and saw a vision 
+of punishment, that I might relate it to the sons of 
+heaven, and reprove them. When I awoke I went 
+to them. All being collected together stood weep- 
+ing in Oubelseyael, which is situated between Liba- 
+nos and Seneser, with their faces veiled. 
+
+10. I related in their presence all the visions 
+which I had seen, and my dream; 
+
+11. And began to utter these words of righteous- 
+ness, reproving the Watchers of heaven. 
+
+CHAP. XIV. 
+
+1. This is the book of the words of righteousness, 
+and of the reproof of the Watchers, who belong to 
+the world, according to that which He, who is holy 
+and great, commanded in the vision. I perceived 
+in my dream, that I was now speaking with a tongue 
+of flesh, and with my breath, which the Mighty One 
+has put into the mouth of men, that they might 
+converse with it. 
+
+2. And understand with the heart. As he has 
+created and given to men the 'power of comprehend- 
+ing the word of understanding, so has he created 
+
+'J and given to me the power of reproving the Watchers, 
+
+
+CHAP. XIV . 
+
+
+17 
+
+
+the offspring of heaven. I have written your petition ; 
+and in my vision it has been shown me, that what 
+yon request will not be granted yon as long as the 
+world endures. 1 
+
+3. Judgment has been passed upon you: your 
+request will not be granted you. 
+
+4. From this time forward, never shall you ascend 
+into heaven ; He has said, that on the earth He will 
+bind you, as long as the world endures. 
+
+5. But before these things you shall behold the 
+destruction of your beloved sons ; you shall not 
+possess them, but they shall fall before you by the 
+the sword. 
+
+6. Neither shall you entreat for them, nor for 
+yourselves ; 
+
+7. But you shall weep and supplicate in silence. 
+The words of the book which I wrote. 
+
+8. A vision thus appeared to me. 
+
+9. Behold, in that vision clouds and a mist invited 
+me ; 2 agitated stars 3 and flashes of lightning 
+impelled and pressed me forwards, while winds 
+in the vision assisted my flight, accelerating my 
+progress. 4 
+
+10. They elevated me aloft to heaven. I pro- 
+ceeded, until I arrived at a wall built with stones of 
+
+1 in all the days of the world. 
+
+2 clouds invited me, and a mist invited me. 
+
+3 the running of the stars. 
+
+4 hastening me. 
+
+C 
+
+
+18 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+crystal. 1 A vibrating flame 2 surrounded it, which 
+began to strike me with terror. 
+
+11. Into this vibrating flame I entered ; 
+
+12. And drew nigh to a spacious habitation built 
+also with stones of crystal. Its walls too, as well 
+as pavement, were formed with stones of crystal, 
+and crystal likewise was the ground. Its roof had 
+the appearance of agitated 3 stars and flashes of 
+lightning ; and among them were cherubim of fire 
+in a stormy sky. 4 A flame burned around its walls ; 
+and its portal blazed with fire. When I entered 
+into this dwelling, it was hot as fire and cold as ice. 
+No trace of delight or of life was there. Terror 
+overwhelmed me, and a fearful shaking seized 
+me. 
+
+13. Violently agitated and trembling, I fell upon 
+my face. In the vision I looked, 
+
+14. And behold there was another habitation 
+more spacious than the former, every entrance to 
+which was open before me, erected in the midst of a 
+vibrating flame. 
+
+15. So greatly did it excel in all points, in glory, 
+in magnificence, and in magnitude, that it is impos- 
+sible to describe to you either the splendour or the 
+extent of it. 
+
+16. Its floor was on fire ; above were lightnings 
+
+1 hail, crystal. 2 a tongue of fire. 3 the course of the. 
+
+4 and tlicir heaven (i.e. whose heaven ) was water. 
+
+
+CHAP. XIV. 
+
+
+10 
+
+
+and agitated stars, while its roof exhibited a blazing 
+fire. 
+
+17. Attentively I surveyed it, and saw that it 
+contained an exalted throne ; 
+
+18. The appearance of which was like that of 
+frost ; while its circumference resembled the orb of 
+the brilliant sun ; and there was the voice of the 
+cherubim. 
+
+19. From underneath this mighty throne rivers 
+of flaming fire issued. 
+
+20. To look upon it was impossible. 
+
+21. One great in glory sat upon it : 
+
+22. Whose robe was brighter than the sun, and 
+whiter than snow. 
+
+23. No angel was capable of penetrating to view 
+the face of Him, the Glorious and the Effulgent ; 
+nor could any mortal behold Him. A fire was 
+flaming 1 around Him. 
+
+24. A fire also of great extent continued to rise 
+up before Him ; so that not one of those who sur- 
+rounded Him was capable of approaching Him, 
+among the myriads of myriads who were before 
+Him. To Him holy consultation was needless. 2 
+Yet did not the sanctified, who were near Him, 
+depart far from Him either by night or by day ; 
+nor were they removed from Him. I also was so 
+far advanced, with a veil on my face, and trembling. 
+
+1 Afire of flaming fire. 2 And he required not holy counsel. 
+
+
+20 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+Then the Lord with his own mouth called me, say- 
+ing, Approach hither, Enoch, at my holy word. 
+
+25. And He raised me up, making me draw near 
+even to the entrance. My eye was directed to the 
+ground. 
+
+CHAP. XY. 
+
+1. Then addressing me, He spoke and said, 1 
+Hear, neither be afraid, 0 righteous Enoch, thou 
+scribe of righteousness : 2 approach hither, and hear 
+my voice. Go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who 
+have sent thee to pray for them, You ought to 
+pray for men, and not men for you. 
+
+2. Wherefore have you forsaken the lofty and 
+holy heaven, which endures for ever, and have lain 
+with women ; have defiled yourselves with the 
+daughters of men ; have taken to yourselves wives ; 
+have acted like the sons of the earth, and have 
+begotten an impious offspring ? 3 
+
+3. You being spiritual, holy, and possessing a 
+life 4 which is eternal, have polluted yourselves 
+with women ; have begotten in carnal blood ; have 
+lusted in the blood of men ; and have done as those 
+who are flesh and blood do. 
+
+4. These however die and perish. 
+
+1 he said with his voice. 
+
+2 0 Enoch, 0 righteous man , and scribe of righteousness. 
+
+3 giants. 4 living a life , 
+
+
+CHAP. XV. 
+
+
+21 
+
+
+5. Therefore have I given to them wives, that 
+they might cohabit with them ; that sons might be 
+born of them ; and that this might be transacted 
+upon earth. 
+
+6. But you from the beginning were made 
+spiritual, possessing a life which is eternal, and 
+not subject to death for ever. 1 
+
+7. Therefore I made not wives for you, because, 
+being spiritual, your dwelling is in heaven. 
+
+8. 2 Now the giants, who have been born of spirit y 
+and of flesh, shall be called upon earth evil spirits, 
+and on earth shall be their habitation. Evil spirits 
+shall proceed from their flesh, because they were 
+created from above; from the holy Watchers was 
+their beginning and primary foundation. Evil 
+spirits shall they be upon earth, and the spirits of 
+the wicked shall they be called. The habitation of 
+the spirits of heaven shall be in heaven; but upon 
+earth shall be the habitation of terrestrial spirits, 
+who are born on earth. 
+
+9. The spirits of the giants shall he like clouds, 
+which shall oppress, corrupt, fall, contend, and bruise 
+upon earth. 
+
+10. They shall cause lamentation. No food shall 
+they eat ; and they shall be thirsty ; they shall be 
+
+
+1 in all the generations of the world . 
+
+2 The third extract made by Syncellus begins here, and ends 
+with the first verse of the next chapter. 
+
+
+22 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+concealed, and shall not 1 rise up against the sons 
+of men, and against women ; for they come forth 
+during the days of slaughter and destruction. 
+
+
+CHAP. XVI. 
+
+1. And as to the death of the giants, wheresoever 
+their spirits depart from their bodies, let their flesh, 
+that which is perishable, be without judgment. 
+Thus shall they perish, until the day of the great 
+consummation of the great world. A destruction 
+shall take place of 2 the Watchers and the impious. 
+
+2. And now to the Watchers, who have sent thee 
+to pray for them, who in the beginning were in 
+heaven, 
+
+3. Say, In heaven have you been ; secret things, 
+however, have not been manifested to you ; yet 
+have you known a reprobated mystery. 
+
+4. And this you have related to women in the 
+hardness of your heart, and by that mystery have 
+women and mankind multiplied evils upon the 
+earth. 
+
+5. Say to them, Never therefore shall you obtain 
+peace. 
+
+1 and those spirits shall not. M. De Sacy here remarks, that 
+the sense seems to require an affirmative, instead of a negative, 
+clause. 
+
+2 It shall he consummated respecting. 
+
+
+CHAP. XVII . 
+
+
+23 
+
+
+CHAP. XVII. [SECT. IV. 1 ] 
+
+1. They raised me up into a certain place, 2 where 
+there was the appearance of a burning fire ; and 
+when they pleased they assumed the likeness of 
+men. 
+
+2. They carried me to a lofty spot, to a mountain, 
+the top of which reached to heaven. 
+
+3. And I beheld the receptacles of light and of 
+thunder at the extremities of the place, where it 
+was deepest. There was a bow of fire, and arrows 
+in their quiver, a sword of fire, and every species of 
+lightning. 
+
+4. Then they elevated me to a babbling stream, 3 
+and to a fire in the west, which received all the 
+setting of the sun. I came to a river of fire, which 
+flowed like water, and emptied itself into the great 
+sea westwards. 
+
+5. I saw every large river, until I arrived at the 
+great darkness. I went to where all of flesh mi- 
+grate ; and I beheld the mountains of the gloom 
+which constitutes winter, and the place from which 
+issues the water in every abyss. 
+
+6. I saw also the mouths of all the rivers in the 
+world, and the mouths of the deep. 
+
+1 Paris MS., in which however the title of chap. xvii. is omitted, 
+although the section is noticed. 
+
+2 one place. 
+
+
+3 to water of life , ichich spoke , 
+
+
+24 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+CHAP. XVIII. 
+
+1. I then surveyed the receptacles of all the 
+winds, perceiving that they contributed to adorn 1 
+the whole creation, and to preserve the foundation 
+of the earth. 
+
+2. I surveyed the stone which supports the corners 
+of the earth. 
+
+3. I also beheld the four winds, which bear up 
+the earth, and the firmament of heaven. 
+
+4. And I beheld the winds occupying the exalted 
+sky. 2 
+
+5. Arising in the midst of heaven and of earth, 
+and constituting the pillars of heaven. 
+
+6. I saw the winds which turn the sky, which 
+cause the orb of the sun and of all the stars to set ; 
+and over the earth I saw the winds which support 
+the clouds. 
+
+7. I saw the path of the angels. 
+
+8. I perceived at the extremity of the earth the 
+firmament of heaven above it. Then I passed on 
+towards the south ; 
+
+9. Where burnt, both by day and night, six 
+mountains formed of glorious stones ; three towards 
+the east, and three towards the south. 
+
+10. Those which were towards the east were of a 
+variegated stone; one of which was of margarite, 
+
+1 that in them were the ornaments of. 2 the height of heaven. 
+
+
+CHAP. XVIII. 
+
+
+25 
+
+
+and another of antimony. Those towards the south 
+were of a red stone. The middle one reached to 
+heaven like the throne of God ; a throne composed 
+of alabaster, the top of which was of sapphire. I saw, 
+too, a blazing fire hanging over 1 all the mountains. 
+
+11. And there I saw a place on the other side of 
+an extended territory, where waters were collected. 
+
+12. I likewise beheld terrestrial fountains, deep 
+in the fiery columns of heaven. 
+
+13. And in the columns of heaven I beheld fires, 
+which descended without number, but neither on 
+high, nor into the deep. Over these fountains also 
+I perceived a place which had neither the firma- 
+ment of heaven above it, nor the solid ground 
+underneath it ; neither was there water above it, nor 
+anything on wing ; but the spot was desolate. 
+
+14. And there I beheld seven stars, like great 
+blazing mountains, and like spirits entreating me. 
+
+15. Then the angel said, This place, until the 
+consummation of heaven and earth, will be the 
+prison of the stars, and the host of heaven. 
+
+^ 16. The stars which roll over fire are those which 
+transgressed the commandment of God before their 
+time arrived; for they came not in their proper 
+season. Therefore was He offended with them, and 
+bound them, until the period of the consummation 
+of their crimes in the secret year. 
+
+
+1 which was over. 
+
+
+20 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+CHAP. XIX. 
+
+1. Then Uriel said, Here the angels, who co- 
+habited wdth women, appointed their leaders ; 
+
+2. And being numerous in appearance made men 
+profane, and caused them to err ; so that they sacri- 
+ficed to devils as to gods. For in the great day 
+there shall he a judgment, with which they shall be 
+judged, until they are consumed ; and their wdves 
+also shall be judged , w r ho led astray the angels of 
+heaven that they might salute them. 
+
+3. And I, Enoch, I alone saw the likeness of the 
+end of all things. Nor did any human being see it, 
+as I saw it. 
+
+CHAP. XX. 
+
+1. These are the names of the angels who watch. 
+
+2. Uriel, one of the holy angels, who presides 
+over 1 clamour and terror. 
+
+3. Raphael, one of the holy angels, who presides 
+over the spirits of men. 
+
+4. Raguel, one of the holy angels, who inflicts 
+punishment on the world and the lum inar ies. 
+
+5. Michael, one of the holy angels, who, presiding 
+over human virtue, commands the nations. 
+
+6. Sarakiel, one of the holy angels, who presides 
+
+over the spirits of the children of men -that trans- 
+gress. . v 
+
+1 for lie it is who is over. 
+
+
+CRAP. XXL 
+
+
+27 
+
+
+7. Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who presides 
+over Ikisat, 1 over paradise, and over the cherubim. 
+
+CHAR XXI. 
+
+1. Then I made a circuit to a place in which 
+nothing was completed. 
+
+2. And there I beheld neither the tremendous 
+workmanship of an exalted heaven, nor of an 
+established earth, but a desolate spot, prepared, and 
+terrific. 
+
+3. There, too, I beheld seven stars of heaven 
+bound in it together, like great mountains, and like 
+a blazing fire. I exclaimed, For what species of 
+crime have they been bound, and why have they 
+been removed to this place ? Then Uriel, one of 
+the holy angels who was with me, and who con- 
+ducted me, answered : Enoch, wherefore dost thou 
+ask; wherefore reason with thyself, and anxiously 
+inquire ? These are those of the stars which have 
+transgressed the commandment of the most high 
+God ; and are here bound, until the infinite number 
+of the days of their crimes be completed. 
+
+4. From thence I afterwards passed on to another 
+terrific place ; 
+
+5. Where I beheld the operation of a great fire 
+blazing and glittering, in the midst of which there 
+
+1 Ilcisat. This appears to be a proper name. 
+
+
+28 
+
+
+ENOCH ; 
+
+
+was a division. Columns of fire struggled together 
+to the end of the abyss, and deep was their descent. 
+But neither its measurement nor magnitude was I 
+able to discover ; neither could I perceive its origin. 
+Then I exclaimed, How terrible is this place, and 
+how difficult to explore ! 
+
+6. Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, 
+answered and said : Enoch, why art thou alarmed 
+and amazed at this terrific place, at the sight of this 
+'place of suffering ? This, he said, is the prison of 
+the angels ; and here they are kept for ever. 
+
+CHAP. XXII. [SECT. V. 1 ] 
+
+1. From thence I proceeded to another spot, 
+where I saw on the west a great and lofty mountain, 
+a strong rock, and four delightful places. 
+
+2. Internally it was deep, capacious, and very 
+smooth; as smooth as if it hadJbeen rolled over : it 
+was both deep and dark to behold. 
+
+3. Then Raphael, one of the holy angels who were 
+with me, answered and said, These are the delight- 
+ful places where the spirits, the souls of the dead, 
+will be collected ; for them were they formed ; and 
+here will be collected all the souls of the sons of 
+men. 
+
+4. These places, in which they dwell, shall they 
+
+
+1 Paris MS. 
+
+
+CHAP. XXII. 
+
+
+29 
+
+
+occupy until the day of judgment, and until their 
+appointed period. 
+
+5. Their appointed period will be long, even until 
+the great judgment. And I saw the spirits of the 
+sons of men who were dead ; and their voices 
+reached to heaven, while they were accusing. 1 
+
+6. Then I inquired of Raphael, an angel who was 
+with me, and said, Whose spirit is that, the voice 
+of which reaches to heaven , and accuses ? 
+
+7. He answered, saying, This is the spirit of 
+Abel, who was slain by Cain his brother ; and who 
+will accuse that brother, 2 until his seed be destroyed 
+from the face of the earth ; 
+
+8. Until his seed perish from the seed of the 
+human race. 
+
+9. At that time therefore I inquired respecting 
+him, and respecting the general judgment, saying, 
+Why is one separated from another ? He answered, 
+Three separations have been made between the 
+spirits of the dead, and thus have the spirits of the 
+righteous been separated. 
+
+10. Namely, by a chasm, by water, and by light 
+above it. 
+
+11. And in the same way likewise are sinners 
+separated when they die, and are buried in the 
+earth ; judgment not overtaking them in their life- 
+time. 
+
+
+blaming or reproving. 
+
+
+2 and he will accuse him. 
+
+
+30 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+12. Here their souls are separated. Moreover, 
+abundant is their suffering until the time of the 
+great judgment, the castigation, and the torment 
+of those who eternally execrate, whose souls are 
+punished and bound there for ever. 
+
+13. And thus has it been from the beginning of 
+the world. Thus has there existed a separation 
+between the souls of those who utter complaints, 
+and of those who watch for their destruction, to 
+slaughter them in the day of sinners. 
+
+14. A receptacle of this sort has been formed 1 
+for the souls of unrighteous men, and of sinners ; of 
+those who have completed crime, and associated 
+with the impious, whom they resemble. Their souls 
+shall not be annihilated in the day of judgment, 
+neither shall they arise from this place. Then I 
+blessed God, 
+
+15. And said, Blessed be my Lord, the Lord of 
+glory and of righteousness, who reigns over all for 
+ever and for ever. 
+
+
+CHAP. XXIII. 
+
+1. From thence I went to another place, towards 
+the west, unto the extremities of the earth. 
+
+2. Where I beheld a fire blazing and running 
+along without cessation, which intermitted its course 
+
+
+1 Thus has it been made . 
+
+
+CHAP. XXIV. 
+
+
+31 
+
+
+neither by day nor by night ; but continued always 
+the same. 
+
+3. I inquired, saying, What is this, which never 
+ceases ? 
+
+4. Then Eaguel, one of the holy angels who were 
+with me, answered, 
+
+5. And said, This blazing fire, which thou be- 
+holdest running towards the west, is that of all the 
+luminaries of heaven. 
+
+CHAP. XXIY. 
+
+1. I went from thence to another place, and saw 
+a mountain of fire flashing both by day and night. 
+I proceeded towards it ; and perceived seven splen- 
+did mountains, which were all different from each 
+other. 
+
+2. Their stones were brilliant and beautiful; all 
+were brilliant and splendid to behold ; and beautiful 
+was their surface. Three mountains were towards 
+the east, and strengthened by being placed one 
+upon another; and three were towards the south, 
+strengthened in a similar manner. There were like- 
+wise deep valleys, which did not approach each 
+other. And the seventh mountain was in the midst 
+of them. In length they all resembled the seat of 
+a throne, and odoriferous trees surrounded them. 
+
+3. Among these there was a tree of an unceasing 
+
+
+32 
+
+
+ENOCH , ; 
+
+
+smell ; nor of those which were in Eden was there 
+one of all the fragrant trees which smelt like this. 
+Its leaf, its flower, and its bark never withered, and 
+its fruit was beautiful. 
+
+4. Its fruit resembled the cluster of the palm. I 
+exclaimed, Behold ! this tree is goodly in aspect, 
+pleasing in its leaf, and the sight of its fruit is de- 
+lightful to the eye. Then Michael, one of the holy 
+and glorious angels who were with me, and one who 
+presided over them, answered, 
+
+5. And said : Enoch, why dost thou inquire re- 
+specting the odour of this tree ? 
+
+6. Why art thou inquisitive to know it ? 
+
+7. Then I, Enoch, replied to him, and said, Con- 
+cerning everything I am desirous of instruction, 
+but particularly concerning this tree. 
+
+8. He answered me, saying, That mountain which 
+thou beholdest, the extent of whose head resembles 
+the seat of the Lord, will be the seat on which shall 
+sit the holy and great Lord of glory, the everlasting 
+King, when he shall come and descend to visit the 
+earth with goodness. 
+
+9. And that tree of an agreeable smell, not one of 
+carnal odour , x there shall be no power to touch, until 
+the period of the great judgment. When all shall 
+be punished and consumed for ever, this shall be 
+bestowed on the righteous and humble. The fruit 
+
+
+1 of flesh. 
+
+
+CHAP. XXV. 
+
+
+33 
+
+
+of this tree shall be given to the elect. For towards 
+the north life shall be planted in the holy place, 
+towards the habitation of the everlasting King. 
+
+10. Then shall they greatly rejoice and exult in 
+the Holy One. The sweet odour shall enter into 
+their bones ; and they shall live a long life on the 
+earth, as thy forefathers have lived ; neither in their 
+days shall sorrow, distress, trouble, and punishment 
+afflict them. 
+
+11. And I blessed the Lord of glory, the ever- 
+lasting King, because He has prepared this tree for 
+the saints, formed it, and declared that He would 
+give it to them. 
+
+CHAR XXV. 
+
+1. From thence I proceeded to the middle of the 
+earth, and beheld a happy and fertile spot, which 
+contained branches continually sprouting from the 
+trees which were planted in it. There I saw a holy 
+mountain, and underneath it water on the eastern 
+side, which flowed towards the south. I saw also 
+on the east another mountain as high as that ; and 
+between them there were deep, but not wide valleys. 
+
+2. Water ran towards the mountain to the west 
+of this ; and underneath there was likewise another 
+mountain. 
+
+3. There was a valley, but not a wide one, below 
+it ; and in the midst of them were other deep and. 
+
+D 
+
+
+34 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+dry valleys towards the extremity of the three. 
+All these valleys, which were deep, but not wide, 
+consisted of a strong rock, with a tree which was 
+planted in them. And I wondered at the rock and 
+at the valleys, being extremely surprised. 
+
+CHAP. XXYI. 
+
+1. Then I said, What means this blessed land, 
+all these lofty trees, and the accursed valley between 
+them ? 
+
+2. Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who were 
+with me, replied, This valley is the accursed of the 
+accursed for ever. Here shall be collected all who 
+utter with their mouths unbecoming language 
+against God, and speak harsh things of His glory. 
+Here shall they be collected. Here shall be their 
+territory. 
+
+o. In the latter days an example of judgment 
+shall be made of them in righteousness before the 
+saints : while those who have received mercy shall 
+for ever, all their days, bless God, the everlasting 
+King. 
+
+4. And at the period of judgment shall they 
+bless Him for his mercy, as He has distributed it 
+to them. Then I blessed God, addressing myself 
+to Him, and making mention, as was meet, of His 
+greatness. 
+
+
+CHAP. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. 
+
+
+35 
+
+
+CHAP. XXVII. 
+
+1. From thence I proceeded towards the east, to 
+the middle of the mountain in the desert, the level 
+surface only of which I perceived. 
+
+2. It was full of trees of the seed alluded to ; and 
+water leaped down upon it. 
+
+3. There appeared a cataract composed as of 
+many cataracts both towards the west and towards 
+the east. Upon one side were trees ; upon the other 
+water and dew. 
+
+
+CHAR XXVIII. 
+
+1. Then I went to another place from the desert, 
+towards the east of that mountain which I had 
+approached. 
+
+2. There I beheld choice trees, particularly those 
+which produce the sweet-smelling drugs, frankin- 
+cense and myrrh ; 1 and trees unlike to each other. 
+
+3. And over it, above them, was the elevation of 
+the eastern mountain at no great distance. 
+
+CHAP. XXIX. 
+
+1. I likewise saw another place with valleys of 
+water which never wasted, 
+
+1 trees of judgment , 'particularly furniture of the sweet smell of 
+frankincense and myrrh. 
+
+
+36 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+2. Where I perceived a goodly tree, which in 
+smell resembled Zasakinon. 
+
+3. And towards the sides of these valleys I per- 
+ceived cinnamon of a sweet odour. Over them I 
+advanced towards the east. 
+
+
+CHAP. XXX. 
+
+1. Then I beheld another mountain containing 
+trees, from w 7 hich w 7 ater flowed like Neketro. Its 
+name was Sarira, and Kalboneba. And upon this 
+mountain I beheld another mountain, upon which 
+were trees of Alva. 
+
+2. These trees were full, like almond trees, and 
+strong ; and when they produced fruit, it was 
+superior to all perfume. 
+
+CHAP. XXXI. 
+
+1. After these things, surveying the entrances of 
+the north, above the mountains, I perceived seven 
+mountains replete with pure nard, odoriferous trees, 
+cinnamon and papyrus. 
+
+2. From thence I passed on above the summits 
+of those mountains to some distance eastwards, and 
+went over the Erythraean sea. And when I was 
+advanced far beyond it, I passed along above the 
+angel Zateel, and arrived at the garden of righteous- 
+
+
+chap . xxxil 
+
+
+37 
+
+
+ness. In this garden I beheld, among other trees, 
+some which were numerous and large, and which 
+flourished there. 
+
+3. Their fragrance was agreeable and powerful, 1 
+and their appearance both varied and elegant. The 
+tree of knowledge also was there, of which if any 
+one eats, he becomes endowed with great wisdom. 
+
+4. It was like a species of the tamarind tree, 
+bearing fruit which resembled grapes extremely 
+tine; and its fragrance extended to a considerable 
+distance. I exclaimed, How beautiful is this tree, 
+and how delightful is its appearance ! 
+
+5. Then holy Raphael, an angel who was with 
+me, answered and said, This is the tree of know- 
+ledge, of which thy ancient father and thy aged 
+mother ate, who were before thee ; and who, obtain- 
+ing knowledge, their eyes being opened, and knowing 
+themselves to be naked, were expelled from the 
+garden. 
+
+CHAP. XXXII. 
+
+1. From thence I went on towards the extremities 
+of the earth ; where I saw large beasts different 
+from each other, and birds various in their counte- 
+nances and forms, as well as with notes of different 
+sounds. 
+
+2. To the east of these beasts I perceived the 
+
+1 good and great. 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+38 
+
+extremities of the earth, where heaven ceased. 
+The gates of heaven stood open, and I beheld the 
+celestial stars come forth. I numbered them as 
+they proceeded out of the gate, and wrote them all 
+down, as they came out one by one according to 
+their number. I wrote down their names altogether, 
+their times and their seasons, as the angel Uriel, 
+who was with me, pointed them out to me. 
+
+3. He showed them all to me, and wrote down an 
+account of them. 
+
+4. He also wrote down for me their names, their 
+regulations, and their operations. 
+
+CHAP. XXXIII. 
+
+1. From thence I advanced on towards the north, 
+to the extremities of the earth. 
+
+2. And there I saw a great and glorious wonder 
+at the extremities of the whole earth. 
+
+3. I saw there heavenly gates opening into 
+heaven ; three of them distinctly separated. The 
+northern winds proceeded from them, blowing cold, 
+hail, frost, snow, dew, and rain. 
+
+4. From one of the gates they blew mildly; but 
+when they blew from the two other gates , it was 
+with violence and force. They blew over the earth 
+strongly. 
+
+
+CHAP. XXXIV. XXXV. 
+
+
+39 
+
+
+CHAP. XXXIY. 
+
+1. From thence I went to the extremities of the 
+world westwards ; 
+
+2. Where I perceived three gates open, as I had 
+seen in the north ; the gates and passages through 
+them being of equal magnitude. 
+
+CHAP. XXXY. 
+
+1. Then I proceeded to the extremities of the 
+earth southwards ; where I saw three gates open to 
+the south, from which issued dew, rain, and wind. 
+
+2. From thence I went to the extremities of 
+heaven eastwards; where I saw three heavenly 
+gates open to the east, which had smaller gates 
+within them. Through each of these small gates 
+the stars of heaven passed on, and proceeded to- 
+wards the west by a path which was seen by them, 
+and that at every period of their appearance . 
+
+3. When I beheld them, I blessed ; every time in 
+ivhich they appeared , I blessed the Lord of glory, 
+who had made those great and splendid signs, that 
+they might display the magnificence of his works 
+to angels and to the souls of men ; and that these 
+might glorify all his works and operations ; might 
+see the effect of his power ; might glorify the great 
+labour of his hands ; and bless him for ever. 
+
+
+40 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+CHAP. XXXVII. 1 [SECT. VI. 2 ] 
+
+1. The vision which he saw, the second vision of 
+wisdom, which Enoch saw, the son of Jared, the son 
+of Malaleel, the son of Canan, the son of Enos, the 
+son of Seth, the son of Adam. This is the com- 
+mencement of the word of wisdom, which I received 
+to declare and tell to those who dwell upon earth. 
+Hear from the beginning, and understand to the 
+end, the holy things which I utter in the presence 
+of the Lord of spirits. Those who were before us 
+thought it good to speak ; 
+
+2. And let not us, who come after, obstruct the 
+beginning of wisdom. Until the present period 
+never has there been given before the Lord of spirits 
+that which I have received, wisdom according to 
+the capacity of my intellect, 3 and according to the 
+pleasure of the Lord of spirits ; that which I have 
+received from him, 4 a portion of life eternal. 
+
+3. And I obtained three parables, which I declared 
+to the inhabitants of the world. 
+
+1 Chap, xxxvi. does not occur in the MS. 
+
+2 Paris IMS. and Bodleian MS. 
+
+3 according as I have thought. 
+
+4 which has been given to me by him. 
+
+
+CHAP . XXXV 111. 
+
+
+41 
+
+
+CHAP. XXXVIII. 
+
+1. Parable the first. When the congregation of 
+the righteous shall be manifested; and sinners be 
+judged for their crimes, and be troubled in the sight 
+of the world ; 
+
+2. When righteousness shall be manifested in the 
+presence of the righteous themselves, who will be 
+elected for their good works duty weighed by the 
+Lord of spirits ; and when the light of the righteous 
+and the elect, who dwell on earth, shall be mani- 
+fested ; where will the habitation of sinners be ? and 
+where the place of rest for those who have rejected 
+the Lord of spirits ? It would have been better for 
+them, had they never been born. 
+
+3. When, too, the secrets of the righteous shall 
+be revealed, then shall sinners be judged ; and im- 
+pious men shall be afflicted in the presence of the 
+righteous and the elect. 
+
+4. From that period those who possess the earth 
+shall cease to be 1 powerful and exalted. Neither 
+shall they be capable of beholding the countenances 
+of the holy ; for the light of the countenances of the 
+holy, the righteous, and the elect, has been seen by 
+the Lord of spirits. 
+
+5. Yet shall not the mighty kings of that period 
+
+
+1 shall not be. 
+
+
+42 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+be destroyed; but be delivered into the hands of 
+the righteous and the holy. 
+
+6. Nor thenceforwards shall any obtain com- 
+miseration from the Lord of spirits, because their 
+lives in this icorld will have been completed. 
+
+CHAP. XXXIX. 
+
+1. In those days shall the elect and holy race 
+descend from the upper heavens, and their seed 
+shall then be with the sons of men. Enoch received 
+books of indignation and wrath, and books of hurry 
+and agitation. 
+
+2. Never shall they obtain mercy, saith the Lord 
+of spirits. 
+
+3. A cloud then snatched me up, and the wind 
+raised me above the surface of the earth, placing 
+me at the extremity of the heavens. 
+
+4. There I saw another vision ; I saiv the habita- 
+tions and couches of the saints. There my eyes 
+beheld their habitations with the angels, and their 
+couches with the holy ones. They were entreating, 
+supplicating, and praying for the sons of men ; 
+while righteousness like water flowed before them, 
+and mercy like dew was scattered over the earth. 
+And thus shall it be with them for ever and for ever. 
+
+5. At that time my eyes beheld the dwelling 1 of 
+the elect, of truth, faith, and righteousness. 
+
+1 place. 
+
+
+CHAP. XXXIX. 
+
+
+43 
+
+
+6. Countless shall be the number of the holy 
+and the elect, in the presence of God 1 for ever and 
+for ever. 
+
+7. Their residence I beheld under the wings of 
+the Lord of spirits. All the holy and the elect 
+sung before him, in appearance like a blaze of fire ; 
+their mouths being full of blessings, and their lips 
+glorifying the name of the Lord of spirits. And 
+righteousness incessantly dwelt before him, 
+
+8. There was I desirous of remaining, and my 
+soul longed for that habitation. There was my 
+antecedent inheritance; for thus had I prevailed 2 
+before the Lord of spirits. 
+
+9. At that time I glorified and extolled the name 
+of the Lord of spirits with blessing and with praise ; 
+for he has established it with blessing and with 
+praise, according to his own good pleasure. 3 
+
+10. That place long did my eyes contemplate. I 
+blessed and said, Blessed be he, blessed from the 
+beginning for ever. In the beginning, before the 
+world was created, and without end is his know- 
+ledge. 4 
+
+11. What is this world ? Of every existing gene- 
+ration those shall bless thee who do not sleep in the 
+
+1 in his 'presence . 
+
+2 There was my portion hejore ; for thus had it been prevailed 
+respecting me. 
+
+3 according to the will of the Lord of spirits . 
+
+4 without end he knows. 
+
+
+u 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+dust, but stand before thy glory, blessing, glorifying, 
+exalting thee, and saying, The holy, holy, Lord of 
+spirits, fills the whole world of spirits. 
+
+12. There my eyes beheld all who, without 
+sleeping, stand before him and bless him, saying, 
+Blessed be thou, and blessed be the name of God 
+for ever and for ever. Then my countenance be- 
+came changed, until I was incapable of seeing. 
+
+CHAP. XL. 
+
+1. After this I beheld thousands of thousands, 
+and myriads of myriads, and an infinite number of 
+people, standing before the Lord of spirits. 
+
+2. On the four wings likewise of the Lord of 
+spirits, on the four sides, I perceived others, besides 
+those who were standing before him. Their names, 
+too, I know ; because the angel, who proceeded with 
+me, declared them to me, discovering to me every 
+secret thing. 
+
+3. Then I heard the voices of those upon the four 
+sides magnifying the Lord of glory. 
+
+4. The first voice blessed the Lord of spirits for 
+ever and for ever. 
+
+5. The second voice I heard blessing the elect 
+One, and the elect who suffer 1 on account of the 
+Lords of spirits. 
+
+1 are crucified or tormented. 
+
+
+CHAP. XLI. 
+
+
+45 
+
+
+6. The third voice I heard petitioning and pray- 
+ing for those who dwell upon earth, and supplicate 
+the name of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+7. The fourth voice I heard expelling the impious 
+angels, 1 and prohibiting them from entering into 
+presence of the Lord of spirits, to prefer accusations 
+against the inhabitants of the earth. 
+
+8. After this I besought the angel of peace, who 
+proceeded with me, to explain all that was con- 
+cealed. I said to him, Who are those ivhom I 
+have seen on the four sides, and whose words I have 
+heard and written down ? He replied, The first is 
+the merciful, the patient, the holy Michael. 
+
+9. The second is he who presides over every 
+suffering and every affliction 2 of the sons of men, 
+the holy Raphael. The third, who presides over all 
+that is powerful, is Gabriel. And the fourth, who 
+presides over repentance, and the hope of those who 
+will inherit eternal life, is Phanuel. These are the 
+four angels of the most high God, and their four 
+voices, which at that time I heard. 
+
+CHAP. XLI. 
+
+1. After this I beheld the secrets of the heavens 
+and of paradise, 3 according to its divisions ; and of 
+human action, 4 as they weigh it there in balances. 
+
+1 the Satans. 2 wound. 
+
+3 the kingdom or paradise. 4 the work or labour of man. 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+4 G 
+
+I saw the habitations of the elect, and the habita- 
+tions of the holy. And there my eyes beheld all 
+the sinners, who denied the Lord of glory, and 
+whom they were expelling from thence, and drag- 
+ging away, as they stood there ; no punishment 
+proceeding against them from the Lord of spirits. 
+
+2. There, too, my eyes beheld the secrets of the 
+lightning and the thunder ; and the secrets of the 
+winds, how they are distributed as they blow over 
+the earth : the secrets of the winds, of the dew, and 
+of the clouds. There I perceived the place from 
+which they issued forth, and became saturated with 
+the dust of the earth. 
+
+3. There I saw the wooden 1 receptacles out of 
+which the winds became separated, the receptacle 
+of hail, the receptacle of snow, the receptacle of the 
+clouds, and the* cloud itself, which continued over 
+the earth before the creation of the world. 
+
+4. I beheld also the receptacles of the moon, 
+whence the moons 2 came, whither they proceeded, 
+their glorious return, and how one became more 
+splendid than another. I marked their .rich pro- 
+gress, their unchangeable progress, their disunited 
+and undiminished progress ; their observance of a 
+mutual fidelity by a stable oath 3 ; their proceeding 
+forth before the sun, and their adherence to the 
+
+1 of ivoods. 2 they. 
+
+3 by an oath to which they adhered. 
+
+
+CHAP. XLII. 
+
+
+47 
+
+
+path allotted them/ in obedience to the command 
+of the Lord of spirits. Potent is his name for ever 
+and for ever. 
+
+5. After this I perceived , that the path both con- 
+cealed and manifest of the moon, as well as the 
+progress of its path, was there completed by day and 
+by night; while each, one with another, looked 
+towards the Lord of spirits, magnifying and praising 
+without cessation, since praise to them is rest ; for 
+in the splendid sun there is a frequent conversion 
+to blessing and to malediction. 
+
+6. The course of the moon’s path to the righteous 
+is light, but to sinners it is darkness ; in the name 
+of the Lord of spirits, who created a division be- 
+tween light and darkness, and, separating the spirits 
+of men, strengthened the spirits of the righteous in 
+the name of his own righteousness. 
+
+7. Nor does the angel prevent this , neither is he 
+endowed with the power of preventing it ; for the 
+Judge beholds them all, and judges them all in 
+his own presence. 
+
+
+CHAP. XLII. 
+
+1. Wisdom found not a place on earth where she 
+could inhabit ; her dwelling therefore is in heaven. 
+
+2. Wisdom went forth to dwell among the sons of 
+
+
+1 to their path. 
+
+
+48 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+men, but sbe obtained not an habitation. Wisdom 
+returned to her place, and seated herself in the 
+midst of the angels. But iniquity went forth after 
+her return, who unwillingly found an habitation , and 
+resided among them, as rain in the desert, and as a 
+dew in a thirsty land. 
+
+CHAR XLIII. 
+
+1. I beheld another splendour, and the stars of 
+heaven. I observed that he called them all by 
+their respective names, and that they heard. In a 
+righteous balance I saw that he weighed out with 
+their light the amplitude of their places, and the 
+day of their appearance, 1 and their conversion. 
+Splendour produced splendour; and their conver- 
+sion was into the number of the angels, and of the 
+faithful. 
+
+2. Then I inquired of the angel, who proceeded 
+with me, and explained to me secret things. What 
+their names were. He answered, A similitude of 
+those has the Lord of spirits shown thee. They are 
+names of the righteous who dwell upon earth, and 
+who believe in the name of the Lord of spirits for 
+ever and for ever. 
+
+
+1 of their existing. 
+
+
+CHAP. XLIV. XLV. 
+
+
+49 
+
+
+CHAP. XLIV. 
+
+Another thing also I saw respecting splendour ; 
+that it rises out of the stars, and becomes splendour ; 
+being incapable of forsaking them. 
+
+CHAP. XLV. [SECT. VII. 1 ] 
+
+1. Parable the second, respecting these who 
+deny 2 the name of the habitation of the holy ones, 
+and of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+2. Heaven they shall not ascend, nor shall they 
+come on the earth. This shall be the portion of 
+sinners, who deny the name of the Lord of spirits, 
+and who are thus reserved for the day of punish- 
+ment and of affliction. 
+
+3. In that day shall the Elect One sit upon a 
+throne of glory ; and shall choose their conditions 
+and countless habitations (while their spirits within 
+them shall be strengthened, when they behold my 
+Elect One), shall choose them for those who have fled 
+for protection to my holy and glorious name. 
+
+4. In that day I will cause my Elect One to dwell 
+in the midst of them ; will change the face of 
+heaven ; will bless it, and illuminate it for ever. 
+
+1 In the Paris MS. it is section viii. In the Bodleian MS. sec- 
+tion yii. 
+
+2 In the Bodleian MS. there seems here an evident omission. 
+This omission is supplied in the Paris MS. I have followed the 
+latter. 
+
+E 
+
+
+50 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+5. I will also change the face of the earth ; will 
+bless it; ancl cause those whom I have elected to 
+dwell upon it. But those who have committed sin 
+and iniquity shall not inhabit it, 1 for I have marked 
+their proceedings. 2 My righteous ones will I satisfy 
+with peace, placing them before me ; but the con- 
+demnation of sinners shall draw near, that I may 
+destroy them from the face of the earth. 
+
+CHAP. XL VI. 
+
+1. There I beheld the Ancient of days, 3 whose 
+head was like white wool, and with him another, 
+whose countenance resembled that of man. His 
+countenance was full of grace, like that of one of 
+the holy angels. Then I inquired of one of the 
+angels, 4 who went with me, and who showed me 
+every secret thing, concerning this Son of man ; who 
+he was ; whence he was ; and why he accompanied 
+the Ancient of” days. 
+
+2. He answered and said to me, This is the Son 
+of man, to whom righteousness belongs ; with whom 
+righteousness has dwelt ; and who will reveal all the 
+treasures of that which is concealed : for the Lord 
+of spirits has chosen him ; and his portion has 
+
+1 tread upon it. 2 for I have seen them. 
+
+3 The Chief or Head of days , Dan. vii. 9. 
+
+4 The words, Then I inquired of one of the angels , are omitted 
+in the Bodleian MS. They occur in the Paris MS. 
+
+
+CHAP. XL VI. 
+
+
+51 
+
+
+surpassed 1 all before the Lord of spirits in ever- 
+lasting uprightness. 
+
+3. This Son of man, whom thou beholdest, shall 
+raise up kings and the mighty from their couches, 
+and the powerful from their thrones ; shall loosen 
+the bridles of the powerful, and break in pieces the 
+teeth of sinners. 
+
+4. He shall hurl kings from their thrones and 
+their dominions; because they will not exalt and 
+praise him, nor humble themselves before him, by 
+whom 2 their kingdoms were granted to them. The 
+countenance likewise of the mighty shall He east 
+down, filling them with confusion. Darkness shall 
+be their habitation, and worms shall be their bed ; 
+nor from that their bed shall they hope to be again 
+raised, because they exalted not the name of the 
+Lord of spirits. 
+
+5. They shall condemn the stars of heaven, shall 
+lift up their hands against the Most High, shall 
+tread upon and inhabit the earth, exhibiting all 
+their works of iniquity, even their works of iniquity. 
+Their strength shall be in their riches, and their 
+faith in the gods whom they have formed with 
+their own hands. They shall deny the name of 
+the Lord of spirits, and shall expel him from the 
+temples, in which they assemble ; 
+
+6. And with him the faithful, who suffer in the 
+name of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+1 conquered. 
+
+
+2 from, whence. 
+
+
+52 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+CHAR XL VII. 
+
+1. In that day the prayer of the holy and the 
+righteous, and the blood of the righteous, shall 
+ascend from the earth into the presence of the Lord 
+of spirits. 
+
+2. In that day shall the holy ones assemble, who 
+dwell above the heavens, and with united voice 
+petition, supplicate, praise, laud, and bless the name 
+of the Lord of spirits, on account of the blood of 
+the righteous which has been shed ; that the 
+prayer of the righteous may not be intermitted 
+before the Lord of spirits ; that for them he would 
+execute judgment; and that his patience may not 
+endure for ever. 
+
+3. At that time I beheld the Ancient of days, 
+while he sat upon the throne of his glory, while the 
+book of the living was opened in his presence, and 
+while all the powers which were above the heavens 
+stood around and before him. 
+
+4. Then were the hearts of the saints full of joy, 
+because the consummation 1 of righteousness was 
+arrived, the supplication of the saints heard, and the 
+blood of the righteous appreciated by the Lord of 
+spirits. 
+
+
+1 the number. 
+
+
+CHAP. XLVIII. 
+
+
+53 
+
+
+CHAR XLVIII. 
+
+1. In that place I beheld a fountain of righteous- 
+ness, which never failed, encircled by many springs 
+of wisdom. Of these all the thirsty drank, and were 
+tilled with wisdom, having their habitation with the 
+righteous, the elect, and the holy. 
+
+2. In that hour was this Son of man invoked 
+before the Lord of spirits, and his name in the 
+presence of the Ancient of days. 
+
+3. Before the sun and the signs were created, 
+before the stars of heaven were formed, his name 
+was invoked in the presence of the Lord of spirits. 
+A support shall he be for the righteous and the 
+holy to lean upon, without falling ; and he shall be 
+the light of nations. 
+
+4. He shall be the hope of those whose hearts 
+are troubled. All, who dwell on earth, shall fall 
+down and worship before him ; shall bless and 
+glorify him, and sing praises to the name of the 
+Lord of spirits. 
+
+5. Therefore the Elect and the Concealed One 
+existed in his presence, before the world was 
+created, and for ever. 
+
+6. In his presence he existed , and has revealed to 
+the saints and to the righteous the wisdom of the 
+Lord of spirits ; for he has preserved the lot of the 
+righteous, because they have hated and rejected 
+
+
+5i 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+this world of iniquity, and have detested all its 
+works and ways, in the name of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+7. For in his name shall they be preserved; and 
+his will shall be their life. In those days shall the 
+kings of the earth and the mighty men, who have 
+gained the world by their achievements, 1 become 
+humble in countenance. 
+
+8. For in the day of their anxiety and trouble 
+their souls shall not be saved ; and they shall be in 
+subjection to 2 those whom I have chosen. 
+
+9. I will cast them like hay into the fire, and 
+like lead into the water. Thus shall they burn 
+in the presence of the righteous, and sink in the 
+presence of the holy ; nor shall a tenth part of them 
+be found. 
+
+10. But in the day of their trouble, the world 
+shall obtain tranquillity. 3 
+
+11. In his presence shall they fall, and not be 
+raised up again ; nor shall there be any one to take 
+them out of his hands, and to lift them up: for 
+they have denied the Lord of spirits, and his 
+Messiah. The name of the Lord of spirits shall be 
+blessed. 
+
+1 by the work of their own hands. 2 in the hand of. 
+
+3 rest shall be on earth. 
+
+
+CHAP. XL VIII. XL IX. 
+
+
+55 
+
+
+CHAR XL VIII. 1 
+
+1. Wisdom is poured forth like water, and glory 
+fails not before him for ever and ever ; for potent 
+is he in all the secrets of righteousness. 
+
+2. But iniquity passes away like a shadow, and 
+possesses not a fixed station : for the Elect One 
+stands before the Lord of spirits ; and his glory is 
+for ever and ever; and his power from generation 
+to generation. 
+
+3. With him dwells the spirit of intellectual 
+wisdom, the spirit of instruction and of power, and 
+the spirit of those who sleep in righteousness ; he 
+shall judge secret things. 
+
+4. Nor shall any be able to utter a single word 
+before him ; for the Elect One is in the presence 
+of the Lord of spirits, according to his own 
+pleasure. 
+
+
+CHAR XLIX. 
+
+1. In those days the saints and the chosen shall 
+undergo a change. The light of day shall rest 
+upon them ; and the splendour and glory of the 
+saints shall be changed. 
+
+2. In the day of trouble evil shall be heaped up 
+
+
+1 Chap, xlviii. occurs twice. 
+
+
+56 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+upon sinners ; but the righteous shall triumph in the 
+name of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+3. Others shall be made to see, that they must 
+repent, and forsake the works of their hands ; and 
+that glory awaits them not in the presence of the 
+Lord of spirits ; yet that by his name they may be 
+saved. The Lord of spirits will have compassion 
+on them : for great is his mercy ; and righteousness 
+is in his judgment, and in the presence of his glory ; 
+nor in his judgment shall iniquity stand. He who 
+repents not before him shall perish. 
+
+4. Henceforward I will not have mercy on them, 
+saith the Lord of spirits. 
+
+
+CHAR L. 
+
+1. In those days shall the earth deliver up from 
+her womb, and hell deliver up from hers, that which 
+it has received; and destruction shall restore that 
+which it owes. 
+
+2. He shall select the righteous and holy from 
+among them ; for the day of their salvation has 
+approached. 
+
+3. And in those days shall the Elect One sit upon 
+his throne, while every secret of intellectual wisdom 
+shall proceed from his mouth ; for the Lord of 
+spirits has gifted and glorified him. 
+
+
+CHAP . LI. 
+
+
+57 
+
+
+4. In those days the mountains shall skip like 
+rams, and the hills shall leap like young sheep 1 
+satiated with milk ; and all the righteous shall become 
+angels in heaven. 
+
+5. Their countenance shall be bright with joy ; 
+for in those days shall the Elect One be exalted. 
+The earth shall rejoice ; the righteous shall inhabit 
+it, and the elect possess it. 2 
+
+CHAP. LI. 
+
+1. After that period, in the place where I had 
+seen every secret sight, I was snatched up in a 
+whirlwind, and carried off westwards. 
+
+2. There my eyes beheld the secrets of heaven, 
+and all which existed on earth ; a mountain of iron, 
+a mountain of copper, 3 a mountain of silver, a 
+mountain of gold, a mountain of fluid metal, and a 
+mountain of lead. 
+
+3. And I inquired of the angel who went with 
+me, saying, What are these things, which in secret 
+I behold ? 
+
+4. He said. All these things which thou be- 
+holdest shall be for the dominion of the Messiah, 
+that he may command, and be powerful upon earth. 
+
+5. And that angel of peace answered me, saying, 
+
+1 Psalm cxiv. 4. 2 go and wall: upon it. 
+
+3 nummus minutissimus. Obolus. 
+
+
+53 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+Wait but a short time, and thou shalt understand, 
+and every secret thing shall be revealed to thee, 
+which the Lord of spirits has decreed. Those moun- 
+tains which thou hast seen, the mountain of iron, 
+the mountain of copper, the mountain of silver, the 
+mountain of gold, the mountain of fluid metal, and 
+the mountain of lead, all these in the presence of 
+the Elect One shall be like a honeycomb before the 
+fire, and like water descending from above upon 
+these mountains ; and shall become debilitated before 
+his feet. 
+
+6. In those days men 1 shall not be saved by 
+gold and by silver. 
+
+7. Nor shall they have it in their power to secure 
+themselves, and to fly. 
+
+8. There shall be neither iron for war, nor a coat 
+of mail for the breast. 
+
+9. Copper shall be useless ; useless also that 
+which neither rusts nor consumes away ; and lead 
+shall not be coveted. 
+
+10. All these things shall be rejected, and perish 
+from off the earth, when the Elect One shall appear 
+in the presence of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+CHAP. LII. 
+
+1. There my eyes beheld a deep valley ; and wide 
+was its entrance. 
+
+
+they. 
+
+
+CHAP. LII. 
+
+
+59 
+
+
+2. All who dwell on land, on the sea, and in 
+islands, shall bring to it gifts, presents, and offerings ; 
+yet that deep valley shall not be full. Their hands 
+shall commit iniquity. Whatsoever they produce 
+by labour, the sinners shall devour with crime. But 
+they shall perish from the face of the Lord of spirits, 
+and from the face of his earth. They shall stand 
+up, and shall not fail for ever and ever. 
+
+3. I beheld the angels of punishment, who were 
+dwelling there , and preparing every instrument of 
+Satan. 
+
+4. Then I inquired of the angel of peace, who 
+proceeded with me, for wLorn those instruments 
+v 7 ere preparing. 
+
+5. He said, These they are preparing for the 
+kings and powerful ones of the earth, that thus 1 
+they may perish. 
+
+6. After which the righteous and chosen house of 
+his congregation shall appear, thenceforward un- 
+changeable, in the name of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+7. Nor shall those mountains exist in his presence, 
+as the earth and the hills, as the fountains of water 
+exist. And the righteous shall be relieved from the 
+vexation of sinners. 
+
+
+1 by this. 
+
+
+CO 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+CHAP. LIII. 
+
+1. Then I looked and turned myself to another 
+part of the earth, where I beheld a deep valley 
+burning with fire. 
+
+2. To this valley they brought monarchs and the 
+mighty. 
+
+3. And there my eyes beheld the instruments 
+which they were making, fetters of iron without 
+weight. 1 
+
+4. Then I inquired of the angel of peace, who 
+proceeded with me, saying, For whom are these 
+fetters and instruments prepared ? 
+
+5. He replied, These are prepared for the host 
+of Azazeel, that they maybe delivered over and ad- 
+judged to the lowest condemnation ; and that their 
+angels may be overwhelmed with hurled stones, as 
+the Lord of spirits has commanded. 
+
+6. Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel 
+shall be strengthened in that day, and shall then 
+cast them into a furnace of blazing fire, that the 
+Lord of spirits may be avenged of them for their 
+crimes ; because they became ministers of Satan, 
+and seduced those who dwell upon earth. 
+
+7. In those days shall punishment go forth from 
+the Lord of spirits ; and the receptacles of water 
+which are above the heavens shall be opened, and 
+
+1 in which there ivas not weight. 
+
+
+CHAP. LIV. 
+
+
+G1 
+
+
+the fountains likewise, which are under the heavens 
+and under the earth. 
+
+8. All the waters, which are in the heavens and 
+above them, shall be mixed together. 
+
+9. The water which is above heaven shall be the 
+agent ; 1 
+
+10. And the water which is under the earth shall 
+be the recipient 2 : and all shall be destroyed who 
+dwell upon earth, and who dwell under the extremi- 
+ties of heaven. 
+
+11. By these means shall they understand the 
+iniquity which they have committed on earth : and 
+by these means shall they perish. 
+
+
+CHAP. LIY. 
+
+1. Afterwards the Ancient of days repented, and 
+said, In vain have I destroyed all the inhabitants of 
+the earth. 
+
+2. And he sware by his great name, saying , 
+Henceforwards I will not act thus towards all those 
+who dwell upon earth. 
+
+3. But I will place a sign in the heavens ; 3 and 
+it shall be a faithful witness 4 between me and them 
+
+1 male. 9 2 female. 
+
+3 Gen. ix. 18. “ I do set my bow in the cloud, 'and it shalkbe for 
+a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 
+
+4 faith , or fidelity. 
+
+
+62 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+for ever, as long as the days of heaven and earth 
+last upon the earth. 
+
+4. Afterwards, according to this my decree, when 
+I shall be disposed to seize them beforehand, by 
+the instrumentality of angels, in the day of* affliction 
+and trouble, my wrath and my punishment shall 
+remain upon them, my punishment and my wrath, 
+saith God the Lord of spirits. 
+
+5. 0 ye kings, 0 ye mighty, who inhabit the 
+world, you shall behold my Elect One, sitting upon 
+the throne of my glory. And he shall judge Aza- 
+zeel, all his associates, and all his hosts, in the name 
+of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+6. There likewise I beheld hosts of angels who 
+were moving in punishment, confined in a net-work 
+of iron and brass. Then I inquired of the angel of 
+peace, who proceeded with me, To whom those 
+under confinement were going. 
+
+7. He said, To eacli of their elect and their 
+beloved, that they may be cast into the fountains 
+and deep recesses of the valley. 
+
+8. And that valley shall be filled with their 
+elect and beloved ; the days of whose life shall be 
+consumed, but the days of their error shall be 
+innumerable. 
+
+9. Then shall princes combine together, and 
+conspire. The chiefs of the east, among the Par- 
+thians and Medes, shall remove kings, in whom a 
+
+
+CHAP. LV. 
+
+
+63 
+
+
+spirit of perturbation shall enter. They shall hurl 
+them from their thrones, springing as lions from 
+their dens, and like famished wolves into the midst 
+of the flock. 
+
+10. They shall go up, and tread upon the land of 
+their elect. The land of their elect shall be before 
+them. The threshing-floor, the path, and the city 
+of my righteous people shall impede the progress of 
+their horses. They shall rise up to destroy each 
+other ; their right hand shall be strengthened ; 
+nor shall a man acknowledge his friend or his 
+brother ; 
+
+11. Nor the son his father and his mother ; until 
+the number of the dead bodies shall be completed , 
+by their death and punishment. Neither shall this 
+take place without cause. 
+
+12. In those days shall the mouth of hell be 
+opened, into which they shall be immerged; hell 
+shall destroy and swallow up sinners from the face 
+of the elect. 
+
+
+CHAP. LY. 
+
+1. After this I beheld another army of chariots, 
+with men riding in them. 
+
+2. And they came upon the wind from the east, 
+from the west, and from the south. 1 
+
+1 from the midst of the day . The army alluded to was probably 
+Koman. 
+
+
+64 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+3. The sound of the noise of their chariots was 
+heard. 
+
+4. And when that agitation took place, the saints 
+out of heaven perceived it ; the pillar of the earth 
+shook from its foundation ; and the sound was 
+heard from the extremities of the earth unto the 
+extremities of heaven at the same time. 
+
+5. Then they all fell down, and worshipped the 
+Lord of spirits. 
+
+6. This is the end of the second parable. 
+
+
+CHAP. LYI. [SECT. IX. 1 ] 
+
+1. I now began to utter the third parable, con- 
+cerning the saints and the elect. 
+
+2. Blessed are ye, 0 saints and elect, for glorious 
+is your lot. 
+
+3. The saints shall exist in the light of the sun, 
+and the elect in the light of everlasting life, the 
+days of whose life shall never terminate ; nor shall 
+the days of the saints be numbered, who seek for 
+light, and obtain righteousness with the Lord of 
+spirits. 
+
+4. Peace be to the saints with the Lord of the 
+world. 
+
+5. Henceforward shall the saints be told to seek 
+in heaven the secrets of righteousness, the portion 
+
+
+Paris MS. 
+
+
+CHAP. LVII. 
+
+
+65 
+
+
+of faith ; for like the sun has it arisen upon the 
+earth, while darkness has passed away. There shall 
+be light interminable : 1 nor shall they enter upon 
+the enumeration of time ; for darkness shall be pre- 
+viously destroyed, and light shall increase before 
+the Lord of spirits ; before the Lord of spirits shall 
+the light of uprightness increase for ever. 
+
+CHAR LVII. 
+
+1. In those days my eyes beheld the secrets of 
+the lightnings and the splendours, and the judgment 
+belonging to them. 
+
+2. They lighten for a blessing and for a curse, 
+according to the will of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+3. And there I saw the secrets of the thunder, 
+when it rattles 2 above in heaven, and its sound is 
+heard. 
+
+4. The habitations also of the earth were shown 
+to me. The sound of the thunder is for peace and 
+for blessing, as well as for a curse, according to the 
+word of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+5. Afterwards every secret of the splendours and 
+of the lightnings was seen by me. For blessing and 
+for fertility they lighten. 
+
+1 which cannot he numbered. 2 it is grinding , as in a mortar. 
+
+
+F 
+
+
+66 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+CHAR LVIIL 1 [SECT. X. 2 ] 
+
+1. In the five hundredth year, and in the seventh 
+month, on the fourteenth day of the month, of the 
+lifetime of Enoch, in that parable, I saw that the 
+heaven of heavens shook ; ' that it shook violently ; 
+and that the powers of the Most High, and the 
+angels, thousands of thousands, and myriads of 
+myriads, were agitated with great agitation. And 
+when I looked, the Ancient of days was sitting on 
+the throne of his glory, while the angels and saints 
+were standing around him. A great trembling came 
+upon me, and terror seized me. My loins were 
+bowed down and loosened ; my reins were dissolved ; 
+and I fell upon my face. The holy Michael; another 
+holy angel, one of the holy ones, was sent, who 
+raised me up. 
+
+2. And when he raised me, my spirit returned ; 
+for I was incapable of enduring this vision of violence, 
+its agitation, and the concussion of heaven. 
+
+3. Then holy Michael said to me, Wherefore art 
+thou disturbed at this vision ? 
+
+4. Hitherto has existed the day of mercy ; and 
+he has been merciful and longsuffering towards all 
+who dwell upon the earth. 
+
+5. But when the time shall come, then shall the 
+
+1 There is no chap, lviii. in the MS. I have therefore divided 
+chap. lix. into two parts, denominating this first part chap, lviii. 
+
+2 Paris MS. 
+
+
+CHAP. L VIII. 
+
+
+67 
+
+
+power, the punishment, and the judgment take 'place , 
+which the Lord of spirits has prepared for those 
+who prostrate themselves to the judgment of right- 
+eousness, for those who abjure that judgment, and 
+for those who take liis name in vain. 
+
+6. That day has been prepared for the elect 
+as a day of covenant ; and for sinners as a day of 
+inquisition. 
+
+7. In that day shall be distributed for food two 
+monsters ; a female monster, whose name is Levia- 
+than, dwelling in the depths of the sea, above the 
+springs of waters ; 
+
+8. And a male monster , whose name is Behemoth ; 
+which possesses, moving on his breast, the invisible 
+wilderness. 
+
+9. His name was Dendayen in the east of the 
+garden, where the elect and the righteous will 
+dwell ; where he received it from my ancestor, who 
+was man, from Adam the first of men, whom the 
+Lord of spirits made. 
+
+10. Then I asked of another angel to show me 
+the power of those monsters, how they became 
+separated on the same day, one being in the depths 
+of the sea, and one in the dry desert. 
+
+11. And he said, Thou, son of man, art here 
+desirous of understanding secret things. 
+
+12. 1 And the angel of peace, who was with me, 
+
+1 These last three verses, viz. 12, 13, 14, are placed in both MSS. 
+
+
+68 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+said, These two monsters are by the power of God 
+prepared to become food, that the punishment of 
+God may not be in vain. 
+
+13. Then shall children be slain with their 
+mothers, and sons with their fathers. 
+
+14. And when the punishment of the Lord of 
+spirits shall continue, upon them shall it continue, 
+that the punishment of the Lord of spirits may not 
+take place in vain. After that, judgment shall exist 
+with mercy and longsuffering. 
+
+CHAP. LIX. 
+
+1. Then another angel, who proceeded with me, 
+spoke to me ; 
+
+2. And showed me the first and last secrets in 
+heaven above, and in the depths of the earth : 
+
+3. In the extremities of heaven, and in the foun- 
+dations of it, and in the receptacle of the winds. 
+
+4. He showed me how their spirits were divided ; 
+how they were balanced ; and how both the springs 
+and the winds were numbered according to the force 
+of their spirit. 
+
+5. He showed me the power of the moon’s light, 
+that its power is a just one ; as well as the divisions 
+of the stars, according to their respective names ; 
+
+at the end of chap. lix. ; but they so evidently belong to this 
+account of the Leviathan and Behemoth, that I have ventured 
+to insert them here. 
+
+
+CRAP . LIX. 
+
+
+69 
+
+
+6. That every division is divided ; that the light- 
+ning flashes ; 
+
+7. That its troops 1 immediately obey ; and that 
+a cessation takes place during thunder in continu- 
+ance of its sound. Nor are the thunder and the 
+lightning separated ; neither do both of them move 
+with one spirit ; yet are they not separated. 
+
+8. For when the lightning lightens, the thunder 
+sounds, and the spirit at a proper period pauses, 
+making an equal division between them ; for the 
+receptacle, upon which their periods depend, is loose 
+as sand. 2 Each of them at a proper season is re- 
+strained with a bridle ; and turned by the power of 
+the spirit, which thus propels them according to the 
+spacious extent of the earth. 
+
+9. The spirit likewise of the sea is potent and 
+strong ; and as a strong power causes it to ebb, 3 so is 
+it driven forwards, and scattered against the moun- 
+tains of the earth. The spirit of the frost has its 
+angel ; in the spirit of hail there is a good angel ; 
+the spirit of snow ceases in its strength, and a soli- 
+tary spirit is in it, which ascends from it like vapour, 
+and is called refrigeration. 
+
+10. The spirit also of mist dwells with them in 
+their receptacle ; but it has a receptacle to itself ; 
+for its progress is in splendour, 
+
+
+1 Their host. 
+
+
+2 the receptacle of their times is what sand is. 
+
+3 turns it back ivith a bridle. 
+
+
+70 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+11. In light, and in darkness, in winter and in 
+summer. It receptacle is bright,- and an angel is 
+in it. 
+
+12. The spirit of dew has its abode in the extre- 
+mities of heaven, in connection with the receptacle 
+of rain ; and its progress is in winter and in summer. 
+The cloud produced by it, and the cloud of the mist, 
+become united ; one gives to the other ; and when 
+the spirit of rain is in motion from its receptacle, 
+angels come, and opening its receptacle, bring it 
+forth. 
+
+13. When likewise it is sprinkled over all the 
+earth, it forms an union with every kind of water 
+on the ground; for the waters remain on the ground, 
+because they afford nourishment to the earth from 
+the Most High, who is in heaven. 
+
+14. Upon this account therefore there is a regu- 
+lation in the quantity of rain, 1 which the angels 
+receive. 
+
+15. These things I saw ; all of them, even para- 
+dise. 2 
+
+
+CHAP. LX. 
+
+1. In those days I beheld long ropes given to 
+those angels ; wLo took to their wings, and fled, 
+advancing towards the north. 
+
+2. And I inquired of the angel, saying, Where- 
+
+1 a measure in the rain . 2 even to the garden of the righteous. 
+
+
+CHAP. LX. 
+
+
+71 
+
+
+fore have they taken those long ropes, and gone 
+forth ? He said, They are gone forth to measure. 
+
+3. The angel, who proceeded with me, said, These 
+are the measures of the righteous ; and cords shall 
+the righteous bring, that they may trust in 1 the 
+name of the Lord of spirits for ever and ever. 
+
+4. The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect. 
+
+5. And these are the measures which shall be 
+given to faith, and which shall strengthen the words 
+of righteousness. 
+
+6. These measures shall reveal all the secrets in 
+the depth of the earth. 
+
+7. And it shall he, that those who have been de- 
+stroyed in the desert, and who have been devoured 
+by the fish of the sea, and by wild beasts, shall 
+return, and trust in 1 the day of the Elect One ; for 
+none shall perish in the presence of the Lord of 
+spirits, nor shall any be capable of perishing. 
+
+8. Then they received the commandment, all who 
+ivere in the heavens above ; to whom a combined 
+power, voice, and splendour, like fire, were given. 
+
+9. And first, with their voice, they blessed him, 
+they exalted him, they glorified him with wisdom, 
+and ascribed to him wisdom with the word, and 
+with the breath of life. 
+
+10. Then the Lord of spirits seated upon the 
+throne of his glory the Elect One ; 
+
+
+1 lean upon. 
+
+
+72 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+11. Who shall judge all the works of the holy, in 
+heaven above, and in a balance shall he weigh their 
+actions. And when he shall lift up his countenance 
+to judge their secret ways in the word of the name 
+of the Lord of spirits, and their progress in the path 
+of the righteous judgment of God most high ; 
+
+12. They shall all speak with united voice ; and 
+bless, glorify, exalt, and praise, in the name of the 
+Lord of spirits. 
+
+13. He shall call to every power of the heavens, 
+to all the holy above, and to the power of God. The 
+Cherubim, the Seraphim, and the Ophanin, all the 
+angels of power, and all the angels of the Lords, 
+namely, of the Elect One, and of the other Power, 
+who was upon earth over the water on that day, 
+
+14. Shall raise their united voice ; shall bless, 
+glorify, praise, and exalt with the spirit of faith, 
+with the spirit of wisdom and patience, with the 
+spirit of mercy, with the spirit of judgment and 
+peace, and with the spirit of benevolence ; all shall 
+say with united voice : Blessed is He ; and the 
+name of the Lord of spirits shall be blessed for ever 
+and for ever ; all, who sleep not, shall bless it in 
+heaven above. 
+
+15. All the holy in heaven shall bless it ; all the 
+elect who dwell in the garden of life ; and every 
+spirit of light, who is capable of blessing, glorifying, 
+exalting, and praising thy holy name ; and every 
+
+
+CHAP. LXI. 
+
+
+73 
+
+
+mortal man/ more than the powers of heaven, shall 
+glorify and bless thy name for ever and ever. 
+
+16. For great is the mercy of the Lord of spirits ; 
+long-suffering is he ; and all his works, all his 
+power, great as are the things which he has done, 
+has he revealed to the saints and to the elect, in 
+the name of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+CHAP. LXI. 
+
+1. Thus the Lord commanded the kings, the 
+princes, the exalted, and those who dwell on earth, 
+saying, Open your eyes, and lift up your horns, if 
+you are capable of comprehending the Elect One. 
+
+2. The Lord of spirits sat upon the throne of his 
+glory. 
+
+3. And the spirit of righteousness was poured out 
+over him. 
+
+4. The word of his mouth shall destroy all the 
+sinners and all the ungodly, who shall perish at his 
+presence. 
+
+5. In that day shall all the kings, the princes, 
+the exalted, and those who possess the earth, stand 
+up, behold, and perceive, that he is sitting on the 
+throne of his glory; that before him the saints 
+shall be judged in righteousness ; 
+
+6. And that nothing, which shall be spoken 
+before him, shall be spoken in vain. 
+
+
+all of flesh. 
+
+
+74 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+7. Trouble shall come upon them, as upon a 
+woman in travail, whose labour is severe, when her 
+child comes to the mouth of the womb, and she 
+finds it difficult to bring forth. 
+
+8. One portion of them shall look upon another. 
+They shall be astonished, and shall humble their 
+countenance ; 
+
+9. And trouble shall seize them, when they shall 
+behold this Son of woman sitting upon the throne 
+of his glory. 
+
+10. Then shall the kings, the princes, and all who 
+possess the earth, glorify him who has dominion 
+over all things, him who was concealed; for from 
+the beginning the Son of man existed in secret, 1 
+whom the Most High preserved in the presence of 
+his power, and revealed to the elect. 
+
+11. He shall sow the congregation of the saints, 
+and of the elect ; and all the elect shall stand 
+before him in that day. 
+
+12. All the kings, the princes, the exalted, and 
+those who rule over the earth, shall fall down on 
+their faces before him, and shall worship him. 
+
+13. They shall fix their hopes on this Son of man, 
+shall pray to him, and petition him for mercy. 
+
+14. Then shall the Lord of spirits hasten to expel 
+them from his presence. Their faces shall be full 
+of confusion, and their faces shall darkness cover. 2 
+
+
+1 was concealed . 
+
+
+2 be added to their faces. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXII. 
+
+
+75 
+
+
+The angels shall take them to punishment, that 
+vengeance may be inflicted on those who have 
+oppressed his children and his elect. And they shall 
+become an example to the saints and to his elect. 
+Through them shall these be made joyful ; for the 
+anger of the Lord of spirits shall rest upon them. 
+
+15. Then the sword of the Lord of spirits shall 
+be drunk with their blood; 1 but the saints and 
+elect shall be safe in that day ; nor the face of the 
+sinners and the ungodly shall they thenceforwards 
+behold. 
+
+16. The Lord of spirits shall remain over them : 
+
+17. And with this Son of man shall they dwell, 
+eat, lie down, and rise up, for ever and ever. 
+
+18. The saints and the elect have arisen from the 
+earth, have left off to depress their countenances, 
+and have been clothed with the garment of life. 
+That garment of life is with the Lord of spirits, in 
+whose presence your garment shall not wax old, nor 
+shall your glory diminish. 
+
+CHAP. LXII. 
+
+1. In those days the kings who possess the earth 
+shall be punished by the angels of his wrath, 2 
+wheresoever they shall be delivered up, that he 
+may give rest for a short period ; and that they 
+
+
+1 be drunk from them . 
+
+
+2 ‘ punishment . 
+
+
+7 G 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+may fall down and worship before the Lord of 
+spirits, confessing their sins before him. 
+
+2. They shall bless and glorify the Lord of 
+spirits, saying, Blessed is the Lord of spirits, the 
+Lord of kings, the Lord of princes, the Lord of 
+the rich, the Lord of glory, and the Lord of wisdom. 
+
+3. He shall enlighten every secret thing. 
+
+4. Thy power is from generation to generation ; 
+and thy glory for ever and ever. 
+
+5. Deep are all thy secrets, and numberless ; and 
+thy righteousness cannot be computed. 
+
+6. Now we know, that we should glorify and 
+bless the Lord of kings, him who is King over all 
+things. 
+
+7. They shall also say, Who has granted us rest 
+to glorify, laud, bless, and confess in the presence of 
+his glory ? 
+
+8. And now small is the rest we desire ; but we 
+do not find it; we reject, and do not possess it. 
+Light has passed away from before us ; and dark- 
+ness has covered our thrones for ever. 
+
+9. For we have not confessed before him ; we 
+have not glorified the name of the Lord of kings ; 
+we have not glorified the Lord in all his works; but 
+we have trusted in the sceptre of our dominion and 
+of our glory. 
+
+10. In the day of our suffering and of our trouble 
+he will not save us, neither shall we find rest. We 
+
+
+CHAP. LX1IL 
+
+
+77 
+
+
+confess that our Lord is faithful in all his works, in 
+all his judgments, and in his righteousness. 
+
+11- In his judgments he pays no respect to 
+persons ; and we must depart from his presence, on 
+account of our evil deeds. 
+
+12. All our sins are truly without number. 
+
+13. Then shall they say to themselves, Our souls 
+are satiated with the instruments of crime ; 
+
+14. But that prevents us not from descending to 
+the flaming womb of hell. 
+
+15. Afterwards, their countenances shall be filled 
+with darkness and confusion before the Son of man ; 
+from whose presence they shall be expelled, and 
+before whom the sword shall remain to expel them. 
+
+16. Thus saith the Lord of spirits, This is the 
+decree and the judgment against the princes, the 
+kings, the exalted, and those who possess the earth, 
+in the presence of the Lord of spirits. 
+
+CHAP. LXIII. 
+
+1. I saw also other countenances in that secret 
+place. I heard the voice of an angel, saying, These 
+are the angels who have descended from heaven to 
+earth, and have revealed secrets to the sons of men, 
+and have seduced the sons of men to the commission 
+of sin. 
+
+
+ENOCH ; 
+
+
+CHAR LXIV. [SECT. XI. 1 ] 
+
+1. In those days Noah saw that the earth became 
+inclined, and that destruction approached. 
+
+2. Then he lifted up his feet, and went to the 
+ends of the earth, to the dwelling of his great- 
+grandfather Enoch. 
+
+3. And Noah cried with a bitter voice, Hear me ; 
+hear me ; hear me : three times. And he said, Tell 
+me what is transacting upon earth; for the earth 
+labours, and is violently shaken. Surely I shall 
+perish with it. 
+
+4. After this there was a great perturbation on 
+earth, and a voice was heard from heaven. I fell 
+down on my face, when my great-grandfather Enoch 
+came and stood by me. 
+
+5. He said to me, Why hast thou cried out to 
+me with a bitter cry and lamentation ? 
+
+6. A commandment has gone forth from the 
+Lord against those who dwell on the earth, that 
+they may be destroyed ; 2 for they know every 
+secret of the angels, every oppressive and secret 
+power of the devils, 3 and every power of those who 
+commit sorcery, as well as of those who make 
+molten images in the whole earth. 
+
+1 Chapters lxiv. lxv. lxvi. and the first verse of lxvii. evidently 
+contain a vision of Noah, and not of Enoch. 
+
+2 their end may he. 
+
+
+3 the Satans. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXIV. 
+
+
+71 ) 
+
+
+7. They know how silver is produced from the 
+dust of the earth, and how on the earth the metallic 
+drop exists ; for lead and tin are not produced from 
+earth, as the primary fountain of their production. 
+
+8. There is an angel standing upon it, and that 
+angel struggles to prevail. 
+
+9. Afterwards my great-grandfather Enoch seized 
+me with his hand, raising me up, and saying to me, 
+Go, for I have asked the Lord of spirits respecting 
+this perturbation of the earth ; who replied, On 
+account of their impiety have their innumerable 
+judgments been consummated before me. Respect- 
+ing the moons have they inquired, and they have 
+known that the earth will perish with those who 
+dwell upon it, and that to these there will be no 
+place of refuge for ever. 
+
+10. They have discovered secrets, and they are 
+those who have been judged; but not thou, my 
+son. The Lord of spirits knows that thou art pure 
+and good, free from the reproach of discovering 
+secrets. 
+
+11. He, the holy One, will establish thy name in 
+the midst of the saints, and will preserve thee from 
+those who dwell upon the earth. He will establish 
+thy seed in righteousness, with dominion and great 
+glory ; 1 and from thy seed shall spring forth 2 
+righteous and holy men without number for ever. 
+
+
+1 for kings , and for great glory. 2 shall go forth a spring of. 
+
+
+80 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXV. 
+
+1. After this he showed me the angels of punish- 
+ment, who were prepared to come, and to open all 
+the mighty waters 1 under the earth : 
+
+2. That they may be for judgment, and for the 
+destruction of all those who remain and dwell upon 
+the earth. 
+
+3. And the Lord of spirits commanded the 
+angels who went forth, not to take up the men and 
+preserve them . 
+
+4. For those angels presided over all the mighty 
+waters. Then I went out from the presence of 
+Enoch. 
+
+CHAP. LXYI. 
+
+1. In those days the word of God came to me, 2 
+and said, Noah, behold, thy lot 3 has ascended up 
+to me, a lot void of crime, 4 a lot beloved 5 and 
+upright. 
+
+2. Now then shall the angels labour at the trees ; 
+but when they proceed to this, I will put my hand 
+upon it, and preserve it. 
+
+3. The seed of life shall arise 6 from it, and a 
+change shall take place, 7 that the dry land may not 
+be left empty. I will establish thy seed before me 
+
+1 the power of ivater. 2 iccis with me. 3 portion. 
+
+4 fault. 5 of love. 6 he. 7 shall enter. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXYI. 
+
+
+81 
+
+
+for ever and ever, and the seed of those who dwell 
+with thee on the surface of the earth. It shall be 
+blessed and multiplied in the presence of the earth, 
+in the name of the Lord. 
+
+4. And they shall confine those angels who dis- 
+closed impiety. In that burning valley it is , that 
+they shall be confined , which at first my great-grand- 
+father Enoch showed me in the west, where there 
+were mountains of gold and silver, of iron, of fluid 
+metal, and of tin. 
+
+5. I beheld that valley in which there was great 
+perturbation, and where the waters were troubled. 
+
+6. And when all this was effected, from the fluid 
+mass of fire, and the perturbation which prevailed 1 
+in that place, there arose a strong smell of sulphur, 
+which became mixed with the waters ; and the val- 
+ley of the angels, who had been guilty of seduction, 
+burned underneath its soil. 
+
+7. Through that valley also rivers of fire were 
+flowing, 2 to which those angels shall be condemned, 
+who seduced the inhabitants of the earth. 
+
+8. And in those days shall these waters be to kings, 
+to princes, to the exalted, and to the inhabitants of 
+the earth, for the healing of the soul and body, and 
+for the judgment of the spirit. 
+
+9. Their spirits shall be full of revelry, 3 that 
+they may be judged in their bodies ; because they 
+
+1 troubled them. 2 went. 3 sport. 
+
+G 
+
+
+82 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+have denied the Lord of spirits, and although they 
+perceive their condemnation day by day, they believe 
+not in his name. 
+
+10. And as the inflammation of their bodies shall 
+be great, so shall their spirits undergo a change for 
+ever. 
+
+11. For no word which is uttered before the Lord 
+of spirits shall be in vain. 
+
+12. Judgment has come upon them, because they 
+trusted in their carnal revelry, 1 and denied the Lord 
+of spirits. 
+
+13. In those days shall the waters of that valley 2 
+be changed; for when the angels shall be judged, 
+then shall the heat of those springs of water ex- 
+perience an alteration. 
+
+14. And when the angels shall ascend, the water 
+of the springs shall again undergo a change, and be 
+frozen. Then I heard holy Michael answering 
+and saying, This judgment, with which the angels 
+shall be judged, shall bear testimony against the 
+kings, the princes, and those who possess the 
+earth. 
+
+15. For these waters of judgment shall be for 
+their healing, and for the death of their bodies. 
+But they shall not perceive and believe that the 
+waters will be changed, and become a fire, which 
+shall blaze for ever. 
+
+1 sport of their bodies. 2 its waters. 
+
+
+CHAP LXVIL 
+
+
+83 
+
+
+CHAP. LXVII. 
+
+1. After this he gave me the characteristical 
+marks 1 of all the secret things in the book of my 
+great-grandfather Enoch, and in the parables which 
+had been given to him ; inserting them for me 
+among the words of the book of parables. 
+
+2. At that time holy Michael answered and said 
+to Raphael, The power of the spirit hurries me 
+away, and impels me on. 2 The severity of the 
+judgment, of the secret judgment of the angels, who 
+is capable of beholding — the endurance of that severe 
+judgment which has taken place and been made 
+permanent — without being melted at the sight of 
+it ? 3 Again holy Michael answered and said to holy 
+Raphael, Who is there whose heart is not softened 
+by it, and whose reins are not troubled at this 
+thing ? 
+
+3. Judgment has gone forth against them by 
+those who have thus dragged them away ; and that 
+was, when they stood in the presence of the Lord of 
+spirits. 
+
+4. In like manner also holy Rakael said to 
+Raphael, They shall not be before the eye of the 
+Lord ; since the Lord of spirits has been offended 
+
+
+1 the signs . 2 irritates or excites me. 
+
+3 and not he melted in the presence of it. 
+
+
+84 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+with them ; for like Lords 1 have they conducted 
+themselves. Therefore will he bring upon them a 
+secret judgment for ever and ever. 
+
+5. For neither shall angel nor man receive a 
+portion of it ; but they alone shall receive their own 
+judgment for ever and ever. 
+
+CHAP. LXYIII. 
+
+1. After this judgment they shall be astonished 
+and irritated ; for it shall be exhibited to the inhabi- 
+tants of the earth. 
+
+2. Behold the names of those angels. These are 
+their names. The first of them is Samyaza ; the 
+second, Arstikapha : the third, Armen ; the fourth, 
+Kakabael; the fifth, Turel; the sixth, Rumyel; 
+the seventh, Danyal ; the eighth, Kael ; the ninth, 
+Barakel ; the tenth, Azazel ; the eleventh, Armers ; 
+the twelfth, Bataryal ; the thirteenth, Basasael ; the 
+fourteenth, Ananel ; the fifteenth, Turyal ; the six- 
+teenth, Simapiseel ; the seventeenth, Yetarel; the 
+eighteenth, Tumael ; the nineteenth, Tarel ; the 
+twentieth, Rumel ; the twenty-first, Azazyel. 
+
+3. These are the chiefs of their angels, and the 
+names of the leaders of their hundreds, and the 
+leaders of their fifties, and the leaders of their tens. 
+
+4. The name of the first is Yekun : he it was who 
+seduced all the sons of the holy angels ; and causing 
+
+1 in the similitude of, or, as the Lord. 
+
+
+CHAP. L XVIII. 
+
+
+85 
+
+
+them to descend on earth, led astray the offspring 
+of men. 
+
+5. The name of the second is Kesabel, who 
+pointed out evil counsel to the sons of the holy 
+angels, and induced them to corrupt their bodies by 
+generating mankind. 
+
+6. The name of the third is Gadrel : he dis- 
+covered every stroke of death to the children of 
+men. 
+
+7. He seduced Eve ; and discovered to the chil- 
+dren of men the instruments of death, the coat of 
+mail, the shield, and the sword for slaughter ; every 
+instrument of death to the children of men. 
+
+8. Erom his hand were these things derived to 
+them who dwell upon earth, from that period for 
+ever. 
+
+9. The name of the fourth is Penemue : he dis- 
+covered to the children of men bitterness and sweet- 
+ness ; 
+
+10. And pointed out to them every secret of their 
+wisdom. 
+
+11. He taught men to understand writing, and 
+the use of ink and paper. 
+
+12. Therefore numerous have been those who 
+have gone astray from every period of the world, 
+even to this day. 
+
+13. For men were not born for this, thus with pen 
+and with ink to confirm their faith ; 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+8i> 
+
+
+14. Since they were not created, except that, like 
+the angels, they might remain righteous and pure. 
+
+15. Nor would death, which destroys everything, 
+have affected them ; 
+
+16. But by this their knowledge they perish, and 
+by this also its power consumes 1 them . 
+
+17. The name of the fifth is Kasyade : he dis- 
+covered to the children of men every wicked stroke 
+of spirits and of demons : 
+
+18. The stroke of the embryo in the womb, to 
+diminish it ; the stroke of the spirit by the bite of 
+the serpent, and the stroke which is given in the 
+mid-day by the offspring of the serpent, the name of 
+which is Tabaet. 2 
+
+19. This is the number of the Kesbel ; the princi- 
+pal part of the oath which the Most High, dwelling 
+in glory, revealed to the holy ones. 
+
+20. Its name is Beka. He spoke to holy Michael 
+to discover to them the sacred name, that they 
+might understand that secret name, and thus re- 
+member the oath ; and that those who pointed out 
+every secret thing to the children of men might 
+tremble at that name and oath. 
+
+21. This is the power of that oath ; for powerful 
+it is, and strong. 
+
+22. And he established this oath of Akae by the 
+instrumentality 3 of the holy Michael. 
+
+1 eats , feeds upon , devours . 
+
+
+2 male. 
+
+
+3 by the hands. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXVIII. 
+
+
+87 
+
+
+23. These are the secrets of this oath, and by it 
+were they confirmed. 
+
+24. Heaven was suspended by it before the world 
+was made, for ever. 
+
+25. By it has the earth been founded upon the 
+flood; while from the concealed parts of the hills 
+the agitated waters proceed forth from the creation 
+to the end of the world. 
+
+26. By this oath the sea has been formed, and 
+the foundation of it. 
+
+27. During the period of its fury he has estab- 
+lished the sand against it, which continues un- 
+changed for ever; and by this oath the abyss has 
+been made strong; nor is it removable from its 
+station for ever and ever. 
+
+28. By this oath the sun and moon complete 
+their progress, never swerving from the command 
+given to them for ever and ever. 
+
+29. By this oath the stars complete their pro- 
+gress ; 
+
+30. And when their names are called, they return 
+an answer, for ever and ever. 
+
+31. Thus in the heavens take place the blowings 
+of the winds : all of them have breathings, 1 and 
+effect a complete combination of breathings. 
+
+32. There the treasures of thunder are kept, and 
+the splendour of the lightning. 
+
+1 or spirits. 
+
+
+88 
+
+
+ENOCH '. 
+
+
+33. There are kept the treasures of hail and of 
+frost, the treasures of snow, the treasures of rain and 
+of dew. 
+
+34. All these confess and laud before the Lord of 
+spirits. 
+
+35. They glorify with all their power of praise ; 
+and he sustains them in all that act of thanksgiving ; 
+while they laud, glorify, and exalt the name of the 
+Lord of spirits for ever and ever. 
+
+36. And with them he establishes this oath, by 
+which they and their paths are preserved ; nor does 
+their progress perish. 
+
+37. Great was their joy. 
+
+38. They blessed, glorified, and exalted, because 
+the name of the Son of man was revealed to them. 
+
+39. He sat upon the throne of his glory ; and the 
+principal part of the judgment was assigned to him, 
+the Son of man. Sinners shall disappear and perish 
+from the face of the earth, while those who seduced 
+them shall be bound with chains for ever. 
+
+40. According to their ranks of corruption shall 
+they be imprisoned, and all their works shall dis- 
+appear from the face of the earth; nor thencefor- 
+ward shall there be any to corrupt ; for the Son 
+of man has been seen, sitting on the throne of his 
+glory. 
+
+41. Everything wicked shall disappear, and de- 
+part from before his face ; and the word of the Son 
+
+
+CHAP . LXIX. LXX. 
+
+
+89 
+
+
+of man shall become powerful in the presence of the 
+Lord of spirits. 
+
+42. This is the third parable of Enoch. 
+
+CHAP. LXIX. [SECT. XII. 1 ] 
+
+1. After this the name of the Son of man, living 
+with the Lord of spirits, 2 was exalted by the inhabi- 
+tants of the earth. 
+
+2. It was exalted in the chariots of the Spirit ; 
+and the name went forth in the midst of them. 
+
+3. From that time I was not drawn in the midst 
+of them ; but he seated me between two spirits, 
+between the north and the west, where the angels 
+received their ropes, to measure out a place 3 for the 
+elect and the righteous. 
+
+4. There I beheld the fathers of the first men, and 
+the saints, who dwell in that place for ever. 
+
+CHAP. LXX. 
+
+1. Afterwards my spirit was concealed, ascending 
+into the heavens. I beheld the sons of the holy 
+angels treading on flaming fire, whose garments and 
+robes were white, and whose countenances were 
+transparent as crystal. 
+
+1 Paris MS. 
+
+2 the name of Mm living with him 1 of this Son of man , living 
+
+u’ith the Lord of spirits. 3 to measure me a plaee. 
+
+
+90 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+2. I saw two rivers of fire glittering like the 
+hyacinth. 
+
+8. Then I fell on my face before the Lord of spirits. 
+
+4. And Michael, one of the archangels, took me 
+by my right hand, raised me up, and brought me 
+out to where was every secret of mercy and secret of 
+righteousness. 
+
+5. He showed me all the hidden things of the 
+extremities of heaven, all the receptacles of the 
+stars, and the splendours of all, from whence they 
+went forth before the face of the holy. 
+
+6. And he concealed the spirit of Enoch in the 
+heaven of heavens. 
+
+7. There I beheld, in the midst of that light, a 
+building raised with stones of ice ; 1 
+
+8. And in the midst of these stones vibrations 2 of 
+living fire. My spirit saw around the circle of 3 this 
+flaming habitation, on one of its extremities, that 
+there were rivers full of living fire, which encom- 
+passed it. 
+
+9. Then the Seraphim, the Cherubim, and Ophanin 
+surrounded it : these are those who never sleep, but 
+watch the throne of his glory. 
+
+10. And I beheld angels innumerable, thousands 
+of thousands, and myriads of myriads, who sur- 
+rounded that habitation. 
+
+1 that in it there was that which was built with stones of ice . 
+
+2 tongues. 3 around that which encompassed. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXX. 
+
+
+91 
+
+
+11. Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Phanuel, and the 
+holy angels who were in the heavens above, went in 
+and out of it. Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel went 
+out of that habitation, and holy angels innumerable. 
+
+12. With them was the Ancient of days, whose 
+head was white as wool, and pure, and his robe was 
+indescribable. 
+
+13. Then I fell upon my face, while all my flesh 
+was dissolved, and my spirit became changed. 
+
+14. I cried out with a loud voice, with a powerful 
+spirit, blessing, glorifying, and exalting. 
+
+15. And those blessings, which proceeded from 
+my mouth, became acceptable in the presence of 
+the Ancient of days. 
+
+16. The Ancient of days came with Michael and 
+Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel, with thousands of 
+thousands, and myriads of myriads, which could not 
+be numbered. 
+
+17. Then that angel came to me, and with his 
+voice saluted me, saying, Thou art the offspring of 
+man, who art born for righteousness, and righteous- 
+ness has rested on thee. 
+
+18. The righteousness of the Ancient of days shall 
+not forsake thee. 
+
+19. He said, On thee shall he confer peace 1 in 
+the name of the existing world ; for from thence has 
+peace gone forth since the world was created. 
+
+1 he shall call to thee peace. 
+
+
+92 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+20. And thus shall it happen to thee for ever and 
+ever. 
+
+21. All who shall exist, and who shall walk in 
+thy path of righteousness, shall not forsake thee for 
+ever. 
+
+22. With thee shall be their habitations, with 
+thee their lot ; nor from thee shall they be separated 
+for ever and ever. 
+
+23. And thus shall length of days be with the 
+offspring of man. 
+
+24. Peace shall be to the righteous ; and the path 
+of integrity shall the righteous pursue, 1 in the name 
+of the Lord of spirits, for ever and ever. 
+
+CHAP. LXXI. [SECT. XIII. 2 ] 
+
+1. The book of the revolutions of the luminaries 
+of heaven, according to their respective classes, their 
+respective powers, their respective periods, their 
+respective names, the places where they commence 
+their progress, 3 and their respective months, which 
+Uriel, the holy angel who was with me, explained 
+to me ; he who conducts them. The whole account 
+of them, according to every year of the world for 
+ever, until a new work shall be effected, which will 
+be eternal. 
+
+1 his upright path shall be to the righteous. 
+
+2 Paris MS. „ 3 the places of their nativity. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXI. 
+
+
+93 
+
+
+2. This is the first law of the luminaries. The 
+sun and the light arrive at the gates of heaven, 
+which are on the east, and on the west of it at the 
+western gates of heaven. 
+
+3. I beheld the gates whence the sun goes forth ; 
+and the gates where the sun sets ; 
+
+4. In which gates also the moon rises and sets ; 
+and I beheld the conductors of the stars, among 
+those who precede them ; six gates were at the rising, 
+and six at the setting of the sun. 
+
+5. All these respectively, one after another, are on 
+a level ; and numerous windows are on the right and 
+on the left sides of those gates. 
+
+6. First proceeds forth that great luminary, which 
+is called the sun ; the orb of which is as the orb of 
+heaven, the whole of it being replete with splendid 
+and flaming fire. 
+
+7. Its chariot, where it ascends, the wind blows. 
+
+8. The sun sets in heaven, and, returning by the 
+north, to proceed towards the east, is conducted so 
+as to enter by that gate, and illuminate the face of 
+heaven. 
+
+9. In the same manner it goes forth in the first 
+month by a great gate. 
+
+10. It goes forth through the fourth of those six 
+gates, which are at the rising of the sun. 
+
+11. And in the fourth gate, through which the 
+sun with the moon proceeds, in the first part of it. 
+
+
+94 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+there are twelve open windows ; from which issues 
+out a flame, when they are opened at their proper 
+periods. 
+
+12. When the sun rises in heaven, it goes forth 
+through this fourth gate thirty days, and by the 
+fourth gate in the west of heaven on a level with it 
+descends. 
+
+13. During that period the day is lengthened 
+from the day, and the night curtailed from the 
+night for thirty days. And then the day is longer 
+by two parts than the night. 
+
+14. The day is precisely ten parts, and the night 
+is eight. 
+
+15. The sun 1 goes forth through this fourth gate, 
+and sets in it, and turns to the fifth gate during 
+thirty days ; after which it proceeds from, and sets 
+in, the fifth gate. 
+
+16. Then the day becomes lengthened by a 
+second portion, so that it is eleven parts : while the 
+night becomes shortened, and is only seven parts. 
+
+17. The sun now returns to the east, entering 
+into the sixth gate, and rising and setting in the 
+sixth gate thirty-one days, on account of its signs. 
+
+18. At that period the day is longer than the 
+night, being twice as long as the night ; and becomes 
+twelve parts ; 
+
+19. But the night is shortened, and becomes six 
+
+1 And he. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXI. 
+
+
+95 
+
+
+parts. Then the sun rises up, that the day may be 
+shortened, and the night lengthened. 
+
+20. And the sun returns towards the east, enter- 
+ing into the sixth gate, where it rises and sets for 
+thirty days. 
+
+21. When that period is completed, the day be- 
+comes shortened precisely one part, so that it is 
+eleven parts, while the night is seven parts. 
+
+22. Then the . sun goes from the west, from that 
+sixth gate, and proceeds eastwards, rising in the 
+fifth gate for thirty days, and setting again west- 
+wards in the fifth gate of the west. 
+
+23. At that period the day becomes shortened 
+two parts ; and is ten parts, while the night is eight 
+parts. 
+
+24. Then the sun goes from the fifth gate, as it 
+sets in the fifth gate of the west ; and rises in the 
+fourth gate for thirty-one days, on account of its 
+signs, setting in the west. 
+
+25. At that period the day is made equal with 
+the night ; and, being equal with it, the night 
+becomes nine parts, and the day nine parts. 
+
+26. Then the sun goes from that gate, as it sets 
+in the west ; and returning to the east proceeds by 
+the third gate for thirty days, setting in the west at 
+the third gate. 
+
+27. At that period the night is lengthened from 
+the day during thirty mornings, and the day is cur- 
+
+
+96 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+tailed from the day during thirty days ; the night 
+being ten parts precisely, and the day eight parts. 
+
+28. The sun now goes from the third gate, as it 
+sets in the third gate in the west ; but returning to 
+the east, it proceeds by the second gate of the east 
+for thirty days. 
+
+29. In like manner also it sets in the second gate 
+in the west of heaven. 
+
+. 30. At that period the night is eleven parts, and 
+the day seven parts. 
+
+31. Then the sun goes at that time from the 
+second gate, as it sets in the second gate in the 
+west ; but returns to the east, proceeding by the first 
+gate, for thirty-one days. 
+
+32. And sets in the west in the first 1 gate. 
+
+33. At that period the night is lengthened as 
+much again as the day. 
+
+34. It is twelve 2 parts precisely, while the day is 
+six parts. 
+
+35. The sun has thus completed its beginnings, 
+and a second time goes round from these begin- 
+nings. 
+
+36. Into that gate it enters for thirty days, and 
+sets in the west, in the opposite part of heaven . 
+
+37. At that period the night is contracted in its 
+
+
+1 second. A manifest error. The Paris MS. is correct. 
+
+2 eleven. A mistake of the transcriber. In the Paris MS. it is 
+twelve. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXL 
+
+
+07 
+
+
+length a fourth part, that is, one portion, and be- 
+comes eleven parts. 
+
+38. The day is seven parts. 
+
+39. Then the sun returns, and enters into the 
+second gate of the east. 
+
+40. It returns by these beginnings thirty days, 
+rising and setting. 
+
+41. At that period the night is contracted in its 
+length. It becomes ten 1 parts, and the day eight 
+parts. Then the sun goes from that second gate, 
+and sets in the west ; but returns to the east, and 
+rises in the east, in the third gate, thirty-one days, 
+setting in the west of heaven. 
+
+42. At that period the night becomes shortened. 
+It is nine parts. And the night is equal with the 
+day. The year is precisely three hundred and 
+sixty-four days. 
+
+43. The lengthening of the day and night, and 
+the contraction of the day and night, are made to 
+differ from each other by the progress of the sun. 
+
+44. By means of this progress the day is daily 
+lengthened, and the night greatly shortened. 2 
+
+45. This is the law and progress of the sun, and 
+its turning when it turns back, turning during sixty 
+days, 3 and going forth. This is the great everlast- 
+
+1 seven. Another error. 2 approaches. 
+
+3 That is, it is sixty days in the same gates, viz. thirty days twice 
+every year. 
+
+H 
+
+
+98 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+ing luminary, that which he names the sun for ever 
+and ever. 
+
+46. This also is that which goes forth a great 
+luminary, and which is named after its peculiar 
+kind, as God commanded. 
+
+47. And thus it goes in and out, neither slackening 
+nor resting ; but running on in its chariot by day and 
+by night. It shines with a seventh portion of light . 
+from the moon ; but the dimensions of both are equal. 
+
+CHAP. LXXII. [SECT. XIV. 1 ] 
+
+1. After this law I beheld another law of an in- 
+ferior luminary, the name of which is the moon, 
+and the orb of which is as the orb of heaven. 
+
+2. Its chariot, which it secretly ascends, the wind 
+blows ; and light is given to it by measure. 
+
+3. Every month at its exit and entrance it be- 
+comes changed ; and its periods are as the periods 
+of the sun. And when in like manner its light is to 
+exist, its light is a seventh portion from the light of 
+the sun. 
+
+4. Thus it rises, and at its commencement towards 
+the east goes forth for thirty days. 
+
+5. At that time it appears, and becomes to you 
+the beginning of the month. Thirty days it is with 
+the sun in the gate from which the sun goes forth. 
+
+1 Paris MS. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXIII. 
+
+
+99 
+
+
+6. Half of it is in extent seven portions, one 
+half ; and the whole of its orb is void of light, ex- 
+cept a seventh portion out of the fourteen portions of 
+its light. And in a day it receives a seventh portion, 
+or half that portion , of its light. Its light is by 
+sevens, by one portion, and by the half of a portion. 
+It sets with the sun. 
+
+7. And when the sun rises, the moon rises with 
+it ; receiving half a portion of light. 
+
+8. On that night, when it commences its period, 1 
+previously to the day of the month, the moon sets 
+with the sun. 
+
+9. And on that night it is dark in its fourteen 
+portions, that is, in each half ; but it rises on that 
+day with one seventh portion precisely, and in its 
+progress declines from the rising of the sun. 
+
+10. During the remainder of its period 2 its light 
+increases to fourteen portions. 
+
+CHAP. LXXIII. 
+
+1. Then I saw another progress and regulation 
+which He effected in the law of the moon. 3 The 
+progress of the moons, and everything relating to 
+them , Uriel showed me, the holy angel who con- 
+ducted them all. 
+
+1 at the beginning of its morning , or day. 
+
+2 of its day. 3 in that law. 
+
+
+100 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+2. Their stations I wrote down as he showed them 
+to me. 
+
+3. I wrote down their months, as they occur, and 
+the appearance of their light, until it is completed 
+in fifteen days. 
+
+4. In each of its two seven portions it completes 
+all its light at rising and at setting. 
+
+5. On stated months it changes its settings ; and 
+on stated months it makes its progress through each 
+gate . In two gates the moon sets with the sun, 
+viz . in those two gates which are in the midst, in 
+the third and fourth gate. From the third gate it 
+goes forth for seven days, and makes its circuit. 
+
+6. Again it returns to the gate whence the sun 
+goes forth, and in that completes the whole of its 
+light. Then it declines from the sun, and enters in 
+eight days into the sixth gate, and returns in seven 
+days to the third gate , from which the sun goes 
+forth. 
+
+7. When the sun proceeds to the fourth gate, 
+the moon goes forth for seven days, until it passes 
+from the fifth gate . 
+
+8. Again it returns in seven days to the fourth 
+gate, and completing all its light, declines, and 
+passes on by the first gate in eight days ; 
+
+9. And returns in seven days to the fourth gate, 
+from which the sun goes forth. 
+
+10. Thus I beheld their stations, as according 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXIII. 
+
+
+101 
+
+
+to the fixed order of the months the sun rises and 
+sets. 
+
+11. At those times there is an excess of thirty 
+days belonging to the sun in five years ; all the days 
+belonging to each year of the five years, when com- 
+pleted, amount to three hundred and sixty-four 
+days ; and to the sun and stars belong six days ; six 
+days in each of the five years ; thus thirty days 
+belong to them ; 
+
+12. So that the moon has thirty days less than 
+the sun and stars. 
+
+13. The moon brings on all the years exactly, 
+that their stations may come neither too forwards 
+nor too backwards a single day ; but that the years 
+may be changed with correct precision in three 
+hundred and sixty-four days. In three years the 
+days are one thousand and ninety-two ; in five years 
+they are one thousand eight hundred and twenty ; 
+and in eight years two thousand nine hundred and 
+twelve days. 
+
+14. To the moon alone belong in three years one 
+thousand and sixty-two days; in five years it has 
+fifty days less than the sun , for an addition being 
+made to the one thousand and sixty-two days, in 
+five years there are one thousand seven hundred and 
+seventy days ; and the days of the moon in eight 
+years are two thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
+two days. 
+
+
+102 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+15. For its days in eight years are less than those 
+of the sun by eighty days, which eighty days are its 
+diminution in eight years. 
+
+16. The year then becomes truly complete accord- 
+ing to the station of the moons, and the station of 
+the sun ; which rise in the different gates ; which 
+rise and set in them for thirty days. 
+
+CHAP. LXXIY. 
+
+1. These are the leaders of the chiefs of the 
+thousands, those which preside over all creation, 
+and over all the stars ; with the four days which 
+are added and never separated from the place 
+allotted them, according to the complete computa- 
+tion of the year. 
+
+2. And these serve four days, which are not com- 
+puted in the computation of the year. 
+
+3. Respecting them, men greatly err, for these 
+luminaries truly serve, in the mansion of the world, 
+one day in the first gate, one in the third gate, one 
+in the fourth, and one in the sixth gate. 
+
+4. And the harmony of the world becomes com- 
+plete every three hundred and sixty-fourth state of 
+it. For the signs, 
+
+5. The seasons, 
+
+6. The years, 
+
+7. And the days, Uriel showed me ; the angel 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXIV. 
+
+
+103 
+
+
+whom the Lord of glory appointed over all the 
+luminaries. 
+
+8. Of heaven in heaven, and in the world ; that 
+they might rule in the face of the sky, and appear- 
+ing over the earth, become 
+
+9. Conductors of the days and nights : the sun, 
+the moon, the stars, and all the ministers of heaven, 
+which make their circuit with all the chariots of 
+heaven. 
+
+10. Thus Uriel showed me twelve gates open for 
+the circuit of the chariots of the sun in heaven, 
+from which the rays of the sun shoot forth. 
+
+11. From these proceed heat over the earth, when 
+they are opened in their stated seasons. They are 
+for the winds, and the spirit of the dew, when in 
+their seasons they are opened ; opened in heaven at 
+its extremities. 
+
+12. Twelve gates I beheld in heaven, at the ex- 
+tremities of the earth, through which the sun, moon, 
+and stars, and all the works of heaven, proceed at 
+their rising and setting. 
+
+13. Many windows also are open on the right 
+and on the left. 
+
+14. One window at a certain season grows ex- 
+tremely hot. So also are there gates from which 
+the stars go forth as they are commanded, and in 
+which they set according to their number. 
+
+15. I saw likewise the chariots of heaven, running 
+
+
+104 
+
+
+ENOCH , ; 
+
+
+in the world above to those gates in which the stars 
+turn, which never set. One of these is greater than 
+all, which goes round the whole world. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXV. [SECT. XV. 1 ] 
+
+1. And at the extremities of the earth I beheld 
+twelve gates open for all the winds, from which 
+they proceed and blow over the earth. 
+
+2. Three of them are open in the front of heaven, 
+three in the west, three on the right side of heaven, 
+and three on the left. The first three are those 
+which are towards the east, three are towards the 
+north, three behind those which are upon the left, 
+towards the south, and three on the west. 
+
+3. Erom four of them proceed winds of blessing, 
+and of health ; and from eight proceed winds of 
+punishment; when they are sent to destroy the 
+earth, and the heaven above it, all its inhabitants, 
+and all which are in the waters, or on dry land. 
+
+4. The first of these winds proceeds from the gate 
+termed the eastern, through the first gate on the 
+east, which inclines southwards. From this goes 
+forth destruction, drought, heat, and perdition. 
+
+5. From the second gate, the middle one, proceeds 
+equity. There issue from it rain, fruitfulness, health, 
+
+
+1 Paris MS. 
+
+
+CHAP . LXXV. 
+
+
+105 
+
+
+and dew ; and from the third gate northwards, pro- 
+ceed cold and drought. 
+
+6. After these proceed the south winds through 
+three principal gates ; through their first gate, which 
+inclines eastwards, proceeds a hot wind. 
+
+7. But from the middle gate proceed grateful 
+odour, dew, rain, health, and life. 
+
+8. From the third gate, which is westwards, pro- 
+ceed dew, rain, blight, and destruction. 
+
+9. After these are the winds to the north, which 
+is called the sea. Thetj proceed from three gates. 
+The first 1 gate is that which is on the east, in- 
+clining southwards ; from this proceed dew, rain, 
+blight, and destruction. From the middle direct 
+gate proceed rain, dew, life, and health. And from 
+the third gate, which is westwards, inclining to- 
+wards the south, 2 proceed mist, frost, snow, rain, 
+dew, and blight. 
+
+10. After these in the fourth quarter are the 
+winds to the west. From the first gate, inclining 
+northwards, proceed dew, rain, frost, cold, snow, and 
+chill; from the middle gate proceed rain, health, 
+and blessing ; 
+
+11. And from the last gate, which is southwards, 
+proceed drought, destruction, scorching, and perdi- 
+tion. 
+
+1 seventh. Perhaps the seventh which had been enumerated. 
+
+2 the north . An error in both MSS. 
+
+
+106 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+12. The account of the twelve gates of the four 
+quarters of heaven is ended. 
+
+13. All their laws, all their infliction of punish- 
+ment. and the health produced by them, have I 
+explained to thee, my son Mathusala. 
+
+CHAP. LXXVI. 
+
+1. The first wand is called the eastern, because it 
+is the first. 
+
+2. The second is called the south, because the 
+Most High there descends, and frequently there 
+descends he who is blessed for ever. 
+
+3. The western wind has the name of diminution, 
+because there all the luminaries of heaven are 
+diminished, and descend. 
+
+4. The fourth wind, which is named the north, 
+is divided into three parts ; one of which is for the 
+habitation of man ; another for seas of water, with 
+valleys, w^oods, rivers, shady places, and snow ; and 
+the third part contains paradise. 
+
+5. Seven high mountains I beheld, higher than 
+all the mountains of the earth, from which frost 
+proceeds ; while days, seasons, and years depart and 
+pass away. 
+
+6. Seven rivers I beheld upon earth, greater than 
+all rivers, one of which takes its course from the 
+west ; into a great sea its water flows. 
+
+
+CHAP . LXXYIL 
+
+
+107 
+
+
+7. Two come from the north to the sea, their 
+waters flowing into the Erythraean sea, on the east. 
+And with respect to the remaining four, they take 
+their course in the cavity of the north, two to their 
+sea, the Erythraean sea, and two are poured into a 
+great sea, where also it is said there is a desert. 
+
+8. Seven great islands I saw in the sea and on 
+the earth. Seven in the great sea. 
+
+CHAP. LXXVII. 
+
+1. The names of the sun are these : one Aryares, 
+the other Tomas. 
+
+2. The moon has four names. The first is Asonya ; 
+the second, Ebla ; the third, Benase ; and the fourth, 
+Erae. 
+
+3. These are the two great luminaries, whose orbs 
+are as the orbs of heaven ; and the dimensions of 
+both are equal. 
+
+4. In the orb of the sun there is a seventh portion 
+of light, which is added to it from the moon. By 
+measure it is put in, until a seventh portion of the 
+light of the sun is departed. They set, enter into 
+the western gate, circuit by the north, and through 
+the eastern gate go forth over the face of heaven. 
+
+5. When the moon rises, it appears in heaven ; 
+and the half of a seventh portion of light is all 
+which is in it. 
+
+
+10S 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+6. In fourteen days the whole of its light is com- 
+pleted. 
+
+7. By three quintuples light is put into it, until 
+in fifteen days its light is completed, according to 
+the signs of the year ; it has three quintuples. 
+
+8. The moon has the half of a seventh portion. 
+
+9. During its diminution on the first day its light 
+decreases a fourteenth part; on the second day it 
+decreases a thirteenth part; on the third day a 
+twelfth part ; on the fourth day an eleventh part ; 
+on the fifth day a tenth part ; on the sixth day a 
+ninth part; on the seventh day it decreases an 
+eighth part ; on the eighth day it decreases a seventh 
+part ; on the ninth day it decreases a sixth part ; 
+on the tenth day it decreases a fifth part; on the 
+eleventh day it decreases a fourth part ; on the 
+twelfth day it decreases a third part; on the thir- 
+teenth day it decreases a second part ; on the four- 
+teenth day it decreases a half of its seventh part ; 
+and on the fifteenth day the whole remainder of its 
+light is consumed. 
+
+10. On stated months the moon has twenty-nine 
+days. 
+
+11. It also has a period of twenty-eight days. 
+
+12. Uriel likewise showed me another regulation, 
+when light is poured into the moon, how it is poured 
+into it from the sun. 
+
+13. All the time that the moon is in progress 
+
+
+CIIAP. LXXVII. 
+
+
+109 
+
+
+with its light, it is poured into it in the presence 
+of the sun, until its light is in fourteen days com- 
+pleted in heaven. 
+
+14. And when it is wholly extinguished, its light 
+is consumed in heaven ; and on the first day it is 
+called the new moon, for on that day light is 
+received into it. 
+
+15. It becomes precisely completed on the day 
+that the sun descends into the west, while the moon 
+ascends at night from the east. 
+
+16. The moon then shines all the night, until the 
+sun rises before it; when the moon disappears in 
+turn before the sun. 
+
+17. Where light comes to the moon, there again 
+it decreases, until all its light is extinguished, and 
+the days of the moon pass away. 
+
+18. Then its orb remains solitary without light. 
+
+19. During three months it effects in thirty days 
+each month its period ; and during three more 
+months it effects it in twenty-nine days each. 
+These are the times in which it effects its decrease 
+in its first period, and in the first gate, namely, in 
+one hundred and seventy-seven days. 
+
+20. And at the time of its going forth during 
+three months it appears thirty days each, and 
+during three more months it appears twenty-nine 
+days each. 
+
+21. In the night it appears for each twenty days 
+
+
+110 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+as the face of a man, and in the day as heaven; for 
+it is nothing else except its light. 
+
+CHAR LXXYIII. 
+
+1. And now, my son Mathusala, I have shown 
+thee everything ; and the account of every ordinance 
+of the stars of heaven is finished. 
+
+2. He showed me every ordinance respecting 
+these, which takes place at all times and in all 
+seasons under every influence, in all years, at the 
+arrival and under the rule of each, during every 
+month and every week. He showed me also the 
+decrease of the moon, which is effected in the sixth 
+gate ; for in that sixth gate is its light consumed. 
+
+3. From this is the beginning of the month ; and 
+its decrease is effected in the sixth gate in its 
+period, until a hundred and seventy-seven days are 
+completed ; according to the mode of computation 
+by weeks, 1 twenty-five weeks and two days. 
+
+4. Its period is less than that of the sun, accord- 
+ing to the ordinance of the stars, by five days in 
+one half year 2 precisely. 
+
+5. When that their visible situation is completed. 
+Such is the appearance and likeness of every lumi- 
+nary, which Uriel, the great angel who conducts 
+them, showed to me. 
+
+
+according to the ordinance of the week. 
+
+
+2 in one time. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXIX. 
+
+
+Ill 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXIX. 
+
+1. In those days Uriel answered and said to me, 
+Behold, I have showed thee all things, 0 Enoch ; 
+
+2. And all things have I revealed to thee. Thou 
+seest the sun, the moon, and those which conduct 
+the stars of heaven, which cause all their operations, 
+seasons, and arrivals to return. 
+
+3. In the days of sinners the years shall be 
+shortened. 
+
+4. Their seed shall be backward in their prolific 
+soil ; and everything done on earth shall be sub- 
+verted, and disappear in its season. The rain shall 
+be restrained, and heaven shall stand still. 
+
+5. In those days the fruits of the earth shall be 
+late, and not flourish in their season ; and in their 
+season the fruits of the trees shall be withholden. 
+
+6. The moon shall change its laws, and not be 
+seen at its proper period. But in those days shall 
+heaven be seen ; and barrenness shall take place 
+in the borders of the great chariots in the west. 
+Heaven shall shine more than when illuminated by 
+the orders of light; while many chiefs among the 
+stars of authority shall err, perverting their ways 
+and works. 
+
+7. Those shall not appear in their season, who 
+command them, and all the classes of the stars 
+shall be shut up against sinners. 
+
+
+112 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+8. The thoughts of those who dwell on earth 
+shall transgress within them ; and they shall be 
+perverted in all their ways. 
+
+9. They shall transgress, and think themselves 
+gods ; while evil shall be multiplied among them. 
+
+10. And punishment shall come upon them, so 
+that all of them shall be destroyed. 
+
+CHAP. LXXX. 
+
+1. He said, 0 Enoch, look on the book which 
+heaven has gradually dropped down ; x and, reading 
+that which is written in it, understand every part 
+of it. 
+
+2. Then I looked on all which was written, and 
+understood all, reading the book and everything 
+written in it, all the works of man ; 
+
+3. And of all the children of flesh upon earth, 
+during the generations of the world. 
+
+4. Immediately after I blessed the Lord, the 
+King of glory, who has thus for ever formed the 
+whole workmanship of the world. 
+
+5. And I glorified the Lord, on account of his 
+long-suffering and blessing towards the children of 
+the world. 
+
+6. At that time I said, Blessed is the man, who 
+shall die righteous and good, against whom no cata- 
+
+
+1 lias distilled. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXX. 
+
+
+113 
+
+
+logue of crime has been written, and with whom 
+iniquity is not found. 
+
+7. Then those three holy ones caused me to 
+approach, and placed me on the earth, before the 
+door of my house. 
+
+8. And they said unto me, Explain everything 
+to Mathusala thy son ; and inform all thy children, 
+that no flesh shall be justified before the Lord ; for 
+he is their Creator. 
+
+9. During one year we will leave thee with 
+thy children, until thou shalt again recover thy 
+strength, that thou mayest instruct thy family, 
+write these things, and explain them to all thy 
+children. But in another year they shall take 
+thee from the midst of them, and thy heart shall 
+be strengthened ; for the elect shall point out 
+righteousness to the elect ; the righteous with 
+the righteous shall rejoice, congratulating each 
+other; but sinners with sinners shall die, 
+
+10. And the perverted with the perverted shall 
+be drowned. 
+
+11. Those likewise who act righteously shall die 
+on account of the works of man, and shall be 
+gathered together on account of the works of the 
+wicked. 
+
+12. In those days they finished conversing with me. 
+
+13. And I returned to my fellow men, blessing 
+the Lord of worlds. 
+
+I 
+
+
+114 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXI. 
+
+1. Now, my son Mathusala, all these things I 
+speak unto thee, and write for thee. To thee I 
+have revealed all, and have given thee books of 
+everything. 
+
+2. Preserve, my son Mathusala, the books written 
+by thy father ; 1 that thou mayest transmit them to 
+future generations. 
+
+3. Wisdom have I given to thee, to thy children, 
+and thy posterity, that they may transmit to their 
+children, for generations for ever, this wisdom in 
+their thoughts ; and that those who comprehend it 
+may not slumber, but hear with their ears ; that 
+they may learn this wisdom, and be deemed worthy 
+x>f eating this wholesome food. 
+
+4. Blessed are all the righteous ; blessed all who 
+walk in the paths of righteousness; in whom no 
+crime is found , as in sinners, when all their days 
+are numbered. 
+
+5. With respect to the progress of the sun in 
+heaven, it enters and goes out of each gate for thirty 
+days, with the leaders of the thousand classes of the 
+stars; with four which are added, and appertain 
+to the four quarters of the year, which conduct 
+them, and accompany them at four periods. 
+
+6. Respecting these, men greatly err, and do not 
+
+1 the books of the hand of thy father. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXI. 
+
+
+115 
+
+
+compute them in the computation of every age ; for 
+they greatly err respecting them ; nor do men know 
+accurately that they are in the* computation of the 
+year. But indeed these are marked down 1 for ever ; 
+one in the first gate, one in the third, one in the 
+fourth, and one in the sixth : 
+
+7. So that the year is completed in three hundred 
+and sixty-four days. 
+
+8. Truly has been stated, 2 and accurately has 
+been computed that which is marked down ; for the 
+luminaries, the months, the fixed periods, the years, 
+and the days, Uriel has explained to me, and com- 
+municated to me ; 3 whom the Lord of all creation, 
+on my account, commanded (according to the might 
+of heaven, and the power which it possesses both by 
+night and by day) to explain the laws of light to 
+man, of the sun, moon, and stars, and of all the 
+powers of heaven, which are turned with their 
+respective orbs. 
+
+9. This is the ordinance of the stars, which set in 
+their places, in their seasons, in their periods, in 
+their days, and in their months. 
+
+10. These are the names of those who conduct 
+them, who watch and enter in their seasons, according 
+to their ordinance in their periods, in their months, 
+in the times of their influence, and in their stations. 
+
+1 to impress, express , or to seal. 2 have they related . 
+
+3 has breathed into me. 
+
+
+116 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+11. Four conductors of them first enter, who 
+separate the four quarters of the year. After these, 
+twelve conductors of their classes, who separate the 
+months and the year into three hundred and sixty- 
+four days , with the leaders of a thousand, who dis- 
+tinguish between the days, as well as between the 
+four additional ones; which, as conductors, divide 
+the four quarters of the year. 
+
+12. These leaders of a thousand are in the midst 
+of the conductors, and the conductors are added 
+each behind his station, and their conductors make 
+the separation. These are the names of the con- 
+ductors, who separate the four quarters of the year, 
+who are appointed over them : Melkel, Helammelak, 
+
+13. Meliyal, and ISTarel. 
+
+14. And the names of those who conduct them 
+are Adnarel, Jyasusal, and Jyelumeal. 
+
+15. These are the three who follow after the con- 
+ductors of the classes of stars ; each following after 
+the three conductors of the classes, which them- 
+selves follow after those conductors of the stations, 
+who divide the four quarters of the year. 
+
+16. In the first part of the year rises and rules 
+Melkyas, who is named Tamani, and Zahay. 1 
+
+17. All the days of his influence, during which 
+he rules, are ninety-one days. 
+
+18. And these are the signs of the days which 
+
+
+1 the sun . 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXI. 
+
+
+117 
+
+
+are seen upon earth. In the days of his influence 
+there is perspiration, heat, and trouble. All the 
+trees become fruitful ; the leaf of every tree comes 
+forth; the corn is reaped; the rose and every 
+species of flowers blossoms in the field ; and the 
+trees of winter are dried up. 
+
+19. These are the names of the conductors who 
+are under them : Barkel, Zelsabel ; and another 
+additional conductor of a thousand is named Helo- 
+yalef, the days of whose influence have been com- 
+pleted. The other conductor next after them is 
+Helemmelek, whose name they call the splendid 
+Zahay. 
+
+20. All the days of his light are ninety-one days. 
+
+21. These are the signs of the days upon earth, 
+heat and drought ; while the trees bring forth their 
+fruits, warmed and concocted, and give their fruits 
+to dry. 
+
+22. The flocks follow and yean. All the fruits 
+of the earth are collected, with everything in the 
+fields, and the vines are trodden. This takes place 
+during the time of his influence. 
+
+23. These are their names and orders, and the 
+names of the conductors who are under them, of 
+those who are chiefs of a thousand : Gedaeyal, Keel, 
+Heel. 
+
+24. And the name of the additional leader of a 
+thousand is Asphael. 
+
+
+118 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+25. The days of his influence have been com- 
+pleted. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXII. [SECT. XVI. 1 ] 
+
+1. And now I have shown thee, my son Mathu- 
+sala, every sight which I saw prior to thy birth. 2 
+I will relate another vision, which I saw before I 
+was married ; they resemble each other. 
+
+2. The first was when I was learning a book; 
+and the other before I was married to thy mother. 
+I saw a potent vision ; 
+
+3. And on account of these things besought the 
+Lord. 
+
+4. I was lying down in the house of my grand- 
+father Malalel, when I saw in a vision heaven puri- 
+fying, and snatched away. 
+
+5. And falling to the earth, I saw likewise the 
+earth absorbed by a great abyss; and mountains 
+suspended over mountains. 
+
+(1 Hills were sinking upon hills, lofty trees were 
+gliding 3 off from their trunks, and were in the act 
+of being projected, and of sinking into the abyss. 
+
+7. Being alarmed at these things, my voice 
+faltered. 4 I cried out and said, The earth is de- 
+stroyed. Then my grandfather Malalel raised me 
+
+1 Paris MS. 2 before thee. 3 cutting . 
+
+4 the word fell down in my mouth . 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXII. 
+
+
+119 
+
+
+up, and said to me: Why dost thou thus cry out, 
+my son ? and wherefore dost thou thus lament ? 
+
+8. I related to him the whole vision which I had 
+seen. He said to me, Confirmed is that which 
+thou hast seen, my son ; 
+
+9. And potent the vision of thy dream respecting 
+every secret sin of the earth. Its substance shall 
+sink into the abyss, and a great destruction take 
+place. 
+
+10. Now, my son, rise up; and beseech the Lord 
+of glory (for thou art faithful), that a remnant may 
+be left upon earth, and that he would not wholly 
+destroy it. My son, all this calamity upon earth 
+comes down from heaven ; 1 upon earth shall there 
+be a great destruction. 
+
+11. Then I arose, prayed, and entreated; and 
+wrote down my prayer for the generations of the 
+world, explaining everything to my son Mathusala. 
+
+12. When I went out below, and looking up to 
+heaven, beheld the sun proceeding from the east, the 
+moon descending to the west, a few scattered stars, 
+and everything which God 2 has known from the 
+beginning, I blessed the Lord of judgment, and 
+magnified him : because he hath sent forth the sun 
+from the chambers 3 of the east ; that, ascending and 
+rising in the face of heaven, it might spring up, and 
+pursue the path which has been pointed out to it. 
+
+1 all this upon earth is from heaven. 2 he. 3 windows. 
+
+
+120 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXIII. 
+
+1. I lifted up my hands in righteousness, and 
+blessed the holy, and the Great One. I spoke with 
+the breath of my mouth, and with a tongue of flesh, 
+which God has formed for all the sons of mortal 
+men, that with it they may speak ; giving them 
+breath, a mouth, and a tongue to converse with. 
+
+2. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, the King, great and 
+powerful in thy greatness, Lord of all the creatures 
+of heaven, King of kings, God of the whole world, 
+whose reign, whose kingdom, and whose majesty 
+endure for ever and ever. 
+
+3. From generation to generation shall thy do- 
+minion exist . All the heavens are thy throne for 
+ever, ‘and all the earth thy footstool for ever and for 
+ever. 
+
+4. For thou hast made them, and over all thou 
+reignest. No act whatsoever exceeds thy power. 
+With thee wisdom is unchangeable ; nor from thy 
+throne and from thy presence is it ever averted. 
+Thou knowest all things, seest and hearest them ; 
+nor is anything concealed from thee ; for thou 
+perceivest all things. 
+
+5. The angels of thy heavens have transgressed ; 
+and on mortal flesh shall thy wrath remain, 1 until 
+the day of the great judgment. 
+
+
+1 be. 
+
+
+CHAP. L XXX IV. 
+
+
+121 
+
+
+6. Now then, 0 God, Lord and mighty King, I 
+entreat thee, and beseech thee to grant my prayer, 
+that a posterity may be left to me on earth, and 
+that the whole human race may not perish ; 
+
+7. That the earth may not be left destitute, and 
+destruction take place for ever. 
+
+8. 0 my Lord, let the race perish from off the 
+earth which has offended thee, but a righteous 
+and upright race establish for a posterity 1 for ever. 
+Hide not thy face, 0 Lord, from the prayer of thy 
+servant. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXIY. [SECT. XVII. 2 ] 
+
+1. After this I saw another dream, and explained 
+it all to thee, my son. Enoch arose and said to his 
+son Mathusala, To thee, my son, will I speak. Hear 
+my word ; and incline thine ear to the visionary 
+dream of thy father. Before I married thy mother 
+Edna, I saw a vision on my bed ; 
+
+2. And behold, a cow sprung forth from the 
+earth ; 
+
+3. And this cow was white. 
+
+4. Afterwards a female heifer sprung forth ; and 
+with it another heifer : 3 one of them was black, and 
+one was red. 4 
+
+1 the plant of a seed. 2 Paris MS. 
+
+3 The sense seems to require that the passage should be, “ two 
+other heifers” 4 Caiu and Abel. 
+
+
+122 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+5. The black heifer then struck the red one, and 
+pursued it over the earth. 
+
+6. From that period I could see nothing more of 
+the red heifer ; but the black one increased in bulk, 
+and a female heifer came with him. 
+
+7. After this I saw that many cows proceeded 
+forth, resembling him, and following after him. 
+
+8. The first female young one also went out in the 
+presence of the first cow ; and sought the red heifer ; 
+but found him not. 
+
+9. And she lamented with a great lamentation, 
+while she was seeking him. 
+
+10. Then I looked until that first cotv came to 
+her, from which time she became silent, and ceased 
+to lament. 
+
+11. Afterwards she calved another white cow. 
+
+12. And again calved many cows and black 
+heifers. 
+
+13. In my sleep also I perceived a white bull, 
+which in like manner grew, and became a large 
+white bull. 
+
+14. After him many white cows came forth, re- 
+sembling him. 
+
+15. And they began to calve many other white 
+cows, which resembled them and followed each 
+other. 
+
+
+CRAP. LXXXV. 
+
+
+123 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXY. 
+
+1. Again I looked attentively, 1 while sleeping, 
+and surveyed heaven above. 
+
+2. And behold a single star fell from heaven. 
+
+3. Which being raised up, ate and fed among 
+those cows. 
+
+4. After that I perceived other large and black 
+cows ; and behold all of them changed their stalls 
+and pastures, while their young began to lament 
+one with another. Again I looked in my vision, 
+and surveyed heaven ; when behold I saw many 
+stars which descended, and projected themselves 
+from heaven to where the first star was, 
+
+5. Into the midst of those young ones ; while 
+the cows were with them, feeding in the midst of 
+them. 
+
+6. I looked at and observed them ; when behold, 
+they all acted after the manner of horses, and 
+began to approach the young cows, all of whom 
+became pregnant, and brought forth elephants, 
+camels, and asses. 
+
+7. At these all the cows were alarmed and terri- 
+fied ; when they began biting with their teeth, 
+swallowing, and striking with their horns. 
+
+8. They began also to devour the cows; and 
+
+
+1 with my eyes. 
+
+
+124 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+behold all the children of the earth trembled, shook 
+with terror at them, and suddenly fled away. 
+
+CHAP. LXXXVI. 
+
+1. Again I perceived them, when they began to 
+strike and to swallow each other; and the earth 
+cried out. Then I raised my eyes a second time 
+towards heaven, and saw in a vision, that, behold, 
+there came forth from heaven as it were the likeness 
+of white men. One came forth from thence, and 
+three with him. 
+
+2. Those three, who came forth last, seized me 
+by my hand ; and raising me up from the genera- 
+tions of the earth, elevated me to a high station. 
+
+3. Then they showed me a lofty tower on the 
+earth, while every hill became diminished. And 
+they said, Remain here, until thou perceivest w^hat 
+shall come upon those elephants, camels, and asses, 
+upon the stars, and upon all the cows. 
+
+CHAP. LXXXVII. 
+
+1. Then I looked at that one of the four white 
+men , who came forth first. 
+
+2. He seized the first star which fell down from 
+heaven. 
+
+3. And, binding it hand and foot, he cast it into 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXVIII. 
+
+
+125 
+
+
+a valley ; a valley narrow, deep, stupendous, and 
+gloomy. 
+
+4. Then one of them drew his sword, and gave it 
+to the elephants, camels, and asses, who began to 
+strike each other. And the whole earth shook on 
+account of them. 
+
+5. And when I looked in the vision, behold, one 
+of those four angels, who came forth, hurled from 
+heaven, collected together, and took all the great 
+stars, whose form partly resembled that of horses ; 
+and binding them all hand and foot, cast them into 
+the cavities of the earth. 
+
+CHAP. LXXXVIII. 
+
+1. Then one of those four went to the white 
+cows, and taught them a mystery. While the cow 
+was trembling, it was born, and became a man, 1 
+and fabricated for himself a large ship. In this he 
+dwelt, and three cows 2 dwelt with him in that 
+ship, which covered them. 
+
+2. Again I lifted up my eyes towards heaven, and 
+saw a lofty roof. Above it were seven cataracts, 
+which poured forth on a certain village much water. 
+
+3. Again I looked, and behold there were foun- 
+tains open on the earth in that large village. 
+
+4. The water began to boil up, and rose over the 
+
+1 Noah. 2 Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 
+
+
+126 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+earth; so that the village was not seen, while its 
+whole soil was covered with water. 
+
+5. Much water was over it, darkness, and clouds. 
+Then I surveyed the height of this water; and it 
+was elevated above the village. 
+
+6. It flowed over the village, and stood higher 
+than the earth. 
+
+7. Then all the cows which were collected there, 
+while I looked on them, were drowned, swallowed 
+up, and destroyed in the water. 
+
+8. But the ship floated above it. All the cows, 
+the elephants, the camels, and the asses, were 
+drowned on the earth, and all cattle. Nor could I 
+perceive them. Neither were they able to get out, 
+but perished, and sunk into the deep. 
+
+9. Again I looked in the vision until those 
+cataracts from that lofty roof were removed, and 
+the fountains of the earth became equalized, while 
+other depths were opened ; 
+
+10. Into which the water began to descend, until 
+the dry ground appeared. 
+
+11. The ship remained on the earth; the dark- 
+ness receded ; and it became light. 
+
+12. Then the white cow, which became a man, 
+went out of the ship, and the three cows with him. 
+
+13. One of the three cows was white, resembling 
+that cow ; one of them was red as blood ; and one of 
+them was black. And the white cow left them. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXVIII. 
+
+
+127 
+
+
+14. Then began wild beasts and birds to bring 
+forth. 
+
+15. Of all these the different kinds assembled 
+together, lions, tigers, wolves, dogs, wild boars, foxes, 
+rabbits, and the hanzar, 
+
+16. The siset, the avest, kites, the phonkas, and 
+ravens. 
+
+17. Then a white cow 1 was born in the midst of 
+them. 
+
+18. And they began to bite each other ; when the 
+white cow, which was born in the midst of them, 
+brought forth a wild ass and a white cow at the 
+same time, and after that many wild asses. Then 
+the white cow, 2 which was born, brought forth a 
+black wild sow and a white sheep. 3 
+
+19. That wild sow also brought forth many swine; 
+
+20. And that sheep brought forth twelve sheep. 4 
+
+21. When those twelve sheep grew up, they 
+delivered one of them 5 to the asses. 6 
+
+22. Again those asses delivered that sheep to the 
+wolves ; 7 
+
+23. And he grew up in the midst of them. 
+
+24. Then the Lord brought the eleven other 
+sheep, that they might dwell and feed with him in 
+the midst of the wolves. 
+
+1 Abraham. 2 Isaac. 3 Esau and Jacob. 
+
+4 The twelve Patriarchs. 5 Joseph. 6 The Midianites. 
+
+7 The Egyptians. 
+
+
+12S 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+25. They multiplied, and there was abundance of 
+pasture for them. 
+
+26. But the wolves began to frighten and oppress 
+them, while they destroyed their young ones. 
+
+27. And they left their young in torrents of deep 
+water. 
+
+28. Now the sheep began to cry out on account 
+of their young, and fled for refuge to their Lord. 
+One 1 however, which was saved, escaped, and went 
+away to the wild asses. 
+
+29. I beheld the sheep moaning, crying, and 
+petitioning their Lord, 
+
+80. With all their might, until the Lord of the 
+sheep descended at their voice from his lofty 
+habitation ; went to them ; and inspected them. 
+
+31. He called to that sheep which had secretly 
+stolen away from the wolves, and told him to make 
+the wolves understand that they were not to touch 
+the sheep. 
+
+32. Then that sheep went to the wolves with the 
+word of the Lord, when another met him, 2 and 
+proceeded with him. 
+
+33. Both of them together entered the dwelling 
+of the wolves; and conversing with them made 
+them understand, that from thenceforwards they 
+were not to touch the sheep. 
+
+34. Afterwards I perceived the wolves greatly 
+
+1 Moses. 2 Aaron. 
+
+
+CHAP . LXXXVIII. 
+
+
+129 
+
+
+prevailing over the sheep with their whole force. 
+The sheep cried out; and their Lord came to 
+them. 
+
+35. He began to strike the wolves, who com- 
+menced a grievous lamentation ; but the sheep were 
+silent, nor from that time did they cry out. 
+
+36. I then looked at them, until they departed 
+from the wolves. The eyes of the wolves were 
+blind, who went out and followed them with all 
+their might. Bat the Lord of the sheep proceeded 
+with them, and conducted them. 
+
+37. All his sheep followed him. 
+
+38. His countenance was terrific and splendid, 
+and glorious was his aspect. Yet the wolves began 
+to follow the sheep, until they overtook them in a 
+certain lake of water. 1 
+
+39. Then that lake became divided; the water 
+standing up on both sides before their face. 
+
+40. And while their Lord was conducting them, 
+he placed himself between them and the wolves. 
+
+41. The wolves however perceived not the sheep, 
+but went into the midst of the lake, following them, 
+and running after them into the lake of water. 
+
+42. But when they saw the Lord of the sheep, 
+they turned to fly from before his face. 
+
+43. Then the water of the lake returned, and that 
+suddenly, according to its nature. It became full, 
+
+1 The Red Sea. 
+
+K 
+
+
+130 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+and was raised up. until it covered the wolves. And 
+I saw that all of them which had followed the sheep 
+perished, and were drowned. 
+
+44. But the sheep passed over this water, pro- 
+ceeding to a wilderness, which was without both 
+water and grass. And they began to open their 
+eyes and to see. 
+
+45. Then I beheld the Lord of the sheep inspect- 
+ing them, and giving them water and grass. 
+
+46. The sheep already mentioned was proceeding 
+with them , and conducting them. 
+
+47. And when he had ascended the top of a lofty 
+rock, the Lord of the sheep sent him to them. 
+
+48. Afterwards I perceived their Lord standing 
+before them, with an aspect terrific and severe. 
+
+49. And when they all beheld him, they were 
+frightened at his countenance. 
+
+50. All of them were alarmed, and trembled. 
+They cried out after that sheep ; and to the other 
+sheep who had been with him, and who was in the 
+midst of them, saying , We are not able to stand 
+before our Lord, or to look upon him. 
+
+51. Then that sheep who conducted them went 
+away, anci ascended the top of the rock ; 
+
+52. When the rest of the sheep began to grow 
+blind, and to wander from the path which he had 
+shown them ; but he knew it not. 
+
+53. Their Lord however was moved with great 
+
+
+CIIAP. L XXX VIII. 
+
+
+131 
+
+
+indignation against them ; and when that sheep had 
+learned what had happened, 
+
+54. He descended from the top of the rock, and 
+coming to them, found that there were many, 
+
+55. Which had become blind ; 
+
+56. And had wandered from his path. As soon 
+as they beheld him, they feared, and trembled at his 
+presence ; 
+
+57. And became desirous of returning to their fold. 
+
+58. Then that sheep, taking with him other 
+sheep, went to those which had wandered. 
+
+59. And afterwards began to kill them. They 
+were terrified at his countenance. Then he caused 
+those which had wandered to return ; who went back 
+to their fold. 
+
+60. I likewise saw there in the vision, that this 
+sheep became a man, built an house for the Lord of 
+the sheep, and made them all stand in that house. 
+
+61. I perceived also that the sheep which pro- 
+ceeded to meet this sheep, their conductor, died. I 
+saw, too, that all the great sheep perished, while 
+smaller ones rose up in their place, entered into a 
+pasture, and approached a river of water. 1 
+
+62. Then that sheep, their conductor, who became 
+a man, was separated from them, and died. 
+
+63. All the sheep sought after him, and cried for 
+him with bitter lamentation. 
+
+
+1 The river Jordan. 
+
+
+132 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+64. I saw likewise that they ceased to cry after 
+that sheep, and passed over the river of water. 
+
+65. And that there arose other sheep, all of whom 
+conducted them, 1 instead of those who were dead, 
+and who had 'previously conducted them. 
+
+66. Then I saw that the sheep entered into a 
+goodly place, and a territory delectable and glorious. 
+
+67. I saw also that they became satiated; that 
+their house was in the midst of a delectable terri- 
+tory: and that sometimes their eyes were opened, 
+and that sometimes they were blind ; until another 
+sheep 2 arose and conducted them. He brought 
+them all back ; and their eyes were opened. 
+
+68. Then dogs, foxes, and wild boars began to 
+devour them, until again another sheep 3 arose, the 
+master of the flock, one of themselves, a ram, to 
+conduct them. This ram began to butt on every 
+side those dogs, foxes, and wild boars, until they all 
+perished. 
+
+69. But the former sheep opened his eyes, and 
+saw the ram in the midst of them, who had laid 
+aside his glory. 
+
+70. And he began to strike the sheep, treading 
+upon them, and behaving himself without dignity. 
+
+71. Then their Lord sent the former sheep again 
+to a still different 4 sheep, 5 and raised him up to be 
+
+
+1 The Judges of Israel. 
+
+3 Saul. . 4 another. 
+
+
+2 Samuel. 
+5 David. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXVIII. 
+
+
+133 
+
+
+a ram, and to conduct them instead of that sheep 
+who had laid aside his glory. 
+
+72. Going therefore to him, and conversing with 
+him alone, he raised up that ram, and made him a 
+prince and leader of the flock. All the time that 
+the dogs 1 troubled the sheep, 
+
+73. The first ram paid respect to this latter ram. 
+
+74. Then the latter ram arose, and fled away from 
+before his face. And I saw that those dogs caused 
+the first ram to fall. 
+
+75. But the latter ram arose, and conducted the 
+smaller sheep. 
+
+76. That ram likewise begat many sheep, and died. 
+
+77. Then there was a smaller sheep, 2 a ram, 
+instead of him, which became a prince and leader, 
+conducting the flock. 
+
+78. And the sheep increased in size, and multi- 
+plied. 
+
+79. And all the dogs, foxes, and wild boars feared, 
+and fled away from him. 
+
+80. That ram also struck and killed all the wild 
+beasts, so that they could not again prevail in the 
+midst of the sheep, nor at any time ever snatch 
+tnem away. 
+
+81. And that house was made large and wide ; a 
+lofty tower being built upon it by the sheep, for the 
+Lord of the sheep. 
+
+
+1 The Philistines. 
+
+
+2 Solomon. 
+
+
+134 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+82. The house was low, but the tower was elevated 
+and very high. 
+
+83. Then the Lord of the sheep stood upon that 
+tower, and caused a full table to approach before him. 
+
+84. Again I saw that those sheep wandered, and 
+went various ways, forsaking that their house ; 
+
+85. And that their Lord called to some among 
+them, whom he sent 1 to them. 
+
+86. But these the sheep began to kill. And when 
+one of them was saved from slaughter, 2 he leaped, 
+and cried out against those who were desirous of 
+killing him. 
+
+87. But the Lord of the sheep delivered him from 
+their hands, and made him ascend to him, and 
+remain with him. 
+
+88. He sent also many others to them, to testify, 
+and with lamentations to exclaim against them. 
+
+89. Again I saw, when some of them forsook the 
+house of their Lord, and his tower ; wandering on all 
+sides, and growing blind, 
+
+90. I saw that the Lord of the sheep made a 
+great slaughter among them in their pasture, until 
+they cried out to him in consequence of that 
+slaughter. Then he departed from the place of his 
+habitation, and left them in the power of lions, 
+tigers, wolves, and the zeebt, and in the power of 
+foxes, and of every beast. 
+
+1 The prophets. 2 Elijah. 
+
+
+CHAP . LXXXYIIL 
+
+
+135 
+
+
+91. And the wild beasts began to tear them. 
+
+92. I saw, too, that he forsook the house of their 
+fathers, and their tower ; giving them all into the 
+power of lions to tear and devour them ; into the 
+power of every beast. 
+
+93. Then 1 began to cry out with all my might, 
+imploring the Lord of the sheep, and showing him 
+how the sheep were devoured by all the beasts of 
+prey. 
+
+94. But he looked on in silence, rejoicing that 
+they were devoured, swallowed up, and carried off ; 
+and leaving them in the power of every beast for 
+food. He called also seventy shepherds, and re- 
+signed to them the care of the sheep, that they 
+might overlook them ; 
+
+95. Saying to them and to their associates, Every 
+one of you henceforwards overlook the sheep, and 
+whatsoever I command you, do ; and I will deliver 
+them to you numbered. 1 
+
+96. I will tell you which of them shall be slain ; 
+these destroy. And he delivered the sheep to them. 
+
+97. Then he called to another, and said, Under- 
+stand, and watch everything which the shepherds 
+shall do to these sheep ; for many more of them 
+shall perish than I have commanded. 
+
+98. Of every excess and slaughter, which the 
+shepherds shall commit, there shall he an account; 
+
+
+1 with number. 
+
+
+136 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+as, how many may have perished by my command, 
+and how many they may have destroyed of their 
+own heads. 
+
+99. Of all the destruction brought about by each 
+of the shepherds there shall be an account ; and 
+according to the number I will cause a recital to be 
+made before me, how many they have destroyed of 
+their own heads, and how many they have delivered 
+up to destruction, that I may have this testimony 
+against them ; that I may know all their proceed- 
+ings ; and that, delivering the sheep to them, I may 
+see what they will do ; whether they will act as I 
+have commanded them, or not. 
+
+100. Of this , however, they shall be ignorant ; 
+neither shalt thou make any explanation to them, 
+neither shalt thou reprove them; but there shall 
+be an account of all the destruction done by them 
+in their respective seasons. Then they began to 
+kill, and destroy more than it was commanded 
+them. 
+
+101. And they left the sheep in the power of 
+lions, so that very many of them were devoured and 
+swallowed up by lions and tigers ; and wild boars 
+preyed upon them. That tower they burnt, and 
+overthrew that house. 
+
+102. Then I grieved extremely on account of the 
+tower, and because the house of the sheep was over- 
+thrown. 
+
+
+CRAP. LXXX V 111. 
+
+
+137 
+
+
+103. Neither was I afterwards able to perceive 
+whether they again entered that house. 
+
+104. The shepherds likewise, and their associates* 
+delivered them to all the wild beasts, that they 
+might devour them. Each of them in his season, 
+according to his number, was delivered up ; each of 
+them, one with another, was described in a book, 
+how many of them, one with another,, were de- 
+stroyed, in a book. 
+
+105. More, however, than was ordered, every 
+shepherd killed and destroyed. 
+
+106. Then I began to weep, and was greatly in- 
+dignant, on account of the sheep. 
+
+107. In like manner also I saw in the vision 
+him who wrote, how he wrote down one, de- 
+stroyed by the shepherds, every day. He ascended, 
+remained, and exhibited each of his books to the 
+Lord of the sheep, containing all which they had 
+done, and all which each of them had made away 
+with ; 
+
+108. And all which they had delivered up to 
+destruction. 
+
+109. He took the book up in his hands, read it, 
+sealed it, and deposited it. 
+
+110. After this, I saw shepherds overlooking for 
+twelve hours. 
+
+111. And behold three of the sheep 1 departed, 
+
+1 Zerubbabel, Joshua, and Nehemiah. 
+
+
+138 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+arrived, went in ; and began building all which was 
+fallen down of that house. 
+
+112. But the wild boars 1 hindered them, although 
+they prevailed not. 
+
+113. Again they began to build as before, and 
+raised up that tower, which was called a lofty 
+tower. 
+
+114. And again they began to place before the 
+tower a table, with every impure and unclean kind 
+of bread upon it. 
+
+115. Moreover also all the sheep were blind, and 
+could not see ; as were the shepherds likewise. 
+
+116. Thus were they delivered up to the shep- 
+herds for a great destruction, who trod them under 
+foot, and devoured them. 
+
+117. Yet was their Lord silent, until all the sheep 
+in the field were destroyed. The shepherds and the 
+sheep were all mixed together ; but they did not 
+save them from the power of the beasts. 
+
+118. Then he who wrote the book ascended, ex- 
+hibited it, and read it at the residence of the Lord 
+of the sheep. He petitioned him for them, and 
+prayed, pointing out every act of the shepherds, 
+and testifying before him against them all. Then 
+taking the book, he deposited it with him, and 
+departed. 
+
+
+1 The Samaritans. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXX1X. 
+
+
+139 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXIX. 
+
+1. And I observed during the time, that thus 
+thirty-seven 1 shepherds were overlooking, all of 
+whom finished in their respective periods as the 
+first. Others then received them into their hands, 
+that they might overlook them in their respective 
+periods, every shepherd in his own period. 
+
+2. Afterwards I saw in the vision, that all the 
+birds of heaven arrived ; eagles, the avest, kites and 
+ravens. The eagle instructed them all. 
+
+3. They began to devour the sheep, to peck out 
+their eyes, and to eat up their bodies. 
+
+4. The sheep then cried out ; for their bodies were 
+devoured by the birds. 
+
+5. I also cried out, and groaned in my sleep 
+against that shepherd which overlooked the flock. 
+
+6. And I looked, while the sheep were eaten up 
+by the dogs, by the eagles, and by the kites. They 
+neither left them their body, nor their skin, nor 
+their muscles, until their bones alone remained; 
+until their bones fell upon the ground. And the 
+sheep became diminished. 
+
+7. I observed likewise during the time, that 
+twenty-three shepherds 2 were overlooking ; who 
+
+1 An apparent error for thirty-five . See verse 7. The kings of 
+Judah and Israel. 
+
+2 The kings of Babylon, etc., during and after the captivity. 
+The numbers thirty-^re and twenty-three make fifty-eight; and 
+not thirty-se^en, as erroneously put in the first verse. 
+
+
+140 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+completed in their respective periods fifty-eight 
+periods. 
+
+8. Then were small lambs born of those white 
+sheep ; who began to open their eyes and to see, 
+crying out to the sheep. 
+
+9. The sheep, however, cried not out to them, 
+neither did they hear what they uttered to them ; 
+but were deaf, blind, and obdurate in the greatest 
+degrees. 
+
+10. 1 saw in the vision that ravens flew down 
+upon those lambs ; 
+
+11. That they seized one of them ; and that tear- 
+ing the sheep in pieces, they devoured them. 
+
+12. I saw also, that horns grew upon those lambs ; 
+and that the ravens lighted down upon their 
+horns. 
+
+13. 1 saw, too, that a large horn sprouted out on 
+an animal 1 among the sheep, and that their eyes 
+were opened. 
+
+14. He looked at them. Their eyes were wide 
+open ; and he cried out to them. 
+
+15. Then the dabela 2 saw him; all of whom ran 
+to him. 
+
+16. And besides this, all the eagles, the avest, 
+the ravens and the kites, were still carrying off the 
+sheep, flying down upon them, and devouring them. 
+
+1 on one. 
+
+2 The ibex, probably symbolizing Alexander the Great. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXIX. 
+
+
+HI 
+
+
+The sheep were silent, but the dabela lamented and 
+cried out. 
+
+17. Then the ravens contended, and struggled 
+with them. 
+
+1 8. They wished among them to break his horn ; 
+but they prevailed not over him. 
+
+19. I looked on them, until the shepherds, the 
+eagles, the avest, and the kites came. 
+
+20. Who cried out to the ravens to break the 
+horn of the dabela ; to contend with him ; and to 
+kill him. But he struggled with them, and cried 
+out, that help might come to him. 
+
+21. Then I perceived that the man came who had 
+written down the names of the shepherds, and who 
+ascended up before the Lord of the sheep. 
+
+22. He brought assistance, and caused every one 
+to see him descending to the help of the dabela. 
+
+23. I perceived likewise that the Lord of the 
+sheep came to them in wrath, while all those who 
+saw him fled away ; all fell down in his tabernacle 
+before his face ; while all the eagles, the avest, 
+ravens, and kites assembled, and brought with them 
+all the sheep of the field. 
+
+24. All came together, and strove to break the 
+horn of the dabela. 
+
+25. Then I saw, that the man, who wrote the 
+book at the word of the Lord, opened the book of 
+destruction, of that destruction which the last 
+
+
+142 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+twelve shepherds 1 wrought ; and pointed out before 
+the Lord of the sheep, that they destroyed more 
+than those who preceded them. 
+
+26. I saw also that the Lord of the sheep came 
+to them, and taking in his hand the sceptre of his 
+wrath seized the earth, which became rent asunder ; 
+while all the beasts and birds of heaven fell from 
+the sheep, and sunk into the earth, which closed 
+over them. 
+
+27. I saw, too, that a large sword was given to 
+the sheep, who went forth against all the beasts of 
+the field to slay them. 
+
+28. But all the beasts and birds of heaven fled 
+away from before their face. 
+
+29. And I saw a throne erected in a delectable 
+land ; 
+
+30. Upon this sat the Lord of the sheep, who 
+received all the sealed books ; 
+
+31. Which were open before him. 
+
+32. Then the Lord called the first seven white 
+ones, and commanded them to bring before him 
+the first of the first stars, which preceded the stars 
+whose form partly resembled that of horses; the 
+first star, which fell down first ; and they brought 
+them all before him. 
+
+33. And he spoke to the man who wrote in his 
+
+1 The native princes of Judah after its delivery from the Syrian 
+yoke. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXIX. 
+
+
+143 
+
+presence, who was one of the seven white ones, say- 
+ing, Take those seve nty s hep herds , to whom I de- 
+livered up the sheep, and ivho receiving them killed 
+more of them than I commanded. Behold, I saw 
+them all bound, and all standing before him. First 
+came on the trial of the stars, which, being judged, 
+and found guilty, went to the place of punishment. 
+They thrust them into a place, deep, and full of 
+flaming fire, and full of pillars of fire. Then the 
+seventy shepherds were judged, and being found 
+guilty, were thrust into the flaming abyss. 
+
+34. At that time likewise I perceived, that one 
+abyss was thus opened in the midst of the earth, 
+which was full of fire. 
+
+35. And to this were brought the blind sheep ; 
+which being judged, and found guilty, were all 
+thrust into that abyss of .fire on the earth, and 
+burnt. 
+
+36. The abyss was on the right of that house. 
+
+37. And I saw the sheep burning, and their bones 
+consuming. 
+
+38. I stood beholding him immerge that ancient 
+house, while they brought out its pillars, every 
+plant in it, and the ivory infolding it. They brought 
+it out, and deposited it in a place on the right side 
+of the earth. 
+
+39. I also saw, that the Lord of the sheep pro- 
+duced a new house, great, and loftier than the 
+
+
+144 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+former, which he bounded by the former circular 
+spot. All its pillars were new, and its ivory new, 
+as well as more abundant than the former ancient 
+ivory , which he had brought out. 
+
+40. And while all the sheep which were left were 
+in the midst of it, all the beasts of the earth, and 
+all the birds of heaven, fell down and worshipped 
+them, petitioning them, and obeying them in 
+everything. 
+
+41. Then those three, who were clothed in white, 
+and who, holding me by my hand, had before caused 
+me to ascend, while the hand of him who spoke held 
+me ; raised me up, and placed me in the midst of 
+the sheep, before the judgment took place. 
+
+42. The sheep were all white, with wool long and 
+pure. Then all who had perished, and had been 
+destroyed, every beast of the field, and every bird of 
+heaven, assembled in that house : while the Lord of 
+the sheep rejoiced with great joy, because all were 
+good, and had come back again to his dwelling. 
+
+43. And I saw that they laid down the sword 
+which had been given to the sheep, and returned it 
+to his house, sealing it up in the presence of the 
+Lord. 
+
+44. All the sheep would have been inclosed in 
+that house, had it been capable of containing them ; 1 
+and the eyes of all were open, gazing on the good 
+
+1 were inclosed in that house , and it did not contain them. 
+
+
+CHAP. LXXXIX. 
+
+
+145 
+
+
+One ; nor was there one among them who did not 
+behold him. 
+
+45. I likewise perceived that the house was large, 
+wide, and extremely full. I saw, too, that a white 
+cow was born, whose horns were great ; and that all 
+the beasts of the field, and all the birds of heaven, 
+were alarmed at him, and entreated him at all 
+times. 
+
+46. Then I saw that the nature of all of them was 
+changed, and that they became white cows ; 
+
+47. And that the first, who was in the midst of 
+them, spoke, 1 when that word became a large beast, 
+upon the head of which were great and black 
+horns ; 
+
+48. While the Lord of the sheep rejoiced over 
+them, and over all the cows. 
+
+49. I lay down in the midst of them : I awoke ; 
+and saw the whole. This is the vision which I saw, 
+lying down and waking. Then I blessed the Lord 
+of righteousness, and gave glory to Him. 
+
+50. Afterwards I wept abundantly, nor did my 
+tears cease, so that I became incapable of enduring 
+it. While I was looking on, they flowed 2 on account 
+of what I saw ; for all was come and gone by ; every 
+individual circumstance respecting the conduct of 
+mankind was seen by me. 
+
+51. In that night I remembered my former 
+
+1 became a word. 2 descended. 
+
+h 
+
+
+146 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+dream ; and therefore wept and was troubled, be- 
+cause I had seen that vision. 
+
+CHAR XC. [SECT. XVIII. 1 ] 
+
+1. And now, my son Mathusala, call to me all thy 
+brethren, and assemble for me all the children of 
+thy mother ; for a voice calls me, and the spirit is 
+poured out upon me, that I may show you every- 
+thing which shall happen to you for ever. 
+
+2. Then Mathusala went, called to him all his 
+brethren, and assembled his kindred. 
+
+3. And conversing with all his children in truth, 
+
+4. Enoch said, Hear, my children, every word of 
+your father, and listen in uprightness to the voice 
+of my mouth ; for I would gain your attention, 
+while I address you. My beloved, be attached to 
+integrity, and walk in it. 
+
+5. Approach not integrity with a double heart ; 
+nor be associated with double-minded men : but 
+walk, my children, in righteousness, which will 
+conduct you in good paths; and be truth your 
+companion. 
+
+6. For I know, that oppression will exist and 
+prevail on earth ; that on earth great punishment 
+shall in the end take place; and that there shall 
+be a consummation of all iniquity, which shall be 
+
+
+1 Paris MS. 
+
+
+CHAP. XC. 
+
+
+147 
+
+
+cut off from its root, and every fabric raised by it 
+shall pass away. Iniquity, however, shall again be 
+renewed, and consummated on earth. Every act of 
+crime, and every act of oppression and impiety, 
+shall be a second time embraced. 
+
+7. When therefore iniquity, sin, blasphemy, 
+tyranny, and every evil work, shall increase, and 
+when transgression, impiety, and uncleanness also 
+shall increase, then upon them all shall great 
+punishment be inflicted from heaven. 
+
+8. The holy Lord shall go forth in wrath, and 
+upon them all shall great punishment from heaven 
+be inflicted. 1 
+
+9. The holy Lord shall go forth in wrath, and 
+with punishment, that he may execute judgment 
+upon earth. 
+
+10. In those days oppression shall be cut off from 
+its roots, and iniquity with fraud shall be eradicated, 
+perishing from under heaven. 
+
+11. Every place of strength 2 shall be surrendered 
+with its inhabitants ; with fire shall it be burnt. 
+They shall be brought from every part of the earth, 
+and be cast into a judgment of fire.* They shall 
+perish in wrath, and by a judgment overpowering 
+them 3 for ever. 
+
+1 This verse is wanting in the Paris MS. as transcribed by 
+Woide. It seems in the Bodleian MS. to be a mere lapse of the 
+transcriber, who wrote the same words twice over. 
+
+2 tower > palace, or temple. 3 'powerful judgment. 
+
+
+148 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+12. Righteousness shall be raised up from 
+slumber ; and wisdom shall be raised up, and con- 
+ferred upon them. 
+
+13. Then shall the roots of iniquity be cut off ; 
+sinners perish by the sword ; and blasphemers be 
+annihilated everywhere. 1 
+
+14. Those who meditate oppression, and those 
+who blaspheme, by the sword shall perish. 2 
+
+15. And now, my children, I will describe and 
+point out to you the path of righteousness and the 
+path of oppression. 
+
+16. I will again point them out to you, that you 
+may know what is to come. 
+
+17. Here now, my children, and walk in the path 
+of righteousness, but shun that of oppression; for 
+all who walk in the path of iniquity shall perish 
+for ever. 
+
+1 cut off. 
+
+2 Between the 14th and 15th verses of this chapter six others 
+are inserted both in the Bodleian and Paris MSS., which I have 
+transposed so as to constitute the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 
+18th verses of the ninety-second chapter. This transposition 
+seemed absolutely necessary to make sense of that chapter; in 
+which, after the enumeration of seven weeks, or periods, the 
+account of the eighth, ninth, and tenth weeks, contained in the 
+verses transposed, seemed necessary to complete the narrative. 
+Here they are clearly unconnected and misplaced. 
+
+
+CHAP. XCI. XCIL 
+
+
+149 
+
+
+CHAP. XCI. [SECT. XIX. 1 ] 
+
+1. That which was written by Enoch. He wrote 
+all this instruction of wisdom for every man of 
+dignity, and every j udge of the earth ; for all my 
+children who shall dwell upon earth, and for subse- 
+quent generations, conducting themselves uprightly 
+and peaceably. 
+
+2. Let not your spirit be grieved on account of 
+the times ; for the holy, the Great One, has pre- 
+scribed a period 2 to all. 
+
+3. Let the righteous man arise from slumber ; let 
+him arise, and proceed in the path of righteousness, 
+in all its paths ; and let him advance 3 in goodness 
+and in eternal clemency. Mercy shall be showed 
+to the righteous man ; upon him shall be conferred 
+integrity and power for ever. In goodness and in 
+righteousness shall he exist, and shall walk in 
+everlasting light ; but sin shall perish in eternal 
+darkness, nor be seen from this time forward for 
+evermore. 
+
+
+CHAP. XCII. 
+
+1. After this, Enoch began to speak from a book. 
+
+2. And Enoch said, Concerning the children of 
+righteousness, concerning the elect of the world, 
+
+1 Paris MS. 2 has given days . 
+
+3 his goings be. 
+
+
+150 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+and concerning the plant of righteousness and 
+integrity. 
+
+3. Concerning these things will I speak, and these 
+things will I explain to you, my children : I who 
+am Enoch. In consequence of that which has been 
+shown to me, from my heavenly vision and from the 
+voice of the holy angels have I acquired knowledge; 
+and from the tablet of heaven have I acquired 
+understanding. 
+
+4. Enoch then began to speak from a book, and 
+said, I have been born the seventh in the first 
+week, while judgment and righteousness wait with 
+patience. 
+
+5. But after me, in the second week, great wicked- 
+ness shall arise, and fraud shall spring forth. 
+
+6. In that week 1 the end of the first shall take 
+place, in which mankind shall be safe. 
+
+7. But when the first is completed, 2 iniquity 
+shall grow up ; and he shall execute the decree upon 
+sinners. 3 
+
+8. Afterwards, in the third week, during its 
+completion, a man 4 of the plant of righteous judg- 
+ment shall be selected ; and after him the plant of 
+righteousness shall come for ever. 
+
+9. Subsequently, in the fourth week, during its 
+completion, the visions of the holy and the righteous 
+
+1 in it 
+
+3 The deluge. 
+
+
+2 after it has been completed. 
+4 Abraham. 
+
+
+CHAP. XCII. 
+
+
+151 
+
+
+shall be seen, the order of generation after genera- 
+tion shall tahe place, and an habitation shall be 
+made for them. 1 Then in the fifth week, during 
+its completion, the house of glory and of dominion 2 
+shall be erected for ever. 
+
+10. After that, in the sixth week, all those who 
+are in it shall be darkened, the hearts of all of them 
+shall be forgetful of wisdom, and in it shall a man 3 
+ascend. 
+
+11. And during its completion he shall burn the 
+house of dominion with fire, and all the race of the 
+elect root shall be dispersed. 4 
+
+12. Afterwards, in the seventh week, a perverse 
+generation shall arise ; abundant shall be its deeds ? 
+and all its deeds perverse. During its completion, 
+the righteous shall be selected from the everlasting 
+plant of righteousness ; and to them shall be given 
+the sevenfold doctrine of his whole creation. 
+
+13. Afterwards there shall be another week, the 
+eighth of righteousness, to which shall be given a 
+sword to execute judgment and justice upon all 
+oppressors. 
+
+14. Sinners shall be delivered up into the hands 
+of the righteous, who during its completion shall 
+acquire habitations by their righteousness ; and the 
+house of the great King shall be established for 
+
+1 The Law. 2 Temple of Solomon. 
+
+3 Nebuchadnezzar. 4 Babylonian captivity. 
+
+
+152 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+celebrations for ever. After, this, in the ninth week, 
+shall the judgment of righteousness be revealed to 
+the whole world. 
+
+15. Every work of the ungodly shall disappear 
+from the whole earth ; the world shall be marked 
+for destruction ; and all men shall be on the look out 
+for the path of integrity. 
+
+16. And after this, on the seventh day of the 
+tenth week, there shall be an everlasting judgment, 
+which shall be executed upon the Watchers ; and a 
+spacious eternal heaven shall spring forth in the 
+midst of the angels. 
+
+17. The former heaven shall depart and pass 
+away ; a new heaven shall appear ; and all the celes- 
+tial powers shine with sevenfold splendour for ever. 
+Afterwards likewise shall there be many weeks, 
+which shall externally exist in goodness and in 
+righteousness. 
+
+18. Neither shall sin be named there for ever and 
+for ever. 1 
+
+19. Who is there of all the children of men, 
+capable of hearing the voice of the Holy One without 
+emotion ? 
+
+20. Who is there capable of thinking his thoughts ? 
+
+1 The preceding six verses, viz. 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 
+and 18th, are taken from between the 14th and 15th verses of the 
+nineteenth chapter, where they are to be found in the MSS. But 
+the sense in this place seemed so manifestly to require them here, 
+that I have ventured to tianspose them. 
+
+
+CHAP . XCIII. 
+
+
+153 
+
+
+Who capable of contemplating all the workmanship 
+of heaven? Who of comprehending the deeds of 
+heaven ? 
+
+21. He may behold its animation, but not its 
+spirit. He may be capable of conversing respecting 
+it, but not of ascending to it . He may see all the 
+boundaries of these things, and meditate upon 
+them ; but he can make nothing like them. 
+
+22. Who of all men is able to understand the 
+breadth and length of the earth ? 
+
+23. By whom have been seen the dimensions of 
+all these things ? Is it every man who is capable 
+of comprehending the extent of heaven; what its 
+elevation is, and by what it is supported ? 
+
+24. How many are the numbers of the stars ; and 
+where all the luminaries remain at rest ? 
+
+CHAP. XCIII. 
+
+1. And now let me exhort you, my children, to 
+love righteousness, and to walk in it ; for the paths 
+of righteousness are worthy of acceptation ; but 
+the paths of iniquity shall suddenly fail, and be 
+diminished. 
+
+2. To men of note in their generation the paths 
+of oppression and death are revealed ; but they keep 
+far from them, and do not follow them. 
+
+3. Now, too, let me exhort you who are righteous, 
+not to walk in the paths of evil and oppression, nor 
+
+
+154 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+in the paths of death. Approach them not, that you 
+may not perish ; but covet, 
+
+4. And choose for yourselves righteousness, and 
+a good life. 
+
+5. Walk in the paths of peace, that you may live, 
+and be found worthy. Retain my words in your 
+inmost thoughts, and obliterate them not from your 
+hearts ; for I know that sinners counsel men to 
+commit crime craftily. They are not found in every 
+place, nor does every counsel possess a little of them. 
+
+6. Woe to those who build up iniquity and 
+oppression, and who lay the foundation of fraud ; 
+for suddenly shall they be subverted, and never 
+obtain peace. 
+
+7. Woe to those who build up their houses with 
+crime ; for from their very foundations shall their 
+houses 1 be demolished, and by the sword shall they 
+themselves fall. Those, too, who acquire gold and 
+silver, shall justly and suddenly perish. Woe to you 
+who are rich, for in your riches have you trusted ; 
+but from your riches you shall be removed ; because 
+you have not remembered the Most High in the 
+days of your prosperity : [you shall be removed, 
+because you have not remembered the Most High in 
+the days of your prosperity. 2 ] 
+
+1 they. 
+
+2 These lines are evidently a repetition of the preceding, 
+from an error in the transcription. They do not occur in the 
+Paris MS. 
+
+
+CHAP. XCIY. 
+
+
+155 
+
+
+8. You have committed blasphemy and iniquity ; 
+and are destined to the day of the effusion of blood, 
+to the day of darkness, and to the day of the great 
+judgment. 
+
+9. This I declare and point out to you, that he 
+who created you will destroy you. 
+
+10. When you fall, he will not show you mercy ; 
+but your Creator will rejoice in your destruction. 
+
+11. Let those, then, who shall be righteous among 
+you in those days, detest sinners, and the ungodly. 
+
+
+CHAP. XCIY. 
+
+1. 0 that my eyes were clouds of water, that I 
+might weep over you, and pour forth my tears like 
+rain, 1 and rest from the sorrow of my heart ! 
+
+2. Who has permitted you to hate and to trans- 
+gress ? Judgment shall overtake you, ye sinners. 
+
+3. The righteous shall not fear the wicked ; 
+because God will again bring them into your power, 
+that you may avenge yourselves of them according 
+to your pleasure. 
+
+4. Woe to you who shall be so bound by exe- 
+crations, that you cannot be released from them ; 
+the remedy being far removed from you on account 
+of your sins. Woe to you who recompense your 
+
+
+1 a cloud of water. 
+
+
+156 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+neighbour with evil ; for you shall be recompensed 
+according to your works. 
+
+5. Woe to you, ye false witnesses, you who aggra- 
+vate iniquity ; for you shall suddenly perish. 
+
+6. Woe to you, ye sinners; for you reject the 
+righteous; for you receive or reject at pleasure 
+those who commit iniquity ; and their yoke shall 
+prevail over you. 
+
+
+CHAP. XCV. 
+
+1. Wait in hope, ye righteous ; for suddenly shall 
+sinners perish from before you, and you shall exer- 
+cise dominion over them, according to your will. 
+
+2. In the day of the sufferings of sinners your 
+offspring shall be elevated, and lifted up like eagles. 
+Your nest shall be more exalted than that of the 
+avest ; you shall ascend, and enter into the cavities 
+of the earth, and into the clefts of the rocks for 
+ever, like conies, from the sight of the ungodly ; 
+
+3. Who shall groan over you, and weep like 
+sirens. 
+
+4. You shall not fear those who trouble you ; for 
+restoration shall be yours; a splendid light shall 
+shine around you, and the voice of tranquillity shall 
+be heard from heaven. Woe to you, sinners ; for 
+your wealth makes you resemble saints, but your 
+hearts reproach you, knowing that you are sinners. 
+
+
+CHAP. XCVL 
+
+
+157 
+
+
+This word shall testify against you, for the remem- 
+brance of crime. 
+
+5. Woe to you who feed upon the glory of the 
+corn, and drink the strength of the deepest spring, 1 
+and in the pride of your power tread down the 
+humble. 
+
+6. Woe to you who drink water at pleasure ; 2 for 
+suddenly shall you be recompensed, consumed, and 
+withered, because you have forsaken the fountain of 
+life. 
+
+7. Woe to you who act iniquitously, fraudulently, 
+and blasphemously ; there shall be a remembrance 
+against you for evil. 
+
+8. Woe to you, ye powerful, who with power 
+strike down righteousness ; for the day of your 
+destruction shall come ; while at that very time 
+many and good days shall be the portion of the 
+righteous, 3 even at the period of your judgment. 
+
+CHAP. XCVL 
+
+1. The righteous are confident that sinners will 
+be disgraced, and perish in the day of iniquity, 
+
+2. You shall yourselves be conscious of it ; for 
+the Most High will remember your destruction, and 
+the angels shall rejoice over it. What will you do 
+ye sinners, and where will ypu fly in the day of 
+
+1 of the root of the spring. 2 at all times , 
+
+3 shall come to the righteous. 
+
+
+158 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+judgment, when you shall hear the words of the 
+prayer of the righteous ? 
+
+3. You are not like them who in this respect 
+witness against you ; you are associates of sinners. 
+
+4. In those days shall the prayers of the righteous 
+come up before the Lord. When the day of your 
+judgment shall arrive; and every circumstance of 
+your iniquity be related before the great and the 
+holy One ; 
+
+5. Your faces shall be covered with shame; while 
+every deed, strengthened by crime, shall be rejected. 
+
+6. Woe unto you, sinners, who in the midst of 
+the sea, and on dry land, are those against whom an 
+evil record exists. Woe to you who squander silver 
+and gold, not obtained in righteousness, and say, 
+We are rich, possess wealth, and have acquired 
+everything which we can desire. 
+
+7. Now then will we do whatsoever we are dis- 
+posed to do ; for we have amassed silver ; our barns 
+are full, and the husbandmen of our families are 
+like overflowing water. 1 
+
+8. Like water shall your falsehood pass away ; 
+for your wealth will not be permanent, but shall 
+suddenly ascend from you, because you have 
+obtained it all iniquitously ; to extreme maledic- 
+tion shall you be delivered up. 
+
+9. And now I swear to you, ye crafty, as well as 
+
+
+1 like much water. 
+
+
+CHAP. XCVI. 
+
+
+159 
+
+
+simple ones ; that you, often contemplating the 
+earth, you who are men, clothe yourselves more 
+elegantly 1 than married women, and both together 
+more so than unmarried ones, everywhere arraying 
+yourselves in majesty, in magnificence, in authority, 
+and in silver : but gold, purple, honour, and wealth, 
+like water, flow away. 
+
+10. Erudition therefore and wisdom are not theirs. 
+Thus 2 shall they perish, together with their riches, 
+with all their glory, and with their honours ; 
+
+11. While with disgrace, with slaughter, and in 
+extreme penury, shall their spirits be thrust into a 
+furnace of fire. 
+
+12. I have sworn to you, ye sinners, that neither 
+mountain nor hill has been or shall be subservient 3 
+to woman. 
+
+13. Neither in this way has crime been sent down 
+to us 4 upon earth, but men of their own heads have 
+invented it; and greatly shall those who give it 
+efficiency be execrated. 
+
+14. Barrenness shall not be previously inflicted on 
+woman ; but on account of the work of her hands 
+shall she die childless. 
+
+15. I have sworn to you, ye sinners, by the holy 
+and the Great One, that all your evil deeds are 
+
+1 put elegance upon you more. 2 And in it. 
+
+3 a servant. Perhaps in furnishing them with treasures for 
+ornaments. 4 has oar crime been sent down. 
+
+
+160 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+disclosed in the heavens ; and that none of your 
+oppressive acts are concealed and secret. 
+
+16. Think not in your minds, neither say in your 
+hearts, that every crime is not manifested and seen. 
+In heaven it is daily written down before the Most 
+High. Hencefor wards shall it be manifested ; for 
+every act of oppression which you commit shall be 
+daily recorded, until the period of your condemnation. 
+
+17. Woe to you, ye simple ones, for you shall 
+perish in your simplicity. To the wise you will 
+not listen, and that which is good you shall not 
+obtain. 1 
+
+18. How therefore know that you are destined to 
+the day of destruction ; nor hope that sinners shall 
+live ; but in process of time you shall die ; 2 for you 
+are not marked 3 for redemption ; 
+
+19. But are destined to the day of the great 
+judgment, to the day of distress, and the extreme 
+ignominy of your souls. 
+
+20. Woe to you, ye obdurate in heart, who commit 
+crime, and feed on blood. Whence is it that you 
+feed on good things, drink, and are satiated ? Is it 
+not because our Lord, the Most High, has abundantly 
+supplied every good thing upon earth? To you 
+there shall not be peace. 
+
+21. Woe to you who love the deeds of iniquity. 
+
+2 you shall go on, and die. 
+
+3 pointed out. 
+
+
+1 shall not find you. 
+
+
+CHAP. CXVII. 
+
+
+161 
+
+
+Why do you hope for that which is good ? Know 
+that you shall be given up into the hands of the 
+righteous ; who shall cut off your necks, slay you, 
+and show you no compassion. 
+
+22. Woe to you who rejoice in the trouble of the 
+righteous ; for a grave shall not be dug for you. 
+
+23. Woe to you who frustrate the word of the 
+righteous; for to you there shall be no hope of 
+life. 
+
+24. Woe to you who write down the word of 
+falsehood, and the word of the wicked; for their 
+falsehood they record, that they may hear and not 
+forget folly. 
+
+25. To them there shall be no peace ; but they 
+shall surely die suddenly. 
+
+CHAP. XCVII. 
+
+1. Woe to them who act impiously, who laud and 
+honour the word of falsehood. You have been lost 
+in perdition ; and have never led a virtuous life. 
+
+2. Woe to you who change the words of integrity. 
+They transgress against the everlasting decree ; 
+
+3. And cause the heads of those who are not 
+sinners to be trodden down upon the earth. 
+
+4. In those days you, 0 ye righteous, shall have 
+been deemed worthy of having your prayers rise 
+up in remembrance ; and shall have deposited them 
+
+M 
+
+
+162 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+in testimony before the angels, that they might 
+record the sins of sinners in the presence of the 
+Most High. 
+
+5. In those clays the nations shall he overthrown ; 
+but the families of the nations shall rise again in the 
+day of perdition. 
+
+6. In those days they who become pregnant shall 
+go forth, carry off their children, and forsake them. 
+Their offspring shall slip from them, and while 
+suckling them shall they forsake them ; they shall 
+never return to them, and never instruct their 
+beloved. 
+
+7. Again I swear to you, ye sinners, that crime 
+has been prepared for the day of blood, which never 
+ceases. 
+
+8. They shall worship stones, and engrave golden, 
+silver, and wooden images. They shall worship 
+impure spirits, demons, and every idol, in temples ; 
+but no help shall be obtained for them. 1 Their 
+hearts shall become impious through their folly, 
+and their eyes be blinded with mental superstition. 2 
+In their visionary dreams shall they be impious and 
+superstitious, 3 lying in all their actions, and wor- 
+shipping a stone. Altogether shall they perish. 
+
+9. But in those days blessed shall they be, to 
+whom the word of wisdom is delivered ; who point 
+
+1 shall he found for them . 2 tcith the fear of their heart. 
+
+3 and fear. 
+
+
+CHAP . XCVII. 
+
+
+163 
+
+
+out and pursue the path of the Most High ; who 
+walk in the way of righteousness, and who act not 
+impiously with the impious. 
+
+10. They shall be saved. 
+
+11. Woe to you who expand the crime of your 
+neighbour ; for in hell shall you be slain. 
+
+12. Woe to you who lay the foundation of sin and 
+deceit, and who are bitter on earth ; for on it shall 
+you be consumed. 
+
+13. Woe to you who build your houses by the 
+labour of others, every part of which is constructed 
+with brick, 1 and with the stone of crime ; I tell you, 
+that you shall not obtain peace. 
+
+14. Woe to you who despise the extent of the 
+everlasting inheritance of your fathers, while your 
+souls follow after idols ; for to you there shall be no 
+tranquillity. 
+
+15. Woe to them who commit iniquity, and give 
+aid to blasphemy, who slay their neighbour until 
+the day of the great judgment ; for your glory shall 
+fall ; malevolence shall He put into your hearts, and 
+the spirit of his wrath shall stir you up, that every 
+one of you may perish by the sword. 
+
+16. Then shall all the righteous and the holy 
+remember your crimes. 
+
+
+every structure of which is brick. 
+
+
+164 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+CHAP. XCYI11. 
+
+1. In those days shall fathers be struck down 
+with their children in the presence of each other ; 1 
+and brethren with their brethren shall fall dead : 
+until a river shall flow from their blood. 
+
+2. For a man shall not restrain his hand from his 
+children, nor from his children’s children ; his mercy 
+will be to kill them. 2 
+
+3. Nor shall the sinner restrain his hand from his 
+honoured brother. From the dawn of day to the 
+setting sun shall the slaughter continue. 3 The horse 
+shall wade up to his breast, and the chariot shall 
+sink to its axle, 4 in the blood of sinners. 
+
+CHAP. XCIX. 
+
+1. In those days the angels shall descend into 
+places of concealment, and gather together in one 
+spot all who have assisted in crime. 
+
+2. In that day shall the Most High rise up to 
+execute the great judgment upon all sinners, and 
+to commit the guardianship of all the righteous and 
+holy to the holy angels, that they may protect them 
+as the apple of an eye, until every evil and every 
+crime be annihilated. 
+
+1 in one place. 2 he has been merciful , that he may hill. 
+
+3 they shall be slain. 4 its upper part. 
+
+
+CHAP, XCIX. 
+
+
+165 
+
+
+3. Whether or not the righteous sleep securely, 1 
+wise men shall then truly perceive. 
+
+4. And the sons of the earth shall understand 
+every word of that book, knowing that their riches 
+cannot save them in the ruin of their crimes. 
+
+5. Woe to you, ye sinners, when you shall be 
+afflicted on account of the righteous in the day of 
+the great trouble ; shall be burnt in the fire ; and 
+be recompensed according to your deeds. 
+
+6. Woe to you, ye perverted in heart, who are 
+watchful to obtain an accurate knowledge of evil, 
+and to discover terrors. No one shall assist you. 
+
+7. Woe to you, ye sinners ; for with the words of 
+your mouths, and with the work of your hands, 
+have you acted impiously ; in the flame of a blazing 
+fire shall you be burnt. 
+
+8. And now know ye, that the angels shall in- 
+quire into your conduct in heaven ; of the sun, the 
+moon, and the stars, shall they inquire respecting 
+your sins; for upon earth you exercise jurisdiction 
+over the righteous. 
+
+9. Every cloud shall bear witness against you, 
+the snow, the dew, and the rain : for all of them 
+shall be withholden from you, that they may not 
+descend upon you, nor become subservient to your 
+crimes. 
+
+10. Now then bring gifts of salutation to the rain ; 
+
+1 a deep sleep. 
+
+
+166 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+that, not being withholden, it may descend upon 
+you; and to the dew, if it has received from you 
+gold and silver. But when the frost, snow, cold, 
+every snowy wind, and every suffering belonging to 
+them, fall upon you, in those days you will be 
+utterly incapable of standing before them. 
+
+CHAP. C. 
+
+1. Attentively consider heaven, all ye progeny 
+of heaven, and all ye works of the Most High ; 
+fear him, nor conduct yourselves criminally before 
+him. 
+
+2. If He shut up the windows of heaven, restrain- 
+ing the rain and dew, that it may not descend upon 
+earth on your account, what will you do ? 
+
+3. And if He send his wrath upon you, and upon 
+all your deeds, you are not they who can supplicate 
+him; you who utter 1 against his righteousness, 
+language proud aud powerful. 2 To you there shall 
+be no peace. 
+
+4. Do you not see the commanders 3 of ships, 
+how their vessels are tossed about by the waves, 
+torn to pieces by the winds, and exposed to the 
+greatest peril ? 
+
+5. That they therefore fear, because their whole 
+property is embarked with them on the ocean ; and 
+
+1 for you utter. 2 great and powerful things. 3 kings. 
+
+
+CHAP. CII. 
+
+
+167 
+
+
+that they forbode evil 1 in their hearts, because it 
+may swallow them up, and they may perish in it ? 
+
+6. Is not the whole sea, all its waters, and all its 
+commotion, the work of him, the Most High; of 
+him who has sealed up all its exertions, and girded 
+it on every side with sand ? 
+
+7. Is it not at his rebuke dried up, and alarmed ; 
+while all its fish with everything contained in it 
+die? And will not you, ye sinners, who are on 
+earth, fear him ? Is not He the maker of heaven 
+and earth, and of all things which are in them ? 
+
+8. And who has given erudition and wisdom to 
+all that move progressive upon the earth, and over 
+the sea ? 
+
+9. Are not the commanders of ships terrified at 
+the ocean? And shall not sinners be terrified at 
+the Most High? 
+
+
+CHAP. CII. 2 
+
+1. In those days, when He shall cast the calamity 
+of fire upon you, whither will you fly, and where 
+will you be safe ? 
+
+2. And when He sends forth his word against 
+you, are you not spared, and terrified ? 
+
+3. All the luminaries are agitated with great 
+
+
+1 think not good . 
+
+
+2 There is no chap. ci. in the MSS. 
+
+
+168 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+fear ; and all the earth is spared, while it trembles, 
+and suffers anxiety. 
+
+4. All the angels fulfil the commands received by 
+them, and are desirous of being concealed from the 
+presence of the great Glory ; while the children of 
+the earth are alarmed and troubled. 
+
+5. But you, ye sinners, are for ever accursed ; to 
+you there shall be no peace. 
+
+6. Fear not, ye souls of the righteous ; but wait 
+with patient hope for the day of your death in 
+righteousness. Grieve not, because your souls de- 
+scend in great trouble, with groaning, lamentation, 
+and sorrow, to the receptacle of the dead. In your 
+lifetime your bodies have not received a recompense 
+in proportion to your goodness, 1 but in the period 
+of your existence have sinners existed ; in the 
+period of execration and of punishment. 
+
+7. And when you die, sinners say concerning 
+you, “ As we die, the righteous die. What profit 
+have they in their works? Behold, like us, they 
+expire in sorrow and in darkness. What advantage 
+have they over us? Henceforward are we equal. 
+What will be within their grasp, and what before 
+their eyes 2 for ever? For behold they are dead; 
+and never will they again 3 perceive the light.” I 
+say unto you, ye sinners, You have been satiated 
+
+1 your flesh has not found according to your goodness. 
+
+2 What will they obtain , and what behold. 3 henceforward for ever . 
+
+
+CHAP. CIII. 
+
+
+169 
+
+
+with meat and drink, with human plunder and 
+rapine, with sin, w 7 ith the acquisition of wealth and 
+with the sight of good days. Have you not marked 
+the righteous, how their end is in peace? for no 
+oppression is found in them even to the day of their 
+death. They perish, and are as if they w 7 ere not, 
+while their souls descend in trouble to the re- 
+ceptacle of the dead. 
+
+CHAP. CIII. 
+
+1. But now I swear to you, ye righteous, by the 
+greatness of his splendour and his glory; ^by his 
+illustrious kingdom and by his majesty, to you I 
+swear, that I comprehend this mystery ; that I have 
+read the tablet of heaven, have seen the writing of 
+the holy Ones, and have discovered what is written 
+and impressed on it concerning you. 
+
+2. 1 have seen that all goodness, joy, and glory 
+has been prepared for you, and been written down 
+for the spirits of them w r ho die eminently righteous 
+and good. 1 To you it shall be given in return for 
+your troubles ; and your portion of happiness shall 
+far exceed the portion of the living. 
+
+3. The spirits of you who die in righteousness 
+shall exist and rejoice. Their spirits shall exult; 
+
+
+1 in righteousness and in much goodness. 
+
+
+170 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+and their remembrance shall be before the face of 
+the mighty One from generation to generation. 
+Nor shall they now fear disgrace. 
+
+4. Woe to you, sinners, when you die in your 
+sins; and they, who are like you, say respecting 
+you, Blessed are these sinners. They have lived 
+out their whole period ; 1 and now they die in happi- 
+ness 2 and in wealth. Distress and slaughter they 
+knew not 3 while alive; in honour they die; nor 
+ever in their lifetime did judgment overtake them. 
+
+5. But has it not been shown to them, that, ivhen 
+to the receptacle of the dead their souls shall be 
+made to descend, their evil deeds shall become their 
+greatest torment? Into darkness, into the snare, 
+and into the flame, which shall burn to the great 
+judgment, shall their spirits enter; and the great 
+judgment shall take effect for ever and for ever. 4 
+
+6. Woe to you ; for to you there shall be no peace. 
+Neither can you say to the righteous, and to the 
+good who are alive, “ In the days of our trouble 
+have we been afflicted ; every species of trouble have 
+we seen, and many evil things have suffered. 5 
+
+7. Our spirits have been consumed, lessened, and 
+diminished. 
+
+8. We have perished; nor has there been a possi- 
+
+1 They have seen all their days. 2 in goodness. 
+
+3 they saw not. 4 shall he for every generation , even for ever. 
+
+5 found. 
+
+
+CHAP. cm. 
+
+
+171 
+
+
+bility of help for us in word or in deed : we have 
+found none, but have been tormented and de- 
+stroyed. 
+
+9. We have not expected to live 1 day after day. 
+
+10. We hoped indeed to have been the head ; 
+
+11. But we have become the tail. We have been 
+afflicted, when we have exerted ourselves ; but we 
+have been devoured by sinners 2 and the ungodly ; 
+their yoke has been heavy upon us. 
+
+12. Those have exercised dominion over us who 
+detest and who goad us ; and to those who hate us 
+have we humbled our neck ; but they have shown 
+no compassion towards us. 
+
+13. We have been desirous of escaping from 
+them, that we might fly away and be at rest ; but 
+we have found no place to which we could fly, and 
+be secure from them. We have sought an asylum 
+with princes in our distress, and have cried out to 
+those who were devouring us ; but our cry has not 
+been regarded, nor have they been disposed to hear 
+our voice ; 
+
+14. But rather to assist those who plunder and 
+devour us ; those who diminish us, and hide their 
+oppression ; who remove not their yoke from us, 
+but devour, enervate, and slay us ; who conceal our 
+slaughter, nor remember that they have lifted up 
+their hands against us.” 
+
+1 to see life. 
+
+
+2 food for sinners. 
+
+
+172 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+CHAR CIV. 
+
+1. I swear to you, ye righteous, that in heaven 
+the angels record your goodness before the glory of 
+the mighty One. 
+
+2. Wait with patient hope ; for formerly you have 
+been disgraced with evil and with affliction ; but 
+now shall you shine like the luminaries of heaven. 
+You shall be seen, and the gates of heaven shall be 
+opened to you. Your cries have cried for judg- 
+ment ; and it has appeared to you : for an account 
+of all your sufferings shall be required from the 
+princes, and from every one who has assisted your 
+plunderers. 
+
+3. Wait with patient hope; nor relinquish your 
+confidence ; for great joy shall be yours, like that of 
+the angels in heaven. Conduct yourselves as you 
+may, still you shall not be concealed in the day of 
+the great judgment. You shall not be found like 
+sinners ; and eternal condemnation shall be far from 
+you, so long as the world exists. 1 
+
+4. And now fear not, ye righteous, when you see 
+sinners flourishing and prosperous 2 in their ways. 
+
+5. Be not associates with them ; but keep your- 
+selves at a distance from their oppression ; be you 
+associated with the host of heaven. You, ye sinners, 
+say, All our transgressions shall not be taken 
+
+
+1 during every generation of the icorld. 
+
+
+2 strong and ivorthy. 
+
+
+CHAP. CIV. 
+
+
+173 
+
+
+account of, and be recorded. But all your trans- 
+gressions shall be recorded daily. 
+
+6. And be assured by me, 1 that light and dark- 
+ness, day and night, behold all your transgressions. 
+Be not impious in your thoughts ; lie not ; surrender 
+not the word of uprightness ; lie not against the 
+word of the holy and the mighty One ; glorify not 
+your idols ; for all your lying and all your impiety 
+is not for righteousness, but for great crime. 
+
+7. Now will I point out a mystery : Many sinners 
+shall turn and transgress against the word of up- 
+rightness. 
+
+8. They shall speak evil things ; they shall utter 
+falsehood ; execute great undertakings ; 2 and com- 
+pose books in their own words. But when they 
+shall write all my words correctly in their own 
+languages, 
+
+9. They shall neither change or diminish them ; 
+but shall write them all correctly ; all which from 
+the first I have uttered concerning them. 
+
+10. Another mystery also I point out. To the 
+righteous and the wise shall be given books of joy, 
+of integrity, and of great wisdom. To them shall 
+books be given, in which they shall believe ; 
+
+11. And in which they shall rejoice. And all the 
+righteous shall be rewarded, who from these shall 
+acquire the knowledge of every upright path. 
+
+2 create a great creation. 
+
+
+1 I will show you. 
+
+
+17 ± 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+CHAP. CIV. 1 
+
+1. In those days, saith the Lord, they shall call 
+to the children of the earth, and make them listen 
+to their wisdom. Show them that you are their 
+leaders ; 
+
+2. And that renumeration shall take place over 
+the whole earth ; for I and my Son will for ever 
+hold communion with them in the paths of upright- 
+ness, while they are still alive. 2 Peace shall be 
+yours. Kejoice, children of integrity, in the truth. 
+
+CHAP. CV. 
+
+1. After a time, 3 my son Mathusala took a wife 
+for his son Lamech. 
+
+2. She became pregnant by him, and brought 
+forth a child, the flesh of which was as white as snow, 
+and red as a rose; the hair of whose head was 
+white like wool, and long ; and whose eyes were 
+beautiful. When he opened them, he illuminated 
+all the house, like the sun ; the whole house 
+abounded with light. 
+
+3. And when he was taken from the hand of the 
+midwife, opening also his mouth, he spoke to the 
+
+1 This chapter occurs twice. 
+
+2 we will for ever mix with them in the paths of uprightness in 
+
+their lives. 3 after days. 
+
+
+CHAP. CV. 
+
+
+175 
+
+
+Lord of righteousness. Then Lameeh his father 
+was afraid of him ; and flying away came to his 
+own father Mathusala, and said, I have begotten a 
+son, unlike to other children. 1 He is not human ; 
+but, resembling the offspring of the angels of heaven, 
+is of a different nature from ours , being altogether 
+unlike to us. 
+
+4. His eyes are 'bright as the rays of the sun ; his 
+countenance glorious, and he looks not as if he be- 
+longed to me, but to the angels. 
+
+5. I am afraid, lest something miraculous should 
+take place on earth in his days. 
+
+6. And now, my father, let me entreat and request 
+you to go to our progenitor Enoch, and to learn 
+from him the truth; for his residence is with the 
+angels. 
+
+7. When Mathusala heard the words of his son, 
+he came to me at the extremities of the earth ; for 
+he had been informed that I was there: and he 
+cried out. 
+
+8. I heard his voice, and went to him saying, 
+Behold, I am here , my son ; since thou art come to 
+me. 
+
+9. He answered and said, On account of a great 
+event have I come to thee; and on account of a 
+sight difficult to be comprehended have I approached 
+thee. 
+
+
+1 a changed son. 
+
+
+176 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+10. And now, my father, hear me ; for to my son 
+Lamech a child has been born, who resembles not 
+him ; and whose nature is not like the nature of 
+man. His colour is whiter than snow ; he is redder 
+than the rose ; the hair of his head is whiter than 
+white wool ; his eyes are like the rays of the sun ; 
+and when he opened them he illuminated the whole 
+house. 
+
+11. When also he was taken from the hand of 
+the midwife, he opened his mouth, and blessed the 
+Lord of heaven. 
+
+12. His father Lamech feared, and fled to me, 
+believing not that the child belonged to him, but 
+that he resembled the angels of heaven. And 
+behold I am come to thee, that thou mightest point 
+out to me the truth. 
+
+Then I, Enoch, answered and said, The Lord 
+will effect a new thing upon the earth. This have 
+I explained, and seen in a vision. I have shown 
+thee that in the generations of Jared my father, 
+those who were from heaven disregarded the word 
+of the Lord. Behold they committed crimes ; laid 
+aside their class, and intermingled with women. 
+With them also they transgressed; married with 
+them, and begot children. 
+
+14. A great destruction therefore shall come upon 
+all the earth ; a deluge, a great destruction, shall 
+take place in one year. 
+
+
+CHAR CV. 
+
+
+177 
+
+
+15. This child which is bom to you shall survive 
+on the earth, and his three sons shall be saved with 
+him. When all mankind who are on earth shall 
+die, he shall be safe. 
+
+16. And his posterity shall beget on the earth 
+giants, not spiritual, but carnal. Upon the earth 
+shall a great punishment be inflicted, and it shall be 
+washed from all corruption. Now therefore inform 
+thy son Lamech, that he who is born is his child 
+in truth ; and he shall call his name Noah, for he 
+shall be to you a survivor. He and his children 
+shall be saved from the corruption which shall take 
+place in the world ; from all the sin and from all the 
+iniquity which shall be consummated on earth in his 
+days. Afterwards shall greater impiety take place 
+than that which had been before consummated on 
+the earth ; for. I am acquainted with holy mysteries, 
+which the Lord himself has discovered and ex- 
+plained to me ; and which I have read in the tablets 
+of heaven. 
+
+17. In them I saw it written, that generation after 
+generation shall transgress, untilNt righteous race 
+shall arise ; until transgression ana^crime perish 
+from off the earth ; until all goodness come upon it. 
+
+18. And now, my son, go tell thy son Lamech, 
+
+19. That the child which is born is his child in 
+truth ; and that there is no deception. 
+
+20. When Mathusala heard the word of his father 
+
+
+178 
+
+
+ENOCH . 
+
+
+Enoch, who had shown him every secret thing, he 
+returned with understanding, 1 and called the name 
+of that child Noah; because he was to console the 
+earth on account of all its destruction. 
+
+21. Another book, which Enoch wrote for his son 
+Mathusala, and for those who should come after him, 
+and preserve their purity of conduct 2 in the latter 
+days. You, who have laboured, shall wait in those 
+days, until the evil doers be consumed, and the 
+power of the guilty be annihilated. Wait, until sin 
+pass away ; for their names shall be blotted out of 
+the- holy books ; their seed shall be destroyed, and 
+their spirits slain. They shall cry out and lament 
+in the invisible waste, and in the bottomless fire 
+shall they burn. 3 There I perceived, as it were, a 
+cloud which could^ not be seen through ; for from 
+the depth of it I was unable to look upwards. I 
+beheld also a flame of fire blazing brightly, and, as 
+it were, glittering mountains whirled around, and 
+agitated from side to side. 
+
+22. Then I inquired of one of the holy angels 
+who was with me, and said, What is this splendid 
+object ? For it is not heaven, but a flame of fire 
+alone which blazes ; and in it there is the clamour of 
+exclamation, of woe, and of great suffering. 
+
+23. He said, There, into that place which thou 
+
+1 seeing. 2 their state of life . 
+
+3 in the jire shall they burn , where there is no earth. 
+
+
+CHAP. CV. 
+
+
+170 
+
+
+beholdest, shall be thrust the spirits of sinners and 
+blasphemers ; of those who shall do evil, and who 
+shall pervert all which God has spoken by the 
+mouth of the prophets ; all which they ought to do. 
+
+For respecting these things there shall be writings 
+and impressions above in heaven, that the angels 
+may read them and know what shall happen both 
+to sinners and to the spirits of the humble ; to those 
+who have suffered in their bodies, but have been 
+rewarded by God ; who have been injuriously treated 
+by wicked men ; who have loved God ; who have 
+been attached neither to gold nor silver, nor to any 
+good thing in the world, but have given their bodies 
+to torment ; 
+
+24. To those who from the period of their birth 1 
+have not been covetous of earthly riches; but have 
+regarded themselves as a breath passing away. 
+
+25. Such has been their conduct ; 2 and much has 
+the Lord tried them ; and their spirits have been 
+found pure, that they might bless his name. All 
+their blessings have I related in a book ; and He has 
+rewarded them ; for they have been found to love 
+heaven with an everlasting aspiration. God has 
+said, While they have been trodden down by 
+wicked men, they have heard from them revilings 
+and blasphemies ; and have been ignominiously 
+treated, while they were blessing me. And now will 
+
+1 from the time (hey were. 2 And this have they kepi , 
+
+
+180 
+
+
+ENOCH. 
+
+
+I call the spirits of the good from the generation of 
+light, and will change those who have been born 
+in darkness; who have not in their bodies been 
+recompensed with glory, as their faith may have 
+merited. 
+
+26. I will bring them into the splendid light of 
+those who love my holy name : and I will place 
+each of them on a throne of glory, of glory 'peculiarhj 
+his own, and they shall be at rest during unnum- 
+bered periods. Righteous is the judgment of God ; 
+
+27. For to the faithful shall he give faith in the 
+habitations of uprightness. 1 They shall see those, 
+who having been born in darkness unto darkness 
+shall be cast ; while the righteous shall be at rest. 
+Sinners shall cry out, beholding them, while they 
+exist in splendour and proceed forwards to the days 
+and periods prescribed to them. 2 
+
+Here ends the vision of Enoch the prophet. May 
+the benediction of his prayer, and the gift of 
+his appointed period, be with his beloved ! 
+Amen. 
+
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