The Book of Enoch : Chapters 57

THE BOOK OF ENOCH : CHAPTERS 57 - 68

[Chapter 57]

1 And it came to pass after this that I saw another host of
wagons, and men riding thereon, and

2 coming on the winds from the east, and from the west to
the south. And the noise of their wagons was heard, and when
this turmoil took place the holy ones from heaven remarked
it, and the pillars of the earth were moved from their
place, and the sound thereof was heard from the one end of
heaven

3 to the other, in one day. And they shall all fall down and
worship the Lord of Spirits. And this is the end of the
second Parable.

[Chapter 58]

1 And I began to speak the third Parable concerning the
righteous and elect.

2 Blessed are ye, ye righteous and elect, For glorious shall
be your lot.

3 And the righteous shall be in the light of the sun. And
the elect in the light of eternal life: The days of their
life shall be unending, And the days of the holy without
number.

4 And they shall seek the light and find righteousness with
the Lord of Spirits: There shall be peace to the righteous
in the name of the Eternal Lord.

5 And after this it shall be said to the holy in heaven That
they should seek out the secrets of righteousness, the
heritage of faith: For it has become bright as the sun upon
earth, And the darkness is past.

6 And there shall be a light that never endeth, And to a
limit (lit. ' number ') of days they shall not come, For the
darkness shall first have been destroyed, [And the light
established before the Lord of Spirits] And the light of
uprightness established for ever before the Lord of Spirits.

[Chapter 59]

1 [In those days mine eyes saw the secrets of the
lightnings, and of the lights, and the judgements they
execute (lit. ' their judgement '): and they lighten for a
blessing or a curse as the Lord of

2 Spirits willeth. And there I saw the secrets of the
thunder, and how when it resounds above in the heaven, the
sound thereof is heard, and he caused me to see the
judgements executed on the earth, whether they be for
well-being and blessing, or for a curse according to the
word of the Lord of Spirits.

3 And after that all the secrets of the lights and
lightnings were shown to me, and they lighten for blessing
and for satisfying.]

[Chapter 60] A Fragment of the Book of Noah

1 In the year 500, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth
day of the month in the life of Enoch. In that Parable I saw
how a mighty quaking made the heaven of heavens to quake,
and the host of the Most High, and the angels, a thousand
thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, were

2 disquieted with a great disquiet. And the Head of Days sat
on the throne of His glory, and the angels and the righteous
stood around Him.

3 And a great trembling seized me, And fear took hold of me,
And my loins gave way, And dissolved were my reins, And I
fell upon my face.

4 And Michael sent another angel from among the holy ones
and he raised me up, and when he had raised me up my spirit
returned; for I had not been able to endure the look of this
host, and the

5 commotion and the quaking of the heaven. And Michael said
unto me: ' Why art thou disquieted with such a vision ?
Until this day lasted the day of His mercy; and He hath been
merciful and

6 long-suffering towards those who dwell on the earth. And
when the day, and the power, and the punishment, and the
judgement come, which the Lord of Spirits hath prepared for
those who worship not the righteous law, and for those who
deny the righteous judgement, and for those who take His
name in vain-that day is prepared, for the elect a covenant,
but for sinners an inquisition.

25 When the punishment of the Lord of Spirits shall rest
upon them, it shall rest in order that the punishment of the
Lord of Spirits may not come, in vain, and it shall slay the
children with their mothers and the children with their
fathers. Afterwards the judgement shall take place according
to His mercy and His patience.'

7 And on that day were two monsters parted, a female monster
named Leviathan, to dwell in the

8 abysses of the ocean over the fountains of the waters. But
the male is named Behemoth, who occupied with his breast a
waste wilderness named Duidain, on the east of the garden
where the elect and righteous dwell, where my grandfather
was taken up, the seventh from Adam, the first

9 man whom the Lord of Spirits created. And I besought the
other angel that he should show me the might of those
monsters, how they were parted on one day and cast, the one
into the abysses

10 of the sea, and the other unto the dry land of the
wilderness. And he said to me: ' Thou son of man, herein
thou dost seek to know what is hidden.'

11 And the other angel who went with me and showed me what
was hidden told me what is first and last in the heaven in
the height, and beneath the earth in the depth, and at the
ends of the

12 heaven, and on the foundation of the heaven. And the
chambers of the winds, and how the winds are divided, and
how they are weighed, and (how) the portals of the winds are
reckoned, each according to the power of the wind, and the
power of the lights of the moon, and according to the power
that is fitting: and the divisions of the stars according to
their names, and how all the divisions

13 are divided. And the thunders according to the places
where they fall, and all the divisions that are made among
the lightnings that it may lighten, and their host that they
may at once obey.

14 For the thunder has places of rest (which) are assigned
(to it) while it is waiting for its peal; and the thunder
and lightning are inseparable, and although not one and
undivided, they both go together

15 through the spirit and separate not. For when the
lightning lightens, the thunder utters its voice, and the
spirit enforces a pause during the peal, and divides equally
between them; for the treasury of their peals is like the
sand, and each one of them as it peals is held in with a
bridle, and turned back by the power of the spirit, and
pushed forward according to the many quarters of the earth.

16 And the spirit of the sea is masculine and strong, and
according to the might of his strength he draws it back with
a rein, and in like manner it is driven forward and
disperses amid all the mountains

17 of the earth. And the spirit of the hoar-frost is his own
angel, and the spirit of the hail is a good

18 angel. And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his
chambers on account of his strength -There is a special
spirit therein, and that which ascends from it is like
smoke, and its name is frost. And the spirit of the mist is
not united with them in their chambers, but it has a special
chamber; for its course is glorious both in light and in
darkness, and in winter and in summer, and in its chamber is
an angel.

20 And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of
the heaven, and is connected with the chambers of the rain,
and its course is in winter and summer: and its clouds and
the clouds of the

21 mist are connected, and the one gives to the other. And
when the spirit of the rain goes forth from its chamber, the
angels come and open the chamber and lead it out, and when
it is diffused over the whole earth it unites with the water
on the earth. And whensoever it unites with the water on

22 the earth . . . For the waters are for those who dwell on
the earth; for they are nourishment for the earth from the
Most High who is in heaven: therefore there is a measure for
the rain,

22, and the angels take it in charge. And these things I saw
towards the Garden of the Righteous.

23 And the angel of peace who was with me said to me: '
These two monsters, prepared conformably to the greatness of
God, shall feed . . .

[Chapter 61]

1 And I saw in those days how long cords were given to those
angels, and they took to themselves wings and flew, and they
went towards the north.

2 And I asked the angel, saying unto him: ' Why have those
(angels) taken these cords and gone off ? ' And he said unto
me: ' They have gone to measure.'

3 And the angel who went with me said unto me: ' These shall
bring the measures of the righteous, And the ropes of the
righteous to the righteous, That they may stay themselves on
the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.

4 The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect, And those
are the measures which shall be given to faith And which
shall strengthen righteousness.

5 And these measures shall reveal all the secrets of the
depths of the earth, And those who have been destroyed by
the desert, And those who have been devoured by the beasts,
And those who have been devoured by the fish of the sea,
That they may return and stay themselves On the day of the
Elect One; For none shall be destroyed before the Lord of
Spirits, And none can be destroyed.

6 And all who dwell above in the heaven received a command
and power and one voice and one light like unto fire.

7 And that One (with) their first words they blessed, And
extolled and lauded with wisdom, And they were wise in
utterance and in the spirit of life.

8 And the Lord of Spirits placed the Elect one on the throne
of glory. And he shall judge all the works of the holy above
in the heaven, And in the balance shall their deeds be
weighed

9 And when he shall lift up his countenance To judge their
secret ways according to the word of the name of the Lord of
Spirits, And their path according to the way of the
righteous judgement of the Lord of Spirits, Then shall they
all with one voice speak and bless, And glorify and extol
and sanctify the name of the Lord of Spirits.

10 And He will summon all the host of the heavens, and all
the holy ones above, and the host of God, the Cherubic,
Seraphin and Ophannin, and all the angels of power, and all
the angels of principalities, and the Elect One, and the
other powers on the earth (and) over the water on that day
shall raise one voice, and bless and glorify and exalt in
the spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom, and in the
spirit of patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and in the
spirit of judgement and of peace, and in the spirit of
goodness, and shall all say with one voice: " Blessed is He,
and may the name of the Lord of Spirits be blessed for ever
and ever."

12 All who sleep not above in heaven shall bless Him: All
the holy ones who are in heaven shall bless Him, And all the
elect who dwell in the garden of life: And every spirit of
light who is able to bless, and glorify, and extol, and
hallow Thy blessed name, And all flesh shall beyond measure
glorify and bless Thy name for ever and ever.

13 For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and He is
long-suffering, And all His works and all that He has
created He has revealed to the righteous and elect In the
name of the Lord of Spirits.

[Chapter 62]

1 And thus the Lord commanded the kings and the mighty and
the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, and said: '
Open your eyes and lift up your horns if ye are able to
recognize the Elect One.'

2 And the Lord of Spirits seated him on the throne of His
glory, And the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon
him, And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners, And
all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face.

3 And there shall stand up in that day all the kings and the
mighty, And the exalted and those who hold the earth, And
they shall see and recognize How he sits on the throne of
his glory, And righteousness is judged before him, And no
lying word is spoken before him.

4 Then shall pain come upon them as on a woman in travail,
[And she has pain in bringing forth] When her child enters
the mouth of the womb, And she has pain in bringing forth.
And one portion of them shall look on the other, And they
shall be terrified, And they shall be downcast of
countenance, And pain shall seize them, When they see that
Son of Man Sitting on the throne of his glory.

6 And the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth
shall bless and glorify and extol him who rules over all,
who was hidden.

7 For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden, And the
Most High preserved him in the presence of His might, And
revealed him to the elect.

8 And the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown,
And all the elect shall stand before him on that day.

9 And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those
who rule the earth Shall fall down before him on their
faces, And worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man,
And petition him and supplicate for mercy at his hands.

10 Nevertheless that Lord of Spirits will so press them That
they shall hastily go forth from His presence, And their
faces shall be filled with shame, And the darkness grow
deeper on their faces.

11 And He will deliver them to the angels for punishment, To
execute vengeance on them because they have oppressed His
children and His elect

12 And they shall be a spectacle for the righteous and for
His elect: They shall rejoice over them, Because the wrath
of the Lord of Spirits resteth upon them, And His sword is
drunk with their blood.

13 And the righteous and elect shall be saved on that day,
And they shall never thenceforward see the face of the
sinners and unrighteous.

14 And the Lord of Spirits will abide over them, And with
that Son of Man shall they eat And lie down and rise up for
ever and ever.

15 And the righteous and elect shall have risen from the
earth, And ceased to be of downcast countenance. And they
shall have been clothed with garments of glory,

16 And these shall be the garments of life from the Lord of
Spirits: And your garments shall not grow old, Nor your
glory pass away before the Lord of Spirits.

[Chapter 63]

1 In those days shall the mighty and the kings who possess
the earth implore (Him) to grant them a little respite from
His angels of punishment to whom they were delivered, that
they might fall

2 down and worship before the Lord of Spirits, and confess
their sins before Him. And they shall bless and glorify the
Lord of Spirits, and say: ' Blessed is the Lord of Spirits
and the Lord of kings, And the Lord of the mighty and the
Lord of the rich, And the Lord of glory and the Lord of
wisdom,

3 And splendid in every secret thing is Thy power from
generation to generation, And Thy glory for ever and ever:
Deep are all Thy secrets and innumerable, And Thy
righteousness is beyond reckoning.

4 We have now learnt that we should glorify And bless the
Lord of kings and Him who is king over all kings.'

5 And they shall say: ' Would that we had rest to glorify
and give thanks And confess our faith before His glory !

6 And now we long for a little rest but find it not: We
follow hard upon and obtain (it) not: And light has vanished
from before us, And darkness is our dwelling-place for ever
and ever:

7 For we have not believed before Him Nor glorified the name
of the Lord of Spirits, [nor glorified our Lord] But our
hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom, And in our glory.

8 And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He saves
us not, And we find no respite for confession That our Lord
is true in all His works, and in His judgements and His
justice, And His judgements have no respect of persons. And
we pass away from before His face on account of our works,
And all our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.'

10 Now they shall say unto themselves: ' Our souls are full
of unrighteous gain, but it does not prevent us from
descending from the midst thereof into the burden of Sheol.'

11 And after that their faces shall be filled with darkness
And shame before that Son of Man, And they shall be driven
from his presence, And the sword shall abide before his face
in their midst.

12 Thus spake the Lord of Spirits: ' This is the ordinance
and judgement with respect to the mighty and the kings and
the exalted and those who possess the earth before the Lord
of Spirits.'

[Chapter 64]

1,2 And other forms I saw hidden in that place. I heard the
voice of the angel saying: ' These are the angels who
descended to the earth, and revealed what was hidden to the
children of men and seduced the children of men into
committing sin.'

[Chapter 65]

1, 2 And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk
down and its destruction was nigh. And he arose from thence
and went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud to his
grandfather Enoch:

3 and Noah said three times with an embittered voice: Hear
me, hear me, hear me.' And I said unto him: ' Tell me what
it is that is falling out on the earth that the earth is in
such evil plight

4 and shaken, lest perchance I shall perish with it ? ' And
thereupon there was a great commotion , on the earth, and a
voice was heard from heaven, and I fell on my face. And
Enoch my grandfather came and stood by me, and said unto me:
' Why hast thou cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping

6 And a command has gone forth from the presence of the Lord
concerning those who dwell on the earth that their ruin is
accomplished because they have learnt all the secrets of the
angels, and all the violence of the Satans, and all their
powers -the most secret ones- and all the power of those who
practice sorcery, and the power of witchcraft, and the power
of those who make molten images

7 for the whole earth: And how silver is produced from the
dust of the earth, and how soft metal

8 originates in the earth. For lead and tin are not produced
from the earth like the first: it is a fountain

9 that produces them, and an angel stands therein, and that
angel is pre-eminent.' And after that my grandfather Enoch
took hold of me by my hand and raised me up, and said unto
me: ' Go, for I have

10 asked the Lord of Spirits as touching this commotion on
the earth. And He said unto me: " Because of their
unrighteousness their judgement has been determined upon and
shall not be withheld by Me for ever. Because of the
sorceries which they have searched out and learnt, the earth
and those

11 who dwell upon it shall be destroyed." And these-they
have no place of repentance for ever, because they have
shown them what was hidden, and they are the damned: but as
for thee, my son, the Lord of Spirits knows that thou art
pure, and guiltless of this reproach concerning the secrets.

12 And He has destined thy name to be among the holy, And
will preserve thee amongst those who dwell on the earth, And
has destined thy righteous seed both for kingship and for
great honours, And from thy seed shall proceed a fountain of
the righteous and holy without number for ever.

[Chapter 66]

1 And after that he showed me the angels of punishment who
are prepared to come and let loose all the powers of the
waters which are beneath in the earth in order to bring
judgement and destruction

2 on all who [abide and] dwell on the earth. And the Lord of
Spirits gave commandment to the angels who were going forth,
that they should not cause the waters to rise but should
hold them

3 in check; for those angels were over the powers of the
waters. And I went away from the presence of Enoch.

[Chapter 67]

1 And in those days the word of God came unto me, and He
said unto me: ' Noah, thy lot has come

2 Up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and
uprightness. And now the angels are making a wooden
(building), and when they have completed that task I will
place My hand upon it and preserve it, and there shall come
forth from it the seed of life, and a change shall set in so
that the

3 earth will not remain without inhabitant. And I will make
fast thy seed before me for ever and ever, and I will spread
abroad those who dwell with thee: it shall not be unfruitful
on the face of the earth, but it shall be blessed and
multiply on the earth in the name of the Lord.'

4 And He will imprison those angels, who have shown
unrighteousness, in that burning valley which my grandfather
Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west among the
mountains of gold

5 and silver and iron and soft metal and tin. And I saw that
valley in which there was a great

6 convulsion and a convulsion of the waters. And when all
this took place, from that fiery molten metal and from the
convulsion thereof in that place, there was produced a smell
of sulphur, and it was connected with those waters, and that
valley of the angels who had led astray (mankind) burned

7 beneath that land. And through its valleys proceed streams
of fire, where these angels are punished who had led astray
those who dwell upon the earth.

8 But those waters shall in those days serve for the kings
and the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the
earth, for the healing of the body, but for the punishment
of the spirit; now their spirit is full of lust, that they
may be punished in their body, for they have denied the Lord
of Spirits

9 and see their punishment daily, and yet believe not in His
name. And in proportion as the burning of their bodies
becomes severe, a corresponding change shall take place in
their spirit for ever and ever;

10 for before the Lord of Spirits none shall utter an idle
word. For the judgement shall come upon them,

11 because they believe in the lust of their body and deny
the Spirit of the Lord. And those same waters will undergo a
change in those days; for when those angels are punished in
these waters, these water-springs shall change their
temperature, and when the angels ascend, this water of the

12 springs shall change and become cold. And I heard Michael
answering and saying: ' This judgement wherewith the angels
are judged is a testimony for the kings and the mighty who
possess the

13 earth.' Because these waters of judgement minister to the
healing of the body of the kings and the lust of their body;
therefore they will not see and will not believe that those
waters will change and become a fire which burns for ever.

[Chapter 68]

1 And after that my grandfather Enoch gave me the teaching
of all the secrets in the book in the Parables which had
been given to him, and he put them together for me in the
words of the book

2 of the Parables. And on that day Michael answered Raphael
and said: ' The power of the spirit transports and makes me
to tremble because of the severity of the judgement of the
secrets, the judgement of the angels: who can endure the
severe judgement which has been executed, and before

3 which they melt away ? ' And Michael answered again, and
said to Raphael: ' Who is he whose heart is not softened
concerning it, and whose reins are not troubled by this word
of judgement

4 (that) has gone forth upon them because of those who have
thus led them out ? ' And it came to pass when he stood
before the Lord of Spirits, Michael said thus to Raphael: '
I will not take their part under the eye of the Lord; for
the Lord of Spirits has been angry with them because they do

5 as if they were the Lord. Therefore all that is hidden
shall come upon them for ever and ever; for neither angel
nor man shall have his portion (in it), but alone they have
received their judgement for ever and ever.

Continue to chapter 69 . . .