Tag: Book of Enoch

[Chapter 94] 1 And now I say unto you, my sons, love righteousness and walk therein;For the paths of righteousness are worthy of acceptation,But the paths of unrighteousness shall suddenly be destroyed and vanish. 2 And to certain men of a generation shall the paths of violence and of death be revea...

[Chapter 32] 1 And after these fragrant odours, as I looked towards the north over the mountains I saw seven mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and cinnamon and pepper. 2 And thence I went over the summits of all these mountains, far towards the east of the earth, and passed above the ...

XC. 1-5. Third Period—from Alexander the Great to the Graeco-Syrian Domination. CHAPTER XC. 1. And I saw till that in this manner thirty-five shepherds undertook the pasturing (of the sheep), and they severally completed their periods as did the first; and others received them into their hands, to p...

Section V. (XCI-CIV) XCI-XCII. Enoch's Admonition to his Children. CHAPTER XCI. 1. ‘And now, my son Methuselah, call to me all thy brothers And gather together to me all the sons of thy mother; For the word calls me, And the spirit is poured out upon me, That I may show you everything That shall be...

LXIX. The Names and Functions of the (fallen Angels and) Satans: the secret Oath. CHAPTER LXIX. 1. And after this judgement they shall terrify and make them to tremble because they have shown this to those who dwell on the earth. 2. And behold the names of those angels [and these are their names: th...

LXI. Angels go off to measure Paradise: the Judgement of the Righteous by the Elect One; the Praise of the Elect One and of God. Chapter LXI. 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 as...

[Chapter 12] 1 Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men knew where he was 2 hidden, and where he abode, and what had become of him. And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days were with the holy ones. 3 And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty and ...

Section II. Chapters XXXVII-LXXIThe Parables [Chapter 37] 1 The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom -which Enoch the son of Jared, the son 2 of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, saw. And this is the beginning of the words of wisdom which I ...

[Chapter 55] 1 And after that the Head of Days repented and said: ' In vain have I destroyed all who dwell 2 on the earth.' And He sware by His great name: ' Henceforth I will not do so to all who dwell on the earth, and I will set a sign in the heaven: and this shall be a pledge of good faith betwe...

[Chapter 29] 1 And thence I went to another place in the desert, and approached to the east of this mountain 2 range. And there I saw aromatic trees exhaling the fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, and the trees also were similar to the almond tree....

[Chapter 24] 1 And from thence I went to another place of the earth, and he showed me a mountain range of 2 fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent...

[Chapter 52] l And after those days in that place where I had seen all the visions of that which is hidden -for 2 I had been carried off in a whirlwind and they had borne me towards the west-There mine eyes saw all the secret things of heaven that shall be, a mountain of iron, and a mountain of copp...