Tag: Book of Enoch

CHAPTER CVIII. 1. Another book which Enoch wrote for his son Methuselah and for those who will come after him, and keep the law in the last days. 2. Ye who have done good shall wait for those days till an end is made of those who work evil, and an end of the might of the transgressors. 3. And wait y...

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...

[Chapter 99] 1 Woe to you who work godlessness,And glory in lying and extol them:Ye shall perish, and no happy life shall be yours. 2 Woe to them who pervert the words of uprightness,And transgress the eternal law,And transform themselves into what they were not [into sinners]:They shall be trodden ...

Chapter CVII. 1. And I saw written on them that generation upon generation shall transgress, till a generation of righteousness arises, and transgression is destroyed and sin passes away from the earth, and all manner of good comes upon it. 2. And now, my son, go and make known to thy son Lamech tha...

[Chapter 34] 1 And from thence I went towards the north to the ends of the earth, and there I saw a great and 2 glorious device at the ends of the whole earth. And here I saw three portals of heaven open in the heaven: through each of them proceed north winds: when they blow there is cold, hail, fro...

[Chapter 102] 1 In those days when He hath brought a grievous fire upon you,Whither will ye flee, and where will ye find deliverance ?And when He launches forth His Word against you Will you not be affrighted and fear ? 2 And all the luminaries shall be affrighted with great fear,And all the earth s...

[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 ...

[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 82] 1 And now, my son Methuselah, all these things I am recounting to thee and writing down for thee! and I have revealed to thee everything, and given thee books concerning all these: so preserve, my son Methuselah, the books from thy father's hand, and (see) that thou deliver them to the ...

[Chapter 49] l For wisdom is poured out like water,And glory faileth not before him for evermore. 2 For he is mighty in all the secrets of righteousness,And unrighteousness shall disappear as a shadow,And have no continuance;Because the Elect One standeth before the Lord of Spirits,And his glory is ...

XCIII. The Apocalypse of Weeks. CHAPTER XCIII. 1. And after that Enoch both gave and began to recount from the books. 2. And Enoch said: ‘Concerning the children of righteousness and concerning the elect of the world, And concerning the plant of uprightness, I will speak these things, Yea, I Enoch w...

[Chapter 40] 1 And after that I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, I saw a multitude 2 beyond number and reckoning, who stood before the Lord of Spirits. And on the four sides of the Lord of Spirits I saw four presences, different from those that sleep not, and I learnt ...