Tag: Book of the Secrets of Enoch

Chapter 49 Enoch instructs his sons not to swear either by heaven or earth, and shows God’s promise, even in the mother’s womb 1 I swear to you, my children, but I swear not by any oath, neither by heaven nor by earth, nor by any other creature which God created. 2 The Lord said: There is no oath in...

Chapter 16 They took Enoch and again placed him in the east at the course of the moon 1 Those men showed me the other course, that of the moon, twelve great gates, crowned from west to east, by which the moon goes in and out of the customary times. 2 It goes in at the first gate to the western place...

Chapter 50 Of how none born on earth can remain hidden nor his work remain concealed, but God bids us to be meek, to endure attack and insult, and not to offend widows and orphans 1 I have put every man’s work in writing and none born on earth can remain hidden nor his works remain concealed. 2 I se...

Chapter 61 Enoch instructs his sons to keep themselves from injustice, to help others and to share 1 And now, my children, keep your hearts from every injustice, which the Lord hates. Just as a man asks something for his own soul from God, so let him do to every living soul, because I know all thing...

Chapter 12 Of the very marvellous elements of the sun 1 And I looked and saw other flying elements of the sun, whose names are Phoenixes and Chalkydri, marvellous and wonderful, with feet and tails in the form of a lion, and a crocodile’s head, their appearance is empurpled, like the rainbow; their ...

Chapter 55 Here Enoch shows his sons, telling them with tears, that the time has approached for him to be taken up into heaven, as the angels are standing before him 1 My children, behold, the day of my term and time have approached. 2 For the angels who shall go with me are standing before me and u...

Chapter 18 Of the taking of Enoch on to the fifth heaven 1 The men took me on to the fifth heaven and placed me, and there I saw many and countless soldiers, called Grigori, of human appearance, and their size was greater than that of great giants and their faces withered, and the silence of their m...

Chapter 58 Enoch’s instructions to his sons 1 Listen to me, my children, to-day. 2 In those days when the Lord came down on to earth for Adam’s sake, and visited all his creatures, which he created himself, after all these he created Adam, and the Lord called all the beasts of the earth, all the rep...

Chapter 19 Of the taking of Enoch to the sixth heaven 1 And thence those men took me and bore me up on to the sixth heaven, and there I saw seven bands of angels, very bright and very glorious, and their faces shining more than the sun’s shining, glistening, and there is no difference in their faces...

Chapter 63 Of how not to despise the poor, but to share with them equally, lest you be murmured against before God 1 When man clothes the naked and fills the hungry, he will find reward from God. 2 But if his heart murmur, he commits a double evil; ruin of himself and of that which he gives; and for...

Chapter 8 Of the assumption of Enoch to the third heaven 1 And those men took me thence, and led me up on to the third heaven, and placed me there; and I looked downwards, and saw the produce of these places, such as has never been known for goodness. 2 And I saw all the sweet-flowering trees and be...

Chapter 38 Mathusal continued to have hope and to await his father Enoch in his house day and night 1 And the Lord said to those men who first led me up: Let Enoch go down on to earth with you, and await him till the determined day. 2 And they placed me by night on my bed. 3 And Mathusal expecting m...