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==Chapter 1==
1 The [[words]] of the blessing of [[Enoch]], wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be
2 living in the day of [[tribulation]], when all the wicked and godless are to be removed. And he took up his [[parable]] and said -Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by [[God]], saw the [[vision]] of the Holy One in the heavens, which [[the angels]] showed me, and from them I heard [[everything]], and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this [[generation]], but for a remote one which is
3 for to come. Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them: The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
4 And the eternal God will tread upon the [[earth]], (even) on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai Mount Sinai], [And appear from His camp] And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.
5 And all shall be smitten with [[fear]] And [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers] shall quake, And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.
6 And the high [[mountains]] shall be shaken, And the high hills shall be made low, And shall melt like wax before the flame
7 And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish, And there shall be a [[judgement]] upon all (men).
8 But with the [[righteous]] He will make [[peace]]. And will [[protect]] the elect, And mercy shall be upon them. And they shall all belong to God, And they shall be prospered, And they shall all be [[blessed]]. And He will help them all, And [[light]] shall appear unto them, And He will make peace with them'.
9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones To execute [[judgement]] upon all, And to destroy all the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
==Chapter 2==
1 [[Observe]] ye everything that takes place in the [[heaven]], how they do not change their [[orbits]], and the luminaries which are in the heaven, how they all rise and set in order each in its [[season]], and
2 transgress not against their appointed order. Behold ye the [[earth]], and give heed to the things which take place upon it from first to last, how [[steadfast]] they are, how none of the things upon earth
3 [[change]], but all the works of God appear to you. Behold the [[summer]] and the [[winter]], how the whole earth is filled with water, and clouds and dew and rain lie upon it.
==Chapter 3==
[[Observe]] and see how (in the winter) all the trees seem as though they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their [[foliage]] but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.
==Chapter 4==
And again, observe ye the days of [[summer]] how the sun is above the earth over against it. And you seek shade and [[shelter]] by reason of the [[heat]] of the [[sun]], and the earth also burns with growing heat, and so you cannot tread on the earth, or on a rock by reason of its heat.
==Chapter 5==
1 Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so.
2 And all His works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks which they accomplish for Him, and their tasks [[change]] not, but according as God hath [[ordained]] so is it done. 3 And behold how the [[sea]] and the [[rivers]] in like [[manner]] accomplish and change not their tasks from His commandments'.
4 But ye -ye have not been [[steadfast]], nor done the commandments of the Lord, But ye have turned away and spoken [[proud]] and hard words With your impure mouths against His [[greatness]]. Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no [[peace]].
5 Therefore shall ye [[execrate]] your days, And the years of your life shall perish, And the years of your [[destruction]] shall be multiplied in eternal execration, And ye shall find no [[mercy]].
6 And all the . . . shall rejoice, e And there shall be [[forgiveness]] of [[sins]], f And every [[mercy]] and [[peace]] and [[forbearance]]: There shall be [[salvation]] unto them, a goodly [[light]].
I And for all of you sinners there shall be no salvation, j But on you all shall abide a [[curse]].
7a But for the elect there shall be light and [[joy]] and [[peace]], b And [[140:3 The Ordination Sermon|they shall inherit the earth]].
8 And then there shall be [[bestowed]] upon the elect [[wisdom]], And they shall all live and never again sin, Either through ungodliness or through [[pride]]: But they who are wise shall be [[humble]].
9 And they shall not again transgress, Nor shall they [[sin]] all the days of their [[life]], Nor shall they die of (the divine) [[anger]] or wrath, But they shall complete the number of the days of their life.
And their lives shall be increased in peace, And the years of their joy shall be multiplied, In eternal gladness and peace, All the days of their life.
==Chapter 6==
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto
2 them [[beautiful]] and comely daughters. And [[the angels]], the children of the heaven, saw and [[lusted]] after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us [[wives]] from among the children of men
3 and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their [[leader]], said unto them: 'I [[fear]] ye will not
4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the [[penalty]] of a great [[sin]].' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an [[oath]], and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations
5 not to [[abandon]] this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves
6 by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who [[descended]] in the days of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared Jared] on the summit of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon], and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn
7 and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the names of their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal,
8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaq1el, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.
==Chapter 7==
1 And all the others [[together]] with them took unto themselves [[wives]], and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them [[charms]]
2 and [[enchantments]], and the cutting of [[roots]], and made them acquainted with [[plants]]. And they
3 became [[pregnant]], and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed
4 all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer [[sustain]] them, the giants turned against
5 them and devoured mankind. And they began to [[sin]] against birds, and [[beasts]], and reptiles, and
6 fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid [[accusation]] against the lawless ones.
==Chapter 8==
1 And Azazel taught men to make [[swords]], and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all
2 colouring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed [[fornication]], and they
3 were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjaza taught [[enchantments]], and root-cuttings, 'Armaros the resolving of [[enchantments]], Baraqijal (taught) [[astrology]], Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel the [[knowledge]] of the clouds, Araqiel the [[signs]] of the [[earth]], Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of the [[moon]]. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven . . .
==Chapter 9==
1 And then [[Michael]], [[Uriel]], Raphael, and [[Gabriel]] looked down from heaven and saw much [[blood]] being
2 shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. And they said one to another: 'The earth made without inhabitant [[cries]] the voice of their cryingst up to the gates of heaven.
3 And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, [[the soul]]s of men make their suit, saying, "Bring our cause
4 before the [[Most High]]."' And they said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the [[throne]] of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the [[generations]] of the
5 ages, and Thy name holy and [[glorious]] and [[blessed]] unto all the ages! Thou hast made all things, and [[power]] over all things hast Thou: and all things are [[naked]] and open in Thy [[sight]], and Thou seest all
6 things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and [[revealed]] the eternal [[secrets]] which were (preserved) in heaven, which
7 men were striving to learn: And Semjaza, to whom Thou hast given [[authority]] to bear rule over his associates. And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the
9 women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of [[sins]]. And the women have
10 borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness. And now, behold, the [[souls]] of those who have died are crying and making their suit to the gates of [[heaven]], and their [[lamentations]] have [[ascended]]: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are
11 wrought on the earth. And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.'
==Chapter 10==
1 Then said the [[Most High]], the Holy and Great One spake, and sent [[Uriel]] to the son of Lamech,
2 and said to him: 'Go to [[Noah]] and tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and [[reveal]] to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come
3 upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may [[escape]]
4 and his seed may be preserved for all the [[generations]] of the world.' And again the Lord said to Raphael: 'Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the [[darkness]]: and make an opening
5 in the [[desert]], which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with [[darkness]], and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may
6,7 not see light. And on the day of the great [[judgement]] he shall be cast into the [[fire]]. And [[heal]] the earth which [[the angels]] have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the [[plague]], and that all the children of men may not perish through all the [[secret]] things that the
8 Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the whole earth has been [[corrupted]]
9 through the works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin.' And to [[Gabriel]] said the Lord: 'Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of [[fornication]]: and destroy [the children of fornication and] the children of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers] from amongst men [and cause them to go forth: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in
10 battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that they (i.e. their [[fathers]]) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf; for they [[hope]] to live an [[eternal]] life, and
11 that each one of them will live five hundred years.' And the Lord said unto [[Michael]]: 'Go, bind Semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves
12 with them in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the [[destruction]] of their beloved ones, bind them [[fast]] for seventy [[generations]] in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their [[judgement]] and of their [[consummation]], till the judgement that is
13 for ever and ever is consummated. In those days they shall be led off to the [[abyss]] of fire: and
14 to the torment and the [[prison]] in which they shall be confined for ever. And whosoever shall be [[condemned]] and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to the end of all
15 generations. And destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers], because
16 they have wronged [[mankind]]. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every [[evil]] work come to an end: and let the plant of [[righteousness]] and [[truth]] appear: and it shall prove a [[blessing]]; the works of righteousness and truth' shall be planted in truth and [[joy]] for evermore.
17 And then shall all the righteous [[escape]], And shall live till they beget thousands of children, And all the days of their [[youth]] and their old age Shall they complete in [[peace]].
18 And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be planted with trees and
19 be full of [[blessing]]. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in [[abundance]], and as for all the [[seed]] which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield
20 ten presses of oil. And cleanse thou the earth from all [[oppression]], and from all unrighteousness, and from all [[sin]], and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth
21 destroy from off the earth. And all the children of men shall become [[righteous]], and all [[nations]]
22 shall offer [[adoration]] and shall [[praise]] Me, and all shall [[worship]] Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all [[sin]], and from all [[punishment]], and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from [[generation]] to generation and for ever.
==Chapter 11==
1 And in those days I will open the store chambers of [[blessing]] which are in the [[heaven]], so as to send
2 them down upon the earth over the work and labour of the children of men. And [[truth]] and [[peace]] shall be associated together throughout all the days of the world and throughout all the [[generations]] of men.'
==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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers], and his days were with the holy ones.
3 And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of [[majesty]] and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers
4 called me -Enoch the [[scribe]]- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the [[heaven]] who have left the high heaven, the holy [[eternal]] place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves
5 [[wives]]: "Ye have wrought great [[destruction]] on the earth: And ye shall have no peace nor [[forgiveness]]
6 of sin: and inasmuch as they delight themselves in their children, The [[murder]] of their beloved ones shall they see, and over the destruction of their children shall they [[lament]], and shall make supplication unto eternity, but [[mercy]] and [[peace]] shall ye not [[attain]]."'
==Chapter 13==
1 And [[Enoch]] went and said: 'Azazel, thou shalt have no [[peace]]: a severe sentence has gone forth
2 against thee to put thee in bonds: And thou shalt not have [[toleration]] nor request granted to thee, because of the unrighteousness which thou hast taught, and because of all the works of godlessness
3 and unrighteousness and [[sin]] which thou hast shown to men.' Then I went and spoke to them all
4 together, and they were all afraid, and fear and trembling seized them. And they besought me to draw up a [[petition]] for them that they might find [[forgiveness]], and to read their petition in the [[presence]]
5 of the Lord of heaven. For from thenceforward they could not speak (with Him) nor lift up their
6 eyes to heaven for [[shame]] of their sins for which they had been [[condemned]]. Then I wrote out their petition, and the [[prayer]] in regard to their spirits and their deeds [[individually]] and in regard to their
7 requests that they should have forgiveness and length. And I went off and sat down at the waters of Dan, in the land of Dan, to the south of the west of Hermon: I read their petition till I fell
8 asleep. And behold a [[dream]] came to me, and [[visions]] fell down upon me, and I saw visions of [[chastisement]], and a [[voice]] came bidding (me) I to tell it to the sons of heaven, and reprimand them.
9 And when I [[awaked]], I came unto them, and they were all sitting gathered together, weeping in
10 'Abelsjail, which is between Lebanon and Seneser, with their faces covered. And I recounted before them all the visions which I had seen in sleep, and I began to speak the [[words]] of [[righteousness]], and to reprimand the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 heavenly Watchers].
==Chapter 14==
1 The [[book]] of the [[words]] of [[righteousness]], and of the reprimand of the eternal Watchers in accordance
2 with the command of the Holy Great One in that [[vision]]. I saw in my [[sleep]] what I will now say with a tongue of flesh and with the [[breath]] of my mouth: which the Great One has given to men to
3 converse therewith and [[understand]] with the [[heart]]. As He has created and given to man the [[power]] of [[understanding]] the word of [[wisdom]], so hath He created me also and given me the power of reprimanding
4 the Watchers, the children of heaven. I wrote out your [[petition]], and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted unto you throughout all the days of [[eternity]], and that [[judgement]]
5 has been finally passed upon you: yea (your petition) will not be granted unto you. And from henceforth you shall not [[ascend]] into [[heaven]] unto all [[eternity]], and in bonds of the earth the decree
6 has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world. And (that) previously you shall have seen the [[destruction]] of your beloved sons and ye shall have no [[pleasure]] in them, but they shall fall before
7 you by the sword. And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own: even though you [[weep]] and [[pray]] and speak all the words contained in the [[writing]] which I have
8 written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the [[course]] of the [[stars]] and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the [[winds]] in
9 the [[vision]] caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into [[heaven]]. And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of [[crystals]] and surrounded by tongues of fire: and it began to affright
10 me. And I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor (made) of crystals, and its groundwork was
11 of crystal. Its ceiling was like the [[path]] of the [[stars]] and the lightnings, and between them were
12 fiery [[cherubim]], and their heaven was (clear as) water. A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its
13 portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there
14 were no delights of life therein: [[fear]] covered me, and trembling got hold upon me. And as I quaked
15 and trembled, I fell upon my face. And I beheld a [[vision]], And lo! there was a second house, greater
16 than the former, and the entire [[portal]] stood open before me, and it was built of flames of [[fire]]. And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot [[describe]] to
17 you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of fire, and above it were [[lightnings]] and the path
18 of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire. And I looked and saw therein a lofty [[throne]]: its appearance was as [[crystal]], and the wheels thereof as the [[shining]] sun, and there was the vision of
19 [[cherubim]]. And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look
20 thereon. And the Great [[Glory]] sat thereon, and His raiment [[shone]] more brightly than the [[sun]] and
21 was whiter than any snow. None of [[the angels]] could enter and could behold His face by reason
22 of the magnificence and glory and no flesh could behold Him. The flaming fire was round about Him, and a great fire stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him: ten thousand times
23 ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed no [[counselor]]. And the most holy ones who were
24 nigh to Him did not leave by night nor depart from Him. And until then I had been [[prostrate]] on my face, trembling: and the Lord called me with His own mouth, and said to me: ' Come hither,
25 Enoch, and hear my word.' And one of the holy ones came to me and [[waked]] me, and He made me rise up and approach the door: and I bowed my face downwards.
==Chapter 15==
1 And He answered and said to me, and I heard His [[voice]]: 'Fear not, [[Enoch]], thou righteous
2 man and [[scribe]] of righteousness: approach hither and hear my voice. And go, say to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers] of heaven, who have sent thee to [[intercede]] for them: "You should intercede" for men, and not men
3 for you: Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and [[eternal]] heaven, and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves [[wives]], and done like the children
4 of earth, and begotten giants (as your) sons And though ye were holy, [[spiritual]], living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten (children) with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have [[lusted]] after flesh and blood as those also do who die
5 and perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget
6 children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth. But you were formerly
7 [[spiritual]], living the eternal life, and [[immortal]] for all [[generations]] of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their dwelling.
8 And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called [[evil]] spirits upon
9 the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin;
10 they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called. [As for the spirits of [[heaven]], in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.] And the spirits of the giants afflict, [[oppress]], destroy, [[attack]], do [[battle]], and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless
12 [[hunger]] and [[thirst]], and cause [[offence]]s. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.
==Chapter 16==
1 From the days of the slaughter and [[destruction]] and [[death]] of the giants, from the [[souls]] of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring [[judgement]] -thus shall they destroy until the day of the [[consummation]], the great judgement in which the age shall be
2 consummated, over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers] and the godless, yea, shall be wholly consummated." And now as to the watchers who have sent thee to [[intercede]] for them, who had been aforetime in heaven, (say
3 to them): "You have been in heaven, but all the [[mysteries]] had not yet been [[revealed]] to you, and you knew worthless ones, and these in the hardness of your [[hearts]] you have made known to the women, and through these mysteries women and men work much evil on earth."
4 Say to them therefore: " You have no [[peace]]."'
[[Category: Old Testament Pseudepigrapha]]
*From-''The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Charles_%28scholar%29 R.H. Charles Oxford]: The Clarendon Press
==Chapter 1==
1 The [[words]] of the blessing of [[Enoch]], wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be
2 living in the day of [[tribulation]], when all the wicked and godless are to be removed. And he took up his [[parable]] and said -Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by [[God]], saw the [[vision]] of the Holy One in the heavens, which [[the angels]] showed me, and from them I heard [[everything]], and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this [[generation]], but for a remote one which is
3 for to come. Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them: The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
4 And the eternal God will tread upon the [[earth]], (even) on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai Mount Sinai], [And appear from His camp] And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.
5 And all shall be smitten with [[fear]] And [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers] shall quake, And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.
6 And the high [[mountains]] shall be shaken, And the high hills shall be made low, And shall melt like wax before the flame
7 And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish, And there shall be a [[judgement]] upon all (men).
8 But with the [[righteous]] He will make [[peace]]. And will [[protect]] the elect, And mercy shall be upon them. And they shall all belong to God, And they shall be prospered, And they shall all be [[blessed]]. And He will help them all, And [[light]] shall appear unto them, And He will make peace with them'.
9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones To execute [[judgement]] upon all, And to destroy all the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
==Chapter 2==
1 [[Observe]] ye everything that takes place in the [[heaven]], how they do not change their [[orbits]], and the luminaries which are in the heaven, how they all rise and set in order each in its [[season]], and
2 transgress not against their appointed order. Behold ye the [[earth]], and give heed to the things which take place upon it from first to last, how [[steadfast]] they are, how none of the things upon earth
3 [[change]], but all the works of God appear to you. Behold the [[summer]] and the [[winter]], how the whole earth is filled with water, and clouds and dew and rain lie upon it.
==Chapter 3==
[[Observe]] and see how (in the winter) all the trees seem as though they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their [[foliage]] but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.
==Chapter 4==
And again, observe ye the days of [[summer]] how the sun is above the earth over against it. And you seek shade and [[shelter]] by reason of the [[heat]] of the [[sun]], and the earth also burns with growing heat, and so you cannot tread on the earth, or on a rock by reason of its heat.
==Chapter 5==
1 Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so.
2 And all His works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks which they accomplish for Him, and their tasks [[change]] not, but according as God hath [[ordained]] so is it done. 3 And behold how the [[sea]] and the [[rivers]] in like [[manner]] accomplish and change not their tasks from His commandments'.
4 But ye -ye have not been [[steadfast]], nor done the commandments of the Lord, But ye have turned away and spoken [[proud]] and hard words With your impure mouths against His [[greatness]]. Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no [[peace]].
5 Therefore shall ye [[execrate]] your days, And the years of your life shall perish, And the years of your [[destruction]] shall be multiplied in eternal execration, And ye shall find no [[mercy]].
6 And all the . . . shall rejoice, e And there shall be [[forgiveness]] of [[sins]], f And every [[mercy]] and [[peace]] and [[forbearance]]: There shall be [[salvation]] unto them, a goodly [[light]].
I And for all of you sinners there shall be no salvation, j But on you all shall abide a [[curse]].
7a But for the elect there shall be light and [[joy]] and [[peace]], b And [[140:3 The Ordination Sermon|they shall inherit the earth]].
8 And then there shall be [[bestowed]] upon the elect [[wisdom]], And they shall all live and never again sin, Either through ungodliness or through [[pride]]: But they who are wise shall be [[humble]].
9 And they shall not again transgress, Nor shall they [[sin]] all the days of their [[life]], Nor shall they die of (the divine) [[anger]] or wrath, But they shall complete the number of the days of their life.
And their lives shall be increased in peace, And the years of their joy shall be multiplied, In eternal gladness and peace, All the days of their life.
==Chapter 6==
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto
2 them [[beautiful]] and comely daughters. And [[the angels]], the children of the heaven, saw and [[lusted]] after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us [[wives]] from among the children of men
3 and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their [[leader]], said unto them: 'I [[fear]] ye will not
4 indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the [[penalty]] of a great [[sin]].' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an [[oath]], and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations
5 not to [[abandon]] this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves
6 by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who [[descended]] in the days of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared Jared] on the summit of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon Mount Hermon], and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn
7 and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the names of their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal,
8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaq1el, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.
==Chapter 7==
1 And all the others [[together]] with them took unto themselves [[wives]], and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them [[charms]]
2 and [[enchantments]], and the cutting of [[roots]], and made them acquainted with [[plants]]. And they
3 became [[pregnant]], and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed
4 all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer [[sustain]] them, the giants turned against
5 them and devoured mankind. And they began to [[sin]] against birds, and [[beasts]], and reptiles, and
6 fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid [[accusation]] against the lawless ones.
==Chapter 8==
1 And Azazel taught men to make [[swords]], and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all
2 colouring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed [[fornication]], and they
3 were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjaza taught [[enchantments]], and root-cuttings, 'Armaros the resolving of [[enchantments]], Baraqijal (taught) [[astrology]], Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel the [[knowledge]] of the clouds, Araqiel the [[signs]] of the [[earth]], Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and Sariel the course of the [[moon]]. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven . . .
==Chapter 9==
1 And then [[Michael]], [[Uriel]], Raphael, and [[Gabriel]] looked down from heaven and saw much [[blood]] being
2 shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. And they said one to another: 'The earth made without inhabitant [[cries]] the voice of their cryingst up to the gates of heaven.
3 And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, [[the soul]]s of men make their suit, saying, "Bring our cause
4 before the [[Most High]]."' And they said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the [[throne]] of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the [[generations]] of the
5 ages, and Thy name holy and [[glorious]] and [[blessed]] unto all the ages! Thou hast made all things, and [[power]] over all things hast Thou: and all things are [[naked]] and open in Thy [[sight]], and Thou seest all
6 things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and [[revealed]] the eternal [[secrets]] which were (preserved) in heaven, which
7 men were striving to learn: And Semjaza, to whom Thou hast given [[authority]] to bear rule over his associates. And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the
9 women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of [[sins]]. And the women have
10 borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness. And now, behold, the [[souls]] of those who have died are crying and making their suit to the gates of [[heaven]], and their [[lamentations]] have [[ascended]]: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are
11 wrought on the earth. And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.'
==Chapter 10==
1 Then said the [[Most High]], the Holy and Great One spake, and sent [[Uriel]] to the son of Lamech,
2 and said to him: 'Go to [[Noah]] and tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and [[reveal]] to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come
3 upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may [[escape]]
4 and his seed may be preserved for all the [[generations]] of the world.' And again the Lord said to Raphael: 'Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the [[darkness]]: and make an opening
5 in the [[desert]], which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with [[darkness]], and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may
6,7 not see light. And on the day of the great [[judgement]] he shall be cast into the [[fire]]. And [[heal]] the earth which [[the angels]] have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the [[plague]], and that all the children of men may not perish through all the [[secret]] things that the
8 Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the whole earth has been [[corrupted]]
9 through the works that were taught by Azazel: to him ascribe all sin.' And to [[Gabriel]] said the Lord: 'Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of [[fornication]]: and destroy [the children of fornication and] the children of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers] from amongst men [and cause them to go forth: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in
10 battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that they (i.e. their [[fathers]]) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf; for they [[hope]] to live an [[eternal]] life, and
11 that each one of them will live five hundred years.' And the Lord said unto [[Michael]]: 'Go, bind Semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves
12 with them in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the [[destruction]] of their beloved ones, bind them [[fast]] for seventy [[generations]] in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their [[judgement]] and of their [[consummation]], till the judgement that is
13 for ever and ever is consummated. In those days they shall be led off to the [[abyss]] of fire: and
14 to the torment and the [[prison]] in which they shall be confined for ever. And whosoever shall be [[condemned]] and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to the end of all
15 generations. And destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers], because
16 they have wronged [[mankind]]. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every [[evil]] work come to an end: and let the plant of [[righteousness]] and [[truth]] appear: and it shall prove a [[blessing]]; the works of righteousness and truth' shall be planted in truth and [[joy]] for evermore.
17 And then shall all the righteous [[escape]], And shall live till they beget thousands of children, And all the days of their [[youth]] and their old age Shall they complete in [[peace]].
18 And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be planted with trees and
19 be full of [[blessing]]. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in [[abundance]], and as for all the [[seed]] which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield
20 ten presses of oil. And cleanse thou the earth from all [[oppression]], and from all unrighteousness, and from all [[sin]], and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth
21 destroy from off the earth. And all the children of men shall become [[righteous]], and all [[nations]]
22 shall offer [[adoration]] and shall [[praise]] Me, and all shall [[worship]] Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all [[sin]], and from all [[punishment]], and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from [[generation]] to generation and for ever.
==Chapter 11==
1 And in those days I will open the store chambers of [[blessing]] which are in the [[heaven]], so as to send
2 them down upon the earth over the work and labour of the children of men. And [[truth]] and [[peace]] shall be associated together throughout all the days of the world and throughout all the [[generations]] of men.'
==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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers], and his days were with the holy ones.
3 And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of [[majesty]] and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers
4 called me -Enoch the [[scribe]]- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the [[heaven]] who have left the high heaven, the holy [[eternal]] place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves
5 [[wives]]: "Ye have wrought great [[destruction]] on the earth: And ye shall have no peace nor [[forgiveness]]
6 of sin: and inasmuch as they delight themselves in their children, The [[murder]] of their beloved ones shall they see, and over the destruction of their children shall they [[lament]], and shall make supplication unto eternity, but [[mercy]] and [[peace]] shall ye not [[attain]]."'
==Chapter 13==
1 And [[Enoch]] went and said: 'Azazel, thou shalt have no [[peace]]: a severe sentence has gone forth
2 against thee to put thee in bonds: And thou shalt not have [[toleration]] nor request granted to thee, because of the unrighteousness which thou hast taught, and because of all the works of godlessness
3 and unrighteousness and [[sin]] which thou hast shown to men.' Then I went and spoke to them all
4 together, and they were all afraid, and fear and trembling seized them. And they besought me to draw up a [[petition]] for them that they might find [[forgiveness]], and to read their petition in the [[presence]]
5 of the Lord of heaven. For from thenceforward they could not speak (with Him) nor lift up their
6 eyes to heaven for [[shame]] of their sins for which they had been [[condemned]]. Then I wrote out their petition, and the [[prayer]] in regard to their spirits and their deeds [[individually]] and in regard to their
7 requests that they should have forgiveness and length. And I went off and sat down at the waters of Dan, in the land of Dan, to the south of the west of Hermon: I read their petition till I fell
8 asleep. And behold a [[dream]] came to me, and [[visions]] fell down upon me, and I saw visions of [[chastisement]], and a [[voice]] came bidding (me) I to tell it to the sons of heaven, and reprimand them.
9 And when I [[awaked]], I came unto them, and they were all sitting gathered together, weeping in
10 'Abelsjail, which is between Lebanon and Seneser, with their faces covered. And I recounted before them all the visions which I had seen in sleep, and I began to speak the [[words]] of [[righteousness]], and to reprimand the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 heavenly Watchers].
==Chapter 14==
1 The [[book]] of the [[words]] of [[righteousness]], and of the reprimand of the eternal Watchers in accordance
2 with the command of the Holy Great One in that [[vision]]. I saw in my [[sleep]] what I will now say with a tongue of flesh and with the [[breath]] of my mouth: which the Great One has given to men to
3 converse therewith and [[understand]] with the [[heart]]. As He has created and given to man the [[power]] of [[understanding]] the word of [[wisdom]], so hath He created me also and given me the power of reprimanding
4 the Watchers, the children of heaven. I wrote out your [[petition]], and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted unto you throughout all the days of [[eternity]], and that [[judgement]]
5 has been finally passed upon you: yea (your petition) will not be granted unto you. And from henceforth you shall not [[ascend]] into [[heaven]] unto all [[eternity]], and in bonds of the earth the decree
6 has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world. And (that) previously you shall have seen the [[destruction]] of your beloved sons and ye shall have no [[pleasure]] in them, but they shall fall before
7 you by the sword. And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own: even though you [[weep]] and [[pray]] and speak all the words contained in the [[writing]] which I have
8 written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the [[course]] of the [[stars]] and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the [[winds]] in
9 the [[vision]] caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into [[heaven]]. And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of [[crystals]] and surrounded by tongues of fire: and it began to affright
10 me. And I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor (made) of crystals, and its groundwork was
11 of crystal. Its ceiling was like the [[path]] of the [[stars]] and the lightnings, and between them were
12 fiery [[cherubim]], and their heaven was (clear as) water. A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its
13 portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there
14 were no delights of life therein: [[fear]] covered me, and trembling got hold upon me. And as I quaked
15 and trembled, I fell upon my face. And I beheld a [[vision]], And lo! there was a second house, greater
16 than the former, and the entire [[portal]] stood open before me, and it was built of flames of [[fire]]. And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot [[describe]] to
17 you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of fire, and above it were [[lightnings]] and the path
18 of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire. And I looked and saw therein a lofty [[throne]]: its appearance was as [[crystal]], and the wheels thereof as the [[shining]] sun, and there was the vision of
19 [[cherubim]]. And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look
20 thereon. And the Great [[Glory]] sat thereon, and His raiment [[shone]] more brightly than the [[sun]] and
21 was whiter than any snow. None of [[the angels]] could enter and could behold His face by reason
22 of the magnificence and glory and no flesh could behold Him. The flaming fire was round about Him, and a great fire stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him: ten thousand times
23 ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed no [[counselor]]. And the most holy ones who were
24 nigh to Him did not leave by night nor depart from Him. And until then I had been [[prostrate]] on my face, trembling: and the Lord called me with His own mouth, and said to me: ' Come hither,
25 Enoch, and hear my word.' And one of the holy ones came to me and [[waked]] me, and He made me rise up and approach the door: and I bowed my face downwards.
==Chapter 15==
1 And He answered and said to me, and I heard His [[voice]]: 'Fear not, [[Enoch]], thou righteous
2 man and [[scribe]] of righteousness: approach hither and hear my voice. And go, say to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers] of heaven, who have sent thee to [[intercede]] for them: "You should intercede" for men, and not men
3 for you: Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and [[eternal]] heaven, and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves [[wives]], and done like the children
4 of earth, and begotten giants (as your) sons And though ye were holy, [[spiritual]], living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten (children) with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have [[lusted]] after flesh and blood as those also do who die
5 and perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget
6 children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth. But you were formerly
7 [[spiritual]], living the eternal life, and [[immortal]] for all [[generations]] of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their dwelling.
8 And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called [[evil]] spirits upon
9 the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin;
10 they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called. [As for the spirits of [[heaven]], in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.] And the spirits of the giants afflict, [[oppress]], destroy, [[attack]], do [[battle]], and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless
12 [[hunger]] and [[thirst]], and cause [[offence]]s. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.
==Chapter 16==
1 From the days of the slaughter and [[destruction]] and [[death]] of the giants, from the [[souls]] of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring [[judgement]] -thus shall they destroy until the day of the [[consummation]], the great judgement in which the age shall be
2 consummated, over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 the Watchers] and the godless, yea, shall be wholly consummated." And now as to the watchers who have sent thee to [[intercede]] for them, who had been aforetime in heaven, (say
3 to them): "You have been in heaven, but all the [[mysteries]] had not yet been [[revealed]] to you, and you knew worthless ones, and these in the hardness of your [[hearts]] you have made known to the women, and through these mysteries women and men work much evil on earth."
4 Say to them therefore: " You have no [[peace]]."'
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