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The word of the blessing of Enoch, how he blessed the elect and the righteous, who were to exist in the tim...

Behold, he comes with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon them, and destroy the wicked, a...

All who are in the heavens know what is transacted there.

They consider and behold every tree, how it appears to wither, and every leaf to fall off, except of fourte...

Again they consider the days of summer, that the sun is upon it at its very beginning;

They consider how the trees, when they put forth their green leaves, become covered, and produce fruit;

It happened after the sons of men had multiplied in those days, that daughters were born to them, elegant a...

Moreover Azazyel taught men to make swords, knives, shields, breastplates, the fabrication of mirrors, and...

Then Michael and Gabriel, Raphael, Suryal, and Uriel, looked down from heaven, and saw the quantity of bloo...

Then the Most High, the Great and Holy One spoke,

Before all these things Enoch was concealed;

Then Enoch, passing on, said to Azazyel:

This is the book of the words of righteousness, and of the reproof of the Watchers, who belong to the world...

Then addressing me, He spoke and said, Hear, neither be afraid, O righteous Enoch, thou scribe of righteous...

And as to the death of the giants, wheresoever their spirits depart from their bodies, let their flesh, tha...

They raised me up into a certain place, where there was the appearance of a burning fire;

I then surveyed the receptacles of all the winds, perceiving that they contributed to adorn the whole creat...

Then Uriel said, Here the angels, who cohabited with women, appointed their leaders;

These are the names of the angels who watch.

Then I made a circuit to a place in which nothing was completed.

From thence I proceeded to another spot, where I saw on the west a great and lofty mountain, a strong rock,...

From thence I went to another place, towards the west, unto the extremities of the earth,

I went from thence to another place, and saw a mountain of fire flashing both by day and night.

From thence I proceeded to the middle of the earth, and beheld a happy and fertile spot, which contained br...

Then I said, What means this blessed land, all these lofty trees, and the accursed valley between them?

From thence I proceeded towards the east, to the middle of the mountain in the desert, the level surface on...

Then I went to another place from the desert, towards the east of that mountain which I had approached.

I likewise saw another place with valleys of water which never wasted,

Then I beheld another mountain containing trees, from which water flowed like Neketro.

After these things, surveying the entrances of the north, above the mountains, I perceived seven mountains...

From thence I went on towards the extremities of the earth;

From thence I advanced on towards the north, to the extremities of the earth.

From thence I went to the extremities of the world westwards;

Then I proceeded to the extremities of the earth southwards;

The vision which he saw, the second vision of wisdom, which Enoch saw, the son of Jared, the son of Malalee...

Parable the first.

In those days shall the elect and holy race descend from the upper heavens, and their seed shall then be wi...

After this I beheld thousands of thousands, and myriads of myriads, and an infinite number of people, stand...

After this I beheld the secrets of the heavens and of paradise, according to its divisions;

Wisdom found not a place on earth where she could inhabit;

I beheld another splendour, and the stars of heaven.

Another thing also I saw respecting splendour;

Parable the second, respecting these who deny the name of the habitation of the holy ones, and of the Lord...

There I beheld the Ancient of days, whose head was like white wool, and with him another, whose countenance...

In that day the prayer of the holy and the righteous, and the blood of the righteous, shall ascend from the...

Wisdom is poured forth like water, and glory fails not before him for ever and ever;

In those days the saints and the chosen shall undergo a change.

In those days shall the earth deliver up from her womb, and hell deliver up from hers, that which it has re...

After that period, in the place where I had seen every secret sight, I was snatched up in a whirlwind, and...

There my eyes beheld a deep valley;

Then I looked and turned myself to another part of the earth, where I beheld a deep valley burning with fire.

Afterwards the Ancient of days repented, and said, In vain have I destroyed all the inhabitants of the earth.

After this I beheld another army of chariots, with men riding in them.

I now began to utter the third parable, concerning the saints and the elect.

In those days my eyes beheld the secrets of the lightnings and the splendours, and the judgment belonging t...

In the five hundredth year, and in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month, of the lifetime o...

Then another angel, who proceeded with me, spoke to me;

In those days I beheld long ropes given to those angels;

Thus the Lord commanded the kings, the princes, the exalted, and those who dwell on earth, saying, Open you...

In those days the kings who possess the earth shall be punished by the angels of his wrath, wheresoever the...

I saw also other countenances in that secret place.

In those days Noah saw that the earth became inclined, and that destruction approached.

After this he showed me the angels of punishment, who were prepared to come, and to open all the mighty wat...

In those days the word of God came to me, and said, Noah, behold, thy lot has ascended up to me, a lot void...

After this he gave me the characteristical marks of all the secret things in the book of my great-grandfath...

After this judgment they shall be astonished and irritated;

After this the name of the Son of man, living with the Lord of spirits, was exalted by the inhabitants of t...

Afterwards my spirit was concealed, ascending into the heavens.

The book of the revolutions of the luminaries of heaven, according to their respective classes, their respe...

After this law I beheld another law of an inferior luminary, the name of which is the moon, and the orb of...

Then I saw another progress and regulation which He effected in the law of the moon.

These are the leaders of the chiefs of the thousands, those which preside over all creation, and over all t...

And at the extremities of the earth I beheld twelve gates open for all the winds, from which they proceed a...

The first wind is called the eastern, because it is the first.

The names of the sun are these:

And now, my son Mathusala, I have shown thee everything;

In those days Uriel answered and said to me, Behold, I have showed thee all things, O Enoch;

He said, O Enoch, look on the book which heaven has gradually dropped down;

Now, my son Mathusala, all these things I speak unto thee, and write for thee.

And now I have shown thee, my son Mathusala, every sight which I saw prior to thy birth.

I lifted up my bands in righteousness, and blessed the holy, and the Great One.

After this I saw another dream, and explained it all to thee, my son.

Again I looked attentively, while sleeping, and surveyed heaven above.

Again I perceived them, when they began to strike and to swallow each other;

Then I looked at that one of the four white men, who came forth first.

Then one of those four went to the white cows, and taught them a mystery.

And I observed during the time, that thus thirty-seven shepherds were overlooking, all of whom finished in...

And now, my son Mathusala, call to me all thy brethren, and assemble for me all the children of thy mother;

That which was written by Enoch.

After this, Enoch began to speak from a book.

And now let me exhort you, my children, to love righteousness, and to walk in it;

O that my eyes were clouds of water, that I might weep over you, and pour forth my tears like rain, and res...

Wait in hope, ye righteous;

The righteous are confident that sinners will be disgraced, and perish in the day of iniquity.

Woe to them who act impiously, who laud and honour the word of falsehood.

In those days shall fathers be struck down with their children in the presence of each other;

In those days the angels shall descend into places of concealment, and gather together in one spot all who...

Attentively consider heaven, all ye progeny of heaven, and all ye works of the Most High;

In those days, when He shall cast the calamity of fire upon you, whither will you fly, and where will you b...

But now I swear to you, ye righteous, by the greatness of his splendour and his glory;

In those days, saith the Lord, they shall call to the children of the earth, and make them listen to their...

After a time, my son Mathusala took a wife for his son Lamech.