This one was the
first who learned writing and knowledge and wisdom, from (among) the sons of
men, from (among) those who were born upon earth. And who wrote in a book the
signs of the heaven according to the order of their months, so that the sons of
man might know the (appointed) times of the years is according to their order,
with respect to each of their months. This one was the first (who) wrote a
testimony and testified to the children of men throughout the generations of
the earth. And their weeks according to jubilees he recounted; and the days of
the years he made known. And the months he set in order, and the sabbaths of
the years he recounted, just as we made it known to him. And he saw what was
and what will be in a vision of his sleep as it will happen among the children
of men in their generations until the day of judgment. He saw and knew
everything and wrote his testimony and deposited the testimony upon the earth
against all the children of men and their generations. And in the twelfth jubilee
in its seventh week, he took for himself a wife and her name was ’Edni, the
daughter of Dan’el, his father’s brother, as a wife, and in the sixth year of
this week she bore a son for him. And he called him Methuselah. And he was
therefore with the angels of God six jubilees of years. And they showed him
everything which is on earth and in the heavens, the dominion of the sun. And
he wrote everything, and bore witness to the Watchers, the ones who sinned with
the daughters of men because they began to mingle themselves with the daughters
of men so that they might be polluted. And Enoch bore witness against all of
them. And he was taken from among the children of men, and we led him to the
garden of Eden for greatness and honor. And behold, he is there writing
condemnation and judgment of the world, and all of the evils of the children of
men. And because of him none of the water of the Flood came upon the whole land
of Eden, for he was put there for a sign and so that he might bear witness
against all of the children of men so that he might relate all of the deeds of
the generations until the day of judgment. Jubilees 4:17-24)
12 1 Before
these things (happened) Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of the
people knew by what he was hidden and where he was. 2 And his dwelling
place as well as his activities were with the Watchers and the holy ones; and
(so were) his days. 3 And I, Enoch, began to bless the Lord of the mighty
ones and the King of the universe. 4 At that moment the Watchers were
calling me. And they said to me, “Enoch, scribe of righteousness, go and make
known to the Watchers of heaven who have abandoned the high heaven, the holy
eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, as their deeds move the
children of the world, and have taken unto themselves wives: They have defiled
themselves with great defilement upon the earth; 5 neither will there be peace
unto them nor the forgiveness of sin. 6 For their children delight in
seeing the murder of their beloved ones. But they shall groan and beg forever
over the destruction of their children, and there shall not be peace unto them
even forever.”
13 1 As for
Enoch, he proceeded and said to Azazʾel, “There will not be peace unto you; a
grave judgment has come upon you. 2 They will put you in bonds, and you
will not have (an opportunity for)c rest and supplication, because you have
taught injustice and because you have shown to the people deeds of shame,
injustice, and sin.” 3 Then I went and spoke to all of them together; and
they were all frightened, and fear and trembling seized them. 4 And they
begged me to write for them a memorial prayer in order that there may be for
them a prayer of forgiveness, and so that I may raise their memorial prayer
unto the Lord of heaven. 5 For, as for themselves, from henceforth they
will not be able to speak, nor will they raise their eyes unto heaven as a
result of their sins which have been condemned. 6 And then I wrote down
their memorial prayers and the petitions on behalf of their spirits and the
deeds of each one of them, on account of the fact that they have prayed in
order that there may be for them forgiveness (of sin) and a length (of days).
7 And I went and sat down upon the waters of Dan—in Dan which is on the
southwest of Hermon—and I read their memorial prayers until I fell asleep.
8 And behold a dream came to me and visions fell upon me, and I saw a
vision of plagues (so that) I may speak to the children of heaven and reprimand
them. 9 And upon my awakening, I came unto them (while) they were all
conferring together, in Lesyaʾel, which is (located) between Lebanon and Sanser,
while weeping and with their faces covered. 10* And I recounted before
them all the visions that I had seen in sleep and began to speak those words of
righteousness and to reprimand the Watchers of heaven.
14 1 This
is the book of the words of righteousness and the chastisement of the eternal
Watchers, in accordance with how the Holy and Great One had commanded in this
vision. 2 I saw in my sleep what I now speak with my tongue of flesh and
the breath of the mouth which the Great One has given to man (so that) he (man)
may speak with it—and (so that) he may have understanding with his heart as he
(the Great One) has created and given it to man. 3* Accordingly he has
created me and given me the word of understanding so that I may reprimand the
Watchers, the children of heaven. 4 I wrote down your prayers—so it
appeared in vision—for your prayers will not be heard throughout all the days
of eternity; and judgment is passed upon you. 5 From now on you will not
be able to ascend into heaven unto all eternity, but you shall remain inside
the earth, imprisoned all the days of eternity. 6 Before that you will
have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and you will not have their
treasures, which will fall before your eyes by the sword. 7 And your
petitions on their behalf will not be heard—neither will those on your own
behalf (which you offer) weeping (and) praying—and you will not speak even a
word contained in the book which I wrote. 8* And behold I saw the clouds:
And they were calling me in a vision; and the fogs were calling me; and the
course of the stars and the lightnings were rushing me and causing me to
desire; and in the vision, the winds were causing me to fly and rushing me high
up into heaven. 9 And I kept coming (into heaven) until I approached a
wall which was built of white marble and surrounded by tongues of fire; and it
began to frighten me. 10 And I came into the tongues of the fire and drew
near to a great house which was built of white marble, and the inner walk(s)p
were like mosaics of white marble, the floor of crystal, 11* the ceiling
like the path of the stars and lightnings between which (stood) fiery cherubim
and their heaven of water; 12 and flaming fire surrounded the wall(s), and
its gates were burning with fire. 13 And I entered into the house, which
was hot like fire and cold like ice, and there was nothing inside it; (so) fear
covered me and trembling seized me. 14 And as I shook is and trembled, I
fell upon my face and saw a vision. 15 And behold there was an opening before
me (and) a second house which is greater than the former and everything was
built with tongues of fire. 16 And in every respect it excelled (the
other)—in glory and great honor—to the extent that it is impossible for me to
recount to you concerning its glory and greatness. 17* As for its floor,
it was of fire and above it was lightning and the path of the stars; and as for
the ceiling, it was flaming fire. 18 And I observed and saw inside it a
lofty throne—its appearance was like crystal and its wheels like the shining
sun; and (I heard?) the voice of the cherubim; 19 and from beneath the
throne were issuing streams of flaming fire. It was difficult to look at
it. 20 And the Great Glory was
sitting upon it—as for his gown, which was shining more brightly than the sun,
it was whiter than any snow. 21 None of the angels was able to come in and
see the face of the Excellent and the Glorious One; and no one of the flesh can
see him—22* the flaming fire was round about him, and a great fire stood
before him. No one could come near unto him from among those that surrounded
the tens of millions (that stood) before him. 23 He needed no council, but
the most holy ones who are near to him neither go far away at night nor move
away from him. 24 Until then I was prostrate on my face covered and
trembling. And the Lord called me with his own mouth and said to me, “Come near
to me, Enoch, and to my holy Word.” 25 And he lifted me up and brought me
near to the gate, but I (continued) to look down with my face.
15 1 But he
raised me up and said to me with his voice, “Enoch.” I (then) heard, “Do not
fear, Enoch, righteous man, scribe of righteousness; come near to me and hear
my voice. 2 And tell the Watchers of heaven on whose behalf you have been
sent to intercede: ‘It is meet (for you) that you intercede on behalf of man,
and not man on your behalf. 3 For what reason have you abandoned the high,
holy, and eternal heaven; and slept with women and defiled yourselves with the
daughters of the people, taking wives, acting like the children of the earth,
and begetting giant sons? 4 Surely you, you [used to be] holy, spiritual,
the living ones, [possessing] eternal life; but (now) you have defiled
yourselves with women, and with the blood of the flesh begotten children, you have
lusted with the blood of the people, like them producing blood and flesh,
(which) die and perish. 5 On that account, I have given you wives in order
that (seeds) might be sown upon them and children born by them, so that the
deeds that are done upon the earth will not be withheld from you. 6 Indeed
you, formerly you were spiritual, (having) eternal life, and immortal in all
the generations of the world. 7 That is why (formerly) I did not make
wives for you, for the dwelling of the spiritual beings of heaven is heaven.’ 8 “But
now the giants who are born from the (union of) the spirits and the flesh shall
be called evil spirits upon the earth, because their dwelling shall be upon the
earth and inside the earth. 9 Evil spirits have come out of their bodies.
Because from the day that they were created from the holy ones they became the
Watchers; their first origin is the spiritual foundation. They will become evil
upon the earth and shall be called evil spirits. 10 The dwelling of the
spiritual beings of heaven is heaven; but the dwelling of the spirits of the
earth, which are born upon the earth, is in the earth. 11 The spirits of
the giants oppress each other; they will corrupt, fall, be excited, and fall
upon the earth, and cause sorrow. They eat no food, nor become thirsty, nor
find obstacles. 12 And these spirits shall rise up against the children of
the people and against the women, because they have proceeded forth (from
them).
16 1* “From
the days of the slaughter and destruction, and the death of the giants and the
spiritual beings of the spirit, and the flesh, from which they have proceeded
forth, which will corrupt without incurring judgment, they will corrupt until
the day of the great conclusion, until the great age is consummated, until
everything is concluded (upon) the Watchers and the wicked ones. 2 And so
to the Watchers on whose behalf you have been sent to intercede—who were
formerly in heaven—(say to them), 3 ‘You were (once) in heaven, but not
all the mysteries (of heaven) are open to you, and you (only) know the rejected
mysteries. Those ones you have broadcast to the women in the hardness of your
hearts and by those mysteries the women and men multiply evil deeds upon the
earth.’ Tell them, ‘Therefore, you will have no peace!’ ” (1 Enoch chs. 12-16)
"and he sits
thus to judge all creation, and examines righteous men and sinners. For God has
said: 'I will not judge you, but every man born of man will be judged.'
"Therefore he has given to him judgment, to judge the world until his
great and glorious coming, and then, O righteous Abraham, is the perfect
judgment and recompense, eternal and unchangeable, which no one can alter.
"For every man has come from the first-created, and therefore they are
first judged here by his son, "and at the second coming they will be
judged by the twelve tribes of Israel, every breath and every creature.
"But the third time they will be judged by the Lord God of all, and then,
indeed, the end of that judgment is near, and the sentence terrible, and there
is none to deliver. "And now by three tribunals the judgment of the world
and the recompense is made, and for this reason a matter is not finally
confirmed by one or two witnesses, but by three witnesses will everything be
established. "The two angels on the right hand and on the left, these are
they that write down the sins and the righteousness, the one on the right hand
writes down the righteousness, and the one on the left the sins. "The
angel like the sun, holding the balance in his hand, is the archangel, Dokiel the
just weigher, and he weighs the righteous deeds and sins with the righteousness
of God. (Testament of Abraham [A] 13:3-10)
And Abraham said to
Michael, Lord: "Who is this judge, and who is the other, who convicts the
sins?" And Michael said to Abraham: "Do you see the judge? This is
Abel, who first testified, and God brought him here to judge. And he that bears
witness here is the teacher of heaven and earth, and the scribe of
righteousness, Enoch, for the Lord sent them here to write down the sins and righteous
deeds of each one." . . . "but it is the Lord who does so, and he has
no more to do than only to write" (Testament of Abraham [B] 11:1-4, 7)
