38.1 The First Parable.
When the community of the righteous
appears and the sinners are judged for their sins and are driven from the face
of the dry ground.
38.2 And when the Righteous One appears, in front of the chosen righteous, whose
works are weighed by the Lord of Spirits. And when light appears to the righteous
and chosen who dwell on the dry ground. Where will be the dwelling of the sinners?
And where will be the resting-place of those who denied the Lord of Spirits?
It would have been better for them, if they had not been born.
38.3 And when the secrets of the righteous are revealed, the sinners will be
judged, and the impious driven from the presence of the righteous and the chosen.
38.4 And from then on, those who possess the earth will not be mighty and exalted.
Nor will they be able to look at the face of the Holy ones, for the light of
the Lord of the Spirits will have appeared on the face of the Holy, the righteous,
and the chosen.
38.5 And the mighty kings will at that time be destroyed and given into the
hand of the righteous and the Holy.
38.6 And from then on no one will be able to seek the Lord of Spirits for their
life will be at an end.
39.1 And it will come to pass in these days that the chosen and holy children
will come down from the high Heavens and their offspring will become one with
the sons of men.
39.2 In those days Enoch received books of indignation and anger and books of
tumult and confusion. And there will be no mercy for them, says the Lord of
Spirits.
39.3 And at that time clouds and a storm wind carried me off from the face of
the earth and set me down at the end of Heaven.
39.4 And there I saw another vision; the Dwelling of the Righteous and the Resting-Places
of the Holy.
39.5 There my eyes saw their dwelling with the Angels, and their resting places
with the Holy Ones, and they were petitioning and supplicating and praying,
on behalf of the sons of men; and righteousness, like water, flowed in front
of them, and mercy like dew on the ground. Thus it is among them forever and
ever.
39.6 And in those days my eyes saw the Place of the Chosen Ones of Righteousness
and Faith; and there will be righteousness in their days, and the righteous
and chosen will be without number, in front of him, forever and ever.
39.7 And I saw their dwelling, under the Wings of the Lord of Spirits, and all
the righteous and chosen shone in front of him, like the light of fire. And
their mouths were full of blessing, and their lips praised the name of the Lord
of Spirits. And righteousness will not fail in front of him, and truth will
not fail in front of him.
39.8 There I wished to dwell, and my soul longed for that dwelling; there had
my lot been assigned before, for thus it was decided about me, in front of the
Lord of Spirits.
39.9 And in those days I praised and exalted the name of the Lord of Spirits,
with blessing and praise, for he has destined me for blessing and praise, in
accordance with the Lord of Spirits.
39.10 And for a long time my eyes looked at that place, and I blessed him and
praised him, saying: "Blessed is He, and may He be blessed from the beginning
and for ever!"
39.11 And in his presence there is no end. He knew before the world was created
what the world would be, even for all the generations that are to come.
39.12 Those who do not sleep bless you, and they stand before Your Glory, and
bless and praise and exalt, saying: "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord of Spirits;
he fills the earth with spirits."
39.13 And there, my eyes saw all those who do not sleep; standing in front of
Him, and blessing, and saying: "Blessed are you, and blessed is the name
of the Lord, for ever and ever!"
39.14 And my face was transformed until I was unable to see.
40.1 And after this I saw a thousand thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand!
A multitude beyond number, or reckoning, who stood in front of the Glory of
the Lord of Spirits.
40.2 I looked, and on the four sides of the Lord of Spirits, I saw four figures,
different from those who were standing; and I learnt their names, because the
Angel who went with me made known their names, and showed me all the secret
things.
40.3 And I heard the voices of those four figures as they sang praises in front
of the Lord of Glory.
40.4 The first voice blesses the Lord of Spirits forever and ever.
40.5 And the second voice I heard blessing the Chosen One and the chosen who
depend on the Lord of Spirits.
40.6 And the third voice I heard, petitioned, and prayed, on behalf of those
who dwell on dry ground and supplicate in the name of the Lord of Spirits.
40.7 And the fourth voice I heard driving away the Satans and not allowing them
to come in front of the Lord of Spirits to accuse those who dwell on the high
ground.
40.8 And after this I asked the Angel of Peace, who went with me, and showed
me everything which is secret: "Who are those four figures, whom I have
seen, and whose words I have heard and written down?"
40.9 And he said to me: "This first one, is the Holy Michael, the merciful
and long-suffering. And the second, who is in charge of all the diseases, and
in charge of all the wounds of the sons of men, is Raphael. And the third, who
is in charge of all the powers, is the Holy Gabriel. And the fourth, who is
in charge of repentance and hope of those who will inherit eternal life, is
Phanuel."
40.10 And these are the four Angels of the Lord Most High; and the four voices
that I heard in those days.
41.1 And after this, I saw all the secrets of Heaven, and how the Kingdom is
divided, and how the deeds of men are weighed in the Balance.
41.2 There I saw the Dwelling of the Chosen, and the Resting Places of the Holy;
and my eyes saw there all the sinners who deny the name of the Lord of Spirits
being driven from there. And they dragged them off, and they were not able to
remain, because of the punishment that went out from the Lord of Spirits.
41.3 And there my eyes saw the secrets of the flashes of lightning and of the
thunder. And the secrets of the winds, how they are distributed in order to
blow over the earth, and the secrets of the clouds, and of the dew; and there
I saw from where they go out, in that place. And how, from there, the dust of
the earth is saturated.
41.4 And there I saw closed storehouses from which the winds are distributed,
and the storehouse of the hail, and the storehouse of the mist, and the storehouse
of the clouds; and its cloud remained over the earth, from the beginning of
the world.
41.5 And I saw the Chambers of the Sun and the Moon, where they go out, and
where they return. And their glorious return; and how one is more honoured than
the other is. And their magnificent course, and how they do not leave their
course, neither adding nor subtracting from their course. And how they keep
faith in one another, observing their oath.
41.6 And the Sun goes out first, and completes its journey at the command of
the Lord of Spirits - and his Name endures forever and ever.
41.7 And after this is the hidden, and visible, path of the Moon, and it travels
the course of its journey, in that place, by day and by night. One stands opposite
the other, in front of the Lord of Spirits, and they give thanks, and sing praise,
and do not rest, because their thanksgiving is like rest to them.
41.8 For the shining Sun makes many revolutions; for a blessing and for a curse.
And the path of the journey of the Moon is for the righteous light but for the
sinners; darkness. In the Name of the Lord, who has created a division between
light and darkness, and has divided the spirits of men, and has established
the spirits of the righteous, in the name of His Righteousness.
41.9 For no Angel hinders, and no power is able to hinder, because the judge
sees them all, and judges them all Himself.
42.1 Wisdom found no place where she could dwell, and her dwelling was in Heaven.
42.2 Wisdom went out, in order to dwell among the sons of men, but did not find
a dwelling; wisdom returned to her place, and took her seat in the midst of
the Angels.
42.3 And iniquity came out from her chambers; those whom she did not seek she
found, and dwelt among them, like rain in the desert, and like dew on the parched
ground.
43.1 And again I saw flashes of lightning and the stars of Heaven, and I saw
how He called them all by their names, and they obeyed Him.
43.2 And I saw the Balance of Righteousness, how they are weighed according
to their light, according to the width of their areas, and the day of their
appearing. And how their revolutions produce lightning, and I saw their revolutions,
according to the number of the Angels, and how they keep faith with one another.
43.3 And I asked the Angel, who went with me and showed me what is secret: "What
are these?"
43.4 And he said to me: "Their likeness, the Lord of Spirits has shown
to you; these are the names of the righteous who, dwell on the dry ground and
believe in the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever."
44.1 And other things I saw concerning lightning, how some of the stars rise
and become lightning but cannot lose their form.
Notes
The First Parable.
(Pages 56-62)
The first part of this parable is possibly a description of a holy place set
in the future; Enoch seems to consider it a description of the Watchers home
also, since at 39.8, he reveals that he is being allowed to live there, with
them.
'Those who do not sleep' (see 39.12 and 71.7) are mentioned often. These are
the seraphim, cherubim, and ophannim, the non-human angels, who do not need
to sleep. Enoch never describes them, so it is difficult to know what he had
in mind.
Most of this parable is a description of how four of the Watchers showed Enoch
everything.
