21. ENOCH'S CONCLUDING WORDS
108.1 Another book which
Enoch wrote for his son Methuselah and for those who should come after him and
keep the law in the last days.
108.2 You who have observed, and are waiting in these days, until an end shall
be made of those who do evil, and an end shall be made of the power of the wrongdoers.
108.3 Do indeed wait until sin shall pass away, for their names shall be erased
from the Books of the Holy Ones, and their offspring will be destroyed forever.
And their spirits will be killed, and they will cry out and moan in a chaotic
desert place, and will burn in fire, for there is no Earth there.
108.4 And there I saw something like a cloud, which could not be discerned,
for because of its depth I was not able to look into it. And the flames of a
fire I saw, burning brightly, and things like bright mountains revolved and
shook from side to side.
108.5 And I asked one of the Holy Angels, who were with me, and I said to him:
"What is this bright place? For there is no sky, but only the flames of
a burning fire, and the sounds of crying, and weeping, and moaning, and severe
pain."
108.6 And he said to me: "This place which you see; here will be thrown
the spirits of the sinners, and of the blasphemers, and of those who do evil.
And of those who alter everything that the Lord has spoken through the mouths
of the prophets about the things that shall be done.
108.7 For there are books, and records, about them in Heaven above so that the
Angels may read them and know what is about to come upon the sinners. And upon
the spirits of the humble, and of those who afflicted their bodies and were
recompensed by God, and of those who were abused by evil men.
108.8 Those who loved God and did not love gold, or silver, or any possessions,
but gave up their bodies to torment.
108.9 Those who, from the moment they existed, did not desire earthly food,
but counted themselves as a breath which passes away, and kept to this. And
the Lord tested them much, and their spirits were found pure, so that they might
bless His Name."
108.10 And all their blessings I have recounted in the books, and he has assigned
them their reward, for they were found to be such that they loved Heaven more
than their life in the world. And although they were trampled underfoot by evil
men, and had to listen to reviling and reproach from them, and were abused,
yet they blessed their Lord.
108.11 And the Lord said: "And now I will call the spirits of the good,
who are of the Generation of Light, and I will transform those who were born
in darkness, who in the flesh were not recompensed with honour as was fitting
to their faith.
108.12 And I will bring out into the shining light those who love my Holy Name
and I will set each one on the throne of his honour."
108.13 And they will shine for times without number, for righteous is the Judgment
of God, for with the faithful He will keep faith in the dwelling of upright
paths.
108.14 And they will see those who were born in darkness thrown into the darkness
while the righteous shine.
108.15 And the sinners will cry out as they see them shining but they themselves
will go where days and times have been written down for them.
Notes
(21) ENOCH'S CONCLUDING
WORDS (pages 157-158)
The conclusion to the book covers similar ground to the previous section but
in a shorter form. Future glory is predicted for the righteous and darkness
for the sinners.
