THE BOOK OF ENOCH ch.1-8

CHAP 1
1. The word of the blessing of Enoch, how he blessed the elect and the rightious, who were to exist in the time of trouble; rejecting all the wicked and ungodly. Enoch, a righteous man, who was with God, answered and spoke, while his eyes were open, and while he saw a holy vision in the heavens. This the angels showed me.

2. From them I heard all things, and understood what I saw; That which will not take place in this generation, but in a generation which is to succeed at a distant period, on account of the Elect.

3. Upon their account I spoke and conversed with him, who will go forth from his habitation, the Holy and Mighty One, the God of the World.:

4. Who will hereafter tread upon Mount Sinai.appear with his hosts; and be manifested in the strength of his power from heaven.

5. All shall be afraid, and the Watchers be terrified.
6. Great fear and trembling shall seize them, even to the ends of the earth. The lofty mountains shall be troubled, and the exalted hills depressed, melting like a honeycomb in the flame. The earth shall be immerged , and all things which are in it perish; while judgement shall come upon all, even upon all of the rightious:

7.But to them shall he give peace: he shall preserve the elect, and towards them exercise clemency.

8. Then shall all belong to God; be happy and blessed; and the splendoour of the Godhead shall illuminate them.

CHAP. 2

Behold, he comes with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon them, and destroy the wicked, and reprove all the carnal for everything which the sinful and ungodly have done, and committed against him.

CHAP 3

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

2. They know that the heavenly luminaries change not their paths; that each rises and sets regularly,every one at its proper period, without transgressing the commands which they have received. They behold the earth, and understand what is there transacted, from the beginning to the end of it.

3. They see that every work of God is invariable in the period of its appearance. They behold summer and winter; perceiving that the whole earth is full of water; and that the cloud, the dew, and the rain refresh it.

CHAP 4

They consider and behold every tree, how it appears to wither, and every leaf to fall off, except of 14 trees, which are not deciduous; which wait from the old, to the appearance of the new leaf, for two or thee winters.

CHAP 5

Again they consider the days of summer, that the sun is upon it at its very beginning; while you seek for a covered and shady spot on account of the burning sun; while the earth is scorched up with fervid heat, and you become incapable of walking either upon the ground or upon the rocks in consequence of that heat.

CHAP 6

1. They consider how the trees, when they put forth their green leaves, become covered, and produce fruit; understanding everything , and knowing that he who lives forever does all these things for you:

2. That the works at the beginning of every existing year, that all his works, are subservient to him, and invariable; yet as God has appointed, so are all things brought to pass.

3. They see, too, how the seas and the rivers together compile their respective operations:

4. But you endure not patiently, nor fulfil the commandments of the Lord ; but you transgress and calumniate his greatness; and malignant are the words in your polluted mouths against his Majesty.

5. Ye withered in heart, no peace shall be to you!

6. Therefore your days shall you curse , and the years of your lives shall perish; perpetual execration shall be multiplied, and you shall not abtain mercy.

7. In those days shall you resign your peace with eternal maledictions of all the righteous, and sinners shall perpetually execrate you;

8. Shall execrate you with the ungodly.

9.The elect shall possess light, joy, and peace; and they shall inherit the earth.

10.But you, ye unholy, shall be accursed.

11. Then shall wisdom be given to the elect, all of whom shall live, and not again transgress by impiety or pride; but shall humble themselves, possessing prudence, and shall not repeat transgression.

12. They shall not be condemned the whole period of their lives, nor die in torment and indignation; but the sum of their days shall be completed, and they shall grow old in peace; while the years of their happiness shall be multiplied with joy, and with peace, for ever, the whole duration of their existance.

CHAP 7

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

2. And when the angels, the sons of heavin, beheld them, they became enamoured of them, saying to each other, come, let us select for ourselves wives from the progeny of men, and let us beget children.

3. Then their leader SAMYAZA said to them; I fear that you may perhaps be indisposed to the performance of this enterprise;

4. And that I alone shall suffer for so grievous a crime.

5. But they answered him and said; we all swear;

6. And bind ourselves by mutual execrations, that we will change our intentions, but execute our projected undertaking.

7. Then they swore all together, and all bound themselves by mutual execrations. Their whole number was two hundred, who descended upon ARDIS, which is the top of mount ARMON.

8. That mountain therefore was called ARMON, because they had sworn upon it, and bound themselves by mutual execrations.

9. These are the names of their chiefs: SAMYAZA, who was their leader, URAKABARAMEEL, AKIBEEL, TAMIEL, RAMUEL, DANEL, AZKEEL, SARAKNYAL, ASAEL, ARMERS, BATRAAL, ANANE, ZAVEBE, SAMSAVEEL, ERTAEL, TUREL, YOMYAEL, ARAZYAL. These were the prefects of the two hundred angels, and the remainder were all with them.

10. Then they took wives, each choosing for himself, whom they began to approach, and with whom they cohabited,teaching them sorcery, incantations, and the dividing of roots and trees.

11. And the women conceiving brought forth giants,

12. Whose stature was each three hundred cubits. These devoured all which the labour of men produced; until it became impossible to feed them;

13. When they turned themselves against men, in order to devour them;

14. And began to injure birds, beasts, reptiles, and fishes, to eat their flesh one after another, and to drink their blood.

15. Then the earth reproved the unrighteous.

CHAP. 8

1.Moreover AZAZYEL tought men to make swords, knives, shields, breastplates, the fabrication of mirrors, and the workmanship of bracelets and ornaments, the use of paint, the beautifying of the eyebrows, the use of stones of every valuable and select kind, and of all sorts of dyes, so that the world became altered.

2. Impiety increased; fornication multiplied; and they transgressed and corrupted all their ways;

3.AMAZARAK taught all the sorcerers, and dividers of roots:

4. ARMERS tought the solution of sorcery;

5. BARKAYAL tought the observers of the stars;

6. AKIBEEL tought signs;

7. TAMIEL tought astronomy;

8. And ASARADEL tought the motion of the moon.

9. And men, being destroyed, cried out; and their voice reached to heaven.