I-V. Parable of Enoch on the Future Lot of the Wicked and the Righteous
I. I. The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and
righteous who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and
godless are to be removed. 2. And he took up his parable and said - Enoch
a righteous man, whose eyes were opened up by God, saw the vision of the
Holy One in the heavens, {which} the angels showed me, and from them I
heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this
generation, but for a remote one which is for to come. 3. Concerning the
elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them:
The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
4. And the eternal God will tread upon the earth,
(even) on Mount Sinai,
[And appear from his camp]
And appear in the strength of his might from the heaven of {heavens}.
5. And all shall be smitten with fear,
And the Watchers shall quake,
And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.
6. And the high mountains shall be shaken,
And the high hills shall be made low,
And shall melt like wax before the flame
7. And the earth shall be {wholly} rent in sunder,
And all that is upon the earth shall perish,
And there shall be a judgment upon all (men).
8. But with the righteous He will make peace,
And will protect the elect,
And mercy shall be upon them.
And they shall all belong to God,
And they shall be prospered,
And they shall {all} be blessed.
{And He will help them all,}
And light shall appear unto them.
{And He will make peace with them.}
9. And behold! He comes with ten thousands of {His} holy one
To execute judgment upon all,
And to destroy {all} the ungodly:
And to convict all flesh
Of all the works {of their ungodliness} which they have ungodly committed,
{And of all the hard things which} ungodly sinners {have spoken} against
Him.
V. 4. But ye - ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of
the Lord,
But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words
With your impure mouths against His greatness,
Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no peace.
5. Therefore shall ye execrate your days,
And the years of your life shall perish,
And {the years of your destruction} shall be multiplied in eternal execration,
And ye shall find no mercy.
6a. In those days ye shall make your names an eternal execration unto all the
righteous,
b. And you shall {all} who curse, curse.
c. {And all} the sinners {and godless} shall imprecate by you,
7c. And for you, the godless, there shall be a curse,
6d. {And all the ... shall rejoice,
e. And there shall be forgiveness of sins,
f. And every mercy and peace and forbearance:
g. There shall be salvation unto them, a goodly light.
i. And for all of you sinners there shall be no salvation,
j. But on you all shall abide a curse.}
7a. But for the elect there shall be light and grace and peace
b. And they shall inherit the earth.
8. And then there shall be bestowed upon the elect wisdom,
And they shall all live and never again sin,
Either through ungodliness or through pride;
But they who are wise shall be humble.
9. And they shall not again transgress,
Nor shall they sin all the days of their life,
Nor shall they die of (the divine) anger or wrath,
But they shall complete the number of days of their life.
And their lives shall be increased in peace,
And the years of their joy shall be multiplied,
In eternal gladness and peace,
All the days of their life.
LXXX. 2-8. Perversion of Nature and the heavenly Bodies owing to the Sin
of Men.
2. 'And in the days of the sinners the years shall be shortened,
And their seed shall be tardy on their lands and fields
And all things on the earth shall alter,
And shall not appear in their time:
And the rain shall be kept back,
And the heaven shall withhold (it).
3. And in those times the fruits of the earth shall be backward,
And shall not grow in their time,
And the fruits of the trees shall be withheld in their time.
4. And the moon shall alter her order,
And not appear at her time.
5. [And in those days the sun shall be seen and he shall journey in the
evening on the extremity of the great chariot in the west]
And shall shine more brightly than accords the order of light.
6. And many chiefs of the stars shall transgress the order (prescribed);
And these shall alter their orbits and tasks,
And not appear at the seasons prescribed to them.
7. And the whole order of the stars shall be concealed from the sinners,
And the thoughts of those on earth shall err concerning them,
[And they shall be altered from their ways]
Yea, they shall err and take them to be gods.
8. And evil shall be multiplied upon them,
And punishment shall come upon them
So as to destroy all.'
XCI. 1-11, 18-19 Enoch's Admonition to his Children.
XCI. 1.'And now, my son Methuselah, call me all thy brothers,
And gather together to me all the sons of thy mother,
For the word calls me,
And the spirit is poured out upon me,
That I may show you everything
That shall befall you for ever.'
2. And thereupon Methuselah went and summoned to him all his brothers
and assembled his relatives.
3. And he spake unto all the children of righteousness and said:
'Hear, ye sons of Enoch, all the words of your father,
And hearken aright to the voice of my mouth;
For I exhort you and say unto you, beloved:
Love uprightness and walk therein.
4. And draw not nigh to uprightness with a double heart,
And associate not with those of a double heart,
But walk in righteousness, my sons.
And it shall guide you on good paths,
And righteousness shall be your companion.
5. For I know that violence must increase on the earth
And a great chastisement be executed on the earth,
And all unrighteousness come to an end:
Yea, it shall be cut off from its roots,
And its whole structure be destroyed.
6. And unrighteousness shall again be consummated on earth,
And all the deeds of the unrighteousness and of violence
And transgression shall prevail in a twofold degree.
7. And when sin and unrighteousness and blasphemy
And violence in all kinds of deeds increase,
And apostasy and transgression and uncleanness increase,
A great chastisement shall come from heaven upon all these,
And the holy Lord will come forth with wrath and chastisement
To execute judgment on earth.
8. In those days violence shall be cut off from its roots,
And the roots of unrighteousness together with deceit,
And they shall be destroyed from under heaven.
9. And all the idols of the heaven shall be abandoned,
And the temples burned with fire,
And they shall remove them from the whole earth,
And they (i.e. the heathen) shall be cast into the judgment of fire
And shall perish in wrath and grievous judgment for ever.
10. And the righteous shall arise from their sleep,
And wisdom shall arise and be given unto them.
[11. And after that the roots of unrighteousness shall be cut off, and the
sinners shall be destroyed by the sword ...shall be cut off from the
blasphemers in every place, and those who plan violence and those who
commit blasphemy shall perish by the sword.]
"Woe to you, ye rich, for ye have trusted in your riches,
And from your riches shall ye depart,
Because ye have not remembered the Most High in the days of your riches.
Ye have committed blasphemy and unrighteousness,
And have become ready for the day of slaughter,
And the day of darkness and the day of great judgment.
Thus I speak and declare unto you:
He who hath created you will overthrow you,
And for your fall there shall be no compassion,
And your Creator will rejoice at your destruction."