1. Then addressing me, He spoke and said,[50] Hear, neither be afraid, O
righteous Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness:[51] approach hither, and
hear my voice. Go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent thee to
pray for them, You ought to pray for men, and not men for you.
2. Wherefore have you forsaken the lofty and holy heaven, which endures
for ever, and have lain with women; have defiled yourselves with the
daughters of men; have taken to yourselves wives; have acted like the
sons of the earth, and have begotten an impious offspring?[52]
3. You being spiritual, holy, and possessing a life[53] which is
eternal, have polluted yourselves with women; have begotten in carnal
blood; have lusted in the blood of men; and have done as those _who are_
flesh and blood do.