1. In those days the word of God came to me,[141] and said, Noah,
behold, thy lot[142] has ascended up to me, a lot void of crime,[143] a
lot beloved[144] and upright.
2. Now then shall the angels labour at the trees; but when they proceed
to this, I will put my hand upon it, and preserve it.
3. The seed of life shall arise[145] from it, and a change shall take
place,[146] that the dry land may not be left empty. I will establish
thy seed before me for ever and ever, and the seed of those who dwell
with thee on the surface of the earth. It shall be blessed and
multiplied in the presence of the earth, in the name of the Lord.
4. And they shall confine those angels who disclosed impiety. In that
burning valley _it is, that they shall be confined_, which at first my
great-grandfather Enoch showed me in the west, where there were
mountains of gold and silver, of iron, of fluid metal, and of tin.
5. I beheld that valley in which there was great perturbation, and
_where_ the waters were troubled.
6. And when all this was effected, from the fluid mass of fire, and the
perturbation which prevailed[147] in that place, there arose a strong
smell of sulphur, which became mixed with the waters; and the valley of
the angels, who had been guilty of seduction, burned underneath its
soil.
7. Through that valley also rivers of fire were flowing,[148] to which
those angels shall be condemned, who seduced the inhabitants of the
earth.
8. And in those days shall these waters be to kings, to princes, to the
exalted, and to the inhabitants of the earth, for the healing of the
soul and body, and for the judgment of the spirit.
9. Their spirits shall be full of revelry,[149] that they may be judged
in their bodies; because they have denied the Lord of spirits, and
_although_ they perceive their condemnation day by day, they believe not
in his name.
10. And as the inflammation of their bodies shall be great, so shall
their spirits undergo a change for ever.
11. For no word which is uttered before the Lord of spirits shall be in
vain.
12. Judgment has come upon them, because they trusted in their carnal
revelry,[150] and denied the Lord of spirits.
13. In those days shall the waters of that valley[151] be changed; for
when the angels shall be judged, then shall the heat of those springs of
water experience an alteration.
14. And when the angels shall ascend, the water of the springs shall
_again_ undergo a change, and be frozen. Then I heard holy Michael
answering and saying, This judgment, with which the angels shall be
judged, shall bear testimony against the kings, the princes, and those
who possess the earth.
15. For these waters of judgment shall be for their healing, and for the
death of their bodies. But they shall not perceive and believe that the
waters will be changed, and become a fire, which shall blaze for ever.
Footnote 141:
_was with me._
Footnote 142:
_portion._
Footnote 143:
_fault._
Footnote 144:
_of love._
Footnote 145:
_be._
Footnote 146:
_shall enter._
Footnote 147:
_troubled them._
Footnote 148:
_went._
Footnote 149:
_sport._
Footnote 150:
_sport of their bodies._
Footnote 151:
_its waters._