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The book of Enoch the Prophet

Name: The book of Enoch the Prophet
Author: Laurence, Richard, 1760-1838 [Translator]

作者：Laurence, Richard, 1760-1838 [Translator]
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The Book of Enoch the Prophet
THE BOOK OF ENOCH THE PROPHET
THE TEXT NOW CORRECTED FROM HIS LATEST NOTES
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE EVOLUTION OF CHRISTIANITY”
INTRODUCTION.
2 Thess. i. “The angels of His power.”
5. All shall be afraid, and the Watchers be terrified.
CHAP. II.
CHAP. III.
1. All who are in the heavens know what is transacted[25] _there_.
CHAP. IV.
CHAP. V.
CHAP. VI.
5. Ye withered in heart, no peace shall be to you!
8. _Shall execrate_ you with the ungodly.
10. But you, ye unholy, shall be accursed.
CHAP. VII. [SECT. II.[27]]
4. And that I alone shall suffer for so grievous a crime.
5. But they answered him and said; We all swear;
11. [30]And the women[31] conceiving brought forth giants,
13. When they turned themselves against men, in order to devour them;
15. Then the earth reproved the unrighteous.
CHAP. VIII.
3. Amazarak taught all the sorcerers, and dividers of roots:
4. Armers _taught_ the solution of sorcery;
5. Barkayal _taught_ the observers of the stars;
6. Akibeel _taught_ signs;
7. Tamiel taught astronomy;
8. And Asaradel taught the motion of the moon.
CHAP. IX.
7. And have discovered crimes to them.
8. The women likewise have brought forth giants.
9. Thus has the whole earth been filled with blood and with iniquity.
10. And now behold the souls of those who are dead, cry out.
11. And complain even to the gate of heaven.
14. What on account of these things ought we to do to them?
CHAP. X.
1. Then the Most High, the Great and Holy One spoke,
2. And sent Arsayalalyur to the son of Lamech,
3. Saying, Say to him in my name, Conceal thyself.
7. Throw upon him hurled and pointed stones, covering him with darkness;
9. And in the great day of judgment let him be cast into the fire.
19. Let every oppressor perish from the face of the earth;
20. Let every evil work be destroyed;
22. Righteousness and rectitude shall be for ever planted with delight.
3. I, Enoch, was blessing the great Lord and King of peace.
4. And behold the Watchers called me Enoch the scribe.
CHAP. XIII.
4. Then departing _from him_ I spoke to them all together;
5. And they all became terrified, and trembled;
CHAP. XIV.
6. Neither shall you entreat for them, nor for yourselves;
8. A vision thus appeared to me.
11. Into this vibrating flame I entered;
19. From underneath this mighty throne rivers of flaming fire issued.
20. To look upon it was impossible.
21. One great in glory sat upon it:
22. Whose robe was brighter than the sun, and whiter than snow.
CHAP. XV.
4. These however die and perish.
CHAP. XVI.
5. Say to them, Never therefore shall you obtain peace.
CHAP. XVII. [SECT. IV.[58]]
CHAP. XVIII.
2. I surveyed the stone _which supports_ the corners of the earth.
4. And I beheld the winds occupying the exalted sky.[62]
7. I saw the path of the angels.
CHAP. XIX.
CHAP. XX.
1. These are the names of the angels who watch.
CHAP. XXI.
1. Then I made a circuit to a place in which nothing was completed.
4. From thence I afterwards passed on to another terrific place;
CHAP. XXII. [SECT. V.[66]]
8. Until his seed perish from the seed of the human race.
10. Namely, _by_ a chasm, _by_ water, and _by_ light above it.
CHAP. XXIII.
3. I inquired, saying, What is this, which never ceases?
4. Then Raguel, one of the holy angels who were with me, answered,
CHAP. XXIV.
6. _Why_ art thou inquisitive to know it?
CHAP. XXV.
CHAP. XXVI.
CHAP. XXVII.
CHAP. XXVIII.
CHAP. XXIX.
CHAP. XXX.
CHAP. XXXI.
CHAP. XXXII.
3. He showed them all to me, and wrote down _an account of_ them.
CHAP. XXXIII.
CHAP. XXXIV.
1. From thence I went to the extremities of the world westwards;
CHAP. XXXV.
CHAP. XXXVII.[73] [SECT. VI.[74]]
CHAP. XXXVIII.
CHAP. XXXIX.
2. Never shall they obtain mercy, saith the Lord of spirits.
CHAP. XL.
4. The first voice blessed the Lord of spirits for ever and for ever.
CHAP. XLI.
CHAP. XLII.
CHAP. XLIII.
CHAP. XLIV.
CHAP. XLV. [SECT. VII.[93]]
CHAP. XLVI.
CHAP. XLVII.
CHAP. XLVIII.
CHAP. XLVIII.[105]
CHAP. XLIX.
CHAP. L.
CHAP. LI.
6. In those days men[109] shall not be saved by gold and by silver.
CHAP. LII.
1. There my eyes beheld a deep valley; and wide was its entrance.
CHAP. LIII.
2. To this valley they brought monarchs and the mighty.
9. The water which is above heaven shall be the agent;[112]
CHAP. LIV.
CHAP. LV.
3. The sound of the noise of their chariots was heard.
5. Then they all fell down, and worshipped the Lord of spirits.
6. This is the end of the second parable.
CHAP. LVI. [SECT. IX.[117]]
2. Blessed are ye, O saints and elect, for glorious is your lot.
4. Peace be to the saints with the Lord of the world.
CHAP. LVII.
CHAP. LVIII.[120] [SECT. X.[121]]
CHAP. LIX.
1. Then another angel, who proceeded with me, spoke to me;
6. _That_ every division is divided; that the lightning flashes;
15. These things I saw; all of them, even paradise.[127]
CHAP. LX.
4. The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect.
CHAP. LXI.
2. The Lord of spirits sat upon the throne of his glory.
3. And the spirit of righteousness was poured out over him.
16. The Lord of spirits shall remain over them:
CHAP. LXII.
3. He shall enlighten every secret thing.
12. All our sins are truly without number.
CHAP. LXIII.
CHAP. LXIV. [SECT. XI.[135]]
CHAP. LXV.
CHAP. LXVI.
CHAP. LXVII.
CHAP. LXVIII.
10. And pointed out to them every secret of their wisdom.
11. He taught men to understand writing, and _the use of_ ink and paper.
15. Nor would death, which destroys everything, have affected them;
21. This is the power of that oath; for powerful it is, and strong.
23. These are the secrets of this oath, and by it were they confirmed.
24. Heaven was suspended _by it_ before the world was made, for ever.
26. By this oath the sea has been formed, and the foundation of it.
29. By this oath the stars complete their progress;
34. All these confess and laud before the Lord of spirits.
37. Great was their joy.
42. This is the third parable of Enoch.
CHAP. LXIX. [SECT. XII.[160]]
CHAP. LXX.
2. I saw two rivers of fire glittering like the hyacinth.
3. Then I fell on my face before the Lord of spirits.
6. And he concealed the spirit of Enoch in the heaven of heavens.
18. The righteousness of the Ancient of days shall not forsake thee.
20. And thus shall it happen to thee for ever and ever.
23. And thus shall length of days be with the offspring of man.
CHAP. LXXI. [SECT. XIII.[168]]
7. Its chariot, where it ascends, the wind blows.
9. In the same manner it goes forth in the first month by a great gate.
14. The day is precisely ten parts, and the night is eight.
30. At that period the night is eleven parts, and the day seven parts.
32. And sets in the west in the first[171] gate.
33. At that period the night is lengthened as much again as the day.
34. It is twelve[172] parts precisely, while the day is six parts.
38. The day is seven parts.
39. Then the sun returns, and enters into the second gate of the east.
40. It returns by these beginnings thirty days, rising and setting.
CHAP. LXXII. [SECT. XIV.[176]]
CHAP. LXXIII.
2. Their stations I wrote down as he showed them to me.
12. So that the moon has thirty days less than the sun and stars.
CHAP. LXXIV.
5. The seasons,
6. The years,
13. Many windows also are open on the right and on the left.
CHAP. LXXV. [SECT. XV.[180]]
CHAP. LXXVI.
1. The first wind is called the eastern, because it is the first.
CHAP. LXXVII.
1. The names of the sun are these: one Aryares, the other Tomas.
6. In fourteen _days_ the whole of its light is completed.
8. The moon has the half of a seventh portion.
10. On stated months the moon has twenty-nine days.
11. It also has a period of twenty-eight days.
18. Then its orb remains solitary without light.
CHAP. LXXVIII.
CHAP. LXXIX.
3. In the days of sinners the years shall be shortened.
CHAP. LXXX.
10. And the perverted with the perverted shall be drowned.
12. In those days they finished conversing with me.
13. And I returned to my fellow men, blessing the Lord of worlds.
CHAP. LXXXI.
7. So that the year is completed in three hundred and sixty-four days.
13. Meliyal, and Narel.
20. All the days of his light are ninety-one days.
24. And the name of the additional leader of a thousand is Asphael.
25. The days of his influence have been completed.
CHAP. LXXXII. [SECT. XVI.[191]]
3. And on account of these things besought the Lord.
CHAP. LXXXIII.
CHAP. LXXXIV. [SECT. XVII.[200]]
2. And behold, a cow sprung forth from the earth;
3. And this cow was white.
9. And she lamented with a great lamentation, while she was seeking him.
11. Afterwards she calved another white cow.
12. And again calved many cows and black heifers.
14. After him many white cows came forth, resembling him.
CHAP. LXXXV.
2. And behold a single star fell from heaven.
3. Which being raised up, ate and fed among those cows.
CHAP. LXXXVI.
CHAP. LXXXVII.
2. He seized the first star which fell down from heaven.
CHAP. LXXXVIII.
6. It flowed over the village, and stood higher than the earth.
14. Then began wild beasts and birds to bring forth.
16. The siset, the avest, kites, the phonkas, and ravens.
17. Then a white cow[206] was born in the midst of them.
19. That wild sow also brought forth many swine;
20. And that sheep brought forth twelve sheep.[209]
22. Again those asses delivered that sheep to the wolves;[212]
23. And he grew up in the midst of them.
25. They multiplied, and there was abundance of pasture for them.
27. And they left their young in torrents of deep water.
29. I beheld the sheep moaning, crying, and petitioning their Lord,
37. All his sheep followed him.
55. Which had become blind;
57. And became desirous of returning to their fold.
73. The first ram paid respect to this latter ram.
75. But the latter ram arose, and conducted the smaller sheep.
76. That ram likewise begat many sheep, and died.
78. And the sheep increased in size, and multiplied.
82. The house was low, but the tower was elevated and very high.
91. And the wild beasts began to tear them.
108. And all which they had delivered up to destruction.
110. After this, I saw shepherds overlooking for twelve hours.
112. But the wild boars[228] hindered them, although they prevailed not.
CHAP. LXXXIX.
10. I saw in the vision that ravens flew down upon those lambs;
15. Then the dabela[232] saw him; all of whom ran to him.
17. Then the ravens contended, and struggled with them.
24. All came together, and strove to break the horn of the dabela.
29. And I saw a throne erected in a delectable land;
31. Which were open before him.
36. The abyss was on the right of that house.
37. And I saw the sheep burning, and their bones consuming.
CHAP. XC. [SECT. XVIII.[237]]
3. And conversing with all his children in truth,
CHAP. XCI. [SECT. XIX.[243]]
CHAP. XCII.
1. After this, Enoch began to speak from a book.
18. Neither shall sin be named there for ever and for ever.[254]
CHAP. XCIII.
4. And choose for yourselves righteousness, and a good life.
CHAP. XCIV.
CHAP. XCV.
3. Who shall groan over you, and weep like sirens.
CHAP. XCVI.
25. To them there shall be no peace; but they shall surely die suddenly.
CHAP. XCVII.
10. They shall be saved.
16. Then shall all the righteous and the holy remember your crimes.
CHAP. XCVIII.
CHAP. XCIX.
CHAP. C.
CHAP. CII.[282]
CHAP. CIII.
7. Our spirits have been consumed, lessened, and diminished.
9. We have not expected to live[292] day after day.
10. We hoped indeed to have been the head;
CHAP. CIV.
CHAP. CIV.[298]
CHAP. CV.
1. After a time,[300] my son Mathusala took a wife for his son Lamech.
18. And now, my son, go tell thy son Lamech,
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