This is a subject which cannot be thoroughly appreciated without
studying the book in detail, especially from its doctrinal standpoint,
and seeing in how many aspects it represents the doctrine and the
popular conceptions of the Jews during the two last pre-Christian
centuries. To do this here would involve a far too extended
investigation; it must suffice to indicate a few of the many points
which should be studied; from these it will be seen how important the
book is for the study of Christian origins. Charles says that “the
influence of 1 Enoch on the New Testament has been greater than that of
all the other apocryphal and pseudepigraphical books put together”; and
he gives a formidable list of passages in the New Testament which
“either in phraseology or idea directly depend on, or are illustrative
of, passages in 1 Enoch,” as well as a further list showing that various
doctrines in 1 Enoch had “an undoubted share in moulding the
corresponding New Testament doctrines.” These passages should be
studied—and they will be found to be a most interesting study—in
Charles’s work already referred to several times, pp. xcv.-ciii.; and
with these should be read the section on the Theology of the Book of
Enoch, pp. ciii-cx. Another book of great value and interest—also
already quoted—is Burkitt’s _Jewish and Christian Apocalypses_. In
dealing with the subject of 1 Enoch and the Gospels, this writer points
out that the former “contains a serious attempt to account for the
presence of Evil in human history, and this attempt claims our
attention, because it is in essentials the view presupposed in the
Gospels, especially in the Synoptic Gospels. It is when you study
Matthew, Mark, and Luke against the background of the Books of Enoch
that you see them in their true perspective. In saying this I have no
intention of detracting from the importance of what the Gospels report
to us. On the contrary, it puts familiar words into their proper
setting. Indeed, it seems to me that some of the best-known Sayings of
Jesus only appear in their true light if regarded as _Midrash_ upon
words and concepts that were familiar to those who heard the Prophet of
Galilee, though now they have been forgotten by Jew and Christian alike”
(p. 21). He then gives an illustration of this from Matt. xii. 43-45,
Luke xi. 24-26. Of still greater interest are his remarks upon the
relationship between 1 Enoch lxii. and Matt. xxv. 31-46; he believes
that “the Similitudes of Enoch are presupposed in the scene from
Matthew.” The whole of the discussion which follows should be read.
The special points of interest that should be studied in seeking to
realize the importance of these books of Enoch for the study of
Christian origins are the problems of evil, including, of course, the
subjects of dæmonology, and future judgement; the Messiah and the
Messianic Kingdom—the title “Son of Man” is of special importance—and
the Resurrection. There are, of course, other subjects which will
suggest themselves in studying the book.
ABBREVIATIONS, BRACKETS, AND SYMBOLS SPECIALLY USED IN THE TRANSLATION
OF 1 ENOCH
E denotes the Ethiopic Version.
G^s denotes the fragments of the Greek Version preserved in Syncellus:
in the case of 8^b-9^b there are two forms of the text, G^{s1} G^{s2}.
G^g denotes the large fragment of the Greek Version discovered at
Akhmîm, and deposited in the Gizeh Museum, Cairo.
* * * * *
The following brackets are used in the translation of 1 Enoch:
⌜ ⌝. The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are
found in G^g but not in E.
〚 〛. The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are
found in E but not in G^g or G^s.
‹ ›. The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are
restored.
[ ]. The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are
interpolations.
( ). The use of these brackets means that the words so enclosed are
supplied by the editor.
The use of =thick type= denotes that the words so printed are emended.
† † = corruption in the text.
A series of points, ... = some words which have been lost.
Footnote 1:
_Jewish and Christian Apocalypses_, pp. 15, 16 (1913).
Footnote 2:
G. H. Box, _The Ezra Apocalypse_, pp. 35, 36 (1912).
Footnote 3:
The general Pharisaic point of view regarding this may be gathered
from Matt. iii. 7-10.
Footnote 4:
Burkitt rightly insists that we should speak of the collection as the
books, not the book, of Enoch.
Footnote 5:
Burkitt, _op. cit._, 28-30.
Footnote 6:
_i. e._ the “Pious ones,” or “Saints.”
Footnote 7:
_Die Sadduzäer_ (1912).
Footnote 8:
_i. e._, according to him, i.-xxxvi., lxxii.-lxxxii., lxxxiii.-xc.,
xci. 12-17, xciii.
Footnote 9:
See Gen. v. 21-23.
Footnote 10:
_Op. cit._, p. 18.
Footnote 11:
Gen. v. 24.
Footnote 12:
_i. e._ “The Book of the Heavenly Luminaries,” as Charles calls it.
Footnote 13:
_i. e._ “the righteous”; a play on the word _Zaddûkim_, the “sons of
Zadok,” _i. e._ the Sadducees.
Footnote 14:
Leszynsky, _op. cit._, pp. 253 ff.
Footnote 15:
Chaps. i.-xxxii. 6, and xix. 3-xxi. 9 in a duplicate form were
discovered at Akhmîm in 1886-1887; vi.-x. 14, xv. 8-xvi. 1, and viii.
4-ix. 4 in a duplicate form, have been preserved in Syncellus; lxxxix.
42-49 occurs in a Greek Vatican MS. (No. 1809); there are also a few
quotations in early Greek ecclesiastical writings; and i. 9, v. 4,
xxvii. 2 are quoted in the Epistle of St. Jude 14, 15.
Footnote 16:
_Op. cit._, p. 27.
Footnote 17:
It is a great pity that one system of chapter-enumeration runs through
the whole volume; if each separate book began with chap. i. it would
be much better. For obvious reasons this cannot be done here; see
Editors’ General Preface.
Footnote 18:
See also lxxxii. 4-6, 11.
Footnote 19:
Charles, _The Book of Enoch_, p. 147 (1912).
Footnote 20:
_Op. cit._, p. 150.
Footnote 21:
For the points of difference between the Pharisees and Sadducees see
the present writer’s _The Books of the Apocrypha, their Origin,
Teaching, and Contents_, chap. vii. (1914).
Footnote 22:
_Op. cit._, p. 218.
THE BOOK OF ENOCH
I-XXXVI.
I-V. _Parable of Enoch on the Future Lot of the Wicked and the
Righteous._
I. 1. 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 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 judgement 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 cometh with ten thousands of ⌜His⌝ holy ones
To execute judgement 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.
II. 1. Observe ye every thing that takes place in the heaven, how they
do not change their orbits, ⌜and⌝ the luminaries which are in the
heaven, how they all rise and set in order each in its season, and
transgress not against their appointed order. 2. Behold ye the earth,
and give heed to the things which take place upon it from first to last,
⌜how =steadfast= they are⌝, how ⌜none of the things upon earth⌝ change,
⌜but⌝ all the works of God appear ⌜to you⌝. 3. Behold the summer and the
winter, 〚how the whole earth is filled with water, and clouds and dew
and rain lie upon it〛.
III. Observe and see how (in the winter) all the trees 〚seem〛 as though
they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees,
which do not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to
three years till the new comes.
IV. And again, observe ye the days of summer how the sun is above the
earth over against it. And you seek shade and shelter by reason of the
heat of the sun, and the earth also burns with glowing heat, and so you
cannot tread on the earth, or on a rock by reason of its heat.
V. 1. Observe 〚ye〛 how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and
bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed ⌜and know⌝ with regard to all ⌜His
works⌝, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so.
2. And ⌜all⌝ His works go on ⌜thus⌝ from year to year ⌜for ever⌝, and
all the tasks ⌜which⌝ they accomplish for Him, and ⌜their tasks⌝ change
not, but according as 〚God〛 hath ordained so is it done.
3. And behold how the sea and the rivers in like manner accomplish ⌜and
change not⌝ their tasks ⌜from His commandments⌝.
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.
6_a._ In those days ye shall make your names an eternal execration
unto all the righteous,
_b._ And by you shall ⌜all⌝ who curse, curse.
_c._ ⌜And all⌝ the sinners ⌜and godless⌝ shall imprecate by you,
7_c._ And for you, the godless, there shall be a curse.
6_d._ ⌜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⌝.
7_a._ 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 the 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.
VI-XI. _The Fall of the Angels: the Demoralisation of Mankind: the
Intercession of the Angels on behalf of Mankind. The Dooms pronounced by
God on the Angels: the Messianic Kingdom_ (a Noah fragment).
VI. 1. And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that
in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. 2. And
the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and
said to one another: ‘Come, let us choose us wives from among the
children of men and beget us children.’ 3. And Semjâzâ, who was their
leader, said unto them: ‘I fear ye will not indeed agree to do this
deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.’ 4. And
they all answered him and said: ‘Let us all swear an oath, and all bind
ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this
thing.’ 5. Then sware they all together and bound themselves by mutual
imprecations upon it. 6. And they were in all two hundred; who descended
⌜in the days⌝ of =Jared= on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called
it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual
imprecations upon it. 7. And these are the names of their leaders:
Sêmîazâz, their leader, Arâkîba, Râmêêl, Kôkabîêl, Tâmîêl, Râmîêl,
Dânêl, Êzêqêêl, Barâqîjâl, Asâêl, Armârôs, Batârêl, Anânêl, Zaqîêl,
Samsâpêêl, Satarêl, Tûrêl, Jômjâêl, =Sariêl=. 8. These are their chiefs
of tens.
VII. 1. And all the others together with them took unto themselves
wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them
and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms and
enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with
plants. 2. And they became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose
height was three thousand ells: 3. Who consumed all the acquisitions of
men. And when men could no longer sustain them, 4. The giants turned
against them and devoured mankind. 5. And they began to sin against
birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another’s
flesh, and drink the blood. 6. Then the earth laid accusation against
the lawless ones.
VIII. 1. And Azâzêl taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields,
and breastplates, and made known to them =the metals= ‹of the earth› and
the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of
antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly
stones, and all colouring tinctures. 2. And there arose much
godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led astray,
and became corrupt in all their ways. 3. Semjâzâ taught enchantments,
and root-cuttings, Armârôs the resolving of enchantments, Barâqîjâl,
(taught) astrology, Kôkabêl the constellations, =Ezêqêêl the knowledge
of the clouds=, ‹Araqiêl the signs of the earth, Shamsiêl the signs of
the sun›, and Sariêl the course of the moon. 4. And as men perished,
they cried, and their cry went up to heaven....
IX. 1. And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from
heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness
being wrought upon the earth. 2. And they said one to another: ‘The
earth, made †without inhabitant, cries the voice of their crying† up to
the gates of heaven. 3. 〚And now to you, the holy ones of heaven〛, the
souls of men make their suit, saying, “Bring our cause before the Most
High”.’ 4. And they said to the Lord =of the ages=: ‘Lord of lords, God
of gods, King of kings ‹and God of the ages›, the throne of Thy glory
(standeth) unto all the generations of the ages, and Thy name holy and
glorious and blessed unto all the ages! 5. Thou hast made all things,
and power over all things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open
in Thy sight, and all things Thou seest, and nothing can hide itself
from Thee. 6. Thou seest what Azâzêl hath done, who hath taught all
unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were
(preserved) in heaven, which men were striving to =learn=: 7. And
Semjâzâ, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his
associates. 8. And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the
earth, and have slept with the women, and have defiled themselves, and
revealed to them all kinds of sins. 9. And the women have borne giants,
and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and
unrighteousness. 10. And now, behold, the souls of those who have died
are crying and making their suit to the gates of heaven, and their
lamentations have ascended: and cannot =cease= because of the lawless
deeds which are wrought on the earth. 11. And Thou knowest all things
before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost
suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in
regard to these.’
X. 1. Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent
=Uriel= to the son of Lamech, and said to him: 2. ‘‹Go to Noah and› tell
him in my name “Hide thyself!”, and reveal to him the end that is
approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is
about to come upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it.
3. And now instruct him that he may escape and his seed may be preserved
for all the generations of the world.’ 4. And again the Lord said to
Raphael: ‘Bind Azâzêl hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and
make an opening in the desert, which is in Dûdâêl, and cast him therein.
5. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with
darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he
may not see light. 6. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be
cast into the fire. 7. And heal the earth which the angels have
corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the
plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the
secret things that the Watchers have =disclosed= and have taught their
sons. 8. And the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that
were taught by Azâzêl: to him ascribe all sin.’ 9. And to Gabriel said
the Lord: ‘Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against
the children of fornication: and destroy [the children of fornication
and] the children of the Watchers from amongst men: [and cause them to
go forth]: send them one against the other that they may destroy each
other in battle: for length of days shall they not have. 10. And no
request that they (_i. e._ their fathers) make of thee shall be granted
unto their fathers on their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal
life, and that each one of them will live five hundred years.’ 11. And
the Lord said unto Michael: ‘Go, =bind= Semjâzâ and his associates who
have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves with
them in all their uncleanness. 12. And, when their sons have slain one
another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind
them fast for seventy generations in the =valleys= of the earth, till
the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement
that is for ever and ever is consummated. 13. In those days they shall
be led off to the abyss of fire: ‹and› to the torment and the prison in
which they shall be confined for ever. 14. And whosoever shall be
=condemned= and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with
them to the end of all generations. 15. And destroy all the spirits of
the reprobate, and the children of the Watchers, because they have
wronged mankind. 16. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth, and
let every evil work come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness
and truth appear: ⌜and it shall prove a blessing: the works of
righteousness and truth⌝ shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore.
17. And then shall all the righteous escape,
And shall live till they beget thousands of children,
And all the days of their youth and their =old age= shall they
complete in peace.
18. And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall
all be planted with trees and be full of blessing. 19. And all desirable
trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the
vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for
all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a
thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield ten presses of oil. 20.
And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all
unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the
uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth destroy from off the earth.
21. ⌜And all the children of men shall become righteous⌝, and all
nations shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship
Me. 22. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from
all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never
again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever.
XI. 1. And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing
which are in the heaven, so as to send them down ⌜upon the earth⌝ over
the work and labour of the children of men. 2. And truth and peace shall
be associated together throughout all the days of the world and
throughout all the generations =of men=.’
XII-XVI. _Dream Vision of Enoch: his intercession for Azâzêl and the
fallen Angels: and his announcement to them of their first and final
doom._
XII. 1. Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children
of men knew where he was hidden, and where he abode, and what had become
of him. 2. And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days
were with the holy ones.
3. And I, Enoch, was blessing the Lord of =majesty= and the King of the
ages, and lo! the Watchers called me—Enoch the scribe—and said to me: 4.
‘Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, †declare† to the Watchers of
the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and
have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of
earth do, and have taken unto themselves wives: “Ye have wrought great
destruction on the earth: 5. And ye shall have no peace nor forgiveness
of sin: and inasmuch as †they† delight themselves in †their† children,
6. The murder of †their† beloved ones shall †they† see, and over the
destruction of †their† children shall †they† lament, and shall make
supplication unto eternity, but mercy and peace shall ye not attain.”’
XIII. 1. And Enoch went and said: ‘Azâzêl, thou shalt have no peace: a
severe sentence has gone forth against thee to put thee in bonds: 2. And
thou shalt not have toleration nor †request† granted to thee, because of
the unrighteousness which thou hast taught, and because of all the works
of godlessness and unrighteousness and sin which thou hast shown to
men.’ 3. Then I went and spoke to them all together, and they were all
afraid, and fear and trembling seized them. 4. And they besought me to
draw up a petition for them that they might find forgiveness, and to
read their petition in the presence of the Lord of heaven. 5. For from
thenceforward they could not speak (with Him) nor lift up their eyes to
heaven for shame of their sins for which they had been condemned. 6.
Then I wrote out their petition, and the prayer †in regard to their
spirits and their deeds individually and in regard to their requests
that they should have forgiveness and length ‹of days›†. 7. And I went
off and sat down at the waters of Dan, in the land of Dan, to the south
of the west of Hermon: I read their petition till I fell asleep. 8. And
behold a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me, and I saw
visions of chastisement, ⌜and a voice came bidding (me)⌝ to tell it to
the sons of heaven, and reprimand them. 9. And when I awaked, I came
unto them, and they were all sitting gathered together, weeping in
’Abelsjâîl, which is between Lebanon and Sênêsêr, with their faces
covered. 10. And I recounted before them all the visions which I had
seen in sleep, and I began to speak the words of righteousness, and to
reprimand the heavenly Watchers.
XIV. 1. The book of the words of righteousness, and of the reprimand of
the eternal Watchers in accordance with the command of the Holy Great
One in that vision. 2. I saw in my sleep what I will now say with a
tongue of flesh and with the breath of my mouth: which the Great One has
given to men to converse therewith and understand with the heart. 3. As
He hath created and given 〚to man the power of understanding the word of
wisdom, so hath He created me also and given〛 me the power of
reprimanding the Watchers, the children of heaven. 4. I wrote out your
petition, and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not
be granted unto you 〚throughout all the days of eternity, and that
judgement has been finally passed upon you: yea (your petition) will not
be granted unto you〛. 5. And from henceforth you shall not ascend into
heaven unto all eternity, and ⌜in bonds⌝ of the earth the decree has
gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world. 6. And (that)
previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and
you shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before you by
the sword. 7. And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted,
nor yet on your own: even though you weep and pray and =speak all the
words= contained in the writing which I have written. 8. And the vision
was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist
summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and
=hastened= me, and the winds in the vision caused me to fly and lifted
me upward, and bore me into heaven. 9. And I went in till I drew nigh to
a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire: and
it began to affright me. 10. And I went into the tongues of fire and
drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals: and the walls of
the house were like a tesselated floor (made) of crystals, and its
groundwork was of crystal. 11. Its ceiling was like the path of the
stars and the lightnings, and between them were fiery cherubim, and
their heaven was (clear as) water. 12. A flaming fire surrounded the
walls, and its portals blazed with fire. 13. And I entered into that
house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there were no delights of
life therein: fear covered me, and trembling gat hold upon me. 14. And
as I quaked and trembled, I fell upon my face. And I beheld a vision,
15. And lo! there was a second house, greater than the former, and the
entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames of fire.
16. And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence
and extent that I cannot describe to you its splendour and its extent.
17. And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path
of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire. 18. And I looked
and saw 〚therein〛 a lofty throne: its appearance was as crystal, and the
wheels thereof as the shining sun, and there was the =vision= of
cherubim. 19. And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming
fire so that I could not look thereon. 20. And the Great Glory sat
thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and was whiter
than any snow. 21. None of the angels could enter and could behold His
face by reason of the magnificence and glory, and no flesh could behold
Him. 22. The flaming fire was round about Him, and a great fire stood
before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him: ten thousand times ten
thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed no counsellor. 23. And the
most holy ones who were nigh to Him did not leave by night nor depart
from Him. 24. And until then I had been prostrate on my face, trembling:
and the Lord called me with His own mouth, and said to me: ‘Come hither,
Enoch, and hear my word.’ 25. ⌜And one of the holy ones came to me and
waked me⌝, and He made me rise up and approach the door: and I bowed my
face downwards.
XV. 1. And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: ‘Fear not,
Enoch, thou righteous man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither
and hear my voice. 2. And go, say to 〚the Watchers of heaven〛, who have
sent thee to intercede 〚for them: “You should intercede〛 for men, and
not men for you: 3. Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and eternal
heaven, and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters
of men and taken to yourselves wives, and done like the children of
earth, and begotten giants (as your) sons. 4. And though ye were holy,
spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the
blood of women, and have begotten (children) with the blood of flesh,
and, =as the children= of men, have lusted after flesh and blood as
those ⌜also⌝ do who die and perish. 5. Therefore have I given them wives
also that they might impregnate them, and beget children by them, that
thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth. 6. But you were
⌜formerly⌝ spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all
generations of the world. 7. And therefore I have not appointed wives
for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their
dwelling. 8. And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and
flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth
shall be their dwelling. 9. Evil spirits have proceeded from their
bodies; because they are born from =men=, 〚and〛 from the holy Watchers
is their beginning and primal origin; ⌜they shall be evil spirits on
earth, and⌝ evil spirits shall they be called. [10. As for the spirits
of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of
the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their
dwelling.] 11. And the spirits of the giants =afflict=, oppress,
destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause
trouble: they take no food, ⌜but nevertheless hunger⌝ and thirst, and
cause offences. 12. And these spirits shall rise up against the children
of men and against the women, because they have proceeded ⌜from them⌝.
XVI. 1. From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death ⌜of the
giants⌝, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth,
shall destroy without incurring judgement—thus shall they destroy until
the day of the consummation, the great ⌜judgement⌝ in which the age
shall be consummated over the Watchers and the godless, yea, shall be
wholly consummated.” 2. And now as to the Watchers who have sent thee to
intercede for them, who had been 〚aforetime〛 in heaven, (say to them):
3. “You have been in heaven, but ⌜all⌝ the mysteries had not yet been
revealed to you, and you knew worthless ones, and these in the hardness
of your hearts you have made known to the women, and through these
mysteries women and men work much evil on earth.” 4. Say to them
therefore: “You have no peace.”’