[Only six are mentioned; see Charles’ note in his large edition.—EDD.]
LII. 1. And after those days in that place where I had seen all the
visions of that which is hidden—for I had been carried off in a
whirlwind and they had borne me towards the west— 2. There mine eyes saw
all the secret things of heaven that shall be, a mountain of iron, and a
mountain of copper, and a mountain of silver, and a mountain of gold,
and a mountain of soft metal, and a mountain of lead.
3. And I asked the angel who went with me, saying, ‘What things are
these which I have seen in secret?’ 4. And he said unto me: ‘All these
things which thou hast seen shall serve the dominion of His Anointed
that he may be potent and mighty on the earth.’
5. And that angel of peace answered, saying unto me: ‘Wait a little and
there shall be revealed unto thee all the secret things, which surround
the Lord of Spirits.
6. And these mountains which thine eyes have seen, The mountain of
iron, and the mountain of copper, and the mountain of silver,
And the mountain of gold, and the mountain of soft metal, and the
mountain of lead,
All these shall be in the presence of the Elect One,
As wax before the fire,
And like the water which streams down from above [upon those
mountains],
And they shall become powerless before his feet.
7. And it shall come to pass in those days that none shall be saved,
Either by gold or by silver,
And none be able to escape.
8. And there shall be no iron for war,
Nor shall one clothe oneself with a breastplate.
Bronze shall be of no service,
And tin [shall be of no service and] shall not be esteemed,
And lead shall not be desired.
9. And all these things shall be [denied and] destroyed from the
surface of the earth,
When the Elect One shall appear before the face of the Lord of
Spirits.’
LIII. LIV. 6. _The Valley of Judgement: the Angels of Punishment: the
Communities of the Elect One._
LIII. 1. There mine eyes saw a deep valley with open mouths, and all who
dwell on the earth and sea and islands shall bring to him gifts and
presents and tokens of homage, but that deep valley shall not become
full.
2. And their hands commit lawless deeds,
And the sinners devour all whom they lawlessly =oppress=:
Yet the sinners shall be destroyed before the face of the Lord of
Spirits,
And they shall be banished from off the face of His earth,
And they shall perish for ever and ever.
3. For I saw all the angels of punishment abiding (there) and preparing
all the instruments of Satan. 4. And I asked the angel of peace who went
with me: ‘For whom are they preparing these instruments?’ 5. And he said
unto me: ‘They prepare these for the kings and the mighty of this earth,
that they may thereby be destroyed.
6. And after this the Righteous and Elect One shall cause the house of
his congregation to appear: henceforth they shall be no more hindered in
the name of the Lord of Spirits.
7. And these mountains shall not stand as the earth before his
righteousness,
But the hills shall be as a fountain of water,
And the righteous shall have rest from the oppression of sinners.’
LIV. 1. And I looked and turned to another part of the earth, and saw
there a deep valley with burning fire. 2. And they brought the kings and
the mighty, and began to cast them into this deep valley. 3. And there
mine eyes saw how they made these their instruments, iron chains of
immeasurable weight. 4. And I asked the angel of peace who went with me,
saying: ‘For whom are these chains being prepared?’ 5. And he said unto
me: ‘These are being prepared for the hosts of Azâzêl, so that they may
take them and cast them into the abyss of complete condemnation, and
they shall cover their jaws with rough stones as the Lord of Spirits
commanded.
6. And Michael, and Gabriel, and Raphael, and Phanuel shall take hold of
them on that great day, and cast them on that day into the burning
furnace, that the Lord of Spirits may take vengeance on them for their
unrighteousness in becoming subject to Satan and leading astray those
who dwell on the earth.’