_Quaking of the Heaven: Behemoth and Leviathan: the Elements._
LX. 1. In the year five hundred, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth
day of the month in the life of †Enoch†. In that Parable I saw how a
mighty quaking made the heaven of heavens to quake, and the host of the
Most High, and the angels, a thousand thousands and ten thousand times
ten thousand, were disquieted with a great disquiet. 2. And the Head of
Days sat on the throne of His glory, and the angels and the righteous
stood around Him.
3. And a great trembling seized me,
And fear took hold of me,
And my loins gave way,
And dissolved were my reins,
And I fell upon my face.
4. And Michael sent another angel from among the holy ones and he raised
me up, and when he had raised me up my spirit returned; for I had not
been able to endure the look of this host, and the commotion and the
quaking of the heaven. 5. And Michael said unto me: ‘Why art thou
disquieted with such a vision? Until this day lasted the day of His
mercy; and He hath been merciful and long-suffering towards those who
dwell on the earth. 6. And when the day, and the power, and the
punishment, and the judgement come, which the Lord of Spirits hath
prepared for those who worship not the righteous =law=, and for those
who deny the righteous judgement, and for those who take His name in
vain—that day is prepared; for the elect a covenant, but for sinners an
inquisition.
5. When the punishment of the Lord of Spirits shall rest upon them, it
shall rest in order that the punishment of the Lord of Spirits may not
come in vain, and it shall slay the children with their mothers and the
children with their fathers. Afterwards the judgement shall take place
according to His mercy and His patience.’
7. And on that day were two monsters parted, a female monster named
Leviathan, to dwell in the abysses of the ocean over the fountains of
the waters. 8. But the male is named Behemoth, who occupied with his
breast a waste wilderness named †Dûidâin†, on the east of the garden
where the elect and righteous dwell, where my grandfather was taken up,
the seventh from Adam, the first man whom the Lord of Spirits created.
9. And I besought the other angel that he should show me the might of
those monsters, how they were parted on one day and cast, the one into
the abysses of the sea, and the other unto the dry land of the
wilderness. 10. And he said to me: ‘Thou son of man, herein thou dost
seek to know what is hidden.’
11. And the other angel who went with me and showed me what was hidden
told me, what is first and last in the heaven in the height, and beneath
the earth in the depth, and at the ends of the heaven, and on the
foundation of the heaven. 12. And the chambers of the winds, and how the
winds are divided, and how they are weighed, and (how) the =portals= of
the winds are reckoned, each according to the power of the wind, and the
power of the lights of the moon, and according to the power that is
fitting: and the divisions of the stars according to their names, and
how all the divisions are divided. 13. And the thunders according to the
places where they fall, and all the divisions that are made among the
lightnings that it may lighten, and their host that they may at once
obey. 14. For the thunder has †places of rest† (which) are assigned (to
it) while it is waiting for its peal; and the thunder and lightning are
inseparable, and although not one and undivided, they both go together
through the spirit and separate not. 15. For when the lightning
lightens, the thunder utters its voice, and the spirit enforces a pause
during the peal, and divides equally between them; for the treasury of
their peals is like the sand, and each one of them as it peals is held
in with a bridle, and turned back by the power of the spirit, and pushed
forward according to the many quarters of the earth. 16. And the spirit
of the sea is masculine and strong, and according to the might of his
strength he draws it back with a rein, and in like manner it is driven
forward and disperses amid all the mountains of the earth. 17. And the
spirit of the hoar-frost is his own angel, and the spirit of the hail is
a good angel. 18. And the spirit of the snow has forsaken (his chamber)
on account of his strength—there is a special spirit therein, and that
which ascends from it is like smoke, and its name is frost. 19. And the
spirit of the mist is not united with them in their chambers, but it has
a special chamber; for its course is †glorious† both in light and in
darkness, and in winter and in summer, and in its chamber is an angel.
20. And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of the
heaven, and is connected with the chambers of the rain, and its course
is in winter and summer: and its clouds and the clouds of the mist are
connected, and the one gives to the other. 21. And when the spirit of
the rain goes forth from its chamber, the angels come and open the
chamber and lead it out, and when it is diffused over the whole earth it
unites with the water on the earth. And whensoever it unites with the
water on the earth.... 22. For the waters are for those who dwell on the
earth; for they are nourishment for the earth from the Most High who is
in heaven: therefore there is a measure for the rain, and the angels
take it in charge. 23. And these things I saw towards the Garden of the
Righteous. 24. And the angel of peace who was with me said to me: ‘These
two monsters, prepared, conformably to the greatness of God, shall
feed....’
LXI. _Angels go off to measure Paradise: the Judgement of the Righteous
by the Elect One: the Praise of the Elect One and of God._
LXI. 1. And I saw in those days how long cords were given to those
angels, and they took to themselves wings and flew, and they went
towards the north.
2. And I asked the angel, saying unto him: ‘Why have those (angels)
taken these cords and gone off?’ And he said unto me: ‘They have gone to
measure.’
3. And the angel who went with me said unto me:
‘These shall bring the measures of the righteous,
And the ropes of the righteous to the righteous,
That they may stay themselves on the name of the Lord of Spirits for
ever and ever.
4. The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect,
And those are the measures which shall be given to faith
And which shall strengthen righteousness.
5. And these measures shall reveal all the secrets of the depths of
the earth,
And those who have been destroyed by the desert,
And those who have been devoured by the beasts,
And those who have been devoured by the fish of the sea,
That they may return and stay themselves
On the day of the Elect One;
For none shall be destroyed before the Lord of Spirits,
And none can be destroyed.
6. And all who dwell above in the heaven received a command and power
and one voice and one light like unto fire.
7. And that One (with) their first words they blessed,
And extolled and lauded with wisdom,
And they were wise in utterance and in the spirit of life.
8. And the Lord of Spirits placed the Elect One on the throne of
glory.
And he shall judge all the works of the holy above in the heaven,
And in the balance shall their deeds be weighed.
9. And when he shall lift up his countenance
To judge their secret ways according to the word of the name of the
Lord of Spirits,
And their path according to the way of the righteous judgement of
the Lord of Spirits,
Then shall they all with one voice speak and bless,
And glorify and extol and sanctify the name of the Lord of Spirits.
10. And He will summon all the host of the heavens, and all the holy
ones above, and the host of God, the Cherubin, Seraphin, and Ophannin,
and all the angels of power, and all the angels of principalities, and
the Elect One, and the other powers on the earth (and) over the water.
11. On that day shall they raise one voice, and bless and glorify and
exalt in the spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom, and in the
spirit of patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and in the spirit of
judgement and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness, and shall all say
with one voice: “Blessed is He, and may the name of the Lord of Spirits
be blessed for ever and ever.”
12. All who sleep not above in heaven shall bless Him:
All the holy ones who are in heaven shall bless him,
And all the elect who dwell in the garden of life:
And every spirit of light who is able to bless, and glorify, and
extol, and hallow Thy blessed name,
And all flesh shall beyond measure glorify and bless Thy name for
ever and ever.
13. For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and He is
long-suffering,
And all His works and all that He has created
He has revealed to the righteous and elect,
In the name of the Lord of Spirits.’
LXII. _Judgement of the Kings and the Mighty: Blessedness of the
Righteous._
LXII. 1. And thus the Lord commanded the kings and the mighty and the
exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, and said: ‘Open your eyes and
lift up your horns if ye are able to recognize the Elect One.’
2. And the Lord of Spirits seated him on the throne of His glory,
And the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him,
And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners,
And all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face.
3. And there shall stand up in that day all the kings and the
mighty,
And the exalted and those who hold the earth,
And they shall see and recognize
How he sits on the throne of his glory,
And righteousness is judged before him,
And no lying word is spoken before him.
4. Then shall pain come upon them as on a woman in travail,
[And she has pain in bringing forth]
When her child enters the mouth of the womb,
And she has pain in bringing forth.
5. And one portion of them shall look on the other,
And they shall be terrified,
And they shall be downcast of countenance,
And pain shall seize them,
When they see that Son of Man
Sitting on the throne of his glory.
6. And the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth shall
bless and glorify and extol him who rules over all, who was hidden.
7. For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden,
And the Most High preserved him in the presence of His might,
And revealed him to the elect.
8. And the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown,
And all the elect shall stand before him on that day.
9. And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those who
rule the earth
Shall fall down before him on their faces,
And worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man,
And petition him and supplicate for mercy at his hands.
10. Nevertheless that Lord of Spirits will so press them
That they shall hastily go forth from His presence,
And their faces shall be filled with shame,
And the darkness shall grow deeper on their faces.
11. And =He will deliver= them to the angels for punishment,
To execute vengeance on them because they have oppressed His
children and His elect.
12. And they shall be a spectacle for the righteous and for His
elect:
They shall rejoice over them,
Because the wrath of the Lord of Spirits resteth upon them,
And His sword is drunk with their blood.
13. And the righteous and elect shall be saved on that day,
And they shall never thenceforward see the face of the sinners and
unrighteous.
14. And the Lord of Spirits will abide over them,
And with that Son of Man shall they eat
And lie down and rise up for ever and ever.
15. And the righteous and elect shall have risen from the earth,
And ceased to be of downcast countenance.
16. And they shall have been clothed with garments of glory,
And they shall be the garments of life from the Lord of Spirits:
And your garments shall not grow old,
Nor your glory pass away before the Lord of Spirits.