[Chapter 11]
1 And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing which are in the heaven, so
as to send 2 them down upon the earth over the work and labour of the children of men.
And truth and peace shall be associated together throughout all the days of the world and
throughout all the generations of men.'
[Chapter 12]
1 Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men knew where
he was 2 hidden, and where he abode, and what had become of him. 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 4 called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: '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 5 wives: "Ye have wrought great destruction on the earth: And ye shall
have no peace nor forgiveness 6 of sin: and inasmuch as they delight themselves in their
children, 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."'
[Chapter 13]
1 And Enoch went and said: 'Azazel, thou shalt have no peace: a severe sentence has
gone forth 2 against thee to put thee in bonds: 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 3 and unrighteousness and sin which thou hast
shown to men.' Then I went and spoke to them all 4 together, and they were all afraid,
and fear and trembling seized them. And they besought me to draw up a petition for them
that they might find forgiveness, and to read their petition in the presence 5 of the Lord of
heaven. For from thenceforward they could not speak (with Him) nor lift up their
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to heaven for shame of their sins for which they had been condemned. Then I wrote out
their petition, and the prayer in regard to their spirits and their deeds individually and in
regard to their 7 requests that they should have forgiveness and length. 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 8 asleep. 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) I 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 10 'Abelsjail, which is
between Lebanon and Seneser, with their faces covered. 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.
[Chapter 14]
1 The book of the words of righteousness, and of the reprimand of the eternal Watchers in
accordance 2 with the command of the Holy Great One in that vision. 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 3 converse therewith and understand with the heart. As
He has 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 4 the Watchers, the children
of heaven. 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
5 has
been finally passed upon you: yea (your petition) will not be granted unto you. And from
henceforth you shall not ascend into heaven unto all eternity, and in bonds of the earth the
decree 6 has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world. And (that) previously
you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and ye shall have no pleasure in
them, but they shall fall before 7 you by the sword. 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 8 written. 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 9 the vision caused me
to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into heaven. 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
10 me. 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 11 of crystal. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the
lightnings, and between them were 12 fiery cherubim, and their heaven was (clear as)
water. A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its 13 portals blazed with fire. And I
entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there 14 were no delights of
life therein: fear covered me, and trembling got hold upon me. And as I quaked
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trembled, I fell upon my face. And I beheld a vision, And lo! there was a second house,
greater 16 than the former, and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of
flames of fire. And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and
extent that I cannot describe to 17 you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of
fire, and above it were lightnings and the path 18 of the stars, and its ceiling also was
flaming fire. 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 19 cherubim. And
from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look
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thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the
sun and 21 was whiter than any snow. None of the angels could enter and could behold
His face by reason 22 of the magnificence and glory and no flesh could behold Him. The
flaming fire was round about Him, and a great fire stood before Him, and none around
could draw nigh Him: ten thousand times 23 ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He
needed no counselor. And the most holy ones who were 24 nigh to Him did not leave by
night nor depart from Him. 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, 25 Enoch,
and hear my word.' 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.
[Chapter 15]
1 And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: 'Fear not, Enoch, thou
righteous 2 man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither and hear my voice. And go,
say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent thee to intercede for them: "You should
intercede" for men, and not men 3 for you: 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 4 of earth, and begotten giants
(as your) sons? 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
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and perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and
beget 6 children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth. But you
were formerly 7 spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the
world. 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 9 the earth, and on the earth shall be their
dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men
and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; 10 they shall be evil
spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called. [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.] 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 12 hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up
against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from
them.