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BOOK OF ENOCH - |
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' Open your eyes and lift up your horns if ye are able to recognize the Elect One.' |
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2 And the Lord of Spirits seated him on the throne of His glory, |
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And the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him, |
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And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners, |
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And all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face. |
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3 And there shall stand up in that day all the kings and the mighty, |
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And the exalted and those who hold the earth, |
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And they shall see and recognize How he sits on the throne of his glory, |
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And righteousness is judged before him, |
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And no lying word is spoken before him. |
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4 Then shall pain come upon them as on a woman in travail, |
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[And she has pain in bringing forth] |
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When her child enters the mouth of the womb, |
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And she has pain in bringing forth. |
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5 And one portion of them shall look on the other, |
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And they shall be terrified, |
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And they shall be downcast of countenance, |
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And pain shall seize them, |
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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.
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7 For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden, |
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And the Most High preserved him in the presence of His might, |
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And revealed him to the elect. |
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8 And the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown, |
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And all the elect shall stand before him on that day. |
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9 And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those who rule the earth |
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Shall fall down before him on their faces, |
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And worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man, |
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And petition him and supplicate for mercy at his hands. |
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10 Nevertheless that Lord of Spirits will so press them |
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That they shall hastily go forth from His presence, |
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And their faces shall be filled with shame, |
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And the darkness grow deeper on their faces. |
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11 And He will deliver them to the angels for punishment, |
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To execute vengeance on them because they have oppressed His children and His elect |
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12 And they shall be a spectacle for the righteous and for His elect: |
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They shall rejoice over them, |
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Because the wrath of the Lord of Spirits resteth upon them, |
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And His sword is drunk with their blood. |
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13 And the righteous and elect shall be saved on that day, |
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And they shall never thenceforward see the face of the sinners and unrighteous. |
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14 And the Lord of Spirits will abide over them, |
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And with that Son of Man shall they eat |
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And lie down and rise up for ever and ever. |
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15 And the righteous and elect shall have risen from the earth, |
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And ceased to be of downcast countenance. |
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And they shall have been clothed with garments of glory, |
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16 And these shall be the garments of life from the Lord of Spirits: |
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And your garments shall not grow old, |
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Nor your glory pass away before the Lord of Spirits. |
1 In those days shall the mighty and the kings who possess the earth implore (Him) to grant them a little respite from His angels of punishment to whom they were delivered, that they might fall 2 down and worship before the Lord of Spirits, and confess their sins before Him. And they shall bless and glorify the Lord of Spirits, and say:
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' Blessed is the Lord of Spirits and the Lord of kings, |
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And the Lord of the mighty and the Lord of the rich, |
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And the Lord of glory and the Lord of wisdom, |
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3 And splendid in every secret thing is Thy power from generation to generation, |
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And Thy glory for ever and ever: |
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Deep are all Thy secrets and innumerable, |
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And Thy righteousness is beyond reckoning. |
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4 We have now learnt that we should glorify |
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And bless the Lord of kings and Him who is king over all kings.' |
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5 And they shall say: |
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' Would that we had rest to glorify and give thanks |
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And confess our faith before His glory ! |
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6 And now we long for a little rest but find it not: |
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We follow hard upon and obtain (it) not: |
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And light has vanished from before us, |
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And darkness is our dwelling-place for ever and ever: |
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7 For we have not believed before Him |
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Nor glorified the name of the Lord of Spirits, [nor glorified our Lord] |
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But our hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom, |
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And in our glory. |
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8 And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He saves us not, |
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And we find no respite for confession |
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That our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judgements and His justice, |
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And His judgements have no respect of persons. |
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And we pass away from before His face on account of our works, |
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And all our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.' |
10 Now they shall say unto themselves: ' Our souls are full of unrighteous gain, but it does not prevent us from descending from the midst thereof into the burden of Sheol.'
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11 And after that their faces shall be filled with darkness |
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And shame before that Son of Man, |
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And they shall be driven from his presence, |
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And the sword shall abide before his face in their midst. |
12 Thus spake the Lord of Spirits: ' This is the ordinance and judgement with respect to the mighty and the kings and the exalted and those who possess the earth before the Lord of Spirits.'
1,2 And other forms I saw hidden in that place. I heard the voice of the angel saying: ' These are the angels who descended to the earth, and revealed what was hidden to the children of men and seduced the children of men into committing sin.'
1, 2 And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down and its destruction was nigh. And he arose from thence and went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud to his grandfather Enoch: 3 and Noah said three times with an embittered voice: Hear me, hear me, hear me.' And I said unto him: ' Tell me what it is that is falling out on the earth that the earth is in such evil plight 4 and shaken, lest perchance I shall perish with it ? ' And thereupon there was a great commotion , on the earth, and a voice was heard from heaven, and I fell on my face. And Enoch my grandfather came and stood by me, and said unto me: ' Why hast thou cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping 6 And a command has gone forth from the presence of the Lord concerning those who dwell on the earth that their ruin is accomplished because they have learnt all the secrets of the angels, and all the violence of the Satans, and all their powers -the most secret ones- and all the power of those who practice sorcery, and the power of witchcraft, and the power of those who make molten images 7 for the whole earth: And how silver is produced from the dust of the earth, and how soft metal 8 originates in the earth. For lead and tin are not produced from the earth like the first: it is a fountain 9 that produces them, and an angel stands therein, and that angel is pre-eminent.' And after that my grandfather Enoch took hold of me by my hand and raised me up, and said unto me: ' Go, for I have 10 asked the Lord of Spirits as touching this commotion on the earth. And He said unto me: " Because of their unrighteousness their judgement has been determined upon and shall not be withheld by Me for ever. Because of the sorceries which they have searched out and learnt, the earth and those 11 who dwell upon it shall be destroyed." And these-they have no place of repentance for ever, because they have shown them what was hidden, and they are the damned: but as for thee, my son, the Lord of Spirits knows that thou art pure, and guiltless of this reproach concerning the secrets.
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12 And He has destined thy name to be among the holy, |
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And will preserve thee amongst those who dwell on the earth, |
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And has destined thy righteous seed both for kingship and for great honours, |
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And from thy seed shall proceed a fountain of the righteous and holy without number for ever. |
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