Chapter LXV
1. After this he showed me the angels of punishment, who were prepared to come, and to open all the mighty waters under the earth
2. That they may be for judgment, and for the destruction of all those who remain and dwell upon the earth.
3. And the Lord of spirits commanded the angels who went forth, not to take up the men and preserve them.
4. For those angels presided over all the mighty waters. Then I went out from the presence of Enoch.
Chapter LXVI
1. In those days the word of God came to me, and said, Noah, behold, thy lot has ascended up to me, a lot void of crime, a lot beloved and upright.
2. Now then shall the angels labour at the trees ; but when they proceed to this, I will put my hand upon it, and preserve it.
3. The seed of life shall arise from it, and a change shall take place, that the dry land may not be left empty. I will establish thy seed before me for ever and ever, and the seed of those who dwell with thee on the surface of the earth. It shall be blessed and multiplied in the presence of the earth, in the name of the Lord.
4. And they shall confine those angels who disclosed impiety. In that burning valley it is, that they shall he confined, which at first my great-grand-father Enoch showed me in the west, where there were mountains of gold and silver, of iron, of fluid metal, and of tin.
5. I beheld that valley in which there was great perturbation, and where the waters were troubled.
6. And when all this was effected, from the fluid mass of fire, and the perturbation which prevailed in that place, there arose a strong smell of sulphur, which became mixed with the waters ; and the valley of the angels, who had been guilty of seduction, burned underneath its soil.
7. Through that valley also rivers of fire we're flowing, to which those angels shall be condemned, who seduced the inhabitants of the earth.
8. And in those days shall the sewaters be to kings, to princes, to the exalted, and to the inhabitants of the earth, for the healing of the soul and body, and for the judgment of the spirit.
9. Their spirits shall be full of revelry, that they may be judged in their bodies ; because they have denied the Lord of spirits, and although they perceive their condemnation day by day, they believe not in his name.
10. And as the inflammation of their bodies shall be great, so shall their spirits undergo a change for ever.
11. For no word which is uttered before the Lord of spirits shall be in vain.
12. Judgment has come upon them, because they trusted in their carnal revelry, and denied the Lord of spirits.
13. In those days shall the waters of that valley be changed ; for when the angels shall be judged, then shall the heat of those springs of water experience an alteration.
14. And when the angels shall ascend, the water of the springs shall again undergo a change, and be frozen. Then I heard holy Michael answering and saying, This judgment, with which the angels shall be judged, shall bear testimony against the kings, the princes, and those who possess the earth.
15. For these waters of judgment shall be for their healing, and for the death of their bodies. But they shall not perceive and believe that the waters will be changed, and become a fire, which shall blaze for ever.
Chapter LXVII
1. After this he gave me the characteristical marks of all the secret things in the book of my great-grandfather Enoch, and in the parables which had been given to him ; inserting them for me among the words of the book of parables.
2. At that time holy Michael answered and said to Raphael, The power of the spirit hurries me away, and impels me on. The severity of the
judgment, of the secret judgment of the angels, who is capable of beholding the endurance of that severe judgment which has taken place and been made permanent without being melted at the sight of it ? Again holy Michael answered and said to holy Raphael, Who is there whose heart is not softened by it, and whose reins are not troubled at this thing ?
3. Judgment has gone forth against them by those who have thus dragged them away ; and that was, when they stood in the presence of the Lord of spirits.
4. In like manner also holy Rakael said to Raphael, They shall not be before the eye of the Lord ; since the Lord of spirits has been offended with them ; for like Lords have they conducted themselves. Therefore will he bring upon them a secret judgment for ever and ever.
5. For neither shall angel nor man receive a portion of it ; but they alone shall receive their own judgment for ever and ever.
Chapter LXVIII
1. After this judgment they shall be astonished and irritated ; for it shall be exhibited to the inhabitants of the earth.
2. Behold the names of those angels. These are their names. The first of them is Samyaza ; the second, Arstikapha : the third, Armen ; the fourth, Kakabael; the fifth, Turel; the sixth, Kumyel; the seventh, Danyal ; the eighth, Kael ; the ninth, Barakel ; the tenth, Azazel ; the eleventh, Armers; the twelfth, Bataryal ; the thirteenth, Basasael ; the fourteenth, Ananel ; the fifteenth, Turyal ; the six- teenth, Simapiseel ; the seventeenth, Yetarel ; the eighteenth, Tumael; the nineteenth, Tarel; the twentieth, Kumel ; the twenty-first, Azazyel.
3. These are the chiefs of their angels, and the names of the leaders of their hundreds, and the leaders of their fifties, and the leaders of their tens.
4. The name of the first is Yekun : he it was who seduced all the sons of the holy angels ; and causing them to descend on earth, led astray the offspring of men.
5. The name of the second is Kesabel, who pointed oat evil counsel to the sons of the holy angels, and induced them to corrupt their bodies by generating mankind.
6. The name of the third is Gadrel : he discovered every stroke of death to the children of men.
7. He seduced Eve ; and discovered to the children of men the instruments of death, the coat of mail, the shield, and the sword for slaughter ; every instrument of death to the children of men.
8. From his hand were these things derived to them who dwell upon earth, from that period for ever.
9. The name of the fourth is Penemue : he dis- covered to the children of men bitterness and sweetness
10. And pointed out to them every secret of their wisdom.
11. He taught men to understand writing, and the use of ink and paper.
12. Therefore numerous have been those who have gone astray from every period of the world, even to this day.
13. For men were not born for this, thus with pen and with ink to confirm their faith;
14. Since they were not created, except that, like the angels, they might remain righteous and pure.
15. Nor would death, which destroys everything, have affected them
16. But by this their knowledge they perish, and by this also its power consumes them.
17. The name of the fifth is Kasyade : he discovered to the children of men every wicked stroke of spirits and of demons
18. The stroke of the embryo in the womb, to diminish it , the stroke of the spirit by the bite of the serpent, and the stroke which is given in the mid-day by the offspring of the serpent, the name of which is Tabaet.
19. This is the number of the Kesbel ; the principal part of the oath which the Most High, dwelling in glory, revealed to the holy ones.
20.Its name is Beka. He spoke to holy Michael to discover to them the sacred name, that they might understand that secret name, and thus remember the oath ; and that those who pointed out every secret thing to the children of men might tremble at that name and oath.
21. This is the power of that oath ; for powerful it is, and strong.
22. And he established this oath of Akae by the instrumentality ^ of the holy Michael.
23. These are the secrets of this oath, and by it were they confirmed.
24. Heaven was suspended by it before the world was made, for ever.
25. By it has the earth been founded upon the flood; while from the concealed parts of the hills the agitated waters proceed forth from the creation to the end of the world.
26. By this oath the sea has been formed, and the foundation of it.
27. During the period of its fury he has established the sand against it, which continues unchanged for ever; and by this oath the abyss has been made strong; nor is it removable from its station for ever and ever.
28. By this oath the sun and moon complete their progress, never swerving from the command given to them for ever and ever.
29. By this oath the stars complete their progress ;
30. And when their names are called, they return an answer, for ever and ever.
31. Thus in the heavens take place the blowings of the winds : all of them have breathings, and effect a complete combination of breathings.
32. There the treasures of thunder are kept, and the splendour of the lightning.
33. There are kept the treasures of hail and of frost, the treasures of snow, the treasures of rain and of dew.
34. All these confess and laud before the Lord of spirits.
35. They glorify with all their power of praise and he sustains them in all that act of thanksgiving ; while they laud, glorify, and exalt the name of the Lord of spirits for ever and ever.
36. And with them he establishes this oath, by which they and their paths are preserved ; nor does their progress perish.
37. Great was their joy.
38. They blessed, glorified, and exalted, because the name of the Son of man was revealed to them.
39. He sat upon the throne of his glory ; and the principal part of the judgment was assigned to him, the Son of man. Sinners shall disappear and perish from the face of the earth, while those who seduced them shall be bound with chains for ever.
40. According to their ranks of corruption shall they be imprisoned, and all their works shall dis- appear from the face of the earth; nor thenceforward shall there be any to corrupt ; for the Son of man has been seen, sitting on the throne of his glory.
41. Everything wicked shall disappear, and depart from before his face ; and the word of the Son of man shall become powerful in the presence of the Lord of spirits.
42. This is the third parable of Enoch.
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