1 And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she
became pregnant by him and bore a son.
2 And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair
of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful. And
when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and the
whole house was very bright.
3 And thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and
conversed with the Lord of righteousness.
4 And his father Lamech was afraid of him and fled, and came to his father
Methuselah.
5 And he said unto him: "I have begotten a strange son, diverse from and unlike
man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven; and his nature is different
and he is not like us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun, and his
countenance is glorious.
6 And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the angels, and I
fear that in his days a wonder may be wrought on the earth. And now, my father,
I am here to petition thee and implore thee that thou mayest go to Enoch, our
father, and learn from him the truth, for his dwelling-place is amongst the
angels."
7 And when Methuselah heard the words of his son, he came to me to the ends of
the earth; for he had heard that I was there, and he cried aloud, and I heard
his voice and I came to him.
8 And I said unto him: "Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore hast thou come to
me?"
9 And he answered and said: "Because of a great cause of anxiety have I come to
thee, and because of a disturbing vision have I approached.
10 And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a son,
the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like mans nature, and the
color of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose, and
the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like the rays
of the sun, and he opened his eyes and thereupon lighted up the whole house.
11 And he arose in the hands of the midwife, and opened his mouth and blessed
the Lord of heaven.
12 And his father Lamech became afraid and fled to me, and did not believe that
he was sprung from him, but that he was in the likeness of the angels of heaven;
and behold I have come to thee that thou mayest make known to me the truth."
13 And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him: "The Lord will do a new thing on
the earth, and this I have already seen in a vision, and make known to thee that
in the generation of my father Jared some of the angels of heaven transgressed
the word of the Lord.
14 And behold they commit sin and transgress the law, and have united themselves
with women and commit sin with them, and have married some of them, and have
begot children by them.
15 And they shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but
according to the flesh, and there shall be a great punishment on the earth, and
the earth shall be cleansed from all impurity.
16 Yea, there shall come a great destruction over the whole earth, and there
shall be a deluge and a great destruction for one year.
17 And this son who has been born unto you shall be left on the earth, and his
three children shall be saved with him: when all mankind that are on the earth
shall die he and his sons shall be saved.
18 And now make known to thy son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth
his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his
sons shall be saved from the destruction which shall come upon the earth on
account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated
on the earth in his days.
19 And after that there shall be still more unrighteousness than that which was
first consummated on the earth; for I know the mysteries of the holy ones; for
He, the Lord, has showed me and informed me, and I have read in the heavenly
tablets.
20 And I saw written on them that generation upon generation shall transgress,
till a generation of righteousness arises, and transgression is destroyed and
sin passes away from the earth, and all manner of good comes upon it.
21 And now, my son, go and make known to thy son Lamech that this son, which has
been born, is in truth his son, and that is no lie."
22 And when Methuselah had heard the words of his father Enoch-for he had shown
to him everything in secret-he returned and showed to him and called the name of
that son Noah; for he will comfort the earth after all the destruction.
Chapter 2 Calling Enoch
1 And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down and its destruction
was nigh.
2 And he arose from thence and went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud to
his grandfather Enoch.
3 Noah said three times with an embittered voice: "Hear me, hear me, hear me."
4 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 and shaken, lest perchance I shall perish with
it?"
5 And thereupon there was a great commotion , on the earth, and a voice was
heard from heaven, and I fell on my face.
6 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?
7 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.
8 And all the power of those who practice sorcery, and the power of witchcraft,
and the power of those who make molten images. For the whole earth: And how
silver is produced from the dust of the earth, and how soft metal originates in
the earth. For lead and tin are not produced from the earth like the first: it
is a fountain that produces them, and an angel stands therein, and that angel is
preeminent."
9 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 asked the Lord of Spirits as touching this
commotion on the earth.
10 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 who dwell
upon it shall be destroyed."
11 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.
12 And He has destined thy name to be among the holy and will preserve thee
amongst those who dwell on the earth. And has destined thy righteous seed both
for kingship and for great honors, and from thy seed shall proceed a fountain of
the righteous and holy without number for ever."
13 And after that he showed me the angels of punishment who are prepared to come
and let loose all the powers of the waters which are beneath in the earth in
order to bring judgement and destruction on all who dwell on the earth.
14 And the Lord of Spirits gave commandment to the angels who were going forth
that they should not cause the waters to rise but should hold them in check; for
those angels were over the powers of the waters.
15 And I went away from the presence of Enoch.
Chapter 3 Judgement of Angels
1 And in those days the word of God came unto me, and He said unto me: "Noah,
thy lot has come up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and
uprightness.
2 And now the angels are working, and when they have completed their task I will
place My hand upon it and preserve it, and there shall come forth from it the
seed of life, and a change shall set in so that the earth will not remain
without inhabitant.
3 And I will make fast thy seed before me for ever and ever, and I will spread
abroad those who dwell with thee: it shall not be unfruitful on the face of the
earth, but it shall be blessed and multiply on the earth in the name of the
Lord."
4 And He will imprison those angels, who have shown unrighteousness in that
burning valley which my grandfather Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west
among the mountains of gold and silver and iron and soft metal and tin.
5 And I saw that valley in which there was a great convulsion and a convulsion
of the waters.
6 And when all this took place, from that fiery molten metal and from the
convulsion thereof in that place, there was produced a smell of sulphur, and it
was connected with those waters, and that valley of the angels who had led
astray burned beneath that land.
7 And through its valleys proceed streams of fire where these angels are
punished who had led astray those who dwell upon the earth.
8 But those waters shall in those days serve for the kings and the mighty and
the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, for the healing of the body, but
for the punishment of the spirit; now their spirit is full of lust, that they
may be punished in their body.
9 For they have denied the Lord of Spirits and see their punishment daily, and
yet believe not in His name.
10 And in proportion as the burning of their bodies becomes severe a
corresponding change shall take place in their spirit for ever and ever; for
before the Lord of Spirits none shall utter an idle word.
11 For the judgement shall come upon them because they believe in the lust of
their body and deny the Spirit of the Lord.
12 And those same waters will undergo a change in those days; for when those
angels are punished in these waters, these water-springs shall change their
temperature, and when the angels ascend, this water of the springs shall change
and become cold.
13 And I heard Michael answering and saying: "This judgement wherewith the
angels are judged is a testimony for the kings and the mighty who possess the
earth.
14 Because these waters of judgement minister to the healing of the body of the
kings and the lust of their body; therefore they will not see and will not
believe that those waters will change and become a fire which burns for ever."
Chapter 4 Secrets of the Parables
1 And after that my grandfather Enoch gave me the teaching of all the secrets in
the book in the Parables which had been given to him, and he put them together
for me in the words of the book of the Parables.
2 And on that day Michael answered Raphael and said: "The power of the spirit
transports and makes me to tremble because of the severity of the judgement of
the secrets, the judgement of the angels: who can endure the severe judgement
which has been executed, and before which they melt away?"
3 And Michael answered again, and said to Raphael: "Who is he whose heart is not
softened concerning it, and whose reins are not troubled by this word of
judgement that has gone forth upon them because of those who have thus led them
out?"
4 And it came to pass when he stood before the Lord of Spirits, Michael said
thus to Raphael: "I will not take their part under the eye of the Lord; for the
Lord of Spirits has been angry with them because they do as if they were the
Lord. Therefore all that is hidden shall come upon them for ever and ever; for
neither angel nor man shall have his portion, but alone they have received their
judgement for ever and ever."
5 And after this judgement they shall terrify and make them to tremble because
they have shown this to those who dwell on the earth.
6 And behold the names of those angels: the first of them is Samjaza, the second
Artaqifa, and the third Armen, the fourth Kokabel, the fifth Turael, the sixth
Rumjal, the seventh Danjal, the eighth Neqael, the ninth Baraqel, the tenth
Azazel, the eleventh Armaros, the twelfth Batarjal, the thirteenth Busasejal,
the fourteenth Hananel, the fifteenth Turel, and the sixteenth Simapesiel, the
seventeenth Jetrel, the eighteenth Tumael, the nineteenth Turel, the twentieth
Rumael, the twenty-first Azazel.
7 And these are the chiefs of their angels and their names, and their chief ones
over hundreds and over fifties and over tens.
8 The name of the first Jeqon: that is, the one who led astray the sons of God,
and brought them down to the earth, and led them astray through the daughters of
men.
9 And the second was named Asbeel: he imparted to the holy sons of God evil
counsel, and led them astray so that they defiled their bodies with the
daughters of men.
10 And the third was named Gadreel: he it is who showed the children of men all
the blows of death, and he led astray Eve, and showed the shield and the coat of
mail, and the sword for battle, and all the weapons of death to the children of
men. And from his hand they have proceeded against those who dwell on the earth
from that day and for evermore.
11 And the fourth was named Penemue: he taught the children of men the bitter
and the sweet, and he taught them all the secrets of their wisdom. And he
instructed mankind in writing with ink and paper, and thereby many sinned from
eternity to eternity and until this day. For men were not created for such a
purpose, to give confirmation to their good faith with pen and ink. For men were
created exactly like the angels, to the intent that they should continue pure
and righteous, and death, which destroys everything, could not have taken hold
of them but through this their knowledge they are perishing, and through this
power it is consuming men.
12 And the fifth was named Kasdeja: this is he who showed the children of men
all the wicked smithings of spirits and demons, and the smitings of the embryo
in the womb, that it may pass away, and the bites of the serpent, and the
smitings which befall through the noontide heat the son of the serpent named
Tabaet.
13 And this is the task of Kasbeel, the chief of the oath which he showed to the
holy ones when he dwelt high above in glory, and its name is Biqa.
14 This angel requested Michael to show him the hidden name, that he might
enunciate it in the oath, so that those might quake before that name and oath
who revealed all that was in secret to the children of men.
15 And this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong, and he
placed this oath Akae in the hand of Michael.
16 These are the secrets of this oath and they are strong through his oath: The
heaven was suspended before the world was created, and for ever.
17 And through it the earth was founded upon the water and from the secret
recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters from the creation of the world
and unto eternity.
18 And through that oath the sea was created and as its foundation He set for it
the sand against the time of anger, and it dare not pass beyond it from the
creation of the world unto eternity.
19 And through that oath are the depths made fast and abide and stir not from
their place from eternity to eternity.
20 And through that oath the sun and moon complete their course and deviate not
from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.
21 And through that oath the stars complete their course and He calls them by
their names, and they answer Him from eternity to eternity.
22 And this oath is mighty over them and through it their paths are preserved
and their course is not destroyed.
23 And there was great joy amongst them, and they blessed and glorified and
extolled because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed unto them.
24 And he sat on the throne of His glory and the sum of judgement was given unto
the Son of Man, and He caused the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off
the face of the earth, and those who have led the world astray.
25 With chains shall they be bound and in their assemblage place of destruction
shall they be imprisoned, and all their works vanish from the face of the earth.
26 And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible; For that Son of Man
has appeared and has seated himself on the throne of His glory.
27 All evil shall pass away before His face and the word of that Son of Man
shall go forth and be strong before the Lord of Spirits.