What is wanted, therefore, in studying the Apocalypses is, above all, sympathy with the ideas that underlie them, and especially with the belief in the New Age. 4. I saw (the spirit of) a dead man making suit, 5 and his voice went forth to heaven and made suit. 36. Now, therefore, I swear to you, the righteous, by the glory of the Great and Honoured and 2 Mighty One in dominion, and by His greatness I swear to you: 2. These dislocations were the work of the editor, who put the different books of Enoch together, and added lxxx. . [2] G. H. Box,The Ezra Apocalypse, pp. 4 18 And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be planted with trees and 19 be full of blessing. Veneration for the Law is whole-hearted; it is the real guide of life; punishment awaits those who ignore its guidance; but the Pharisaic interpretation of the Law and its requirements is alien to the spirit of the Apocalyptists. 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. And what will they receive and what will they see for ever?Behold, they too have died,And henceforth for ever shall they see no light.". Then I said: 'How 9 fearful is the place and how terrible to look upon!' The original order of the text, therefore, was: xcii. These are of the number of the stars of heaven, which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are bound here till ten thousand years, 7 the time entailed by their sins, are consummated.' The content, particularly detailed descriptions of fallen angels, would also be a reason for rejection from the Hebrew canon at this period as illustrated by the comments of Trypho the Jew when debating with Justin Martyr on this subject: "The utterances of God are holy, but your expositions are mere contrivances, as is plain from what has been explained by you; nay, even blasphemies, for you assert that angels sinned and revolted from God." The Book of Enoch was not included in either the Hebrew or most Christian biblical canons, but could have been considered a sacred text by the sectarians." - Milik, Jazef. 6. 6. 15. Owing to them men shall be at fault and not reckon them in thewhole reckoning of the year: yea, men shall be at fault, and not recognize them accurately. 5. 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 this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary the Sun has its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven, and its setting in the western portals of the heaven. 1. The Book of Enoch The Book Of Enoch - -This format by Andy McCracken, year 2020, original translation from Ge'ez to English by Prof. Michael A. Knibb, year 1978. 5. And he said unto me:'Observe, Enoch, these heavenly tablets,And read what is written thereon,And mark every individual fact.'. 3. 3. And there were four hollow places in it, deep and very smooth: three of them were dark and one bright; and there was a fountain of water in its midst. And he shall put down the countenance of the strong,And shall fill them with shame. 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?' Ggdenotes the large fragment of the Greek Version discovered at Akhmm, and deposited in the Gizeh Museum, Cairo. The Dead Sea Scrolls Reveal the Transmission Path for. And Semjz, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates. It was like a best seller. 3. In those days the Lord bade (them) to summon and testify to the children of earth concerning their wisdom: Show (it) unto them; for ye are their guides, and a recompense over the whole earth. And such a division has been made for the spirits of those who make their suit, who make disclosures concerning their destruction, when they were slain in the days of the sinners. He will be gracious to the righteous and give him eternal uprightness,And He will give him power so that he shall be (endowed) with goodness and righteousness.And he shall walk in eternal light. And Enoch lifted up (his voice) and spake to his son Methuselah: 'To thee, my son, will I speak: hear my words--incline thine ear to the dream-vision of thy father. And I will bring forth in shining light those who have loved My holy name, and I will seat each on the throne of his honour. And all the waters shall be joined with the waters: that which is above the heavens is the masculine, and the water which is beneath the earth is the feminine. Thethird parable(lviii.-lxxi.) And will protect the elect, And mercy shall be upon them. 4. 12. Among the revelations to come out of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovery of the mid-20th century, was the vindication of the Ethiopic version of the Book of Enoch. (1) N.B. 16. My book, The Super Gospel, A Harmony of Ancient Gospels, is available for purchase below. 1 Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so. 6a. 1 Then said I: 'For what object is this blessed land, which is entirely filled with trees, and this 2 accursed valley between?' and Matt. 13 And at its close they shall acquire houses through their righteousness,And a house shall be built for the Great King in glory for evermore,14d. In this dream Enoch is asked to intercede for the watchers of heaven,i.e. 1. The book of Enoch is quoted in Jude 14-15. And on that day the night amounts to eleven parts and the day to seven parts. . full) it amounts to the seventh part of the light of the sun. 5. 4. 3. 3.And I saw how the winds stretch out the vaults of heaven, and have their station between heaven and earth:these are the pillars of the heaven. The numbers of the years have been exactly fixed. 10 . And destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of the Watchers, because they have wronged mankind. And on the first day she is called the new moon, for on that day the light rises upon her. And He called seventy shepherds, and cast those sheep to them that they might pasture them, and He spake to the shepherds and their companions: "Let each individual of you pasture the sheep henceforward, and everything that I shall command you that do ye. And there mine eyes saw the secrets of the lightning and of the thunder, and the secrets of the winds, how they are divided to blow over the earth, and the secrets of the clouds and dew, and there I saw from whence they proceed in that place and from whence they saturate the dusty earth. 7d, xcvi. And they said one to another: 'The earth made without inhabitant cries the voice of their crying up to the gates of heaven. And one of them drew a sword, and gave it to those elephants and camels and asses: then they began to smite each other, and the whole earth quaked because of them. Support the site and buy a collection. And whosoever shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to the end of all 15 generations. 1. We hoped to be the head and have become the tail:We have toiled laboriously and had no satisfaction in our toil;And we have become the food of the sinners and the unrighteous,And they have laid their yoke heavily upon us. 4. 11, xciii. 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 5 and perish. Wisdom found no place where she might dwell;Then a dwelling-place was assigned her in the heavens. I saw the winds on the earth carrying the clouds: I sawthe paths of the angels. And for the future generations who shall observe uprightness and peace. Puedes leerlo en el Evangelio de Nicodemo. . In fact, it's not part of most biblical canons including Jewish ones (with the exception of some Ethiopian canons). And those sheep grew and multiplied; but all the dogs, and foxes, and wild boars feared and fled before it, and that ram butted and killed the wild beasts, and those wild beasts had no longer any power among the sheep and robbed them no more of ought. And they shall all belong to God, 72. Esdras iv. These are of the number of the starsof heaven, which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are bound here till ten thousand years, the time entailed by their sins, are consummated.' ), which is naturally read first, contains a good deal of the least important parts of the whole book; some passages are even repellent. These ancient prophecies of Jesus are directly in line with what we find in the Bible, and are . 2 And I observed the heavenly tablets, and read everything which was written (thereon) and understood everything, and read the book of all the deeds of mankind, and of all the children of flesh that shall be upon the earth to the remotest generations. It concludes with a hymn of praise to God in which a prayer is offered that all flesh may not be destroyed (lxxxiii.-lxxxiv.). And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go, bind Semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves 12 with them in all their uncleanness. 7. 9. I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted unto youthroughout all the days of eternity, and that judgement has been finally passed upon you: yea (your petition) will not be granted unto you. And for you the godless there shall be a curse. And these heads over thousands are intercalated between leader and leader, each behind a station, but their leaders make the division. 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 andhastenedme, and the winds in the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into heaven. 17. 1. 5. 25, cvi., cvii.). And from the middle portal come in a direct direction health and rain and dew and prosperity; and through the third portal in the west come cloud and hoar-frost, and snow and rain, and dew and locusts. They started with the absolute conviction that the whole course of the world, from beginning to end, both as regards its physical changes and also in all that concerns the history of nations, their growth and decline, and of every single individual, was in every respect predetermined by God Almighty before all time. 4. And do not think in your spirit nor say in your heart that ye do not know and that ye do not see that every sin is every day recorded in heaven in the presence of the Most High. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BOOK FOR THE STUDY OF CHRISTIAN ORIGINS. 7. 1. that time is to be reckoned by the sun, not by the moon (see further on this the section on Authorship, above). 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. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever. AndHe will deliverthem to the angels for punishment,To execute vengeance on them because they have oppressed His children and His elect12. 7. 11. by the times, for the Holy and Great One has appointed days for all things. And on that day the sun rises from that portal, and sets in the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the third portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the west of the heaven. And again I saw those sheep that they again erred and went many ways, and forsook that their house, and the Lord of the sheep called some from amongst the sheep and sent them to the sheep, but the sheep began to slay them. And now I say unto you the righteous:Walk not in the paths of wickedness, nor in the paths of death,And draw not nigh to them, lest ye be destroyed. A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its 13 portals blazed with fire. Such has been made for the spirits of men who were not righteous but sinners, who were complete in transgression, and of the transgressors. 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. 18. 1 And from thence I went to the ends of the earth and saw there great beasts, and each differed from the other; and (I saw) birds also differing in appearance and beauty and voice, the one differing from the other. 3. 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. Observeyehow the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heedand knowwith regard to allHis works, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so. I saw the winds on the earth carrying the clouds: I saw the paths 6 of the angels. And in that place I saw the fountain of righteousnessWhich was inexhaustible:And around it were many fountains of wisdom; And all the thirsty drank of them,And were filled with wisdom,And their dwellings were with the righteous and holy and elect.2. So that every reference to the present is merely a position taken up from which to point to the future. 14. And now I say unto you, my sons, love righteousness and walk therein;For the paths of righteousness are worthy of acceptation,But the paths of unrighteousness shall suddenly be destroyed and vanish. 7. In this the Apocalyptists were at one, in principle, with Pharisaism; but their conception of what constituted loyal observance of the Law differed from that of the Pharisees, for, unlike these, the Apocalyptists laid all stress on the spirit of its observance rather than upon the letter. 11. [Chapter 92] 1 The book written by Enoch-[Enoch indeed wrote this complete doctrine of wisdom, (which is) praised of all men and a judge of all the earth] for all my children who shall dwell on the earth. And he answered me saying: 'This is the spirit which went forth from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him till his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his seed is annihilated from amongst the seed of men. : 6 And the high mountains shall be shaken, ', 3. Download as a text file ( enoch.txt 195 KB) Download as a PDF ( ENOCH-McCracken2020.pdf 410 KB) (the "Parables," or "Similitudes"), the entire book belongs to the period 130-100 B.C. The Book of Enoch is considered the oldest written document ever discovered. 5 And all shall be smitten with fear And the earth shall rejoice,c. Al. In those days when He hath brought a grievous fire upon you,Whither will ye flee, and where will ye find deliverance?And when He launches forth His Word against you Will you not be affrighted and fear? And they shall become godless by reason of the folly of their hearts,And their eyes shall be blinded through the fear of their heartsAnd through visions in their dreams.9. [15]The Latin Version, which was also made from the Greek, is not extant, with the exception of i. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones. And they shall be resplendent for times without number; for righteousness is the judgement of God; for to the faithful He will give faithfulness in the habitation of upright paths. And beyond these mountains I saw another mountain to the east of the ends of the earth, whereon were aloe-trees, and all the trees were full 3 of stacte, being like almond-trees. 5. 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 me. The book concludes with what appear to be fragments of other journeys, to the east, to the north, and to the south. [19]It is, however, different when we come to chapter lxxx. 'Go to Noahand tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" And my spirit saw the girdle which girt that house of fire,And on its four sides were streams full of living fire,And they girt that house. And he showed me all the laws of these for every day, and for every season of bearing rule, and for every year, and for its going forth, and for the order prescribed to it every month and every week: 3. 23. 6. And these are the four angels of the Lord of Spirits and the four voices I heard in those days. 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. 6. 1. It is wholly extant only in the Ge'ez language, with Aramaic fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls and a few Greek and Latin fragments. 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,And all evil shall pass away before his face,And the word of that Son of Man shall go forthAnd be strong before the Lord of Spirits. And I saw till a throne was erected in the pleasant land, and the Lord of the sheep sat Himself thereon, andthe othertook the sealed books and opened those books before the Lord of the sheep. 23. This is simply incorrect. And her rising and setting change every month: and her days are like the days of the sun, and when her light is uniform (i.e. 6. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not see light. 3. I saw at the end of the earth the firmament of the heaven above. 7. 7. It were better to declare (them only) to the men of old time, but even from those that come after we will not withhold the beginning of wisdom. Then sware they all together and bound themselves 6 by mutual imprecations upon it. 36, 37.). [22]. Taken together xciii. 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. And I saw towards the east another mountain higher than this, and between them a deep and narrow ravine: in it also ran a streamunderneaththe mountain. And after that I saw in my vision all the birds of heaven coming, the eagles, the vultures, the kites, the ravens; but the eagles led all the birds; and they began to devour those sheep, and to pick out their eyes and to devour their flesh. 1-10, xci. In chapter 10 verse 2, Enoch allegedly wrote about Noah, even though the Bible teaches that Enoch was taken up to heaven years before Noah was born. 6. 2 and all his works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks which they accomplish for him, and their tasks change not, but When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that fourth portal thirty mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the west of the heaven. 7. 10. 13. And their lives shall be increased in peace,And the years of their joy shall be multiplied,In eternal gladness and peace,All the days of their life. Before I took thy mother Edna, I saw in a vision on my bed, and behold a bull came forth from the earth, and that bull was white; and after it came forth a heifer, and along with this (latter) came forth two bulls, one of them black and the other red. 5. 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? And I asked the angel of peace who went with me, saying: 'For whom are these chains being prepared?' 6. 1. He showed all things to me and wrote them down for me: also their names he wrote for me, and their laws and their companies. Through each of these small portals pass the stars of heaven and run their course to the west on the path which is shown to them. 1 Enoch: The Watchers tells the story of fallen angels from Gen 6:1-4 that took wives, created the Nephilim, and brought false teaching to mankind, ultimately leading to the great flood and their destruction.. 2 Enoch: Similitudes is an apocalyptic book about the Son of Man and the Ancient of Days. This period stretched approximately 300 years, and included what came to be known as the Apocalyptic Movement, coming to an end around 100 C.E. 8. , Independently published; Reissue edition (June 29, 2017), Language And all that is upon the earth shall perish, But ye--ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of the Lord,But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard wordsWith your impure mouths against His greatness.Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no peace. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the fire. Two visions I saw before I took a wife, and the one was quite unlike the other: the first when I was learning to write: the second before I took thy mother, (when) I saw a terrible vision. 1. And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days were with the holy ones. 12. So it comes that its course becomes daily longer, and its course nightly shorter. 7. And He sware by His great name: 'Henceforth I will not do so to all who dwell on the earth, and I will set a sign in the heaven: and this shall be a pledge of good faith between Me and them for ever, so long as heaven is above the earth. 11. And they began to beget many white bulls, which resembled them, one following the other, (even) many. One possible reason for Jewish rejection of the book might be the textual nature of several early sections of the book that make use of material from the Torah; for example, 1 En 1 is a midrash of Deuteronomy 33. (iv.) 1. 2. And after that, in the ninth week, the righteous judgement shall be revealed to the whole world,b. Thou seest what Azazel hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which 7 men were striving to learn: And Semjaza, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates. 3. And now the angels of Thy heavens are guilty of trespass,And upon the flesh of men abideth Thy wrath until the great day of judgement.5. 8. 17. For the judgement shall come upon them, because they believe in the lust of their body and deny the Spirit of the Lord. And all the oxen feared them and were affrighted at them, and began to bite with their teeth and to devour, and to gore with their horns. He's like a heathen. And I saw in this vision till that sheep became a man and built a house for the Lord of the sheep, and placed all the sheep in that house. 11. 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 I saw till that in this manner thirty-five shepherds undertook the pasturing (of the sheep), and they severally completed their periods as did the first; and others received them into their hands, to pasture them for their period, each shepherd in his own period. 35. 5. In one or two cases texts have been included of books which are available in the official Apocrypha; but in every such case reasons exist for putting forth these texts in a new translation, with an Introduction, in this series. I saw the treasuries of all the winds: I saw how He had furnished with them the whole creation and the firm foundations of the earth. 3. [3]. 18. The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (2Enoch) translated (Slavonic) by the Professors Morfill and Sokoloff, Charles 1896. 9. is years correspond to the number of days in the solar year; the basis of reckoning time was one of the fundamental points of difference between the Pharisees and Sadducees, for whereas the former reckoned time by the lunar year (360 days), the latter did so by the solar year. 3And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their suit, saying, "Bring our cause before the Most High.".' And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth 21 destroy from off the earth. 14. And it looked at them[and their eyes opened], and it cried to the sheep, and the rams saw it and all ran to it.

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