The
Book of Enoch
Book 3: Astronomy
Chapter 70 - 90
Chapter 70
1 And it came to pass after this that his name during his lifetime was raised aloft to that Son of 2 Man and to the Lord of Spirits from amongst those who dwell on the earth. And he was raised aloft 3 on the chariots of the spirit and his name vanished among them. And from that day I was no longer numbered amongst them: and he set me between the two winds, between the North and the 4 West, where the angels took the cords to measure for me the place for the elect and righteous. And there I saw the first fathers and the righteous who from the beginning dwell in that place.
Chapter 71
1 And it came to pass after this that my spirit was translated And it
ascended into the heavens:
And I saw the holy sons of God. They were stepping on flames of fire: Their
garments were white [and their raiment], And their faces shone like snow.
2 And I saw two streams of fire, And the light of that fire shone like
hyacinth, And I fell on my face before the Lord of Spirits.
3 And the angel Michael [one of the archangels] seized me by my right hand,
And lifted me up and led me forth into all the secrets, And he showed me all the
secrets of righteousness.
4 And he showed me all the secrets of the ends of the heaven, And all the
chambers of all the stars, and all the luminaries, Whence they proceed before
the face of the holy ones.
5 And he translated my spirit into the heaven of heavens, And I saw there as
it were a structure built of crystals, And between those crystals tongues of
living fire.
6 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.
7 And round about were Seraphin, Cherubic, and Ophannin: And these are they
who sleep not
And guard the throne of His glory.
8 And I saw angels who could not be counted, A thousand thousands, and ten
thousand times ten thousand, Encircling that house. And Michael, and Raphael,
and Gabriel, and Phanuel, And the holy angels who are above the heavens, Go in
and out of that house.
9 And they came forth from that house, And Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and
Phanuel, And many holy angels without number.
10 And with them the Head of Days, His head white and pure as wool, And His
raiment indescribable. 11 And I fell on my face, And my whole body became
relaxed, And my spirit was transfigured; And I cried with a loud voice, . .
.with the spirit of power, And blessed and glorified and extolled.
12 And these blessings which went forth out of my mouth were well
pleasing before that Head of Days. And that Head of Days came with Michael and
Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel, thousands and ten thousands of angels without
number.
13 Lost passage wherein the Son of Man was described as
accompanying the Head of Days, and Enoch asked one of the angels (as in xlvi. 3)
concerning the Son of Man as to who he was.]
14 And he (i.e. the angel) came to me and greeted me with His voice,
and said unto me ' This is the Son of Man who is born unto righteousness, And
righteousness abides over him, And the righteousness of the Head of Days
forsakes him not.'
15 And he said unto me: ' He proclaims unto thee peace in the name of the
world to come; For from hence has proceeded peace since the creation of the
world, And so shall it be unto thee for ever and for ever and ever.
16 And all shall walk in his ways since righteousness never forsaketh him:
With him will be their dwelling-places, and with him their heritage, And they
shall not be separated from him for ever and ever and ever. And so there shall
be length of days with that Son of Man, And the righteous shall have peace and
an upright way In the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.'
1
The book of the courses of the luminaries of the heaven, the relations of each, according to their classes, their dominion and their seasons, according to their names and places of origin, and according to their months, which Uriel, the holy angel, who was with me, who is their guide, showed me; and he showed me all their laws exactly as they are, and how it is with regard to all the years of the world
1
And after this law I saw another law dealing with the smaller luminary, which is
named the Moon.
2 And her circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and her
chariot in which she rides is driven by the wind, and light is given to her in
(definite) measure. And her rising and setting change every month:
3and her days are like the days of the sun, and when her light is uniform
(i.e. full) it amounts to the seventh part of the light of the sun.
4 And thus she rises. And her first phase in the east comes forth on the
thirtieth morning: and on that day she becomes visible, and constitutes for you
the first phase of the moon on the thirtieth day together with the sun in the
portal where the sun rises.
5 And the one half of her goes forth by a seventh part, and her whole
circumference is empty, without light, with the exception of one-seventh part of
it, (and) the
6 fourteenth part of her light. And when she receives one-seventh part of
the half of her light, her light
7 amounts to one-seventh part and the half thereof. And she sets with the
sun, and when the sun rises the moon rises with him and receives the half of one
part of light, and in that night in the beginning of her morning in the
commencement of the lunar day the moon sets with the sun, and
8 is invisible that night with the fourteen parts and the half of one of
them. And she rises on that day with exactly a seventh part, and comes forth and
recedes from the rising of the sun, and in her remaining days she becomes bright
in the (remaining) thirteen parts.
1
And I saw another course, a law for her, (and) how according to that law she
performs her monthly
2 revolution. And all these Uriel, the holy angel who is the leader of
them all,showed to me, and their positions, and I wrote down their positions as
he showed them to me, and I wrote down their months
3 as they were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days were
accomplished. In single seventh parts she accomplishes all her light in the
east, and in single seventh parts accomplishes all her
4 darkness in the west. And in certain months she alters her settings,
and in certain months she pursues
5 her own peculiar course. In two months the moon sets with the sun: in
those two middle portals the
6 third and the fourth. She goes forth for seven days, and turns about
and returns again through the portal where the sun rises, and accomplishes all
her light: and she recedes from the sun, and in eight
7 days enters the sixth portal from which the sun goes forth. And when
the sun goes forth from the fourth portal she goes forth seven days, until she
goes forth from the fifth and turns back again in seven days into the fourth
portal and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes and enters into the
8 first portal in eight days.And she returns again in seven days into the
fourth portal from which the 9,
10 sun goes forth. Thus I saw their position -how the moons rose and the
sun set in those days. And if five years are added together the sun has an
overplus of thirty days, and all the days which accrue
11 to it for one of those five years, when they are full, amount to 364
days. And the overplus of the sun and of the stars amounts to six days: in 5
years 6 days every year come to 30 days: and the
12 moon falls behind the sun and stars to the number of 30 days. And the
sun and the stars bring in all the years exactly, so that they do not advance or
delay their position by a single day unto eternity; but complete the years with
perfect justice in 364 days.
13 In 3 years there are 1,092 days, and in 5 years 1,820
days, so that in 8 years there are 2,912 days.
14 For the moon alone the days amount in 3 years to 1,062 days,
and in 5 years she falls 50 days behind:i.e. to the sum (of 1,770)
there is 5 to be added (1,000 and) 62 days.
15 And in 5 years there are 1,770 days, so that for the moon the
days 6 in 8 years amount to 21,832 days.
16 For in 8 years she falls behind to the amount of 80
days, all the 17 days she falls behind in 8 years are 80.
And the year is accurately completed in conformity with their world-stations and
the stations of the sun, which rise from the portals through which it (the sun)
rises and sets 30 days.
1
And the leaders of the heads of the thousands, who are placed over the whole
creation and over all the stars, have also to do with the four intercalary days,
being inseparable from their office, according to the reckoning of the year, and
these render service on the four days which are not
2 reckoned in the reckoning of the year. And owing to them men go wrong
therein, for those luminaries truly render service on the world-stations, one in
the first portal, one in the third portal of the heaven, one in the fourth
portal, and one in the sixth portal, and the exactness of the year is
3 accomplished through its separate three hundred and sixty-four
stations. For the signs and the times and the years and the days the angel Uriel
showed to me, whom the Lord of glory hath set for ever over all the luminaries
of the heaven, in the heaven and in the world, that they should rule on the face
of the heaven and be seen on the earth, and be leaders for the day and the
night, i.e. the sun, moon, and stars, and all the ministering creatures which
make their revolution in all the chariots
4 of the heaven. In like manner twelve doors Uriel showed me, open in the
circumference of the suns chariot in the heaven, through which the rays of the
sun break forth: and from them is warmth
5 diffused over the earth, when they are opened at their appointed
seasons.And for the winds and
6 the spirit of the dew when they are opened, standing open in the
heavens at the ends. As for the twelve portals in the heaven, at the ends of the
earth, out of which go forth the sun, moon, and stars,
7 and all the works of heaven in the east and in the west, There are many
windows open to the left and right of them, and one window at its (appointed)
season produces warmth, corresponding (as these do) to those doors from which
the stars come forth according as He has commanded them,
8 and wherein they set corresponding to their number. And I saw chariots
in the heaven, running
9 in the world, above those portals in which revolve the stars that never
set. And one is larger than all the rest, and it is that that makes its course
through the entire world.
1
And at the ends of the earth I saw twelve portals open to all the quarters (of
the heaven), from
2 which the winds go forth and blow over the earth. Three of them are
open on the face (i.e. the east) of the heavens, and three in the west, and
three on the right (i.e. the south) of the heaven, and
3 three on the left (i.e. the north). And the three first are those of
the east, and three are of the
4 north, and threeafter those on the left of the south, and three of the
west. Through four of these come winds of blessing and prosperity, and from
those eight come hurtful winds: when they are sent, they bring destruction on
all the earth and on the water upon it, and on all who dwell thereon, and on
everything which is in the water and on the land.
5 And the first wind from those portals, called the east wind, comes
forth through the first portal which is in the east, inclining towards the
south: from it come forth desolation, drought, heat,
6 and destruction. And through the second portal in the middle comes what
is fitting, and from it there come rain and fruitfulness and prosperity and dew;
and through the third portal which lies toward the north come cold and drought.
7 And after these come forth the south winds through three portals:
through the first portal of
8 them inclining to the east comes forth a hot wind. And through the
middle portal next to it there
9 come forth fragrant smells, and dew and rain, and prosperity and
health. And through the third portal lying to the west come forth dew and rain,
locusts and desolation. 10 And after these the north winds: from the
seventh portal in the east come dew and rain, locusts and desolation.
11 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.
12 And after thesefour are the west winds: through the first portal
adjoining the north come forth dew and hoar-frost, and cold and snow and frost.
And from the middle portal come forth dew and rain, and prosperity and blessing;
and through the last portal which adjoins the south come forth drought and
desolation, and burning and destruction. And the twelve portals of the four
quarters of the heaven are therewith completed, and all their laws and all their
plagues and all their benefactions have I shown to thee, my son Methuselah.
1
And the first quarter is called the east, because it is the first: and the
second, the south, because the Most High will descend there, yea, there in quite
a special sense will He who is blessed for ever
2 descend. And the west quarter is named the diminished, because there
all the luminaries of the
3 heaven wane and go down. And the fourth quarter, named the north, is
divided into three parts: the first of them is for the dwelling of men: and the
second contains seas of water, and the abysses and forests and rivers, and
darkness and clouds; and the third part contains the garden of righteousness.
4 I saw seven high mountains, higher than all the mountains which are on
the earth: and thence
5 comes forth hoar-frost, and days, seasons, and years pass away. I saw
seven rivers on the earth larger than all the rivers: one of them coming from
the west pours its waters into the Great Sea. 6 And these two come from
the north to the sea and pour their waters into the Erythraean Sea in the
7 east. And the remaining, four come forth on the side of the north to
their own sea, two of them to the Erythraean Sea, and two into the Great Sea and
discharge themselves thereand some say:
8 into the desert. Seven great islands I saw in the sea and in the
mainland: two in the mainland and five in the Great Sea.
1,2
And the names of the sun are the following: the first Orjares, and the second
Tomas. And the moon has four names: the first name is Asonja, the second Ebla,
the third Benase, and the fourth
3 Erae. These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like
the circumference of the
4 heaven, and the size of the circumference of both is alike. In the
circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it
more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is s transferred till the
seventh portion of the sun is exhausted.
5 And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make their
revolution by the north, and come forth through the eastern portals
6 on the face of the heaven. And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part
appears in the heaven: 7the light becomes full in her : on the fourteenth day
she accomplishes her light.
7 And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth
day (when) her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the year, and she
becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by (the addition of) fourteenth
8 parts. And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to
fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the
third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to
nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on
the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the
thirteenth to two, on the
9 fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light
disappears wholly on the fifteenth. And
10 in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once
twenty-eight. And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the
moon, and on which side it is transferred to her by the sun.
11 During all the period during which the moon is growing in her light,
she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during fourteen
daysher light is accomplished in the heaven,
12 and when she is illumined throughout, her light is accomplished full
in the heaven. And on the first
13 day she is called the new moon, for on that day the light rises upon
her. She becomes full moon exactly on the day when the sun sets in the west, and
from the east she rises at night, and the moon shines the whole night through
till the sun rises over against her and the moon is seen over against the sun.
14 On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she
wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end,
and her circumference is empty, void of
15 light. And three months she makes of thirty days, and at her time she
makes three months of twenty- nine days each, in which she accomplishes her
waning in the first period of time, and in the first
16 portal for one hundred and seventy-seven days. And in the time of her
going out she appears for three months (of) thirty days each, and for three
months she appears (of) twenty-nine each. At night she appears like a man for
twenty days each time, and by day she appears like the heaven, and there is
nothing else in her save her light.
1
And now, my son, I have shown thee everything, and the law of all the stars of
the heaven is
2 completed. 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
3 and every week: And the waning of the moon which takes place in the
sixth portal: for in this
4 sixth portal her light is accomplished, and after that there is the
beginning of the waning: (And the waning) which takes place in the first portal
in its season, till one hundred and seventy-seven
5 days are accomplished: reckoned according to weeks, twenty-five (weeks)
and two days. She falls behind the sun and the order of the stars exactly five
days in the course of one period, and when
6 this place which thou seest has been traversed. Such is the picture and
sketch of every luminary which Uriel the archangel, who is their leader, showed
unto me.
1 And in those days the angel Uriel answered and said to me: Behold, I have shown thee everything, Enoch, and I have revealed everything to thee that thou shouldst see this sun and this moon, and the leaders of the stars of the heaven and all those who turn them, their tasks and times and departures.
2
And in the days of the sinners the years shall be shortened,
And their seed shall be tardy on their lands and fields,
And all things on the earth shall alter,
And shall not appear in their time:
And the rain shall be kept back
And the heaven shall withhold (it).
3 And in those times the fruits of the earth shall be backward,
And shall not grow in their time,
And the fruits of the trees shall be withheld in their time.
4 And the moon shall alter her order,
And not appear at her time.
5And in those days the sun shall be seen and he shall journey in the
evening on the extremity of the great chariot in the west
And shall shine more brightly than accords with the order of light.
6 And many chiefs of the stars shall transgress the order (prescribed).
And these shall alter their orbits and tasks,
And not appear at the seasons prescribed to them.
7 And the whole order of the stars shall be concealed from the sinners,
And the thoughts of those on the earth shall err concerning them,
And they shall be altered from all their ways,
Yea, they shall err and take them to be gods.
8 And evil shall be multiplied upon them,
And punishment shall come upon them So as to destroy all.
1
And he said unto me:
Observe, Enoch, these heavenly tablets,
And read what is written thereon,
And mark every individual fact.
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
3 that shall be upon the earth to the remotest generations. And forthwith
I blessed the great Lord the King of glory for ever, in that He has made all the
works of the world,
And I extolled the Lord because
of His patience,
And blessed Him because of the children of men.
4
And after that I said:
Blessed is the man who dies in righteousness and goodness,
Concerning whom there is no book of unrighteousness written,
And against whom no day of judgement shall be found.
5
And those seven holy ones brought me and placed me on the earth before the door
of my house, and said to me: Declare everything to thy son Methuselah, and show
to all thy children that no
6 flesh is righteous in the sight of the Lord, for He is their Creator.
One year we will leave thee with thy son, till thou givest thy (last) commands,
that thou mayest teach thy children and record (it) for them, and testify to all
thy children; and in the second year they shall take thee from their midst.
7
Let thy heart be strong,
For the good shall announce righteousness to the good;
The righteous with the righteous
shall rejoice,
And shall offer congratulation to one another.
8
But the sinners shall die with the sinners,
And the apostate go down with the apostate.
9
And those who practice righteousness shall die on account of the deeds of men,
And be taken away on account of the doings of the godless.
10 And in those days they ceased to speak to me, and I came to my people, blessing the Lord of the world.
1 And now, my son Methuselah, all these things I am recounting to thee and writing down for thee! and I have revealed to thee everything, and given thee books concerning all these: so preserve, my son Methuselah, the books from thy fathers hand, and (see) that thou deliver them to the generations of the world.
2
I have given Wisdom to thee and to thy children,
And thy children that shall be to thee,
That they may give it to their children for generations,
This wisdom (namely) that passeth their thought.
3
And those who understand it shall not sleep,
But shall listen with the ear that they may learn this wisdom,
And it shall please those that eat thereof better than good food.
4 Blessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who walk In the way of righteousness and sin not as the sinners, in the reckoning of all their days in which the sun traverses the heaven, entering into and departing from the portals for thirty days with the heads of thousands of the order of the stars, together with the four which are intercalated which divide the four portions of the year, which
5
lead them and enter with them four days. Owing to them men shall be at fault and not reckon them in the whole reckoning of the year: yea, men shall be at fault, and not recognize them
Book 4:
Astronomy - Part 2
Chapter 83 -90
1
And now, my son Methuselah, I will show thee all my visions which I have seen,
recounting
2 them before thee. 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
3 vision. And regarding them I prayed to the Lord. I had laid me down in
the house of my grandfather Mahalalel, (when) I saw in a vision how the heaven
collapsed and was borne off and fell to
4 the earth. And when it fell to the earth I saw how the earth was
swallowed up in a great abyss, and mountains were suspended on mountains, and
hills sank down on hills, and high trees were rent
5 from their stems, and hurled down and sunk in the abyss. And thereupon
a word fell into my mouth,
6 and I lifted up (my voice) to cry aloud, and said: The earth is
destroyed. And my grandfather Mahalalel waked me as I lay near him, and said
unto me: Why dost thou cry so, my son, and why
7 dost thou make such lamentation? And I recounted to him the whole
vision which I had seen, and he said unto me: A terrible thing hast thou seen,
my son, and of grave moment is thy dream- vision as to the secrets if all the
sin of the earth: it must sink into the abyss and be destroyed with
8 a great destruction. And now, my son, arise and make petition to the
Lord of glory, since thou art a believer, that a remnant may remain on the
earth, and that He may not destroy the whole
9 earth. My son, from heaven all this will come upon the earth, and upon
the earth there will be great
10 destruction. After that I arose and prayed and implored and besought,
and wrote down my prayer for the generations of the world, and I will show
everything to thee, my son Methuselah. And when I had gone forth below and seen
the heaven, and the sun rising in the east, and the moon setting in the west,
and a few stars, and the whole earth, and everything as He had known it in the
beginning, then I blessed the Lord of judgement and extolled Him because He had
made the sun to go forth from the windows of the east, and he ascended and rose
on the face of the heaven, and set out and kept traversing the path shown unto
him.
1 And I lifted up my hands in righteousness and blessed the Holy and Great One, and spake with the breath of my mouth, and with the tongue of flesh, which God has made for the children of the flesh of men, that they should speak therewith, and He gave them breath and a tongue and a mouth that they should speak therewith:
2
Blessed be Thou, O Lord, King,
Great and mighty in Thy greatness,
Lord of the whole creation of the heaven,
King of kings and God of the whole world.
And Thy power and kingship and
greatness abide for ever and ever,
And throughout all generations Thy dominion;
And all the heavens are Thy throne for ever,
And the whole earth Thy footstool for ever and ever.
3
For Thou hast made and Thou rulest all things,
And nothing is too hard for Thee,
Wisdom departs not from the place of Thy throne,
Nor turns away from Thy presence.
And Thou knowest and seest and hearest everything,
And there is nothing hidden from Theefor Thou seest everything.
4 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 And now, O God and Lord and Great King,
I implore and beseech Thee to fulfil my prayer,
To leave me a posterity on earth,
And not destroy all the flesh of man,
And make the earth without inhabitant,
So that there should be an eternal destruction.
6 And now, my Lord, destroy from the earth the flesh which has aroused
Thy wrath,
But the flesh of righteousness and uprightness establish as a plant of the
eternal seed,
And hide not Thy face from the prayer of Thy servant, O Lord.
1,2
And after this I saw another dream, and I will show the whole dream to thee, my
son. 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.
3 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
4 the other red. And that black bull gored the red one and pursued him
over the earth, and thereupon 5 I could no longer see that red bull. But
that black bull grew and that heifer went with him, and
6 I saw that many oxen proceeded from him which resembled and followed
him. And that cow, that first one, went from the presence of that first bull in
order to seek that red one, but found him
7 not, and lamented with a great lamentation over him and sought him. And
I looked till that first
8 bull came to her and quieted her, and from that time onward she cried
no more. And after that she bore another white bull, and after him she bore many
bulls and black cows.
9 And I saw in my sleep that white bull likewise grow and become a great
white bull, and from Him proceeded many white bulls, and they resembled him. And
they began to beget many white bulls, which resembled them, one following the
other, (even) many.
1
And again I saw with mine eyes as I slept, and I saw the heaven above, and
behold a star fell
2 from heaven, and it arose and eat and pastured amongst those oxen. And
after that I saw the large and the black oxen, and behold they all changed their
stalls and pastures and their cattle, and began
3 to live with each other. And again I saw in the vision, and looked
towards the heaven, and behold I saw many stars descend and cast themselves down
from heaven to that first star, and they became
4 bulls amongst those cattle and pastured with themamongst them. And I
looked at them and saw, and behold they all let out their privy members, like
horses, and began to cover the cows of the oxen,
5 and they all became pregnant and bare elephants, camels, and asses. 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
6 horns. And they began, moreover, to devour those oxen; and behold all
the children of the earth began to tremble and quake before them and to flee
from them.
1
And again I saw how they began to gore each other and to devour each other, and
the earth
2 began to cry aloud. And I raised mine eyes again to heaven, and I saw
in the vision, and behold there came forth from heaven beings who were like
white men: and four went forth from that place
3 and three with them. And those three that had last come forth grasped
me by my hand and took me up, away from the generations of the earth, and raised
me up to a lofty place, and showed me
4 a tower raised high above the earth, and all the hills were lower. And
one said unto me: Remain here till thou seest everything that befalls those
elephants, camels, and asses, and the stars and the oxen, and all of them.
1
And I saw one of those four who had come forth first, and he seized that first
star which had fallen from the heaven, and bound it hand and foot and cast it
into an abyss: now that abyss was
2 narrow and deep, and horrible and dark. 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
3 because of them. And as I was beholding in the vision, lo, one of those
four who had come forth stoned (them) from heaven, and gathered and took all the
great stars whose privy members were like those of horses, and bound them all
hand and foot, and cast them in an abyss of the earth.
1
And one of those four went to that white bull and instructed him in a secret,
without his being terrified: he was born a bull and became a man, and built for
himself a great vessel and dwelt thereon;
2 and three bulls dwelt with him in that vessel and they were covered in.
And again I raised mine eyes towards heaven and saw a lofty roof, with seven
water torrents thereon, and those torrents
3 flowed with much water into an enclosure. And I saw again, and behold
fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure, and that water
began to swell and rise upon the surface,
4 and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was covered with water.
And the water, the darkness, and mist increased upon it; and as I looked at the
height of that water, that water had risen above the height of that enclosure,
and was streaming over that enclosure, and it stood upon the earth.
5 And all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered together until I saw
how they sank and were
6 swallowed up and perished in that water. But that vessel floated on the
water, while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom
with all the animals, so that I could no longer see them,
7 and they were not able to escape, (but) perished and sank into the
depths. And again I saw in the vision till those water torrents were removed
from that high roof, and the chasms
8 of the earth were leveled up and other abysses were opened. Then the
water began to run down into these, till the earth became visible; but that
vessel settled on the earth, and the darkness
9 retired and light appeared. But that white bull which had become a man
came out of that vessel, and the three bulls with him, and one of those three
was white like that bull, and one of them was red as blood, and one black: and
that white bull departed from them.
10 And they began to bring forth beasts of the field and birds, so that
there arose different genera: lions, tigers, wolves, dogs, hyenas, wild boars,
foxes, squirrels, swine, falcons, vultures, kites, eagles, and ravens;
11 and among them was born a white bull. And they began to bite one
another; but that white bull which was born amongst them begat a wild ass and a
white bull with it, and the 12 wild asses multiplied. But that bull which
was born from him begat a black wild boar and a white
13 sheep; and the former begat many boars, but that sheep begat twelve
sheep. And when those twelve sheep had grown, they gave up one of them to the
asses, and those asses again gave up that sheep to the wolves,
14 and that sheep grew up among the wolves. And the Lord brought the
eleven sheep to live with it and to pasture with it among the wolves: and they
multiplied and became many flocks of sheep.
15And the wolves began to fear them, and they oppressed them until they
destroyed
16 cry aloud on account of their little ones, and to complain unto their
Lord. And a sheep which had been saved from the wolves fled and escaped to the
wild asses; and I saw the sheep how they lamented and cried, and besought their
Lord with all their might, till that Lord of the sheep descended at the voice of
the sheep from a lofty abode, and came to them and pastured them.
17 And He called that sheep which had escaped the wolves, and spake with
it concerning the wolves that it should
18 admonish them not to touch the sheep. And the sheep went to the wolves
according to the word of the Lord, and another sheep met it and went with it,
and the two went and entered together into the assembly of those wolves, and
spake with them and admonished them not to touch the
19 sheep from henceforth. And thereupon I saw the wolves, and how they
oppressed the sheep
20 exceedingly with all their power; and the sheep cried aloud. And the
Lord came to the sheep and they began to smite those wolves: and the wolves
began to make lamentation; but the sheep became
21 quiet and forthwith ceased to cry out. And I saw the sheep till they
departed from amongst the wolves; but the eyes of the wolves were blinded, and
those wolves departed in pursuit of the sheep
22 with all their power. And the Lord of the sheep went with them, as
their leader, and all His sheep
23 followed Him: and his face was dazzling and glorious and terrible to
behold. But the wolves
24 began to pursue those sheep till they reached a sea of water. And that
sea was divided, and the water stood on this side and on that before their face,
and their Lord led them and placed Himself between
25 them and the wolves. And as those wolves did not yet see the sheep,
they proceeded into the midst of that sea, and the wolves followed the sheep,
and those wolves ran after them into that sea.
26 And when they saw the Lord of the sheep, they turned to flee before
His face, but that sea gathered itself together, and became as it had been
created, and the water swelled and rose till it covered
27 those wolves. And I saw till all the wolves who pursued those sheep
perished and were drowned.
28 But the sheep escaped from that water and went forth into a
wilderness, where there was no water and no grass; and they began to open their
eyes and to see; and I saw the Lord of the sheep
29 pasturing them and giving them water and grass, and that sheep going
and leading them. And that
30 sheep ascended to the summit of that lofty rock, and the Lord of the
sheep sent it to them. And after that I saw the Lord of the sheep who stood
before them, and His appearance was great and
31 terrible and majestic, and all those sheep saw Him and were afraid
before His face. And they all feared and trembled because of Him, and they cried
to that sheep with them which was amongst
32 them: We are not able to stand before our Lord or to behold Him. And
that sheep which led them again ascended to the summit of that rock, but the
sheep began to be blinded and to wander
33 from the way which he had showed them, but that sheep wot not thereof.
And the Lord of the sheep was wrathful exceedingly against them, and that sheep
discovered it, and went down from the summit of the rock, and came to the sheep,
and found the greatest part of them blinded and fallen
34 away. And when they saw it they feared and trembled at its presence,
and desired to return to their
35 folds. And that sheep took other sheep with it, and came to those
sheep which had fallen away, and began to slay them; and the sheep feared its
presence, and thus that sheep brought back those
36 sheep that had fallen away, and they returned to their folds. 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.
37 And I saw till this sheep which had met that sheep which led them fell
asleep: and I saw till all the great sheep perished and little ones arose in
their place, and they came to a pasture, and
38 approached a stream of water. Then that sheep, their leader which had
become a man, withdrew
39 from them and fell asleep, and all the sheep sought it and cried over
it with a great crying. And I saw till they left off crying for that sheep and
crossed that stream of water, and there arose the two sheep as leaders in the
place of those which had led them and fallen asleep (lit. had fallen asleep and
led
40 them ). And I saw till the sheep came to a goodly place, and a
pleasant and glorious land, and I saw till those sheep were satisfied; and that
house stood amongst them in the pleasant land.
41 And sometimes their eyes were opened, and sometimes blinded, till
another sheep arose and led them and brought them all back, and their eyes were
opened. 42 And the dogs and the foxes and the wild boars began to devour
those sheep till the Lord of the sheep raised up another sheep a ram from their
43 midst, which led them. And that ram began to butt on either side those
dogs, foxes, and wild
44 boars till he had destroyed them all. And that sheep whose eyes were
opened saw that ram, which was amongst the sheep, till it forsook its glory and
began to butt those sheep, and trampled upon them, and behaved itself
45 unseemly. And the Lord of the sheep sent the lamb to another lamb and
raised it to being a ram and leader of the sheep instead of that
46 ram which had forsaken its glory. And it went to it and spake to it
alone, and raised it to being a ram, and made it the prince and leader of the
sheep; but during all these things those dogs
47 oppressed the sheep. And the first ram pursued that second ram, and
that second ram arose and fled before it; and I saw till those dogs pulled
48 down the first ram. And that second ram arose
48b and led the little sheep. 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 49sheep and robbed them no more of ought. And that ram begat
many sheep and fell asleep; and a little sheep became ram in its stead, and
became prince and leader of those sheep
50 And that house became great and broad, and it was built for those
sheep: (and) a tower lofty and great was built on the house for the Lord of the
sheep, and that house was low, but the tower was elevated and lofty, and the
Lord of the sheep stood on that tower and they offered a full table before Him.
51 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,
52 but the sheep began to slay them. And one of them was saved and was
not slain, and it sped away and cried aloud over the sheep; and they sought to
slay it, but the Lord of the sheep saved it from
53 the sheep, and brought it up to me, and caused it to dwell there. And
many other sheep He sent to those sheep to testify unto them and lament over
them.
54 And after that I saw that when they forsook the house of the Lord and
His tower they fell away entirely, and their eyes were blinded; and I saw the
Lord of the sheep how He wrought much slaughter amongst them in their herds
until 55 those sheep invited that slaughter and betrayed His place. And
He gave them over into the hands of the lions and tigers, and wolves and hyenas,
and into the hand of the foxes, and to all the wild
56 beasts, and those wild beasts began to tear in pieces those sheep. And
I saw that He forsook that their house and their tower and gave them all into
the hand of the lions, to tear and devour them,
57 into the hand of all the wild beasts. And I began to cry aloud with
all my power, and to appeal to the Lord of the sheep, and to represent to Him in
regard to the sheep that they were devoured
58 by all the wild beasts. But He remained unmoved, though He saw it, and
rejoiced that they were devoured and swallowed and robbed, and left them to be
devoured in the hand of all the beasts. 59 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
60 henceforward, and everything that I shall command you that do ye. And
I will deliver them over unto you duly numbered, and tell you which of them are
to be destroyed-and them destroy ye. And
61 He gave over unto them those sheep. And He called another and spake
unto him: Observe and mark everything that the shepherds will do to those sheep;
for they will destroy more of them than
62 I have commanded them. And every excess and the destruction which will
be wrought through the shepherds, record (namely) how many they destroy
according to my command, and how many according to their own caprice: record
against every individual shepherd all the destruction he
63 effects. And read out before me by number how many they destroy, and
how many they deliver over for destruction, that I may have this as a testimony
against them, and know every deed of the shepherds, that I may comprehend and
see what they do, whether or not they abide by my
64 command which I have commanded them. But they shall not know it, and
thou shalt not declare it to them, nor admonish them, but only record against
each individual all the destruction which
65 the shepherds effect each in his time and lay it all before me. And I
saw till those shepherds pastured in their season, and they began to slay and to
destroy more than they were bidden, and they delivered
66 those sheep into the hand of the lions. And the lions and tigers eat
and devoured the greater part of those sheep, and the wild boars eat along with
them; and they burnt that tower and demolished
67 that house. And I became exceedingly sorrowful over that tower because
that house of the sheep was demolished, and afterwards I was unable to see if
those sheep entered that house.
68 And the shepherds and their associates delivered over those sheep to
all the wild beasts, to devour them, and each one of them received in his time a
definite number: it was written by the other
69 in a book how many each one of them destroyed of them. And each one
slew and destroyed many
70 more than was prescribed; and I began to weep and lament on account of
those sheep. And thus in the vision I saw that one who wrote, how he wrote down
every one that was destroyed by those shepherds, day by day, and carried up and
laid down and showed actually the whole book to the Lord of the sheep-(even)
everything that they had done, and all that each one of them had made
71 away with, and all that they had given over to destruction. And the
book was read before the Lord of the sheep, and He took the book from his hand
and read it and sealed it and laid it down.
72 And forthwith I saw how the shepherds pastured for twelve hours, and
behold three of those sheep turned back and came and entered and began to build
up all that had fallen down of that
73 house; but the wild boars tried to hinder them, but they were not
able. And they began again to build as before, and they reared up that tower,
and it was named the high tower; and they began again to place a table before
the tower, but all the bread on it was polluted and not pure.
74 And as touching all this the eyes of those sheep were blinded so that
they saw not, and (the eyes of) their shepherds likewise; and they delivered
them in large numbers to their shepherds for 75 destruction, and they
trampled the sheep with their feet and devoured them. And the Lord of the sheep
remained unmoved till all the sheep were dispersed over the field and mingled
with them (the beasts),
76 and they (the shepherds) did not save them out of the hand of the
beasts. And this one who wrote the book carried it up, and showed it and read it
before the Lord of the sheep, and implored Him on their account, and besought
Him on their account as he showed Him all the doings
77 of the shepherds, and gave testimony before Him against all the
shepherds. And he took the actual book and laid it down beside Him and departed.
1
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 receive them into their 2 hands, to pasture them for their period,
each shepherd in his own period. 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
3 devour their flesh. And the sheep cried out because their flesh was
being devoured by the birds,
4 and as for me I looked and lamented in my sleep over that shepherd who
pastured the sheep. And I saw until those sheep were devoured by the dogs and
eagles and kites, and they left neither flesh nor skin nor sinew remaining on
them till only their bones stood there: and their bones too fell
5 to the earth and the sheep became few. And I saw until that
twenty-three had undertaken the pasturing and completed in their several periods
fifty-eight times. 6 But behold lambs were borne by those white sheep,
and they began to open their eyes and to see,
7 and to cry to the sheep. Yea, they cried to them, but they did not
hearken to what they said to
8 them, but were exceedingly deaf, and their eyes were very exceedingly
blinded. And I saw in the vision how the ravens flew upon those lambs and took
one of those lambs, and dashed the sheep
9 in pieces and devoured them. And I saw till horns grew upon those
lambs, and the ravens cast down their horns; and I saw till there sprouted a
great horn of one of those sheep, and their eyes
10 were opened. And it looked at themand their eyes opened, and it cried
to the sheep, and the
11 rams saw it and all ran to it.
12And notwithstanding all this those eagles and vultures and ravens and
kites
13 still kept tearing the sheep and swooping down upon them
14and devouring them: still the sheep remained silent, but the rams
lamented and cried out.
15 And those ravens fought and battled with it and sought to lay low its
horn, but they had no power over it.
16 All the eagles and vultures and ravens and kites were gathered
together,
17 and there came with them all the sheep of the field,
18 yea, they all came together, and helped each other to break that horn
of the ram.
19 And I saw till a great sword was given to the sheep, and the sheep
proceeded against all the beasts of the field to slay them, and all the beasts
and the birds of the heaven fled before their face. And I saw that man, who
wrote the book according to the command of the Lord, till he opened that book
concerning the destruction which those twelve last shepherds had wrought, and
showed that they had destroyed much more than their predecessors, before the
Lord of the sheep. And I saw till the Lord of the sheep came unto them and took
in His hand the staff of His wrath, and smote the earth, and the earth clave
asunder, and all the beasts and all the birds of the heaven fell from among
those sheep, and were swallowed up in the earth and it covered them.
20 And I saw till a throne was erected in the pleasant land, and the Lord
of the sheep sat Himself thereon, and the other took the sealed books and opened
those books before the Lord of the sheep.
21 And the Lord called those men the seven first white ones, and
commanded that they should bring before Him, beginning with the first star which
led the way, all the stars whose privy members
22 were like those of horses, and they brought them all before Him. And
He said to that man who wrote before Him, being one of those seven white ones,
and said unto him: Take those seventy shepherds to whom I delivered the sheep,
and who taking them on their own authority slew more
23 than I commanded them. And behold they were all bound, I saw, and they
all stood before Him.
24 And the judgement was held first over the stars, and they were judged
and found guilty, and went to the place of condemnation, and they were cast into
an abyss, full of fire and flaming, and full
25 of pillars of fire. And those seventy shepherds were judged and found
guilty, and they were cast
26 into that fiery abyss. And I saw at that time how a like abyss was
opened in the midst of the earth, full of fire, and they brought those blinded
sheep, and they were all judged and found guilty and
27 cast into this fiery abyss, and they burned; now this abyss was to the
right of that house. And I saw those sheep burning and their bones burning.
28 And I stood up to see till they folded up that old house; and carried
off all the pillars, and all the beams and ornaments of the house were at the
same time folded up with it, and they carried
29 it off and laid it in a place in the south of the land. And I saw till
the Lord of the sheep brought a new house greater and loftier than that first,
and set it up in the place of the first which had beer folded up: all its
pillars were new, and its ornaments were new and larger than those of the first,
the old one which He had taken away, and all the sheep were within it.
30 And I saw all the sheep which had been left, and all the beasts on the
earth, and all the birds of the heaven, falling down and doing homage to those
sheep and making petition to and obeying
31 them in every thing. And thereafter those three who were clothed in
white and had seized me by my handwho had taken me up before, and the hand of
that ram also seizing hold of me, they
32 took me up and set me down in the midst of those sheep before the
judgement took place. And those
33 sheep were all white, and their wool was abundant and clean. And all
that had been destroyed and dispersed, and all the beasts of the field, and all
the birds of the heaven, assembled in that house, and the Lord of the sheep
rejoiced with great joy because they were all good and had returned to
34 His house. And I saw till they laid down that sword, which had been
given to the sheep, and they brought it back into the house, and it was sealed
before the presence of the Lord, and all the sheep
35 were invited into that house, but it held them not. And the eyes of
them all were opened, and they
36 saw the good, and there was not one among them that did not see. And I
saw that that house was large and broad and very full.
37 And I saw that a white bull was born, with large horns and all the
beasts of the field and all the
38 birds of the air feared him and made petition to him all the time. of
And I saw till all their generations were transformed, and they all became white
bulls; and the first among them became a lamb, and that lamb became a great
animal and had great black horns on its head; and the Lord of the sheep
39 rejoiced over it and over all the oxen. And I slept in their midst:
and I awoke and saw everything.
40 This is the vision which I saw while I slept, and I awoke and blessed
the Lord of righteousness and
41 gave Him glory. Then I wept with a great weeping and my tears stayed
not till I could no longer endure it: when I saw, they flowed on account of what
I had seen; for everything shall come and
42 be fulfilled, and all the deeds of men in their order were shown to
me. On that night I remembered the first dream, and because of it I wept and was
troubled-because I had seen that vision.
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