Chapter 58

1 In the five hundredth year, and in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month, of the lifetime of Enoch, in that parable, I saw that the heaven of heavens shook; that it shook violently; and that the powers of the Most High, and the angels, thousands and thousands, and myriads of myriads, were agitated with great agitation. And when I looked, the Ancient of days was sitting on the throne of his glory, while the angels and saints were standing around him. A great trembling came upon me, and terror seized me. My loins were bowed down and loosened; my reins were dissolved; and I fell upon my face. The holy Michael, another holy angel, one of the holy ones, was sent, who raised me up. 2And when he raised me, my spirit returned; for I was incapable of enduring this vision of violence, its agitation, and the concussion of heaven. 3Then holy Michael said to me, Why are you disturbed at this vision? 4Hitherto has existed the day of mercy; and he has been merciful and longsuffering towards all who dwell upon the earth. 5But when the time shall come, then shall the power, the punishment, and the judgment take place, which the Lord of spirits has prepared for those who prostrate themselves to the judgment of righteousness, for those who abjure that judgment, and for those who take his name in vain. 6That day has been prepared for the elect as a day of covenant; and for sinners as a day of inquisition. 87 There is no chap. lviii. in the MS. I have therefore divided chap. lix. into two parts, denominating this first part chap. lviii. The Book of Enoch the Prophet 58 7 In that day shall be distributed for food88 two monsters; a female monster, whose name is Leviathan, dwelling in the depths of the sea, above the springs of waters; 8And a male monster, whose name is Behemoth; which possesses, moving on his breast, the invisible wilderness. 9His name was Dendayen in the east of the garden, where the elect and the righteous will dwell; where he received it from my ancestor, who was man, from Adam the first of men,89 whom the Lord of spirits made. 10Then I asked of another angel to show me the power of those monsters, how they became separated, how they became separated on the same day, one being in the depths of the sea, and one in the dry desert. 11And he said, You, son of man, are here desire to understand secret things. 12And90 the angel of peace, who was with me, said, These two monsters are by the power of God prepared to become food, that the punishment of God may not be in vain. 13Then shall children be slain with their mothers, and sons with their fathers. 14And when the punishment of the Lord of spirits shall continue, upon them shall it continue, that the punishment of the Lord of spirits may not take place in vain. After that, judgment shall exist with mercy and longsuffering