Chapter 66

 

 

1 In those days the word of God was with me, and said, Noah, behold, your portion has ascended up to me, a portion void of fault, a portion beloved104 and upright. 2Now then shall the angels labor at the trees;105 but when they proceed to this, I will put my hand upon it, and preserve it. 3The seed of life shall arise106 from it, and a change shall take place,107 that the dry land shall not be left empty. I will establish your seed before me for ever and ever, and the seed of those who dwell with you on the surface of the earth. It shall be blessed and multiplied in the presence of the earth, in the name of the Lord. 4And they shall confine those angels who disclosed impiety. In that burning valley it is, that they shall be confined, which at first my great-grandfather Enoch showed me in the west, where there were mountains of gold and silver, of iron, of fluid metal, and of tin. 5 I beheld that valley in which there was great perturbation, and where the waters were troubled. 6And when all this was effected, from the fluid mass of fire, and the perturbation which troubled them in that place, there arose a strong smell of sulphur, which became mixed with the waters; and the valley of the angels, who had been guilty of seduction, burned underneath its soil. 7Through that valley also rivers of fire were flowing, to which those angels shall be condemned, who seduced the inhabitants of the earth. 8And in those days shall these waters be to kings, to princes, to the exalted, and to the inhabitants of the earth, for the healing of the soul and body, and for the judgment of the spirit. 9Their spirits shall be full of revelry,108 that they may be judged in their bodies; because they have denied the Lord of spirits, and although they perceive their condemnation day by day, they believe not in his name. 

10And as the inflammation of their bodies shall be great, so shall their spirits undergo a change for ever. 11For no word which is uttered before the Lord of spirits shall be in vain. 12Judgment has come upon them, because they trusted in their carnal revelry,109 and denied the Lord of spirits. 13In those days shall the waters of that valley110 be changed; for when the angels shall be judged, then shall the heat of those springs of water experience an alteration. 14And when the angels shall ascend, the water of the springs shall again undergo a change, and be frozen. Then I heard holy Michael responding and saying, This judgment, with which the angels shall be judged, shall bear testimony against the kings, the princes, and those who possess the earth. 15For these waters of judgment shall be for their healing, and for the death111 of their bodies. But they shall not perceive and believe that the waters will be changed, and become a fire, which shall blaze for ever.