Chapter 79

 

 

1 In those days Uriel responded and said to me, Behold, I have showed you all things, O Enoch; 2And all things have I revealed to you. You see the sun, the moon, and those which conduct the stars of heaven, which cause all their operations, seasons, and arrivals to return. 3 In the days of sinners the years shall be shortened. 4Their seed shall be backward in their prolific soil; and everything done on earth shall be subverted, and disappear in its season. The rain shall be restrained, and heaven shall stand still. 5 In those days the fruits of the earth shall be late, and not flourish in their season; and in their season the fruits of the trees shall be withheld. 6The moon shall change its laws, and not be seen at its proper period. But in those days shall heaven be seen; and barrenness shall take place in the borders of the great chariots in the west. Heaven shall shine more than when illuminated by the orders of light; while many chiefs among the stars of authority shall err, perverting their ways and works. 7Those shall not appear in their season, who commanded them, and all the classes of the stars shall be shut up against sinners. 8The thoughts of those who dwell on the earth shall transgress within them; and they shall be perverted in all their ways. 9They shall transgress, and think themselves145 gods; while evil shall be multiplied among them 10And punishment shall come upon them, so that all of them shall be destroyed.

Chapter 80

 

 

1He said, O Enoch, look on the book which heaven146 has gradually dropped down;147 and, reading that which is written in it, understand every part of it. 2Then I looked on all which was written, and understood it all, reading the book and everything written in it, all the works of man; 3And of all the children of flesh upon earth, during the generations of the world. 4 Immediately afterward I blessed the Lord, the King of glory, who has thus for ever formed the whole workmanship of the world. 5And I glorified the Lord, on account of his longsuffering and blessing towards the children of the world. 6At that time I said, Blessed is the man, who shall die righteous and good, against whom no catalogue of crime has been written, and with whom iniquity is not found. 7Then those three holy ones caused me to approach, and placed me on the earth, before the door of my house. 8And they said to me, Explain everything to Mathusala your son; and inform all your children, that no flesh shall be justified before the Lord; for he is their Creator. 9During one year we shall leave you with your children, until you shall again recover your strength, that you may instruct your family, write these things, and explain them to all your children. But in another year they shall take you from the midst of them, and your heart shall be strengthened; for the elect shall point out righteousness to the elect; the righteous with the righteous shall rejoice, congratulating each other; but sinners shall die with sinners, 10And the perverted with the perverted shall be drowned. 11Those likewise who act righteously shall die on account of the works of man, and shall be gathered together on account of the works of the wicked. 12In those days they finished conversing with me. 13And I returned to my fellow men, blessing the Lord of worlds.