| 1 | The vision which he saw, the second vision of wisdom, which Enoch saw, the son of Jared, the son of Malaleel, the son of Canan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam. |
| 2 | This is the commencement of the word of wisdom, which I received to declare and tell to those who dwell upon earth. |
| 3 | Hear from the beginning, and understand to the end, the holy things which I utter in the presence of the Lord of spirits. |
| 4 | Those who were before us thought it good to speak; |
| 5 | And let not us, who come after, obstruct the beginning of wisdom. |
| 6 | Until the present period never has there been given before the Lord of spirits that which I have received, wisdom according the capacity of my intellect, and according to the pleasure of the Lord of spirits; that which I have received from him, a portion of life eternal. |
| 7 | And I obtained three parables, which I declared to the inhabitants of the world. |
| 8 | Parable the first. |
| 9 | When the congregation of the righteous shall be manifested; and sinners be judged for their crimes, and be troubled in the sight of the world; |
| 10 | When the Righteous One shall be manifested in the presence of the righteous themselves, who will be elected for their good works duly weighed by the Lord of spirits; and when the light of the righteous and the elect, who dwell on earth, shall be manifested; where will the habitation of sinners be? |
| 11 | And where the place of rest for those who have rejected the Lord of spirits? |
| 12 | It would have been better for them, had they never been born. |
| 13 | When, too, the secrets of the righteous shall be revealed, then shall sinners be judged; and impious men shall be afflicted in the presence of the righteous and the elect. |
| 14 | From that period those who possess the earth shall cease to be powerful and exalted. |
| 15 | Neither shall they be capable of beholding the countenances of the holy; for the light of the Lord of spirits will have appeared on the face of the holy, the righteous, and the chosen. |
| 16 | Yet shall not the mighty kings of that period be destroyed; but be delivered into the hands of the righteous and the holy. |
| 17 | Nor thenceforwards shall any obtain commiseration from the Lord of spirits, because their lives in this world will have been completed. |
| 18 | In those days shall the elect and holy race descend from the upper heavens, and their seed shall then be with the sons of men. |
| 19 | Enoch received books of indignation and wrath, and books of hurry and agitation. |
| 20 | Never shall they obtain mercy, saith the Lord of spirits. |
| 21 | A cloud then snatched me up, and the wind raised me above the surface of the earth, placing me at the extremity of the heavens. |
| 22 | There I saw another vision; I saw the habitations and resting places of the saints. |
| 23 | There my eyes beheld their habitations with the angels, and their resting places with the holy ones. |
| 24 | They were entreating, supplicating, and praying for the sons of men; while righteousness like water flowed before them, and mercy like dew was scattered over the earth. |
| 25 | And thus shall it be with them for ever and for ever. |
| 26 | At that time my eyes beheld the dwelling of the elect, of truth, faith, and righteousness. |
| 27 | Countless shall be the number of the holy and the elect, in the presence of God for ever and for ever. |
| 28 | Their residence I beheld under the wings of the Lord of spirits. |
| 29 | All the holy and the elect sung before him, in appearance like a blaze of fire; their mouths being full of blessings, and their lips glorifying the name of the Lord of spirits. And righteousness incessantly dwelt before him. |
| 30 | There was I desirous of remaining, and my soul longed for that habitation. There was my antecedent inheritance; for thus had I prevailed before the Lord of spirits. |
| 31 | At that time I glorified and extolled the name of the Lord of spirits with blessing and with praise; for he has established it with blessing and with praise, according to his own good pleasure. |
| 32 | That place long did my eyes contemplate. |
| 33 | I blessed and said, Blessed be he, blessed from the beginning for ever and for ever. |
| 34 | In the beginning, before the world was created, and without end is his knowledge. |
| 35 | What is this world? |
| 36 | Of every existing generation those shall bless you who do not spiritually sleep but stand before your glory, blessing, glorifying, exalting you, and saying, The holy, holy, Lord of spirits, fills the whole world of spirits. |
| 37 | There my eyes beheld all who, without sleeping, stand before him and bless him, saying, Blessed be you, and blessed be the name of God for ever and for ever. |
| 38 | Then my countenance became changed, until I was incapable of seeing. |
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