| 1 | I saw also other countenances in that secret place. |
| 2 | I heard the voice of an angel, saying, These are the angels who have descended from heaven to earth, and have revealed secrets to the sons of men, and have seduced the sons of men to the commission of sin. |
| 3 | In those days Noah saw that the earth became inclined, and that destruction approached. |
| 4 | Then he lifted up his feet, and went to the ends of the earth, to the dwelling of his great-grandfather Enoch. |
| 5 | And Noah cried with a bitter voice, Hear me; hear me; hear me: three times. |
| 6 | And he said, Tell me what is transacting upon the earth; for the earth labours, and is violently shaken. Surely I shall perish with it. |
| 7 | After this there was a great perturbation on earth, and a voice was heard from heaven. I fell down on my face, when my great-grandfather Enoch came and stood by me. |
| 8 | He said to me, Why have you cried out to me with a bitter cry and lamentation? |
| 9 | A commandment has gone forth from the Lord against those who dwell on the earth, that they may be destroyed; for they know every secret of the angels, every oppressive and secret power of the devils, (the satans) and every power of those who commit sorcery, as well as of those who make molten images in the whole earth. |
| 10 | They know how silver is produced from the dust of the earth, and how on the earth the metallic drop exists; for lead and tin are not produced from earth, as the primary fountain of their production. |
| 11 | There is an angel standing upon it, and that angel struggles to prevail. |
| 12 | Afterwards my great-grandfather Enoch seized me with his hand, raising me up, and saying to me, Go, for I have asked the Lord of spirits respecting this perturbation of the earth; who replied, On account of their impiety have their innumerable judgments been consummated before me. |
| 13 | Because of the sorceries which they have searched out and learnt, some have known that the earth will perish with those who dwell upon it, and that to these there will be no place of refuge for ever. |
| 14 | They have discovered secrets, and they are those who have been judged; but not you my son. The Lord of spirits knows that you are pure and good, free from the reproach of discovering secrets. |
| 15 | He, the holy One, will establish your name in the midst of the saints, and will preserve you from those who dwell upon the earth. He will establish your seed in righteousness, with dominion and great glory; and from your seed shall spring forth righteousness and holy men without number for ever. |
| 16 | After this he showed me the angels of punishment, who were prepared to come, and to open all the mighty waters under the earth: |
| 17 | That they may be for judgment, and for the destruction of all those who remain and dwell upon the earth. |
| 18 | And the Lord of spirits commanded the angels who went forth, not to take up the men and preserve them. |
| 19 | For those angels presiding over all the mighty waters. |
| 20 | Then I went out from the presence of Enoch. |
| 21 | In those days the word of God came to me, and said, Noah, behold, your lot has ascended up to me, a lot void of crime, a lot beloved and upright. |
| 22 | Now then shall the angels make a wooden structure; but when they proceed to this, I will put my hand upon it, and preserve it. |
| 23 | The seed of life shall arise from it, and a change shall take place, that the dry land shall not be left empty. |
| 24 | 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. |
| 25 | It shall be blessed and multiplied in the presence of the earth, in the name of the Lord. |
| 26 | And 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. |
| 27 | I beheld that valley in which there was great perturbation, and where the waters were troubled. |
| 28 | And when all this was effected, from the fluid mass of fire, and the perturbation which prevailed 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. |
| 29 | Through that valley also rivers of fire were flowing, to which those angels shall be condemned, who seduced the inhabitants of the earth. |
| 30 | And 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. |
| 31 | Their spirits shall be full of lust, 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. |
| 32 | And as the inflammation of their bodies shall be great, so shall their spirits undergo a change for ever. |
| 33 | For no word which is uttered before the Lord of spirits shall be in vain. |
| 34 | Judgment has come upon them, because they trusted in their carnal revelry, and denied the Lord of spirits. |
| 35 | In those days shall the waters of that valley be changed; for when the angels shall be judged, then shall the heat of those springs of water experience an alteration. |
| 36 | And when the angels shall ascend, the water of the springs shall again undergo a change, and be frozen. |
| 37 | Then I heard holy Michael answering 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. |
| 38 | For these waters of judgment shall be for their healing, and for the death 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. |
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