| 1 | And now, my son Mathusala, I have shown you everything; and the account of every ordinance of the stars of heaven is finished. |
| 2 | He showed me every ordinance respecting these, which takes place at all times and in all seasons under every influence, in all years, at the arrival and under the rule of each, during every month and every week. |
| 3 | He showed me also the decrease of the moon, which is effected in the sixth gate; for in that sixth gate is its light consumed. |
| 4 | From this is the beginning of the month; and its decrease is effected in the sixth gate in its period, until a hundred and seventy-seven days are completed; according to the mode of calculation by weeks, twenty-five weeks and two days. |
| 5 | Its period is less that that of the sun, according to the ordinance of the stars, by five days in one half year precisely. |
| 6 | When that their visible situation is completed. Such is the appearance and likeness of every luminary, which Uriel, the great angel who conducts them, showed to me. |
| 7 | In those days Uriel answered and said to me, Behold, I have showed you all things, O Enoch; |
| 8 | And 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. |
| 9 | In the days of sinners the years shall be shortened. |
| 10 | Their 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. |
| 11 | 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 withholden. |
| 12 | The 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. |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | Those shall not appear in their season, who commanded them, and all the classes of the stars shall be shut up against sinners. |
| 15 | The thoughts of those who dwell on the earth shall transgress within them; and they shall be perverted in all their ways. |
| 16 | They shall transgress, and think themselves the chiefs among the stars; while evil shall be multiplied among them. |
| 17 | And punishment shall come upon them, so that all of them shall be destroyed. |
| 18 | He said, O Enoch, look on the book of the tablets of heaven that have been given unto you; and, reading that which is written in it, understand every part of it. |
| 19 | Then I looked on all which was written, and understood all, reading the book and everything written in it, all the works of man; |
| 20 | And of all the children of flesh upon earth, during the generations of the world. |
| 21 | Immediately after I blessed the Lord, the King of glory, who has thus for ever formed the whole workmanship of the world. |
| 22 | And I glorified the Lord, on account of his long-suffering and blessing towards the children of the world. |
| 23 | At 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. |
| 24 | Then those three holy ones caused me to approach, and placed me on the earth, before the door of my house. |
| 25 | And they said unto 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. |
| 26 | During one year we shall leave you with your children, until you shalt again recover your strength, that you may instruct your family, write these things, and explain them to all your children. |
| 27 | 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 the sinners with sinners shall die, |
| 28 | And the perverted with the perverted shall be drowned. |
| 29 | Those 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. |
| 30 | In those days they finished conversing with me. |
| 31 | And I returned to my fellow men, blessing the Lord of worlds. |
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