| 1 | That which was written by Enoch. He wrote all this instruction of wisdom for every man of dignity, and every judge of the earth; for all my children who shall dwell upon earth, and for subsequent generations, conducting themselves uprightly and peaceably. |
| 2 | Let not your spirit be grieved on account of the times; for the holy, the Great One, has prescribed a period to all. |
| 3 | Let the righteous man arise from slumber; let him arise, and proceed in the path of righteousness, in all its paths; and let him advance in goodness and eternal clemency. |
| 4 | Mercy shall be showed to the righteous man; upon him shall be conferred integrity and power for ever. |
| 5 | In goodness and in righteousness shall he exist, and shall walk in everlasting light; but sin shall perish in eternal darkness, nor be seen from that time forward for evermore. |
| 6 | After this, Enoch began to speak from a book. |
| 7 | And Enoch said, Concerning the children of righteousness, concerning the elect of the world, and concerning the plant of righteousness and integrity. |
| 8 | Concerning these things will I speak, and these things will I explain to you, my children: I who am Enoch. |
| 9 | In consequence of that which has been shown to me, from my heavenly vision and from the voice of the Watchers and Holy Ones have I acquired knowledge; and from the tablet of heaven have I acquired understanding. |
| 10 | Enoch then began to speak from a book, and said, I have been born the seventh in the first age, while judgment and righteousness wait with patience. |
| 11 | But after me, in the second age, great wickedness shall arise, and fraud shall spring forth. |
| 12 | In that age the end of the first shall take place, in which mankind shall be safe. |
| 13 | But when the first is completed, iniquity shall grow up; and during the second age he shall execute the decree (of the deluge) upon sinners. |
| 14 | Afterwards, in the third age, during its completion, a man of the plant of righteous judgment shall be selected; and after him the Plant of righteousness shall come for ever. |
| 15 | Subsequently, in the fourth age, during its completion, the visions of the holy and the righteous shall be seen, the order of generation after generation shall take place, and a habitation shall be made for them. |
| 16 | Then in the fifth age, during its completion, the house of glory and of dominion shall be erected for ever. |
| 17 | After that, in the sixth age, all those who are in it shall be darkened, the hearts of all of them shall be forgetful of wisdom, and in it shall a Man arise and come forth. |
| 18 | And during its completion He shall burn the house of dominion with fire, and all the race of the elect root shall be dispersed. |
| 19 | Afterwards, in the seventh age, a perverse generation shall arise; abundant shall be its deeds, and all its deeds perverse. |
| 20 | During its completion, the righteous shall be selected from the everlasting plant of righteousness; and to them shall be given the sevenfold doctrine of his whole creation. |
| 21 | Afterwards there shall be another age, the eighth of righteousness, to which shall be given a sword to execute judgment and justice upon all oppressors. |
| 22 | Sinners shall be delivered up into the hands of the righteous, who during its completion shall acquire habitations by their righteousness; and the house of the great King shall be established for celebrations for ever. |
| 23 | After this, in the ninth age, shall the judgment of righteousness be revealed to the whole world. |
| 24 | Every work of the ungodly shall disappear from the whole earth; the world shall be marked for destruction; and all men shall be on the watch for the path of integrity. |
| 25 | And after this, on the seventh day of the tenth age, there shall be an everlasting judgment, which shall be executed upon the Watchers; and a spacious eternal heaven shall spring forth in the midst of the angels. |
| 26 | The former heaven shall depart and pass away; a new heaven shall appear; and all the celestial powers shall shine with sevenfold splendour for ever. |
| 27 | Afterwards likewise shall there be many weeks, which shall externally exist in goodness and in righteousness. |
| 28 | Neither shall sin be named there for ever and for ever. |
| 29 | Who is there of all the children of men, capable of hearing the voice of the Holy One without emotion? |
| 30 | Who is there capable of thinking his thoughts? Who capable of contemplating all the workmanship of heaven? Who of comprehending the deeds of heaven? |
| 31 | He may behold its animation, but not its spirit. |
| 32 | He may be capable of conversing respecting it, but not of ascending to it. |
| 33 | He may see all the boundaries of these things, and meditate upon them; but he can make nothing like them. |
| 34 | Who of all men is able to understand the breadth and length of the earth? |
| 35 | By whom have been seen the dimensions of all these things? Is it every man who is capable of comprehending the extent of heaven; what its elevation is, and by what it is supported? |
| 36 | How many are the numbers of the stars; and where all the luminaries remain at rest? |
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