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who art the Lord ; and that ungodlinefs 
and fin and plague and pain may be no 
more, nor another deluge of waters be 
needful from generation to generation for 
ever! 
t1. In thofe days thall be opened the 
treafury of the bleffings of heaven, which 
Shall defcend on the earth, and on the 
works of men. Peace and juftice fhall be 
companions of the fons of men for ever. 
12. Before all thefe things, Enoch was 
taken away, and the fons of men knew not 
where he washidden, And 1 Enoch blef- 
fed and praifed the Lord, the fire of ages, 
and the watchers called me, and faid: 
Enoch, thou feribe of righteoufnefs, go 
among the watchers of the iky, who have 
deferted heaven ard the holy heft, who have 
defiled themfelves with women, and are 
become as the fons of men, and tell them 
there fhall be no peace on earth, nor any 
remiffion of fins ; that they fhall have no 
joy in their children, but fhail behold the 
deaths of their beloved, and the flaughter 
of their fons; they fhall be accurfed for 
ages, and fhall find neither forgivenefs nor 
mercy. | 
13.And Enoch came toA zazyel and faid : 
There is no repofe for thee 5 aheavy doom 
is gone forth againft thee that fhall bind 
thee. There fhall be no remifiion, becaule 
thou taughtett oppreflion tothe ions of men. 
Then I went an/ {pake unto themi alto- 
gether ; and they feared with a great fear, 
and trembling feized them. And they be- 
fought me that I would write down their 
petition fora remiffion of fins, and that I 
would caufe it to be carried before the 
Mott High, te whom they dared no longer 
to lift up their eyes. And I wrote down 
the prayer of their petition as I ftood by 
the waters of Dan, on the right fide of the 
defcent of Armon, and I read it aloud be- 
fore the Lord. And a deep fleep came up- 
on me, and I fell down, and I faw the vi- 
fion.of the plagues that were decreed for 
the fons of heaven. And I arofe, and 
came to them again, and found them af- 
fembled weeping in Oobilfalayel, which is 
between Libanon and Senefer, with their 
faces covered ; and I told them the dream 
that I had feen. 
14. This was the vifion that appeared. 
-Cleuds embraced me, and alittle cloud 
wrapped round me, and the paths of ftars 
and lehcaings were befide me, and ftorm- 
winds lifted me on high, and bore me to 
the walls of heaven: and the walls are 
built of hail-ftone, and tongues of fire fit 
upon them. Then I was afraid, and I 
entered into a tongue of fire, and was 
moved toward a creat houfe, alfo of hail- 
2 : 
Concerning the Writings and Readings of Fude, 
[ Feb. z, 
fione. And the walls of the houfe and the 
flocr of the houfe were tables of blocks of 
ice; and on the rocf ran to and fro light- 
nings and ftars and cherubs of fire. And I 
entered into the houft, and it was as hotas 
fire, and cold as froft ; but there is no folace 
neither life within. Fear covered me, and 
trembling came upon me ; 1 was fore mov- 
ed, and fell on my face. And behold 
another houfe greater than the former was 
builded before me, and the gates were 
open: it was built of flame, and paved 
with ftars, its pillars were of lightning, 
and its roof of beams; and it abounded in | 
all glory and all pomp ; and I faw fitting 
within on a throne one whofe countenance 
was as fnow, and whofe garment as a 
fhining fun, that he could not be looked on 
even by an angel. His voice was as the 
voice of cherubs, and from under his 
throne went .forth rivers of fire. Nor 
can any one approach him of the myriads 
of myriads who are about him; not even 
the faints who depart not night or day 
from his chambers. But I approached, 
covering my face with a veil, and trem- 
bling ; for the Lord called me with his 
lips faying : Come hither, Enoch: and he 
fupported me, and I came to the door; 
but my face was bowed down, . 
15. And he faid unto me: Fear not, 
Enoch, thou fcribe of righteoufnefs, but 
come hither, and hear my voice. Go and 
tell the watchers who fent thee to befeech 
for them: Ye fhould have befought for 
men, not for yourfelves. Becaufe ye have 
forfaken the heavens which are everlaft- 
ing, and have committed iniquity with the 
daughters of men, and have begotten. gi- 
ants; ye, who die not from generation to | 
generation, wherefore I gave you no 
wives—the giants whom ye have begotten 
of fpirit and of ficth, their dwelling fhall 
be upon earth, and their fiefh return to 
duft ; but the {pirit fhall feparate from the 
flefh, and its habita*ion fhall be the hea- 
vens, and they thall be the evil {pirits there- 
of, and bring on the earth ftorin and fa- 
mine and flaughter and mourning. , 
22. And I {aw the fouls of the fons of 
men, whofe cries reached unto heaven; 
and I afked the angel Rafael, who was 
with me, faying: Whole foul is this 
which crieth aloud continually? And he 
anfwered and faid. ‘This is the foul of 
Abel, whom his brother Cain flew, and he 
crieth aloud continually; until the off- 
spring of the murderer fhall be blotted 
from the face of the earth. : 
32. And J looked toward the north, 
and faw three mountains, fragrant as nard, 
waving with cinnamon-trees; and f 
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