The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament - ed. R. H.

Charles Section I

BOOK OF ENOCH
From-The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
R.H. Charles Oxford: The Clarendon Press

Section I. Chapters I-XXXVI

INTRODUCTION
[Chapter 1]
1 The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and
righteous, who will be 2 living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and
godless are to be removed. And he took up his parable and said -Enoch a
righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One
in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything,
and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote
one which is 3 for to come. Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable
concerning them:

The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
4 And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount
Sinai,
[And appear from His camp]
And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of
heavens.

5 And all shall be smitten with fear

And the Watchers shall quake,
And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of
the earth.

6 And the high mountains shall be shaken,

And the high hills shall be made low,
And shall melt like wax before the flame

7 And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder,

And all that is upon the earth shall perish,
And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).

8 But with the righteous He will make peace.

And will protect the elect,

And mercy shall be upon them.

And they shall all belong to God,

And they shall be prospered,
And they shall all be blessed.

And He will help them all,

And light shall appear unto them,
And He will make peace with them'.

9 And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones

To execute judgement upon all,
And to destroy all the ungodly:
And to convict all flesh
Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly
committed,
And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken
against Him.

[Chapter 2]
1 Observe ye everything that takes place in the heaven, how they do not
change their orbits, and the luminaries which are in the heaven, how they all rise
and set in order each in its season, and 2 transgress not against their appointed
order. Behold ye the earth, and give heed to the things which take place upon it
from first to last, how steadfast they are, how none of the things upon earth 3
change, but all the works of God appear to you. Behold the summer and the
winter, how the whole earth is filled with water, and clouds and dew and rain lie
upon it.
[Chapter 3]
Observe and see how (in the winter) all the trees seem as though they had
withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their
foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.
[Chapter 4]
And again, observe ye the days of summer how the sun is above the earth over
against it. And you seek shade and shelter by reason of the heat of the sun, and
the earth also burns with growing heat, and so you cannot tread on the earth, or on
a rock by reason of its heat.
[Chapter 5]
1 Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit:
wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize
how He that liveth for ever hath made them so. 2 And all His works go on thus
from year to year for ever, and all the tasks which they accomplish for Him, and
their tasks change not, but according as God hath ordained so is it done. 3 And
behold how the sea and the rivers in like manner accomplish and change not their
tasks from His commandments'.

4 But ye -ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of the Lord,

But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words
With your impure mouths against His greatness.
Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no peace.

5 Therefore shall ye execrate your days,

And the years of your life shall perish,
And the years of your destruction shall be multiplied in eternal execration,
And ye shall find no mercy.

6a In those days ye shall make your names an eternal execration unto all the righteous,
b And by you shall all who curse, curse,
And all the sinners and godless shall imprecate by you,
7c And for you the godless there shall be a curse.

6d And all the . . . shall rejoice,

e And there shall be forgiveness of sins,
f And every mercy and peace and forbearance:
g There shall be salvation unto them, a goodly light.

i And for all of you sinners there shall be no salvation,

j But on you all shall abide a curse.
7a But for the elect there shall be light and joy and peace,
b And they shall inherit the earth.

8 And then there shall be bestowed upon the elect wisdom,

And they shall all live and never again sin,
Either through ungodliness or through pride:
But they who are wise shall be humble.

9 And they shall not again transgress,

Nor shall they sin all the days of their life,
Nor shall they die of (the divine) anger or wrath,
But they shall complete the number of the days of their life.

And their lives shall be increased in peace,

And the years of their joy shall be multiplied,
In eternal gladness and peace,
All the days of their life

[Chapter 6]
1 And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those
days were born unto 2 them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the
children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come,
let us choose us wives from among the children of men 3 and beget us children.'
And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not 4 indeed
agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And
they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves
by mutual imprecations 5 not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then
sware they all together and bound themselves 6 by mutual imprecations upon it.
And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the
summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had
sworn 7 and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the
names of their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader, Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel,
Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, 8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel,
Zaqiel, Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens.
[Chapter 7]
1 And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each
chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves
with them, and they taught them charms 2 and enchantments, and the cutting of
roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they 3 became pregnant, and
they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed 4 all
the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants
turned against 5 them and devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds,
and beasts, and reptiles, and 6 fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink
the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.
[Chapter 8]
1 And Azazel taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and
breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of
working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the
beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all 2 colouring
tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and
they 3 were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjaza taught
enchantments, and root-cuttings, 'Armaros the resolving of enchantments,
Baraqijal (taught) astrology, Kokabel the constellations, Ezeqeel the knowledge
of the clouds, Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the signs of the sun, and
Sariel the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went
up to heaven . . .
[Chapter 9]
1 And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven
and saw much blood being 2 shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being
wrought upon the earth. And they said one to another: 'The earth made without
inhabitant cries the voice of their cryingst up to the gates of heaven. 3 And now to
you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their suit, saying, "Bring our
cause 4 before the Most High."' And they said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of
lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory
(standeth) unto all the generations of the 5 ages, and Thy name holy and glorious
and blessed unto all the ages! Thou hast made all things, and power over all
things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest
all 6 things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. Thou seest what Azazel hath
done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal
secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which 7 men were striving to learn:
And Semjaza, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates.
And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with
the 9 women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins.
And the women have 10 borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled
with blood and unrighteousness. And now, behold, the souls of those who have
died are crying and making their suit to the gates of heaven, and their
lamentations have ascended: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which
are 11 wrought on the earth. And Thou knowest all things before they come to
pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not
say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.'
[Chapter 10]
1 Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to
the son of Lamech, 2 and said to him: 'Go to Noah and tell him in my name "Hide
thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will
be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come 3 upon the whole earth, and will
destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape 4 and his seed
may be preserved for all the generations of the world.' And again the Lord said to
Raphael: 'Bind Azazel hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an
opening 5 in the desert, which is in Dudael, and cast him therein. And place upon
him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there
for ever, and cover his face that he may 6,7 not see light. And on the day of the
great judgement he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels
have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the
plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the secret
things that the 8 Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the
whole earth has been corrupted 9 through the works that were taught by Azazel:
to him ascribe all sin.' And to Gabriel said the Lord: 'Proceed against the bastards
and the reprobates, and against the children of fornication: and destroy [the
children of fornication and] the children of the Watchers from amongst men [and
cause them to go forth]: send them one against the other that they may destroy
each other in 10 battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that
they (i.e. their fathers) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their
behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and 11 that each one of them will live
five hundred years.' And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go, bind Semjaza and his
associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled
themselves 12 with them in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain
one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them
fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their
judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement that is 13 for ever and
ever is consummated. In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and
14 to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. And
whosoever shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound
together with them to the end of all 15 generations. And destroy all the spirits of
the reprobate and the children of the Watchers, because 16 they have wronged
mankind. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil work
come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear: and it shall
prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth' shall be planted in truth
and joy for evermore.

17 And then shall all the righteous escape,

And shall live till they beget thousands of children
And all the days of their youth and their old age
Shall they complete in peace.

18 And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be
planted with trees and 19 be full of blessing. And all desirable trees shall be
planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant
thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown
thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives
shall yield 20 ten presses of oil. And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression,
and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all
the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth 21 destroy from off the earth. And
all the children of men shall become righteous, and all nations 22 shall offer
adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be
cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from
all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to
generation and for ever.
[Chapter 11]
1 And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing which are in the
heaven, so as to send 2 them down upon the earth over the work and labour of the
children of men. And truth and peace shall be associated together throughout all
the days of the world and throughout all the generations of men.'
[Chapter 12]
1 Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men
knew where he was 2 hidden, and where he abode, and what had become of him.
And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days were with the holy
ones. 3 And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty and the King of the ages,
and lo! the Watchers 4 called me -Enoch the scribe- and said to me: 'Enoch, thou
scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left
the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women,
and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves 5
wives: "Ye have wrought great destruction on the earth: And ye shall have no
peace nor forgiveness 6 of sin: and inasmuch as they delight themselves in their
children, The murder of their beloved ones shall they see, and over the
destruction of their children shall they lament, and shall make supplication unto
eternity, but mercy and peace shall ye not attain."'
[Chapter 13]
1 And Enoch went and said: 'Azazel, thou shalt have no peace: a severe
sentence has gone forth 2 against thee to put thee in bonds: And thou shalt not
have toleration nor request granted to thee, because of the unrighteousness which
thou hast taught, and because of all the works of godlessness 3 and
unrighteousness and sin which thou hast shown to men.' Then I went and spoke to
them all 4 together, and they were all afraid, and fear and trembling seized them.
And they besought me to draw up a petition for them that they might find
forgiveness, and to read their petition in the presence 5 of the Lord of heaven. For
from thenceforward they could not speak (with Him) nor lift up their 6 eyes to
heaven for shame of their sins for which they had been condemned. Then I wrote
out their petition, and the prayer in regard to their spirits and their deeds
individually and in regard to their 7 requests that they should have forgiveness
and length. And I went off and sat down at the waters of Dan, in the land of Dan,
to the south of the west of Hermon: I read their petition till I fell 8 asleep. And
behold a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me, and I saw visions of
chastisement, and a voice came bidding (me) I to tell it to the sons of heaven, and
reprimand them. 9 And when I awaked, I came unto them, and they were all
sitting gathered together, weeping in 10 'Abelsjail, which is between Lebanon and
Seneser, with their faces covered. And I recounted before them all the visions
which I had seen in sleep, and I began to speak the words of righteousness, and to
reprimand the heavenly Watchers.
[Chapter 14]
1 The book of the words of righteousness, and of the reprimand of the eternal
Watchers in accordance 2 with the command of the Holy Great One in that vision.
I saw in my sleep what I will now say with a tongue of flesh and with the breath
of my mouth: which the Great One has given to men to 3 converse therewith and
understand with the heart. As He has created and given to man the power of
understanding the word of wisdom, so hath He created me also and given me the
power of reprimanding 4 the Watchers, the children of heaven. I wrote out your
petition, and in my vision it appeared thus, that your petition will not be granted
unto you throughout all the days of eternity, and that judgement 5 has been finally
passed upon you: yea (your petition) will not be granted unto you. And from
henceforth you shall not ascend into heaven unto all eternity, and in bonds of the
earth the decree 6 has gone forth to bind you for all the days of the world. And
(that) previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and ye
shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before 7 you by the sword. And
your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own: even
though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing which
I have 8 written. And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision
clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the
lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in 9 the vision caused me to fly
and lifted me upward, and bore me into heaven. And I went in till I drew nigh to a
wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire: and it began to
affright 10 me. And I went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house
which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor
(made) of crystals, and its groundwork was 11 of crystal. Its ceiling was like the
path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were 12 fiery cherubim,
and their heaven was (clear as) water. A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its
13 portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire
and cold as ice: there 14 were no delights of life therein: fear covered me, and
trembling got hold upon me. And as I quaked 15 and trembled, I fell upon my
face. And I beheld a vision, And lo! there was a second house, greater 16 than the
former, and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames of
fire. And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent
that I cannot describe to 17 you its splendour and its extent. And its floor was of
fire, and above it were lightnings and the path 18 of the stars, and its ceiling also
was flaming fire. And I looked and saw therein a lofty throne: its appearance was
as crystal, and the wheels thereof as the shining sun, and there was the vision of
19 cherubim. And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so
that I could not look 20 thereon. And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment
shone more brightly than the sun and 21 was whiter than any snow. None of the
angels could enter and could behold His face by reason 22 of the magnificence
and glory and no flesh could behold Him. The flaming fire was round about Him,
and a great fire stood before Him, and none around could draw nigh Him: ten
thousand times 23 ten thousand (stood) before Him, yet He needed no counselor.
And the most holy ones who were 24 nigh to Him did not leave by night nor
depart from Him. And until then I had been prostrate on my face, trembling: and
the Lord called me with His own mouth, and said to me: ' Come hither, 25 Enoch,
and hear my word.' And one of the holy ones came to me and waked me, and He
made me rise up and approach the door: and I bowed my face downwards.
[Chapter 15]
1 And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: 'Fear not, Enoch,
thou righteous 2 man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither and hear my
voice. And go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent thee to intercede for
them: "You should intercede" for men, and not men 3 for you: Wherefore have ye
left the high, holy, and eternal heaven, and lain with women, and defiled
yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves wives, and done
like the children 4 of earth, and begotten giants (as your) sons? And though ye
were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the
blood of women, and have begotten (children) with the blood of flesh, and, as the
children of men, have lusted after flesh and blood as those also do who die 5 and
perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them,
and beget 6 children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on
earth. But you were formerly 7 spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for
all generations of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for you;
for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their dwelling. 8 And now,
the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits
upon 9 the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have
proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy
Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; 10 they shall be evil spirits on
earth, and evil spirits shall they be called. [As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven
shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the
earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.] And the spirits of the giants afflict,
oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause
trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless 12 hunger and thirst, and cause
offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against
the women, because they have proceeded from them.
[Chapter 16]
1 From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, from
the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without
incurring judgement -thus shall they destroy until the day of the consummation,
the great judgement in which the age shall be 2 consummated, over the Watchers
and the godless, yea, shall be wholly consummated." And now as to the watchers
who have sent thee to intercede for them, who had been aforetime in heaven, (say
3 to them): "You have been in heaven, but all the mysteries had not yet been
revealed to you, and you knew worthless ones, and these in the hardness of your
hearts you have made known to the women, and through these mysteries women
and men work much evil on earth." 4 Say to them therefore: " You have no
peace."'
[Chapter 17]
1 And they took and brought me to a place in which those who were there

were like flaming fire, 2 and, when they wished, they appeared as men. And they
brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain the point of whose
summit reached to heaven. And I saw the places of the luminaries and the
treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the uttermost depths, where were
4 a fiery bow and arrows and their quiver, and a fiery sword and all the lightnings.

And they took 5 me to the living waters, and to the fire of the west, which
receives every setting of the sun. And I came to a river of fire in which the fire
flows like water and discharges itself into the great sea towards 6 the west. I saw
the great rivers and came to the great river and to the great darkness, and went 7
to the place where no flesh walks. I saw the mountains of the darkness of winter
and the place 8 whence all the waters of the deep flow. I saw the mouths of all the
rivers of the earth and the mouth of the deep.
[Chapter 18]
1 I saw the treasuries of all the winds: I saw how He had furnished with them

the whole creation 2 and the firm foundations of the earth. And I saw the corner-
stone of the earth: I saw the four 3 winds which bear [the earth and] the
firmament of the heaven. And I saw how the winds stretch out the vaults of
heaven, and have their station between heaven and earth: these are the pillars 4 of
the heaven. I saw the winds of heaven which turn and bring the circumference of
the sun and 5 all the stars to their setting. I saw the winds on the earth carrying the
clouds: I saw the paths 6 of the angels. I saw at the end of the earth the firmament
of the heaven above. And I proceeded and saw a place which burns day and night,
where there are seven mountains of magnificent stones, 7 three towards the east,
and three towards the south. And as for those towards the east, was of coloured
stone, and one of pearl, and one of jacinth, and those towards the south of red
stone. 8 But the middle one reached to heaven like the throne of God, of alabaster,
and the summit of the 9,10 throne was of sapphire. And I saw a flaming fire. And
beyond these mountains Is a region the end of the great earth: there the heavens
were completed. And I saw a deep abyss, with columns of heavenly fire, and
among them I saw columns of fire fall, which were beyond measure alike towards
12 the height and towards the depth. And beyond that abyss I saw a place which
had no firmament of the heaven above, and no firmly founded earth beneath it:
there was no water upon it, and no 13 birds, but it was a waste and horrible place.
I saw there seven stars like great burning mountains, 14 and to me, when I
inquired regarding them, The angel said: 'This place is the end of heaven and
earth: this has become a prison for the stars and the host of heaven. And the stars
which roll over the fire are they which have transgressed the commandment of
the Lord in the beginning of 16 their rising, because they did not come forth at
their appointed times. And He was wroth with them, and bound them till the time
when their guilt should be consummated (even) for ten thousand years.'
[Chapter 19]
1 And Uriel said to me: 'Here shall stand the angels who have connected
themselves with women, and their spirits assuming many different forms are
defiling mankind and shall lead them astray into sacrificing to demons as gods,
(here shall they stand,) till the day of the great judgement in 2 which they shall be
judged till they are made an end of. And the women also of the angels who 3
went astray shall become sirens.' And I, Enoch, alone saw the vision, the ends of
all things: and no man shall see as I have seen.
[Chapter 20]
1,2 And these are the names of the holy angels who watch. Uriel, one of the

holy angels, who is 3 over the world and over Tartarus. Raphael, one of the holy
angels, who is over the spirits of men. 4,5 Raguel, one of the holy angels who
takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries. Michael, one 6 of the holy
angels, to wit, he that is set over the best part of mankind and over chaos.
Saraqael, 7 one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits, who sin in the spirit.
Gabriel, one of the holy 8 angels, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the