might quake before that name and oath who revealed all that was in secret to the children of men. And this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong, and he placed this oath Akae in the hand of Michael.

And these are the secrets of this oath

And they are strong through his oath:

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And the heaven was suspended before the world was created,

And forever.

And through it the earth was founded upon the water, And from the secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters,

From the creation of the world and unto eternity.

And through that oath the sea was created,

And as its foundation He set for it the sand against the time of its anger,

And it dare not pass beyond it from the creation of the world unto eternity.

And through that oath are the depths made fast,

And abide and stir not from their place from eternity to

eternity.

And through that oath the sun and moon complete their

course,

And deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.

And through that oath the stars complete their course,
And He calls them by their names,

And they answer Him from eternity to eternity.

And in like manner the spirits of the water, and of the winds, and of all zephyrs, and their paths from all the quarters of the winds. And there are preserved the voices of the thunder and the light of the lightnings: and there are pre

61 Here the book is blank.

served the chambers of the hail and the chambers of the hoar-frost, and the chambers of the mist, and the chambers of the rain and the dew. And all these believe and give thanks before the Lord of Spirits, and glorify Him with all their power, and their food is in every act of thanksgiving: they thank and glorify and extol the name of the Lord of Spirits forever and ever.62

And this oath is mighty over them,

And through it they are preserved and their paths are preserved,

And their course is not destroyed.

Close of the Third Parable

And there was great joy amongst them,

And they blessed and glorified and extolled

Because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed unto them.

And he sat on the throne of his glory,

And the sum of judgment was given unto the Son of Man, And he caused the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off the face of the earth,

And those who have led the world astray.

With chains shall they be bound,

And in their assemblage-place of destruction shall they be imprisoned,

And all their works vanish from the face of the earth.
And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible;

For that Son of Man has appeared,

And has seated himself on the throne of his glory,
And all evil shall pass away before his face,
And the word of that Son of Man shall go forth

And be strong before the Lord of Spirits.

This is the third Parable of Enoch.

62 An interpolation.

THE BOOK OF ENOCH

PART SIX

THE FINAL TRANSLATION OF ENOCH

CHAPTER LXX

63 after this that his name during his

And

And it came to pass lifetime was raised aloft to that Son of Man and to the Lord of Spirits from amongst those who dwell on the earth. he was raised aloft on the chariots of the spirit and his name vanished among them. And from that day I was no longer numbered amongst them: and he set me between the two winds, between the North and the West, where the angels took the cords to measure for me the place for the elect and righteous. And there I saw the first fathers and the righteous who from the beginning dwell in that place.

CHAPTER LXXI

And it came to pass after this that my spirit was translated And it ascended into the heavens:

And I saw the holy sons of God.

They were stepping on flames of fire:

Their garments were white and their raiment,
And their faces shone like snow.

And I saw two streams of fire,

And the light of that fire shone like hyacinth,

And I fell on my face before the Lord of Spirits.

And the angel Michael, one of the archangels, seized me by my right hand,

And lifted me up and led me forth into all the secrets,
And he showed me all the secrets of righteousness.

63 The writer awkwardly makes Enoch describe his own translation. Otherwise this section is in keeping with the Parables.

And he showed me all the secrets of the ends of the heaven, And all the chambers of all the stars, and all the

luminaries,

Whence they proceed before the face of the holy ones.

And he translated my spirit into the heaven of heavens,
And I saw there as it were a structure built of crystals,
And between those crystals tongues of living fire.

And my spirit saw the girdle which girt that house of fire,
And on its four sides were streams of living fire,

And they girt that house.

And round about were Seraphin, Cherubin, and Ophannin: And these are they who sleep not

And guard the throne of His glory.

And I saw angels who could not be counted,

A thousand thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand,

Encircling that house.

And Michael, and Raphael, and Gabriel, and Phanuel,
And the holy angels who are above the heavens,

Go in and out of that house.

And they came forth from that house,

And Michael and Gabriel, Raphael, and Phanuel,
And many holy angels without number.

And with them the Head of Days,
His head white and pure as wool,
And His raiment indescribable.

And these blessings which went forth out of my mouth were well pleasing before that Head of Days. And that Head of Days came with Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel, thousands and ten thousands of angels without number.

[Lost passage wherein the Son of Man was described as accompanying the Head of Days, and Enoch asked one of the angels (as in chapter xlvi.) concerning the Son of Man as to who he was.]

And he (i.e., the angel) came to me and greeted me with His voice, and said unto me:

"This is the Son of Man who is born unto righteousness, And righteousness abides over him,

And the righteousness of the Head of Days forsakes him not."

And he said unto me:

"He proclaims unto thee peace in the name of the world to

come;

For from hence has proceeded peace since the creation of the world,

And so shall it be unto thee forever and forever and ever.

"And all shall walk in his ways since righteousness never forsaketh him:

With him will be their dwelling-places, and with him their heritage,

And they shall not be separated from him forever and ever and ever.

"And so there shall be length of days with that Son of Man, And the righteous shall have peace and an upright way In the name of the Lord of Spirits forever and ever.'