The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,
And appear from His camp
And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.
And the Watchers shall quake,
And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.
And the high hills shall be made low,
And shall melt like wax before the flame
And all that is upon the earth shall perish,
And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).
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.
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.
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.
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.
And by you shall all who curse... curse,
And all the sinners and godless shall imprecate by you.
And all the . . . shall rejoice,
And there shall be forgiveness of sins,
And every mercy and peace and forbearance:
There shall be salvation unto them, a goodly light.
And for all of you sinners there shall be no salvation,
But on you all shall abide a curse.
And they shall inherit the earth.
And for you the godless there shall be a curse.
And they shall all live and never again sin,
Either through ungodliness or through pride:
But they who are wise shall be humble.
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.
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.
And into the holy place shall they enter;
And its fragrance shall be in their bones,
And they shall live a long life on earth,
Such as thy fathers lived:
And in their days shall no sorrow or plague
Or torment or calamity touch them.’
When the congregation of the righteous shall appear,
And sinners shall be judged for their sins,
And shall be driven from the face of the earth:
Whose elect works hang upon the Lord of Spirits,
And light shall appear to the righteous and the elect who dwell on the earth,
Where then will be the dwelling of the sinners,
And where the resting-place of those who have denied the Lord of Spirits?
It had been good for them if they had not been born.
And the godless driven from the presence of the righteous and elect,
And they shall not be able to behold the face of the holy,
For the Lord of Spirits has caused His light to appear
On the face of the holy, righteous, and elect.
And be given into the hands of the righteous and holy.
For their life is at an end.
And mercy shall not be accorded to them, saith the Lord of Spirits.
And set me down at the end of the heavens.
And the resting-places of the righteous.
And their resting-places with the holy.
And they petitioned and interceded and prayed for the children of men,
And righteousness flowed before them as water,
And mercy like dew upon the earth:
Thus it is amongst them for ever and ever.
And righteousness shall prevail in his days,
And I saw his dwelling-place under the wings of the Lord of Spirits.
And the righteous and elect shall be without number before Him for ever and ever.
And their mouth shall be full of blessing,
And their lips extol the name of the Lord of Spirits,
And righteousness before Him shall never fail,
And uprightness shall never fail before Him.
And my spirit longed for that dwelling-place:
And there heretofore hath been my portion,
For so has it been established concerning me before the Lord of Spirits.
And they give thanks and praise and rest not;
For unto them is their thanksgiving rest.
And the course of the path of the moon is light to the righteous
And darkness to the sinners in the name of the Lord,
Who made a separation between the light and the darkness,
And divided the spirits of men,
And strengthened the spirits of the righteous,
In the name of His righteousness.
Then a dwelling-place was assigned her in the heavens.
And found no dwelling-place:
Wisdom returned to her place,
And took her seat among the angels.
Whom she sought not she found,
And dwelt with them,
As rain in a desert
And dew on a thirsty land.
And on the earth they shall not come:
Such shall be the lot of the sinners
Who have denied the name of the Lord of Spirits,
Who are thus preserved for the day of suffering and tribulation.
And shall try their works,
And their places of rest shall be innumerable.
And their souls shall grow strong within them when they see Mine Elect Ones,
And those who have called upon My glorious name:
And I will transform the heaven and make it an eternal blessing and light
And I will cause Mine elect ones to dwell upon it:
But the sinners and evil-doers shall not set foot thereon.
And have caused them to dwell before Me:
But for the sinners there is judgement impending with Me,
So that I shall destroy them from the face of the earth.
And His head was white like wool,
And with Him was another being whose countenance had the appearance of a man,
And his face was full of graciousness, like one of the holy angels.
This is the son of Man who hath righteousness,
With whom dwelleth righteousness,
And who revealeth all the treasures of that which is hidden,
Because the Lord of Spirits hath chosen him,
And whose lot hath the pre-eminence before the Lord of Spirits in uprightness for ever.
Shall raise up the kings and the mighty from their seats,
And the strong from their thrones
And shall loosen the reins of the strong,
And break the teeth of the sinners.
Because they do not extol and praise Him,
Nor humbly acknowledge whence the kingdom was bestowed upon them.
And shall fill them with shame.
And darkness shall be their dwelling,
And worms shall be their bed,
And they shall have no hope of rising from their beds,
Because they do not extol the name of the Lord of Spirits.
And raise their hands against the Most High,
And tread upon the earth and dwell upon it.
And all their deeds manifest unrighteousness,
And their power rests upon their riches,
And their faith is in the gods which they have made with their hands,
And they deny the name of the Lord of Spirits,
And the faithful who hang upon the name of the Lord of Spirits.
And the blood of the righteous from the earth before the Lord of Spirits.
Shall unite with one voice
And supplicate and pray and praise,
And give thanks and bless the name of the Lord of Spirits
On behalf of the blood of the righteous which has been shed,
And that the prayer of the righteous may not be in vain before the Lord of Spirits,
That judgement may be done unto them,
And that they may not have to suffer for ever.
And the books of the living were opened before Him:
And all His host which is in heaven above and His counselors stood before Him,
Because the number of the righteous had been offered,
And the prayer of the righteous had been heard,
And the blood of the righteous been required before the Lord of Spirits.
Which was inexhaustible:
And around it were many fountains of wisdom;
And all the thirsty drank of them,
And were filled with wisdom,
And their dwellings were with the righteous and holy and elect.
And his name before the Head of Days.
Before the stars of the heaven were made,
His name was named before the Lord of Spirits.
And he shall be the light of the Gentiles,
And the hope of those who are troubled of heart.
And will praise and bless and celebrate with song the Lord of Spirits.
Before the creation of the world and for evermore.
For he hath preserved the lot of the righteous,
Because they have hated and despised this world of unrighteousness,
And have hated all its works and ways in the name of the Lord of Spirits:
For in his name they are saved,
And according to his good pleasure hath it been in regard to their life.
And the strong who possess the land because of the works of their hands;
For on the day of their anguish and affliction they shall not (be able to) save themselves.
As straw in the fire so shall they burn before the face of the holy:
As lead in the water shall they sink before the face of the righteous,
And no trace of them shall any more be found.
And before them they shall fall and not rise again:
And there shall be no one to take them with his hands and raise them:
For they have denied the Lord of Spirits and His Anointed.
The name of the Lord of Spirits be blessed.
And glory faileth not before him for evermore.
And unrighteousness shall disappear as a shadow,
And have no continuance;
Because the Elect One standeth before the Lord of Spirits,
And his glory is for ever and ever,
And his might unto all generations.
And the spirit which gives insight,
And the spirit of understanding and of might,
And the spirit of those who have fallen asleep in righteousness.
And none shall be able to utter a lying word before him;
For he is the Elect One before the Lord of Spirits according to His good pleasure.
And the light of days shall abide upon them,
And glory and honour shall turn to the holy,
And the righteous shall be victorious in the name of the Lord of Spirits:
And He will cause the others to witness (this)
That they may repent
And forgo the works of their hands.
Yet through His name shall they be saved,
And the Lord of Spirits will have compassion on them,
For His compassion is great.
And in the presence of His glory unrighteousness also shall not maintain itself:
At His judgement the unrepentant shall perish before Him.
And Sheol also shall give back that which it has received,
And hell shall give back that which it owes.
For the day has drawn nigh that they should be saved.
And his mouth shall pour forth all the secrets of wisdom and counsel:
For the Lord of Spirits hath given (them) to him and hath glorified him.
And the hills also shall skip like lambs satisfied with milk,
And the faces of all the angels in heaven shall be lighted up with joy.
And the earth shall rejoice,
And the righteous shall dwell upon it,
And the elect shall walk thereon.
The mountain of iron, and the mountain of copper, and the mountain of silver,
And the mountain of gold, and the mountain of soft metal, and the mountain of lead,
All these shall be in the presence of the Elect One
As wax: before the fire,
And like the water which streams down from above upon those mountains,
And they shall become powerless before his feet.
Either by gold or by silver,
And none be able to escape.
Nor shall one clothe oneself with a breastplate.
Bronze shall be of no service,
And tin shall be of no service and shall not be esteemed,
And lead shall not be desired.
When the Elect One shall appear before the face of the Lord of Spirits.’
And the sinners devour all whom they lawlessly oppress:
Yet the sinners shall be destroyed before the face of the Lord of Spirits,
And they shall be banished from off the face of His earth,
And they shall perish for ever and ever.
But the hills shall be as a fountain of water,
And the righteous shall have rest from the oppression of sinners.’
And the days of their lives shall be at an end,
And the days of their leading astray shall not thenceforward be reckoned.
And hurl themselves to the east upon the Parthians and Medes:
They shall stir up the kings, so that a spirit of unrest shall come upon them,
And they shall rouse them from their thrones,
That they may break forth as lions from their lairs,
And as hungry wolves among their flocks.
And the land of His elect ones shall be before them a threshing-floor and a highway:
And they shall begin to fight among themselves,
And their right hand shall be strong against themselves,
And a man shall not know his brother,
Nor a son his father or his mother,
Till there be no number of the corpses through their slaughter,
And their punishment be not in vain.
And they shall be swallowed up therein
And their destruction shall be at an end;
Sheol shall devour the sinners in the presence of the elect.’
For glorious shall be your lot.
And the elect in the light of eternal life:
The days of their life shall be unending,
And the days of the holy without number.
There shall be peace to the righteous in the name of the Eternal Lord.
That they should seek out the secrets of righteousness, the heritage of faith:
For it has become bright as the sun upon earth,
And the darkness is past.
And to a limit (lit. ‘number’) of days they shall not come,
For the darkness shall first have been destroyed,
And the light established before the Lord of Spirits
And the light of uprightness established for ever before the Lord of Spirits.
And fear took hold of me,
And my loins gave way,
And dissolved were my reins,
And I fell upon my face.
‘These shall bring the measures of the righteous,
And the ropes of the righteous to the righteous,
That they may stay themselves on the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.
And those are the measures which shall be given to faith
And which shall strengthen righteousness.
And those who have been destroyed by the desert,
And those who have been devoured by the beasts,
And those who have been devoured by the fish of the sea,
That they may return and stay themselves
On the day of the Elect One;
For none shall be destroyed before the Lord of Spirits,
And none can be destroyed.
And extolled and lauded with wisdom,
And they were wise in utterance and in the spirit of life.
And he shall judge all the works of the holy above in the heaven,
And in the balance shall their deeds be weighed
To judge their secret ways according to the word of the name of the Lord of Spirits,
And their path according to the way of the righteous judgement of the Lord of Spirits,
Then shall they all with one voice speak and bless,
And glorify and extol and sanctify the name of the Lord of Spirits.
All the holy ones who are in heaven shall bless Him,
And all the elect who dwell in the garden of life:
And every spirit of light who is able to bless, and glorify, and extol, and hallow Thy blessed name,
And all flesh shall beyond measure glorify and bless Thy name for ever and ever.
And all His works and all that He has created He has revealed to the righteous and elect
In the name of the Lord of Spirits.
And the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him,
And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners,
And all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face.
And the exalted and those who hold the earth,
And they shall see and recognize how he sits on the throne of his glory,
And righteousness is judged before him,
And no lying word is spoken before him.
And she has pain in bringing forth
When her child enters the mouth of the womb,
And she has pain in bringing forth.
And they shall be terrified,
And they shall be downcast of countenance,
And pain shall seize them,
When they see that Son of Man Sitting on the throne of his glory.
And the Most High preserved him in the presence of His might,
And revealed him to the elect.
And all the elect shall stand before him on that day.
Shall fall down before him on their faces,
And worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man,
And petition him and supplicate for mercy at his hands.
That they shall hastily go forth from His presence,
And their faces shall be filled with shame,
And the darkness grow deeper on their faces.
To execute vengeance on them because they have oppressed His children and His elect.
They shall rejoice over them,
Because the wrath of the Lord of Spirits resteth upon them,
And His sword is drunk with their blood.
And they shall never thenceforward see the face of the sinners and unrighteous.
And with that Son of Man shall they eat
And lie down and rise up for ever and ever.
And ceased to be of downcast countenance.
And they shall have been clothed with garments of glory,
And your garments shall not grow old,
Nor your glory pass away before the Lord of Spirits.
‘Blessed is the Lord of Spirits and the Lord of kings,
And the Lord of the mighty and the Lord of the rich,
And the Lord of glory and the Lord of wisdom,
And Thy glory for ever and ever:
Deep are all Thy secrets and innumerable,
And Thy righteousness is beyond reckoning.
And bless the Lord of kings and Him who is king over all kings.’
‘Would that we had rest to glorify and give thanks
And confess our faith before His glory!
We follow hard upon and obtain (it) not:
And light has vanished from before us,
And darkness is our dwelling-place for ever and ever:
Nor glorified the name of the Lord of Spirits, nor glorified our Lord
But our hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom,
And in our glory.
And we find no respite for confession
That our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judgements and His justice,
And His judgements have no respect of persons.
And all our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.’
And shame before that Son of Man,
And they shall be driven from his presence,
And the sword shall abide before his face in their midst.
And will preserve thee amongst those who dwell on the earth,
And has destined thy righteous seed both for kingship and for great honours,
And from thy seed shall proceed a fountain of the righteous and holy without number for ever.
And they are strong through his oath:
And the heaven was suspended before the world was created,
And for ever.
And from the secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters,
From the creation of the world and unto eternity.
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 abide and stir not from their place from eternity to eternity.
And deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.
And He calls them by their names,
And they answer Him from eternity to eternity.
And through it they are preserved and their paths are preserved,
And their course is not destroyed.
And they blessed and glorified and extolled
Because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed unto them.
And the sum of judgement 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.
And in their assemblage-place of destruction shall they be imprisoned,
And all their works vanish from the face of the earth.
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.
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 the light of that fire shone like hyacinth,
And I fell on my face before the Lord of Spirits.
And lifted me up and led me forth into all the secrets,
And he showed me all the secrets of righteousness.
And all the chambers of all the stars, and all the luminaries,
Whence they proceed before the face of the holy ones.
And I saw there as it were a structure built of crystals,
And between those crystals tongues of living fire.
And on its four sides were streams full of living fire,
And they girt that house.
And these are they who sleep not
And guard the throne of His glory.
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 Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel,
And many holy angels without number.
His head white and pure as wool,
And His raiment indescribable.
And my whole body became relaxed,
And my spirit was transfigured;
And I cried with a loud voice,
. . .with the spirit of power,
And blessed and glorified and extolled.
‘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.’
‘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 for ever and for ever and ever.
With him will be their dwelling-places, and with him their heritage,
And they shall not be separated from him for ever and ever and ever.
And the righteous shall have peace and an upright way
In the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.’
And their seed shall be tardy on their lands and fields,
And all things on the earth shall alter,
And shall not appear in their time:
And the rain shall be kept back
And the heaven shall withhold (it).
And shall not grow in their time,
And the fruits of the trees shall be withheld in their time.
And not appear at her time.
And shall shine more brightly than accords with the order of light.
And these shall alter their orbits and tasks,
And not appear at the seasons prescribed to them.
And the thoughts of those on the earth shall err concerning them,
And they shall be altered from all their ways,
Yea, they shall err and take them to be gods.
And punishment shall come upon them So as to destroy all.’
‘Observe, Enoch, these heavenly tablets,
And read what is written thereon,
And mark every individual fact.’
And I extolled the Lord because of His patience,
And blessed Him because of the children of men.
‘Blessed is the man who dies in righteousness and goodness,
Concerning whom there is no book of unrighteousness written,
And against whom no day of judgement shall be found.’
For the good shall announce righteousness to the good;
The righteous with the righteous shall rejoice,
And shall offer congratulation to one another.
And the apostate go down with the apostate.
And be taken away on account of the doings of the godless.’
And thy children that shall be to thee,
That they may give it to their children for generations,
This wisdom (namely) that passeth their thought.
But shall listen with the ear that they may learn this wisdom,
And it shall please those that eat thereof better than good food.
Great and mighty in Thy greatness,
Lord of the whole creation of the heaven,
King of kings and God of the whole world.
And Thy power and kingship and greatness abide for ever and ever,
And throughout all generations Thy dominion;
And all the heavens are Thy throne for ever,
And the whole earth Thy footstool for ever and ever.
And nothing is too hard for Thee,
Wisdom departs not from the place of Thy throne,
Nor turns away from Thy presence.
And Thou knowest and seest and hearest everything,
And there is nothing hidden from Thee for Thou seest everything.
And upon the flesh of men abideth Thy wrath until the great day of judgement.
I implore and beseech Thee to fulfil my prayer,
To leave me a posterity on earth,
And not destroy all the flesh of man,
And make the earth without inhabitant,
So that there should be an eternal destruction.
But the flesh of righteousness and uprightness establish as a plant of the eternal seed,
And hide not Thy face from the prayer of Thy servant, O Lord.’
And that ram begat many sheep and fell asleep; and a little sheep became ram in its stead, and became prince and leader of those sheep.
And gather together to me all the sons of thy mother;
For the word calls me,
And the spirit is poured out upon me,
That I may show you everything
That shall befall you for ever.’
‘Hear, ye sons of Enoch, all the words of your father,
And hearken aright to the voice of my mouth;
For I exhort you and say unto you, beloved:
Love uprightness and walk therein.
And associate not with those of a double heart,
But walk in righteousness, my sons.
And it shall guide you on good paths,
And righteousness shall be your companion.
And a great chastisement be executed on the earth,
And all unrighteousness come to an end:
Yea, it shall be cut off from its roots,
And its whole structure be destroyed.
And all the deeds of unrighteousness and of violence
And transgression shall prevail in a twofold degree.
And violence in all kinds of deeds increase,
And apostasy and transgression and uncleanness increase,
A great chastisement shall come from heaven upon all these,
And the holy Lord will come forth with wrath and chastisement
To execute judgement on earth.
And the roots of unrighteousness together with deceit,
And they shall be destroyed from under heaven.
And the temples burned with fire,
And they shall remove them from the whole earth,
And they (i.e. the heathen) shall be cast into the judgement of fire,
And shall perish in wrath and in grievous judgement for ever.
And wisdom shall arise and be given unto them.
And a sword shall be given to it that a righteous judgement may be executed on the oppressors,
And sinners shall be delivered into the hands of the righteous.
And a house shall be built for the Great King in glory for evermore,
The righteous judgement shall be revealed to the whole world,
And all the works of the godless shall vanish from all the earth,
And the world shall be written down for destruction.
And all mankind shall look to the path of uprightness.
There shall be the great eternal judgement,
In which He will execute vengeance amongst the angels.
And a new heaven shall appear,
And all the powers of the heavens shall give sevenfold light.
And all shall be in goodness and righteousness,
And sin shall no more be mentioned for ever.
The paths of righteousness and the paths of violence.
Yea, I will show them to you again
That ye may know what will come to pass.
And walk in the paths of righteousness,
And walk not in the paths of violence;
For all who walk in the paths of unrighteousness shall perish for ever.’
For the Holy and Great One has appointed days for all things.
Shall arise and walk in the paths of righteousness,
And all his path and conversation shall be in eternal goodness and grace.
And He will give him power so that he shall be (endowed) with goodness and righteousness.
And he shall walk in eternal light.
And shall no more be seen from that day for evermore.
‘Concerning the children of righteousness and concerning the elect of the world,
And concerning the plant of uprightness, I will speak these things,
Yea, I Enoch will declare (them) unto you, my sons:
According to that which appeared to me in the heavenly vision,
And which I have known through the word of the holy angels,
And have learnt from the heavenly tablets.’
‘I was born the seventh in the first week,
While judgement and righteousness still endured.
And deceit shall have sprung up;
And in it there shall be the first end.
And in it a man shall be saved;
And after it is ended unrighteousness shall grow up,
And a law shall be made for the sinners.
A man shall be elected as the plant of righteous judgement,
And his posterity shall become the plant of righteousness for evermore.
Visions of the holy and righteous shall be seen,
And a law for all generations and an enclosure shall be made for them.
The house of glory and dominion shall be built for ever.
And the hearts of all of them shall godlessly forsake wisdom.
And in it a man shall ascend;
And at its close the house of dominion shall be burnt with fire,
And the whole race of the chosen root shall be dispersed.
And many shall be its deeds,
And all its deeds shall be apostate.
The elect righteous of the eternal plant of righteousness,
To receive sevenfold instruction concerning all His creation.
For the paths of righteousness are worthy of acceptation,
But the paths of unrighteousness shall suddenly be destroyed and vanish.
And they shall hold themselves afar from them,
And shall not follow them.
Walk not in the paths of wickedness, nor in the paths of death,
And draw not nigh to them, lest ye be destroyed.
And walk in the paths of peace,
And ye shall live and prosper.
And suffer them not to be effaced from your hearts;
For I know that sinners will tempt men to evilly-entreat wisdom,
So that no place may be found for her,
And no manner of temptation may minish.
And lay deceit as a foundation;
For they shall be suddenly overthrown,
And they shall have no peace.
For from all their foundations shall they be overthrown,
And by the sword shall they fall.
And those who acquire gold and silver in judgement suddenly shall perish.
And from your riches shall ye depart,
Because ye have not remembered the Most High in the days of your riches.
And have become ready for the day of slaughter,
And the day of darkness and the day of the great judgement.
He who hath created you will overthrow you,
And for your fall there shall be no compassion,
And your Creator will rejoice at your destruction.
A reproach to the sinners and the godless.
That I might weep over you,
And pour down my tears as a cloud of waters:
That so I might rest from my trouble of heart!
And so judgement shall overtake you, sinners.
For again will the Lord deliver them into your hands,
That ye may execute judgement upon them according to your desires.
Healing shall therefore be far from you because of your sins.
For ye shall be requited according to your works.
And to those who weigh out injustice,
For suddenly shall ye perish.
For ye shall be delivered up and persecuted because of injustice,
And heavy shall its yoke be upon you.
And ye shall have lordship over them according to your desires.
Your children shall mount and rise as eagles,
And higher than the vultures will be your nest,
And ye shall ascend and enter the crevices of the earth,
And the clefts of the rock for ever as coneys before the unrighteous,
And the sirens shall sigh because of you-and weep.
For healing shall be your portion,
And a bright light shall enlighten you,
And the voice of rest ye shall hear from heaven.
But your hearts convict you of being sinners,
And this fact shall be a testimony against you for a memorial of (your) evil deeds.
And drink wine in large bowls,
And tread under foot the lowly with your might.
For suddenly shall ye be consumed and wither away,
Because ye have forsaken the fountain of life.
And deceit and blasphemy:
It shall be a memorial against you for evil.
Who with might oppress the righteous;
For the day of your destruction is coming.
In those days many and good days shall come to the righteous—in the day of your judgement.
And perish in the day of unrighteousness.
And the angels of heaven rejoice over your destruction.
And whither will ye flee on that day of judgement,
When ye hear the voice of the prayer of the righteous?
Against whom this word shall be a testimony:
“Ye have been companions of sinners.”
And for you the days of your judgement shall come.
And your faces shall be covered with shame,
And He will reject every work which is grounded on unrighteousness.
Whose remembrance is evil against you.
“We have become rich with riches and have possessions;
And have acquired everything we have desired.
For we have gathered silver,
And many are the husbandmen in our houses.”
And our granaries are (brim) full as with water,
For your riches shall not abide
But speedily ascend from you;
For ye have acquired it all in unrighteousness,
And ye shall be given over to a great curse.
For ye shall have manifold experiences on the earth.
And coloured garments more than a virgin:
In royalty and in grandeur and in power,
And in silver and in gold and in purple,
And in splendour and in food they shall be poured out as water.
And they shall perish thereby together with their possessions;
And with all their glory and their splendour,
And in shame and in slaughter and in great destitution,
Their spirits shall be cast into the furnace of fire.
And a hill does not become the handmaid of a woman,
Even so sin has not been sent upon the earth,
But man of himself has created it,
And under a great curse shall they fall who commit it.
But on account of the deeds of her own hands she dies without children.
That all your evil deeds are revealed in the heavens,
And that none of your deeds of oppression are covered and hidden.
Whence have ye good things to eat and to drink and to be filled?
From all the good things which the Lord the Most High has placed in abundance on the earth; therefore ye shall have no peace.
And glory in lying and extol them:
Ye shall perish, and no happy life shall be yours.
And transgress the eternal law,
And transform themselves into what they were not into sinners:
They shall be trodden under foot upon the earth.
And place them as a testimony before the angels,
That they may place the sin of the sinners for a memorial before the Most High.
And the families of the nations shall arise on the day of destruction.
And they shall abandon them, so that their children shall perish through them:
Yea, they shall abandon their children (that are still) sucklings, and not return to them,
And shall have no pity on their beloved ones.
And their eyes shall be blinded through the fear of their hearts
And through visions in their dreams.
For they shall have wrought all their work in a lie,
And shall have worshiped a stone:
Therefore in an instant shall they perish.
And observe the paths of the Most High, and walk in the path of His righteousness,
And become not godless with the godless;
For they shall be saved.
For you shall be slain in Sheol.
And (to them) who cause bitterness on the earth;
For they shall thereby be utterly consumed.
And all their building materials are the bricks and stones of sin;
I tell you ye shall have no peace.
And whose souls follow after idols;
For they shall have no rest.
And slay their neighbours until the day of the great judgement.
And bring affliction on your hearts,
And shall arouse His fierce indignation,
And destroy you all with the sword;
And all the holy and righteous shall remember your sins.
And brothers one with another shall fall in death
Till the streams flow with their blood.
And the sinner shall not withhold his hand from his honoured brother:
From dawn till sunset they shall slay one another.
And the chariot shall be submerged to its height.
And gather together into one place all those who brought down sin
And the Most High will arise on that day of judgement
To execute great judgement amongst sinners.
To guard them as the apple of an eye,
Until He makes an end of all wickedness and all sin,
And though the righteous sleep a long sleep, they have nought to fear.
And shall understand all the words of this book,
And recognize that their riches shall not be able to save them
In the overthrow of their sins.
Ye who afflict the righteous and burn them with fire:
Ye shall be requited according to your works.
Who watch in order to devise wickedness:
Therefore shall fear come upon you
And there shall be none to help you.
And on account of the deeds of your hands which your godlessness as wrought,
In blazing flames burning worse than fire shall ye burn.
Whither will ye flee, and where will ye find deliverance?
And when He launches forth His Word against you Will you not be affrighted and fear?
And all the earth shall be affrighted and tremble and be alarmed.
And shall seek to hide themselves from the presence of the Great Glory,
And the children of earth shall tremble and quake;
And ye sinners shall be cursed for ever,
And ye shall have no peace.
And be hopeful ye that have died in righteousness.
And that in your life your body fared not according to your goodness,
But wait for the day of the judgement of sinners
And for the day of cursing and chastisement.
“As we die, so die the righteous,
And what benefit do they reap for their deeds?
And what have they more than we?
From henceforth we are equal.
Behold, they too have died,
And henceforth for ever shall they see no light.”
And have read the heavenly tablets,
And have seen the holy books,
And have found written therein and inscribed regarding them:
And written down for the spirits of those who have died in righteousness,
And that manifold good shall be given to you in recompense for your labours,
And that your lot is abundantly beyond the lot of the living.
And their spirits shall not perish, nor their memorial from before the face of the Great One
Unto all the generations of the world: wherefore no longer fear their contumely.
If ye die in the wealth of your sins,
And those who are like you say regarding you:
‘Blessed are the sinners: they have seen all their days.
And have not seen tribulation or murder in their life;
And they have died in honour,
And judgement has not been executed on them during their life.”
And they shall be wretched in their great tribulation.
And the great judgement shall be for all the generations of the world.
Woe to you, for ye shall have no peace.
“In our troubled days we have toiled laboriously and experienced every trouble,
And met with much evil and been consumed,
And have become few and our spirit small.
We have been tortured and destroyed, and not hoped to see life from day to day.
We have toiled laboriously and had no satisfaction in our toil;
And we have become the food of the sinners and the unrighteous,
And they have laid their yoke heavily upon us.
And to those that hated us we have bowed our necks
But they pitied us not.
But found no place whereunto we should flee and be safe from them.
And cried out against those who devoured us,
But they did not attend to our cries
And would not hearken to our voice.
pregnant by him and bore a son.