1 Enoch 22

And thence I went to another place, and he showed me in the west ⌈another⌉ great and high mountain [and] of hard rock. E 2 And there was in it †four† hollow places, deep and wide and very smooth. †How† smooth are the hollow places and deep and dark to look at. Gg

From thence I proceeded to another spot, where I saw on the west a great and lofty mountain, a strong rock, and four delightful places.

And from here I went to another place, and he showed ine in the west a great and high mountain-chain and hard rocks and four beautiful places.

And there were †four† hollow places in it, deep and very smooth: †three† of them were dark and one bright; and there was a fountain of water in its midst. And I said: '†How† smooth are these hollow places, and deep and dark to view.'

Internally it was deep, capacious, and very smooth; as smooth as if it had been rolled over: it was both deep and dark to behold.

And beneath them there were places deep and broad and entirely smooth, as smooth as if a thing were rolled, and deep and dark to look at.

Then Raphael answered, one of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: 'These hollow places have been created for this very purpose, that the spirits of the souls of the dead^a should assemble therein, yea that all the souls of the children of men should assemble here. And these places have been made to receive them till the day of their judgement and till their appointed period ⌈till the period appointed⌉, till the great judgement (comes) upon them.' E

Then Raphael, one of the holy angels who were with me, answered and said, These are the delightful places where the spirits, the souls of the dead, will be collected; for them were they formed; and here will be collected all the souls of the sons of men.

And this time, Rufael, one of the holy angels, who was with me, answered and said to me : " These beautiful places are intended for liiis, that upon them may be assembled the spirits, the souls of the dead ; for they have been created, that here all the souls of the sons of men might be assembled.

(not present in Charles 1917)

These places, in which they dwell, shall they occupy until the day of judgment, and until their appointed period.

These places have been made their dwellings till the day of their judgment, and to their fixed period ; and this period is long, till the great judgment will come over them."

I saw (the spirit of) a dead man making suit, and his voice went forth to heaven and made suit.

Their appointed period will be long, even until the great judgment. And I saw the spirits of the sons of men who were dead; and their voices reached to heaven, while they were accusing. [^l1]

And I saw the spirits of the children of men who had died, and tlieir voices reached up to 98 THE BOOK OF ENOCH. heaven, and lamented.

And I asked Raphael the angel who was with me, and I said unto him: 'This spirit which maketh suit, whose is it, whose voice goeth forth and maketh suit to heaven?'

Then I inquired of Raphael, an angel who was with me, and said, Whose spirit is that, the voice of which reaches *to heaven*, and accuses?

At that time I asked the angel Rufael, who was with me, and said to him: " Whose soul is tliat one whose voice thus reaches to heaven and laments ? "

And he answered me saying: 'This is the spirit which went forth from Abel^a, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him till his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his seed is annihilated from amongst the seed of men.' E

He answered, saying, This is the spirit of Abel, who was slain by Cain his brother; and who will accuse that brother, [^l2] until his seed be destroyed from the face of the earth;

And he answered and said to me, saying : " That is the spirit that proceeded from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew ; and it laments on his account till liis seed be destroyed from tlie face of the eartli and his seed disappear from among the seed of men."

Then I asked regarding all the hollow places: 'Why is one separated from the other?'

Until his seed perish from the seed of the human race.

And at that time I therefore asked concerning him, and concerning the judgment of all, and said : "• Why is one separated from the other ? "

And he answered me saying: 'These three have been made^a that the spirits of the dead might be separated. And this division has been made for the spirits of the righteous, in which there is the bright spring of water.

At that time therefore I inquired respecting him, and respecting the general judgment, saying, Why is one separated from another? He answered, Three *separations* have been made between the spirits of the dead, and thus have the spirits of the righteous been separated.

And he answered and said to me : '' These three apartments are made in order to separate the souls of the dead. And thus are the souls of the just separated : there is a spring of water, above it, light.

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Namely, *by* a chasm, *by* water, and *by* light above it.

And thus also is one such apartment made for the sinners when they die, and are buried in the earth, without a judgment having been passed upon tlicm during their lives.

(not present in Charles 1917)

And in the same way likewise are sinners separated when they die, and are buried in the earth; judgment not overtaking them in their lifetime.

Here their souls are separated in this great affliction until the great day of judgment and punishment and affliction upon the revilers to eternity, and tlie vengeance for their souls, and here he binds them to eternity.

(not present in Charles 1917)

Here their souls are separated. Moreover, abundant is their suffering until the time of the great judgment, the castigation, and the torment of those who eternally execrate, whose souls are punished and bound there for ever.

And if it was before eternity, then this apartment has been made for the souls of those who lament and those who reveal their destruction when they were killed in the days of the sinners.

(not present in Charles 1917)

And thus has it been front the beginning of the world. Thus has there existed a separation between the souls of those who utter complaints, and of those who watch for their destruction, to slaughter them in the day of sinners.

And thus it has been created for the souls of men who were not just, but sinners, who were complete in their crimes ; and they will be with criminals like themselves ; but their souls will not be killed on the day of judgment and will not be taken from here."

(not present in Charles 1917)

A receptacle of this sort has been formed [^l1] for the souls of unrighteous men, and of sinners; of those who have completed crime, and associated with the impious, whom they resemble. Their souls shall not be annihilated in the day of judgment, neither shall they arise from this place. Then I blessed God,

At that time I blessed the Lord of glory, and said : " Blessed is my Lord, the Lord of glory and of justice, who rules all things to eternity ! " THE BOOK OF ENOCH. 99

(not present in Charles 1917)

And said, Blessed be my Lord, the Lord of glory and of righteousness, who reigns over all for ever and for ever.

(not present in Schodde 1882)