1 Enoch 82

And now, my son Methuselah, all these things I am recounting to thee and writing down for thee, and I have revealed to thee everything, and given thee books concerning all these: so preserve, my son Methuselah, the books^a from thy father's hand, and (see) that thou deliver them to the generations of the world.

And now I have shown thee, my son Mathusala, every sight which I saw prior to thy birth. [^l2] I will relate another vision, which I saw before I was married; they resemble each other.

It is manifestly the object of the writer to explain how these mysteries, already made known by Enoch, were preserved so many years. This is especially shown by 82 : 1.

I have given Wisdom to thee and to thy children, [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.

The first was when I was learning a book; and the other before I was married to thy mother. I saw a potent vision;

Wisdom I have given thee and thy children and those who will be thy children, that they give it to their children, the generations to eternity, namely this wisdom above their tlioughts.

And those who understand it shall not sleep, But shall listen with the ear that they may learn this wisdom, And it shall please those that eat thereof better than good food.

And on account of these things besought the Lord.

And those who understand it will not sleep, but will liear with tlieir ears, that they may learn this wisdom, and it will please those who eat of it more tlian good food.

Blessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who walk in the way of righteousness and sin not as the sinners, in the reckoning of all their days in which the sun traverses the heaven, entering into and departing from the portals for thirty days with the heads of thousands of the order of the stars, together with the four which are intercalated which divide the four portions of the year, which lead them and enter with them four days.

I was lying down in the house of my grandfather Malalel, *when* I saw in a vision heaven purifying, and snatched away.

Happy are all the just, happy all those who walk in the paths of justice and have no sin like the sinners, in the counting of all their days, in which the sun goes through the heavens, entering and departing from the gates, each time thirty times, together with the heads of the thousands of tliis order of the stars, together with the four tliat are added and separate between the four portions of tlie year, which they lead and enter witli tlieni four days.

Owing to them men shall be at fault and not reckon them in the whole reckoning of the year: yea, men shall be at fault, and not recognize them accurately.

And falling to the earth, I saw likewise the earth absorbed by a great abyss; and mountains suspended over mountains.

And on their account men will be at fault, and will not count them in the reckoning of the whole world ; but men will be mistaken and will not know them exactly.

For they belong to the reckoning of the year and are truly recorded (thereon) for ever, one in the first portal and one in the third, and one in the fourth and one in the sixth, and the year is completed in three hundred and sixty-four days^a.

Hills were sinking upon hills, lofty trees were gliding [^l3] off from their trunks, and were in the act of being projected, and of sinking into the abyss.

For tliey belong to the reckoning of tlie year and are exactly marked forever, one in the first portal and one in the third and one in the fourth and one in the sixth, and the year is completed in three hundred and sixty-four days.

And the account thereof is accurate and the recorded reckoning thereof exact; for the luminaries, and months and festivals, and years and days, has Uriel shown and revealed to me, to whom the Lord of the whole creation of the world hath subjected the host of heaven.

Being alarmed at these things, my voice faltered. [^l4] I cried out and said, The earth is destroyed. Then my grandfather Malalel raised me up, and said to me: Why dost thou thus cry out, my son? and wherefore dost thou thus lament?

And the account of it is true, and the marked reckoning exact ; for the luminaries and the months and the festivals and the years have been shown and given to me by Uriel, to whom the Lord of all creation had given command, in reference to me, of the host of the heavens.

And he has power over night and day in the heaven to cause the light to give light to men--sun, moon, and stars, and all the powers of the heaven which revolve in their circular chariots.

I related to him the whole vision which I had seen. He said to me, Confirmed is that which thou hast seen, my son;

And he has 200 THE BOOK OF ENOCH. power over night and day in the heavens, that he may show light over men ; the sun and the moon and the stars and all the powers of heaven which turn in their circuit.

And these are the orders of the stars, which set in their places, and in their seasons and festivals and months.

And potent the vision of thy dream respecting every secret sin of the earth. Its substance shall sink into the abyss, and a great destruction take place.

And this is the order of the stars that set in their places and in their times and in their festivals and in their months.

And these are the names of those who lead them, who watch that they enter at their times, in their orders, in their seasons, in their months, in their periods of dominion, and in their positions.

Now, my son, rise up; and beseech the Lord of glory (for thou art faithful), that a remnant may be left upon earth, and that he would not wholly destroy it. My son, all this *calamity* upon earth comes down from heaven; [^l1] upon earth shall there be a great destruction.

And these are the names of those who lead them, who watch that they enter in their times and in their order and in their occasions and in their montlis and in their powers and in their positions.

Their four leaders who divide the four parts of the year enter first; and after them the twelve leaders of the orders who divide the months; and for the three hundred and sixty (days) there are heads over thousands who divide the days; and for the four intercalary days there are the leaders which sunder the four parts of the year.

Then I arose, prayed, and entreated; and wrote down my prayer for the generations of the world, explaining everything to my son Mathusala.

Their four leaders who divide the four portions of tlie year enter first ; after them the twelve leaders of the orders, who separate the months and the year into three hundred and sixty-four days, together with the heads of the thousands who divide the days ; for the four intercalary days these are the leaders who separate the four parts of the year.

And these heads over thousands are intercalated between leader and leader, each behind a station, but their leaders make the division. And these are the names of the leaders who divide the four parts of the year which are ordained: Mîlkî’êl, Hel’emmêlêk, and Mêl’êjal, and Nârêl.

When I went out below, and looking up to heaven, beheld the sun proceeding from the east, the moon descending to the west, a few *scattered* stars, and everything which God [^l2] has known from the beginning, I blessed the Lord of judgment, and magnified him: because he hath sent forth the sun from the chambers [^l3] of the east; that, ascending and rising in the face of heaven, it might spring up, and pursue the path which has been pointed out to it.

And of those heads of the thousands, one is placed between the leader and the led, back of the position, but their leader divides.

And the names of those who lead them: Adnâr’êl, and Îjâsûsa’êl, and ’Elômê’êl--these three follow the leaders of the orders, and there is one that follows the three leaders of the orders which follow those leaders of stations that divide the four parts of the year.

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And these are the names of the leaders who separate the four parts of the year which are ordained : Melkeel and Helemmelech,and Melejal and Narel.

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And the names of those they lead : Adnarel and Ijasusael and Ijelumiel, these three follow after the leaders of the orders, and one follows after the three leaders of the orders, who follow after those leaders of positions who separate the four portions of the year.

In the beginning of the year Melkejâl rises first and rules, who is named †Tam’âinî† and sun, and all the days of his dominion whilst he bears rule are ninety-one days.

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In the commencement of the year MelkejTd rises first and rules, he who is called Tamaani and sun, and all the days of his government that he rules are ninetyone days.

And these are the signs of the days which are to be seen on earth in the days of his dominion: sweat, and heat, and calms; and all the trees bear fruit, and leaves are produced on all the trees, and the harvest of wheat, and the rose-flowers, and all the flowers which come forth in the field, but the trees of the winter season become withered.

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And these are tlie signs of the days which are seen on the earth in the days of his government: sweat and heat and anxiety, and all the trees producing fruit, and the leaves appearing on all the THE BOOK OP ENOCH. 201 trees, and the harvest of wheat, and ihe blooming of roses, and all the flowers blooming in the fields, but the trees of winter become withered.

And these are the names of the leaders which are under them: Berka’êl, Zêlebs’êl, and another who is added a head of a thousand, called Hîlûjâsĕph: and the days of the dominion of this (leader) are at an end.

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And these are the names of the leaders who are under them : Berkeel, Zalbesael, and one other who is added, a head of a thousand, called Helojaseph ; and ended are the days of the power of this one.

The next leader after him is Hêl’emmêlêk, whom one names the shining sun, and all the days of his light are ninety-one days.

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The other leader, who is after them, is Helemmelek, whom they call the sinning sun, and all the days of his light are ninety-one days.

And these are the signs of (his) days on the earth: glowing heat and dryness, and the trees ripen their fruits and produce all their fruits ripe and ready, and the sheep pair and become pregnant, and all the fruits of the earth are gathered in, and everything that is in the fields, and the winepress: these things take place in the days of his dominion.

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And these are the signs of the days of the earth : burning heat, dryness, and the trees bringing their fruit to ripeness and completion, and the sheep mate and become pregnant ; and all the fruit of the earth is gathered in, and everything that is in the fields ; and the making of wine ; this takes place in the days of his power.

These are the names, and the orders, and the leaders of those heads of thousands: Gîdâ’îjal, Kê’êl, and Hê’êl, and the name of the head of a thousand which is added to them, Asfâ’êl’: and the days of his dominion are at an end.

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These are the names and the orders and the subordinate leaders of those heads of the thousands : Gedael and Keel and Heel, and the name of the head of a thousand, which is added to them, Asfael ; and completed are the days of his power. Chap. 7G. This and the following chapter treat of the winds and speak of some geographical matters, and may be regarded as a continuation of chap. 34-36, as the twelve portals for the winds there spoken of are here treated in detail. — 2. The points of the compass here given are taken from the position of a man standing with his face to the east, although the writer says west, or literally the descent, instead of back. This method of designating the four directions is frequently found in the Old Testament. — 3. The first three, beginning in counting them from the east, the place where the sun rises ; cf. vs. 4, 7, etc. — 4. Through four of these portals, i.e. through the middle one of the three in each direction, come winds of 202 THE BOOK OF ENOCH. blessing, while the outer two in each group produce winds of injury. — 5. The first wind described comes from the portal in the south-east, i.e. the south-east wind. Its character is destructive. — G. Like all those winds from the middle portal of a group, the east wind has the right mixture, i.e. is neither too warm nor too cold, too wet nor too dry. Peace ; Dillmann, Wohlsein ; Hoffmann, NeiL The north-east wind brings coldness and dryness. — 7. The south-east-south wind produces heat. — 8. But from the middle portal of this group comes a good wind, and brings with it proofs of the sweet vegetation iu the south ; cf. chap. 24 and 2o. — 9, 1 0. South-west-south and north-eastnorth winds. After )iortherhj the translator adds whose name is the sea. The Palestine writer had northerly winds ; but to him the Mediterranean Sea was in the west, while it was in the north for the Ethiopian. — 11. The symmetry of his description demands that even the north wind should be a good one ; but the north-west-north wind is again injurious. On the rains cf. Prov. XXV. 2o. — 12. The western group, and first the northwest wind. — 13. The west and the south-west winds. — 14. Methuselah. It is a peculiarity of these parts that they are entrusted to F^noch's son Methuselah ; cf. 79 : 1 ; 82 :