24.1 And the Lord called me and said to me: "Enoch, [stand near My throne] with Gabriel." And I made obeisance to the Lord.

24.2 And the Lord spake to me: "Enoch, the things which thou seest at rest and in motion were completed by Me. I will tell thee now, even from the first, what things I created from the non-existent, and what visible things from the invisible.

24.3 Not even to My angels have I told My secrets, nor have I informed them of their origin, nor have they understood My infinite creation which I tell thee of to-day.

24.4 For before anything which is visible existed, I alone held My course among the invisible things, like the sun from the east to the west, and from the west to the east.

24.5 But even the sun has rest in himself, but I [did not rest],

"because I was creating everything. And I planned to lay the foundations and to make the visible creation.

GOD tells Enoch how out of the lowest Darkness, there comes forth the visible and the invisible.

XXV. 1. "And I commanded in the depths that visible things should come out of invisible. And out came Adoil very great, and I gazed upon him. And lo! his colour was red, of great brightness. 2. And I said unto him: 'Burst asunder, Adoil, and let that which comes from thee be visible.' 3. And he burst asunder, and there came forth a great light, and I was in the midst of a great light, and as the light came forth from the light, there came forth the great world, revealing all the creation, which I had purposed to make, and I saw that it was good. 4. And I made for Myself a throne, and [established Myself] upon it, and I said to the light: 'Go forth on high! and be established above My throne, and be the foundation for things on high.' 5. And there was nothing higher than the light, and as I [ruled], I saw it from My throne.

GOD again calls from the Depths and there came forth Arkhas, Tazhis, and one who is very red.

XXVI. 1. "And I summoned a second time from the depths, and said: 'Let the solid thing which is visible come forth from the invisible.' And Arkhas came forth firm and heavy and very red. 2. And I said: 'Be thou divided, O Arkhas, and let that be seen which is produced from thee.' And when he was divided, the world came forth, very dark and great, bringing the creation of all things below. 3. And I saw that it was good. And I said to him: 'Go thou down and be thou established. And be a foundation for things below'; and it was so. And it came forth and was established, and was a foundation for things below. And there was nothing else below the darkness.

How GOD established the Water, and surrounded it with Light, and established upon it Seven Islands.

XXVII. 1. "And I ordered that there should be a separation between the light and the darkness, and I said: 'Let there be a thick substance,' and it was so. 2. And I spread this out and there was water, and I spread it over the darkness, below the light. 3. And thus I made firm the waters, that is, the depths, and I surrounded the waters with light, and I created seven circles and I fashioned them like crystal, moist and dry, that is to say, like glass and ice, and as for the waters, and also the other elements, I showed each of them their paths, (viz.) to the seven stars, each of them in their heaven, how they should go; and I saw that it was good. 4. And I separated between the light and the darkness; that is to say, between the waters here and there. And I said to the light: 'Let it be day'; and to the darkness, 'Let it be night.' And the evening and the morning were the first day.

XXVIII. 1. "And thus I made firm the circles of the heavens, and caused the waters below, which are under the heavens to be gathered into one place, and that the waves should be dried up, and it was so. 2. Out of the waves I made firm and great stones, and out of the stones I heaped together a dry substance, and I called the dry substance earth. 3. And in the midst of the earth I appointed a pit, that is to say an abyss. 4. I gathered the sea into one place, and I restrained it with a yoke. And I said to the sea: 'Lo! I give thee an eternal portion and thou shalt not move from thy established position.' So I made fast the firmament and fixed it above the water. 5. This I called the first day of the creation. Then it was evening, and again morning, and it was the second day.

XXIX. 1. "And for all the heavenly hosts I fashioned a nature like that of fire, and My eye gazed on the very firm and hard stone. And from the brightness of My eye the lightning received its wonderful nature. 2. And fire is in the water and water in the fire, and neither is the one quenched, nor the other dried up. On this account lightning is brighter than the sun, and soft water is stronger than hard stone. 3. And from the stone I cut the mighty fire. And from the fire I made the ranks of the spiritual hosts, ten thousand angels, and their weapons are fiery, and their garment is a burning flame, and I ordered them to stand each in their ranks.

Here Satanail was hurled from the Heights with his [followers].

"4. One [of the jinn, among] the ranks of the Archangels, having turned away with the rank below him, entertained an impossible idea, that he should make his throne higher than the clouds over the earth, and should be equal in rank to My power. 5. And I hurled him from the heights with his [followers]. And he was flying in the air continually, above the abyss.

XXX. 1. "And so I created all the heavens, and it was the third day. On the third day I ordered the earth to produce great trees, such as bear fruit, and mountains, and every sort of herb and every seed that is sown, and I planted Paradise, and enclosed it, and placed fiery angels armed, and so I made a renewing. 2. Then it was evening, and it was morning, being the fourth day. On the fourth day I ordered that there should be great lights in the circles of the heavens. 3. In the first and highest circle I placed [the planet]; and on the second [the planet]; on the third [the planet]; on the fourth the Sun; on the fifth [the planet]; on the sixth [the planet]; on the seventh the moon. 4. And the lower air I adorned with the lesser stars. 5. And I placed the sun to give light to the day, and the moon and the stars to give light to the night; the sun that he should go according to each sign of the Zodiac; and the course of the moon through the twelve signs of the Zodiac. 6. And I fixed their names and existence, the thunders, and the revolutions of the hours, how they take place. 7. Then it was evening and the morning, the fifth day. On the fifth day I commanded the sea to produce fish, and winged fowls of all kinds, and all things that creep upon the earth, and four-footed things that go about the earth, and the things that fly in the air, male and female, and every living thing breathing with life. 8. And it was evening and morning the sixth day. On the sixth day I ordered My Wisdom to make man of seven substances. (1) His flesh from the earth; (2) his blood from the dew; (3) his eyes from the sun; (4) his bones from the stones; (5) his thoughts from the swiftness of the angels, and the clouds; (6) his veins and hair from the grass of the earth; (7) his spirit from My spirit and from the wind. 9. And I gave him seven natures: hearing to his body, sight to his eyes, smell to the perception, touch to the veins, taste to the blood, the bones for endurance, sweetness for thought. 10. I purposed a subtle thing: from the invisible and visible nature I made man. From both are his death and life, and his form; and the word was like a deed; both small in a great thing, and great in a small thing. 11. And I placed him upon the earth; like a second angel, in an honourable, great, and glorious way. 12. And I made him a ruler to rule upon the earth, and to have My wisdom. And there was no one like him upon the earth of all My creations. 13. And I gave him a name from the four substances: the East, the West, the North, and the South. 14. And I appointed for him four special stars, and I gave him the name Adam. 15. And I gave him his will, and I showed him the two ways, the light and the darkness. And I said unto him: 'This is good and this is evil'; that [it be shown] whether he has love for Me or hate: that he should appear in his race as loving Me. I knew his nature, he did not know his nature. 16. Therefore his ignorance is a woe to him that he should sin, and I appointed death on account of his sin. 17. And I caused him to sleep, and he slumbered. And I took from him a rib, and I made him a wife. 18. And [through their sin] death came, and I received his last word. And I called her by a name, the mother; that is Eve.

GOD gives Paradise to Adam, and gives him Knowledge, so as to see the Heavens open, and that he should see the Angels singing a Song of Triumph.

XXXI. 1. "Adam had a life on earth,... and I made a garden in Eden in the East, and (I ordained) that he should observe the law and keep the instruction. 2. I made for him the heavens open that he should perceive the angels singing the song of triumph. And there was light without any darkness continually in Paradise. 3. And the devil took thought, as if wishing to make another world, because things were subservient to Adam on earth, to rule it and have lordship over it. 4. The devil is to be the evil spirit of the lowest places; he became Satan, after he left the heavens. His name was formerly Satanail. 5. And then, though he became different from the angels in nature, he did not change his understanding of just and sinful thoughts. He understood the judgement upon him, and the former sin which he had sinned. 6. And on account of this, he conceived designs against Adam; in such a manner he entered and deceived Eve. But he did not touch Adam. 7. But I cursed him for (his) ignorance: but those I previously blessed, them I did not curse. 8. Nor man did I curse, nor the earth, nor any other things created, but the evil fruit of man, and then his works.

On account of the Sin of Adam, GOD sends him to the Earth, 'From which I took thee,' but He does not wish to destroy him in the Life to come.

XXXII. 1. "I said to him: 'Earth thou art, and to earth also from whence I took thee shalt thou return. I will not destroy thee, but will send thee whence I took thee. Then I can also take thee in [the Day of Resurrection]'; and I have blessed all My creation, visible and invisible. 2. And I blessed the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, for in it I [completed] all My labours.

GOD shows Enoch the Duration of this World, 7000 Years, and the eighth Thousand is the End. (There will be) no Years, no Months, no Weeks, no Days.

XXXIII. 1. "Then also I established the eighth day. Let

the eighth be the first after My work, and let the days be after the fashion of seven thousand. 2. Let there be at the beginning of the eighth thousand a time when there is no computation, and no end; neither years, nor months, nor weeks, nor days, nor hours. 3. And now Enoch, what things I have told thee, and what thou hast understood, and what heavenly things thou hast seen, and what thou hast seen upon the earth, and what thou hast written in books, by My wisdom all these things I devised so as to create them, and I made them from the highest foundation to the lowest, and to the end. 4. And there is no counsellor nor inheritor of My works. I am the eternal One, and the One not made with hands: My thought is without change, My wisdom is My counsellor and My word is reality; and My eyes see all things, if I look to all things they stand fast. If I turn away My face, all are in need of Me. 5. And now pay attention, Enoch, and know thou who is speaking to thee, and do thou take the books which thou thyself hast written. 6. And I give thee Samuil and Raguil who brought thee to Me. And go with them upon the earth, and tell thy sons what things I have said to thee, and what thou hast seen from the lowest heaven up to My throne. 7. For I have created all the hosts, and all the powers, and there is none that opposes Me, or is disobedient to Me. For all are obedient to My sole power, and labour for My rule alone. 8. Give them the works written out by thee, and they shall read them, and know Me to be the Creator of all; and shall understand that there is no other god beside Me. 9. They shall distribute the books of thy writing to their children's children, and from generation to generation, and from nation to nation. 10. And I will give thee, Enoch, My messenger, the great captain Michael, for thy writings and for the writings of thy fathers, Adam, Seth, Enos, Kainan, Malaleel, and Jared, thy father. 11. And I shall not require them till the last age, for I have instructed My two angels, Ariukh and Pariukh, whom I have put upon the earth as their guardians. 12. And I have ordered them in time to guard them that the account of what I shall do in thy family may not be lost in the deluge to come.

GOD accuses the Idolators; the Workers of Iniquity, such as Sodom, and on this account He brings the Deluge upon them.

XXXIV. 1. "For I know the wickedness of men that they will not bear the yoke which I have put upon them, nor sow the seeds which I have given them, but will cast off My yoke and accept another, and sow vain seeds and bow to vain gods, and deny Me the only GOD. 2. And they will fill all the world with wickedness and iniquity, and foul impurities with one another, sodomy and all other impure practices, which it is foul to speak about. 3. And on this account I will bring a deluge upon the earth and I will destroy all, and the earth shall be destroyed in great corruption.

GOD leaves one Just Man from the Family of Enoch, with all his House, which pleased GOD according to His Will.

XXXV. 1. "And I will leave a righteous man of thy race, with all his house who shall act according to My will. From their seed after some time will be raised up a numerous generation, but of these, many will be very insatiable. 2. Then on the extinction of that family, I will show them the books of thy writings, and of thy fathers, and the guardians of them on earth will show them to the men who are true, and please Me, who do not take My name in vain. 3. And they shall tell to another generation, and these having read them, shall be glorified at last more than before.

GOD ordered Enoch to live on the Earth thirty Days, so as to teach his Sons, and his Sons' Sons. After thirty Days he was thus taken up into Heaven.

XXXVI. 1. "And now, Enoch, I give thee a period of thirty days to work in thy house. And tell thou thy sons, and all thy household before Me; that they may listen to what is spoken to them by thee; that they read and understand, how there is no other god beside Me; and let them always keep My commandments, and begin to read and understand the books written out by thee. 2. And after thirty days, I will send My angels for thee, and they shall take thee from the earth, and from thy sons, according to My will."

Here GOD summons an Angel.

XXXVII. 1. And GOD called one of His greatest angels, terrible and awful, and placed him by me, and the appearance of that angel was like snow, and his hands were like ice; he had a very cold appearance, and my face was chilled because I could not endure the fear of the Lord; just as it is not possible to endure the mighty fire and heat of the sun, and the frost of the air. 2. And the Lord said to me, "Enoch, if thy face is not chilled here, no man can look upon thy face."

Mathusal had Hope, and awaited his Father Enoch by his Bed, Day and Night.

XXXVIII. 1. And the Lord said to those men who first took me, "Take Enoch with you to the earth, and wait for him till the appointed day." 2. And at night they placed me upon my bed, and Mathusal, expecting my coming by day and by night, was a guard at my bed. 3. And he was terrified when he heard my coming, and I gave him directions that all my household should come, that I might tell them everything.

The mournful Admonition of Enoch to his Sons, with Weeping and great Sorrow, speaking to them.

XXXIX. 1. Listen, my children, what things are according to the will of the Lord. I am sent to-day to you to tell you from the lips [word] of the Lord, what was and what is happening now, and what will be before the day of judgement. 2. Hear, my children, for I do not speak to you to-day from my lips, but from the lips of the Lord who has sent me to you. For you hear the words of my lips, a mortal man like yourselves. 3. I have seen the face [glory] of the Lord as it were iron that is heated in the fire, and when brought out sends forth sparks and burns. 4. Look at the eyes of me, a man laden with a sign for you. I have seen the eyes [light] of the Lord shining like a ray of the sun and striking with terror human eyes. 5. You, my children, see the right hand of a man made like yourselves assisting you. I have seen the right hand [power] of the Lord assisting me, and filling the heavens. 6. You see the compass of my actions, like to your own. I have seen the measureless and harmonious form [glory] of the Lord. To Him there is no end. 7. You therefore hear the words of my lips, but I have heard the words of the Lord, like great thunder, with continual agitation of the clouds. 8. And now, my children, listen to the discourses of your earthly father. It is terrible and awful to stand before the face of an earthly prince—terrible and very awful because the will of the prince is death and the will of the prince is life; how much more is it terrible and awful to stand before the face of the Lord of lords, and of the earthly and the heavenly hosts. Who can endure this never-ending terror?

Enoch instructs faithfully his Children about all Things from the Mouth of the Lord; how he saw, and heard and wrote them down.

XL. 1. And now, my children, I know all things from the lips of the Lord; for my eyes have seen from the beginning to the end. 2. I know all things [that GOD taught me] and have written all things in the books, both the heavens and the end of them, and their fulness, and all the hosts, and I have measured their goings, and written down the stars and their innumerable quantity. 3. What man has seen their alternations and their goings? Not even the angels know their number; I have written down the names of all. 4. And I have measured the circle of the sun, and I have measured his rays; and his coming in and going out, through all the months, and all his courses, and their names I have written down. 5. I have measured the circle of the moon, and its waning which occurs during every day, and the secret places in which it hides every day and ascends according to all the hours. 6. I have laid down the four seasons, and from the seasons I made four circles, and in the circles I placed the years; I placed the months, and from the months I calculated the days, and from the days I have calculated the hours. 7. Moreover, I have written down all things moving upon the earth; I have written down all things that are nourished, all seed sown and unsown, which grows on the earth, and all things belonging to the garden, and every herb and every flower, and their fragrance and their names. 8. And the dwellings of the clouds, and their conformations and their wings, how they bring rain and the rain-drops, I investigated all. 9. And I wrote down the course of the thunder and lightning, and they showed me the keys, and their guardians and their path by which they go. They are brought forth in bonds, in measured degree, and are let go in bonds, lest by their heavy course and vehemence they should overload the clouds of wrath and destroy everything on earth. 10. I have written down the treasuries of the snow, and the store-houses of the hail, and the cool breezes. And I observed the holder of the keys of them during the season: and how he fills the clouds with them, and yet does not exhaust their treasuries. 11. I wrote down the abodes of the winds, and I observed and saw how those who hold their keys bear balances and measures, and in the first place they put them on a balance, in the second they let them go in measure moderately, with care over the whole earth, so that with their heavy breathing they should not shake the whole earth. 12. For I have measured the whole earth, its mountains and all hills, fields, trees, stones, rivers; all things that exist I have written down, the height from earth to the seventh heaven, and down to the lowest hell, the place of judgement and the mighty hell laid open, and full of lamentation. And I saw how the prisoners suffer, awaiting the immeasurable judgement. 13. And I wrote out all of those who are being judged by the judge, and all the judgement they receive, and all their deeds.

How Enoch wept for the Sins of [mankind].

XLI. 1. And I saw all our forefathers from the beginning [of mankind], and I sighed and wept, and spake of the ruin (caused by) their wickedness: 'Woe is me for my infirmity and that of my forefathers.' 2. And I meditated in my heart and said: 'Blessed is the man who was not born, or, having been born, has never sinned before the face of the Lord, so that he should not come into this place, to bear the yoke of this place!'

How Enoch saw those who keep the Keys, and the Guardians of the Gates of Hades standing by.

XLII. 1. I saw those who keep the keys, and are the guardians of the gates of hell, standing like great serpents, and their faces were like quenched lamps, and their eyes were fiery, and their teeth were sharp. And they were stripped to the waist. 2. And I said before their faces, 'Would that I had not seen you, nor heard of your doings, and that those of my race had never come to you! Now they have only sinned a little in this life, and [suffer, awaiting judgement,] in the eternal life.' 3. I went out to the East, to the paradise of Eden, where rest has been prepared for the just, and it is open to the third heaven, and shut from this world. 4. And guards are placed at the very great gates of the east of the sun, i.e. fiery angels, singing triumphant songs, that never cease rejoicing in the presence of the just. 5. At the last coming they will lead forth Adam with our forefathers, and conduct them there, that they may rejoice, as a man calls those whom he loves to feast with him; and they having come with joy hold converse, before the dwelling of that man, with joy awaiting his feast, the enjoyment and the immeasurable wealth, and joy and merriment in the light, and eternal life. 6. Then I said, 'I tell you, my children: blessed is he who fears the name of the Lord, and serves continually before His face, and brings his gifts with fear continually in this life, and lives all his life justly, and dies. 7. Blessed is he who executes a just judgement, not for the sake of recompense, but for the sake of righteousness, expecting nothing in return: a sincere judgement shall afterwards come to him. 8. Blessed is he who clothes the naked with a garment, and gives his bread to the hungry. 9. Blessed is he who gives a just judgement for the orphan and the widow, and assists every one who is wronged. 10. Blessed is he who turns from the unstable path of this vain world, and walks by the righteous path which leads to eternal life. 11. Blessed is he who sows just seed, he shall reap sevenfold. 12. Blessed is he in whom is the truth, that he may speak the truth to his neighbour. 13. Blessed is he who has love upon his lips, and tenderness in his heart. 14. Blessed is he who understands every work of the Lord, and glorifies the Lord GOD; for the works of the Lord are just, and of the works of man some are good, and others evil, and by their works those who have wrought them are known.'

Enoch shows his Children how he measured and wrote out the Judgements of GOD.

XLIII. 1. Lo! my children, the things which I have gained on the earth and meditated upon from the Lord GOD I have written down both winter and summer. I have compiled the account of all, and concerning the years I have calculated each hour; I have measured the hours and written out the lists of them and I have ascertained all their differences. 2. As one year is more honourable than another, so is one man more honourable than another. This man on account of many possessions, that man on account of the wisdom of the heart; this man on account of understanding, another on account of cunning; this man for the silence of the lips; this man on account of purity, that on account of strength; this man on account of comeliness, another on account of youth; this man on account of sharpness of mind, another on account of quicksightedness of body, and another for the perception of many things. 3. Let it be heard everywhere; there is no one greater than he who fears GOD. He shall be the most glorious for ever.

Enoch instructs his Sons that they should not revile the Persons of Men, whether they are great or small.

XLIV. 1. GOD made man with His own hands, in [the best of forms], both small and great the Lord created him. He who reviles the countenance of man, reviles [the creation] of the Lord. 2. He who shows wrath against another without injury, the great wrath of the Lord shall consume him. 3. If a man spits at the face of another insultingly, he shall be consumed in the great judgement of the Lord. 4. Blessed is the man who does not direct his heart with malice against any man, and who assists the man who is injured, and under judgement, and raises up the oppressed, and accomplishes the prayer of him who asks. 5. For in the day of the great judgement, every measure and standard and weight, which is for traffic, namely, that which is hung on a balance and stands for traffic, knows its own measure, and shall receive its reward by measure.

GOD shows that He does not wish Sacrifices from Man, nor Burnt-Offerings, but pure and contrite Hearts.

XLV. 1. He who hastens and brings his offering before the face of the Lord, then the Lord will hasten the accomplishment of his work, and will execute a just judgement for him. 2. He who increases his lamp before the face of the Lord, the Lord increases greatly his treasure in the heavenly kingdom. 3. GOD does not require bread, nor a light, nor an animal, nor any other sacrifice, for it is as nothing. 4. But GOD requires a pure heart, and by means of all this, He tries the heart of man.