Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Enoch (Biblical figure); Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
X. 1. Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent
=Uriel= to the son of Lamech, and said to him: 2. ‘‹Go to Noah and› tell
him in my name “Hide thyself!”, and reveal to him the end that is
approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is
about to come upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it.
3. And now instruct him that he may escape and his seed may be preserved
for all the generations of the world.’ 4. And again the Lord said to
Raphael: ‘Bind Azâzêl hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and
make an opening in the desert, which is in Dûdâêl, and cast him therein.
5. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with
darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he
may not see light. 6. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be
cast into the fire. 7. And heal the earth which the angels have
corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the
plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the
secret things that the Watchers have =disclosed= and have taught their
sons. 8. And the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that
were taught by Azâzêl: to him ascribe all sin.’ 9. And to Gabriel said
the Lord: ‘Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against
the children of fornication: and destroy [the children of fornication
and] the children of the Watchers from amongst men: [and cause them to
go forth]: send them one against the other that they may destroy each
other in battle: for length of days shall they not have. 10. And no
request that they (_i. e._ their fathers) make of thee shall be granted
unto their fathers on their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal
life, and that each one of them will live five hundred years.’ 11. And
the Lord said unto Michael: ‘Go, =bind= Semjâzâ and his associates who
have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves with
them in all their uncleanness. 12. And, when their sons have slain one
another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind
them fast for seventy generations in the =valleys= of the earth, till
the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement
that is for ever and ever is consummated. 13. In those days they shall
be led off to the abyss of fire: ‹and› to the torment and the prison in
which they shall be confined for ever. 14. And whosoever shall be
=condemned= and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with
them to the end of all generations. 15. And destroy all the spirits of
the reprobate, and the children of the Watchers, because they have
wronged mankind. 16. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth, and
let every evil work come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness
and truth appear: ⌜and it shall prove a blessing: the works of
righteousness and truth⌝ shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore.
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