Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Enoch (Biblical figure); Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
17. And then shall all the righteous escape,
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.
18. And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall
all be planted with trees and be full of blessing. 19. And all desirable
trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the
vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for
all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a
thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield ten presses of oil. 20.
And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all
unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the
uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth destroy from off the earth.
21. ⌜And all the children of men shall become righteous⌝, and all
nations shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship
Me. 22. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from
all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never
again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever.
XI. 1. And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing
which are in the heaven, so as to send them down ⌜upon the earth⌝ over
the work and labour of the children of men. 2. And truth and peace shall
be associated together throughout all the days of the world and
throughout all the generations =of men=.’
XII-XVI. _Dream Vision of Enoch: his intercession for Azâzêl and the
fallen Angels: and his announcement to them of their first and final
doom._
XII. 1. Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children
of men knew where he was hidden, and where he abode, and what had become
of him. 2. And his activities had to do with the Watchers, and his days
were with the holy ones.
3. And I, Enoch, was blessing the Lord of =majesty= and the King of the
ages, and lo! the Watchers called me—Enoch the scribe—and said to me: 4.
‘Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, †declare† to the Watchers of
the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and
have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of
earth do, and have taken unto themselves wives: “Ye have wrought great
destruction on the earth: 5. And ye shall have no peace nor forgiveness
of sin: and inasmuch as †they† delight themselves in †their† children,
6. The murder of †their† beloved ones shall †they† see, and over the
destruction of †their† children shall †they† lament, and shall make
supplication unto eternity, but mercy and peace shall ye not attain.”’
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