![]() Their whole number was two hundred, who descended upon Ardis, (4) which is the top of mount Armon. 167).ģThen their leader Samyaza said to them I fear that you may perhaps be indisposed to the performance of this enterprise ĤAnd that I alone shall suffer for so grievous a crime.ĥBut they answered him and said We all swear ĦAnd bind ourselves by mutual execrations, that we will not change our intention, but execute our projected undertaking.ħThen they swore all together, and all bound themselves by mutual execrations. Milik, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4, p. (3) An Aramaic text reads "Watchers" here (J.T. ![]() The earth shall be immerged, and all things which are in it perish while judgment shall come upon all, even upon all the righteous:ħBut to them shall he give peace: he shall preserve the elect, and towards them exercise clemency.ĨThen shall all belong to God be happy and blessed and the splendour of the Godhead shall illuminate them.ġThey consider how the trees, when they put forth their green leaves, become covered, and produce fruit understanding everything, and knowing that He who lives for ever does all these things for you:Ģ That the works at the beginning of every existing year, that all his works, are subservient to him, and invariable yet as God has appointed, so are all things brought to pass.ģThey see, too, how the seas and the rivers together complete their respective operations:Ĥ But you endure not patiently, nor fulfill the commandments of the Lord but you transgress and calumniate his greatness and malignant are the words in your polluted mouths against his Majesty.ĥYou withered in heart, no peace shall be to you!ĦTherefore your days shall you curse, and the years of your lives shall perish perpetual execration shall be multiplied, and you shall not obtain mercy.ħIn those days shall you resign your peace with the eternal maledictions of all the righteous, and sinners shall perpetually execrate you ĩThe elect shall possess light, joy, and peace and they shall inherit the earth.ġ0But you, you unholy, shall be accursed.ġ1Then shall wisdom be given to the elect, all of whom shall live, and not again transgress by impiety or pride but shall humble themselves, possessing prudence, and shall not repeat transgression.ġ2They shall not be condemned the whole period of their lives, not die in torment and indignation but the sum of their days shall be completed, and they shall grow old in peace while the years of their happiness shall be multiplied with joy, and with peace, for ever, the whole duration of their existence.ġIt happened after the sons of men had multiplied in those days, that daughters were born to them, elegant and beautiful.ĢAnd when the angels, (3) the sons of heaven, beheld them, they became enamoured of them, saying to each other, Come, let us select for ourselves wives from the progeny of men, and let us beget children. The lofty mountains shall be troubled, and the exalted hills depressed, melting like a honeycomb in the flame. The italicized words supply a gap in the text.ĢFrom them I heard all things, and understood what I saw that which will not take place in this generation, but in a generation which is to succeed at a distant period, on account of the elect.ģUpon their account I spoke and conversed with him, who will go forth from his habitation, the Holy and Mighty One, the God of the world:ĤWho will hereafter tread upon Mount Sinai appear with his hosts and be manifested in the strength of his power from heaven.ĥAll shall be afraid, and the Watchers be terrified.ĦGreat fear and trembling shall seize them, even to the ends of the earth. Enoch, a righteous man, who was (1) with God, answered and spoke, while his eyes were open, and while he saw a holy vision in the heavens. 1The word of the blessing of Enoch, how he blessed the elect and the righteous, who were to exist in the time of trouble rejecting all the wicked and ungodly. ![]()
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