The Covenant Rendering
1 Enoch
These are the words of the blessing of Enoch, with which he blessed the chosen and the rig…
Observe everything that happens in the heavens — how the heavenly bodies do not change the…
Observe and see how in winter all the trees appear to have withered and shed their leaves …
And again, observe the days of summer — how the sun stands high above the earth. You seek …
Observe how the trees clothe themselves with green leaves and bear fruit. Pay attention an…
And it happened, when the children of humanity had multiplied, that in those days beautifu…
And all the others together with them took wives for themselves — each chose one — and the…
And Azazel taught humans to make swords and knives and shields and breastplates, and he re…
Then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw the great quanti…
Then the Most High, the Holy and Great One, spoke and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, and…
And in those days I will open the storehouses of blessing that are in heaven, so as to sen…
Before all these things, Enoch had been hidden, and no one among the children of humanity …
And Enoch went and said: 'Azazel, you will have no peace. A severe sentence has been prono…
The record of the words of righteousness and of the rebuke of the eternal Watchers, in acc…
And he answered and said to me — I heard his voice: 'Do not fear, Enoch, righteous man and…
From the day of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, the spirits that we…
They took me and brought me to a place where those present were like blazing fire, yet whe…
I saw the storehouses of all the winds. I saw how God had furnished the whole creation wit…
And Uriel said to me: 'Here will stand the angels who joined themselves with women. Their …
These are the names of the holy angels who keep watch.…
Then I traveled to a place of chaos, and there I saw something terrible.…
From there I went to another place, and he showed me in the west a great, high mountain of…
From there I traveled to another place, to the west at the ends of the earth.…
From there I went to another place on the earth, and he showed me a mountain range of fire…
He said to me: 'Enoch, why do you ask me about the fragrance of the tree, and why do you w…
I traveled from there to the center of the earth and saw a blessed place where trees with …
Then I said: 'What is the purpose of this blessed land, entirely filled with trees, and th…
From there I went eastward, into the midst of a desert mountain range, and I saw a wildern…
Then I went to another place in the wilderness and approached the eastern side of this mou…
Beyond these I traveled far to the east and saw another place — a valley full of water.…
I saw other mountains, and among them were groves of trees from which flowed nectar called…
After encountering these fragrances, I looked northward beyond the mountains and saw seven…
From there I went to the ends of the earth and saw great beasts, each different from the o…
From there I went northward to the ends of the earth, and there I saw a great and magnific…
From there I went westward to the ends of the earth and saw three gates of heaven open — t…
From there I went southward to the ends of the earth and saw three open gates of heaven. F…
This is the second vision that Enoch saw — a vision of wisdom. Enoch was the son of Jared,…
The first parable: When the congregation of the righteous appears and sinners are judged f…
In those days a whirlwind carried me up from the earth and set me down at the edge of the …
After this I saw thousands upon thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand — a multitud…
After that I saw all the secrets of the heavens — how the kingdom is divided and how human…
Wisdom went out to find a dwelling place among humanity but found nowhere to live. So a dw…
I saw other lightnings and the stars of heaven, and I saw how he called them all by their …
I also saw other things concerning the lightnings: how some stars rise and become lightnin…
This is the second parable — concerning those who deny the name of the dwelling of the hol…
There I saw one who had a Head of Days — his head was white like wool — and with him was a…
In those days the prayer of the righteous will have ascended, along with the blood of the …
In that place I saw an inexhaustible fountain of righteousness, surrounded by many fountai…
Wisdom is poured out like water, and glory never fails before him forevermore.…
In those days a transformation will take place for the holy and chosen: the light of days …
In those days the earth will give back what has been entrusted to it, Sheol will return wh…
After those days, in the place where I had seen all the visions of hidden things — for I h…
My eyes saw a deep valley with wide-open mouth. All who dwell on the earth, sea, and islan…
I looked and turned to another part of the earth and saw a deep valley with burning fire.…
After that the Head of Days expressed grief and said: 'In vain have I destroyed all who dw…
I saw the armies of the angels of punishment going forth, holding scourges and chains of i…
After this I saw another host of chariots with people riding on them, coming on the winds …
He began to speak the third parable, concerning the righteous and the chosen.…
In those days my eyes saw the secrets of the lightnings and of the lights, and the purpose…
In the five hundredth year, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month in th…
In those days I saw long measuring cords given to certain angels. They took wings and flew…
The Lord of Spirits commanded the kings, the mighty, the exalted, and those who dwell on t…
In those days the mighty and the kings who possess the earth will beg him to grant them a …
I saw other forms hidden in that place.…
In those days Noah saw that the earth had sunk down and its destruction was near.…
In those days the word of God came to me, and he said: 'Noah, your lot has come before me …
In that vision I saw how Enoch was taken up and placed in the midst of those angels.…
After that judgment, they will be terrified and tremble because they revealed these things…
After that judgment, the fallen angels will be terrified and made to tremble because they …
After this, while Enoch was still alive, his name was raised up to the Son of Man and to t…
After this his spirit was translated and ascended into the heavens. I saw the holy sons of…
The book of the courses of the heavenly luminaries — each one according to its class, its …
After this law I saw another law concerning the smaller luminary, which is called the Moon…
I saw another course and law for the moon: according to that law it performs its monthly r…
The leaders who head the thousands, placed over all creation and all the stars, also gover…
At the ends of the earth I saw twelve gates open to all the quarters of heaven, from which…
The first quarter is called the east, because it is first. The second is the south, becaus…
The names of the sun are these: the first is Oryares, and the second is Tomas.…
Now, my son, I have shown you everything, and the law of all the stars of heaven is comple…
In those days the angel Uriel answered and said to me: 'Look — I have shown you everything…
He said to me: 'Look, Enoch — observe these heavenly tablets. Read what is written on them…
Now, my son Methuselah, all these things I am telling you and writing down for you. I have…
Now, my son Methuselah, I will show you all the visions I have seen, recounting them befor…
I lifted my hands in righteousness and blessed the Holy and Great One. I spoke with the br…
After this I saw another dream, and I will describe the whole dream to you, my son.…
Again I looked in the vision toward heaven, and I saw many stars descend and throw themsel…
The three who had come forth last grasped me by my hand and lifted me up, away from the ge…
As I watched in the vision, one of the four who had come forth stoned them from heaven, ga…
One of the four went to the white bulls and instructed one in a secret: trembling, that bu…
I watched as the sheep were tended by the thirty-five remaining shepherds, each completing…
Now, my son Methuselah, call all your brothers to me and gather together all the sons of y…
The book written by Enoch — Enoch wrote this complete teaching of wisdom, praised by all p…
Then Enoch began to speak from the books and said: I was born the seventh in the first wee…
Now I say to you, my sons: love righteousness and walk in it. For the paths of righteousne…
If only my eyes were a cloud of waters so that I might weep over you and pour down my tear…
Take hope, you righteous — for suddenly the sinners will perish before you, and you will h…
Believe, you righteous, that the sinners will be put to shame and will perish in the day o…
Now I swear to you — both the wise and the foolish — for you will have many experiences on…
Woe to you who practice godlessness and glory in lying and praise it — you will perish, an…
In those days, in one place, fathers and sons together will be struck down, and brothers w…
Observe the heavens, children of heaven, and every work of the Most High. Fear him and do …
In those days, when he brings a grievous fire upon you, where will you flee? Where will yo…
I swear to you that in heaven the angels remember you for good before the glory of the Gre…
I swear to you that in heaven the angels remember you for good before the glory of the Gre…
In those days the Lord told them to summon and testify to the children of earth concerning…
After some time, my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech. She became pregnant by …
After that, there will be even more unrighteousness than what was first completed on the e…
Another book which Enoch wrote for his son Methuselah, and for those who will come after h…