1 Enoch 82

Now, my son Methuselah, all these things I am telling you and writing down for you. I have revealed everything to you and given you books about all of it. So preserve these books from your father's hand, my son Methuselah, and see that you deliver them to the generations of the world.

REF And now, my son Methuselah, all these things I am recounting to thee and writing down for thee! and I have revealed to thee everything, and given thee books concerning all these: so preserve, my son Methuselah, the books from thy father's hand, and (see) that thou deliver them to the generations of the world.

I have given wisdom to you and to your children, and to your children's children yet to come, so that they may pass it to their children for all generations — this wisdom that surpasses their own understanding.

REF I have given wisdom to thee and to thy children, and thy children that shall be to thee, that they may give it to their children for generations — this wisdom (namely) beyond their thought.

Those who understand it will not sleep but will listen carefully to learn this wisdom. It will please those who consume it more than fine food.

REF And those who understand it shall not sleep, but shall listen with the ear that they may learn this wisdom, and it shall please those who eat thereof better than good food.

Blessed are all the righteous — blessed are all who walk in the way of righteousness and do not sin as the sinners do — in the reckoning of all the days in which the sun crosses heaven, entering and departing through the gates for thirty days with the leaders of the thousands of stars, together with the four intercalary days that divide the four portions of the year, leading them and entering with them.

REF Blessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who walk in the way of righteousness and sin not as the sinners, in the reckoning of all their days in which the sun traverses the heaven, entering into and departing from the portals for thirty days with the heads of thousands of the order of the stars, together with the four days which are intercalated, which divide the four portions of the year, which lead them and enter with them four days.

Because of these days people will go wrong and will not count them in the whole reckoning of the year. People will be in error and will not recognize them accurately.

REF And owing to them men shall be at fault and not reckon them in the whole reckoning of the year: yea, men shall be at fault, and not recognize them accurately.

For these days belong to the reckoning of the year and are truly recorded forever: one in the first gate, one in the third, one in the fourth, and one in the sixth. The year is completed in three hundred and sixty-four days.

REF For they belong to the reckoning of the year and are truly recorded (thereon) for ever, one in the first portal and one in the third, and one in the fourth and one in the sixth: and the year is completed in three hundred and sixty-four days.

The account is accurate and the recorded reckoning exact. For the luminaries, months, festivals, years, and days, Uriel has shown and revealed to me — Uriel, to whom the Lord of all creation has made subject the entire host of heaven.

REF And the account thereof is accurate and the recorded reckoning thereof exact; for the luminaries, and months, and festivals, and years and days, has Uriel shown and revealed to me, to whom the Lord of the whole creation of the world hath subjected the host of heaven.

He has power over night and day in heaven, causing the light to give light to humanity — sun, moon, and stars, and all the powers of heaven that revolve in their circular chariots.

REF And he has power over night and day in the heaven to cause the light to give light to men — sun, moon, and stars, and all the powers of the heaven which revolve in their circular chariots.

These are the orders of the stars, which set in their places, in their seasons, their festivals, and their months.

REF And these are the orders of the stars, which set in their places, and in their seasons and festivals and months.

These are the names of those who lead the stars — who watch to ensure they enter at their proper times, in their orders, their seasons, their months, their periods of dominion, and their positions.

REF And these are the names of those who lead them, who watch that they enter at their times, in their orders, in their seasons, in their months, in their periods of dominion, and in their positions.

Their four leaders who divide the four parts of the year enter first. After them come the twelve leaders of the orders who divide the months, and the heads over thousands who divide the three hundred and sixty days, and the leaders of the four intercalary days that separate the four parts of the year.

REF Their four leaders who divide the four parts of the year enter first; and after them the twelve leaders of the orders who divide the months; and for the three hundred and sixty days there are heads over thousands who divide the days; and for the four intercalary days there are the leaders which sunder the four parts of the year.

These heads over thousands are positioned between leader and leader, each behind a station, and their leaders make the division. These are the names of the leaders who divide the four parts of the year as ordained: Milkiel, Helemmelek, Melejal, and Narel.

REF And these heads over thousands are intercalated between leader and leader, each behind a station, but their leaders make the division. And these are the names of the leaders who divide the four parts of the year which are ordained: Milkiel, Helemmelek, Melejal, and Narel.

The names of those who serve under them are Adnarel, Iyasusael, and Elomeel. These three follow the leaders of the orders, and one follows the three leaders of the orders that follow the station-leaders who divide the four parts of the year.

REF And the names of those who lead them: Adnarel, and Ijasusael, and Elomeel — these three follow the leaders of the orders, and there is one that follows the three leaders of the orders which follow those leaders of stations that divide the four parts of the year.

At the beginning of the year Milkiel rises first and rules — the one also called Tamaini, meaning 'sun.' All the days of his dominion while he rules are ninety-one days.

REF In the beginning of the year Melkejal rises first and rules, who is named Tamaini and sun, and all the days of his dominion whilst he bears rule are ninety-one days.

These are the signs of the days to be seen on earth during his dominion: sweat and heat and still air. All trees bear fruit, leaves appear on all trees, the wheat harvest comes, rose-flowers bloom, and all the flowers of the field come forth — but the trees of winter are still withered.

REF And these are the signs of the days which are to be seen on earth in the days of his dominion: sweat, and heat, and calms; and all the trees bear fruit, and leaves are produced on all the trees, and the harvest of wheat, and the rose-flowers, and all the flowers which come forth in the field, but the trees of winter are withered.

These are the names of the leaders under them: Berkael, Zelebsel, and another added as a head of a thousand called Hiluyasef. The days of this leader's dominion are now at an end.

REF And these are the names of the leaders which are under them: Berkael, Zelebsel, and another who is added a head of a thousand, called Hilujaseph: and the days of the dominion of this (leader) are at an end.

The next leader after him is Helemmelek, called the shining sun. All the days of his light are ninety-one days.

REF The next leader after him is Helemmelek, whom one names the shining sun, and all the days of his light are ninety-one days.

These are the signs of his days on earth: scorching heat and dryness. The trees ripen their fruits and produce all their harvest ready for gathering. The sheep mate and become pregnant. All the fruits of the earth are gathered in and everything in the fields is collected, and the winepress is trodden. These things take place during the days of his dominion.

REF And these are the signs of his days on the earth: glowing heat and dryness, and the trees ripen their fruits and produce all their fruits ripe and ready, and the sheep pair and become pregnant, and all the fruits of the earth are gathered in, and everything that is in the fields, and the winepress: these things take place in the days of his dominion.

These are the names, orders, and leaders of the heads of thousands: Gidael, Keel, and Heel, and the name of the additional head of a thousand is Asfael. The days of his dominion are at an end.

REF These are the names, and the orders, and the leaders of those heads of thousands: Gidael, Keel, and Heel, and the name of the head of a thousand which is added to them, Asfael: and the days of his dominion are at an end.

Now I have shown you, my son Methuselah, all the visions I saw prior to your birth. I recount them before you.

REF And now I have shown thee, my son Methuselah, all the visions which I saw before thee. I recount them before thee.