Enoch

Enoch 81

The heavenly tablets

1 And he said to me,

“Observe, Enoch, these heavenly tablets,

And read what is written on them,

And note every single fact.”

2 And I observed the heavenly tablets, and read everything that was written on them, and understood everything, and read the book of all the deeds of mankind, and of all the children of flesh who will be on the earth to the remotest generations.

3 And at once I blessed the great Lord, the King of glory forever, because he has made all the works of the world,

And I praised the Lord because of his patience,

And blessed him because of the children of men.

4 And after that I said,

“Blessed is the man who dies in righteousness and goodness,

About whom no book of unrighteousness is written,

And against whom no day of judgment will be found.”

Set down at his own door

5 And those seven holy ones brought me and set me on the earth before the door of my house, and said to me, “Declare everything to your son Methuselah, and show all your children that no flesh is righteous in the sight of the Lord, for he is their Creator. 6 One year we will leave you with your son, until you have given your last commands, so that you may teach your children and record it for them, and testify to all your children; and in the second year they will take you from their midst.

7 Let your heart be strong,

For the good will announce righteousness to the good;

The righteous will rejoice with the righteous,

And will offer congratulations to one another.

8 But the sinners will die with the sinners,

And the apostate will go down with the apostate.

9 And those who practice righteousness will die on account of the deeds of men,

And be taken away on account of the doings of the godless.”

10 And in those days they stopped speaking to me, and I came to my people, blessing the Lord of the world.