Enoch
Enoch 102
Where will you flee?
1 In those days, when he has brought a grievous fire upon you,
Where will you flee, and where will you find deliverance?
And when he launches forth his Word against you, will you not be terrified and afraid?
2 And all the luminaries will be terrified with great fear,
And all the earth will be terrified and tremble and be alarmed.
3 And all the messengers will carry out their commands,
And will seek to hide themselves from the presence of the Great Glory,
And the children of earth will tremble and quake;
And you sinners will be cursed forever,
And you will have no peace.
Do not fear, you souls of the righteous
4 Do not fear, you souls of the righteous,
And be hopeful, you who have died in righteousness.
5 And do not grieve if your soul has gone down into Sheol in grief,
And that in your life your body did not fare according to your goodness,
But wait for the day of the judgment of sinners
And for the day of cursing and chastisement.
6 And yet when you die the sinners speak over you:
“As we die, so do the righteous die,
And what benefit do they reap for their deeds?
7 Look, just as we do, so do they die in grief and darkness,
And what do they have more than we do?
From now on we are equal.
8 And what will they receive and what will they see forever?
Look, they too have died,
And from now on, forever, they will see no light.”
I tell you, you sinners
9 I tell you, you sinners: you are content to eat and drink, and to rob and sin, and to strip people naked, and to acquire wealth and see good days. 10 Have you seen the righteous, how their end comes about, that no violence of any kind is found in them right up to their death? 11 “Nevertheless they perished and became as though they had never been, and their spirits went down into Sheol in tribulation.”