Enoch

Enoch 41

The secrets of the heavens

1 And after that I saw all the secrets of the heavens, and how the kingdom is divided, and how the actions of men are weighed in the balance. 2 And there I saw the dwelling places of the elect and the dwelling places of the holy, and my eyes saw there all the sinners being driven from there, those who deny the name of the Lord of Spirits, and being dragged off; and they could not stay, because of the punishment that goes out from the Lord of Spirits.

The closed chambers of the winds

3 And there my eyes saw the secrets of the lightning and of the thunder, and the secrets of the winds, how they are divided to blow over the earth, and the secrets of the clouds and the dew; and there I saw where they come from in that place, and from where they saturate the dusty earth. 4 And there I saw closed chambers out of which the winds are divided, the chamber of the hail and the winds, the chamber of the mist and of the clouds; and its cloud hovers over the earth from the beginning of the world.

The sun and the moon keep their oath

5 And I saw the chambers of the sun and the moon, where they go out from and where they come back to, and their glorious return, and how one is superior to the other, and their stately orbit, and how they do not leave their orbit, and they add nothing to their orbit and they take nothing from it, and they keep faith with each other, in accordance with the oath by which they are bound together. 6 And first the sun goes out and travels his path according to the commandment of the Lord of Spirits, and mighty is his name for ever and ever. 7 And after that I saw the hidden and the visible path of the moon, and she completes the course of her path in that place by day and by night — the one holding a position opposite the other before the Lord of Spirits.

And they give thanks and praise and do not rest;

For to them their thanksgiving is rest.

8 For the sun changes often for a blessing or a curse,

And the course of the path of the moon is light to the righteous

And darkness to the sinners in the name of the Lord,

Who made a separation between the light and the darkness,

And divided the spirits of men,

And strengthened the spirits of the righteous,

In the name of his righteousness.

9 For no messenger hinders and no power is able to hinder; for he appoints a judge for them all, and he judges them all before him.