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The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom, which Enoch the son
of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of
Seth, the son of Adam, saw.

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And this is the beginning of the words of wisdom which I lifted up my voice to
speak and say to those which dwell on earth: "Hear, ye men of old time, and see,
ye that come after, the words of the Holy One which I will speak before the Lord
of Spirits. It were better to declare to the men of old times, but even from those
that come after we will not withhold the beginning of wisdom."

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Till the present day such wisdom has never been given by the Lord of Spirits
as I have received according to my insight, according to the good pleasure of the
Lord of Spirits by whom the lot of eternal life has been given to me. Now three
Parables were imparted to me, and I lifted up my voice and recounted them to
those that dwell on the earth.

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The first Parable.
When the congregation of the righteous shall appear, and sinners shall be judged
for their sins, and shall be driven from the face of the earth:

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And when the Righteous One shall appear before the eyes of the righteous,
whose elect works hang upon the Lord of Spirits, and light shall appear to the
righteous and the elect who dwell on the earth, where then will be the dwelling
of the sinners, and where the resting−place of those who have denied the Lord of
Spirits? It had been good for them if they had not been born.

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When the secrets of the righteous shall be revealed and the sinners judged, and
the godless driven from the presence of the righteous and elect.

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From that time those that possess the earth shall no longer be powerful and
exalted: And they shall not be able to behold the face of the holy, for the Lord of
Spirits has caused His light to appear on the face of the holy, righteous, and
elect.

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Then shall the kings and the mighty perish and be given into the hands of the
righteous and holy.

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And thenceforward none shall seek for themselves mercy from the Lord of
Spirits for their life is at an end.

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And it shall come to pass in those days that elect and holy children will
descend from the high heaven, and their seed will become one with the children
of men.

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And in those days Enoch received books of zeal and wrath, and books of
disquiet and expulsion.

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And mercy shall not be accorded to them, saith the Lord of Spirits.

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And in those days a whirlwind carried me off from the earth, and set me
down at the end of the heavens.

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And there I saw another vision, the dwelling−places of the holy, and the
resting−places of the righteous.

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Here mine eyes saw their dwellings with His righteous angels and their
resting places with the holy.

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And they petitioned and interceded and prayed for the children of men, and
righteousness flowed before them as water, and mercy like dew upon the earth:
Thus it is amongst them for ever and ever.

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And in that place mine eyes saw the Elect One of righteousness and of faith,
and I saw his dwelling−place under the wings of the Lord of Spirits.

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And righteousness shall prevail in his days, and the righteous and elect shall
be without number before Him for ever and ever.

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And all the righteous and elect before Him shall be strong as fiery lights, and
their mouth shall be full of blessing, and their lips extol the name of the Lord of
Spirits, and righteousness before Him shall never fail.

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There I wished to dwell, and my spirit longed for that dwelling place, and
there heretofore hath been my portion. For so has it been established concerning
me before the Lord of Spirits.

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In those days I praised and extolled the name of the Lord of Spirits with
blessings and praises, because He hath destined me for blessing and glory
according to the good pleasure of the Lord of Spirits.

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For a long time my eyes regarded that place, and I blessed Him and praised
Him, saying: "Blessed is He, and may He be blessed from the beginning and for
evermore. And before Him there is no ceasing. He knows before the world was
created what is for ever and what will be from generation unto generation."

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Those who sleep not bless Thee: they stand before Thy glory and bless,
praise, and extol, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Spirits: He filleth the
earth with spirits."

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And here my eyes saw all those who sleep not: they stand before Him and
bless and say: "Blessed be Thou, and blessed be the name of the Lord for ever
and ever." And my face was changed; for I could no longer behold.

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And after that I saw thousands of thousands and ten thousand times ten
thousand, I saw a multitude beyond number and reckoning, who stood before the
Lord of Spirits.

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And on the four sides of the Lord of Spirits I saw four presences, different
from those that sleep not, and I learnt their names: for the angel that went with
me made known to me their names, and showed me all the hidden things.

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And I heard the voices of those four presences as they uttered praises before
the Lord of glory.

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The first voice blesses the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.

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And the second voice I heard blessing the Elect One and the elect ones who
hang upon the Lord of Spirits.

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And the third voice I heard pray and intercede for those who dwell on the
earth and supplicate in the name of the Lord of Spirits.

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And I heard the fourth voice fending off the Satans and forbidding them to
come before the Lord of Spirits to accuse them who dwell on the earth.

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After that I asked the angel of peace who went with me, who showed me
everything that is hidden: "Who are these four presences which I have seen and
whose words I have heard and written down?"

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And he said to me: "This first is Michael, the merciful and long−suffering:
and the second, who is set over all the diseases and all the wounds of the
children of men, is Raphael: and the third, who is set over all the powers, is
Gabriel: and the fourth, who is set over the repentance unto hope of those who
inherit eternal life, is named Phanuel."

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And these are the four angels of the Lord of Spirits and the four voices I
heard in those days.

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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.

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And there I saw the mansions of the elect and the mansions of the holy, and
mine eyes saw there all the sinners being driven from thence which deny the
name of the Lord of Spirits, and being dragged off: and they could not abide
because of the punishment which proceeds from the Lord of Spirits.

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And there mine 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 dew, and these I saw from whence they proceed in that
place and from whence they saturate the dusty earth.

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And there I saw closed chambers out of which the winds are divided, the
chamber of the hail and winds, the chamber of the mist, and of the clouds, and
the cloud thereof hovers over the earth from the beginning of the world.

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And I saw the chambers of the sun and moon, whence they proceed and
whither they come again, 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.

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And first the sun goes forth and traverses his path according to the
commandment of the Lord of Spirits, and mighty is His name for ever and ever.

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And after that I saw the hidden and the visible path of the moon, and she
accomplishes the course of her path in that place by day and by night−the one
holding a position opposite to the other before the Lord of Spirits.

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And they give thanks and praise and rest not. For unto them is their
thanksgiving rest.

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For the sun changes oft 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.

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For no angel hinders and no power is able to hinder; for He appoints a judge
for them all and He judges them all before Him.

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Wisdom found no place where she might dwell, then a dwelling−place was
assigned her in the heavens.

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Wisdom went forth to make her dwelling among the children of men and
found no dwelling−place.

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Wisdom returned to her place and took her seat among the angels.

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And unrighteousness went forth from her chambers: Whom she sought not
she found and dwelt with them, as rain in a desert and dew on a thirsty land.

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And I saw other lightnings and the stars of heaven, and I saw how He called
them all by their names and they hearkened unto Him.

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And I saw how they are weighed in a righteous balance according to their
proportions of light: the width of their spaces and the day of their appearing, and
how their revolution produces lightning: and their revolution according to the
number of the angels, and they keep faith with each other.

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And I asked the angel who went with me who showed me what was hidden:
"What are these?"

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And he said to me: "The Lord of Spirits hath showed thee their parabolic
meaning: these are the names of the holy who dwell on the earth and believe in
the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever."

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Also another phenomenon I saw in regard to the lightnings: how some of the
stars arise and become lightnings and cannot part with their new form