《《The book of Enoch》（以诺书）》狱蛇

18、Section V

　　CHAP. 22.—
　　1. And from here I went to another place, and he showed me in the west a great and high mountain-chain and hard rocks and four beautiful places.

　　2. And beneath them there were places deep and broad and entirely smooth, as smooth as if a thing were rolled, and deep and dark to look at.

　　3. And this time, Rufael, one of the holy angels, who was with me, answered and said to me: “These beautiful places are intended for this, that upon them may be assembled the spirits, the souls of the dead; for they have been created, that here all the souls of the sons of men might be assembled.

　　4. These places have been made their dwellings till the day of their judgment, and to their fixed period; and this period is long, till the great judgment will come over them.”

　　5. And I saw the spirits of the children of men who had died, and their voices reached up to heaven, and lamented.

　　6. At that time I asked the angel Rufael, who was with me, and said to him: “Whose soul is that one whose voice thus reaches to heaven and laments”

　　7. And he answered and said to me, saying: “That is the spirit that proceeded from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew; and it laments on his account till his seed be destroyed from the face of the earth and his seed disappear from among the seed of men.”

　　8. And at that time I therefore asked concerning him, and concerning the judgment of all, and said: “Why is one separated from the other”

　　9. And he answered and said to me: “These three apartments are made in order to separate the souls of the dead. And thus are the souls of the just separated: there is a spring of water, above it, light.

　　10. And thus also is one such apartment made for the sinners when they die, and are buried in the earth, without a judgment having been passed upon them during their lives.

　　11. Here their souls are separated in this great affliction until the great day of judgment and punishment and affliction upon the revilers to eternity, and the vengeance for their souls, and here he binds them to eternity.

　　12. And if it was before eternity, then this apartment has been made for the souls of those who lament and those who reveal their destruction when they were killed in the days of the sinners.

　　13. And thus it has been created for the souls of men who were not just, but sinners, who were complete in their crimes; and they will be with criminals like themselves; but their souls will not be killed on the day of judgment and will not be taken from here.”

　　14. At that time I blessed the Lord of glory, and said: “Blessed is my Lord, the Lord of glory and of justice, who rules all things to eternity!”

　　CHAP. 23.—
　　1. And from there I went to another place towards the west, to the ends of the earth.

　　2. And I saw a flaming fire which ran without resting, and did not cease from its course day or night, but continued regularly.

　　3. And I asked saying: “What is that which has no rest”

　　4. At that time answered Raguel, one of the holy angels, who was with me, and said to me: “That burning fire which thou seest running towards the west is the fire of all the luminaries of heaven.”

　　CHAP. 24—
　　1. And from there I went to another place of the earth; and he showed me a mountain-chain of fire which flamed day and night.

　　2. And I went towards it and saw seven magnificent mountains, each one different from the other, and magnificent and beautiful rocks, everything magnificent and fine in appearance and of beautiful surface; three towards the east, one founded upon the other, and three towards the south, one founded upon the other, and ravines, deep and winding, not one joining with the other.

　　3. And the seventh hill was between these; and in their heights they were all like the seats of a throne and surrounded with fragrant trees.

　　4. And among them was a tree such as I had never smelt before, neither among these nor among others; nor was there a fragrance like its; its leaves and buds and wood do not wither in eternity; its fruit is beautiful, like the fruit of the vine and the palm-tree.

　　5. And at that time I said: “Behold, this is a beautiful tree and beautiful to look at, and its leaves are fair, and its fruit very pleasant to the eye.”

　　6. At that time answered Michael, one of the holy and honored angels, who was with me, who was over them [i.e. the trees].

　　CHAP. 25.—
　　1. And he said to me: “Enoch, what dost thou ask me concerning the fragrance of this tree and dost seek to know”

　　2. Then I, Enoch, answered him, saying: “Concerning all things I desire to know, but especially concerning this tree.”

　　3. And he answered me, saying: “This high mountain which thou hast seen, whose summit is like the throne of God, IS the throne where the holy and great God of glory, the Eternal King, will sit when he shall descend to visit the earth with goodness,

　　4. And this tree of beautiful fragrance cannot be touched by any flesh until the time of the great judgment; when all things will be atoned for and consummated for eternity, this will be given to the just and humble.

　　5. From its fruits life will be given to the chosen; it will be planted towards the north, in a holy place, towards the house of the Lord, the Eternal King.

　　6. Then they will rejoice greatly, and be glad in the Holy One; they will let its fragrance enter their members, and live a long life upon the earth, as thy fathers lived; and in their days no sorrow or sickness or trouble or affliction will touch them.”

　　7. Then I blessed the Lord of glory, the Eternal King, because he had prepared such for the just men, and had created such, and said he would give it to them.

　　CHAP. 26.—
　　1. And from here I went to the middle of the earth, and saw a place, blessed and fruitful, where there were branches which rooted in and sprouted out of a tree that was cut.

　　2. And here I saw a holy mountain, and beneath the mountain, towards the east, water which flowed towards the south.

　　3. And I saw towards the east another mountain of the same height, and between them a deep valley, but not broad: therein also water flowed along the mountain.

　　4. And towards the west of this was another mountain, lower than the former, not high, and below, between them a valley; and other deep and sterile valleys were at the end of the three.

　　5. And all the valleys were deep and not broad, of hard rock. And trees were planted upon them.

　　6. And I was astonished on account of the rocks, and was astonished on account of the valley, and was very much astonished.

　　CHAP. 27.—
　　1. Then I said: “For what purpose is this blessed land, which is entirely filled with trees, and this cursed valley between them”

　　2. Then answered Uriel, one of the holy angels, who was with me, and said to me: “This cursed valley is for those who will be cursed to eternity, and here will be assembled all those who have spoken with their mouths unseemly words against God, and speak insolently of his glory, here they will be assembled, and here will be their judgment.

　　3. And in the latter days there will be the spectacle of a just judgment upon them in the presence of the just, in eternity forever; for this reason they who have found mercy will bless the Lord of glory, the Eternal King.

　　4. And in the days of their judgment they will bless him for his mercy, according to which he has assigned to them their lot.”

　　5. Then I blessed the Lord of glory, and spoke to him, and remembered his greatness, as it is fitting.

　　CHAP. 28.—
　　1. And from here I went towards the east, into the midst of the mountains of the desert, and saw only a plain.

　　2. But it was filled with trees of this seed, and water dropped down over it from above.

　　3. It was seen that the water which it sucked up was strong, as towards the north, so towards the west, and as in all places, so water and dew also ascended from here.

　　CHAP. 29.—
　　1. And I went to another place, away from the desert, approaching the east of the mountains.

　　2. And there I saw trees of judgment, especially those that emitted the fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, and they were not like ordinary trees.

　　CHAP. 30.—
　　1. And above, over these, over the eastern mountain, not far off, I saw another place, valleys with water that does not dry up.

　　2. And I saw a beautiful tree, and its fragrance was like that of a mastic.

　　3. And along the edges of these valleys, I saw fragrant cinnamon. And I advanced over these towards the east.

　　CHAP. 31.—
　　1. And I saw another mountain in which were trees from which water flowed, and it flowed like nectar, which is called Sarira and Galbanum.

　　2. And over this mountain I saw another mountain, on which were aloe-trees; and these trees were full of hard substance like almonds.

　　3. And in taking that fruit it was better than all the odors.

　　CHAP. 32.—
　　1. And after these odors, as I looked towards the north, over the mountains, I saw seven mountains full of pleasant nard and fragrant trees and cinnamon and pepper.

　　2. And from here I went over the summits of those mountains, far towards the east, and passed far above the Erythraean sea, and went far from it and passed over the angel Zutêl.

　　3. And I came into the garden of justice, and I saw the mingled diversity of those trees; many and large trees are planted there, of attractive beauty and large and beautiful and magnificent, also the tree of wisdom; eating of it one learns great wisdom.

　　4. It is like the carob-tree, and its fruit is like the grape, very good; the fragrance of this tree goes out and is spread far.

　　5. And I said: “This tree is beautiful; how beautiful and pleasant to look at!”

　　6. Then the holy angel Rufael, who was with me, answered and said to me: “This is the tree of wisdom from which thy old father and thy aged mother, who were before thee, ate, and they learned wisdom, and their eyes were opened, and they learned that they were naked, and were driven out of the garden.”

　　CHAP. 33.—
　　1. And from here I went to the ends of the earth, and saw great animals there, and one differed from the other, and the birds differed as to their appearance, their beauty and voices, one differed from the other.

　　2. And to the east of these animals, I saw the ends of the earth, where the heavens rest, and the portals of the heavens open.

　　3. And I saw where the stars come out from heaven, and I counted the portals out of which they come, and I wrote down all their outlets, each one, according to their number and their names, their connections and their positions and their times and their months, as the angel Uriel, who was with me, showed them to me.

　　4. He showed all things to me and wrote them down for me; also their names he wrote for me, and their laws and their deeds.

　　CHAP. 34.—
　　1. And from here I went towards the north, to the ends of the earth, and there I saw a great and magnificent wonder, at the ends of the whole earth.

　　2. There I saw three portals of heaven open in the heavens; from each of them proceed north winds; when one of them blows, there is cold, hail, frost, snow, dew, and rain.

　　3. And out of one of the portals it blows for good; but when it blows from the two other portals, it blows with power, and there is misfortune upon the earth, and they blow with great power.

　　CHAP. 35.—
　　1. And from here I went towards the west, to the ends of the earth, and saw there three open portals, as I had seen in the east, similar portals and similar outlets.

　　CHAP. 36.—
　　1. And from here I went towards the south, to the ends of the earth, and there I saw three open portals of heaven; out of them come the south wind and dew and rain and wind.

　　2. And from here I went towards the east to the ends of the heavens, and there I saw the three portals of heaven open towards the east, and over them small portals.

　　3. Through each one of these small portals the stars of the heavens come and go every evening on the path which is shown to them.

　　4. And as I looked, I blessed, and thus each time I blessed the Lord of glory, who had made the great and glorious wonders, to show the greatness of his work to the angels and to the souls of men, that they might praise his work, and that all his creatures might see the works of his might, and praise the great work of his hand, and bless him to eternity.