1 Enoch Chapter 61: Modernized English & Source Wording

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¹ And I saw in those days how long cords were given to those angels, and they took to themselves wings and flew, and they went towards the north.

² And I asked the angel, saying to him: ‘Why have those (angels) taken these cords and gone off?’ And he said to me: ‘They have gone to measure.’

³ And the angel who went with me said to me: ‘These will bring the measures of the righteous, And the ropes of the righteous to the righteous, That they may stay themselves on the name of the Lord of Spirits forever and ever.

⁴ The chosen will begin to dwell with the chosen, And those are the measures which will be given to faith And which will strengthen righteousness.

⁵ And these measures will reveal all the secrets of the depths of the earth, And those who have been destroyed by the desert, And those who have been devoured by the beasts, And those who have been devoured by the fish of the sea, That they may return and stay themselves On the day of the chosen One; For none will be destroyed before the Lord of Spirits, And none can be destroyed.

⁶ And all who dwell above in the heaven received a command and power and one voice and one light like to fire.

⁷ And that One (with) their first words they blessed, And extolled and lauded with wisdom, And they were wise in utterance and in the spirit of life.

⁸ And the Lord of Spirits placed the chosen One on the throne of glory. And he will judge all the works of the holy above in the heaven, And in the balance will their deeds be weighed.

⁹ And when he will lift up his face To judge their secret ways according to the word of the name of the Lord of Spirits, And their path according to the way of the righteous judgment of the Lord of Spirits, Then will they all with one voice speak and bless, And glorify and extol and sanctify the name of the Lord of Spirits.

¹⁰ And He will summon all the host of the heavens, and all the holy ones above, and the host of God, the Cherubin, Seraphin and Ophannin, and all the angels of power, and all the angels of principalities, and the chosen One, and the other powers on the earth (and) over the water.

¹¹ On that day will raise one voice, and bless and glorify and exalt in the spirit of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom, and in the spirit of patience, and in the spirit of mercy, and in the spirit of judgment and of peace, and in the spirit of goodness, and will all say with one voice: "Blessed is He, and may the name of the Lord of Spirits be blessed forever and ever."

¹² All who sleep not above in heaven will bless Him: All the holy ones who are in heaven will bless Him, And all the chosen who dwell in the garden of life: And every spirit of light who is able to bless, and glorify, and extol, and hallow Your blessed name, And all flesh will beyond measure glorify and bless Your name forever and ever.

¹³ For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and He is long-suffering, And all His works and all that He has created He has revealed to the righteous and elect In the name of the Lord of Spirits.’