1 Enoch Chapter 62: Modernized English & Source Wording

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¹ And thus the Lord commanded the kings and the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, and said: ‘Open your eyes and lift up your horns if you are able to recognize the chosen One.’

² And the Lord of Spirits seated him on the throne of His glory, And the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him, And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners, And all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face.

³ And there will stand up in that day all the kings and the mighty, And the exalted and those who hold the earth, And they will see and recognize How he sits on the throne of his glory, And righteousness is judged before him, And no lying word is spoken before him.

⁴ Then will pain come upon them as on a woman in travail, [And she has pain in bringing forth] When her child enters the mouth of the womb, And she has pain in bringing forth.

⁵ And one portion of them will look on the other, And they will be terrified, And they will be downcast of face, And pain will seize them, When they see that Son of Man Sitting on the throne of his glory.

⁶ And the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth will bless and glorify and extol him who rules over all, who was hidden.

⁷ For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden, And the Most High preserved him in the presence of His might, And revealed him to the chosen.

⁸ And the congregation of the chosen and holy will be sown. And all the chosen will stand before him on that day.

⁹ And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those who rule the earth Will fall down before him on their faces, And worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man, And petition him and plead for mercy at his hands.

¹⁰ Nevertheless that Lord of Spirits will so press them That they will hastily go out from His presence, And their faces will be filled with shame, And the darkness grow deeper on their faces.

¹¹ And He will deliver them to the angels for punishment, To execute vengeance on them because they have oppressed His children and His elect

¹² And they will be a spectacle for the righteous and for His elect: They will rejoice over them, Because the anger of the Lord of Spirits rests upon them, And His sword is drunk with their blood.

¹³ And the righteous and elect will be saved on that day, And they will never thenceforward see the face of the sinners and unrighteous.

¹⁴ And the Lord of Spirits will abide over them, And with that Son of Man will they eat And lie down and rise up forever and ever.

¹⁵ And the righteous and elect will have risen from the earth, And ceased to be of downcast face. And they will have been clothed with garments of glory,

¹⁶ And these will be the garments of life from the Lord of Spirits: And your garments will not grow old, Nor your glory pass away before the Lord of Spirits.