1 Enoch Chapter 94: Modernized English & Source Wording

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¹ And now I say to you, my sons, love righteousness and walk in it; For the paths of righteousness are worthy of acceptation, But the paths of unrighteousness will suddenly be destroyed and vanish.

² And to certain men of a generation will the paths of violence and of death be revealed, And they will hold themselves afar from them, And will not follow them.

³ And now I say to you the righteous: Do not walk in the paths of wickedness, nor in the paths of death, And do not come near to them, lest you be destroyed.

⁴ But seek and choose for yourselves righteousness and a chosen life, And walk in the paths of peace, And you will live and prosper.

⁵ And hold fast my words in the thoughts of your hearts, And suffer them not to be effaced from your hearts; For I know that sinners will tempt men to evilly-plead with wisdom, So that no place may be found for her, And no manner of temptation may minish.

⁶ Misery to those who build unrighteousness and oppression And lay deceit as a foundation; For they will be suddenly overthrown, And they will have no peace.

⁷ Misery to those who build their houses with sin; For from all their foundations will they be overthrown, And by the sword will they fall. [And those who acquire gold and silver in judgment suddenly will perish.]

⁸ Misery to you, you rich, for you have trusted in your riches, And from your riches will you depart, Because you have not remembered the Most High in the days of your riches.

⁹ You have committed blasphemy and unrighteousness, And have become ready for the day of slaughter, And the day of darkness and the day of the great judgment.

¹⁰ Thus I speak and declare to you: He who has created you will overthrow you, And for your fall there will be no compassion, And your Creator will rejoice at your destruction.

¹¹ And your righteous ones in those days will be A reproach to the sinners and the godless.