1 Enoch Chapter 99: Modernized English & Source Wording

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¹ Misery to you who work godlessness, And glory in lying and extol them: You will perish, and no happy life will be yours.

² Misery to them who pervert the words of uprightness, And disobey the eternal law, And transform themselves into what they were not [into sinners]: They will be trodden under foot on the earth.

³ In those days make ready, you righteous, to raise your prayers as a memorial, And place them as a testimony before the angels, That they may place the sin of the sinners for a memorial before the Most High.

⁴ In those days the nations will be stirred up, And the families of the nations will arise on the day of destruction.

⁵ And in those days the destitute will go out and carry off their children, And they will abandon them, so that their children will perish through them: Yes, they will abandon their children (that are still) sucklings, and not return to them, And will have no pity on their beloved ones.

⁶ And again I swear to you, you sinners, that sin is prepared for a day of unceasing bloodshed.

⁷ And they who worship stones, and grave images of gold and silver and wood and stone and clay, and those who worship impure spirits and demons, and all kinds of idols not according to knowledge, will get no manner of help from them.

⁸ And they will become godless because of the folly of their hearts, And their eyes will be blinded through the fear of their hearts And through visions in their dreams.

⁹ Through these they will become godless and fearful; For they will have done all their work in a lie, And will have worshipped a stone: Therefore in an instant will they perish.

¹⁰ But in those days blessed are all they who accept the words of wisdom, and understand them, And observe the paths of the Most High, and walk in the path of His righteousness, And become not godless with the godless; For they will be saved.

¹¹ Misery to you who spread evil to your neighbors; For you will be killed in Sheol.

¹² Misery to you who make deceitful and false measures, And (to them) who cause bitterness on the earth; For they will thereby be utterly consumed.

¹³ Misery to you who build your houses through the grievous toil of others, And all their building materials are the bricks and stones of sin; I tell you you will have no peace.

¹⁴ Misery to them who reject the measure and eternal heritage of their fathers And whose souls follow after idols; For they will have no rest.

¹⁵ Misery to them who work unrighteousness and help oppression, And kill their neighbors until the day of the great judgment.

¹⁶ For He will cast down your glory, And bring affliction on your hearts, And will arouse His fierce indignation And destroy you all with the sword; And all the holy and righteous will remember your sins.