WATCHERS 1The words of the beraḵah of Ḥanoḵ, with which he baraḵ the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and unrighteous are to be removed. 2 And he took up his parable and said, “Ḥanoḵ a righteous man, whose eyes Read more
1 “Observe all matters that take place in the shamayim, how they do not change their orbits, and the lights which are in the shamayim, how they all rise and put in order each in its season, and do not transgress against their appointed order. 2 “See, the earth, and Read more
1 “Observe and see how all the trees seem as though they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.
1 “And again, observe the days of summer how the sun is above the earth over against it. And you seek shade and shelter because of the heat of the sun, and the earth also burns with growing heat, and so you cannot tread on the earth, or on a Read more
1 “Observe how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit. Therefore give heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize how He that lives forever has made them so. 2 “And all His works go on from year to year forever, and all the Read more
1 And it came to be, when the children of men had multiplied, that in those days were born unto them good looking and lovely daughters. 2 And the messengers, the children of the shamayim, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: “Come, let us choose us Read more
1 And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose one for himself, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, 2 and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them to know Read more
1 And Azaz’ĕl taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the adorning of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly Read more
1 And then Miḵa’ĕl, Uri’ĕl, Repha’ĕl, and Gaḇri’ĕl looked down from the shamayim and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. 2 And they said one to another, “The earth made without inhabitant cries the voice of their crying up to Read more
1 Then said the Most High, the Qadosh and Great One spoke, and sent Uri’ĕl to the son of Lemeḵ, and said to him, 2 “Go to Noaḥ and tell him in My Name, ‘Hide yourself!’ and reveal to him the end that is approaching; that the whole earth will Read more