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Cursed is he who speaks peace with his. tongue, while in his heart there is no peace but a sword.
Cursed is he who speaks peace with his. tongue, while in his heart there is no peace but a sword.
AND now, my children, do not say: 'Our father is standing before God, and is praying for our sins,' for there is there no helper of any man who has sinned.
AND now, my children, do not say: 'Our father is standing before God, and is praying for our sins,' for there is there no helper of any man who has sinned.
AND now, my children, do not say: 'Our father is standing before God, and is praying for our sins,' for there is there no helper of any man who has sinned.
You see how I wrote all works of every man, before his creation, all that is done amongst all men for all time, and none can tell or relate my handwriting, because the Lord sees all the imaginings of man, how they are vain, where they lie in the treasure-houses of the heart.
METHOSALAM having answered his father Enoch, said: 'What is agreeable to thy eyes, father, that I may make before thy face, that thou mayst bless our dwellings, and thy sons, and that thy people may be made glorious through thee, and then that thou mayst depart thus, as the Lord said?,
MY child Methosalam, summon all thy brethren and our household and the elders of the people, that I may talk to them and depart, as is planned for me.'
And as every soul of man is according to number, similarly beasts will not perish, nor all souls of beasts which the Lord created, till the great judgement, and they will accuse man, if he feed them ill.
All is given you for food, bind it by the four feet, that is to make good the cure, he cures his soul.
All is given you for food, bind it by the four feet, that is to make good the cure, he cures his soul.
And he who does any beast any injury whatsoever, in secret, it is evil practice, and he defiles his own soul.
HE who works the killing of a man's soul, kills his own soul, and kills his own body, and there is no cure for him for all time.
He who puts a man in any snare, shall stick in it himself, and there is no cure for him for all time.
Blessed are those who enter the good houses, for in the bad (sc. houses) there is no peace .nor return (sc. from them).
BLESSED is the man who in his patience brings his gifts with faith before the Lord's face, because he will find forgiveness of sins.
But if he take back his words before the time, there is no repentance for him; and if the time pass and he do not of his own will what is promised, there is no repentance after death.
But if he take back his words before the time, there is no repentance for him; and if the time pass and he do not of his own will what is promised, there is no repentance after death.
But if he take back his words before the time, there is no repentance for him; and if the time pass and he do not of his own will what is promised, there is no repentance after death.
Because every work which man does before the time, is all deceit before men, and sin before God.
And if his own heart is filled with his food and his own flesh (sc. clothed) with his clothing he commits contempt, and forfeit all his endurance of poverty, and will not find reward of his good deeds.
Every proud and magniloquent man is hateful to the Lord, and every false speech, clothed in untruth; it will be cut with the blade of the sword of death, and thrown into the fire, and shall burn for all time.'
And in those he appointed the hours, measured them out exactly, that man might reflect on time and count years, months, and hours, their alternation, beginning, and end, and that he might count his own life, from the beginning until death, and reflect on his sin and write his work bad and good; because no work is hidden before the Lord, that every man might know his works and never transgress all his commandments, and keep my handwriting from generation to generation.
Walk before his face with terror and trembling and serve him alone. 3 Bow down to the true God, not to dumb idols, but bow down to his picture, and bring all just offerings before the Lord's face. The Lord hates what is unjust.
For the Lord sees all things; when man takes thought in his heart, then he counsels the intellects, and every thought is always before the Lord, who made firm the earth and put all creatures on it.
If you look to heaven, the Lord is there; if you take thought of the sea's deep and all the under-earth, the Lord is there.
If you look to heaven, the Lord is there; if you take thought of the sea's deep and all the under-earth, the Lord is there.
Blessed are the just who shall escape the great judgement, for they shall shine forth more than the sun sevenfold, for in this world the seventh part is taken off from all, light, darkness, food, enjoyment, sorrow, paradise, torture, fire, frost, and other things; he put all down in writing, that you might read and understand.'
WHEN Enoch had talked to the people, the Lord sent out darkness on to the earth, and there was darkness, and it covered those men standing with Enoch, and they took Enoch up on to the highest heaven, where the Lord is; and he received him and placed him before his face, and the darkness went off from the earth, and light came again.
As every man's nature in this life is dark, so are also his conception, birth, and departure from this life.
The first is the spirit of life, with which the constitution of man is created.
The first is the spirit of life, with which the constitution of man is created.
The second is the sense of sight, with which ariseth desire.
The third is the sense of hearing, with which cometh teaching.
The fourth is the sense of smell, with which tastes are given to draw air and breath.
The fifth is the power of speech, with which cometh knowledge.
The sixth is the sense of taste, with which cometh the eating of meats and drinks; and by it strength is produced, for in food is the foundation. of strength.
The sixth is the sense of taste, with which cometh the eating of meats and drinks; and by it strength is produced, for in food is the foundation. of strength.
The sixth is the sense of taste, with which cometh the eating of meats and drinks; and by it strength is produced, for in food is the foundation. of strength.
The seventh is the power of procreation and sexual intercourse, with which through love of pleasure sins enter in.
Wherefore it is the last in order of creation, and the first in that of youth, because it is filled with ignorance, and leadeth the youth as a blind man to a pit, and as a beast to a precipice.
Wherefore it is the last in order of creation, and the first in that of youth, because it is filled with ignorance, and leadeth the youth as a blind man to a pit, and as a beast to a precipice.
Besides all these there is an eighth spirit of sleep, with which is brought about the trance of nature and the of death.
Besides all these there is an eighth spirit of sleep, with which is brought about the trance of nature and the of death.
First, the spirit of fornication is seated in the nature and in the senses;
The fourth is the spirit of obsequiousness and chicanery, that through officious attention one may be fair in seeming.
The fifth is the spirit of pride, that one may be boastful and arrogant.
The sixth is the spirit of lying, in perdition and jealousy to practise deceits, and concealments from kindred and friends.
The seventh is the spirit of injustice, with which are thefts and acts of rapacity, that a man may fulfil the desire of his heart; for injustice worketh together with the other spirits by the taking of gifts.
And with all these the spirit of sleep is joined which is that of error and fantasy. 32 And so perisheth every young man, darkening his mind from the truth, and not understanding the law of God, nor obeying the admonitions of his fathers, as befell me also in my youth.
And with all these the spirit of sleep is joined which is that of error and fantasy. 32 And so perisheth every young man, darkening his mind from the truth, and not understanding the law of God, nor obeying the admonitions of his fathers, as befell me also in my youth.
For a pit unto the soul is the sin of fornication, separating it from God, and bringing it near to idols, because it deceiveth the mind and understanding, and leadeth down young men into Hades before their time.
For in fornication there is neither understanding nor godliness, and all jealousy dwelleth in the lust thereof.
For envy ruleth over the whole mind of a man, and suffereth him neither to eat nor to drink, nor to do any good thing. But it ever suggesteth to him to destroy him that he envieth; and so long as he that is envied flourisheth, he that envieth fadeth away.
For if a man flee to the Lord, the evil spirit runneth away from him and his mind is lightened.
Beware, therefore, of fornication, for fornication is mother of all evils, separating from God, and bringing near to Beliar.
Now, if ye remove from you your envy and all stiff-neckedness, is a rose shall my bones flourish in Israel, and as a lily my flesh in Jacob, and my odour shall be as the odour of Libanus; and as cedars shall holy ones be multiplied from me for ever, and their branches shall stretch afar off.
And I said to the angel, Why is this so? And the angel said to me, Marvel not at this, for thou shalt see another heaven more brilliant and incomparable.
The lowest is for this cause gloomy unto thee, in that it beholds all the unrighteous deeds of men.
And I destroyed at that time the sons of Hamor, as it is written in the heavenly tables.
AND when I was going to my father, I found a brazen shield; wherefore also the name of the mountain is Aspis, which is near Gebal, to the south of Abila.
AND when I was going to my father, I found a brazen shield; wherefore also the name of the mountain is Aspis, which is near Gebal, to the south of Abila.
And they said to me: Levi, thy seed shall be divided into three offices, for a sign of the glory of the Lord who is to come.
And His presence is beloved, as a prophet of the Most High, of the seed of Abraham our father.
For the house which the Lord shall choose shall be called Jerusalem, as is contained in the book of Enoch the righteous.
Therefore I called his name Kohath which is, beginning of majesty and instruction.
And she bare me a third son, in the fortieth year of my life; and since his mother bare him with difficulty, I called him Merari, that is, 'my bitterness,' because he also was like to die.
For our father Israel is pure from the transgressions of the chief priests [who shall lay their hands upon the Saviour of the world].
For as the heaven is purer in the Lord's sight than the earth, so also be ye, the lights of Israel, purer than all the Gentiles.
And ye shall have no place that is clean; but ye shall be among the Gentiles a curse and a dispersion until He shall again visit you, and in pity shall receive you through faith and water.
And in the first jubilee, the first who is anointed to the priesthood shall be great, and shall speak to God as to a father.
In the second jubilee, he that is anointed shall be conceived in the sorrow of beloved ones; and his priesthood shall be honoured and shall be glorified by all.
And their father said unto them, The Lord is witness, and His angels are witnesses, and ye are witnesses, and I am witness, concerning the word of your mouth.
And walk not after your lusts, nor in the imaginations of your thoughts in haughtiness of heart; and glory not in the deeds and strength of your youth, for this also is evil in the eyes of the Lord.
For if a man drink wine to drunkenness, it disturbeth the mind with filthy thoughts leading to fornication, and heateth the body to carnal union; and if the occasion of the lust be present, he worketh the sin, and is not ashamed.
Such is the inebriated man, my children; for he who is drunken reverenceth no man.
Such is the inebriated man, my children; for he who is drunken reverenceth no man.
For much discretion needeth the man who drinketh wine, my children; and herein is discretion in drinking wine, a man may drink so long as he preserveth modesty.
He that committeth fornication is not aware when he suffers loss, and is not ashamed when put to dishonour.
He that committeth fornication is not aware when he suffers loss, and is not ashamed when put to dishonour.
For even though a man be a king and commit fornication, he is stripped of his kingship by becoming the slave of fornication, as I myself also suffered.
For I gave my staff, that is, the stay of my tribe; and my girdle, that is, my power; and my diadem, that is, the glory of my kingdom.
For I gave my staff, that is, the stay of my tribe; and my girdle, that is, my power; and my diadem, that is, the glory of my kingdom.
For I gave my staff, that is, the stay of my tribe; and my girdle, that is, my power; and my diadem, that is, the glory of my kingdom.
And from the king they take away his glory, and from the valiant man his might, and from the beggar even that little which is the stay of his poverty.
And wine is a cause both of war and confusion.
For he is a slave to two contrary passions, and cannot obey God, because they have blinded his soul, and he walketh in the day as in the night.
And in the midst is the spirit of understanding of the mind, to which it belongeth to turn whithersoever it will.
And there is no time at which the works of men can be hid; for on the heart itself have they been written down before the Lord.
And the spirit of truth testifieth all things, and accuseth all; and the sinner is burnt up by his own heart, and cannot raise his face to the judge.
As the heaven is higher than the earth, so is the priesthood of God higher than the earthly kingdom, unless it falls away through sin from the Lord and is dominated by the earthly kingdom.
As the heaven is higher than the earth, so is the priesthood of God higher than the earthly kingdom, unless it falls away through sin from the Lord and is dominated by the earthly kingdom.
As the heaven is higher than the earth, so is the priesthood of God higher than the earthly kingdom, unless it falls away through sin from the Lord and is dominated by the earthly kingdom.
Observe, therefore, my children, all the law of the Lord, for there is hope for all them who hold fast unto, His ways.
For he called his sons and said to them: Hearken, my children, to Issachar your father; give ear to the words of him who is beloved of the Lord.
And Leah said to her: Jacob is mine, for I am the wife of his youth.
And now, hearken to me, my children, and walk in singleness of your heart, for I have seen in it all that is well-pleasing to the Lord. '
There is no envy in his thoughts, no malicious person maketh his soul to pine away, nor worry with insatiable desire in his mind.
For no other portion is given to you than of the fatness of the earth, whose fruits are raised by toil.
And do you therefore give these commands to your children, that, if they sin, they may the more quickly return to the Lord; For He is merciful, and will deliver them, even to bring them back into their land.