The Book of Enoch 82

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Charles translation (1917)

1And now, my son Methuselah, all these things I am recounting to thee and writing down for thee, and I have revealed to thee everything, and given thee books concerning all these: so preserve, my son Methuselah, the books from thy father's hand, and (see) that thou deliver them to the generations of the world.

And now, my son Methuselah — the preserving faculty that carries the testimony down the line of states — all these things I am recounting to thee and writing down for thee; and I have revealed to thee everything, and given thee books concerning all these: so preserve, my son Methuselah, the books from thy father's hand, and see that thou deliver them to the generations of the world.

2I have given Wisdom to thee and to thy children, [And thy children that shall be to thee], That they may give it to their children for generations, This wisdom (namely) that passeth their thought.

I have given Wisdom to thee and to thy children — and thy children that shall be to thee — that they may give it to their children for generations: this wisdom, namely, that passeth their thought, the understanding that outruns the reasoning of the states who receive it.

3And those who understand it shall not sleep, But shall listen with the ear that they may learn this wisdom, And it shall please those that eat thereof better than good food.

And those who understand it shall not sleep, but shall listen with the ear that they may learn this wisdom; and it shall please those that eat thereof — who take it in as their nourishment — better than good food.

4Blessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who walk in the way of righteousness and sin not as the sinners, in the reckoning of all their days in which the sun traverses the heaven, entering into and departing from the portals for thirty days with the heads of thousands of the order of the stars, together with the four which are intercalated which divide the four portions of the year, which lead them and enter with them four days.

Blessed are all the righteous, blessed are all those who walk in the way of righteousness and sin not as the sinners, in the reckoning of all their days in which the sun traverses the heaven, entering into and departing from the portals for thirty days with the heads of thousands of the order of the stars — the leading faculties of the ordered knowledges — together with the four which are intercalated, which divide the four portions of the year, which lead them and enter with them four days.

5Owing to them men shall be at fault and not reckon them in the whole reckoning of the year: yea, men shall be at fault, and not recognize them accurately.

Owing to them men shall be at fault and not reckon them in the whole reckoning of the year: yea, men shall be at fault, and not recognize them accurately.

6For they belong to the reckoning of the year and are truly recorded (thereon) for ever, one in the first portal and one in the third, and one in the fourth and one in the sixth, and the year is completed in three hundred and sixty-four days.

For they belong to the reckoning of the year and are truly recorded thereon for ever: one in the first portal and one in the third, and one in the fourth and one in the sixth; and the year is completed in three hundred and sixty-four days.

7And the account thereof is accurate and the recorded reckoning thereof exact; for the luminaries, and months and festivals, and years and days, has Uriel shown and revealed to me, to whom the Lord of the whole creation of the world hath subjected the host of heaven.

And the account thereof is accurate and the recorded reckoning thereof exact; for the luminaries, and months and festivals, and years and days, has Uriel shown and revealed to me, to whom the Lord of the whole creation of the world — the Source, sovereign of all that is formed — hath subjected the host of heaven, the whole ordered company of the lights.

8And he has power over night and day in the heaven to cause the light to give light to men--sun, moon, and stars, and all the powers of the heaven which revolve in their circular chariots.

And he has power over night and day in the heaven to cause the light to give light to men: sun, moon, and stars, and all the powers of the heaven which revolve in their circular chariots, the courses that carry them round their appointed circuits.

9And these are the orders of the stars, which set in their places, and in their seasons and festivals and months.

And these are the orders of the stars, which set in their places, and in their seasons and festivals and months.

10And these are the names of those who lead them, who watch that they enter at their times, in their orders, in their seasons, in their months, in their periods of dominion, and in their positions.

And these are the names of those who lead them, who watch that they enter at their times, in their orders, in their seasons, in their months, in their periods of dominion, and in their positions.

11Their four leaders who divide the four parts of the year enter first; and after them the twelve leaders of the orders who divide the months; and for the three hundred and sixty (days) there are heads over thousands who divide the days; and for the four intercalary days there are the leaders which sunder the four parts of the year.

Their four leaders who divide the four parts of the year enter first; and after them the twelve leaders of the orders who divide the months; and for the three hundred and sixty days there are heads over thousands who divide the days; and for the four intercalary days there are the leaders which sunder the four parts of the year.

12And these heads over thousands are intercalated between leader and leader, each behind a station, but their leaders make the division.

And these heads over thousands are intercalated between leader and leader, each behind a station, each at its appointed stand, but their leaders make the division.

13And these are the names of the leaders who divide the four parts of the year which are ordained: Mîlkî’êl, Hel’emmêlêk, and Mêl’êjal, and Nârêl.

And these are the names of the leaders who divide the four parts of the year which are ordained: Mîlkî’êl, Hel’emmêlêk, and Mêl’êjal, and Nârêl: the leading faculties of the fourfold order of the seasons.

14And the names of those who lead them: Adnâr’êl, and Îjâsûsa’êl, and ’Elômê’êl--these three follow the leaders of the orders, and there is one that follows the three leaders of the orders which follow those leaders of stations that divide the four parts of the year.

And the names of those who lead them: Adnâr’êl, and Îjâsûsa’êl, and ’Elômê’êl — these three follow the leaders of the orders; and there is one that follows the three leaders of the orders which follow those leaders of stations that divide the four parts of the year.

15In the beginning of the year Melkejâl rises first and rules, who is named †Tam’âinî† and sun, and all the days of his dominion whilst he bears rule are ninety-one days.

In the beginning of the year Melkejâl rises first and rules, who is named Tam’âinî and sun; and all the days of his dominion, whilst he bears rule, are ninety-one days.

16And these are the signs of the days which are to be seen on earth in the days of his dominion: sweat, and heat, and calms; and all the trees bear fruit, and leaves are produced on all the trees, and the harvest of wheat, and the rose-flowers, and all the flowers which come forth in the field, but the trees of the winter season become withered.

And these are the signs of the days which are to be seen on earth in the days of his dominion: sweat, and heat, and calms; and all the trees bear fruit — every established belief brings forth its result — and leaves are produced on all the trees, and the harvest of wheat, the ingathering of truth-substance, and the rose-flowers, and all the flowers which come forth in the field; but the trees of the winter season, of the resting season, become withered.

17And these are the names of the leaders which are under them: Berka’êl, Zêlebs’êl, and another who is added a head of a thousand, called Hîlûjâsĕph: and the days of the dominion of this (leader) are at an end.

And these are the names of the leaders which are under them: Berka’êl, Zêlebs’êl, and another who is added, a head of a thousand, called Hîlûjâsĕph: and the days of the dominion of this leader are at an end.

18The next leader after him is Hêl’emmêlêk, whom one names the shining sun, and all the days of his light are ninety-one days.

The next leader after him is Hêl’emmêlêk, whom one names the shining sun; and all the days of his light are ninety-one days.

19And these are the signs of (his) days on the earth: glowing heat and dryness, and the trees ripen their fruits and produce all their fruits ripe and ready, and the sheep pair and become pregnant, and all the fruits of the earth are gathered in, and everything that is in the fields, and the winepress: these things take place in the days of his dominion.

And these are the signs of his days on the earth: glowing heat and dryness; and the trees ripen their fruits and produce all their fruits ripe and ready; and the sheep — the gentle, guidable thoughts — pair and become pregnant; and all the fruits of the earth are gathered in, and everything that is in the fields, and the winepress, where the essence of truth is pressed forth: these things take place in the days of his dominion.

20These are the names, and the orders, and the leaders of those heads of thousands: Gîdâ’îjal, Kê’êl, and Hê’êl, and the name of the head of a thousand which is added to them, Asfâ’êl’: and the days of his dominion are at an end.

These are the names, and the orders, and the leaders of those heads of thousands: Gîdâ’îjal, Kê’êl, and Hê’êl; and the name of the head of a thousand which is added to them, Asfâ’êl’: and the days of his dominion are at an end. ---

Companion volume to The Why Bible — 1 Enoch in R. H. Charles's translation (1917), rendered in its spiritual meanings. First final edition, October 2026.