People’s Open Bible

1 Enoch 69

Fallen Angels Named and Judged

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1After this, judgment will terrify them and make them tremble, because they showed this to those who dwell on dry land.

2And these are the names of those angels, and these are their names: the first of them was Semyaza, the second Artaqifa, the third Armen, the fourth Kokabel, the fifth Turiel, the sixth Rumyal, the seventh Daniyal, the eighth Neqael, the ninth Baraqel, the tenth Azazel, the eleventh Armaros, the twelfth Batariel, the thirteenth Basasael, the fourteenth Hananel, the fifteenth Turiel, the sixteenth Simipesiel, the seventeenth Yeterel, the eighteenth Tumael, the nineteenth Turiel, the twentieth Teremael, and the twenty-first Te'azazel.

3And these are the chiefs of their angels, and their names, and the commanders of their hundreds, and the commanders of their fifties, and the commanders of their tens.

4And the name of the first was Yeqon; this is the one who led all the children of the angels astray, and brought them down upon the dry land, and led them astray through the daughters of men.

5The second is named Asbeel. He gave evil counsel to the children of the holy angels and led them astray to corrupt their flesh with the daughters of humanity.

6And the third was named Gadreel; this is the one who showed all the blows of death to the children of men, and he led Eve astray, and he showed the weapons of death to the sons of men—the shield and the breastplate and the sword for slaughter—and all the weapons of death to the children of men.

7From his hand it went out against those who dwell on dry land, from that day forever and ever.

8The fourth is named Penemue. He showed humanity the bitter and the sweet and taught them all the hidden things of their wisdom.

9He taught people writing with ink and paper. Because of this many go astray from of old and forever, even to this day.

10Humanity was not born for this, to establish its faith with a pen and ink.

11For human beings were not created except to be like the angels, so that they might remain pure and righteous; and death, which destroys everything, would not have touched them. But through this knowledge they are being destroyed, and through this power it is consuming me.

12And the fifth was named Kasdeya. This is the one who showed the children of men all the evil blows of spirits and of demons, and the blows in the womb, so that the embryo miscarries, and the blow upon the soul: the bite of the serpent, and the blow that comes at noon—the son of the serpent whose name is Taba'et.

13This is the secret of Kasbeel, the chief of the oath which he showed to the holy ones when he dwelt in glory on high, and its name is Biqa.

14He told Michael to show him the hidden name, so that they might invoke it in the oath, and those who showed all that is hidden to the children of humanity might tremble at that name and oath.

15And this is the power of this oath, for it is mighty and firm; and he placed this oath, Aka'e, into the hand of Mika'el.

16And these are the hidden things of this oath . . . and it is made firm by his oath, and heaven was suspended before the world was created, and by it forever.

17The earth was founded upon water, and from the hidden places of the mountains beautiful waters come forth, from the creation of the world forever and ever.

18And by that oath the sea was created, and as its foundation for the time of wrath he set sand for it, and it does not pass beyond it from the creation of the world and forever.

19And by that oath the depths were made firm, and they stand and do not move from their place from eternity to eternity.

20By that oath the sun and moon complete their courses and do not transgress their command, from of old.

21By that oath the stars complete their courses. He calls their names, and they answer from of old forever.

22And likewise heaven, the spirits of the winds, and all the spirits, and their paths from all the gatherings of spirits.

23There the voice of thunder and the light of lightning are kept. There are kept the storehouses of hail, the storehouses of snow, the storehouses of mist, and the storehouses of rain and dew.

24All these will believe and give thanks before the Lord of Spirits, and they will bless with all their power, and their food will be in all thanksgiving; and they will give thanks and bless and exalt the name of the Lord of Spirits forever and ever.

25And over them this oath became strong, and they are kept by it; and their paths are kept, and their courses do not perish.

26And there was great joy among them, and they blessed and praised and exalted because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed to them.

27He sat on the throne of his glory. The chief judgment was given to him, to the Son of Man, and he will remove and destroy sinners from the face of the earth, along with those who led the world astray.

Composed from original Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Ge’ez manuscripts, rendered in multiple passes to stay as close to the originals as possible. About this project