"Lay thought on your hearts," Enoch told his children. "Mark well the words of your father, which have all come from the Lord's lips."
He gave them the books — the three hundred and sixty-six volumes he had written at God's dictation on the tenth heaven — and urged them to study every page. In those books lay everything: all the Lord's works, everything that had been from the beginning of creation, and everything that would be until the end of time.
"If you keep my writings," he said, "you will not sin against the Lord. For there is no other God — not in heaven, not on earth, not in the lowest places, not in any foundation."
Then Enoch marveled at what God had made. The Lord had placed foundations in the unknown. He had spread forth heavens both visible and invisible. He had fixed the earth on the waters and created countless creatures. "Who has counted the water and the foundation of the deep?" Enoch asked. "Who has numbered the dust of the earth, the sand of the sea, the drops of rain, the morning dew, the breathing of the wind? Who has filled earth and sea?"
He described the sun's course through the seven heavenly circles — one hundred eighty-two thrones for the short days, one hundred eighty-two for the long ones. Two thrones of rest. A revolution from the month of Tsivan to Thevan and back again. When the sun draws close, the earth rejoices and fruits grow. When it retreats, the earth grieves and trees go bare.
"All this He measured with good measurement," Enoch said. "He fixed a measure by His wisdom — of the visible and the invisible. From the invisible He made all things visible, while He Himself remains invisible."
Then the final charge: "Distribute these books to your children, into all your generations, and among the nations who have the sense to fear God. Let them receive the books. Let them love them more than any food or earthly pleasure. Let them read them and study them."
The warning was equally clear: "Those who do not understand the Lord — who do not fear God — who reject the books — a terrible judgment awaits them."
"But blessed is the man who bears their yoke and drags them along," Enoch said. "For he shall be released on the day of the great judgment."
1 And now, my children, lay thought on your hearts, mark well the words of your father, which are all (come) to you from the Lords lips.
2 Take these books of your fathers handwriting and read them.
3 For the books are many, and in them you will learn all the Lords works, all that has been from the beginning of creation, and will be till the end of time.
4 And if you will observe my handwriting, you will not sin against the Lord; because there is no other except the Lord, neither in heaven, nor in earth, nor in the very lowest (places), nor in the (one) foundation.
5 The Lord has placed the foundations in the unknown, and has spread forth heavens visible (physical) and invisible (spiritual); he fixed the earth on the waters, and created countless creatures, and who has counted the water and the foundation of the unfixed, or the dust of the earth, or the sand of the sea, or the drops of the rain, or the morning dew, or the winds breathings? Who has filled earth and sea, and the indissoluble winter?
6 I cut the stars out of fire, and decorated heaven, and put it in their midst.
1 That the sun go along the seven heavenly circles, which are the appointment of one hundred and eighty-two thrones, that it go down on a short day, and again one hundred and eighty-two, that it go down on a big day, and he has two thrones on which he rests, revolving hither and thither above the thrones of the months, from the seventeenth day of the month Tsivan it goes down to the month Thevan, from the seventeenth of Thevan it goes up.
2 And thus it goes close to the earth, then the earth is glad and makes grow its fruits, and when it goes away, then the earth is sad, and trees and all fruits have no florescence.
3 All this he measured, with good measurement of hours, and fixed A measure by his wisdom, of the visible (physical) and the invisible (spiritual).
4 From the invisible (spiritual) he made all things visible (physical), himself being invisible (spiritual).
5 Thus I make known to you, my children, and distribute the books to your children, into all your generations, and amongst the nations who shall have the sense to fear God, let them receive them, and may they come to love them more than any food or earthly sweets, and read them and apply themselves to them.
6 And those who understand not the Lord, who fear not God, who accept not, but reject, who do not receive the (books), a terrible judgment awaits these.
7 Blessed is the man who shall bear their yoke and shall drag them along, for he shall be released on the day of the great judgment.
