With his departure drawing near, Enoch delivered a series of blessings and curses — a final reckoning, sharp as a blade, that laid bare the difference between the righteous and the wicked.
Blessed is the man who opens his lips in praise of God and worships with his whole heart. Cursed is the one who opens his lips to slander his neighbor — for in doing so, he brings God into contempt.
Blessed is the one who blesses all the Lord's works. Cursed is the one who holds creation in contempt.
Blessed is the one who looks down and lifts up the fallen. Cursed is the one who looks eagerly toward the destruction of what is not his.
Blessed is the one who keeps the foundations laid by his fathers from the beginning. Cursed is the one who perverts the decrees of his ancestors.
Blessed is the one who brings peace and love. Cursed is the one who disturbs those who love their neighbors.
Blessed is the one who speaks with a humble tongue and heart to all. Cursed is the one who speaks peace with his tongue while carrying a sword in his heart.
"All these things," Enoch declared, "will be laid bare on the weighing-scales and in the books, on the day of the great judgment."
Then a harder truth: "Do not say, 'Our father stands before God and prays for our sins.' There is no helper for any man who has sinned. I wrote down every person's works before their creation — everything done among all people for all time. The Lord sees every imagination. He knows how vain they are, where they hide in the treasure-houses of the heart."
"Mark well my words," he urged them, "lest you regret it later, saying: 'Why did our father not tell us?'"
He handed them the books one final time. "Let these be your inheritance of peace. Give them to all who want them. Instruct them, that they may see the Lord's marvelous works."
Then Enoch looked at the angels standing beside him — the ones who had been waiting on earth for the appointed moment — and said: "My children, the day of my term has arrived. The angels who will go with me are standing before me, urging my departure. They are here on earth, waiting for what has been ordained."
"Tomorrow I shall ascend to heaven," he told them, "to the uppermost Jerusalem — my eternal inheritance. Therefore I command you: do all good things before the Lord's face."
1 Blessed is the man who opens his lips in praise of God of Sabaoth and praises the Lord with his heart.
2 Cursed every man who opens his lips for the bringing into contempt and calumny of his neighbour, because he brings God into contempt.
3 Blessed is he who opens his lips blessing and praising God.
4 Cursed is he before the Lord all the days of his life, who opens his lips to curse and abuse.
5 Blessed is he who blesses all the Lords works.
6 Cursed is he who brings the Lords creation into contempt.
7 Blessed is he who looks down and raises the fallen.
8 Cursed is he who looks to and is eager for the destruction of what is not his.
9 Blessed is he who keeps the foundations of his fathers made firm from the beginning.
10 Cursed is he who perverts the decrees of his forefathers.
11 Blessed is he who imparts peace and love.
12 Cursed is he who disturbs those that love their neighbours.
13 Blessed is he who speaks with humble tongue and heart to all.
14 Cursed is he who speaks peace with his tongue, while in his heart there is no peace but a sword.
15 For all these things will be laid bare in the weighing-scales and in the books, on the day of the great judgment.
1 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.
2 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 see all imaginings of man, how they are vain, where they lie in the treasure-houses of the heart.
3 And now, my children, mark well all the words of your father, that I tell you, lest you regret, saying: Why did our father not tell us?
1 At that time, not understanding this let these books which I have given you be for an inheritance of your peace.
2 Hand them to all who want them, and instruct them, that they may see the Lords very great and marvellous works.
1 My children, behold, the day of my term and time have approached.
2 For the angels who shall go with me are standing before me and urge me to my departure from you; they are standing here on earth, awaiting what has been told them.
3 For to-morrow I shall go up on to heaven, to the uppermost Jerusalem to my eternal inheritance.
4 Therefore I bid you do before the Lords face all (his) good pleasure.
