the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

234: TJie Booh of Enoch [Sect, v
And all shall be in goodness and righteousness,
And sin shall no more be mentioned for ever.
XCIV. 1-5. Admonitions to the Righteous.
XCIV. 1. And now I say unto you, my sons, love righteousness
and walk therein
;
For the paths of righteousness are worthy of acceptation,
But the paths of unrighteousness shall suddenly be destroyed
and vanish.
2. And to certain men of a generation shall the paths of
violence and of death be revealed,
And they shall hold themselves afar from them,
And shall not follow them.
3. And now I say unto you the righteous :
Walk not in the paths of wickedness, nor on the paths of death,
.Vnd draw not nigh to them, lest ye be destroyed.
4. But seek and choose for yourselves righteousness and an
elect life,
And walk in the paths of peace.
And ye shall live and prosper.
5. And hold fast my words in the thoughts of your hearts,
And suffer them not to be effaced from your hearts ;
For know that sinners will tempt men to evilly-entreat
wisdom,
closes the Apocalypse of Weeks. And On the 'two paths' see 91^' note,
all (y). > Other MSS. 2. The revelations through Moses and
XCIV. This chapter introduces the the Prophets. Paths of. . . death
: of.
practical part of this Section. Though Prov. 14^^ Jer. 21*. 3. Paths i"
wi'itten for the righteous, it devotes as {gmt, hx). ^-6a''path'. 'Wiokedmuch
attention to the woes awaiting the ness. +'and of violence' P. Draw
sinners. 1. Love righteousness, not nigh: cf. 91* 104^ 4. But
&c. : cf. 91'. "Worthy of accepta- seek, g reads
' as those who seek
tion (/, j8). gmq ' woithy and ac- evil', and connects the words with
ceptable'. «' worthy'- Cf. 1 Tim. 1'^ the preceding verse. And ye shall
djToSox^s afiOf. Paths of unrighte- (gmq). t, /3 ' that ye may'. 5.
ousuess . . . destroyed
; cf. P.s. 1". To evilly-entreat. The text = ' to