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

260 The Booh of Enoch [Sect. V
remember you for good before the glory of the Great One :
and your names are written before the glory of the Great One.
2. Be hopeful ; for aforetime ye were put to shame through ill
and aiBiction ; but now ye shall shine as the lights of heaven,
ye shall shine and ye shall be seen, and the portals of heaven
shall be opened to you. 3. And in your cry, cry for judge-
ment, and it shall appear to you ; for all your tribulation shall
be visited on the rulers, and on all who helped those who
plundered you. 4. Be hopeful, and cast not away your
hope; for ye shall have great joy as the angels of heaven.
5. What shall ye be obliged to do ? Ye shall not have to hide
on the day of the great judgement and ye shall not be found
as sinners, and the eternal judgement shall be far from you for
all the generations of the world. 6. And now fear not, ye
righteous, when ye see the sinners growing strong and prosper-
ing in their ways :
remember you. Though apparently
forgotten on earth, the righteous are not
forgotten before God by the angels. On
the intercession of the angels cf. 15^
(note) 40»-' 47^ 89"=. And (a, i).
>^-er. Names are written : see 47^
(note). The Great One: cf. 14^
103^ 2. Now. This word (
rwy) is used here not of the immediate
present but of the impending future.
SMne as the lights : cf. Dan. 12'
4 Ezra V' 1^=. Ye shall shine 2"
(a). >|8. Portals of heaven shall
be opened to you, i.e. heaven will become
their dwelling-place, for they will
' shine as the lights of heaven ', have
'joy as the angels ', and be ' companions
of the hosts ofheaven'. The author does
not hope for a new earth ; cf. 91'^ (note).
3. Their demand for justice which they
make in vain on earth, 103"> '° will one
day be satisfied : wherefore let them
continue to make it ; of. 97'' '' (note)
998,16 The rulers. These are brought
forward very prominently here ; of
103". 16 (note). 4. As the angels
=
be not companions with them, but keep afar
of heaven : cf. Matt, 223" Mark 12*5
also 1 En. 104«. 5. What shall
ye ... do {a-t,e). t, 0-e 'as for what ye
shall . . . do '. Day of the great
judgement: cf. 19' 84* 94' 98i '.
The righteous will be companions of
the heavenly hosts, 104^, and rejoice as
; .