1 Enoque 17

1Depois me levaram a um sítio cujos habitantes são como o fogo ardente, mas quando desejam aparecem como humanos.

1The following are the names of the angels who watch:

2Me levaram a casa da tempestade, sobre uma montanha cujo topo tocava o céu,

2Uriel, one of the holy angels, who is appointed over alarm and terror.

3e vi as mansões das luminárias e os tesouros das estrelas e do trovão, nas profundidades onde estão o arco de fogo, suas flechas e aljava, a espada ardente e todos os relâmpagos.

3Raphael, one of the holy angels, who is appointed over the souls of men.

4Logo me levaram até as águas viventes e até o fogo do ocidente, que recolheu todas as postas de sol.

4Eaguel, one of the holy angels, who inflicts punishment on the world, and on the luminaries.

5Cheguei até um rio de fogo cujas chamas correm como água e desemboca no grande mar que está ao lado do poente;

5Michael, one of the holy angels, who is placed over human virtue, rules the nation.

6vi grandes rios e cheguei a um rio e uma grande escuridão e até onde nenhum ser carnal caminha;

6Sarakiel, one of the holy angels, who is placed over the souls of the children of men that offend.

7vi as montanhas das trevas de inverno e o sítio para onde fluem todas as águas do abismo;

7Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who is appointed over Ikisat, over Paradise, and over the cherubim; and Phanuel, one of the holy angels, who presides over repentance, and the hope of those who will inherit eternal life.

8e vi a desembocadura de todos os rios da terra e a desembocadura do abismo.

8They raised me upon high on a place, where there was the appearance of a burning fire, and when they pleased, they assumed the appearance of men.

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9They carried me to a high place, to a mountain, the top of which reached to heaven.

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10And I saw the receptacles of lightning and of thunder at the end of the place where it was deepest, there was a bow of fire, and arrows in their quiver, a sword of fire, and every sort of lightning.

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11They raised me on high to a splashing stream, and to a fire in the west, which received all the setting of the sun, I came to a river of fire which flowed like water, and emptied itself into the great sea towards the west.

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12I saw every large river until I came to the great darkness, I went to where all flesh go, and I saw the mountains of obscurity which produce winter, and the place from whence the water comes forth in every gulf.

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13I also saw the mouths of all the rivers in the world and the mouths of the deep.