In those days Noah saw that the earth was bent down, and that destruction was near.
2Then he lifted up his feet from there, and went to the ends of the earth, to the dwelling of his great grandfather Enoch.
3And Noah cried with a mournful voice, Hear me, hear me, hear me, three times. And he said to him, Tell me what is doing on the earth, for the earth weakens, and is violently shaken; surely I shall perish with it.
4After this there was a great disturbance on earth, and a voice was heard from heaven, I fell upon my face, when my great-grandfather Enoch came and drew near to me.
5He said to me, Wherefore criest thou out to me with a mournful cry and lamentation?
6A commandment has gone forth from the Lord against those who dwell on the earth, that their end may be, for they know every secret of the angels, and every oppression of the devils, and all their secret power, and the power of those who commit sorcery, and the power of binding, and the power of those who pour forth molten images over all the earth.
7They know how silver is produced from the dust of the earth, and how the drop increases under the earth, for lead and tin are not produced from the earth, as if that were the first fountain from which they are produced.
8There is an angel stands thereon, and that angel comes forth.
9Afterwards my great-grandfather Enoch held me with his hand, and said, Go, for I have asked the Lord of spirits concerning this disturbance of the earth; and he said to me on account of their wickedness, innumerable judgments have been consummated before me; they have enquired of me concerning the moons, and they know that the earth with those who dwell upon it shall perish, and for these there will be no refuge for ever.
10They have disclosed secrets, and they are those who have been judged, but not thou my son, for the Lord of spirits knows that thou art pure and good, free from the blame of disclosing secrets.
11He the Holy One has established thy name in the midst of the saints, and will save thee from those who dwell on the earth, and he has established thy seed in righteousness to a king and great glory, and from thy seed shall go forth a spring of righteous and holy men without number for ever.