The Holy Scripture
Chapter XXI
And I proceeded to where things were chaotic.
¹Καὶ ἐφώδευσα ἕως τῆς ἀκατασκευάστου.
And I saw there something horrible: I saw neither a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a place chaotic and horrible.
κἀκεῖ ἐθεασάμην ἔργον φοβερόν· ἑώρακα οὕτε οὐρανὸν ἐπάνω, οὕτε γῆν τεθέαμαι τεθεμελιωμένην, ἀλλὰ τόπον ἀκατασκεύαστον καὶ φοβερόν.
And there I saw seven stars of the heaven bound together in it, like great mountains and burning with fire.
καὶ ἐκεῖ τεθέαμαι ἑπτὰ τῶν ἀστέρων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ δεδεμένους καὶ ἐριμμένους ἐν αὐτῷ, ὁμοίους ὄρεσιν μεγάλοις καὶ ἐν πυρὶ καιομένους.
Then I said: 'For what sin are they bound, and on what account have they been cast in hither?'
τότε εἶπον Διὰ ποίαν αἰτίαν ἐπεδέθησαν, καὶ διὰ τί ὧδε ἐρίφησαν
Then said Uriel, one of the holy angels , who was with me, and was chief over them, and said: ' Enoch , why 6 dost thou ask, and why art thou eager for the truth?
τότε εἶπέν μοι Οὐριήλ, ὁ εἷς τῶν ἁγίων ἀγγέλων ὃς μετʼ ἐμοῖ ἧν (καὶ αὐτὸς ἡγεῖτο αὐτῶν), καὶ εἶπέν μοι Ἑνώχ, περὶ τίνος ἐρωτᾶς, ἢ περὶ τίνος τὴν ἀλήθειαν φιλοσπευδεῖς;
These are of the number of the stars of heaven , which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord , and are bound here till ten thousand years, the time entailed by their sins, are consummated.'
οὗτοί εἰσιν τῶν ἀστέρων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οἱ παραβάντες τὴν ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ ἐδέθησαν ὧδε μέχρι τοῦ πληρῶσαι μύρια ἔτη, τὸν χρόνον τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων αὐτῶν.
And from thence I went to another place, which was still more horrible than the former, and I saw a horrible thing: a great fire there which burnt and blazed, and the place was cleft as far as the abyss, being full of great descending columns of fire: neither its extent or magnitude could I see, nor could I conjecture.
Κἀκεῖθεν ἐφώδευσα εἰς ἄλλον τόπον τούτου φοβερώτερον, καὶ τεθέαμαι ἔργα φοβερώτερα, πῦρ μέγα ἐκεῖ καιόμενον καὶ φλεγόμενον, καὶ διακοπὴν εἶχεν ὁ τόπος ἕως τῆς ἀβύσσου, πλήρης στύλων πυρὸς μεγάλου καταφερομένων· οὕτε μέτρον οὕτε πλάτος φοβερὸν· ἑώρακα οὔτέ οὐρανὸν ἐπάνω οὔτε γῆν τεθεμελιωμένην, ἀλλὰ τόπον ἀκατασκεύαστον καὶ φοβερόν. ³καὶ ἐκεῖ τεθέαμαι ζ' ἀστέρας τοῦ οὐρανοί δεδεμένους καἰ έριμμένους ἐν αὐτῷ ὁμοῦ, ὁμοίους ὁράσει μεγάλῃ καὶ ἐν πῦρἱ καιομένους. 4 τότε εἶπον Διὰ ποίαν αἰτίαν ἐπεδέθησαν, καὶ διὰ ποίαν αἰτίαν ἐρίφησαν ὥδε; 5 καὶ εἰπέν μοι Οὐριήλ, ὸ εἰς τῶν ἁγίων ἀγγέλων ὸ μετʼ ἐμοῦ ὤν (καὶ αὐτὸς αὐτῶν ὴγεῖτο), καὶ εἰπέν μοιʼ Ενώχ, περὶ τίνος ἐρωτᾷς, ἡ περὶ τίνος τὴν ἀλήθειαν φιλοσπευδεῖς ; 6 οὔτοί εἰσιν τῶν ἀστέρων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οἱ παραβάντες τὴν ἐπιταγήν τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ ἐδέθησαν ὦδε μέχρι πληρωθῆναι μύρια ἔτη, τὸν χρόνον τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων αὐτῶν. ἠδυνήθην ἰδεῖν οὐδὲ εἰκάσαι.
Then I said: 'How fearful is the place and how terrible to look upon!'
τότε εἶπον Ὠς φοβερὸς ὁ τόπος καὶ ὡς δεινὸς τῇ ὁράσει.
Then Uriel answered me, one of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: ' Enoch , why hast thou such fear and affright?' And I answered: 'Because of this fearful place, and because of the spectacle of the pain.'
τότε ἀπεκρίθη μοι ὁ εἶς τῶν ἁγίων ἀγγέλων ὂς μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἦν, καὶ εἶπέν μοι Ἑνώχ, διὰ τί ἐφοβήθης οὕτως καὶ ἐπτοήθης; καὶ ἀπεκρίθην Περὶ τούτου τοῦ φοβεροῦ καὶ περὶ τῆς προσόψεως τῆς δεινῆς.
And he said unto me: 'This place is the prison of the angels , and here they will be imprisoned for ever.'
καὶ εἶπεν Οὗτος ὁ τόπος δεσμωτήριον ἀγγέλων· ὦδε συνσχεθήσονται μέχρι αἰῶνος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.