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they seem in part, concerning the flood and the giants and Noah himself, who is also called Xisuthros among them, 24 to agree with the divinely inspired scripture, from which those who compiled these things also appropriated every good thought. But since even poisons, being unknown, are often known to cause death to those inexperienced who partake of them, I consider it necessary to set forth side by side small selections of what is contained for us from the divine scriptures, not for their confirmation, God forbid, but for the refutation of their falsehood. But before these things, the following history concerning the watchers from the first book of Enoch, as being more akin to our scriptures, will be set forth, even if it is apocryphal and in some parts doubtful, being somewhat as follows. From the book of Enoch The remaining things concerning the watchers Then men cried out to heaven, saying: Bring our judgment to the Most High, and our destruction before the great glory, before the Lord of all lords in majesty. And hearing, the four great archangels Michael and Uriel and Raphael and Gabriel, the four looked down upon the earth from the holy places of heaven. and seeing much blood shed upon the earth and all lawlessness and impiety happening on it, entering in they said to one another that the spirits and the souls of men are interceding, groaning and saying: Bring our petition to the Most High. And the four archangels approached and said to the Lord: You are God of gods and Lord of lords and King of kings and God of men, and the throne of Your glory is for all the generations of the ages, and Your name is holy and blessed for all the ages; for You are the one who made all things and having authority over all things, and all things are manifest and uncovered before You, and You see all things, and there is nothing that can be hidden from You. You see what Azazel has done, what things he brought in and what things he taught, injustices and sins upon the earth, and all deceit upon the dry land. For he taught the mysteries and revealed to the age the things in heaven. and the sons of men practice his practices, to know the mysteries. To Semiazas you gave the authority to have over those who were with him, and they went to the daughters of the men of the earth and slept with them and were defiled with the females and they made known to them all 25 the sins, and taught them to make abominations, and now behold, the daughters of men have borne from them giant sons. Spurious things of men have been poured out upon the earth, and the whole earth was filled with injustice. And now, behold, the spirits of the souls of men who have died are interceding, and their groaning has ascended unto the gates of heaven, and it cannot go forth from the face of the injustices being done upon the earth. And You know these things before they happen and You see them and allow them, and You say nothing. What must be done to them concerning this? Then the Most High said and the Holy and Great One spoke, and he sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, saying: Go to Noah and say to him: In my name hide yourself, and reveal to him the end that is coming, because the whole earth is perishing. and say to him that a flood is about to come upon the whole earth, to destroy everything from the face of the earth. Teach the righteous one what he shall do, the son of Lamech, and he will preserve his soul for life and will escape for eternity and from him a plant will be planted and will be established for all the generations of the age. And to Raphael he said: Go, Raphael, and bind Azazel, bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness, and open the desert that is in the desert of Dudael, and having gone there, cast him down; and place under him sharp stones and rough stones, and cover him with darkness, and let him dwell there forever, and cover his face, and let him not see light; and on the day of judgment he will be led away into the conflagration of fire;

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δοκοῦσιν ἐν μέρει περί τε κατακλυσμοῦ καὶ γιγάντων καὶ αὐτοῦ Νῶε, τοῦ καὶ Ξισούθρου λεγομένου παρ' αὐτοῖς, 24 συμφωνεῖν τῇ θεοπνεύστῳ γραφῇ, ἐξ ὧν καὶ ἐσφετερίσαντο πᾶν νόημα χρηστὸν οἱ ταῦτα συντάξαντες. ἀλλ' ἐπειδὰν καὶ τὰ δηλητήρια ἀγνοούμενα θάνατον οἶδε πολλάκις τοῖς ἀπείροις αὐτῶν μετέχουσι προξενεῖν, ἀναγ καῖον ἡγοῦμαι μικρὰς χρήσεις παραθέσθαι ἐκ παραλλήλου τῶν ἐγκειμένων ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τῶν θείων γραφῶν, οὐ πρὸς πίστωσιν αὐτῶν, μὴ γένοιτο, πρὸς ἔλεγχον δὲ τῆς ἐκείνων ψευδηγορίας. πρὸ δὲ τούτων ἡ περὶ τῶν ἐγρηγόρων ἀκόλουθος ἱστορία ἐκ τοῦ αʹ λόγου Ἐνὼχ ὡς καὶ συγγενεστέρα ταῖς ἡμε τέραις γραφαῖς ἐκτεθήσεται, εἰ καὶ ἀπόκρυφός ἐστι καὶ ἔν τισιν ἀμφίβολος, ἔχουσά πως ὧδε. Ἐκ τοῦ λόγου Ἐνὼχ Τὰ λοιπὰ περὶ ἐγρηγόρων Τότε ἐβόησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, λέγοντες· εἰσαγάγετε τὴν κρίσιν ἡμῶν πρὸς τὸν ὕψιστον, καὶ τὴν ἀπώλειαν ἡμῶν ἐνώπιον τῆς δόξης τῆς μεγάλης, ἐνώπιον τοῦ κυρίου τῶν κυρίων πάντων τῇ μεγαλωσύνῃ. Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δʹ μεγάλοι ἀρχάγγελοι Μιχαὴλ καὶ Οὐριὴλ καὶ Ῥαφαὴλ καὶ Γαβριὴλ παρέκυψαν οἱ δʹ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκ τῶν ἁγίων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. καὶ θεασάμενοι αἷμα πολὺ ἐκκεχυμένον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ πᾶσαν ἀνομίαν καὶ ἀσέβειαν γινομένην ἐπ' αὐτῆς, εἰσελθόντες εἶπον πρὸς ἀλλή λους ὅτι τὰ πνεύματα καὶ αἱ ψυχαὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐντυγχάνουσι στε νάζοντα καὶ λέγοντα· εἰσαγάγετε τὴν δέησιν ἡμῶν πρὸς τὸν ὕψιστον. καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ τέσσαρες ἀρχάγγελοι εἶπον τῷ κυρίῳ· σὺ εἶ θεὸς τῶν θεῶν καὶ κύριος τῶν κυρίων καὶ βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλευόντων καὶ θεὸς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ὁ θρόνος τῆς δόξης σου εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τῶν αἰώνων, καὶ τὸ ὄνομά σου ἅγιον καὶ εὐλογημένον εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας· σὺ γὰρ εἶ ὁ ποιήσας τὰ πάντα καὶ πάντων τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔχων, καὶ πάντα ἐνώ πιόν σου φανερὰ καὶ ἀκάλυπτα, καὶ πάντα ὁρᾷς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὃ κρυβῆναί σε δύναται. ὁρᾷς ὅσα ἐποίησεν Ἀζαήλ, ὅσα εἰσήνεγκεν καὶ ὅσα ἐδίδαξεν, ἀδικίας καὶ ἁμαρτίας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ πάντα δόλον ἐπὶ τῆς ξηρᾶς. ἐδίδαξε γὰρ τὰ μυστήρια καὶ ἀπεκάλυψε τῷ αἰῶνι τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ. ἐπιτηδεύουσι δὲ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα αὐτοῦ, εἰδέναι τὰ μυστήρια οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. τῷ Σεμιαζᾷ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔδωκας ἔχειν τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ ἅμα ὄντων, καὶ ἐπο ρεύθησαν πρὸς τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῆς γῆς καὶ συνεκοιμήθησαν μετ' αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖς θηλείαις ἐμιάνθησαν καὶ ἐδήλωσαν αὐταῖς πάσας 25 τὰς ἁμαρτίας, καὶ ἐδίδαξαν αὐτὰς μίσητρα ποιεῖν, καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ αἱ θυγα τέρες τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἔτεκον ἐξ αὐτῶν υἱοὺς γίγαντας. κίβδηλα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐκκέχυται, καὶ ὅλη ἡ γῆ ἐπλήσθη ἀδικίας. καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ τὰ πνεύματα τῶν ψυχῶν τῶν ἀποθανόντων ἀνθρώπων ἐντυγχάνουσι, καὶ μέχρι τῶν πυλῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀνέβη ὁ στεναγμὸς αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ δύνα ται ἐξελθεῖν ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς γινομένων ἀδικημάτων. καὶ σὺ αὐτὰ οἶδας πρὸ τοῦ αὐτὰ γενέσθαι καὶ ὁρᾷς αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐᾷς αὐτούς, καὶ οὐδὲν λέγεις. τί δεῖ ποιῆσαι αὐτοὺς περὶ τούτου; Τότε ὁ ὕψιστος εἶπε καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ὁ μέγας ἐλάλησε, καὶ ἔπεμψε τὸν Οὐριὴλ πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν Λάμεχ λέγων· πορεύου πρὸς τὸν Νῶε καὶ εἰπὸν αὐτῷ· τῷ ἐμῷ ὀνόματι κρύψον σεαυτόν, καὶ δήλωσον αὐτῷ τέλος ἐπερχό μενον, ὅτι ἡ γῆ ἀπόλλυται πᾶσα. καὶ εἰπὸν αὐτῷ ὅτι κατακλυσμὸς μέλλει γίνεσθαι πάσης τῆς γῆς, ἀπολέσαι πάντα ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς. δίδαξον τὸν δίκαιον τί ποιήσει, τὸν υἱὸν Λάμεχ, καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ εἰς ζωὴν συν τηρήσει καὶ ἐκφεύξεται δι' αἰῶνος καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ φυτευθήσεται φύτευμα καὶ σταθήσεται πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος. καὶ τῷ Ῥαφαὴλ εἶπε· πο ρεύου, Ῥαφαήλ, καὶ δῆσον τὸν Ἀζαήλ, χερσὶ καὶ ποσὶ συμπόδισον αὐτόν, καὶ ἔμβαλε αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ σκότος, καὶ ἄνοιξον τὴν ἔρημον τὴν οὖσαν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ∆ουδαήλ, καὶ ἐκεῖ πορευθεὶς βάλε αὐτόν· καὶ ὑπόθες αὐτῷ λίθους ὀξεῖς καὶ λίθους τραχεῖς, καὶ ἐπικάλυψον αὐτῷ σκότος, καὶ οἰκησάτω ἐκεῖ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ τὴν ὄψιν αὐτοῦ πώμασον, καὶ φῶς μὴ θεωρείτω· καὶ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρα τῆς κρίσεως ἀπαχθήσεται εἰς τὸν ἐμπυρισμὸν τοῦ πυρός·