The Book of Enoch 102

¹🔗ave ye seen the righteous how their end falls out, that no manner of violence is found in them till their death?

²🔗 “Nevertheless they perished and became as though they had not been, and their spirits descended into Sheol in tribulation.”

³🔗 And all the luminaries shall be affrighted with great fear, And all the earth shall be affrighted and tremble and be alarmed.

⁴🔗 And all the angels shall execute their commands And shall seek to hide themselves from the presence of the Great Glory, And the children of earth shall tremble and quake; And ye sinners shall be accursed for ever, And ye shall have no peace.

⁵🔗 Fear ye not, ye souls of the righteous, And be hopeful ye that have died in righteousness.

⁶🔗 And grieve not if your soul into Sheol has descended in grief, And that in your life your body fared not according to your goodness, But =wait for= the day of the judgement of sinners, And for the day of cursing and chastisement.

⁷🔗 And yet when ye die the sinners speak over you: “As we die, so die the righteous, And what benefit do they reap for their deeds?

⁸🔗 Behold, even as we, so do they die in grief and darkness, And what have they more than we? From henceforth we are equal.

⁹🔗 And what will they receive and what will they see for ever? Behold, they too have died, And henceforth for ever shall they see no light.”

¹⁰🔗 I tell you, ye sinners, ye are content to eat and drink, and rob and sin, and strip men naked, and acquire wealth and see good days.

¹¹🔗 And now, I swear unto you, the righteous, by the glory of the Great One and by His kingdom and by His majesty, I swear to you that I know this mystery; and I have read the heavenly tablets, and have seen the holy books, and have found written therein and inscribed regarding them: