The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 124 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles

Chapter XCIV

XCIV. 1-5. Admonitions to the Righteous . CHAPTER XCIV. 1. And now I say unto you, my sons, love righteousness and walk therein; For the paths of righteousness are worthy of acceptation, But the paths of unrighteousness shall suddenly be destroyed and vanish. 2. And to certain men of a generation shall the paths of violence and of death be revealed, And they shall hold themselves afar from them, And shall not follow them. p. 135 3. And now I say unto you the righteous: Walk not in the paths of wickedness, nor in the paths of death, And draw not nigh to them, lest ye be destroyed. 4. But seek and choose for yourselves righteousness and an elect life, And walk in the paths of peace, And ye shall live and prosper. 5. And hold fast my words in the thoughts of your hearts, And suffer them not to be effaced from your hearts; For I know that sinners will tempt men to evilly-entreat wisdom, So that no place may be found for her, And no manner of temptation may minish. XCIV. 6-11. Woes for the Sinners . 6. Woe to those who build unrighteousness and oppression And lay deceit as a foundation; For they shall be suddenly overthrown, And they shall have no peace. 7. Woe to those who build their houses with sin; For from all their foundations shall they be overthrown, And by the sword shall they fall. [ And those who acquire gold and silver in judgement suddenly shall perish. ] 8. Woe to you, ye rich, for ye have trusted in your riches, And from your riches shall ye depart, Because ye have not remembered the Most High in the days of your riches. 9. Ye have committed blasphemy and unrighteousness, And have become ready for the day of slaughter, p. 136 And the day of darkness and the day of the great judgement. 10. Thus I speak and declare unto you: He who hath created you will overthrow you, And for your fall there shall be no compassion, And your Creator will rejoice at your destruction. 11. And your righteous ones in those days shall be A reproach to the sinners and the godless.

Themes

◆Cosmic Dualismtheology

Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality.

The passage contrasts the paths of righteousness and life against the paths of unrighteousness, violence, and death as opposing realities.

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◆Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The text asserts that the Creator knows the temptations of sinners and actively orders the judgment and destruction of the wicked.

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◆Forbidden Knowledgesoteriology

Transgressive knowing acquired against divine prohibition — the Watchers' teaching of metallurgy, sorcery, and cosmetics in 1 Enoch, the Gnostic Eve narratives, the Promethean mytheme; explicitly contrasted with gnosis_direct_knowledge, which is salvific.

The passage warns that sinners will tempt men to 'evilly-entreat wisdom,' alluding to the misuse of knowledge.

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◆Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The Creator is depicted as an active agent who will overthrow sinners and rejoice at their destruction.

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◆Pneumatic Electsoteriology

A spiritual elite who possess the divine spark and are predestined for salvation, contrasted with psychic (faithful) and hylic (material) persons.

The text distinguishes 'righteous ones' who choose an 'elect life' from the sinners and godless.

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◆Self Examinationpraxis

Daily review of thought and action as spiritual practice.

Readers are instructed to hold fast the words in the 'thoughts of your hearts,' implying internal reflection.

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◇Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology

Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.

[auto] The passage explicitly describes the 'day of the great judgement,' 'day of slaughter,' and the overthrow of sinners by the Creator.

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◇Renunciation Of Wealthethics

The spiritual danger of attachment to material possessions; wealth as a spiritual obstacle.

[auto] The text issues a woe to the rich who trust in riches, stating they must depart from them and have not remembered the Most High.

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