For the Book of Enoch, the French translation was originally in regular text. Where the English translation differs in chapter 71, it is added in italics under the French passage.
“Book of Jubilees 6, 32-38: Command the children of Israel to observe the years according to this reckoning: 364 days. These days shall form a complete year. Let them not disturb its days or its feasts, let them omit no day and move no feast. If they do not keep His command, they will throw all their seasons into disorder, and the years will be shifted. Then all the children of Israel will forget, they will no longer find the path of the years, and they will forget new moons, seasons, and Sabbaths, and go wrong in the order of the years. The division of days is ordered on the tablets of heaven, so that they may not forget the covenant feasts and walk according to the feasts of the Gentiles, according to their error and ignorance. For there are people who base their observations on the moon; but it disturbs the seasons and each year arrives ten days too early. They will make an abhorred day into a day of testimony, an unclean day into a feast day, and they will confuse all days, the holy with the unclean and the unclean with the holy, for they will go astray concerning months, Sabbaths, feasts, and jubilees. After your death, they will no longer keep the year as 364 days only, and therefore they will go astray regarding new moons, seasons, Sabbaths, and feasts, and they will eat all kinds of blood.
Book of Enoch
Third Section
Treatise on astronomy and meteorology
Chapter 71
1. Book of the course of the heavenly luminaries, according to their orders, their seasons, their names, and the places where they begin their course, and their different stations, all of which Uriel, the holy messenger who was with me and governs them, showed me. The whole account concerning them is in accordance with what he showed me, for all the years of the world, forever, until the new work is accomplished, which is to endure eternally.
Isaiah 65:17; 66:22; 2 Peter 3:3,13; Rev 21:1
2. This is the first law of the luminaries. The sun, the light of day, comes out through the gates of heaven in the east and sets opposite through the western gates of heaven.
3. I saw six gates through which the sun begins its course, and six gates through which it ends it.
I beheld the gates whence the sun goes forth; and the gates where the sun sets;
4. Through these same gates the moon also comes out and enters, and I saw the leaders of the luminaries, with the stars that precede them, the six gates of their rising, and the six gates of their setting.
5. All these gates lie one after another in the same alignment, and to the right and left there are windows.
6. First appears the great luminary called the sun, whose orbit is like the orbit of heaven, and which is all radiant with fire and flame.
7. The breath drives the chariot on which it rides.
8. Then it inclines to the north to advance toward the east; as it passes through this gate, it illuminates that part of heaven.
9. Thus it appears in its course in the first month.
In the same manner it goes forth in the first month by the great gate.
10. It goes out through the fourth of those gates, which is in the east.
It goes forth through the fourth of those six gates, which are at the rising of the sun.
11. And at this fourth gate, which it passes in the first month, there are twelve open windows from which torrents of flame escape when they open at their appointed time.
12. When the sun rises in heaven, it passes through the fourth gate for thirty days, and through the corresponding fourth gate in the west it descends straight down.
13. After this, the days grow longer, and the nights are shortened for thirty days. Then the day is two parts longer than the night.
14. The day has ten parts, while the night has eight.
15. The sun still passes through that fourth gate and sets through the corresponding gate, then approaches the fifth gate in the east for thirty days, and likewise sets through the corresponding gate.
16. Then the day is increased by one part, so that it has eleven parts, while the night decreases to seven.
17. Then the sun advances eastward through the sixth gate, and rises and sets through that gate for thirty days.
The sun now returns to the east, entering into the sixth gate, and rising and setting in the sixth gate thirty-one days, on account of its signs.
18. At that time the day is twice as long as the night, containing twelve parts.
19. As for the night, it decreases proportionally and contains only six parts. At last the sun declines, so that the day decreases while the night increases.
20. For the sun returns eastward through the sixth gate, through which it goes out and in for thirty days.
21. After this period, the day decreases by one degree; it then has eleven parts, while the night has seven.
22. The sun leaves the west through the sixth gate and advances eastward, rising through the fifth gate for thirty days and setting likewise in the west through the fifth gate.
23. At that point the day is decreased by two twelfths, so it has ten parts, while the night has eight.
24. The sun then passes through the fifth gate in both east and west. Finally it rises through the fourth gate for thirty-one days and sets in the west.
Then the sun goes from the fifth gate, as it sets in the fifth gate of the west; and rises in the fourth gate for thirty-one days, on account of its signs, setting in the west.
25. At that time the day equals the night, and each has nine parts.
26. Then the sun leaves this gate and, moving eastward, passes through the third gate both at rising and setting.
27. From then on, the night increases for thirty days, so that it has ten parts while the day has eight.
28. Then the sun comes out through the third gate and likewise sets through the third gate in the west for thirty days.
29. Then it passes through the second gate both in the east and in the west.
30. At that time the night has eleven parts and the day only seven.
31. This is the period in which the sun passes through the second gate at rising and setting. Then it declines and reaches the first gate, which it passes through for thirty days.
Then the sun goes at that time from the second gate, as it sets in the second gate in the west; but returns to the east, proceeding by the first gate, for thirty-one days.
32. It also sets through the first gate.
33. Then the night is double the day.
34. So the night has twelve parts, while the day has six.
35. And when the sun has reached that point, it begins its course again.
36. It passes through that gate for thirty days and sets in the same gate in the west.
37. At that time the night decreases by one part and has only eleven.
38. The day has only seven parts.
39. Then the sun passes through the second gate in the east.
40. It returns through the gate it had first left, for thirty days, rising and setting at the two corresponding gates.
41. The night decreases again, now with ten parts and the day with eight. The sun passes through the second gate both at rising and setting, then advances eastward, rises through the third gate for thirty days, and sets at the corresponding gate in the west.
42. The night continues to decrease, and has only nine parts, as does the day; then there is equality between them, and the year reaches its three hundred and sixty-fourth day.
43. Thus it is the course of the sun itself that produces the length or shortness of days and nights.
44. It is the sun that causes the day to increase successively and the night to decrease in the same proportion.
45. Such is the law of the sun's course: it advances, then recedes in turn. Such is the destiny of this great luminary appointed to enlighten the earth.
46. This luminary, which Elohim from nothing gave the name sun.
47. For as it enters and exits, never taking rest, it cleaves day and night in its chariot across the ethereal plains. Its light illuminates seven parts of the moon, though the dimensions of both are equal.
Chapter 72
1. After this first law, I saw that which concerns the lower luminary, called the moon, whose orbit is like the orbit of heaven.
2. Again it is the breath that drives the chariot on which it rides; but its light is given to it in measure.
3. Each month its setting and rising vary, and its days are like the days of the sun. And when its light is full, it contains seven parts of the sun.
4. It rises and takes its course toward the east for thirty days.
5. At that time it appears and forms for you the beginning of the month. For thirty days it passes through the gate the sun passes through.
6. Then it is almost invisible, so that no light appears in it except the seventh part of its total light; each day it increases by a portion, while always rising and setting with the sun.
7. When the sun rises, the moon rises with it and receives from it a small portion of light.
8. In that night, the first day before the day of the moon, the moon sets with the sun.
9. And during that night, the moon is dark, but it rises with the seventh part of its light, moving away from the rising of the sun.
10. Then little by little it brightens until its light is complete.
Chapter 73
1. Then I saw another law, consisting in the determination of lunar months. Uriel, my holy messenger and guide, left me ignorant of nothing.
2. So I wrote everything in the way he revealed it to me.
3. I noted the months in the order they come, the moon's appearances and phases over fifteen days.
4. I wrote at what time the moon entirely loses its light and at what time it enjoys all its brightness.
5. In some months the moon advances alone, and in two others it sets with the sun through the two middle gates, namely the third and the fourth. It goes out for seven days and completes its course.
6. Then it approaches the gate the sun has passed through, and for eight days it passes through the second gate, as does the sun.
7. And when the sun comes out through the fourth gate, the moon comes out through it for seven days, until the sun passes through the fifth gate.
8. For another seven days it declines toward the fourth gate; then it is in full brightness, but soon decreases and advances through the first gate for eight days.
9. Then it moves again toward the fourth gate, from which the sun rises.
10. So I saw their position, as well as the rising and setting of the sun according to the order of its months.
11. And in these days, every five years, thirty days are added, because they are in excess in the solar year. And all the days belonging to one of these five years will be three hundred and sixty-four. There will be six extra days for each of them, in order to form a supplementary month of thirty days.
12. The lunar month is shorter than the solar and sidereal month.
13. Moreover, it is the moon that regulates the years so that they vary by not a single day and are invariably made up of three hundred and sixty-four days. In three years there are one thousand and ninety-two days; in five years, one thousand eight hundred and twenty; in eight years, two thousand nine hundred and twelve days.
14. As for lunar years, three years include one thousand and sixty-two days; five years, shorter than solar years by fifty days, include only one thousand seven hundred and seventy days, and eight lunar years include two thousand eight hundred and thirty-two days.
15. Thus eight lunar years are eighty days shorter than eight solar years.
16. The year is therefore formed by the course of the sun or moon; accordingly, depending on which of these stars one refers to, it is longer or shorter.
Chapter 74
1. Here are now the chiefs and princes who preside over all creation, all stars, and the four intercalary days added to complete the year.
2. They need these four days, which do not form part of the year.
3. People are mistaken about these days, for one must refer to these luminaries to account for them, since one is intercalated at the first gate, the second at the third, another at the fourth, and the last at the sixth.
4. Thus is completed the number of three hundred and sixty-four positions, which form as many days. Here are the signs:
5. The seasons.
6. The years.
7. And the days, as Uriel made them known to me. Uriel is the messenger whom Adonai of glory appointed over all the stars,
8. which shine in heaven and enlighten the earth. These are:
9. the dispensers of days and nights, namely the sun, the moon, the stars of all the heavenly host, who together with all the other chariots traverse heaven in every direction.
10. Thus Uriel showed me twelve gates opening for the chariot of the sun, from which infinite rays burst forth.
11. Through them summer forms on earth when these gates open at fixed times; from them also come the winds and the dews when the windows at the ends of heaven open at times fixed by divine will.
12. I saw twelve gates in heaven at the ends of the earth, from which come out the sun and moon and stars and all works of heaven in the east and in the west.
13. Many other windows also open to the right and to the left.
14. One of these windows increases the heat of summer, as do the gates through which the stars come out and in unceasingly in an endless circle.
15. And I saw in heaven the chariot of these stars circling the world without ever declining. One of them is brighter than the others; this one goes around the whole world.
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Chapter 81
1. Now, my son Methuselah, I have told you everything, written everything; I have revealed everything to you and given you a treatise on every matter.
2. Preserve, my son, the books written by your father's hand, and transmit them to future generations.
3. I have given wisdom to you, to your children and your posterity, so they may pass on this wisdom, superior to all their thoughts, to their descendants. And those who understand it shall not sleep, but will open their ears to receive it, so as to make themselves worthy of this wisdom, which will be for them like heavenly nourishment.
4. Forward, the righteous; forward, those who walk in righteousness, into whom iniquity does not enter, and who are unlike evildoers whose days are numbered.
5. As for the course of the sun in heaven, it enters and exits through different gates for thirty days, with the chiefs of the thousand kinds of stars, with the four added to them and related to the four supplementary days.
6. People are greatly mistaken regarding these days; they do not mention them in their calculations. But these extra days do exist: one at the first gate, a second at the third, a third at the fourth, and a last at the sixth gate.
7. The year is thus composed of three hundred and sixty-four days.
8. The calculation is exact. For these luminaries, these months, these periods, these years and these days Uriel revealed and explained to me, he who by Elohim has power over all these stars and governs their influences.
9. Here is the order of the stars, each according to the place in heaven where it rises and sets, according to seasons, times, their feasts, days, their months, and their signs.
10. Here are the names of those who direct them, who watch over their paths, their periods, their influences, according to their powers and in their stations.
11. Four of them lead the way; they divide the year into four parts. Twelve others come next, forming the twelve months of the year, divided into three hundred and sixty-four days, with the chiefs of the thousand who distinguish ordinary days and supplementary days, and who, like the first chiefs, divide the year into four parts.
12. The chiefs of the thousand are placed in the midst of the others, and each is in its place. Now here are the names of those who preside over the four parts of the year: Melkel, Helammelak,
13. Meleyal and Narel.
14. As for the others, they are called Adnarel, Jyasural, and Jeyeluineal.
15. These three walk after the chiefs of the class of stars; each follows regularly after those who divide the year into four parts.
16. In the first part of the year appears Melkel, also called Tamaa and Zahaya.
17. The days under his influence number ninety-one.
18. And this is what is seen on earth during those days: sweat, heat, and labor. All trees become fruitful, leaves sprout, harvest gladdens the tiller, the rose and all flowers adorn the countryside, and trees that died in winter dry out.
19. Here are those who command second: Barkel, Zehabel, and Heloyalel, to whom Helammelak is also joined, who is also called Sun, or most-brilliant.
20. The days under their influence number ninety-one.
21. Here is what happens on earth during this period: heat and dryness; trees bear fruit, and the fruit is excellent for drying.
22. Flocks go to pasture, and sheep give birth. All goods of the earth are gathered, grain is piled in granaries, and grapes are taken to presses.
23. The names of the others are Gedael, Keel, Heel,
24. to whom Asphael must be added.
25. And the days of his authority (Helammelak) are expired and finished.
