1 Enoch 97

XCVII. The Evils in Store for Sinners and the Possessors of Unrighteous Wealth.

1Believe, ye righteous, that the sinners will become a shame And perish in the day of unrighteousness.*Woes of the wicked.*i.e. the judgement day. See xlv. 2 (note). 2Be it known unto you (ye sinners) that the Most High is mindful of your destruction, And the angels of heaven rejoice over your destruction.*Cf. xciv. 10 and contrast Luke xv. 10. angels of heaven ɑ-n. 'angels' β-n. 3What will ye do, ye sinners, And whither will ye flee on that day of judgement, When ye hear the voice of the prayer of the righteous?*Cf. v. 5, and xlvii. 2, xcvii. 3, xcix. 3, 16, civ. 3, and Rev. vi. 10. 4Yea, ye shall fare like unto them, Against whom this word shall be a testimony: “Ye have been companions of sinners.”*Cf. xcvi. 4. Note the Pharisaic idea of separateness from the unrighteous. 5And in those days the prayer of the righteous shall reach unto the Lord, And for you the days of your judgement shall come. 6And all the words of your unrighteousness shall be read out before the Great Holy One, And your faces shall be covered with shame, And He will reject every work which is grounded on unrighteousness.*from the books. See xlvii. 3 (note). Cf. Matt. xii. 36. 7Woe to you, ye sinners, who live on the mid ocean and on the dry land, Whose remembrance is evil against you. 8Woe to you who acquire silver and gold in unrighteousness and say: ‘We have become rich with riches and have possessions; And have acquired everything we have desired.*Cf. xciv. 7, 8 (note); also Sir. xi. 19; Luke xii. 19. 9And now let us do what we purposed: For we have gathered silver, And many are the husbandmen in our houses.’ And our granaries are (brim) full as with water, 10Yea and like water your lies shall flow away; For your riches shall not abide But speedily ascend from you; For ye have acquired it all in unrighteousness, And ye shall be given over to a great curse.*A rejoinder to the boasting of the sinners.