The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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on [sitting by the waters of Dan, in the land of Dan, which is to the south of]
Hermonin, on their west side; [and I read the book of the account] of their
requests [until I fell asleep. ^And behold, dreams came down upon me, and
visions] fell upon me until [I lifted up] my eyelids to the gates of the palace
[of Heaven . . .]; and I saw a vision of the wrath of chastisement, [and a
voice came and said: 'Speak to the sons of heaven to reprimand them.' ^And
when I awoke I went] unto them and they were all assembled together and
sitting and weeping [in Abel-Mayya, which is between Lebanon and Senir,
with their faces covered]. ^^And I spoke before them all [the visions which
I had seen in dreams, and I began to speak] in words of truth and vision and
reprimand to the heavenly Watchers [...]•
14 ^The book of the words of truth [and reprimand of the Watchers who
were from eternity, according to what] the Great [Holy One commanded]
in the dream which I [dreamt. And in this vision saw in my dream what
I now say with tongue of flesh, with the breath of my mouth], which the
Great One has given to the sons [of men], to speak [with them and to understand
in (their) heart. ^As God has decreed and created the sons of men to
understand] words of knowledge, so He has decreed and made and created
me to reprimand [the Watchers, the sons of heaven. wrote down the
petition of you. Watchers], and in a vision it appeared to me that your
petition [will not be executed for you for all the days of eternity; and judgement
will be by decision] and decree against you,^ that from now on [to
heaven you will not return and not ascend throughout all ages, and among
the prisoners of the earth], a judgement [has been decreed], to bind you until
all the days of eternity; ^[and that first you will see that for destruction are
all your beloved ones and all] their sons, and the possessions of your beloved
ones [and of their sons you will not enjoy for yourselves; and before you
they will fall upon the sword] of destruction, ^because your petition concerning
them [will not be executed for you, just as it will not be executed
for yourselves; and] ye will be petitioning and requesting [. . . and you will
not be speaking any word] from the writing which I have written. ^[And to
me in the vision it thus appeared. Behold, clouds in the vision were calling
me, and cloud-mists] to me were shouting, and lightning-flashes and thunders
[were hastening me up and . . . me, and winds in the vision made me
to fly, and took me] upwards and brought me up and made me enter into
[heaven. ^And I entered it until I drew near to the walls of a building built
with hail-stones] and tongues of fire were surrounding them all around,
[and they began to fill me with fear and to . . . me. ^^And I entered among