1 Enoch 45
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
1And this is the second Parable concerning those who deny the name of the dwelling of the holy ones and the Lord of Spirits.
2And into the heaven they shall not ascend, And on the earth they shall not come: Such shall be the lot of the sinners Who have denied the name of the Lord of Spirits, Who are thus preserved for the day of suffering and tribulation.
3On that day Mine Elect One shall sit on the throne of glory And shall try their works, And their places of rest shall be innumerable. And their souls shall grow strong within them when they see Mine elect ones, And those who have called upon My glorious name:
4Then will I cause Mine Elect One to dwell among them. And I will transform the heaven and make it an eternal blessing and light:
5And I will transform the earth and make it a blessing: And I will cause Mine elect ones to dwell upon it: But the sinners and evil-doers shall not set foot thereon.
6For I have provided and satisfied with peace My righteous ones And have caused them to dwell before Me: But for the sinners there is judgement impending with Me, So that I shall destroy them from the face of the earth.
The chapter, studied
The Second Parable: A New Heaven and a New Earth
The Second Parable concerns those who deny "the name of the dwelling of the holy ones and the Lord of Spirits" and are shut out of both heaven and earth. On the day of judgment, "Mine Elect One shall sit on the throne of glory" to try their works, while God promises to "transform the heaven and make it an eternal blessing and light" and "transform the earth and make it a blessing" for the elect to dwell on.
This chapter turns from vision to direct divine speech: God speaks in the first person ("Then will I cause Mine Elect One to dwell among them... I will transform the heaven... I will transform the earth"), promising a renewed cosmos rather than an escape from this one. The sinners are not merely punished; they are excluded from a world being remade for the righteous.
The phrase "Mine Elect One shall sit on the throne of glory, And shall try their works" is close in both wording and picture to later Gospel language about the Son of Man judging from a glorious throne, and it prepares the reader for the fuller Son of Man vision in the very next chapter.
Doors into the 66
- Isaiah 65:17 — God transforming heaven and earth into "an eternal blessing" stands beside Isaiah's promise of new heavens and a new earth.
- Matthew 25:31 — "Sit on the throne of glory" closely echoes Jesus' own words that the Son of man "shall sit upon the throne of his glory" at the judgment.
Teachers on this ground
R. H. Charles
The Book of Enoch (1917)
The public-domain translation this shelf reads, with the critical introduction the field still builds on.
Johnny Enlow
The Book of Enoch: Paraphrase and Commentary (2025)
A living teacher's paraphrase of the whole book with his own running commentary, from the prophetic stream.
Michael S. Heiser
A Companion to the Book of Enoch: A Reader's Commentary, Vol. II — The Parables of Enoch (2020)
The reader's commentary continued into the Son of Man visions of these chapters.
1And this is the second Parable concerning those who deny the name of the dwelling of the holy ones and the Lord of Spirits.
2And into the heaven they shall not ascend, And on the earth they shall not come: Such shall be the lot of the sinners Who have denied the name of the Lord of Spirits, Who are thus preserved for the day of suffering and tribulation.
3On that day Mine Elect One shall sit on the throne of glory And shall try their works, And their places of rest shall be innumerable. And their souls shall grow strong within them when they see Mine elect ones, And those who have called upon My glorious name:
4Then will I cause Mine Elect One to dwell among them. And I will transform the heaven and make it an eternal blessing and light:
5And I will transform the earth and make it a blessing: And I will cause Mine elect ones to dwell upon it: But the sinners and evil-doers shall not set foot thereon.
6For I have provided and satisfied with peace My righteous ones And have caused them to dwell before Me: But for the sinners there is judgement impending with Me, So that I shall destroy them from the face of the earth.
The language it was written in
Aramaic (the Qumran fragments' language); parts possibly Hebrew. The Parables (chs. 37–71) have no Qumran witness and their original language is debated.
What survives, and where
Aramaic: Dead Sea Scrolls
Eleven fragmentary manuscripts from Qumran Cave 4 covering every section except the Parables (3rd c. BC – 1st c. AD).
Greek
Substantial portions: chs. 1–32 (Codex Panopolitanus), quotations in Syncellus, and the Chester Beatty papyrus of the Epistle.
Ge’ez (Ethiopic)
The only complete text, preserved by the Ethiopian church, whose canon receives the book; the base of every full translation.
What you are reading here
R. H. Charles's 1917 English translation, made from the Ge’ez against the Greek and Aramaic evidence then known — public domain, quotable in full.
No tagged word floor exists for the Aramaic or Ge’ez text; word-by-word study on this shelf awaits a future ingest. What stands here is the manuscript story itself.