1 I went on to where things were chaotic. 2 There I saw something terrible: I saw neither a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a place that was chaotic and terrible.⁠a 3 There I saw seven stars of heaven bound together in it, like great mountains and blazing with fire. 4 Then I said: 'For what sin are they bound, and why have they been thrown in here?'⁠b 5 Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me and was their leader, said: 'Enoch, why do you ask, and why are you so eager for the truth?⁠c 6 These are among the stars of heaven that transgressed the command of the Lord, and they are bound here until ten thousand years, the time fixed for their sins, are completed.'⁠d 7 From there I went to another place, still more terrible than the first, and I saw something dreadful: a great fire there that burned and blazed, and the place was split open as far as the abyss, full of great descending columns of fire.⁠e I could see neither its extent nor its size, nor could I guess at it. 8 Then I said: 'How fearful this place is, and how terrible to look at!' 9 Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered me and said: 'Enoch, why are you so full of fear and fright?' And I answered: 'Because of this fearful place, and because of the sight of this pain.' 10 He said to me: 'This place is the prison of the angels, and here they will be held forever.'⁠f