זוהר, נח י״אZohar, Noach 11

Segment 1א׳

רַבִּי אַבָּא אָמַר, בַּגֵּיהִנָּם אִית מְדוֹרִין עַל מְדוֹרִין תִּנְיָינִין תְּלִיתָאִין עַד שֶׁבַע. וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ חַבְרַיָיא. וְזַכָּאִין אִנּוּן צַדִּיקַיָא דְּאִנּוּן מִסְתַּמְּרִין מֵחוֹבֵי חַיָּיבַיָא וְלָא אָזְלֵי בְּאָרְחַיְיהוּ וְלָא מִסְתָּאֲבֵי בְּהוּ. וְכָל מַאן דְּאִסְתָּאַב כַּד אָזִיל לְהַהוּא עָלְמָא, נָחִית לַגֵּיהִנֹּם. וְנָחִית עַד מְדוֹרָא תַּתָּאָה.

Rabbi Abba said that in Gehenom, there are compartments upon compartments, seconds, thirds, and so on until seven; the friends have already explained this issue. Blessed are the righteous who guard themselves from the sins of the wicked and do not follow in their paths nor defile themselves. For when a person who has become impure dies and passes onto the World of Truth, he goes down into Gehenom. There he descends, until he reaches the lowest compartment.

Segment 2ב׳

וּתְרֵין מְדוֹרִין אִנּוּן דִּסְמִיכִין דָּא עִם דָּא שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדּוֹן. מָאן דְּנָחִית לִשְׁאוֹל דַּיְינִין לֵיהּ תַּמָּן וּמְקַבֵּל עָנְשֵׁיהּ וּסְלִיקוּ לֵיהּ לִמְדוֹרָא אָחֳרָא עִלָּאָה. וְכֵן דַּרְגָּא בָּתַר דַּרְגָּא עַד דְּאִנּוּן סָלְקִין לֵיהּ. אֲבָל מָאן דְּנָחִית לַאֲבַדּוֹן לָא סָלְקִין לֵיהּ לְעָלְמִין. וּבְגִין כָּךְ אִקְרֵי אֲבַדּוֹן דְּהָא אָבִיד הוּא מִכֹּלָּא.

And there are two compartments close to each other that are called Sheol and Avadon. Whoever reaches Sheol is judged and punished there and is then raised to a different, but higher, compartment. This continues until he is released from there. But those who go down and reach Avadon are never raised from there again. That is why it is called Avadon (Eng. 'perdition'), because they are lost there forever.

Segment 3ג׳

תָּא חֲזֵי נֹחַ זַכָּאָה, הֲוָה אַתְרֵי בִּבְנֵי דָרֵיהּ וְלָא הֲווּ שָׁמְעֵי לֵיהּ. עַד דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַיְיתֵי עֲלַיְיהוּ דִינָא דְּגֵיהִנֹּם. מַאי דִינָא דְּגֵיהִנֹּם אֶשָׁא וְתַלְגָא. מַיָיא וְאֶשָׁא. דָּא צְנִינָא וְדָא רְתִיחָא. וְכֻלְהוּ בְּדִינָא דְּגֵיהִנֹּם אִתְדָּנוּ וְאִתְאֲבִידוּ מֵעָלְמָא.

Come and behold: Noah the righteous warned the people of his generation, but they did not heed him until the Holy One, blessed be He, brought the punishment of Gehenom upon them. What is the punishment Gehenom? It is fire and snow, water and fire; the first is cold, the other boiling. And all of that generation were sentenced to punishment in Gehenom and lost from the world.