1 Enoch 106
The Book of Enoch (R. H. Charles, 1917)Translation
The Book of Enoch (R. H. Charles, 1917)
1 Enoch (Ethiopic Book of Enoch)
1And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became pregnant by him and bore a son.
1ወእምድኅረ፡ መዋዕል፡ ነሥአ፡ ወልድየ፡ ማቱሳላ፡ ለወልዱ፡ ላሜህ፡ ብእሲተ፡ ወፀንሰት፡ እምኔሁ፡ ወወለደት፡ ወልደ።
2And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the hair of his head †and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful†. And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house was very bright.
2ወኮነ፡ ሥጋሁ፡ ጸዐዳ፡ ከመ፡ አስሐትያ፡ ወቀይሕ፡ ከመ፡ ጽጌ፡ ረዳ፡ ወጸጕረ፡ ርእሱ፡ ከመ፡ ፀምር፡ ጸዐዳ፡ ወድምድማሁ፡ ወሠናይ፡ አዕይንቲሁ፡ ወሶበ፡ ከሠተ፡ አዕይንቲሁ፡ አብርሃ፡ ኵላ፡ ቤተ፡ ከመ፡ ፀሓይ፡ ወፈድፋደ፡ በርሀ፡ ኵሉ፡ ቤት።
3And thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and †conversed with† the Lord of righteousness.
3ወሶበ፡ ተንሥአ፡ እምእዴሃ፡ ለመወለዲት፡ ከሠተ፡ አፉሁ፡ ወተናገረ፡ ስብሐቲሁ፡ ለእግዚአ፡ ጽድቅ።
4And his father Lamech was afraid of him and fled, and came to his father Methuselah.
4ወፈርሀ፡ ላሜህ፡ አቡሁ፡ እምኔሁ፡ ወጐየ፡ ወመጽአ፡ ኀበ፡ አቡሁ፡ ማቱሳላ።
5And he said unto him: ‘I have begotten a strange son, diverse from and unlike man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven; and his nature is different, and he is not like us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun, and his countenance is glorious.
5ወይቤሎ፡ አነ፡ ወለድኩ፡ ወልደ፡ ውሉጠ፡ ወኢኮነ፡ ከመ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወይመስል፡ ደቂቀ፡ መላእክተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወፍጥረቱ፡ ካልእት፡ ወኢኮነ፡ ከማነ፡ ወአዕይንቲሁ፡ ከመ፡ እገሪሁ፡ ለፀሓይ፡ ወገጹ፡ ስቡሕ።
6And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the angels, and I fear that in his days a wonder may be wrought on the earth.
6ወይመስለኒ፡ ከመ፡ ኢኮነ፡ እምኔየ፡ አላ፡ እመላእክት፡ ውእቱ፡ ወእፈርህ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይትገበር፡ መንክር፡ በመዋዕሊሁ፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር።
7And now, my father, I am here to petition thee and implore thee that thou mayest go to Enoch, our father, and learn from him the truth, for his dwelling-place is amongst the angels.’
7ወይእዜኒ፡ ሀሎኩ፡ አቡየ፡ ኣስተበቍዐከ፡ ወእስእል፡ እምኀቤከ፡ ከመ፡ ትሑር፡ ኀበ፡ ሄኖክ፡ አቡነ፡ ወትስማዕ፡ እምኀቤሁ፡ አማነ፡ እስመ፡ ውእቱ፡ ምስለ፡ መላእክት፡ ምንባሩ።
8And when Methuselah heard the words of his son, he came to me to the ends of the earth; for he had heard that I was there, and he cried aloud, and I heard his voice and I came to him. And I said unto him: ‘Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore hast thou come to me?’
8ወሶበ፡ ሰምዐ፡ ማቱሳላ፡ ነገረ፡ ወልዱ፡ መጽአ፡ ኀቤየ፡ ውስተ፡ አጽናፈ፡ ምድር፡ እስመ፡ ሰምዐ፡ ከመ፡ ህየ፡ ሀሎኩ፡ ወጸርሐ፡ ወሰማዕኩ፡ ቃሎ፡ ወመጻእኩ፡ ኀቤሁ፡ ወእቤሎ፡ ናሁ፡ ሀለውኩ፡ ወልድየ፡ እስመ፡ መጻእከ፡ ኀቤየ።
9And he answered and said: ‘Because of a great cause of anxiety have I come to thee, and because of a disturbing vision have I approached.
9ወአውሥአኒ፡ ወይቤ፡ በእንተ፡ ነገር፡ ዐቢይ፡ መጻእኩ፡ ኀቤከ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ራእይ፡ ዕጹብ፡ በዘቀረብኩ።
10And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like man’s nature, and the colour of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like the rays of the sun, and he opened his eyes and thereupon lighted up the whole house.
10ወይእዜኒ፡ አቡየ፡ ስምዐኒ፡ እስመ፡ ተወልደ፡ ለላሜህ፡ ወልድየ፡ ወልድ፡ ዘኢኮነ፡ አምሳሉ፡ ወፍጥረቱ፡ ከመ፡ ፍጥረተ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወኅብሩ፡ ይጸዐዱ፡ እምአስሐትያ፡ ወይቀይሕ፡ እምጽጌ፡ ረዳ፡ ወጸጕረ፡ ርእሱ፡ ይጸዐዱ፡ እምፀምር፡ ጸዐዳ፡ ወአዕይንቲሁ፡ ከመ፡ እገሪሁ፡ ለፀሓይ፡ ወሶበ፡ ከሠተ፡ አዕይንቲሁ፡ አብርሃ፡ ኵላ፡ ቤተ።
11And he arose in the hands of the midwife, and opened his mouth and blessed the Lord of heaven.
11ወተንሥአ፡ እምውስተ፡ እዴሃ፡ ለመወለዲት፡ ወፈትሐ፡ አፉሁ፡ ወባረኮ፡ ለእግዚአ፡ ሰማይ።
12And his father Lamech became afraid and fled to me, and did not believe that he was sprung from him, but that he was in the likeness of the angels of heaven; and behold I have come to thee that thou mayest make known to me the truth.’
12ወፈርሀ፡ አቡሁ፡ ላሜህ፡ ወልድየ፡ ወጐየ፡ ኀቤየ፡ ወኢአምነ፡ ከመ፡ እምኔሁ፡ ውእቱ፡ አላ፡ አምሳሉ፡ እመላእክተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወይቤለኒ፡ ናሁ፡ መጻእኩ፡ ኀቤከ፡ ከመ፡ ታይድዐኒ፡ ጽድቀ።
13And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him: ‘The Lord will do a new thing on the earth, and this I have already seen in a vision, and make known to thee that in the generation of my father Jared some of the angels of heaven transgressed the word of the Lord.
13ወአውሣእኩ፡ አነ፡ ሄኖክ፡ በእንቲኣሁ፡ ወእቤሎ፡ ይሔድስ፡ እግዚእ፡ ሐዳሳተ፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወይገብር፡ ወዘንተ፡ ወፃእኩ፡ ርኢኩ፡ በራእይ፡ ወአይዳዕኩከ፡ እስመ፡ ቤተ፡ ወልዱ፡ ለያሬድ፡ አቡየ፡ አኅለፉ፡ ነግሮ፡ ለእግዚእ፡ እመልዕልተ፡ ሰማይ።
14And behold they commit sin and transgress the law, and have united themselves with women and commit sin with them, and have married some of them, and have begotten children by them.
14ወነዮሙ፡ ይገብሩ፡ ኀጢአተ፡ ወየኀልፉ፡ ሥርዐተ፡ ወምስለ፡ አንስት፡ ተደመሩ፡ ወምስሌሆን፡ ይገብሩ፡ ኀጢአተ፡ ወአውሰቡ፡ እምኔሆን፡ ወእምኔሆን፡ ወለዱ፡ ደቂቀ።
15Yea, there shall come a great destruction over the whole earth, and there shall be a deluge and a great destruction for one year.
15ወሀጕል፡ ዐቢይ፡ ይከውን፡ ዲበ፡ ኵሉ፡ ምድር፡ ወማየ፡ አይኅ፡ ይከውን፡ ወሀጕል፡ ዐቢይ፡ በአሐዱ፡ ዓመት፡ ይከውን።
16And this son who has been born unto you shall be left on the earth, and his three children shall be saved with him: when all mankind that are on the earth shall die [he and his sons shall be saved].
16ወዝ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወልድ፡ ዘተወልደ፡ ለክሙ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ይተርፍ፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወሠለስቱ፡ ደቂቁ፡ ይድኅኑ፡ ምስሌሁ፡ ሶበ፡ ይመውቱ፡ ኵሉ፡ ሰብእ፡ ዘዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ውእቱ፡ ይድኅን፡ ወደቂቁ።
17And they shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but according to the flesh, and there shall be a great punishment on the earth, and the earth shall be cleansed from all impurity.
17ይወልዱ፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ እለ፡ ያርብህ፡ አኮ፡ ዘመንፈስ፡ አላ፡ ዘሥጋ፡ ወይከውን፡ መቅሠፍት፡ ዐቢይ፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወትትኀፀብ፡ ምድር፡ እምኵሉ፡ ሙስና።
18And now make known to thy son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his sons shall be saved from the destruction, which shall come upon the earth on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated on the earth in his days.
18ወይእዜኒ፡ አይድዕ፡ ለወልድከ፡ ላሜህ፡ እስመ፡ ዘተወልደ፡ ወልዱ፡ ውእቱ፡ በጻድቅ፡ ወጸውዕ፡ ስሞ፡ ኖኅ፡ እስመ፡ ውእቱ፡ ይከውን፡ ለክሙ፡ ተረፈ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ወደቂቁ፡ ይድኅኑ፡ እሙስና፡ እንተ፡ ትመጽእ፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ እምኵሉ፡ ኀጢአት፡ ወእምኵሉ፡ ዐመፃ፡ እንተ፡ ሀለወት፡ ትትፌጸም፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ በመዋዕሊሁ።
19And after that there shall be still more unrighteousness than that which was first consummated on the earth; for I know the mysteries of the holy ones; for He, the Lord, has showed me and informed me, and I have read (them) in the heavenly tablets.
19ወእምድኅረ፡ ዝ፡ ትከውን፡ ዐመፃ፡ ፈድፋደ፡ እምእንተ፡ ተፈጸመት፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ እስመ፡ ኣአምር፡ ምሥጢራተ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ እስመ፡ ውእቱ፡ እግዚእ፡ አርአየኒ፡ ወአይድዐኒ፡ ወበጸፍጸፈ፡ ሰማይ፡ አንበብኩ፡ ወለበውኩ።
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