1 Enoch 32
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 these fragrant odours, as I looked towards the north over the mountains I saw seven mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and cinnamon and pepper.
1ወእምድኅረ፡ እሉ፡ አፈው፡ ለመስዕ፡ እንዘ፡ እኔጽር፡ መልዕልተ፡ አድባር፡ ርኢኩ፡ ሰብዓተ፡ አድባረ፡ ምሉኣነ፡ ሰንበልት፡ ቅድው፡ ወዕፀወ፡ መዐዛ፡ ወቀናንሞስ፡ ወፕፕሬ።
2And thence I went over the summits of ⌜all⌝ these mountains, far towards the east ⌜of the earth⌝, and passed above the Erythraean sea, and went far from it, and passed over 〚the angel〛 Zotîêl.
2ወእምህየ፡ ሖርኩ፡ መልዕልተ፡ ርእሶሙ፡ ለእልክቱ፡ አድባር፡ እንዘ፡ ርሑቅ፡ ውእቱ፡ ለጽባሕ፡ ወኀለፍኩ፡ ዲበ፡ ባሕረ፡ ኤርትራ፡ ወእምኔሁ፡ ርሑቀ፡ ኮንኩ፡ ወኀለፍኩ፡ መልዕልቶ፡ ለመልአክ፡ ዙጥኤል።
3And I came to the Garden of Righteousness, and saw beyond those trees many large trees growing there and of goodly fragrance, large, very beautiful and glorious, and the tree of wisdom whereof they eat and know great wisdom.
3ወመጻእኩ፡ ውስተ፡ ገነተ፡ ጽድቅ፡ ወርኢኩ፡ ከሃ፡ ከሃቲሆሙ፡ ለእልክቱ፡ ዕፀው፡ ዕፀወ፡ ብዙኃነ፡ ወዐቢያነ፡ ይበቍሉ፡ በህየ፡ ወእንዘ፡ ጼናሆሙ፡ ሠናይ፡ ዐቢያን፡ ወሥኖሙ፡ ብዙኅ፡ ወስቡሓን፡ ወዕፀ፡ ጥበብ፡ ዘእምኔሁ፡ በሊዖሙ፡ የአምርዋ፡ ለጥበብ፡ ዐባይ።
4⌜That tree is in height like the fir, and its leaves are⌝ like (those of) the Carob tree: and its fruit is like the clusters of the vine, very beautiful: and the fragrance of the tree penetrates afar.
4ወይመስል፡ ሐመረ፡ ጽራዕ፡ ወፍሬሁኒ፡ ከመ፡ አስካለ፡ ወይን፡ ጥቀ፡ ሠናይ፡ ወጼናሁ፡ ለውእቱ፡ ዕፅ፡ የሐውር፡ ወይበጽሕ፡ ነዋኅ።
5Then I said: ‘⌜How⌝ beautiful is the tree, and how attractive is its look!’
5ወእቤ፡ ዝ፡ ዕፅ፡ ሠናይ፡ ወከመ፡ ሠናይ፡ ወፍሡሕ፡ ርእየቱ።
6Then Raphael, the holy angel who was with me, answered me 〚and said〛: ‘This is the tree of wisdom, of which thy father old (in years) and thy aged mother, who were before thee, have eaten, and they learnt wisdom and their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked and they were driven out of the garden.’
6ወአውሥአኒ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ሩፋኤል፡ መልአክ፡ ዘምስሌየ፡ ሀሎ፡ ወይቤለኒ፡ ዝ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዕፀ፡ ጥበብ፡ ዘእምኔሁ፡ በልዑ፡ አቡከ፡ አረጋዊ፡ ወእምከ፡ ዕቤራይት፡ እለ፡ ቀደሙከ፡ ወአእመርዋ፡ ለጥበብ፡ ወተፈትሐ፡ አዕይንቲሆሙ፡ ወአእመሩ፡ ከመ፡ ዕራቃኒሆሙ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ወተሰዱ፡ እምገነት።
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