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1 Enoch (Ethiopic Book of Enoch)Original language
1 Enoch (Ethiopic Book of Enoch)
The Book of Enoch (R. H. Charles, 1917)
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1And I proceeded to where things were chaotic.
2ወርኢኩ፡ በህየ፡ ግብረ፡ ግሩመ፡ ኢ፡ ሰማየ፡ ልዑለ፡ ወኢ፡ ምድረ፡ ሱርርተ፡ አላ፡ መካነ፡ በድው፡ ዘድልው፡ ወግሩም።
2And I saw there something horrible: I saw neither a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a place chaotic and horrible.
3ወህየ፡ ርኢኩ፡ ሰብዓተ፡ ከዋክብተ፡ ሰማይ፡ እሱራን፡ በላዕሌሁ፡ ኅቡረ፡ ከመ፡ አድባር፡ ዐበይት፡ ወከመ፡ እሳት፡ እንዘ፡ ይነድዱ።
3And there I saw seven stars of the heaven bound together in it, like great mountains and burning with fire.
4ይእተ፡ ጊዜ፡ እቤ፡ በእንተ፡ አይ፡ ኀጢአት፡ ተአስሩ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ምንት፡ ዝየ፡ ተገድፉ።
4Then I said: ‘For what sin are they bound, and on what account have they been cast in hither?’
5ወይቤለኒ፡ ኡርኤል፡ አሐዱ፡ እመላእክት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዘምስሌየ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወይመርሐኒ፡ ወይቤ፡ ሄኖክ፡ በእንተ፡ ምንት፡ ትሴአል፡ ወበእንተ፡ መኑ፡ ትጤይቅ፡ ወትጽሕቅ።
5Then said Uriel, one of the holy angels, who was with me, and was chief over them, and said: ‘Enoch, why dost thou ask, and why art thou eager for the truth?
6እሉ፡ እሙንቱ፡ መላእክት፡ እለ፡ ኀለፉ፡ ትእዛዘ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ልዑል፡ ወተአስሩ፡ በዝየ፡ እስከ፡ ይትፌጸም፡ ትእልፊተ፡ ዓለም፡ ኍልቈ፡ መዋዕለ፡ ኀጢአቶሙ።
6These are of the number of the stars ⌜of heaven⌝ which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are bound here till ten thousand years, the time entailed by their sins, are consummated.’
7ወእምህየ፡ ሖርኩ፡ ካልአ፡ መካነ፡ እም፡ ዝ፡ ዘይጌርም፡ ወርኢኩ፡ ግብረ፡ ግሩመ፡ እሳት፡ ዐቢይ፡ በህየ፡ ዘይነድድ፡ ወያንበለብል፡ ወሞሠርት፡ ቦቱ፡ ወወሰኑ፡ እስከ፡ ቀላይ፡ ፍጹም፡ አዕማደ፡ እሳት፡ ዐበይት፡ ዘያወርድዎሙ፡ ወኢ፡ አምጣኖ፡ ወኢ፡ ዕበዮ፡ ኢክህልኩ፡ ነጽሮ፡ ወስእንኩ፡ ነጽሮ፡ ዐይኑ።
7And from thence I went to another place, which was still more horrible than the former, and I saw a horrible thing: a great fire there which burnt and blazed, and the place was cleft as far as the abyss, being full of great descending columns of fire: neither its extent or magnitude could I see, nor could I conjecture.
8ውእተ፡ ጊዜ፡ እቤ፡ እፎ፡ ግሩም፡ ዝንቱ፡ መካን፡ ወሕማም፡ ለነጽሮ።
8Then I said: ‘How fearful is the place and how terrible to look upon!’
9ውእተ፡ ጊዜ፡ አውሥአኒ፡ ኡርኤል፡ አሐዱ፡ እመላእክት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዘምስሌየ፡ ሀለወ፡ ወአውሥአኒ፡ ወይቤለኒ፡ ሄኖክ፡ ምንተ፡ ውእቱ፡ ፍርሀትከ፡ ከመ፡ ዝ፡ ወድንጋፄከ፡ በእንተ፡ ዝ፡ ግሩም፡ መካን፡ ወቅድመ፡ ገጹ፡ ለዝ፡ ሕማም።
9Then Uriel answered me, one of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: ‘Enoch, why hast thou such fear and affright?’ And I answered: ‘Because of this fearful place, and because of the spectacle of the pain.’
10ወይቤለኒ፡ ዝ፡ መካን፡ ቤተ፡ ሞቅሖሙ፡ ለመላእክት፡ ወበህየ፡ ይትአኀዙ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም።
10And he said 〚unto me〛: ‘This place is the prison of the angels, and here they will be imprisoned for ever.’
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