1 Enoch 103 (sent. 7–9)

ወበጽልመት ፡ ወበመርበብት ፡ ወበላህብ ፡ ዘይነድድ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ኲነኔ ፡ ዐባይ ፡ ትበውእ ፡ መንፈስክሙ ፡ ወኲነኔ ፡ ዐባይ ፡ ትከውን ፡ ለኲሉ ፡ ትውልድ ፡ እስከ ፡ ለዓለም ፤ አሌ ፡ ለክሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ አልብክሙ ፡ ሰላም ። እትበልዎሙ ፡ ለጻድቃን ፡ ወለኄራን ፡ እለ ፡ ሀለዉ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሕይወት ፡ በመዋዕለ ፡ ስራሕነ ፡ ጻማ ፡ ጻመውነ ፡ ወኲሎ ፡ ስራሐ ፡ ርኢነ ፡ ወእከያተ ፡ ብዙኀ ፡ ረከብነ ፡ ወተወዳዕነ ፡ ወውሕድነ ፡ ወንዕሰት ፡ መንፈስነ ። ወተሐጐልነ ፡ ወአልቦ ፡ ዘረድአነ ፡ በነገር ፡ ወበምግባር ፡ ስእነ ፡ ወኢምንተኒ ፡ ኢረከብነ ፡ ወተፅዕርነ ፡ ወተሐጐልነ ፡ ወኢተሰፈውነ ፡ ከመ ፡ ንርአይ ፡ ሕይወተ ፡ ዕለተ ፡ እምዕለት ።

1. Now, therefore, I swear to you, the righteous, by the glory of the Great and Honoured and 2. Mighty One in dominion, and by His greatness I swear to you. I know a mystery And have read the heavenly tablets, And have seen the holy books, And have found written therein and inscribed regarding them: 3. That all goodness and joy and glory are prepared for them, And written down for the spirits of those who have died in righteousness, And that manifold good shall be given to you in recompense for your labours, And that your lot is abundantly beyond the lot of the living. 4. And the spirits of you who have died in righteousness shall live and rejoice, And their spirits shall not perish, nor their memorial from before the face of the Great One Unto all the generations of the world: wherefore no longer fear their contumely. 5. Woe to you, ye sinners, when ye have died, If ye die in the wealth of your sins, And those who are like you say regarding you: “Blessed are the sinners: they have seen all their days. 6. And now they have died in prosperity and in wealth, And have not seen tribulation or murder in their life; And they have died in honour, And judgement has not been executed on them during their life.” 7. Know ye, that their souls will be made to descend into Sheol And they shall be wretched in their great tribulation. 8. And into darkness and chains and a burning flame where there is grievous judgement shall your spirits enter; And the great judgement shall be for all the generations of the world. Woe to you, for ye shall have no peace. 9. Say not in regard to the …