1 Enoch 106 (sent. 16–18)

ዝውእቱ ፡ ወልድ ፡ ዘተወልደ ፡ ለክሙ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ይተርፍ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወ፫ደቂቁ ፡ ይድኅኑ ፡ ምስሌሁ ፡ ሶበ ፡ ይመውቱ ፡ ኲሉ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ ዘዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ ይድኅን ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ወደቂቁ ። ይወልዱ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ እለ ፡ ያርብሕ ፡ አኮ ፡ ዘመንፈስ ፡ አላ ፡ ዘሥጋ ፡ ወይከውን ፡ መቅሠፍት ፡ ዐቢይ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወትትሐፀብ ፡ ምድር ፡ እምኲሉ ፡ ሙስና ። ወይእዜኒ ፡ አይድዕ ፡ ለወልድከ ፡ ላሜክ ፡ እስመ ፡ ዘተወልደ ፡ ወልዱ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ በጽድቅ ፡ ወጸውዕ ፡ ስሞ ፡ ኖኅ ፡ እስመ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ይከውን ፡ ለክሙ ፡ ተረፈ ፡ ወውእቱ ፡ ወደቂቁ ፡ ይድኅኑ ፡ እሙስና ፡ እንተ ፡ ትመጽእ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ እምኲሉ ፡ ኀጢአት ፡ ወእምኲሉ ፡ ዐመፃ ፡ እንተ ፡ ሀለወት ፡ ትትፌጸም ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ በመዋዕሊሁ ።

1. And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became pregnant by him and bore a son. 2. And 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. 3. And thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and †conversed with† the Lord of righteousness. 4. And his father Lamech was afraid of him and fled, and came to his father Methuselah. 5. And 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. 6. And 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. 7. And now, my father, I am here to petition thee and implore thee that thou mayst go to Enoch, our father, and learn from him the truth, for his dwelling-place is amongst the angels.’ 8. And 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?’ 9. And 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. 10. And …