1 Enoch 108 (sent. 4–6)

ወተስእልክዎ ፡ ለ፩እመላእክት ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ እለ ፡ ምስሌየ ፡ ወእቤሎ ፡ ምንት ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዝስብሕ ፡ እስመ ፡ ኢኮነ ፡ ሰማየ ፡ አላ ፡ ላህበ ፡ እሳት ፡ ባሕቲቱ ፡ ዘይነድድ ፡ ወቃለ ፡ ጽራሕ ፡ ወብካይ ፡ ወአውያት ፡ ወሕማም ፡ ኀያል ። ወይቤለኒ ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ መካን ፡ ዘትሬኢ ፡ በህየ ፡ ይትወዶዩ ፡ መናፍስተ ፡ ኃጥኣን ፡ ወፅሩፋን ፡ ወእለ ፡ ይገብሩ ፡ እኩየ ፡ ወእለ ፡ ይመይጡ ፡ ኲሎ ፡ ዘነገረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ በአፈ ፡ ነቢያት ፡ እለ ፡ ሀለዉ ፡ ይትገበሩ ። እስመ ፡ ሀለዉ ፡ እምኔሆሙ ፡ ጽሑፋን ፡ ወልኩዓን ፡ ላዕለ ፡ በሰማይ ፡ ከመ ፡ ያንብብዎሙ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ወያእምሩ ፡ ዘሀሎ ፡ ይብጽሖሙ ፡ ለኃጥኣን ፡ ወለመናፍስተ ፡ ትሑታን ፡ ወእለ ፡ አሕመሙ ፡ ሥጋሆሙ ፡ ወተፈድዩ ፡ እምኀበ ፡ አምላክ ፡ ወእለ ፡ ኀስሩ ፡ እምእኩያን ፡ ሰብእ ፤ እለ ፡ አፍቀርዎ ፡ ለአምላክ ፡ ኢወርቀ ፡ ወኢብሩረ ፡ ኢያፍቀሩ ፡ ወኢኲሎ ፡ ሠናየ ፡ ዘውስተ ፡ ዓለም ፡ አላ ፡ ወሀቡ ፡ ሥጋሆሙ ፡ ለጻዕር ፤ ወእለ ፡ እምአመ ፡ ኮኑ ፡ ኢፈተዉ ፡ መባልዕተ ፡ ዘውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ አላ ፡ ረሰዩ ፡ ርእሶሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ መንፈስ ፡ እንተ ፡ ኀለፈት ፡ ወዘንተ ፡ ዐቀቡ ፡ ወብዙኃ ፡ አመከሮሙ ፡ እግዚእ ፡ ወተረክብ ፡ መንፈሳቲሆሙ ፡ በንጽሕ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይባርክዎ ፡ ለስሙ ።

1. Another book which Enoch wrote for his son Methuselah and for those who will come after him, and keep the law in the last days. 2. Ye who have done good shall wait for those days till an end is made of those who work evil, and an end of the might of the transgressors. 3. And wait ye indeed till sin has passed away, for their names shall be blotted out of the book of life and out of the holy books, and their seed shall be destroyed for ever, and their spirits shall be slain, and they shall cry and make lamentation in a place that is a chaotic wilderness, and in the fire shall they burn; for there is no earth there. 4. And I saw there something like an invisible cloud; for by reason of its depth I could not †look over†, and I saw a flame of fire blazing brightly, and things like shining mountains circling and sweeping to and fro. 5. And I asked one of the holy angels who was with me and said unto him: ‘What is this shining thing? for it is not a heaven but only the flame of a blazing fire, and the voice of weeping and crying and lamentation and strong pain.’ 6. And he said unto me: ‘This place which thou seest—here are cast the spirits of sinners and blasphemers, and of those who work wickedness, and of those who pervert everything that the Lord hath spoken through the mouth of the prophets—(even) the things that shall be. 7. For some of them are written and inscribed above in the heaven, in order that the angels may read them and know that which shall befall the sinners, and the spirits of the humble, and of those who have afflicted their bodies, and been recompensed by …