1 Enoch 18 (sent. 13–15)

ወግሩመ ፡ ርኢኩ ፡ በህየ ፡ ፯ከዋክብተ ፡ ከመ ፡ ዐበይት ፡ አድባር ፡ ዘይነድዱ ፡ ወከመ ፡ መንፈስ ፡ ዘይሴአለኒ ። ይቤ ፡ መልአክ ፡ ዝውእቱ ፡ መካነ ፡ ተፍጻሜቱ ፡ ለሰማይ ፡ ወለምድር ፤ ቤተ ፡ ሞቅሕ ፡ ኮኖሙ ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ ለከዋክብተ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወለኀይለ ፡ ሰማይ ። ወከዋክብት ፡ እለ ፡ ያንኰረኲሩ ፡ ዲበ ፡ እሳት ፡ ወእሉ ፡ ውእቶሙ ፡ እለ ፡ ኀለፉ ፡ ትእዛዘ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ጽባሖሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ ኢመጽኡ ፡ በጊዜሆሙ ።

1. I saw the treasuries of all the winds: I saw how He had furnished with them the whole creation and the firm foundations of the earth. 2. And I saw the corner-stone of the earth: I saw the four winds which bear [the earth and] the firmament of the heaven. 3. ⌈⌈And I saw how the winds stretch out the vaults of heaven⌉⌉, and have their station between heaven and earth: ⌈⌈these are the pillars of the heaven⌉⌉. 4. I saw the winds of heaven which turn and bring the circumference of the sun and all the stars to their setting. 5. I saw the winds on the earth carrying the clouds: I saw ⌈⌈the paths of the angels. I saw⌉⌉ at the end of the earth the firmament of the heaven above. 6. And I proceeded and saw a place which burns day and night, where there are seven mountains of magnificent stones, three towards the east, and three towards the south. 7. And as for those towards the east, 〈one〉 was of coloured stone, and one of pearl, and one of jacinth, and those towards the south of red stone. 8. But the middle one reached to heaven like the throne of God, of alabaster, and the summit of the throne was of sapphire. 9. And I saw a flaming fire. 10. And beyond these mountains Is a region the end of the great earth: there the heavens were completed. 11. And I saw a deep abyss, with columns ⌈⌈of heavenly fire, and among them I saw columns⌉⌉ of fire fall, which were beyond measure alike towards the height and towards the depth. 12. And beyond that abyss I saw a place which had no firmament of the heaven above, and no firmly founded earth beneath it: there was no water upon it, and no …