1 Enoch 22 (sent. 13–14)

ከመዝ ፡ ተፈጥረ ፡ ለነፍሶሙ ፡ ለሰብእ ፡ እለ ፡ ኢኮኑ ፡ ጻድቃነ ፡ አላ ፡ ኃጥኣነ ፡ እለ ፡ ፍጹማነ ፡ አበሳ ፡ ወምስለ ፡ አባስያን ፡ ይከውኑ ፡ ከማሆሙ ፡ ወነፍሶሙሰ ፡ ኢትትቀተል ፡ በዕለተ ፡ ኲነኔ ፡ ወኢይትነሥኡ ፡ እምዝየ ። ውእተ ፡ ጊዜ ፡ ባረክዎ ፡ ለእግዚአ ፡ ስብሐት ፡ ወእቤ ፡ ቡሩክ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ እግዚእየ ፡ እግዚአ ፡ ስብሐት ፡ ወጽድቅ ፡ ዘኲሎ ፡ ይመልክ ፡ እስከ ፡ ለዓለም ።

1. And thence I went to another place, and he showed me in the west ⌈another⌉ great and high mountain [and] of hard rock. Ethiopic Greek 2. And there were †four† hollow places in it, deep and very smooth: †three† of them were dark and one bright and there was a fountain of water in its midst. And I said: ‘†How† smooth are these hollow places, and deep and dark to view.’ 3. Then Raphael answered, one of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: ‘These hollow places have been created for this very purpose, that the spirits of the souls of the dead should assemble therein, yea that all the souls of the children of men should assemble here. 4. And these places have been made to receive them till the day of their judgement and till their appointed period [till the period appointed], till the great judgement (comes) upon them.’ Ethiopic Greek 5. I saw 〈the spirit of〉 a dead man making suit, and his voice went forth to heaven and made suit. 6. And I asked Raphael the angel who was with me, and I said unto him: ‘This spirit which maketh suit, whose is it, whose voice goeth forth and maketh suit to heaven?’ 7. And he answered me saying: ‘This is the spirit which went forth from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him till his seed is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his seed is annihilated from amongst the seed of men.’ Ethiopic Greek 8. Then I asked regarding all the hollow places: ‘Why is one separated from the other?’ Ethiopic Greek 9. And he answered me saying: ‘These three have been made that the spirits of the dead might be …