1 Enoch 63 (sent. 10–12)

ይእዜ ፡ ይቤልዎሙ ፡ ትፀግብ ፡ ነፍስነ ፡ እምንዋየ ፡ ዐመፃ ፡ ወኢትከልእ ፡ ወሪዶተነ ፡ እምላህባ ፡ ለክበደ ፡ ሲኦል ። ወእምድኅረዝ ፡ ይመልእ ፡ ገጾሙ ፡ ጽልመተ ፡ ወኀፍረተ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ ዝኩ ፡ ወልደ ፡ እጓለ ፡ እመሕያው ፡ ወእምቅድመ ፡ ገጹ ፡ ይሰደዱ ፡ ወሰይፍ ፡ የኀድር ፡ ቅድመ ፡ ገጹ ፡ ማእከሎሙ ። ወከመዝ ፡ ይቤ ፡ እግዚአ ፡ መናፍስት ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ሥርዐቶሙ ፡ ወኲነኔሆሙ ፡ ለአዚዛን ፡ ወለነገሥት ፡ ወለልዑላን ፡ ወለእለ ፡ ይእኅዝዋ ፡ ለየብስ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ እግዚአ ፡ መናፍስት ።

1. In those days shall the mighty and the kings who possess the earth implore (Him) to grant them a little respite from His angels of punishment to whom they were delivered, that they might fall down and worship before the Lord of Spirits, and confess their sins before Him. 2. And they shall bless and glorify the Lord of Spirits, and say: ‘Blessed is the Lord of Spirits and the Lord of kings, And the Lord of the mighty and the Lord of the rich, And the Lord of glory and the Lord of wisdom, 3. And splendid in every secret thing is Thy power from generation to generation, And Thy glory for ever and ever: Deep are all Thy secrets and innumerable, And Thy righteousness is beyond reckoning. 4. We have now learnt that we should glorify And bless the Lord of kings and Him who is king over all kings.’ 5. And they shall say: ‘Would that we had rest to glorify and give thanks And confess our faith before His glory! 6. And now we long for a little rest but find it not: We follow hard upon and obtain (it) not: And light has vanished from before us, And darkness is our dwelling-place for ever and ever: 7. For we have not believed before Him Nor glorified the name of the Lord of Spirits, [nor glorified our Lord] But our hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom, And in our glory. 8. And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He saves us not, And we find no respite for confession That our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judgements and His justice, And His judgements have no respect of persons. 9. And we pass away from before His face on account of our works, And all our sins …