1 Enoch 67 (sent. 1–3)

ወበእማንቱ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ ኮነ ፡ ቃለ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ኀቤየ ፡ ወይቤለኒ ፡ ኖኅ ፡ ናሁ ፡ ክፍልከ ፡ ዐርገ ፡ ኀቤየ ፡ ክፍል ፡ ዘአልቦቱ ፡ ሒስ ፡ ክፍለ ፡ ፍቅር ፡ ወርትዕ ። ወይእዜኒ ፡ ይገብሩ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ዕፀወ ፡ ወሶበ ፡ ወፅኡ ፡ ለውእቱ ፡ መልእክት ፡ እወዲ ፡ እዴየ ፡ ዲቤሃ ፡ ወአዐቅባ ፡ ወትከውን ፡ እምኔሃ ፡ ዘርአ ፡ ሕይወት ፡ ወተውላጠ ፡ ይባእ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢይንበር ፡ የብስ ፡ ዕራቆ ። ወአጸንዖ ፡ ለዘርእከ ፡ በቅድሜየ ፡ ለዓለመ ፡ ዓለም ፤ ወእዘርኦሙ ፡ ለእለ ፡ የኀድሩ ፡ ምስሌከ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ገጸ ፡ የብስ ፡ ወይትባረክ ፡ ወይትባዛኅ ፡ ቅድመ ፡ የብስ ፡ በስሙ ፡ ለእግዚእ ።

1. And in those days the word of God came unto me, and He said unto me: ‘Noah, thy lot has come up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and uprightness. 2. And now the angels are making a wooden (building), and when they have completed that task I will place My hand upon it and preserve it, and there shall come forth from it the seed of life, and a change shall set in so that the earth will not remain without inhabitant. 3. And I will make fast thy seed before me for ever and ever, and I will spread abroad those who dwell with thee: it shall not be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it shall be blessed and multiply on the earth in the name of the Lord.’ 4. And He will imprison those angels, who have shown unrighteousness, in that burning valley which my grandfather Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west among the mountains of gold and silver and iron and soft metal and tin. 5. And I saw that valley in which there was a great convulsion and a convulsion of the waters. 6. And when all this took place, from that fiery molten metal and from the convulsion thereof in that place, there was produced a smell of sulphur, and it was connected with those waters, and that valley of the angels who had led astray (mankind) burned beneath that land. 7. And through its valleys proceed streams of fire, where these angels are punished who had led astray those who dwell upon the earth. 8. But those waters shall in those days serve for the kings and the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, for the healing of the body, but for the punishment of the …