1 Enoch 78 (sent. 10–12)

ወካልእተ ፡ ሥርዐተ ፡ አርአየኒ ፡ ኡርኤል ፡ ሶበ ፡ ይትወደይ ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ውስተ ፡ ወርኅ ፡ ወእምኀበ ፡ ይትወደይ ፡ እምፀሐይ ። ኲሎ ፡ ዘመነ ፡ ዘተሐውር ፡ ወርኅ ፡ በብርሃነ ፡ ዚአሃ ፡ ትወዲ ፡ በቅድመ ፡ ፀሐይ ፡ እስከ ፡ ፲ወ፬መዋዕል ፡ ይትፌጸም ፡ ብርሃና ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወሶበ ፡ ይውዒ ፡ ኲሉ ፡ ይትፌጸም ፡ ብርሃኑ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሰማይ ። ወቀዳሚት ፡ ዕለት ፡ ሠርቀ ፡ ትሰመይ ፡ እስመ ፡ በይእቲ ፡ ዕለት ፡ ይትነሣእ ፡ ላዕሌሃ ፡ ብርሃን ።

1. Recapitulation of several of the Laws. 2. And the moon has four names: the first name is Asônjâ, the second Eblâ, the third Benâsê, and the fourth Erâe. 3. These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and the size of the circumference of both is alike. 4. In the circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted. 5. And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make their revolution by the north, and come forth through the eastern portals on the face of the heaven. 6. And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part appears in the heaven: [the light becomes full in her]: on the fourteenth day she accomplishes her light. 7. And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth day (when) her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the year, and she becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by (the addition of) fourteenth parts. 8. And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth. 9. And in certain months the month …