1 Enoch 83 (sent. 1–3)

ወይእዜኒ ፡ አርእየከ ፡ ወልድየ ፡ ማቱሳላ ፡ ኲሎ ፡ ራእያተ ፡ እለ ፡ ርኢኩ ፡ በቅድሜከ ፡ እነግር ። ክልኤተ ፡ ራእያተ ፡ ርኢኩ ፡ እንበለ ፡ እንሣእ ፡ ብእሲተ ፡ ወ፩ሂ ፡ እምኔሆሙ ፡ ኢይትማሰል ፡ ምስለ ፡ ካልኡ ፡ ቀዳማየ ፡ አመ ፡ እትሜሐር ፡ መጽሐፈ ፡ ወካልአ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ እንሣእ ፡ እመከ ፡ ርኢኩ ፡ ራእየ ፡ ጽኑዐ ፡ ወበእንቲአሆሙ ፡ አስተብቋዕክዎ ፡ ለእግዚእ ። ስኩበ ፡ ኮንኩ ፡ በቤተ ፡ መላልኤል ፡ እምሔውየ ፡ ርኢኩ ፡ በራእይ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ይትነፃኅ ፡ ወይትሐየድ ፡ ወይወድቅ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ።

1. And now, my son Methuselah, I will show thee all my visions which I have seen, recounting them before thee. 2. Two visions I saw before I took a wife, and the one was quite unlike the other: the first when I was learning to write: the second before I took thy mother, (when) I saw a terrible vision. 3. And regarding them I prayed to the Lord. I had laid me down in the house of my grandfather Mahalalel, (when) I saw in a vision how the heaven collapsed and was borne off and fell to the earth. 4. And when it fell to the earth I saw how the earth was swallowed up in a great abyss, and mountains were suspended on mountains, and hills sank down on hills, and high trees were rent from their stems, and hurled down and sunk in the abyss. 5. And thereupon a word fell into my mouth, and I lifted up (my voice) to cry aloud, and said: ‘The earth is destroyed.’ 6. And my grandfather Mahalalel waked me as I lay near him, and said unto me: ‘Why dost thou cry so, my son, and why dost thou make such lamentation?’ 7. And I recounted to him the whole vision which I had seen, and he said unto me: ‘A terrible thing hast thou seen, my son, and of grave moment is thy dream-vision as to the secrets of all the sin of the earth: it must sink into the abyss and be destroyed with a great destruction. 8. And now, my son, arise and make petition to the Lord of glory, since thou art a believer, that a remnant may remain on the earth, and that He may not destroy the whole earth. 9. My son, from heaven all this will come upon the earth, and upon the earth there will be great destruction. 10. After that …