1 Enoch 99 (sent. 10–12)

ወበእማንቱ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ ብፁዓን ፡ ኲሎሙ ፡ እለ ፡ ይትሜጠዉ ፡ ነገረ ፡ ጥበብ ፡ ወየአምርዎ ፡ ወይገብርዎን ፡ ለፍናዋተ ፡ ልዑል ፡ ወየሐውሩ ፡ በፍኖተ ፡ ጽድቅ ፡ ወኢይረስዑ ፡ ምስለ ፡ እለ ፡ ይረስዑ ፡ እስመ ፡ እሙንቱ ፡ ይድኅኑ ። አሌ ፡ ለክሙ ፡ እለ ፡ ትሰፍኋ ፡ ለእኪት ፡ ለቢጽክሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ በሲኦል ፡ ትትቀተሉ ። አሌ ፡ ለክሙ ፡ እለ ፡ ትገብርዋ ፡ ለመሠረተ ፡ ኀጢአት ፡ ወጒሕሉት ፡ ወእለ ፡ ያመርሩ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ እስመ ፡ ቦቱ ፡ ይትዌድኡ ።

1. Woe to you who work godlessness, And glory in lying and extol them: Ye shall perish, and no happy life shall be yours. 2. Woe to them who pervert the words of uprightness, And transgress the eternal law, And transform themselves into what they were not [into sinners]: They shall be trodden under foot upon the earth. 3. In those days make ready, ye righteous, to raise your prayers as a memorial, And place them as a testimony before the angels, That they may place the sin of the sinners for a memorial before the Most High. 4. In those days the nations shall be stirred up, And the families of the nations shall arise on the day of destruction. 5. And in those days the destitute shall go forth and carry off their children, And they shall abandon them, so that their children shall perish through them: Yea, they shall abandon their children (that are still) sucklings, and not return to them, And shall have no pity on their beloved ones. 6. And again I swear to you, ye sinners, that sin is prepared for a day of unceasing bloodshed. 7. And they who worship stones, and grave images of gold and silver and wood 〈and stone〉 and clay, and those who worship impure spirits and demons, and all kinds of idols not according to knowledge, shall get no manner of help from them. 8. And they shall become godless by reason of the folly of their hearts, And their eyes shall be blinded through the fear of their hearts And through visions in their dreams. 9. Through these they shall become godless and fearful; For they shall have wrought all their work in a lie, And shall have worshipped a stone: …