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Chapter 1 · The blessing of Enoch
1.1
The Book of Enoch 1.1 · The word of blessing📜 Charles 1906, the printed page
The book opens with a blessing. Enoch speaks to readers who will live in a time of trouble long after him.
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ቃለ፡1
qāla
The word of
በረከት፡2
barakat
blessing
ዘሄኖክ፡3
za-Henok
of Enoch,that of Enoch
, በከመ፡4
ba-kama
with whichas
ባረከ፡5
bāraka
he blessed
ኅሩያነ፡6
ḫǝruyāna
the chosenchosen ones
ወጻድቃነ፡7
wa-ṣādǝqāna
and the righteousand righteous ones
እለ፡8
ʾǝlla
whothose who
ሀለዉ፡9
halawu
are tothey exist
ይኩኑ፡10
yǝkunu
be therethat they be
በዕለተ፡11
ba-ʿǝlata
in the day of
ምንዳቤ፡12
mǝndābe
tribulationdistress
, ለአሰስሎ፡13
la-ʾasassǝlo
for the removal offor removing
ኵሎ፡14
kʷǝllo
all
እኩያን፡15
ʾǝkuyān
the wickedthe evil ones
ወረሲዓን፡16
wa-rasiʿān
and the godless.and the impious
. The word of blessing of Enoch, with which he blessed the chosen and the righteous who are to be there in the day of tribulation, for the removal of all the wicked and the godless.
The word of blessing of Enoch, with which he blessed the chosen and the righteous who are to be there in the day of tribulation, for the removal of all the wicked and the godless.
1.2
The Book of Enoch 1.2 · A vision for a far-off generation📜 Charles 1906, the printed page
Enoch begins to speak. He says that what he saw is meant for a generation far off.
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And he answered and said: Enoch, a righteous man who is from God, [while] his eyes are open, and sees a holy vision in the heavens, which the angels showed me; and I heard from them everything, and I understood what I saw, and not for this generation, but for the one that is to come, far off.
The book opens with a blessing, barakat, and its verb is bāraka. Dillmann’s first sense for that verb is genibus flexis laudare, “to praise on bended knees”; for “to wish someone well” (fausta precari) he cites this verse. The people Enoch blesses are the chosen (ḫǝruyān) and the righteous (ṣādǝqān), who are to be there ba-ʿǝlata mǝndābe, “in the day of tribulation”. Dillmann gives this very phrase as his first example under the word for “day”, and glosses mǝndābe angustia, a narrow place.
The verse ends with la-ʾasassǝlo, “for the removal” of every wicked (ʾǝkuyān) and godless (rasiʿān) one. Dillmann’s examples under that verb end with these very words, and he cites this verse under rasiʿān too.