1 Enoch (Ethiopic) Parallel Translations

LIII

1There mine eyes saw a deep valley with open mouths, and all who dwell on the earth and sea and islands shall bring to him gifts and presents and tokens of homage, but that deep valley shall not become full.
2And their hands commit lawless deeds,
And the sinners devour all whom they lawlessly oppress:
Yet the sinners shall be destroyed before the face of the Lord of Spirits,
And they shall be banished from off the face of His earth,
And they shall perish for ever and ever.
3For I saw all the angels of punishment abiding [there] and preparing all the instruments of Satan. 4And I asked the angel of peace who went with me: 'For whom are they preparing these Instruments?' 5And he said unto me: 'They prepare these for the kings and the mighty of this earth, that they may thereby be destroyed. 6And after this the Righteous and Elect One shall cause the house of his congregation to appear: henceforth they shall be no more hindered in the name of the Lord of Spirits.
7And these mountains shall not stand as the earth before his righteousness,
But the hills shall be as a fountain of water,
And the righteous shall have rest from the oppression of sinners.'

52

52:1 There my eyes beheld a deep valley; and wide was its entrance.

52:2 All who dwell on land, on the sea, and in islands, shall bring to it gifts, presents, and offerings; yet that deep valley shall not be full. Their hands shall commit iniquity. Whatsoever they produce by labour, the sinners shall devour with crime. But they shall perish from the face of the Lord of spirits, and from the face of his earth. They shall stand up, and shall not fail for ever and ever.

52:3 I beheld the angels of punishment, who were dwelling [there], and preparing every instrument of Satan.

52:4 Then I inquired of the angel of peace, who proceeded with me, for whom those instruments were preparing.

52:5 He said, These they are preparing for the kings and powerful ones of the earth, that thus they may perish.

52:6 After which the righteous and chosen house of his congregation shall appear, and thenceforward unchangeable in the name of the Lord of spirits.

52:7 Nor shall those mountains exist in his presence as the earth and the hills, as the fountains of water [exist]. And the righteous shall be relieved from the vexation of sinners.