2 Enoch 44 - Man Is Made in the Likeness of God
2 Enoch 44
Section: Instructions to Sons
Translated by W.R. Morfill, ed. R.H. Charles (1896)
Enoch shows his Children how he measured and wrote out the Judgements of God
XLITI. 1, * Lo! my children, the things which I have gained on tle earth and meditated upon from the Lord God I have written down both winter and summer. I have compiled the account of all, and concerning the years I have
calculated each hour; I have measured the hours and
written out the lists of them and I have ascertained all their differences °. 2. As one year is more honourable than another ®, so is one man more honourable than another. This
1 The man who is sincere, Sok. 2 Upon whose lips are tender- ness and mercy, B. ’ Accomplished by the Lord and glorifies him, Sok. * Bom. A reads And I saw all the works of the Lord how righteous they are, and of the works of men some (are righteous) but others wicked. And the impure are known by their deeds.
XLIII. ° I, my children, have measured and written out every deed and every measure, and every just judgement (weight, Sok.), A Sok. Suk. adds: And have written them out as the Lord ordered me, and in all these I have found diversity. ’° Badds and one day more than another and one hour more than another.
Prov. xxii. 8; Hos. x. 13. 12. Cf. fact no one is greater than he who fears
ey, -xit. 214 ph. -iy. -26.>— Orne, Sibyll. ii. 58 petden pr Balarv: 64 paptupinv yevdy gedyev, Ta dia’ d-yopevey, 13. Cf. Prov. xxxi. 26. 14. By their works…are known. Cf. Mt. vii. 16, 20.
XLIII. 2, 3. As one year, &c. We should expect rather as one day, &e. Cf. Ecclus. xxiii. 7 da zi jpépa Huepas bwepexer ; The main thought of these verses is derived from Ecclus. X. 20, 22, 24 (cf. Jer. ix. 23, 24): in
God is a direct quotation from x. 24. This passage runs: 20 év péow abeApuy 6 Hryoupevos atm évtipos, al of poBov- pevor KUptoy év dpOaApois avTov. 22. mAovatos Kat é€vdogos nat mrwxds, 73 Kavxnua ait&y poBos xupiov, 24. peyoTay wal xpitns Kal Evvaorys doga- abjoerat, nai ob Eat aiTay Tis pei- (av Tod poBoupévov Tov KUptoy… . 30. wrwxds Sofacerat Oe émorizpny aiTov, xai mAovatos Sofatera 5a Tov mrdoutov avTod. Cf. Orac. dibyll.ii. 125.
60 The Book of the Secrets of Enoch.
man on account of many possessions, that man on account of the wisdom! of the heart; this man on account of under- standing, another on account of cunning; this man for the silence of the lips? ; * this man on account of purity, that on account of strength; this man on account of comeliness, another on account of youth; this man on account of sharp- ness of mind, another on account of quicksightedness of body, and another for the perception of many things. 3. Let it be heard everywhere®; there is no one greater than he who fears God. He shall be the most glorious for ever.
| Huoch instructs his Sons that they should not revile the Persons of Men, whether they ave great or small. |
XLIV. 1. God* made man with His own hands, in the likeness of His countenance, both small and great the Lord created him. He who reviles the countenance of * man, reviles the countenance of the Lord °. 2. * He who shows wrath against another without injury, the great wrath of the Lord shall consume him. 3. If a man spits at the face of another ° * insultingly, he shall be consumed’? in the great judgement of the Lord®. 4. Blessed is the man who * does not direct his heart with malice against any man, and who assists the man who is * injnred, and 1° under judgement, and raises up the oppressed, * and accomplishes the prayer of him who asks ’!} 5. For in the day of the great judgement,
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1 Benevolence, B. ? Tongue and lips, B. 3’ Bom.
XLIV. * B adds fashioned and. > The prince, and loathes the countenance of the Lord; despises the countenance of the Lord, A. Man reviles the countenance of the prince and loathes the counte- ance of the Lord, Sok. ° There is the anger of the Lord, and a great judgement for whoever spits in the face ofa man,B. 7 His insolence will consume him, Sok.; B om. 8 B om. * Puts confidence in, B. 10 A, Sok. om. +! Performs a kindness to him who wants it, Sok. ; Bom.
XLIV. 1. He who reviles the Matt. v. 22. 4. This beatitude countenance, &. We mayreason- seems out of place here. It would ably compare James iil. 9. 2. Cf. come in fittingly at the close of xlii.
Chapiers XLII, 3XLV. 4. 61
every measure and standard and weight, * which is for traffic, namely, that which is hung on a balance and stands for traffic}, knows its own measure, and *shall receive its reward by measure ?.
[God shows that He does not wish Sacrifices from Man, nor