2 Enoch 47
2 Enoch 47
Section: Instructions to Sons
Translated by W.R. Morfill, ed. R.H. Charles (1896)
Enoch instructs his Sons from the Lips of God, and gives them the Manuscripts of this Book
XLVII. 1. Now, my children, put my thoughts in your hearts; pay attention to the words of your father, which
- have come to® you from the mouth of the Lord. 2. Take these books of the wntings of your father, and read them, *and in them ye shall learn all the works of the Lord. There have been many books from the beginning of creation, and shall be to the end of the world, but none shall make
XLVI. } Sok. om. B omits ENTIRE CHAPTER. * Sok. om. 3 With falsehood and is good in his tongue but evil in his heart, will not his heart perceive this and he will judge by himself so that he is proved not to beright, Sok. * Just judgement that is no respecter of persons, Sok.
XLVII. * I tell, Sok. B omits entire CHAPTER.
XLVI. 2. Cf. Orac. Sibyll. ii, 120 light means is not clear. pnd Erepov evOors xpadig voov ard’ RLVII. 1. Cf. xxxix. 2. 2. dyopevar, 3. What the great None shall make things known
things known to you like my writings }. 3. But if you shall preserve? my writings, you will not sin against God. For there is no other besides the Lord, neither in heaven nor on earth, nor the depths below, nor the solitary foundations. 4. God established the foundations upon things that are unknown, and stretched out the visible and invisible heavens, and made firm the earth upon the waters, and established the waters on things that are not fixed 4, Who has created all the innumerable works of creation ? 5. * Who has numbered the dust of the earth®, and the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the dew of the morning,
- and the breath of the wind’? Who has * bound earth and sea with bonds’ that cannot be broken up: * and has cut® the stars out of fire, * and beautified® the heavens), and placed
- the sun}! in the midst of them * so that).