2 Enoch 50
2 Enoch 50
Section: Instructions to Sons
Translated by W.R. Morfill, ed. R.H. Charles (1896)
How Nobody born upon the Earth can hide himself, nor are his
Deeds concealed. (God) commands that he should be on the Earth a short time, endure Temptation, and Annoyance, and not injure the Widow and Orphan.|
L. 1. Ihave laid down in the writings the actions of every man, * and no one born on the earth can hide himself, nor can his deeds he concealed ; I see all °. 2. Now, therefore, my children, in patience and meekness accomplish the number of your days, and ye shall inherit the endless life which is to
come. 3. * Every wound, and every affliction, and every 1B om. 2 So A Sok. but that for every A reads the rest of that. Breads Even before man was created a place of Judgement was
prepared for him. ’ And a measure and a standard how long a man shall live in this world, and shall be tried in it, Sok. ; And it was mea- sured out and fixed, and there man will be tried, B. 4 So A Sok. but that Sok. adds previously after place. Breads As before it was appointed for him,
L. > Bom.; Sok. adds as in a looking-glass,
that first called my attention to these passages in Philo. On the various forms of swearing usual among the Jews and censured in Mt. v. 33-36 and indirectly in the text, sce Lightfoot 7 Joc.; Hisen- menger, ii. 490 sqq.
XLIX. 2. A place… prepared for every soul. £0 Tractut Chagiga, fol. r5,col. 1; Torath Adam, fol. 101, col. 3; Avudath hakkodesh, fol. 19, col. 1, where it is said that a place
is prepared for every man either in Paradise or Hell (Eisenmenger, ii. 315).
L. 1. Nor can his deeds be con- cealed. Eth. En. ix. 5. 2. In patience, &c. Cp. Luke xxi. 19 ‘In your patience ye shall win your souls,’ A blessed immortality for the righteous is taught in this book, but apparently no resurrection of the body. 3. Cp. Ecclus. ii. 4; 2 Tim. iv. 5; Heb. x. 325 1 Pet. ii. 19;
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evil word, and attack! endure for the sake of the Lord. 4. And when you might have vengeance ? do not repay, either
- your neighbour or your enemy* For God # will repay as your avenger in the * day of the great judgement >. * Let it not be for you to take vengeance ®. 5. Whoever of you shall spend gold or silver for the sake of a brother, shall receive abundant treasure in * the day of judgement? *and stretch out your hands to ® the orphan, the widow, and the stranger °.
[Enoch instructs his Sons, not to hide their Treasures upon