the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

120 The Booh of Enoch [Sect, ii
And those are the measures which shall be given to faith
And which shall strengthen righteousness.
5. And these measures shall reveal all the secrets of the depths
of the earth,
And those who have been destroyed by the desert,
And those who have been devoured by the beasts.
And those who have been devoured by the fish of the sea.
That they may return and stay themselves
On the day of the Elect One
For none shall be destroyed before the Lord of Spirits,
And none can be destroyed.
6. And all who dwell above in the heaven received a command
and power and one voice and one light like unto fire.
7. And that One (with) their first words they blessed,
And extolled and lauded with wisdom,
And they were wise in utterance and in the spirit of life.
8. And the Lord of Spirits placed the Elect One on the throne
;
of glory.
And he shall judge all the works of the holy above in the
heaven.
And in the balance shall their deeds be weighed.
from off the face of the earth ; cf. 38^ of. vv. 10 12 UK In 9' they are
(note). Kighteousness (a). iS'the called 'the holy ones of heaven',
voice of righteousness'. 5. Only The angels were commanded to aing
the resurrection of the righteous is here praises, and for that purpose one power
spoken of. In hlh ^ there is an account and one voice are given to them,
of the resurrection of all Israel : see 7, That One. Either the Elect One
note. After the resurrection follows or the Lord of Spirits. But the trans-
the judgement. Devoured.'", g omits lation given above is questionable,
next nine word.s through hmt. Hence For ' la before w'StA read ba. Then
it supports gmtu here. By tte beasts render
{in), gm by a scribal error
' with their first words they
' by the blessed '. This seems right, though no
treasuries'. Flemming, followed by object of the praise is definitely stated.
Martin, abandons the text of tu(gm), 8. See 45' (note) ; cf. Ps. 110'.
and gives that of P-n, which reads Glory (a). /3 'His glory'. The holy
'of the sea and by the beasts', and above in the heaven, i. e. the angels ;
omits the second 'and those who have cf. 61« (note). For 'the holy' q reads
been devoured'. 6. All who dwell ' the righteous '. Shall their deeds
above in the heaven, i.e. the angels ; be weighed {mqu^P). g ' thej shall