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

Sect. II] Ghaiyter LXIII. 1-10 127
6. And now we long for a little rest but find it not
We follow hard upon and obtain (it) not
And light has vanished from before us,
And darkness is our dwelling-place for ever and ever
7. For we have not believed before Him
Nor glorified the name of the Lord of Spirits, [nor glorified
our Lord]
But our hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom,
And in our glory.
8. And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He saves us not.
And we find no respite for confession
That our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judge-
ments and His justice,
And His judgements have no respect of persons.
9. And we pass away from before His face on account of our
works,
And all our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.'
10. Now they will say unto themselves :
:
:
' Our souls are full of
unrighteous gain, but it does not prevent us from descending
from the midst thereof into the fburdenf of Sheol.'
6. And now (q^). a-q ' now '. He is righteous beyond all and there
Follow hard upon {gl^ = Kara- x?)
'-
U no accepting of persons with Him
SiojKoiifv). > M, i. mq, f^ff-i !« 16 ' are In His judgements {a-q). P ' in
driven away' Obtain (it) not. all His judgements '. 10. Riches
q omits the following ' and ' and reads ; avail not to their salvation ; cf. 52' 53
'obtain not light: it has vanished,' &c. Ps. 49'"^^. Unrighteous gain: cf.
Darkness is oui dwelling-place : cf. Luke 16°> i' Sir. 5*. From the midst
46^. 7. Believed, or 'confessed'. thereof (gqu). mt, P-b 'from the
Of Spirits {gq,efv). m 'of lords', flame thereof '. Into the f burden f.
iu, /3-p/i) 'of kings'. The following K6bad = /So/joj, which the Ethiopic
clause is bracketed as a dittograph. translator may have confused with
Our Lord (a). j3 'the Lord in all fiapiv as in Pss. 47'''" 121' Lam. 2^
His work '- Sceptre (jjm, io ^a Ji). If this is so, then we should render
tu,fv 'throne', q,dhkln 'sceptre of 'into the stronghold of Sheol'. Though
the throne '. 8. There is no place the general sense is clear, the details
of repentance when the final judge- are uncertain. Perhaps we should
ment has come. Our Lord is true, read ' into the burden of the flame
&c. Cf. Jub. 4''i, He is ' faithful and of Sheol '- Sheol. This word has
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