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

130 The Booh of Enoch [Sect, ii
embittered voice : ' Hear me^ hear me, hear me.' 3. And I
said unto him : ' Tell me what it is that is falling out on the
earth that the earth is in such evil plight and shaken, lest per-
chance I shall perish with it/ 4. And thereupon there was
a great commotion on the earth, and a voice was heard from
heaven, and I fell on my face. 5. And Enoch my grand-
' Why hast
father came and stood by me, and said unto me :
thou cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping ?
6. And a command has gone forth from the presence of the
Lord concerning those who dwell on the earth that their ruin is
accomplished because they have learnt all the secrets of the
angels, and all the violence of the Satans, and all their powers
the most secret ones—and all the power of those who practise
sorcery, and the power of witchcraft, and the power of those who
make molten images for the whole earth : 7. And how silver
is produced from the dust of the earth, and how soft metal
originates in the earth. 8. For lead and tin are not produced
from the earth like the first : it is a fountain that produces them,
and an angel stands therein, and that angel is pre-eminent.'
9. And after that my grandfather Enoch took hold of me by my
hand and raised me up, and said unto me :
—
' Go, for I have asked
the Lord of Spirits as touching this commotion on the earth.
" Because of their unrighteousness
10. And He said unto me :
3. I said (a, v). fi, 0-ii' ' he said ' An
angel stands ... is pre-eminent.
4. A voice. This is the command in I here read jStbadar with i = ' is prever.
6. Pell on my face. As in eminent'. Other MSS. jSbadSr =
60'. 6-10'. The text seems to be celer est, praectirrii {and possibly prae-
in disorder. It would be clearer if cellit as Dillmann assumes). 9.
g59-ioa followed immediately on 65^. My h.and {gq). mtn, fS 'his hand'.
6. Because they have learnt all 10. This verse is very con-upt, but it is
the secrets of the angels, &c. : cf. 7 possible I think to recover the original
8 69. Their powers—the most meaning and text. The present text
secret ones {cji). /3-a)»
' their secret runs as follows :
' Because of their un-
powers ', in ' the powers of their righteousness their judgement has been
most secret secrets ', qu ' their powers '. determined upon, and shall not be
The power of witchcraft : cf. 7^^. reckoned before Me because of the
The destruction of the earth is ascribed months which they have searched out
to the corruption wrought through the and learnt that {>gtu) the earth and
angels. 8. From the earth. > q. those who dwell upon it shall be