The book of Enoch : translated from Professor Dillmann's Ethiopic ...

Sect. II.] Chapters LXI. n — LXIL 2. 163
13. For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and He is
long-suffering, and all His work and all the extent of His
work He has revealed to the righteous and elect in the name
of the Lord of Spirits/
LXIL 1. And thus the Lord commanded the kings and
the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the
earth, and said :
' Open your eyes and lift up your horns
if ye are able to recognise the Elect One/ 2. And the
Lord of Spirits seated him (i. e. the Messiah) on the throne
of His glory and the spirit of righteousness was poured out
upon him, and the word of his mouth slew all the sinners,
and all the unrighteous were destroyed before his face.
13. All the extent of His work. So M Itfci K^mil 7»fl4« and
G, but that it omits the pron. suffix, itfc must be changed into
tf-ft . Other MSS. give, 'All His power in all that He has created.'
LXIL 2. The Lord of Spirits seated him (i. e. the Messiah)
on the throne of His glory. This translation rests on a necessary
emendation of the text suggested by Din. (DKidC instead of
(Didd . For the following words ' the spirit of righteousness was
poured out upon him ' cannot be referred to God but only to the
Messiah (cf. Isaiah xi. 4), and in verses 3 and 5 the Messiah
is represented as sitting on the throne. Dln.'s text gives 'the
Lord of Spirits sat on the throne,' &c. And all the unright-
eous were destroyed. So G, which for H*A° reads ff/rW; and
in the N.T., ' children of light,' Luke lot of the righteous is then dwelt
xvi. 8. 13. Mercy : seelx. 5 (note).
LXII. Here we have a lengthened
upon in contrast with the fate of the
wicked. 1. The kings and
account of the judgment, particularly the mighty: see xxxviii. 5. Lift
of the kings and of the mighty. This up your horns : cf. Ps. lxxv. 4.
subject has already been handled Kecognise, i. e. recognise him to be
shortly, xlvi. 4-8 ; xlviii. 8-10 ; liii- what he is—the Messiah. The word
liv. 3; but here the actual scene is translated 'recognise' could also be
portrayed. The kings and the mighty rendered ' comprehend,' ' understand.'
will be filled with anguish when they 2. Seated him. See Crit. Note : cf.
behold the Messiah, and will fall Is. xi. 4. The word of his mouth,
down and worship, and pray for The judgment is forensic. All the
mercy at his hands. But their prayers sinners, and all the unrighteous,
will be of no avail and they will Though the writer is chiefly con-
be carried off by the angels of cerned with the judgment of the
punishment. The blessedness of the kings, the condemnation of the sinners
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