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

I94 The Book of Enoch. [Sect. ill.
the sun rises from that fourth portal, and sets in the fourth,
and returns to the fifth portal of the east thirty mornings in
succession, and rises from and sets in the fifth portal. 1 2.
Then the day becomes longer by two parts and amounts
to eleven parts, and the night becomes shorter and amounts
to seven parts. 13. And the sun returns to the east and
enters into the sixth portal, and rises and sets in the sixth
portal one and thirty mornings in succession on account of its
sign. 14. And on that day the day becomes longer than
the night, so that it amounts to double the night, i. e. twelve
parts, and the night becomes shorter and amounts to six
parts. 15. And the sun mounts up to make the day
shorter and the night longer, and the sun returns to the east
and enters into the sixth portal, and rises from it and sets
thirty mornings. 16. And when thirty mornings have
elapsed, the day decreases by exactly one part, and amounts
to eleven parts, and the night to seven parts. 17. And the
sun goes forth from that sixth portal in the west, and goes to
the east and rises^or thirty mornings in the fifth portal, and
sets in the west again in the fifth western portal. 18. On
that day the day decreases by two parts and amounts to ten
parts and the night to eight parts. 19. And the sun rises
from that fifth portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west,
and rises for one and thirty mornings in the fourth portal
on account of its sign and sets in the west. 20. On that
day the day is equalised to the night and becomes of equal
length, and the day amounts to nine parts and the night to
nine parts. 31. And the sun rises from that portal and
night to eight parts. G adds 'exactly,' Tl*#. II. Fifth
portal. G repeats these words wrongly at beginning of next
verse. 13. For B(h£i Afrflfh G reads frflrh. One and
thirty. G reads 'thirty/ 19. Bises in the fourth portal on
account of its sign. G M read :
' rises in the fourth portal on
poses, where the longest day is twice our author states it. 13. On ac-
as long as the shortest night, just as count of its sign, i. e. that of the