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

Sect. Til.] Chapters LXXV. $—LXXVI. 9. 205
proceed and blow over the earth. %. Three of them are
opened on the face (i.e. the east) of the heavens, and three
in the west, and three on the right (i.e. the south) of the
heaven, and three on the left (i. e. the north). 3. And the
first three are those towards the east, and three towards
the north, and after those on the left three towards the
south, and three in the west. 4. Through four of these
come winds of blessing and prosperity, and from those eight
come hurtful winds :
when they are sent, they bring destruc-
tion on all the earth and on the water upon it, and on all
who dwell thereon, and on everything which is in the water
and on the land. 5. And the first wind from those
portals, called the east wind, comes forth through the first
portal in the east, which inclines towards the south : from it
come forth destruction, drought, heat, and rain. 6. And
through the second portal in the middle comes a favourable
(wind), and from it there come rain and fruitfulness and pros-
perity and dew; and through the third portal which lies
toward the north come cold and drought. 7. And after
these come forth the south winds through three portals : in
the first place through the first portal of those inclining to
the east comes forth a hot wind. 8. And through the
middle portal lying next to it there come forth fragrant
smells and dew and rain and prosperity and health. 9.
And through the third portal lying to the west come forth dew
should here render 'open to all the quarters/ see lxxvii. i, Crit. Note.
3. After those, &c. So Gr : (U£*W; Art*, for which Dln/s MSS. give
d&'HCl Art. Is his rendering po&sible : Zur Linken entgegengesetzt 1
6. Comes a favourable (wind). I have emended C^Ol £