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

Sect, v.] Chapters XCVI. $— XCVII. 6. 279
those days many and good days will come to the righteous
in the day of your judgment.
XCVII. 1. Believe, ye righteous ; for the sinners will
come to shame and perish in the day of unrighteousness.
2. It will become known to you that the Most High is mind-
ful of your destruction and the angels of heaven rejoice
over your destruction. 3. What will ye do, ye sinners, and
whither will ye flee on that day of judgment when ye hear
the voice of the prayer of the righteous ? 4. And it will
not fare with you as with them, ye against whom this word
will stand as a testimony: "Ye have been companions of
sinners." 5. In those days the prayer of the righteous will
reach unto the Lord, and the days of your judgment will
overtake you. 6. And all the words of your unrighteous-
ness will be read out before the Great (and) Holy One, and
your faces will be covered with shame, and every work which
XCVII. 2. The angels of heaven. So GMK Other MSS.
omit ' of heaven.' 5. G reads, ' will go forth (^ffDfrX) and reach.'
6. All the words of your unrighteousness. G reads : H"ft°: *}tn>q
Xiao*. The words Great (and) Holy One introduce the repeated
section xcvii. 6 b -cviii. 10 in G. We shall distinguish the two texts
for this section as G and G 1 . It will be remarked that the readings
of G 1
stand almost midway between G and Dln.'s text. (And)
Holy. So G G 1 M. Din. gives ' and Holy.' Every work which
The reference here seems to be to ver. 5. 4. This word ...
* Ye
the temporary Messianic kingdom in have been companions of sinners.'
which the righteous who are living xcvi. 4 may be taken in this sense,
at the time will participate. The Pharisaic duty of separation from
XCVII. This chapter mainly con- the unrighteous could not be more
sists of threatenings against the strongly enforced. 5. The prayer
wicked. 1. In the day of un- of the righteous : cf. xlvii. 2 ; xcvii.
righteousness. A peculiar expres- 3 ; xcix. 3, 16 ; civ. 3. This cry of
sion for the day appointed for the the righteous for vengeance on their
judgment of unrighteousness : seexlv. persecutors is found in Rev. vi. 10.
2 (note). 2. Cf. xciv. 10 for a 6. "Will be read out, i. e. from the
similar expression of religious hate books of remembrance of evil deeds :
contrasted with Luke xv. 10. 3. see xlvii. 3 (note). Great (and) Holy
Whither will ye flee : cf. cii. 1. One : see i. 3 (note) ; xcii. 2 (note).
The prayer of the righteous : cf. Covered with shame : cf. xlvi. 6 ;