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

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The Book of Enoch.
2. Kal airi\yayov fM€ els yvocjxabrj tottov kcll els opos ov f] K€(j)a\rj
a(f)LKV€LTo els tov ovpavov. 3. Kal Ibov tottov tgjv (jxaaTripaiv
[koi tovs 6r]o-avpovs t&v darepcoy] /cat tu>v fipovr&v [*at] etj ra
f aKpa fiadr) ottov to£ov irvpbs Kal to. fieXrj Kal al diJKat avr&v
. . . Kal al aaTpairal iracrat.
4. Kal airriyayov jxe M^Xl 01 v§av (vvtuv Kal pe^pi irvpbs
bvo-em, 6 kcrriv [/cat] Trapeyov irao-as tcls bvo-eus tov tjXlov. 5. /cat
rj\6ov ju^x/ 01 noTaixov irvpos, ev a> KaTaTpe\ei to irvp o>s vbcop, Kal
peei els Odkaao-av pLeyakrjv bvaecos. 6. Ibov tovs pieydkovs
iroTafxov(s), (/cat /ue'xpt tov \xeydkov TTOTapiov) Kal /ue'xpt tov
peyakov (tkotovs /carij imjo-a, Kal airrjkOov ottov iraaa o~ap^ [pv]
t TTepnraTel. 7. Ibov tol oprj t&v yvocjxov to, xeip.epiva Kat tj}v
2 . pai — {ocpwb'e — aiKWTO 3. Orjffavpos — aepofiaOr) — ras Orjicas — ras
aarpairas iraaas. 4. fJtai = /i€ — jrapexuv — Svais e,. T)\6ofxev 6. tovs
ave/xovs—tovs x* l l i *P lvovs
omits. 2. ypocpabrj. This is a happy emendation of M. Lods.
As yv6*! 1(1 but that I have read h%S&. for ZRSGl 1(1.
For ras 6rjKas and ras ao-TpaTras read with Eth. al OrJKai and ai
do-TpairaL Hence, for ' at the ends . . . fiery bow ' read in the
uttermost depths where were the fiery bow' &c. After avrwv Eth.
adds Kal fxdxaipav nvpos. 4. After &vtwv Eth. adds a gloss
H&tfilC 'so-called/ irape X ov. This is right. See p. 363 (notes).
Eth. as napadexofxepov is wrong. 5. Bvo-eoos. Eth. = 7Tpos tt)v
8vo-tv. 6. Before 'Ibov Eth. adds 'and/ Before tovs Eth. adds
' all/ Kal pexpi tov peyaXov TroTafxov = the Styx. Eth. omits.
Unless we are here dealing with a description of Hades, this
clause is an interpolation. But as the whole context points
to Hades, the words seem original, and for the same reason we
must strike out ov after o-dpg with Eth. 7. Before tdov Eth.
adds * and/ I have emended tovs avepovs into ra 6pr) } as these words
seem corrupt, and are without the support of the context or any
parallel : cf. lxxvii. 4, where the mountains of the hoar frost are
mentioned. Possibly there is also an allusion to Jer. xiii. 16