1 Enoch (Ethiopic) Parallel Translations

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1Observe ye everything that takes place in the heaven, how they do not change their orbits, and the luminaries which are in the heaven, how they all rise and set in order each in its season, and 2transgress not against their appointed order. Behold ye the earth, and give heed to the things which take place upon it from first to last, how steadfast they are, how none of the things upon earth 3change, but all the works of God appear to you. Behold the summer and the winter, how the whole earth is filled with water, and clouds and dew and rain lie upon it.

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3:1 All who are in the heavens know what is transacted [there].

3:2 [They know] that the heavenly luminaries change not their paths; that each rises and sets regularly, every one at its proper period, without transgressing the commands, [which they have received]. The behold the earth, and understand what is there transacted, from the beginning to the end of it.

3:3 [They see] that every work of God is invariable in the period of its appearance. They behold summer and winter: [perceiving] that the whole earth is full of water; and that the cloud, the dew, and the rain refresh it.