1 Enoch (Ethiopic) Parallel Translations

XXXIII

1And from thence I went to the ends of the earth and saw there great beasts, and each differed from the other; and [I saw] birds also differing in appearance and beauty and voice, the one differing from the other. And to the east of those beasts I saw the ends of the earth whereon the heaven 2rests, and the portals of the heaven open. And I saw how the stars of heaven come forth, and 3I counted the portals out of which they proceed, and wrote down all their outlets, of each individual star by itself, according to their number and their names, their courses and their positions, and their 4times and their months, as Uriel the holy angel who was with me showed me. He showed all things to me and wrote them down for me: also their names he wrote for me, and their laws and their companies.

32

32:1 From there I went on towards the extremities of the earth; where I saw large beasts different from each other, and birds various in their countenances and forms, as well as with notes of different sounds.

32:2 To the east of these beasts I perceived the extremities of the earth, where heaven ceased. The gates of heaven stood open, and I beheld the celestial stars come forth. I numbered them as they proceeded out of the gate, and wrote them all down, as they came out one by one according to their number. [I wrote down] their names altogether, their times and their seasons, as the angel Uriel, who was with me, pointed them out to me.

32:3 He showed them all to me, and wrote down [an account of] them.

32:4 He also wrote down for me their names, their regulations, and their operations.