1 Enoch (Ethiopic) Parallel Translations

XCV

1Oh that mine eyes were {a cloud of} waters
That I might weep over you,
And pour down my tears as a cloud of waters:
That so I might rest from my trouble of heart!

2Who has permitted you to practice reproaches and wickedness?
And so judgement shall overtake you, sinners.

3Fear not the sinners, ye righteous;
For again will the Lord deliver them into your hands,
That ye may execute judgement upon them according to your desires.

4Woe to you who fulminate anathemas which cannot be reversed:
Healing shall therefore be far from you because of your sins.

5Woe to you who requite your neighbour with evil;
For ye shall be requited according to your works.

6Woe to you, lying witnesses,
And to those who weigh out injustice,
For suddenly shall ye perish.

7Woe to you, sinners, for ye persecute the righteous;
For ye shall be delivered up and persecuted because of injustice,
And heavy shall its yoke be upon you.

94

94:1 O that my eyes were clouds of water, that I might weep over you, and pour forth my tears like rain, and rest from the sorrow of my heart!

94:2 Who has permitted you to hate and to transgress? Judgment shall overtake you, ye sinners.

94:3 The righteous shall not fear the wicked; because God will again bring them into your power, that you may avenge yourselves of them according to your pleasure.

94:4 Woe to you who shall be so bound by execrations, that you cannot be released from them; the remedy being far removed from you on account of your sins. Woe to you who recompense your neighbour with evil; for you shall be recompensed according to your works.

94:5 Woe to you, false witnesses, you who aggravate iniquity; for you shall suddenly perish.

94:6 Woe to you, sinners; for you reject the righteous; for you receive or reject [at pleasure] those who [commit] iniquity; and their yoke shall prevail over you.