The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

En* I V SEVENTH COPY 269
constitute a single period without sharply delimited successive phases.—E omits the
'justice' in 'justice and judgement of justice' of the Aramaic original.
L. 20. 'To all the world' in E corresponds inaccurately to 'to all the sons of the whole earth'
in En«—[K*'S72?T ''IJiS? *?1D1 should be translated 'and all those who commit impieties'
because of the second predicate, ]ia*T' (line 21). The Greek translator understood this
expression as a defective form of
the ungodly' (E? 'and all the ungodly').
first
"'nillS?, hence in E we find 'and all the works of
L. 21. The proposition [D^S7] ^13^ pan**!, 'and they will be thrown into the eternal pit',
was mistranslated in E*^°^»^: 'and (they, sc. works) will be written down for eternal perdition',
zoayishaf lahaguila *dlam. Since the Greek translator of the Epistle of Enoch translated *'T!3S7
by 'the works of the ungodly' he had to look for an impersonal translation, here also,
for the verb pa*!**. He found it in the special use of Httn, namely 'to decide, to declare',
discussed above in the notes to En« i xxvii 19-20 and 4 i 10-13. He translated, by an abstract
once more, 'the pit' by 'perdition', thereby following the method of the Greek and Aramaic
interpreters of the Bible, e.g. aSrjs for
same word in the Targum of Isa. 14: 15, 19 and 38: 18.
in Isa. 14:19 and 38: 18, Xn2X n*'3 311 for the
L. 22. 'The ways of uprightness', lafindwdta (singular E^) rSti*i{sidSq E^), in E abridges 'the
way of eternal justice' in En8.
Ll. 22-3 (En. 91: 15). The long expression of line 23, XST Xn "fpl Xtt^S? pi, is
shortened in E to 'the great eternal judgement', kwinane *inta la*dlam *abiy (last word omitted
in Aeth, 41, p. 54, 3, 5, 9). Before *abiy all manuscripts (except E""*^ and Aeth, 41, p. 64, 5,
which preserve the original text of this verse) insert the phrase 'and it shall be executed on the
Watchers of the eternal heaven', which is a gloss on the next hemistich, lost in the lacuna of Enfif.
Ll. 23-5 (En. 91: 16). L. 24. nS omitted in E.—plDS?** duplicated in E: 'will pass away
and depart'.
L. 25. E translates I'Tim l^'inS by ydbarihu, 'will give light'.—To 'for all ages' of EnK
corresponds la*dlam in E"*^*^^ (other manuscripts omit it).
Ll. 25-6 (En. 91:17). At line 26 I restore ]in!l!n, omitted in E, which is, however, necessary
in Aramaic S)mtax.—pISS?**, with 'men' implied tacitly; all E manuscripts (and Aeth. 41,
p. 64, 9) impersonally, '(it) will be in goodness and in justice', bahirut wabasM^q y^kawin;
E« adds wakwillomu at the beginning of this phrase.
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