The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION 305
At line 8 we read what is, in my opinion, a fairly clear reference to the
birth of the giants issuing from the union of the women and the two hundred
Watchers, the two hundred trees of the Persian fragment.
The following three lines recounted the misdeeds of the trees and their
extermination by water and by fire.
Once the dream has ended (KQ^n ^10 KD
. here the dream
ends", line 12), the giants, very anxious, wonder who might be able to explain
this dream, and their choice falls on Enoch, the distinguished scribe:
[]i\r\b x''in*? xnm inD2?n[ ]
K2*7 nwD^i xB?ns iQob [-yim^ xa'pn]
fjx xnm nip naxi ivn^k \mnx mm n[in] fnxa vacat xa^n 15
nm xsnx"? x^a» pb^ xn xnm ]i x^'?^'?^ •'a'jna nnn mx
'[^3. . .] The giants were looking for (someone) who might explain to them
i^[the dream to Enoch], the distinguished scribe, so that he may
interpret ^^the dream for us'\
'Then his brother, 'Ohyah, acknowledged and said before the giants:
"I too ^%ave seen in my dream during this night an extraordinary thing:
lo, the Emperor of heaven descended on to the earth [. . .].* There follows
the description of the Judgement, which is drawn from Dan. 7: 9-10. The
continuation is in the following terms (some readings and supplements
remain doubtful):
xnni ^73 i'?ni[ ]nxn vacat] xa^n tjio XD is7... [ ] 20
inn imn^jipi xnm [n"? ii7]fi1 []i]7\b nnxi nna rh]p[i X^'?-»D2I]
n HD"? xhiai... [ ]^TX n"? naxi x[t&nD nso]
... x^a'pn n[i]»D^[i n n"? naxi n"?;? nnraibh ]
'[20. . .] here the dream ends".
[Thereupon] all the giants ^^[and the nephilim] took fright and they summoned
Mahawai and he came to them. And the giants asked him and
sent him to Enoch, ^^[the distinguish]ed [scribe], saying to him: ''Go then
[...], and under pain of death you must 23[. . .] and listen to his voice; and
tell him that he is to explain to you and to interpret the dreams [. . .]."
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