1 Enoque 101

1Filhos do céu observem o céu e toda a obra do Altíssimo, tremam ante Ele e não obrem o mal em sua presença.

1But now I declare to you ye righteous, by his great splendour and glory, by his renowned kingdom, and by his majesty, to you I declare that I understand this mystery, that I have read on the tablets of heaven, and have seen the book of the holy Ones, and I have seen what is written and impressed upon them.

2Se o fechar as janela do céu e impede à chuva e ao rocio cair sobre vós o que farão?

2For all goodness, joy, and glory has been prepared for them, and written down for the spirits of them who die in righteousness, and much goodness. It shall be given to you a plant of your suffering, and your portion shall far exceed the portion of the living.

3Se envia contra vós sua cólera por causa de todas suas obras, não terão ocasião de lhe suplicar se pronunciarem contra sua justiça palavra soberbas e insolentes e assim não terão paz.

3The spirits of you who die in righteousness shall live, and their spirits shall rejoice and exult, and their remembrance shall be before the face of the mighty One for all the generations of the world, and they shall not now fear their disgrace.

4Não vê-em os pilotos quando são agitados seus navios pelas ondas e sacudidos pelos ventos e caem em perigo?

4Wo to you ye sinners, when you die in your sins, and they who are like you say concerning you, Blessed are those sinners, they have seen all their days, and now they die in happiness, and in wealth, in their lives they saw not calamity and destruction, they die in honour, and in their lives they never were restrained by judgment.

5Por causa disto temem que todas suas magníficas propriedades se vão ao mar com eles e fazem maus presságios: que o mar lhes devorará e perecerão ali.

5But has it not been shewn to them, that when their souls shall be made to descend to the repository of the deed, their wickedness will then become their greatest torment, for their spirits shall enter into darkness, into the snare, and into the flame, which shall burn to the great judgment, and the great judgment shall be for all generations and for ever.

6Todo o mar, todas suas águas e todos seus movimentos não são acaso obra do Altíssimo, não pôs Ele seu selo sobre toda sua ação e não o encadeou à areia?

6Wo to you, for to you there shall be no peace, and ye cannot say to the righteous, and to the good who are alive, In the days of our distress we have been loaden with affliction, and every trouble we have seen, and much evil we have suffered;

7Em sua reprimenda está tremendo, seca-se e todos seus peixes morrem, assim como tudo o que contém, mas vós pecadores que estão sobre a terra, não lhe temem?

7And our spirits have been wasted, weakened, and diminished;

8Acaso não tem feito Ele o céu e a terra e tudo o que contêm? Quem a dado a ciência e a sabedoria a todos os que se movem na terra e no mar?

8We have been sentenced to the lowest places and there was nothing to help us in word or deed that we knew, and because we found none we have been oppressed, and condemned to misery.

9Os pilotos dos navios não lhe temem ao mar e os pecadores não lhe temem ao Altíssimo.

9We have not expected to live from day to day:

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10And we hoped to become the head,

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11But we have become the tail. We have been oppressed when we laboured, but we had no power over our oppressors, we have been food for sinners, and the yoke of the ungodly has been heavy upon us.

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12Those who hate and afflict us were powerful over us, and to those who hate us we had bowed our neck, but towards us there was no compassion.

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13We sought to go from them, that we might fly away, and have rest, but we found no place to which we could fly, and be secure from them. We have accused them before princes in our distress, and have cried out to those who were devouring us, but they regarded not our cry, and they were not disposed to hear our voice.

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14But they assist those who rob and devour us, those who diminish us, and conceal their oppression, who remove not from us their yoke, but devour, enervate, and slay us, who conceal our slaughter, yet by that never remember, that they have lifted up their hands against us.