1 Enoch Chapter 74: Historical English Edition

The Ethiopic Book · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ And I saw another course, a law for her, (and) how according to that law she performs her monthly revolution. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² And all these Uriel, the holy angel who is the leader of them all, showed to me, and their positions, and I wrote down their positions as he showed them to me, and I wrote down their months as they were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days were accomplished. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ In single seventh parts she accomplishes all her light in the east, and in single seventh parts accomplishes all her darkness in the west. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ And in certain months she alters her settings, and in certain months she pursues her own peculiar course. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ In two months the moon sets with the sun: in those two middle portals the third and the fourth. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ She goes forth for seven days, and turns about and returns again through the portal where the sun rises, and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes from the sun, and in eight days enters the sixth portal from which the sun goes forth. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ And when the sun goes forth from the fourth portal she goes forth seven days, until she goes forth from the fifth and turns back again in seven days into the fourth portal and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes and enters into the first portal in eight days. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ And she returns again in seven days into the fourth portal from which the sun goes forth. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ Thus I saw their position—how the moons rose and the sun set in those days. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ And if five years are added together the sun has an overplus of thirty days, and all the days which accrue to it for one of those five years, when they are full, amount to 364 days. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ And the overplus of the sun and of the stars amounts to six days: in 5 years 6 days every year come to 30 days: and the moon falls behind the sun and stars to the number of 30 days. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² And the sun and the stars bring in all the years exactly, so that they do not advance or delay their position by a single day unto eternity; but complete the years with perfect justice in 364 days. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ In 3 years there are 1,092 days, and in 5 years 1,820 days, so that in 8 years there are 2,912 days. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ For the moon alone the days amount in 3 years to 1,062 days, and in 5 years she falls 50 days behind: [i.e. to the sum (of 1,770) there is to be added (1,000 and) 62 days.] (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ And in 5 years there are 1,770 days, so that for the moon the days in 8 years amount to 2,832 days. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ [For in 8 years she falls behind to the amount of 80 days], all the days she falls behind in 8 years are 80. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ And the year is accurately completed in conformity with their world-stations and the stations of the sun, which rise from the portals through which it (the sun) rises and sets 30 days. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)