2 Enoch

2 Enoch / Book of the Secrets of Enoch — Morfill & Charles — Section 120

is justly their own? In Orac. Sibyll. ii. 71-72, ‘he who steals seed is aceursed for ever’: σπέρματα μὴ κλέπτειν" ἐπαράσιμος ὕς τις ἕληται ἐς γενεὰς γενεῶν, ἐς σκορπισμὸν βιότοιο. On the other hand, the reference may be metaphorical and the sense as fol- lows: ‘From your righteous deeds ye will reap sevenfold. This is probably an adaptation of Ecclus. vii. 3 μὴ σπεῖρε ἐπ᾽ αὔλακας ἀδικίας, καὶ ov μὴ θερίσῃς Ci Jobrive δὲ > ΕΥ̓ ε ,ὔ αὐτὰς ἐπταπλασίως. Chapiers: MALT. ΞΞΧΎ ΤΗ͂Ι. 2. 59 he shall reap sevenfold. 12. Blessed is he in whom is the truth, that he may speak the truth to *his neighbour!. 13. Blessed is he * who has love upon his lips, and tenderness in his heart”. 14. Blessed is he who understands every work of the Lord, * and glorifies the Lord God*; *for the works of the Lord are just, and of the works of man some are good, and others evil, and by their works those who have wrought them are known +. [| Enoch shows his Children how he measured and wrote out the Judgements of God.| XLII. τ. * Lo! my children, the things which I have gained on the earth and meditated upon from the Lord God I have compiled the account of all, and concerning the years I have 1 have written down both winter and summer. calculated each hour; I have measured the hours and written out the lists of them and I have ascertained all their 2. As one year is more honourable than This differences °. another °, so is one man more honourable than another. * The man who is sincere, Sok. ? Upon whose lips are tender- ness and mercy, B. 3. Accomplished by the Lord and glorifies him, Sok. * Bom. A reads And I saw all the works of the Lord how righteous they are, and of the works of men some (are righteous) but others wicked. And the impure are known by their deeds. XLITI. ° I, my children, have measured and written out every deed and every measure, and every just judgement (weight, Sok.), A Sok. Sok. adds: And have written them out as the Lord ordered me, and in all these I have found diversity. ° Badds and one day more than another and one hour more than another. rove x2dl. 0); ELos, x. 12. 12. Cf. fact no one is greater than he who fears