| 37. And thus it goes in and out, neither slackening nor resting; but running on in its chariot by day and by night. It shines with a seventh portion of light from the moon; (78) but the dimensions of both are equal. (78) It shines with…from the moon. Or, "Its light is seven times brighter than that of the moon" (Knibb, p. 171). The Aramaic texts more clearly describe how the moon's light waxes and wanes by a half of a seventh part each day. Here in the Ethiopic version, the moon is thought of as two halves, each half being divided into seven parts. Hence, the "fourteen portions" of Enoch 73:5-8. (Knibb, p. 171). |
And thus he ascends and descends, and is not diminished, and does not rest, but runs day and night in his chariot, and his light shines seven times stronger than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.
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As he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.
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Och sålunda går det in och ut, hvarken saktande eller hvilande sig, utan åkande på sin vagn dag och natt igenom. Det skiner med en sjundedel af ljus ifrån (sjudubbelt emot?) månan, men begges storlek är lika.
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Och sålunda går det in och ut, hvarken saktande eller hvilande sig, utan åkande på sin vagn dag och natt igenom. Det skiner med en sjundedel af ljus ifrån (sjudubbelt emot?) månan, men begges storlek är lika.
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