Incwadi Yezimfihlo zika-Enoke ISINGENISO Lolu cezu olusha lwezincwadi zokuqala lwatholakala ngemibhalo yesandla ethile esanda kutholakala eRussia naseServia futhi kuze kube manje isilondolozwe ngesiSlavonic kuphela. Kuncane okwaziwayo ngemvelaphi yayo ngaphandle kokuthi esimweni sayo samanje yalotshwa ndawana thize mayelana nokuqala kwenkathi yobuKristu. Umhleli wawo wokugcina wayengumGreki futhi indawo eyaqanjwa kuyo iGibhithe. Inani layo lisethonya elingangabazeki eliye lalisebenzisa kubabhali beTestamente Elisha. Ezinye zeziqephu ezimnyama zamuva azichazeki ngaphandle kosizo lwayo. Nakuba lona kanye ulwazi lokuthi incwadi enjalo eyake yaba khona lwalahleka cishe iminyaka engu1200, nokho yasetshenziswa kakhulu ngamaKristu nembuka emakhulwini okuqala eminyaka futhi yakha incwadi ebaluleke kakhulu kunoma ikuphi ukutadisha izinhlobo zobuKristu bokuqala. Umbhalo ukhanga umfundi ojabulela ukuboleka amaphiko emicabangweni yakhe futhi andizele ezindaweni eziyimfihlakalo. Nansi idrama eyinqaba yaphakade--nokubukwa kokuthi Indalo, IAnthropology, kanye Nokuziphatha. Njengoba umhlaba wenziwa ngezinsuku eziyisithupha, kanjalo nomlando wawo wawuyofezwa eminyakeni eyizi-6 000 (noma iminyaka eyizi-6 000 000), futhi lokhu kwakuyolandelwa iminyaka engu-1 000 yokuphumula (mhlawumbe lapho ukulingana kwamandla okuziphatha angqubuzanayo kuye kwatholakala futhi ukuphila komuntu sekufinyelele esimweni esifanele). Ekupheleni kwalo kwakuzoqala uSuku Lwaphakade lwesi-8, lapho isikhathi kufanele singasekho. ISAHLUKO 1 1 Kwakukhona indoda ehlakaniphileyo, isazi esikhulu; iNkosi yakhulela kuye, yamemukela, ukuze ibone izindawo zokuhlala eziphakemeyo, ibe ngufakazi wokuzibonela wombuso kaNkulunkulu ohlakaniphileyo nomkhulu nongenakucatshangwa nongenakuguquleka, omangalisayo, okhazimulayo, okhanyayo, onamehlo amaningi, isikhundla seNkosi, nesiqu seNkosi, nesiqu sezinceku, ukubonakaliswa kwebutho elingabonakali, kanye
nenkonzo engakhulumeki yobuningi bezinto, kanye nokubonakala okuhlukahlukene nokucula okungaqondakali kwebutho lamaKherubi, kanye nokukhanya okungenamkhawulo. 2 Ngaleso sikhathi, wathi, lapho unyaka wami wekhulu namashumi ayisithupha nanhlanu usuphelile, ngazala indodana yami uMethusali. 3 Emva kwalokho ngaphila iminyaka engamakhulu amabili, ngaqeda yonke iminyaka yokuphila kwami iminyaka engamakhulu amathathu namashumi ayisithupha nanhlanu. 4 Ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yokuqala ngangisendlini yami ngedwa ngiphumule embhedeni wami ngalala. 5 Lapho ngilele, kwafika usizi olukhulu enhliziyweni yami, futhi ngangikhala amehlo ami ebuthongweni, futhi ngangingakwazi ukuqonda ukuthi kuyini lokhu kucindezeleka nokuthi kuzokwenzekani kimi. 6 Futhi kwabonakala kimi amadoda amabili, amakhulu kakhulu, kangangokuthi angizange ngiwabone anjalo emhlabeni; ubuso bawo babukhazimula njengelanga, namehlo azo enjengokukhanya okuvuthayo, ezindebeni zawo kwakuphuma umlilo unezingubo nokuhuba okuhlukahlukene ngokubukeka okunsomi, amaphiko azo ayecwebezela kunegolide, izandla zawo zimhlophe kuneqhwa. 7 Zazimi enhlokweni yombhede wami zaqala ukungibiza ngegama lami. 8 Ngavuka ebuthongweni bami, ngabona kahle lawo madoda amabili emi phambi kwami. 9 Ngababingelela, ngafikelwa ukwesaba nokubukeka kobuso bami kwaguquka kwaba nokwesaba; futhi lawo madoda athi kimi: 10 “Yiba nesibindi, Enoke, ungesabi; uNkulunkulu ongunaphakade usithume kuwe, futhi bheka! uyakwenyukela nathi namuhla ezulwini, utshele amadodana akho nendlu yakho yonke into abayakwenza ngaphandle kwakho emhlabeni endlini yakho, kungabikho muntu okudingayo, ize ikubuyisele kubo uJehova. 11 Ngashesha ukulalela, ngaphuma endlini yami, ngaya eminyango, njengokuyalwa kwami, ngabiza amadodana ami oMatusali, noRegimi, noGayidadi, ngabazisa zonke izimangaliso ababengitshele zona lawo madoda. ISAHLUKO 2 1 Ngilaleleni, bantabami, angazi lapho ngiya khona, nokuthi ngiyakungehlelwa yini; manje-ke, bantwana bami, ngithi kini: Ningafulatheli kuNkulunkulu phambi kobuso obuyize ongenzanga izulu nomhlaba, ngokuba bayakubhubha laba