1 Enoch 105

In those days the Lord told them to call the people of the earth together and to speak to them as witnesses about their wisdom. Show it to them, because you are their guides, and a reward over the whole earth.

1In those days the Lord bade (them) to summon and testify to the children of earth concerning their wisdom: Show (it) unto them; for ye are their guides, and a recompense over the whole earth.

Note"In those days" is a stock phrase in this part of Enoch for the time of judgment just described, not for the lifetime of Enoch himself. The pronouns are unclear in the Ethiopic, which is why Charles supplied "(them)" in brackets: the Lord tells some group, most likely the righteous or the angels, to call in the people of the earth, and then the speech turns and addresses that group directly as "ye", the ones who are to show their wisdom. "The children of earth" simply means human beings. The closing clause is obscure in the manuscripts; besides Charles's "a recompense over the whole earth", it has been read as a promise that these guides will themselves receive rewards over all the earth.

2For I and my Son will be joined with them forever, in the paths of right living, all through their lives. And you will have peace. Be glad, you children of right living. Amen.

2For I and My Son will be united with them for ever in the paths of uprightness in their lives; and ye shall have peace: rejoice, ye children of uprightness. Amen.

NoteThe speaker shifts to the first person here and is understood to be God. "I and My Son" is the only place in Enoch where God speaks of a son in this way. The line survives only in the Ethiopic manuscripts, and the much older Aramaic copies found at Qumran break off before this point, so scholars are divided over whether it stood in the original text or was added by a Christian copyist. "Ye shall have peace" reverses the formula hammered through the preceding chapters, where sinners are told over and over "ye shall have no peace". "Children of uprightness" is a Semitic way of saying people who belong to a quality, the same construction as "children of wickedness" used elsewhere in the book. "Amen" is a Hebrew word of assent, roughly "so be it", placed here to mark the close of the section.